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(jeorge 2p cnuyi er Views the ideals it Jjc. he eldest first to die, of tne great sing 0 composers, began earii te otners in impres the world. nld copy. 1 Unr. pring order.

A few saidl piitand see but most were wptlcal, George Srhuy4 It'i a phony! Every1 while Truman romesi omethinc likw'tHat to p.But airk the 4 i 2jP I' pose' M' the lee." does FChiner' of iim rrmv FM said of Nazareth Uiing good comes out Pton. At least I've expert nothing prac rplations. For in has no honor in Ha ft 1 hiv, honored it. oa, last non Dixie state JJ P3inst Negroes, ajhe crow school, because it is tied Si uthcrr, politics, has I 1 cnanc in seventy Cut ig Wor.Sp now than roes voted in Wash iS C's. a reason whv ere also disfran the days of FDR a Hurry 0f democracy S.T,WQrn out of Wish j.

or us ho is largely sound mr''ng Mr. cently declared employment. A' lBtrcstingr 1 1 PVer going to 'thi. that iZ ine uurst SHIDdD Three Great Rgures Have Passed on to th nu isluau represent the Dersonai imium. ftf Se I ii j.

Chicago lnier uicean ei tne autumn which carries a lung story auuut American Day at the Columbian inn wnit Ii tcicui aicu lug luutu Igjngjng in exclusive Temple Emanu vst George's Episcopal Church in cork. A tnorougniy iramea artist, ne admiration, enthusiasm and re uf the richest and most prominent lis the United States who attended two ereat houses of worship. A jioloist in exclusive white churchels even today. It was almost united fifty years ago. j.

Rogers Schuyler of the discovery, i America etoDher Uolumbus. I he ctiiei was Frederick Douglass, another cas Mrs. Ida Wells Bamett, and list was youbg Harry T. Burleigh, coming to Jtame. Vara that, however, Harry T.

jdirectly Mted Negro music to a jlme of appreciation when I he be ugociated with the "great; Anton Vmd influenced him to include Ne Vnes in the largo movement of the Torld STnphony. Throughout his iter a3 a singer and composer, long ltd with a great New York publish sseandjas one Of the founders" of he used and popularized Negro and now, though he has gone, tiices fetill sing his arrangement of jirituals and his songs based upon Jac of his people. One of the earliest. rn Medalists, he was an inspiration tess Negroes aspiring to artistic and it is impossible to estimate cuencel for better race relations iis truly gracious and cultured man i DINAXD MORTON, 1 who was ie, was a Mississippiah, one of the icated men of his day. a brilliant and one of the most influential of his time.

A graduate of Exeter Academy and me Harvard iity Law School, he settled in New i Cityjarid was soon one of the most! Says By J. A. ROGERS (n rltws expressed In this taking some friend think of Mr. Trul Ferdinand Q. and aversions York created a storm of dis content.

Real estate heads there clared the order would create "havoc" over the nation. And of 11 1 A A. 11 a. course ney naa to ara in mm "ole debbil" com' making: minorities with commu histici leaninps. usa it to cripple ins, projects for our good old Courie they say.

would large scale hous sale or rent. And iend," Rankin of Mississippi chinied in witjh, "It is one or. tne most aangeraus com munistic movements ever jknown I do think, though, that Mr, Truman's order will do good, not erse Blind Mute's Plight "Will I see the in come up And see a wi ie glass as I sup? See he flowers see the trees Hear birdies in the breeze? Talk with nature in her tongue Hear her tale that man has wrung? Finda clover, jfet it's four Thinking what a wish is for? See an auto, seje a train pa, ana ine Church bells rrg in our the most reas like New xWatch them lane? See the cigaret i See the fire in Watch it liKht? moving in their I smoke Watch my face when I nearly choke? its plight Watch the grasses in the wind Hear a tune by? Hear it thund Run with door? kparkle throwing of now and then? See the rainbow in the sky Watch the dkrk clouds passing frt hear it roar ght and close the Watch the lightning in its glow Running thrbugh the clouds I know? See my father, Side by side See. my sisters see my mother, with one another? brothers, too Know their voices, faces true? i ringing in the night ringing in the night I go theije and end my plight. FLETCHER I WHITE II Donora, Dews Great Beyond 'torlJ ooinion Th.

