RED CROSS DRIVE GETS GOOD START The Colored Population Division of the American Red Cross Campaign got off to a good start Monday night at the Y.W.C.A., by the way of a dinner meeting. The dining room was beautifully decorated with patriotic colors and posters showing Red Cross workers at work. A delightful turkey dinner was prepared and served by the American Red Cross Canteen workers to more than one hundred and fifty persons. A. A Wilson, chairman of the Colored Population Division was master of ceremonies. The meeting was opened by singing the "Star Spangled Banner," with the invocation by Rev. D. J. Hughlet. Very inspiring talks were made by Mr. Wilson, who expressed confidence that the colored division would Pruitt, cochairman; Mrs. Hortense Pruitt, co-chairman; Mrs. Horense Young, chairman of the Special Gifts and Mrs. Jessie Scott, secretary of the campaign group, who presented a check for $30.00 given by a friend, Mrs. Elizabeth Armour of White Plains, New York. Duri  ng the dinner and the speaking, music selections were furnished by Mrs. Sarah Osborne and the Hyatt twins under the direction of Miss Iola Jordan. Folowing talks by the various captains, reports were received from some of the respective divisions in addition to the thirty dollars reported by Mrs. Scott. Dvision I - R.L. Ransaw, chairman, total $71.70 with the following reporting: Mr. Pruitt, $20.00; Mrs. Mayme Brock, $14.45; Charles S. Ware, $19.25; Miss Margaret Blanton, $13.00; Mrs. Ransaw, $5.00. Mr. Wilson reported $10.00. A total of $40.00 was reported by two workers of the Special Gifts Committee. (Continued on page 4)

PUBLIC CONDUCT
Don't be loud and boisterous on public conveyances - street cars, buses, and trains. Remember, other people of other races are observing you and they judge all Colored people by the conduct of the worst element.

"It is extremely hard to distinguish between races. No one criterion can be used." -- Dr. Robert H. Lawrie

Todd Meets With Negroe Leaders
Result Regarded as Forward Step
G.O.P. Leader Urges Negroes to Get Together and Select Own Leaders One of the most significant of political meetings among Negroes afiliated with the Republican party in Louisville and Jefferson County, was held in the offices of Charles W. Anderson, attorney and member of the Kentucky Assembly, Tuesday night, February 23. The meeting was called at the request of Jouett Ross Todd, chairman of the Louisville and Jefferson County Committee. As defined in the call sent to leading Negro republicans and newspaper men, the meeting was for the purpose of "discussing and exchanging views relative to the participation of Negroes in the affairs of the Republican Party, and for the purpose of outlining a definite program for the common welfare and progrtss of colored Republicans in Jefferson County." The meeting was presided over by Mr. Anderson. Mr. Todd who was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in the 1942 election, but who is of the opinion that the Republican victories are again on the way, and who is looking for the pendulum to start swinging away [?] the Democrats in the 1943 gubernatorial election in Kentucky and in the 1944 presidential election, took an advanced position in his liberal speech to the Negro leaders. He met them more than half way in the frank discussions and in the demands made by spokesmen for the assembled race group of Republicans. 
Mr. Todd said that the time had come when the Negro leadership should cease to be controlled. He urged colored Republicans to get (Continued on page 4)

Carr, Louisville Printer Passes
H. Clifton Carr, of College Court, passed away at his home, Wednesday afternoon. Carr, who was recognized as the most capable linotypist and printer ever developed in Louisville, had been ill for more than three years, but about a year ago he was able to begin putting some time in with the American Baptist. Carr began his printing career with the I. Willis Cole Publishing Co.. and The Louisville Leader, when the paper was founded in 1917. At fifteen he started as a printer's devil while a student in Central High School, under the tutelage of Ed Dupree and Robert Hogan, who came to Louisville to work in The Leader plant. Hogan is now back with The Leader after an absence of several years. Carr developed fast, and in 1919 he was sent to the Mergenthaler Linotype School in Chicago by The Leader publisher for training, and he became the first operator on a linotype owned by a race publisher in Kentucky. Carr later became foreman of The Leader plant with from ten to fifteen employees under him during his twenty-two years with the paper. He was forced to leave the company in 1941 because of heart illness which was becoming worse. He had to give up on a previous occasion, and he remained at home for six months. During his last five years with The Leader. Mr. Carr did work on The American Baptist which was housed in The Leader Building and printed by The Leader, and when the American Baptist moved (Continued on page 4)

FBI AGENTS CATCH MAN HERE
Louis McMurry of 453 S. 7th St., was rounded up this week by F. B. I. agents after a search of more than two years for an alleged automobile theft in Kansas City. McMurray is said to have eluded police in six states before he was apprehended here. He is accused of stealing an automobile in Kansas City and driving it to Amos, Kansas, September 2, 1940. He is being returned to Kansas City.

