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***fL**Q, ¿ i* « O O ^ Honoring Negro History W eek An Associated Negro Press Publication lorílattit Httnutm Serving the Pacific Northwest Oregon’s ^ eg ro Weekly PORTLAND. OREGON. FEBRUARY 15. 1946 VOLUME 2 HUGE CROWD ATTENDS LOCAL INTERRACIAL RANQUET o f differencese." By Samuel G. W hitney She spoke ag ain st nam e calling More th a n 200 people atten d ed the good w ill b an q u et sponsored to people of o th e r races and s ta t by the V anport In te rra c ia l C oun ed th a t it is ju s t as easy to use th e cil on W ednesday evening, Feb. rig h t n am es as it is to use th e 13. at the M arshall school a u d i w rong onese. She re fe rre d to the torium . It w as v e ry in terestin g finding of science th a t all people to note the good w ill sp irit th a t are basically th e sam e and th a t existed am ong th e *g-oup w hile one of th e m ost d ifficult th in g s several races and natio n alities is th e speaking of d iffe re n t la n w ere represented. All lunched to guages. She said “th a t people should be considered as in d iv id u g eth er like one h ap p y fam ily. F irst a w ell p rep ared d in n er als and not grouped to g e th e r as w as served w hich consisted of an u n d esirab le group because tu rk e y and dressing, cream ed po some of them do w rong; th a t we tatoes, gravy, strin g beans, c ra n should respect th e contrib u tio n s berry sauce, cucum ber pickles, th a t o thers have given to th e tom ato relish, coffee, ice cream w orld and practice th e golden an d cookies. M any of th e guests ru le to do unto o thers as w e w ould w ere am azed a t th e am ount of have them do u n to us.” T h ro u g h food th a t w as serv ed and praised o u t h e r le c tu re she em phasized th e im portance of good will. th e appetizing assortm ent. Mr. T hom as said “th a t th e U n it The group w as e n te rta in e d by th e singing of several solos and ed S tates is th e best lab o rato ry an in terra cial q u a rte t from Rev. in th e w orld for w orking out race H e spoke against E. M. W haley’s church in P o rt relatio n s.” land. T here w as also group sin g teaching ch ild ren th a t o th er peo ple are m ean on account of th e ir ing by th e en tire audience. Two very in terestin g lectures race or nationality. He u r g e d w ere given by th e sp eak ers of w om en to p ractice good will. He th e evening in th e person of Miss said “th a t th e U n ited S tates c a n L aura H eist, w ho has had 20 y ears n o t establish a good n eighbor experience in M issionary w ork in policy and m istre a t and d iscrim i th e F a r E ast in In d ia and Mr. n a te against L a tin A m ericans G eorge L. Thomas, Director Race w h en th ey com e to o ur country. Relations for the Portland Coun He pointed o u t how m uch it cost jto overcom by saying tjiat cil of Churches. ................... s ............................. e hate, .......................................... - , ------- ' Miss Heist began by saying the m oney used in this country “th a t she w ish w e could th in k of to overcom e h a te w ould buy ourselves as broth ers, an d th a t enough food to feed all of s ta rv our g reatest tro u b le is ill w ill ing Europe. He also m entioned and m isun d erstan d in g w hich in th e im portance of good w ill and cites suspicion sim ply on account said it should begin w ith th e church. He p ointed out th a t th e church has been one of th e m ain organizations th a t has fo u g h t against racial discrim in atio n in th e P o rtla n d area. Mr. T hom as also em phasized th e im portance of good will. Youth Group to Meet Sunday Mrs. M arie B. Sm ith, counselor for th e