Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1944 — Page 3

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(Clarence Brown) SO PAR IT HAS BE&N THAT pivtl Liberty in America means constitutional liberty. The Constitution. however, does not create civil liberty, because liberty is not an artificial creation of a convention. It is a gift bestowed upon those who make THEMSELVES worthy of it by beibg^true to the nobler impulses and longings of their nature. All the Constitution can and does is to give liberty a Voice. TO THINK OF IT IN THAT WAY. It may seem odd that the framers Of the federal Constitution did not make a £111 of Rights one of its original parts. It scattered six clauses of the Constitution there are restrictions on the new federal government and states, for the protection of certain very specific pitII liberties. The framers Of the Constitution did not omit a Bill of Rights through an oversight. They believed they had a good reason for omitting it. Those reasons were as follows: In the first place, such a Bill of Rights, ii adopted, would limit only the federal government in behalf of civil liberty. It could not apply to the states, all which had constitutions and bills of rights of their own, and thought that they were quite able to look after the civil liberties of their own people. Second, a Bill of Rights designed to protect civil liberties against violations by the new federal government was unnecessary because the fiew federal government was to

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Cab Calloway and His Orchestra At the Sunset Friday Nite, April 21

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Cab Calloway, who brings his Cotton Club orchestra to the Sunset on Friday Nite, April 21, hi addition to being a first class showman in his own right, waves a baton over and orchtestra which is credited by musicians and bandleaders

alike as one of the finest musical aggregations extant.

Friendly co-operation between racial, ethnic and religions groups is the aim of the Council for Civic Unity which this week proposed a code be adopted by motion pictures and radio companies to promote win-the-war unity. Shown

above discussing the proposal are, singing star

left-to right: Gabriel Navarro, editor, Eu Pueblo; Marc Connelly, head of the Writers* Congress which first proposed such a code; Lena Horne, Negro actress and

Ehr.; E./C.‘ Farnham,

Council chairman and executive secretary, Church Federation of Los Angeles, and Rabbi Jacob Kohn of Sinai Temple, Los Ange-

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have those powers given to it by the Constitstion — and no others. No powers were granted^ to do the things which a Bill of Rights would forbid. WHEN THE NEW CONSTITUTION was before the states for ratification, the people were not impressed by the technical arguments. They demanded a federal Bill of Rights. To meet this demand, the responsible leaders who were supporting the new Constitution promised that an adequate Bill of Rights would be added to the Constitution as soon as the new goyernment was set up. Within three months after the first Congress opened its session in 1789, James Madison made good this pledge by introducing in the House of Representatives seventeen Constitutional Amendments protecting civil liberty. The Senate approved twelve, which were then submitted to the States for ratification. Ten of the twelve were ratified and became our Federal Bill of Rights. (To Be Continued.)

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Not satisfied with providing theatre and ballroom audiences with just a muiically average band, Calloway has spent the ten years he haft been a band leader in assembling and developing a group which

achieves perfection.

Included in the band personnel are two men, who have been selected by Paul Whiteman, the Dean of American Music, on this AllAmerican team. These are Cozy Cole, drummer. At their respective

instruments, they have no peers. Another stellar musician is Benney Payne, pianist. -Payne is one^ of the original members of Cab’s Cotton Club orchestra. Jonah Jones, trombonist is the newest addition to the Calloway crew, formerly having been with Stuff smith. The youngest member of the band Is John “DiEzy” Gillespie, trumpeter. Dizzy, 22 years old, in addition to providing the comic relief, both on and off the band stand, is rated as a truly great trumpet player with further greatness predicted as he

matures.

Advance tickets are now on sale at $1.80. Admission at the door

is $2.40.

LEE A. MILES SEEKS SEAT IN LEGISLATURE

TANDY GIVEN OVATION HERE

PLAN JURISDICTIONAL CONFERENCE—Plans for the Central Jurisdictional Conference, Methodist Church, which meets at Bennett College, Greensboro, N. C., June 8 through the 11th, are discussed by Dr. J. W. Haywood (left), president of Morristown Industrial College, and Dr. M. S. Davage, secretary of the Board of Education. Dr. Davage is chairman of the commission on expense and agenda of the jurisdiction while Dr. Haywood Is secretary of the Central Jurisdictional Conference.