DEFENDS POLICY OF NEGRO PRESS
COLOR ANGLE EXPLAINED; SAYS N. S. NOT WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY ALONE
Cambri~, March _ Ira other pi d. if he cannot ~
F. Lewis. presidAnt of th~ Pilts- fair to them. they ask further, that
burgh Courier was the guest h be fair to his pnsclun -nts."
speaker at the Noiman Foundation Th  Plorwer Pittsburgh Couriu
of Harvard Unh'ersity ",-hich pro- e"eeuti,· stated as a flm con,'i.,.
vicks gradua~ COUl'$eS for iourn- tion that the 'l'l:J'O In Ameri Is
alists. last ,..eok-end. r. Lew'.:. th yardstick by '" hieh our colored
.... ho spoke bd,,", adminislrahon alii ... throut:"out the world will
oUicials, f rolty members and tu· judge the sin rity of Ie war :'ms
d nts said in th~ course of his ad- " l'rt."..J by PTe!iid ,nt Roo. ,.It
dress: and Win t"n Churchill and th ...
"Traditiun, prl"eedenl, seetio=l- "bili!)' of the United 'ations 10
ism, indh'id",,1 citizens and bigu - earry out th Four Freed ms to
put a construeti n or interpreb- the far cornU's of the t'3rth.
Ilon on dl'rnocr:lc:y which keops it '·Yes. th" Irrounent of the N 'i!1'o
from functioninG 10 the full benefil in the Urul'd Sta .... is even more
of all people. than the enltri n of the counlry's
"I have talked ",1th Indians. AI- war aims," Intoned the militanl 
thin& but praise for the whi~ man sci..,,,,,."
and the progress he has made with But, for all th... discrimination
his opportunities. His great ambi- and sc,:;r.,g:llion e"ereiS  ! lI!(ainsl
tions OUld ac:hieve~nts ruwe won rum, Mr. Lewis said. the Negro is
f r him leadership in the field 01 proud to be an American. He has
science. letters. commer"". and lought. bled and died in all Amer­induslry
Th 'Se peoples all ask, ica's wars-from Bunk .... Hill to
and they ask only, that the white rearl Harbor.
m.'UI ho fair in his altitude toward (Continued on page 4)
The Colored Population Di'ision Gifts Commiltee and Ths. Jess:c
of the Ameri":a :~C= ~:= I =~ =~tedthe :.~
day night at the Y.W C.A., by th $30.00 gi,'en by a friend. Irs. Eliz­way
of a dinner meeting. The din- .beth Armour of White Plaw,
ing room was beautifully dccor- New York. During the dinnc:' and
atcd with patriotic colors and the speakinl!. music self ctiO:lS
posters showing Red Cross work- were furnl:.hed by r.Irs. Sarah Os­fiS
at work. A delightful turkey borne and the Hyatt Iwins undor
dinner was prepared and served the dirrction of IItiss lola Jordan.
by the American Red Cross Can- FoloMng talks by the various
tIoen workers to more than on(" captains, reports were reeeh"ed
hundred and fifty persons. A. S from some of the respeeti"e divis­Wilson.
chairman of the Colored ions in addition to the thirty dol·
Population Division was master of Jars reported by l1rs. ScotL Di"is­ceremonies.