P o rtla n d Y outh group, of th e N. A. A .C. P. states th a t th e re w ill be an o th e r m eeting S unday evening, Feb. 17, at 2 o’clock a t A. M. Zion church, 2007 N. W il liam s ave. T he m eeting w ill be early so th a t th e Y outh gro u p can INFANTILE P A R A L Y S I S WORKER RECEIVES PROMO TION— Miss Warrena A. Turpin of Clanton, Ala., registered nurse and 1938 Tuskegee Institute grad uate of the School of Nursing was recently promoted to Supervisor of Orthopedics at the Infantile Paralysis Center located at Tus kegee Institute, Ala. Miss Turpin had previously been employed as Head Nurse of th Center and has ben connected with the work since the Center was opened by the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. in 1941.— (ANP Photo.) $ 1 f - « “ LANNING FOR 1946 TUSKE GEE CLINIC— The Thirty-fourth Ann’ttl Clinic and meeting of the John A. Andrew Clinical Society w ill be resumed at Tuskegee In stitute from April 7 through April 12 of this year. Since the clinic was not held in 1945, the local comm ittee on arrangements, in cooperation with physicians and dentists in all parts of the coun try. is endeavoring to prepare a program of post-war significance. The local comm ittee members left to right are: (front)— Lt. CoL George C. Brancho, Medical PRICE 10c NEGRO FIRST CITIZEN IS A DARK HORSE To th e am azem ent of all present at N orse hall, 111, N. E. 11th St., last W ednesday night, a t th e 2nd A nnual A w ard of th e N egro F irst C itizen prize, th e judges, Dr. D. N. U nthanks, prom inent physician, Mrs. R achel G reen w ell know n club lady and p rom inent in civic affairs, and C hesley E. C orbett, E ditor of th e P o rtlan d In q u irer, nam ed C lifford W alker, P resid en t of th e P rogressive D em ocratic Club, as w in n er of the aw ard, as “NEGRO FIR ST C IT IZ EN .” T H E L M A CARPENTER AND EDDIE CANTOR VISIT WOUND- ED VETERANS— Sultry-singing Thelma Carpenter and her radio boss. Eddie Cantor, visit Halloran General hospital on Staten Is- land. New York, to spread gifts and cheer among hospitalized servicemen. The happy lad on the coast is Cpl. Reuben Reid, of 745 Communipaw avenue. J e r s e y City. N. J.— (ANP Photo.) Number 30 L eague in P o rtlan d . Mr. B erry spoke form th e su b ject “RACE RELA TIO N S AND PO LITIC A L A CTION.” Mr. B erry sta rte d out by say ing “W hen this n atio n w as "con ceived in lib erty an d dedicated to the proposition th a t all m en are created eq u al,” th e m oral fo u n d a tion w as laid in soil treacherous w ith quicksands and slips; th a t w e began by try in g to build free dom s house on soil th a t w as p a rt fre e and p a rty b o n d -p a rt e v e r lasting q uicksand.” He said “w e p erform ed an u n usual trick in sem antics and gave new arid lasting m eanings to a couple old w ords- color and race. We m ade non -w h ite an d in fe r iority of person synonym ous term s. B luntly speaking, we have lied to ourselves from the beginning.” He w ent fu rth e r to say th a t th ere has alw ays been in A m er ica m en and w om en w ho h av e b e lieved in the F nther-H ood of God and th e B rotherhood of M en b u t these m en and w om en h av e a l w ays been an infective m inority, th e m ajority w ill, N orth and South, has been d ictated by race and color p reju d ice.” He d is cussed in w h at proportions these groups w ork—th e concerned and th e unconcerned— he show ed that all groups have ab o u t reached the conclusion, in too m any cases and th a t it has gone on so long that it has finally come to be right »W trbat the N egfo wrong, and w rong to tre a t him right. The-in- betw een ers have accepted this po sition w ith o u t b en efit of thought. U