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PORTLAND INQUIRER P u b lish ed E ach F rid ay By (? I L L 11.000 J 0 0 9 A B O A B D m erch ant v e s s e l s a » m ates , E N G IN E E R » CERT IFIE D SE A M E N . O R A P P R E N T IC E S E A M E N T R A IN E E S. Nfw« »TSR« 2736 N. E. Rodney A t «.—Tel. W Ebsler 7220— P o rtlan d . Ore. R alph H. F aulk. E ditor B. D. Robinson, Bus. Mgr. « » Member of the Associated Negro Press, Calvin's Newspaper Service, Ted Yates Publications, Inc., Independent Press Service. This newspaper reserves the right to print for publication all press dispatches, features end photos forwarded by these agencies or otherwise credited to them. A D V ER T ISIN G N A T IO N A L R E PR E SE N T A T IV E F i f t h A v en u e, N ew Y ork M u r r a y H i l l 2-5452 (ntrstats United N e w s p a p e r s , In c . , 545 City a n d C h i c a g o , 11). T e l e p h o n e : Rates by M ail: 6 m onth—$2.50 One Y ear—$5.00 in advance The new officers of the Nationnal Association for the Adancement of Colored People speak well for a new era in Negro activity in the City of Roses. For the first time Portland has some of the realy well trained and intelligent minds of the area heading an organization that has the interest of the Negro at heart. Representation such as this can and surely will do more than has ever been done before for the benefit of our people. Certainly there are plenty of others who would like to have been chosen as officials of this organization and would have done their best to warrant the confidence that would have been placed in them by the public but, lack of academic train ing would have presaged another era in which the NAACP would have become a laughing stock. Good intentions were never a substitute for academic training, and since there are- less than a dozen Negro men in this area who ar graduates of an accredited college the presence of four of thm (two as officers and two as members of the board) on the roster of the NAACP should usher in a period of progressiveness such as has never been eperienced here. Dr. Robert N. Joyner, the newly elected president also has the honor and distingtion of being the only Negro member of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. He is a well known and well liked physician in Portland, a com paratively new comer. Mr. George Thomas, Race Relations Director for the Portland Council of Churches has been in Portland for less than two years and has already made his presence known in Church and Civic circles here. Mr. Tnhmas is the newly elected First Vice-President. Rev. George W. Brown, pastor of the Gona Street Baptist church, an inter-racial church under the direction of the Housing Authority of the City of Portland is very well known to Portlanders although he has been a resident here less than a year. His interest and activities alone re sulted in an investigation into the killing of Irwin Jones of Guilds Lake after the case had been considered closed. Rev. Brown is a member of the board of NAACP. Mr. Edwin C. Berry also very much a newcomer is Executive Secretary of the Portland branch of the Urban League. His work in the interest of the Negro has been publicized by the Portland Inquirer. Hundreds of Negroes car. testify to his untiring efforts in their behalf. Mr. Berry is also a member of the board of NAACP. Portland should give these men a vote of thanks and show their appreciation of these highly trained men, each an expert in his field for giving their time and ability to such a worthy cause. Let’s go all out for the revamped NAACP and show our appreciation by 100 per cent member ship. Legion Defers Action on Abolishing Color Bar Against Negro Veterans CHICAGO—(ANP)—Negro v e t e ra n s oi five southern states will hav e to w ait ano th er y ear before can expect to enjoy the rig h t to organize, or join, A m erican L e gion posts. D uring the th ree hilarious con vention days here, th ree re so lu tions to abolish jim crow w ith in the g reat A m erican Legion, re p re