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l oTtANT nUSINES S MAN WRITES BOUT GEOR
TRAGEDY BIZARRE 5
AND SHAMELESS
"THE GEORGIA POLITICAL SITUATION
AS SEEN BY GEORGIA NEGROES," SUBJECT
Edltorts 'ote: The article whu'h follow~. is printed in its
rul a m tied to The Lead('r by E. ,. Martan. an outstanding
husiness man of AUanta. Ga. letter which arromparued tho.
article. and an editorial commeot are clUTied y: I l~" 4
Br E. M. Martin
No J:reater t:r3.geC"l)0 has e\'~r oec:un-ed In American hu.1ory
than has transpihd here in G~rgia d uring the "",t fe,," months.
The whole thlng is so bizarre. shameless, and shockmg to even
elementary d~. th:lt one wonders how uch rould and did
ehappn in any state Ihat calls itself democratic and law abiding.
mueb 1""5 Christian.
hon of Eugene Talm I' as Go\·ernor. a egro soldier and t,,·o
Yes. it has haPpen~~m~.~=~a: n a fter the elec-SAY S S RI F E PER IL S CH U R C this crime that sh ed the Christian ronscien"" of the nation. humble N"gro women 'ere lynched w ilhollt having time to say. I I
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:r::!Er~!:~:~n~~::~~:;:f~~~~:~ NEGRO. UNITS I V,I::.: IT E~ATO: R GLL"'I TAYLO~ .·,'TURE· ATENS TO ~.:::.:: ~: t!~ ~:::~n:a ~:!~;.,~ agenri .. not one of the .
wom!!~~~:o ~~~~~~~ :~~ ~"';~~i:eO~~~';':~~~. !~":i~ IN 11 STATES -: -;. I KILL IN'F' LUENCE' '.- fested by Georgin N~groes. The,v did not get together and retalia I' ' • .' •.•• ! •
~~I~,;:m~:~~.:!,,~~W;hi~t::n.~uttot~:eN~~!~:~ :~~~~~.~~~ . ': .::";:
\~ention 5ent group or ministers and laymen to !\'1onroe to pray, I . '.. . '''''~
~~':n::~la::e:~o~:~any:.t.~e"r~e~~ s:,ol:eWt~:ntO .. ~~I~r'x::,~ NUMERICAL DESIGNATIONS ARE
:':';;!Y :~d~~:~~ nO.?~T~:e;l3~n~.~::a;k:fIS~~ i~~~;;l,,~aJ-1 G REf 0 A VA RICE AND HAT RE 0
Even Ihou ;h ChrlSlianitpnd Derr.ocr:,,:y moy he on .uch a ALtOCA TED FOR NATIONAL GUARO HAVE' ~O PLACE IN . CHRISTIAN CHURCI
low plane and coup d 'etats (Hon. Ralph ;\kGill. Editor 01 The
AUant.., ~onstilution says that ". have had a politic:lI nnt a "\\tashington. D. C.. Feb. 6.- to the Chicago area, while in -~ -
military c ~p d'etat) on 'Su('h a hlS!h plane here In Gt" .,rgin. that umerical dt:signattons h a v (' ·(:W YOlk City the 369th Anti- Ectitor's ,?ot . The arttdt~ \"h:ch rol1cw~. is reproduced as an
the guilty may never be hroughl III the bar of Justice. hundreds been allocated for Negro 'a. alTern!t Artillery Group will be ~~~~~i~;'. ~~~_~~r:.::te:l:~J 1~:~i~:I~c~~;~:e~;)~~~.O~la~;~
;~:,~~::s :li;Vo;:,~f':r.~~~:'rc~. who love GeorgIa, ha\· ... good I ~:~a~ ~~:r~is~;;~~ o~ d~lu~'~t~~ ::=e~~ituted with Negro per- See our own editorial COr.lnent .m page 4.