T b e meeting was ion I-R. L. Ransaw. ch.airm.an. to­opened
by singmg the "Star Span- tal $71.70 with 'he following re­gled
Banner," with the invocation porting: Mr. Pruitt. $20.00; • Irs
by Rev. D. J . Hughlet. Very in-Ma.yme Brock. SI4.45; Charlos S
spiring talks were made by Mr. Ware, $19.25; Miss Margaret Blan­WtUon.
who expresS  ! confidence ton, $13.00; Mr. Ransaw, $500. l1r.
that the colored division would Wilson reported $10.00. A total of
P ruitt, cochainnan.; Mrs. Hortense $-10.00 was reported by two work­Pruitt,
c:o-chairman; Mrs. Horense lors 01 the Special Gifts Committ£e.
Young, c:h.ainnan of the Speei;J (Contmued on page 4)
Illlp"rtan. nat .~nal figur.,,; highligh.'ed Food_for-Freedom Day in washington, D. C. last Sunday. Top, left to TIght.
"rp Clifford Townsend, director, food production adminis+r ation. Dr. W. H. Jemagin, pastor of llt. Carmel Baptbt Church
where the program ",as held, and chairman of the Executive Board of the Fraternal Council 0[ N~gro Churches In Am"rica
which proclaImed the observance; and Roy F. Henderickson, director. food distribution adminislration. Bottom, left to right,
Lt. Col. Frank M. Snowden of the Quartermasters Replacement T raining Center, Camp Lee, V.; Caplain Ronald Banner·
man, assistant labor altache of the British embassy and Dr. Robeci M. Williams, president or the Ministers' Alliance of
Washmgton.-AAA Photo by Butzko.
STIMSON ASKED TO ABANDON ATTORNEY SETTLE SAYS THE SOUTH IANOTHER DAILY
ARMY'S SOLDIER COTTON PICKING PLAN DIES IN MEMPHIS DROPS WORD NEGRO
E
RESULT REGARDED
AS FORWARD STEP
G.O.P. LEADER URGES EGROfS TO GET
TOGETHER AND ELECT OWN LEA ERS
One of -t!-'t.; rn t ·~r:!':.i.Ult 1,Ji' m.L n'" 10"":1'5 pn -G~ 0 'e-r bv
political me ;.=.gs ... ::1" rr •• cgrOE' Ar:dc-rsc..."l. ~!r T d ho ,,,- ~
ahlialed ,,~th th~ Republican p - unsueee:.ful eand'date lor Con,:­ty
in Louisville and JcHerron res.s in the 1942 election. b~t "rho
Counly, was hdd in I e offic.s  I is 'f 1..'1. opiniClO !hat the Republi­CharI
... W. And , a tompy and can ,~ctories arc at;ain OIl the way,
member of the Kentucky As.em-I and who is Ioot.iIog far the pendu­h!
v ~.cb~ ni2ht. F.brwu~ 23 lum 10 ~~ awu
The rrreeung was called a the r-- th ... Democrats in be 1943 guber­quest
of Jouett Ross Todd, chair- nalorial election in K rntucky ar.d
1Yl• llil. of the Louisville and Jeffer- , in. the 19+t presidential election,
son County Committe.... As d.o- Io .k an ad''3need position in his
f;ned in the call sent to leadin~ hberal speech to the Negro lead­,
'cgro republi-::a.'lS and n .... w'Spaper ers. He met them more than
men, the meeting was for the pur- way il'" the frank discuss:ons and
pose of "discussi...,g and .xchan~-Iln the dAmam!s made by spokes­ing
views relative to the partlci- men for the assembled race group
pation of Negroes in the affairs of 'of Republicans.