What's the Answer? By W. Douglas Brown for ANP Q) What is the distinguished record held by 1st Sgt. John C. Saunders of the United States Army? Q) Who is acclaimed the South’s “Queen of Swing’’? Q Who is the leading batter in present day Negro baseball? Q) What famous Negro is honored with a statue to his memory in Rochester, N. Y.? Q) Ella Fitzgerald recently gave up her hand, who is now directing the band? Q) Where is Shaw university? Q) Who is the first Negro to be elected vice chairman of the London Missionary Society?

Here's the Answer A) He holds the longest service record of any first sergeant in the United States army. He received that grade in 1916. A) Edith Curry. A) Josh Gibson. A) Frederick Douglass. A) Eddie Barefield. A) Raleigh, N. C. A) Dr. Harold Moody, a native of Jamaica, and president of the League of Colored People.

GLAMOUR PLAN HAS INSTANT APPEAL

A NEGRO’S LAMENT By Lucille J. Davis for ANP Why are we born? he. says inside: We have no rights; ‘hey are denied; We cannot walk witli heads upright ; We cannot even rise to fight. We cannot live from day to day. Why are we born? he asks again; To shield ourselves from vicious To carry with uk all our life The burning sorrows of our strife? To stand the torture, stand the lies; To fall again with all our tries? To stand the storture, stand the paid To never rub away the stain Of hate, of prejudice again and again? I do not know why we are born. To have our lives disrupt and torn? No, we are not born for that; Foe we shall sit where others sat; And we shall work where others must And get and learn to hold their trust. And we shall fight, for we were born To make us free; To live with love—and liberty.

SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE LAGS

Undaunted J)y the tardiness of response to their appeal for funds to provide educational aid to ranking 1944 graduates, members of the Special Scholarship Committee of Crispus Attucks continued to feel optimistic this week regarding the final success of the drive. Casual contacts with officers of many orIganiaattons who tu»ve supported similar efforts in the past indicate these groups will be listed among this year’s donors. The committee is especially con cerned about the draft-age boys who are in the upper 10 per cent of the graduating class. Most of them needed both financial assistance and encouragement to continue their education in the face of present job opportunities in industry. A typical case cited by the committee's chairman, Andrew Ramsey, is that of a 16-year-old boy who wants to be a teacher but feels that he may have to drop out of school to support his widowed mother. A tuition scholarship and a part-time job would keep thia boy Jn school and prepare him for greater usefulness to his family and the community, Mr. Ramsey argues. The committee has also almost perfected plans to launch the George Washington Carver Memorial Scholarship Foundation. Dr. Joseph C. Carroll is head of a subI committee for the purpose of raisI ing five thousand dollars by June, ■ 1945. The plan calls for individual contributions ranging from one hundred dollars downward to be pledged and paid by that date and church donations of twenty-five dolI/J«rs or more. DV. Carroll has asked that interested persons contact him. The first ten donors will constitute a temporary board of trustees of the proposed fund, he said, and subsequent contributors will help to establfsh a permanent organization. Information regarding either scholarship plan may be had by calling the office of Dr. Russell A. Lane, principal. The telephone number is LI. 3389.

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The Sam Heater Post Veterans of Foreign Wars, 703 and the Ladies Auxiliary held a joint meeting at tlie Post home, 2302 Columbia ave., April 12. Newly elected officers were installed on this occasion. These include Harry White, past commander; George Berry, commander; Henry Drake, senior commander; Jesse Simms, junior commander and Naamon Williams quartermaster. Trustees installed were Doris Berry, Joe B. White and Henry Foxall.

JAMES LEVELLS Final rites for James Levells, 55, 117 Arch street, were conducted at the chapel of the Peoples funeral home, Thursday, April 13, Rev. R. T. Andrews officiated. Burial was at New Crown cemetery. Survivors are the mother, Mrs. Mary Levells, Clarksville, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Relzie Johnson, Clarksville, Tenn.; Mrs. Estella Dabney, Lansing, Mich, four nieces and four nephews.