Storm TroopeR Organize I the War Department has an- Enlistment of Negroes ar.d lhe "Tbe s,.e~1 ilnd influential Afric:ID Methodist EpL roP;lJ Church:"" .
It has happened here in Atla'lI~. Gcorgia: A great upsurge of nounced. ; formation of Negro units are as founded by the saint d Richard Allen. i. m Ihe Ihroes of internal
:ntoleranCt! a..,d. bigotry. following Ihe election of Talmadge. spear- In these allocations ev~ "f· _ de:erminf'(\ hy lcwn' Slatp at., . '-t,.  f +: _ _ 1l ' . _' ' ' '  "DnH.et ~vhlch threat. .. n, to d£ troy much o f 1t'!....!n."'t,I,,u,,.en""c~e _. ..;..-:..
neaClEd "by :.ne l:g.&triing rlaSb ot the C?lwl1blan~ and the \\·cst LJ\d fort has been made to preserve lhorities. . 1 ~::~~~rsw.o; both "p~t;~·. lort, .... t..
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JCI.n.J U I ... 1lt:olVth \..()t\g1" • '°'1 ."1' lS ("hUl-ch. erected upon the prin('iples proclaimed by Jesu.-­Klan
.element. ~ere. freedum wa~ den~ed :c. white peeple and ever as. far as possible units and I Allotment of quotas, of Na· They ll'anaged 10 squeeze in un ant~r\'lew with Senator Glen Christ for the purpo.e of d e\'ating men and women to higher
a whit . o:'~istian church. to SC!I thell" own property to Negroes designations traditionally associ- tional Guard personnel and T~ylor CD-Idaho) wh 'Se rrrolution to bar Senator Theodure G. stand:!rds of living, is now ngagrd in a war equal in mtensily
~"m e of th ~ property ",as allll,,_ t an the shadow of a great N~( aled \\"Ith a State. I units to Ihe several States, on bilbo (D-Miss.) from a sennte .~"t a"d ~ '",,",panytn" speech won I to. those cenducted by men \\h~ do not even proteso to walk
College. o~ lD~a~ona!c:':~ "~dla:;n~~!:n:,.,:,~ ara~oN~;~~~ In lllinois. for example. Negro the basis of Ihe ratio oC eal:h tum nationwide appl2use Tn thP picture n'ading eft try rI~ht: wllh God. .
borhood. ere. u pr u . . . . . personnel wiII constitute Ihe I Slate's male population. age 18 E.,ther V. Cooper. \'ice-pr"'ldenl NYC' 1I1!"'. LoUIse Crump PICOU "The feuding Bb hop, appart'ntly are unmindful of one of tIw
have .been trIed. cOn\'.cted and kIlled ~Y ~ndl\·ldu~ls. in~~ co~:~ 178th Infantry Regiment and to 3~, to the country's total pop- New!'ort News, Va.: Ethel Bi~by. ~ncC;ct Cotlere. Colu:nbla: chief tenets on the blooe-staincd banner d Christ 'Love ye one
One Negr? was kIdnaped nnd beaten. dno.her la .... ab ~ ng· ef r  the l84th Fie ld Artillery Bat- ulalion in lhat age bracket. is a S. C.; 1Ilrs. Gwendolyn S,muelson. New Orleans Youth Councll: anolher'. and, of equal force. Ihe Fatherhood of God and the
o::r= ~:~ ;;~e~~~~:~r~e~(~~;:;=:~~:~. :n~ in
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so':n  talion. units that are well known (Colltanued on page ~) 1 Louise E. Burnham. SNYC secr :try; Senator T aylor; Edward K. Brotherhood of Ma n . Where th" re is no love Ihe people perish.
instances. destro 'ed. The law of Ihe gang is only unto itself I W~aver. SXYC p;esldent. Glorlg John. n. Covmgton. Ky : I",. "Greed. a\'arice and hatTed have no place in any churcll wbid.
