COMMENDS STATE APPOINTMENT OF TRAVIS - GOOD SELECTION SAYS EDUCATOR - MERITED IT THROUGH BUSINESS AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP By I. Willis Cole In a recent letter to the Courier-Journal, the appointment of O. M. Travis of Monticello, Kentucky, as the first Negro member of the State Board of Education in Kentucky was commended. That appointment made by Governor Simeon S. Willis is about two years late and represents only some portion of what Negroes expected from him, does not alter the fact that the appointment brought recognition to the race which Negroes throughout Kentucky appreciate. It is generally agreed that Governor Willis made a good selection when he named Mr. Travis to the post. One of Kentucky's outstanding Negro educators told this writer that the Governor could not have made a better selection, that Mr. Travis in every way measures up to the high type of white members of the State Board of Education. He said that members of such boards are usually persons who are not identified with education, but are substantial citizens, and in most cases persons who are successful in the business or professional life of their communities, other than education, and with whom the superintendent, as the educational representative, works. Mr. Travis is one of the truly successful business men in Kentucky. He has a large mercantile store on the public square in Monticello, which is patronized by white and colored consumers of the country around. Among the several employees are specialists in harness making and other lines known to the general mercantile business. As the Negro member of the Republican State Central Committee, Mr. Travis is the political leader of his race in Kentucky, and during the gubernatorial campaign he made an inestimable contribution to the election of Governor Willis, with whom he appeared on platforms as speaker and as manager of the campaign among Negroes. Mr. Travis is one of the leading laymen of the A. M. E. Church and is prominently mentioned as a candidate for a general office of that denomination at the next General Conference. Yes, Governor Willis did use good judgment in the appointment of O. M. Travis as a member of the State Board of Education. He merited it. He deserved it. He was entitled to it. He is fitted for it. He is a first-rate Kentucky citizen, a ranking Republican, a prosperous merchant, a fine family man, a Christian gentleman.

KENTUCKY GIRLS WIN GARDEN PRIZE Mary Wanda Lee Williamson, 16, of Inez in Martin County, and Velma E. St. Clair, 16, of Dundee in Ohio County, surpassed other Kentucky entries for efficient production and marketing in the fifth annual scholarship contest of the National Junior Vegetables Growers Association. Awards were announced in the association's 11th annual convention in Cincinnati, O., by the junior growers' adult advisor, Prof. Grant B. Snyder of Massachusetts State College. Each of the girls will receive a $25 Victory bond from $6,000 provided by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company for the junior growers' competition. Boys and girls 12 to 21 years of age in 46 states competed in the 1945 contest, which included a study of efficient vegetable production and a report on each entrant's vegetable project.

MOVE TO REMEDY ANY GRIEVANCES - SEEN AS CUTTING GROUND FROM UNDER LEADERS OF HATE-STRIKE Gary, Nov. 28 -- School authorities moved last week to make improvements in Froebel School, and thus remedy any legitimate grievances which parents and pupils may have against the school management. The improvement move was [seen as cutting the ground from?] under leaders of the recent hate-strike. There is no doubt that much genuine dissatisfaction with physical conditions at the school exists among both Negro and white parents. It was this desire for improvements which the Nazi-like hate leaders played upon, misusing it to fan the flames of race prejudice. Superintendent Charles D. Lutz told the school board that there must be an honest approach to the problem of improving Froebel School. He emphasized that the program should be discussed with representative parents of both white and Negro students. Board member Dan Kreitzman and Mrs. Uno Hill also stressed that advice must be sought fr  om Negro parents as well as white parents. Among the projects proposed were the painting of the school auditorium and the improvement of its acoustics, the painting of the school shops and [illegible] equipment, rebuilding the [illegible] steps which are too narrow and have caused accidents, the employment of a night watchman and rebuilding the wooden floors, which were laid 35 years ago. Mothers will be consulted, the board decided, regarding [improvements?] in the home [economics?] department and the [school?] cafeteria, which needs [new?] equipment. Superintendent Lutz disclosed that a man and woman counselor have been appointed. Thus there is now available at all times a person to whom parents and children can take their problems and complaints.

VETERAN OF TWO WARS ACTIVE With the 93rd Infantry Division on Morotai, Dec. 6--[Sergeant?] John Williams of the 25th Infantry Regiment is the only remaining World War I veteran with that unit. Although he has had almost thirty years' service in the Army he is still very [active?]. He sailed from the United States in January 1944 with twelve other World War I veterans. In July, 1917, Sergeant Williams left his job with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Paris, Kentucky and joined the Army. He was assigned to Company B, 541 Engineer Labor Bat- (Continued on Page 4)

GOOD SELECTION SAYS EDUCATOR
MERITED IT THROUGH BUSINESS VOL
A 0 POLITICAL LEADERSHIP VIRGINIA LAW TO MOVE TO REMEDY SUPREME COURT. ANY GRIEVANCES
CLEAR CASE TO TEST JIM CROW SEEN AS CUTTING GROUND FROM TRAVEL IN SOUTHERN STATES UNDER LEADERS OF HATE STRIKE
PACIFIC COAST REGA ROE 
NEW RACE RELATIONS FRONTEER 
THREE COLORED LEADERS TO SERVE JOB BIAS UP TO STATE TROOPERS OVERSEAS RELIEF COMMITTEES
GUARD AT TRIAL WHITE HOUSE WORKER VETERAN OF TWO WARS ACTIVE
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