senting ap proxim ately 1,500,000 W orld W ar I and II vets, w ere politely deferred, or p u t aside, u n til n e x t y ear w hen th e n atio n al execu tiv e com m ittee is supposed to have ad eq u ately stu d ied the question of racial discrim in atio n w hich denies form er N egro fig h t ing m en th e rig h t to form L e gion posts in so u th e rn states. A “hush -h u sh " atm o sp h ere p re vailed w h en ev er th e racial o r re ligious issue w as p rojected and e x trem e care w as ta k e n to block p u blicity about com m ittee m eet- SHOP THE VANCOUVER T U R FACTORY ing w here racial and religious is sues w ere discussed. T he J o h n nie B uker post, inneapolis, th e G iles Post, Chicago, and Jam es E. W alker Post No. 26, W ashington, w ere a m o n ? th e m any Legion posts know n to have p ro tested the p lig h t of N egro v e teran s living u n d er jim crow so u th ern laws'. A v ery slight possibility exists th a t w hite L egionnaires from A t lan ta m ay u n ite w i t h liberal forces n e x t y e a r to am end the th e n ational o rganization’s con stitu tio n and by-law s on sta te ’s rights. The all-w hite A tlanta pos has 3,000 m em bers but they are unhap p y because sm all posts th roughout the state have su c ceeded in nullifying th e ir national representation. T hey are now trying to have the national body to intercede in th eir behalf, re ports say. T hree reasons w ere given why Negro L egionnaires are optim istic about favorable action by the n a tional group n ext y ear on the question of the lig h t of Negro vets in some sou th ern areas to organic th e ir ow n independent posts. They arc: V F E U N E TO FREEDOM-MERCHANT WE NEED MORE TRAINED SENTENCE PEOPLE-A LESSON OF THE WAR SERMONS By REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY for A NP 1. He w ho sim ply goes along in an o rdinary groove, ju st passes along, b u t sooner or la te r adm its to him self th a t he doesn’t seem to move. 2. If you can’t see your own progress, don’t expect anyone else to strain an eye looking for it. 3. W hen men say one thing and do another, each year m akes it m ore difficult th eir own hearts, to discover. 4. Physical check-ups disorders are becom ing but sp iritu al cbeck-ups. er in im portance, are random . for h eart common: far g re a t m ade at 5. The m ore constant th e sp ir itu al check-up. the less frequent th e m oral and physical b re a k down. 6. All of us have to be c o n stan t ly rem inded th a t G od has had from the beginning His u nfailing ex -ray system as is ind icated in His follow ing advice to Sam uel. "B ut the Lord said u n to Sam uel. Look not on his countenance, or on th e h e ig h t of his sta tu re : be- \ cause I have refused him : for the Lord seeth not as m an seeth; tor m an looketh on the o u tw a rd a p pearance. but the L ord looketh on th e h ea rt." I Sam . 16:7. 7. G od is th e g re a t physician w ho specializes in preventatives, though He carries effective cures for those w ho seek His treatm en t for S atan 's deadly sores. 8. Man sta rte d his diseases from the g ard en of Eden, b u t God had all the answ ers for these before he started to hide b ehind leaves and trees. 9. A dam and Eve th o u g h t they could take the teeth o u t of God's law. and for th a t th e ir posterity for the most part, have to w ear false teeth. 10. And too. the ease w ith w hich some of th eir decen d an ts lie. m akes one feel th a t th ey th in k it im possible to tell the tru th w ith false teeth. 11. O ur forep aren ts picked a chance to pick the w rong fruit, b u t now some of th eir g re a t grand children are resorting to picking pockets. 12. It is q u ite obvious th a t this m odern man h a t not advanced much beyond the A dam and Eve stage: for he it still try in g to hide 1. T he rap id re tu rn of W orld from God and the natio n s are j W ar II v e te ra n s and th e ir en ro ll in a fighting rage. m ent into th e A m erican Legion. 2. T he to le ra n t a ttitu d e of young w hite v eterans on ques- : tions affecting th e rig h ts of N e gro soldiers. 