Troa it is the riegro; a few weeks later It 15 the GO\'eJ'nor or th RAr.E RELATIONS HONOR ROLL TO ! France Stollar, New ?rleans. nnd :\lrs .. Grace . TIJIm::.n of New I ,urports to be Chrls tla.n. Most as..curcdly, tMn. these areh ~
stat.e: and tomorrow, it ma' be the Capllali ts if they d on't pa: !I 0r1e~ns; Este.mo~e "\\  'I fe. J ukson. MISS; WIlbert Hommond .. of human progr.· are incon,i.tcnl with Ihose high principles
• ) I h d . Char.e, !on, \\ . \ a.. and Alexander Hor n. 1I10reho"..., Culle -I', I "hlch called Ihe AlirE Chlll"ch into being.
o ff ~e::~ ~~n::e;en~·an: t~':~ tTh:~ru:::C~nown. not only 1 BE ANNOUNCED SUNDAY OYER RADIO Atlanta. "Onc n 'w~paper h3S called ~,tfention to the excessi e lawyns'
Georgt3. but over the entire nation. B( II ~~lId to c\"erlal)ting glory fr:es ~nd rourt C~~l~. an ~tlmj t ro half mini"n doll:u":;_ But what .is
(.{ our rour _ here in Ge 'rgl&l, ~hL!l br:\\'l' Georgl~ states.nH."'n in OUl New York., Feb. 6.-The SoC\"- white. who have done the most LAUNLH INTENSIVE SE RVICE LifE ~nfinttcIY morc Import;mt I!" that thousands of_ dev~ut people U\
courts and the Geof1!i~ pre~$ .outlawed the CUlumOl .. ln.; and tht'\: cnth annual Honor Roll of Race dUI ing the pr("Croing year to .. rd ou.t or the Al\1E C.on.r.ectJOn have had .thelr fattn shaken m.
wlluw l.ra\"(~~lcrs. and won the honor ~md rc pcct or truly grC'il: INSURANCE P ROG RAM FOR Vf fER. H the effIcacy or the Chn.  uan church. That IS a terrible thing. It
An.erlcan. the country m.pr Relations wlll be made public achicve full dcmocraey a nd '\ I" urpardor.ablc and wlcl:pd fnr th .sc who ha\'e been entrusted
Lynch Law Glorified At the Capitol Sunday. F ebruary 9. ov~r a equahty for all citizens. I ,,,th the earthly "ff31rs of the lowl. ' Nazzrene to weaken Ihe hope
It has happened here in Atlanta. Gporgla. al. our State ~~ast~~o·~.~~:~g;·~:~r b~",,"r~:":~ na;to~a~ro:;cca;~ta~~~ u;,1~ia::e~: ~nd be!i f c f His followers by ""pro~ conduct.
Capl I: "A Political Coup d'"", .. Juot a little rough"'g. and the program. Hi;,tolY WL't'k whieh lasts fro," ntn ·~;tlhe ~:~~dh~~~ ~;:~~i~C;: ~,~;::,,;,,;~e; ::;~es::= ~ go
hreakm'" wt the Go\·(':mor·~ .offlC"(': 1"1 the \\ l:l" hours lir tl.e I. n: Thi' Honor RoB is thc n:sult February 9 to 16, who ""' ...... ar the Bi,hop·s robe ~h«)utd more mterPSted In estab-
Ing. Th('!"c~ c'! course. \\~L.'" n'l r.t..~ lor ~U!1:-;. tor CV\t''-nur r'.lna~l of a nation·widt.- poll ('ondueled h~hing God's kin!!dflm en C::trth 1'1an in their o",,'n selflSb inte~1.s.