n d er the H eading In te r-racial T eam w ork, th e sp eak er said, “I w ish to em phasize th a t I speak not of th e “N egro problem , w h a t ever th a t m ay be, b u t of th e N um ber One A m erican P roblem , in te r- group relation. Does it seem in consistent th a t w e so glibly speak of th e ‘N egro P ro b lem ’ in A m er ica. W hen w e re fe r to a sim ilar problem in G erm any, w e did not call it th e Jew ish P roblem . W e re fe rre d to it as th e N azi problem , and th e re b y placed th e resp o n si b ility sq u arely w h ere it b e longed.” He stated fu rth e r th a t “it is im p e rativ e th a t all A m ericans ask th em selves “w h a t sh all w e do to be saved; and w h a t shall w e do together. F irst: W e m u st recognize * problem and face th e issr race h o n est’y, sq u arely and ageously.” Mr. W alker’s nam e had not been sent in, nor w as he a candidate. T he follow ing w ere th e nam es th a t had been subm itted to the judges prior to W ednesday night. Mr. E. Shelton H ill, form erly th e buildings reportedly w ill be an ath letic directo r a t P o rtlan d air base and now active in federal th e first step tow ard establishing housing au th o rity w ork; Mrs. th e p lan t for vocational in stru c M ary D uncan, p rom inent in civic tion. The large ad m inistration affairs, Mr. J o h n C. B aker, in building w as form erly used w ith spector for U nion Pacific railroad. th e program of the N ational Rev. J. J. Clow, of th e Mt. O livet Y outh adm inistration. B ap tist church, and Mr. A. G. C lark college is now housed in ATLANTA— (A NP)—T he A t buildings on C h estn u t and F a ir G arrets, business m an and ow ner, la n ta B oard of E ducation in spe stre e ts in the vicinity of other w ith his w ife, th e M adrona Raido cial sessions la st w eek approved colleges and th e u n iv ersity w hich Shop. T he ju d g es inq u ired if they A tlan ta pn iv ersity w ere HYntfed to fM candidates schools. who had been previously named, lege cam pus to be used as a N e and w hen inform ed th a t th ey gro v o cational school to serve th e w ere not added others to th e list m etro p o litan area. to be considered. The a re a c o n stitu tes 59.8 acres A fter m uch deliberation, dis and includes L eete hall, th e gym cussion and elim ination, Mr. nasium and tw o re sid e n t stru c W alker, upon his record alone, tures. Mr. E. C. B erry, executive sec w as th e ir selection. A cts passed d u rin g th e last Mr. W alker has w orked u n tir session of th e G eorgia legisla re ta ry of the P o rtlan d U r b a n tu re gave th e city and F ulto n League, w ill speak in V anport on ingly and painstakingly, w ithout county th e rig h t to cooperate in S unday evening, F e b ru a ry 24 at pom p o r show for the p ast sev th e estab lish m en t of vocational No. 2 R ecreation C enter a t 7 eral y ears in political, and civil schools for th e A tla n ta area. F ul-j o’clock d u ring the program of the w ork and has been q u ite benefi cial to m any. ton county is y e t to act on a s N orthw est Q u artet Union. The Q u artet U nion is h aving His selection w as accepted by sum ing h alf th e p u rch ase price th e ir re g u lar m onthly program those p resen t w holeheartedly. and operation. P rio r to th e aw ard, th e P ro g res S hould th e deal go through, and for your listening pleasure ren o v atio n and recond itio n in g of you are cordially invited to h ear sive D em ocrat C lub had ren d ered the four q u a rte ts as follow s: The a program th a t is w o rth y of com a tte n d th e re g u la r m eetin g of th e A labam a Israelites, th e Five G os m en t and fo r w hich th ey deserve N. A. A. C. P., w hich w ill