3. A ny com prom ise by th e n a tional organization to block a public hearing. No p ro tests are know n to have launched by N egro v eterans Expert Shoe Shining & been against v e tra n jim crow hospitals All Kinds oi Dyeing b u t an a n ti-d iscrim in atio n resolu Used Shoes for Sal* a t V ery tion w as adopted by th e national R easonable Prices body on th e G I bill of rights. A N lc « C o m f o r t u t i l e p in e * t o W a t t T he convention b ro u g h t togeth- W h ile H a v in g W o rk Im ne S O F T P H I N K H . . . KTO. r about 200 N egro L egionnaires, am ong w hom w ere a p p ro x im ately 13 N. E. RUSSELL STREET J u s t « o u t h o f W liU a m i A t *. 60 or 70 delegates and a lte rn a te delegates. SIBLEY Shoe Shine Parlor PUH COAT V A N C O U V E R juj* FUR FACTORY A e ro s i the I n t c n t o f # B n d f t SiafN a n d W o i h m q l » « Sft V ancouver Wo*h WHAT¿ WRONG? OREGON FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION 1412 N. Williams A venue lucky. Then, too, th e com plex scientific w orld in w hich w e live req u ires for ev er increasing A NEGRO IMMORTAL ------------ n um bers of highly train ed p eo Booker T W ashington takes his ple— far m ore th a n our schools place in th e H all of Fame. The have been producing. H all of Fam e is th u s honored. T he late P resid en t Roosevelt A m erica is a g reat country in saw these facts q u ite clearly. In spite of th e m any things th a t N ovem ber, 1944, he asked Dr. can be w ritte n against its record. V annevar Bush, d irecto r of the W hen a slave can m ake th e long Office of Scientific R esearch and long jo u rn ey from slave cabin to developm ent (OSRD) four q u es th e Hall of Fam e, his cou n try is tions, th ree of w hich are of g reat th e largest explanation. concern to us: Even in n ate genius cannot avail Second: “W ith p artic u la r re fe r w here circum stances a re not pro ence to th e w ar of science against pitious. E ven color-struck A m er disease, w hat can be done now ica is a g reat country and this to organize a program for con fact cannot an d m ust not be de tin u in g in the fu tu re the w ork nied, for such denial is refuted w hich has been done in m edicine by th e achievem ents of the Negro and related science?” race since em ancipation. T h e “T he fact th a t th e a n n u a l significant th in g about W ashing d eath s in this country from one to n ’s en tran ce into th e H all of or tw o diseases alone are fa r in Fam e is n o t th e m ere fact th a t excess of th e to ta l n u m b er of he w as chosen for such honor; lives lost by us in b attle during b u t th a t h e w as such an o v er th is w ar should m ake us con w helm ing choice. M oreover it is scious of the d u ty we owe fu tu re doubtful if th ere is an intelligent generations.” person th ro u g h o u t the w orld w ho T hird: “W hat can th e govern w ill dispute th e w isdom of the m ent do now and in the fu tu re choice. to aid research activities by p u b It w as said of A braham Lincoln lic and p riv ate organizations? The th a t he w as the gentlest m em ory pro p er roles of public and private in history; th ere is som ething of research, and th eri inter-relations, th e sam e halo th a t rests upon the should be carefully considered.” m oral brow of W ashington. T here ou rth : “Can effective program s is about W ashington a sp iritu al be proposed for discovering and charm th a t begets affectionate developing scientific ta len t in veneration. T he N e g r o r a c e A m erican youth so th a t th e con should feel encouraged th a t color tin u in g future of scientific re lines b reak dow n before the H all search in this cou n try m ay be of Fam e. As long as w ritten re c assured on a level com parable to ords endure am ong men, th e saga w hat has been done d u ring the of a son of slavery w ill be told w ar?” to the generations of m ankind. “N ew frontiers of the m ind are It is not soothing to th in k on before us, and if th ey a re