::!nd hi-; attcnd'nts O!e! rot rc..;.cr\. tn vu,llnet. . and thC'n to('!. If: by th(, Schomburg Collection of "EeiDg God's anointC'd. o!'" .• t k i:-t ~ thl'Y ;;~?;: others to believe,
\. ~hotl!d hcrt or 1-'~1I the Gc,\"C'''"n' r. I •• ' l'llItc·d Sl .. :'f~~ t;1,\u'n~, Kr:gro L.tlr:t.turc of th(! New ASKS FOR REPEAL
n'en" m1J:h' b~ {uned to r( ~lly d It. outy Th l ..... It'.' 10 :l11t'". I YOl k Pubhc Ltbrarv ! :~~~( ;~\:~~I (~l:~J~r:~(~~.\~~~r:'(t n;:':n~~t~;; ~~t l;~ ::::hes::11n::
, "'tab' h h' n • .Hld (Ire. h: p"ocC , ~(., flt. ~"\t:rnm('n here In t Its purp{l~ Ig ~~ d(: r-rmme IN S. CA ROll NI lStenl \". !: h(  pre at L.n.c't'" 01 t If ( '. Lu pJofc::s to lov£' God and
Gt..'Orgl , t t kc the St3 saC .. • (jr Il! l"Jtllt.:n~ th()~c Aml.·n,,·~n:-.. "cgro and it n":l1' r. G "1 ; I' ttn' !. \ SAYS RA CE '( f 0 \ t I \,b·y It·~ eumm3nd~cn~
ctn,,!:\:·~··~;t(I~ k~~ \~'~~'\~'l""\':~~u~;,~~ a'r:: d·.~~f"t1('~" ~llt~l~'C :~s ~~~·t-I. rn ttett thl~ I .. !q;r •• n{("~ 0:. P l I " "Ie lh,.::.t" hi ... h t('l"('t~ Clf (~I 'l \\ even remotely f ollowed,
I (.ry::.o.l;. I. -.;, tn"; the Ir"n~ ( •• the G".r~'" C ... ·-Iltuu.n. DISCUSS BUSINESS I CIUr.lb •.•• S C. F(h, 6. fm- ,ll r" '. F· fr 1:,.-. I.' RE 'T U ITS wonrE 'he Ilr'-er.t i:c.cc . \·;h.ch  m:·e~s n ,Gre of 'r50nai greed and
:md th:.' tlC't":lle who \·otCfI (. r It. lW\·(';'- mtC'ndcd lh.lt a Gt.~lr~.o OUTLOOK FOR 1941 .. ~c.~iwt("~ n~Lll flf ,$i.,uth. Caro- ~.nn:~t.'r. o;;ud he .'. ~ ,,1.1'"1 .. • n.) 1; Ir.-l tl,.· 1)( \.cr. ,,()u!d be 1·~ ~&ibr
yo\t:=rnc:r s: HJirl be ch, en Ly tnp \"lltl'-ir \f.tl \11 a kw hundr(' lll"mbcrs or the Falls Ity Il~n: r-:'). t ... x. as. ,o) pu I ('qu~slh" to I "l ... ~.n(J'dm."1 C'rl \\ 1:~1I .. r all "- __ "Be17cv'ng in the ,JOtency (. r pr~y ... r, a tt.~y so..y tn y do, a ll
,t,.'\ "It. lor a n an who \ .. IS not CH:n a c .. r.d.do. ft'. if th I.;, dul Chamot.:!" of Cr·mml·n.:c dI5CU:-Sl:d. \~J.m;.. \\'a$ d, .«1.1 L). G.O\·. J. f \' ICt" (.:"1\.(' til t r:~ • "'1.1 mr r-I XI,.:'" y~. k, F 'b. 6.-Th. neCd. ixtcen bi~'h: ps shuu'd g(·l on tt:",ir knet: ::Jr.'" pray r r the c-e::"t
I u,.:onunut.ll rn p.dge 4) th' "Outlook Cor NC'(!ro Busln(:ss S 01 n~ Tr.u mond In hiS mu~u· rnc.l~on tit l"C I·U ').HOI) n·t('r'l" : of X. ITt:'" !,)I" fC'ntal h')U!'mg In C\!d of Lo\e to forgi\'c tht'm fer lhe:ir actl(;ns.