LEE A. MILES

Lee A. Miles active in politics of the city for near 20 years announces his candidacy for nomination for State Representative subject to action of the Democratic party. Miles seeks nomination on a three-point program, or platform. He is for stricter laws to curb juvenile delinquency. He favors an increase in the salary of lower paid State, county, and city employees to the standard wage. He is for an amendment to the Registration Laws, in order to make every person’s registration permanent, as long as he or she does not change place of residence. He favors President Roosevelt for a

fourth term.

Miles is engaged in the real estate business. He is president of the Home-Owners Protective League and a member of the Douglass Park Council, and other civic groups of the city. He is a church member, married, and lives at 2428 Martindale avenue. His Ballot Number is No. 42.

ROBERT J. HOLLOWAY

Robert J. Holloway, retired brakeman for the Big Four railroad, died at his home, 5827 South Calumet, Chicago, April 14, after a long illness. Services were held at Bethesda Baptist church Wednesday. He is survived by the

widow.

Mr. Holloway ran as a brakeman from Chicago to Indianapolis from 1911 to 1937, at which time he had reached the retirement age and was retired on pension. He was the only colored brakeman in the employ of the company at the time of his retirement; prior to this job he had operated a parlor car from Chicago through Indianapolis to Cincinnati. He had more than 50 years’ service to his credit. He was president of the Mammoth Printing company of Indianapolis, and published a magazine at Chicago, known as the Fraternal Advocate.

Opal L. Tandy, aggressive* police reporter for the Indianapolis Recordner, now on with the army, arrived in town this week. Here on a nine-day furlough visiting his mother, Tandy was met with a reception such as has been accorded very few soldiers on furlough here. Within a day it was all over town that he was here. As he came dowg the main stem where he used to ride the emergency and homicide squads it took fully three houi>> to come from the 200 block to the 500 block. His friends are legion. Wednesday morning W. Chester Hibbitt, Managing Editor of the Recorder, took Tandy with him on his regular run downtown and his white friends were equally glad to see him. From laymen to high ranking

| public official Tandy was the spe-

cial guest of honor. During the afternoon court session Judge John L. Niblack had him to sit on the bench with him and he heard several trials and was given a large Kentucky knife which >vas used in a cutting affray months ago. Tandy came back after six

months with the rank of corporal \'X', ' after having spent several weeks 'VJ' V ; ’ on maneuvers in Louisiana. He is '? stationed now at Camp Maxey Texif<v ' as. CpI. Tandy wag invited to ' f most of the avenue nightspots and

made speeches. He received .a rousing ovation when Exalted Ruler Jack Imes introduced him at the Elks dance Tuesday night at the Sunset Terrace. He will be guest speaker at the Elks Annual oratorical contest Friday night. Atty. Frank Williams is sponsor. While here Cpl. Tandy has spent considerable time visiting his familiar haunts: the jail, police station, city hospital and Fire department engine house No. 1 and friends and relatives. He was a guest of Atty. Lawrence A. Shaw Wednesday. During the time he was away from Naptown several of his police friends whom he attacked and defended with equal vigor at different times have been promoted, including Preston Heater who is now a field lieutenant, the first Negro to hold this rank in many years. Friday Lieutenant Heater took him for a ride over the city in a squad car and he was able to be in on the murder case of William Dave Corlew and was in the emergency room when Corlew died. He wrote the story for the Recorder this week. He acted as best man Tuesday when an ex-soldier, Ross Neely, twice wounded by machine gun fire and a sniper’s bullet in Guadacanal and the Georgia Islands, was married to Miss Pearl Wright, 805 West 28th street. Mr. Neely w-as honorably discharged several

months ago and’ wears the purple heart. He served with the famous 24th Infantry in the Solomon islands for over two years. During most of his stay here he was escorted by Mrs. Elizabeth Taft Griffie, society editor of the Recorder, or Mr. Hibbitt. Cpl. Tandy used to be a news carrier for the Recorder and when he began to dramatize murder and crime stories he became one of the well known figures in town. He assisted police in helping solve several baffling cases. He returns to Camp Maxey Saturday evening.

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