p ioneer w hat the race w ould be w ithout ed w ith the sam e vision, boldness Tuskegee, th e brain child of and d riv e w ith w hich we have B ooker T. W ashington. He left as w aged th is w ar w e can create a a h eritage to m ankind not only fu lle r and m ore fru itfu l life.” a lofty philosophy b u t a tangible The second concerns our h ealth expression of such philosophy. He and w e are, of course, in favor w as no m ere d ream er and aca- of th e governm ent action. The dem ican. H e w as a practical th ird is of g reat im portance to dream er w ho m ade his dream s N egro colleges seeking to grow come tru e and in this he proved and become m ore effective and a benefactor of m ankind. In efficient. The fo u rth concerns the last analysis th ere m ust be us im m ediately and directly, for som ething to a m an besides m ere our children are lOg of A m erican talk. He m ust Jiave a residium youth and w e w a n t them to en of tangibleness th a t outlives his joy th e benefits an d to t share short day of life an d this is not fully the responsibilities of A m er saying th a t no can can be g reat ican life. unless he leaves a T uskegee as a T he P resid en t w as im pressed by legacy to succeeding generations. the achievem ents of science in B ut w hen to philosophies we add this w ar. He knew rad ar, of the tangible achievem ents th ere is a l p roxim ity fuse, and of the pro s w ays added lu stre to m ajestic pects for an atom ic bomb. He lives and living. knew , too, th a t w e of all coun P erhaps the opposition t h a t trie s had given least atten tio n W ashington encountered m ellow s to finding and developing our best o u r m enjory of the g reat m an. He youngsters and th a t a co ntinua w as a t tim es b itterly assailed and tion of th is policy m ean t a w eak a t tim es by those w ho w ere not ened A m erica. w orthy to unloose the latch ets of Dr. B ush tu rn ed th e fo u rth his shoes. B ut W ashington tau g h t question over to a com m ittee the m ore excellent w ay of not w hich recom m ended th a t the gov w asting tim e replying to heck ern m e n t seek out and tra in th e lers. His v e ry bigness w as his ab lest young people w ith scien su rest defense. T hen too W ash tific talent. ington not only had a p h ilo s o “W e a re convinced th a t there phy but he has a strategy the lack is no possibility th a t too m uch of w hich a t th e present is seri ab ility of th e h ighest o rd er can ously handicapping the N egro in be discovered and developed; the his struggle for survival in this needs of our com plex social or country. W ashington knew in his ganization for b rain s and ch a r tim e w h at m any o f us are ju st acte r a t the h ighest level can finding out, nam ely, th a t claim s n ev er be surfeited. M oreover, it to citizenship th a t are unbacked is ap p ro p riate to point out, w hen by solid achievem ent are w o rth considering th e need for scien less. He ta u g h t th a t the prim e tific tra in in g th a t th e first-ra te consideration in seeking our rights scien tist and engineer cannot do is to be w o rth y of them , a fact his w ork effectively unless he th a t it is easy to overlook u n d er has a few good ones in a second ary role a t his disposal as as selected an d sent to colleges of sistance and som etim es a g reat th eir choice. T he com m ittee re m any as hands and as in stru m en ts com m ended fu rth e r th a t 300 young people be sent for g ra d for execution of h is ideas.” “W e have only to look about u ate tra in in g each year in science us, from the p in t f view of c it and technology. The cost w ould izens, to know th a t th e c u rre n t be about 29 m illion dollars each need for creative brains is not y ear a fter th e p lan w as in o p era being m et; th ere is too m u c h tion. w rong w ith th e w orld and w ith The stu d en ts in college w ill be our co u n try to have d o u b t about called scholars. Those in g ra d th at. As scholars and a d m i n uate school fellows. The schol istrato rs of