the Republican P ll'Iy, and for the I Mr. Todd said that the time had
purpose of outlining a definile come when the Negro le"dcrship
program for the common welfare should """e to be controlled. He
and progrtss of colored Republi- urged colored Repobllcan5 10 get
cans in Jefferson County:' The I (Continued on page 4)
CARR, LOUISVILLE
PRINTER PASSES
H. Clifton Carr, of College paper. He was forced to I ave
Washington, D. c.. March 4- able labor supply wha~ver. Cer- DICTATES HOUSING -- Comp:e~ ~ of :",e tainly il should not be resorted to Memphis, .Tenn. , March _ Philadelphia, lareh _(AN C ;~rnt, "~": d ~~:;n~n.h''s h~:~: ~h h:~";;~': :~" ':~:
Army s plan to use.soldiers 10 pIck as long as persons quahficd to Funeral SCrvlCes were held here P )-:-In :~" future th~ Phlladel- who was recognized as the mosl comin worse He had to • e
oollon was aked this week of Sec- perform these duties are ~d for Atty. Joe T . SetUe who phta Dally N"ws- WIll not usc capable linotypis and prinler up on g a previous occasion ';:d
retary of War sUmSO~ by the NA- from either agn""lture or mdus- passed away after Q hngering the wo~d Negro to ,dentlfy a .·r developed in Louisoi.Ue, he remajned at home Ia: S1X
~CP. The oro"" ,,:hich when .. t try ~use o~ ~, ~ ~or, illness In Hubbard Memorial Detroit, Mjch. March 4-Char1I- ~r, and YpsaJanu. person m . a news story exc~pt had l«n ill for more than three mon hs During his last five
first announced said thaI cotton or nallonal ongln. As is pointed hospital al 'ashville, TUesday' l' that th FedA~ Public Hous- In response to an earlier com- where ,t IS ab60lutcly essential. b t be .' .
picking would begin in Arizona out in Fortun~ magazine for Feb- February 23. :: Authoerity is ~mlitting the munication from th~ NAACP de- '0 the meaning or t~e article. ~v"::S~bl~ : be~~na :..~~;g,::,!: ~= di:~:rk ~e ~~eri::
was attacked by the NAACP as a ruary, there are vast untapped Long a member or the local South to dicta~ its policy In nor- manding the admission of Negro Lee EIlmaker, publish r, has I' "h th Am' Ba Ba
dange:ous precedent. . reservoirs of lAbor now barred bar, A:1torney Sel'le was the them areas, the NAACP asked this tenants into these projects, Com- promised in a le tter to Ray- t::
e '~:..:. be :n he~,c":'in ' p- phst whICh. w:", housed. 10
Stating ,ts appr£benSJon that from partiCIpation III th" war d- son of the late A'ty Josiah T. week that applications of woes missioner Herbert Emmerlich of mond Pace Alexander. noted . i!h g . ~ ling The Lead 'r Butld,rg and pnnt-
N~ solwers wOUldcotlorm .;;;e fort. '!:'" (jl raee and other Srtl", who was r"g~rded dur- be accepted Mthout dtscrimina- the Feder.ll Housing Authority al lawyer. ~:::'~~g c~he~d ~~'sLo~ l-d by The I~ad r, ,"nd "'hrn
~u~fif :c~ ~ :;d~eshOu:' ~' in= P"'juwc:es. Illn hIS career as one of the most ~on or segngation to housing pro- Washlngto~, D. C. had asserted The agreemen to make hL "ilIe Leader, "".hen the paper he Ame~c"" Bapt
t;:df:c... the NAACP said d:e be- promlO"n' cl'll and cnmmal jecls at Willow Run, Wayne, Insk- Continued on page 4 change came as the r.,,;ult of a wa founded 10 1917. At fifteen ( onhnued on page 4)
gmninG of such an experiment III 450 000 NEGROES I3wyers of th" South, scn'mg s~af~ cO~f"r"n~e between Oally he s ar:ed as a printer's d u
Arizona as originally propoed , ;rt one un as attorney-g ... n"ral ERS LEAN e'.s exrCUII~ after Mr. Alel _ "hll a student m Central Hi!;h F D f AGENTS
made "It impoooible to avoid the IN ARMY SERVICE of T rncSSCC durlnlt 'he Recon- CLAIM NEGRO SOLDI C ancler had pom'ed oul to Ihe !'chool. u.dcr the tu'elage of .U ••