be held pel Singers, the S p iritu al G ospel m uch credit. Singers an d th e H arm onizing a t th e U. S. O. a t 4 o’clock. F irst, at 7.30 P. M. th ey served Mrs. S m ith states th a t several F ive R adio S tars an d some solos. a m ost appetizing su p p er w hich new m em bers w ere added to the D on’t m iss this. If you do, you w as enjoyed by all; d u rin g th e group and th a t th e y are still solic w ill miss a treat. T he public is in- m eal h o u r th e guests w ere e n te r ¡ vi ted. j itin g m em berships. tained by m usic w hich w as enjoyed by all. F irst Invocation by Mr. W ill M. C rockerham . Mr. O liver Sm ith, M aster of Mr. B erry said “he - C erem onies, th en introduced the q uestion L incoln’s G ettys follow ing persons, platform guest d ress th a t w e dedicated for th e evening: to th e parad o x ical p Mrs. R alph Flow ers, Messrs. th a t som e m en a re crea C lifford T. H owell, P resid en t of th a t w e live in a wc T he Y oung D em ocratic C lub of h u n d red m illion w hit O regon; E dw in C. B erry, Secy, of teen h u n d red m illion o U rban L eague of P ortland. G eorge pie. W hat w ill happen Hill, M em bership C hairm an of fiftee n m illion c o l Progressive D em ocratic C lub; le a rn to m aster th e H ugh T. P ra tt, P resid en t of M ult learn to produce n nom ah C ounty Y oung D em ocra th a n w e do?” tic C lub, R obert A rnold, P ublic R elation C hairm an, Progressive T he sp eak er s tre 1 D em ocratic C lub. C lifford W alk aces p o in ted out er, P re sid e n t Y oung D em ocratic as im p o rta n t to th e ___JScWSaË Club. ican as th e w h ite; . Corps. U. S. Army, Veterans Hos morial Hospital; Dr. Frank E. Mr. S m ith introduced Mr. in th e U nited S tates a n , pital; Miss Eunice Rivers, R. N„ Steele; Dr. Cyril A. W alwyn: G eorge H ill, of th e m em bership ican b y b irth , and c u ltu re; * Special Assistant, U. S. P u b lic ! Major John R. Welch, Command five m em berships, paid u p had fu tu re an d fo rtu n es a re tit Health Service; Dr. John W. Che- ! ant, Tuskegee Institute. five m em bership, paid u p h ad j w ith th e fu tu re of A m erica.-’’ nault. Medical Director of John Committee members are shown been secured. th re a t to A m erica is a th A. Andrew Memoriral H ospital;! on picture are Colonel E. H. D ib T he M aster of C erem onies th en N egroes. In case of natio Miss Lillian Holland. Superin ble Jr., Manager, U. S. Veterans introduced or presented m any aster, th e only reason tendent of Nurses, John A. Anj- Hospital. Tuskegee. Alabama; g uests all over th e hall. w ould fa re less b ad ly that drew Memorial Hospital; Dr. B. L. Luther H. Foster Jr.. Treasurer. T hen Mr. C lifford W alker, P re s is because th e y hav e so lilt Jackson, Institute Dentist; (stand Tuskegee Institute; L o u i s A. id en t of th e Progressive D em o lose.” H e said "th e re w ere m; ing) Albon L. Holsey, Director of Rabb. Business Officer, John A. cratic Club, w ho gave an o u tlin e approaches to h elp solve th is < Public Relations, Tuskegee Insti Andrew Memorial Hospital; Cap- of w h a t he and his organization dition, viz; E ducation-form al tute; Lewis A. Jackson, Public lain LeRoy W eeks and Captain hav e done and a re doing. inform al, job o p p o rtu n ity , d> Relations, Tuskegee I n f a n t i l e T. II. Pinkney, U. S. Army Medi Mr. O liver E. S m ith th en in housing, ad eq u ate h ealth Center; Dr. £ . E. Alexander, cal Corps. Tuskegee Army Air tro d u ced Mr. E dw in C. B erry, and access to com m unity - Pharmacist, John A. Andrew Me- Field,— (ANP Photo.) E xecutive S ecretary of th e U rban ices.” Old Clark Site Proposed for Vocational School Urban League Sec'tary to Speak