scholarly affairs we ars w ould receive up to $500 also know out of o u r w n e x p e r m onthly fo r tu itio n and o th er iences th a t th ere is a deficiency fees; plus $50 m onthly for p e r in th e supply of first-ra te scien sonal su p p o rt if single and $75 tific w orkers. A ll of us know of m onthly if m arried. F or th e fel problem s in science w hose solu lows, th e re w ould be up to $500 tions are urg en tly needed for in for tu itio n and fees and up to div id u al and th e collective w el $100 m onthly for support. fare. The lim iting factors, all “T he scholars and f e l l o w s along the line, are b rain and c h a r should be chosen solely on the a cte r.” basis of m erit w itth o u t regard to T he com m ittee recognized th a t sex, color, race, creed or need.” the chief cause w hy m ore a b l e ! “A ll those w ho receive benefits young people do n o t go to school u n d er th is plan, should be e n are th e reigns in w hich they live rolled in a n a tio n a l' science re and th e little m oney th eir fa m serve and liable to call into serv ilies have. T hey "p ro p o sed th a t ice of the fed eral governm ent, in each y ear 6,000 young people be 1 (C ontinued on Page 5.) Elder C laud L. L am pkin. P astor 2504 N. 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By Dr. H erm an B ranson for ANP (This is the first in a series of th ree articles to appear w eekly by Dr. H erm an B ranson, professor of physics a t H ow ard university, W ashington, on a* proposal to send able high school g rad u ates to college to do w ork in the n atu ral sciences at governm ent expense. This first article deals w ith the background of the bills now b e fore the U nited States congress; the second w ill discuss th e Bush proposal; and th e th ird w ill have recom m endations and suggestions for all oi us concerned w ith the fu ller p articipation of our young people in all phases of A m erican life.) The Bush re p o rt to P r e s id e n t1 or w ho fund it necessary to tak e T rum an concerning th e postw ar a job as p o rter or h e lp e r w hen training of scientists is of unusual his ab ility w ould have fitte d him im portance to Negroes. The re- for good w ork in a field such as po rt grew out of needs revealed m edicine, or science, or law . But by the w ar. W ith 130 million again w e n ever th o u g h t of his people and the best educational failu re to develop his abilities as system in th e w orld, few of us j affecting us. Now th e opinion w ould th in k th a t one of the j is held practically by all th e m a- most dangerous shortages in jo r countries: th at if we do not W orld W ar II w as n o t in tools j develop th e ta le n t of our young and m aterials but in w ell train- people, the loss is n atin al, af- ed men and w om en. fecting n o t only the y oungster We have alw ays acted as though b u t you and m e and everyone, education is the problem of a The w ar m ade this opinion a single person or his fam ily. If harsh reality . W hen we needed th e child did not get through high train ed m en and w om en to do the school or th rough college, it w as m any tasks connected w ith tech- too bad— but it w as not a loss nical p reparation, w e d id n ’t have to all f us. E veryone know s of enough. A nd though we achiev- som e brig h t youngster whose fam - ed victory th is tim e, if th e re is ily could not send him to school a next tim e, w e m ay n o t be so MAYFAIR 1 IÌAV ONT V 1 U I\ I UH L I TUESDAY. DEC. 4TH MATTNFF! Ä. F.VFNING SPECIAL MATINEE 4:15 P. M. DEC. 4 ALL SEATS $1.20 (Includes Tax) Evening 8:30, P. M.—$3.00 - $2.40 - $1.80 - $1.20 A GREAT AGGREGATION Of America's Most Versatile Musicians THEY PLAY EVERYTHING FROM BRAHMS TO BOOGIE! NORMAN GRANZ’ ALL STAR - ALL COLORED "JAZZ SYMPHONY" —FEATURING- COLMAN HAWKI NS ROY E L D R I D G E MEADE LUX LEWI S T H E L O N I O U S MONK AL McKIBBON HELEN HUMES DENZIL BEST LUCKY THOMPSON SEAT SALE STARTS FR ID A Y . . . NOVEMBER 30TH ALL EVENING SEATS RESERVED MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW PHOTOGRAPH No appointment necessary At our Studio . . . 