conclusion that that state was se- strue IOn era. WI h the late • newspaper how unn.ecccssa.ry It F.,I Dupr and Robert Hogan,
I cted because of the pr nee 01 _ Rober: Church, h. was a pro- TOILETS FOR WHITES IN GEORCIA was to USC'~ ractal deslgna- ho came 10 LoUISville to work CATCH MAN HERE
a segregaled Negro division al FI W- h,r.gton, [arch _Ac. mme.n. fi~ure. 10 ~enncssee I tlon 10 most mstanc('s. In Thc Lead('r plan. Bogan
Huachuca." cordmg 10 a War Department politICS unt,l hIS deml some ---- The Daily News aCllion comes is now aek with The Leader
"Use of soldiers paid by the announe 'men~ thIS w~k. 450 20 y 'ars ago. I Washington, D. C. larch 4 - 6:30 a.m. a few wecks after 'he Philadel- ~rtcr an abs nce 01 scv ral LoUIS k.~urry of 453 S. 7ln
Federal govemment," . said the 000 Negroes ar now servlOg .,; Wh~ arc Negro soldiers requir~ In the letter to .Stunso~. thr phia Record, anoth r local d"ily, years. earr developed f a 5 t, t., was rounded up :h", ,. (
NAACP "would work a distinct the Un,ted Stat ... s Army Of PUBLIC CONDUCT to nse an hour earlier than white  AACP declared: relesalion ,,( ed"l r Th and 10 1919 he was sent to the by F B. J. agents a tn a .Ire:
d isadvantage on civilians through Ibat number 60,000 arc re~rtod Don't ~ loud. and hoi crou~ .I~ers at ~P Wheeler, Ceor- egro sold.iC", by the Urut d ~~:':.:;I ;':::;"d:~; ~CY. Ne,: m('nthal r LinOtype School ::le
m
: tha:- wo years ~or ~n
d priving them of jobs. It permit.; . ,. on pubbc con~('yancC5-$lrce. gla . the Washington Bureau 01 States Arm) to the .talus of men- I in Chicago by The Leader pub- g au. omobll(' th".1 In
employers who arc unMlling to as bemg ~n du y outs,de of the cars, buses and trams. Remem- the AACP dAmanded. this week ials gives democracy an empty York, PM, was the first . to hsh r, for lraining. and he be- Kansas CIty. Ie 1um,y, saiJ
P"y nt wag s to get theirCOuntry, mcludm" 65,000 In the I ho. r, 0 h r pcopl(' of other races of Secretary of War Sli~. sound to those who are c:a11.d uv- elemma'e ·cgro in I rout me e".me the firsL operator on a 0 h . ('h.r1ed pollee in six
I""'es a dangerous preeedAnt which North Africa. The War Depart- lu.lce aU Colored pcopl by the for col red sold,ers only. Upon iL" , I ,. ~ . K III k Carr lat MI. h rp Ht' .L  a o r  'AI_
may do more honn than the ill it ment announeem nl says that conduct of the worst el m nt. '-;"n th y elMn all their ~w l The AACP CIted th troamcnt i~:;;" tnfor:~ :i Th Lead~ ing an au.m iJto in :It ",
crops picked for nothing. It estab- PacUie ar '" and 10.000 tn ar" obserVIng you and they R.'~lle '" sounded at 5,30 a.m on to sacrifIce, fight and we f. - stories. I' ,notype owned by a race pub- stal(' O b fo "e was aop,..," nd-purports
to correct. W. maintain I . I and mess hal aft r whIch they I . "It i. extremely hard 10 di.lu,-. CIty nd d:-win It 0 , ....
thtrefore tbl soldiers r.l'afted to th rc are n arly 2.000 • ~gro Ad"e i.-;mg IS 'h" It 01 a are required to eI an the t.iIe aeeorded Ne S Ignod to thel llUith hol",..,.n races. • 0 (I e cri- plan' 'Ith from t('n to fitlren Y.a, as c: e "n~, 19 ' P-fight
sho~ld' be used in this fash- Commission:d OffCIOrs in the b I~ . Support Lead~r Ad- used by ",hite solwers. Whi,,: aol- m~cal d .• ehm nl as ~inll - terion ~ be wed:'-Dr no""~ r,:,~ 0;' ' .'$ under him .during IS bt:1I'g urned. te ~
Ion only when th re is ',';) a',ail- .rmy. I vorllsers. I di .... al Camp Wh ler nse al pea.))y objectionable. H. La",,,e, hIS twenty-two years Wlth the CIty. ---
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