_ _____ _ _ _ ______ _ ___ 1n 194;." ilt their noond.,· r .. 1 ,·ld"""s hut Tuesday. . (f ,'~rld W,.. II On'y '.I~IO non I fi\'e ~l.ddle Ati"n:le ~l;.t~s I "And that pray l' .hould, m~lude Ihe most adequate or all
LA MEN VOTE SIT ~:;~~~nJ~~U'.::~ ~~~ p.~Y. w ~- po~"'~':OI~T~~~:~ s;l~~dtn~ .• 1t~~~t;.~~\ G!~i~n~~n~:(' or. I~~~~~t~~~ ~:t. orCI~~(~Cn""~~ ;u:~~~~t~.n~~tF~~:.\'C lL' uur 1-(. "" ( as we forgl\{ ooe who
1ntl"rl·~tmg talks by J _ E. lIan· so~r('"\.· of irritation. He 360 1or; y (r "C cr n~ whr, h~v(' Ie J ohn.... . In. rate t-d .... tlons dVI.:"or ·'Remembenr.g ;Jl\':-:t}·s thut ,",c "'. !11)
kir\.s. secretary of thc • 1amrnoth a~K{-d that the state adj)~t a p..!r- t,",('Jr. ·SLI I;.p'.e 3~ n t fa lit r' of the ~l"W YOT k R(~glOnaJ O:TIcc he has l\()t s~n and h .... h:~ hi; bro t. r l\
Life Insu.rance Company. and rn..nc·nt. S} km of rcgbtrollOn Wi'''' tt: ~)' '. tc£.C, ~r.d ···n n Ie I of th Housmg Expeciltcr. I' ... nd the trut!t 1 n\}t In him.
J . L. Leake. manager of Ihe At- ar.d. thdt he .tate spend more .C 'uraty tho t th" I~ urnn - a r- "One unportant pornt lhat -----.--------- DOWN STRIKE lant" Life In uranrc Company. m nlY. on all pha~s "f .·~gro rord, them:· ;\Ie F ·r.r('r d I.hMld Ix rL"CogDlzC l by .pun- FIVE OFFICERS' oPlncd lhe progr"m. I. Will1S (duc"tlOn whleh, I:; t year. "~\"~ l I:t'\'e Ihat • 'SLI ",n pr  -I so," .. nd builde • .,. of apartm~nt
• Colt'. p res.ldent, p resded. ..In,flunt("(' to 00 ~r ~hlh. C"hlld. \.·Ide pr .. ,t('('iton ag~1n t nnn':- proJ(cL:' J hnson ~l ... h.·u. "is
a. ~gamst 33 for.a colorL l ch'ld. '1' ,- ard !lcartach", tha ell rr the abIlity of Negroes to pay for
URBAN LEAGUE New bIlL~ provldmg for a rcf- e h,,·('!ii or n:~tcr;tm: r~ n.lti"! . H.ntal Unit . In most N gru I
€Ow York. Feb. 6. - Lay paId. no a nnual assessments. no EXTENDS CAMPAIGN ~ltndum on th poll tax ar I' - wl o are I~ft wl!hollt unty famIlies. it is gen"rally true th"t l WIN COMMISSIONS members of the Afncan Metho- pa tors salari 's or any :orm of Rtpolhng a tOlal of 1.7!iO peeted to be lDtrodu :d an th15 (or .he fu tere," both parents and adult unmar-d~
t IIplSCopal Church at a m~ c~urc~ taxallon or finanLial co~- mem~rs in its two-w"~k mem- sess.on of Ih" general ass"mbly. ::'C V \ OffICIAl mphu.~~£ed n('d chll~ren arc worklllg and I
meetlllg Tuesday cast a unam- tnbullons by lay members m Ix'rshlp campa.gn. whIch was thd. e,),t "r. LI c low be- ntnbulmg to the famlly an-· . • -
mous vot to wa e a 12-monlhs churches under BIShop Wright's S 'hrdul ' i to end with the m""t· 3 BOYS AMD 4 GIRLS ca l:ncl m Po,y,; al\ ov r- co ~ I
""slt-down-stnke" in Ihe A.ML. contr~1 it was greed 3t the lllg a t the Y.M HA. Monday BORN WITHIN AN HOUR tl('nd ~';)('":."" out of Ihe "" lon- I Washington. D_ C~ Jan. ~ b . JleauUir AnIrI _ .'