2423 E. Burnside . . . Just Bring Your Face . . . Take Montavilla Trolley at 3rd an d Morrison MARBETH STUDIO- Margaret E. Robinson 2423 E. BURNSIDE STREET L A ncaster 3925 of stances. T hen too W ashington chose not to m ake a frontal a tta c k in the fight for rights. He m ade the attack th rough in d u strial educa tion a i.a n k attack, if you please. He felt th a t in th e contest of citizenship as in th e te st of the gridiron, th a t th e w eaker team should stay on the defensive and reply on strategy even as a lig h t er football team seldom resorts to pow er plays th ro u g h a big tough line; but ra tth e r tu rn s to forw ard passes and deceptions. O f course it w as in th is sphere th at the tw o schools of thought among Negroes w ere founded. T here is a school th a t does not believe in strategy b u t in power. These sp u rn the flank a ttack and brand it as cow ardly. T his school of th o u g h t for b e tte r or w orse is in the ascendancy am ong Negroes. This position n atu rally points a direct challenge to th e opposition who are glad to respond in kind. The stu b b o rn opposition offered by certain elem ents in th is coun try to the N egro’s ev ery attem p t at advance could possibly be root ed in th e accepted policy of N e groes to m ake fro n tal attacks. If our attack s a’ e going to be frontal, th e n we m ay expect the opposition to be fro n ta l a l s o . W ashington th o u g h t th a t a flank attack w ould be b e tte r and so declared him self and p aid the price of his conviction. We of the present generation w ho advocate the fro n tal attack m u st also be prep ared to pay the price thereof. Hail B ooker T. W ashington— N e gro im m ortal! CHURCH DIRECTORY Christ's Temple S unday Services as Follows S.S. 10:00 A. M.—Service 11:45 E vening Service 7:45 W eek D ay Service W ednesday an d F rid ay 7:45 P. M. —A ll A re W elcom e— Rev. M. Jefferies, P astor 2139 S. E. 9th Ave., cor. G rant LA. 0488 Res. TR. 4723 St. Jam es Baptist Church S u n d ay School 10:30 A. M. S erm on 11:30 A. M. E vening Service 7:30 P. M. All A re C ordially W elcome 120 N. E. R ussell St. Rev. J. S. Ferguson, P astor S ister N aom i W illiam s, Sec. MT. ZION CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 108 R . E. R u s s e l l S t. O R D E R OP S E R V IC E S u n d a y S c h o o l — 9 :4 5 A. M M o r n i n g S e r v i c e — 11 :3 0 A M E v e n i n g S e r v i c e — 8 :0 0 P . M. Y . P . W . W . — 6 :3 0 P . M. T u e . 8 : 0 0 P . M .— E v a n g . S e r v i c e T h u r . P r a y e r & B i b l e B a n d — 8:00 r n . H e a l i n g S e r v i c e — 8 : 0 0 P M. O v e r s e e r W . L . M c K in n .y , P a s t o r E ld . B . T . W e lls , A s s t . P a s t o r CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 338 N. W. 5th Ave. S unday School 10:30 A. M. Serm on 12 Noon Y.P.W.W. 6:30 P. M. E vening Service 8 P. M. O th er M eetings Tue., Fri. E venings 8 P. M. B ible B and Wed. Eve. 8 P. M. REV. J. C. LEW IS. P asto r THE MT. OLIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN C H R IST G u ild s D a k s— 1313 W. w . 4 1 C rt. ORDER OP SE R V IC E S u n d a y S c h o o l — 9 : 4 5 A. M. M o r n i n g S e r v i c e — 1 1 :4 5 A. M Y . P . W . W . — 6 :0 0 P . M. E v e n i n g S e r v i c e — 7:30 P. M T u e . S e r . 11 :0 0 A. M . & 7 :3 0 P M T h u r . & F r i . E v e . — 7 : 3 0 P . M. A ll I n v i t e d — R e v . H . D . W illia m s , P a sto r W ILLIA M S AVE. CHURCH OF GOD IN C H R IST 2007 N. W illiam s Ave. Rev. J. F. Sm ith, P astor CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 1207 S. W. F ro n t Ave. R egular C hurch Services B roadcast Each S unday K W JJ at 8 A. M. Hep* B. M. M cSwain, Pastor CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Cor. 99th and S. E. Ash Sts. W eek Services—T uesday and F riday 8 P. M. SUNDAY SERVICES S u n d ay School 9:45 A. M. Serm on 11:30 A M. Y.P.W.W. 7:00 P. M. E vening Service 8:00 P. M. ELD. T. W. RUSSAW , P astor