church thcoughout the New meelang. Ii 'ght. February 3. the LoUISVIlle S. 'rra Leone. West AInca ~I """.·sur . I CENTRAL HIGH I Five Negro o/fi""rs were ~ • J'~, 1", --
York district in protest to a Su- Even though lhe 13 'men put Urban League! exl nded Ihe Feb. 6.-A rare birlh of SCptul " Mr. Faro."r urbed \." en"" SCHOOL RAJfSACJ[ED approximately 1.850 bend ~ 9,.., IJ .,'
preme Court rcstramer talcen in Ihelr ppearance •• hey will drive for anolher week. accord- lets was reportrd her recently to continu N LI ~m msur- _ \. S. WIlson, principal of C  n- last week for permanent com- ...t oon -- .......
out against Ihem last week by take no part 10 church actiVlltes, ing to CharI s T . Steele. c... ecu· when it was re~ealed Ihat ana· antt du~m: Ih lr read)" ent Iral HIgh School. reported to I missions in the Regular Army. n- .......... Do die ...
Bishop Richard R. Wright, Jr~ e,Ih r .."ligious, social or civic. live secretary of the league. tive wnman give birth to thrff to clvllian Iif.,. and to convert poli la t w k end that thicv • Chosen from 70,000 odIcers ~ - ~ G .....
U\ his att.empt to talce O\'er 3 until bishop of Ihe A.ML. At Ihe Monday ntght meeting. boys and four girls within on onlY aner th"y hav~ be~" re-I ransacked Ih sclIool durinc the and fonner oilier,..,., who .... x.a., Gilt, -.ter; 0INIt
portion of Ih First Episcopal Church settle Iheir differences in form of a tea. se\'eral draw I hour. ~t.-.bh.h and kn  ' what w k, and took tools valued at applied {or rommissions, the B. ..... , 8L J--, ..
Distrkt and oust \he Rev. David and "again begin to govern Ihe prizes were awarded to persons The moth"r, Madam Jeneh. 1 • the,r fin:1ndal e pabllil ·s and S83 a.nd tram-tokens a mounting names of the 1.850 ha~ been teIIIIaI  ~ &~, ~
H . Suns whom \he laymen ron- ehureb. accordmg to .he laws hold,ng lucky tickets, th e ' lhe w.fe of a farmer. fomoh/ insurance needs wlll be. tn $37. Sebool records were forwarded to the ~ate by -riDto,Ga.,a ................
prcsldinC bishop. African Melhodisl Episcopal and the men ) a ther cigar tte of \he P eje ebie{dom in the Pu- L.. effect f r one y ar, It Dlay b ! No trace of the guilty ru.s tiOll. .... IIIIcII ~, .......... ~
sid r Iheir lawfully - appoinled of Ihe Book of Discipltna of the women receIVing nylon hose. II Tailor, and Ihe niece of Ihe chief AIl r tenn insuran ha been seattered here and there. President Truman {or ~- ... DacnII, ___ ........
There ..,ill be no church dues (Continued on pace 4) cases. jehun district. .,.,m rted iD ",hoI or in part ~ reported. TIle ABt IVouP at ~ra ........
SUPPORT LEADER