and in no war reflect tne autumn. Each was distinguished fiferent way, but each in his field I4 rnntrihntinn in tVi J10 sustained effort i of people of dU of colors in this country to the ntii" "urn ouPr The Kditorsi brilliant young attorneys in the of ice of the District Attorney. One of the Negro pioneers in the Democratic party 'at a time when it was regarded as treason for a Negro to be a Democrat, he became closely identified with Tammany Hall under the leadership of the genial Charles Murphy, and founded the United Colored Democracy. He. soon won appointment by Mayor Hylan as one of the three members of the Municipal Civil Service Commission.

This was one of the biggest and certainly one of the most important appointive positions a Negro had ever held in the United States, and it put him in a strategic position to break dJwn the barriers of color discrimination in city employment Prior to that time Negro city employes were fev and far be tween, with the exception of school teach ers. THROUGH HIS INFLUENCE the barriers fell one by one, and as they fell more and more Negroes were encouraged to 1 take examinations because they felt more assured of appointment, and fair play after appointment. In a few jrears Negroes be 1 gan to appear everywhere in New York vast civil system, the largest the world 1 of its kind. Later, under the late Mayor F. H.

LaGuardia, Mr. Morton received the signal honor of being appointed president of the Municipal Civil Service Commission where he directed the entire system, which means all policemen, firemen, engineers, VOICE WAS early recognized by crkf anJ so forth It was through his it i ablv assisted hv the eminent sur fritica and it was not long before geon. Dr. Louis T. Wright, that the color barrier was broken down in Harlem Hospital which was; lily white a quarter century ago.

Now jthe staff of this great municipal institution is largely Negro and Dr. Wright is chief surgeon. THE OTHER DAY the famed Virginia born Bill (Bojangles) Robinson died. Known the world over as the greatest dancer of his kind in the world, symbol of sartorial perfection, with an ever infectious smile, and one of America's best known philanthropists and ambassadors of goodwill and happiness, a million people lined the streets of Manhattan when his body passed. There are many people of prominence and influence in this country who could not be reached by Harry T.

Burleigh and lorton, but whose prejudices based on color were de stroyed by Billj Robinson. A iman without formal education who rpse in the theatre the hard way, Bill Robinson aroused enthusiasm and respect by, the perfection of his art which he lifted to ja new plane of appreciation. I More than that, more than the disarming quality of his smile and his tapping toes, was his feverish activity in helping every worthy ckuse almost at times to the point of exhaustion. Always the showman, his exhibitionism and ostentatious generosity endeared him to an entire nation. He contributed far more than his share to: gradual elimination of bias which has made possible the gains we have made.

You have to first change people's minds in order to change their actions: AH three, of thesej great men did jMany others itodav are doina the same. More should try. As Said of Nazareth, Nothinq Good Comes Out of Washington column are those of the wrlter and do not necessarily express the editorial opinion of The Pittsburgh Courier The Editors.) 0 in abolishing the Negro ghetto, but in keeping the American peo nle stirred jd on the race oues de tinn RlavArv was vintiiallv kill ed by just such tactics. I firmly believe that when the good and the potentially good people' of this nation come to learn the truth i jim crow will meet the same fate as slavery. The American people have been fed with anti Negro propaganda foij centuries.

However, in the past thirty years there has been a marked swing against it. OX 1 'HE OTHER hand, the Preside; it's order can be harmful. It could lull many into feeling thai something tangible has been accomplished, that the whole atter has been taken care of, when it hasn't at all. Presic ential orders intended for the betterment of Negroes have always meant very little. Much the same is true of laws.

The only cure is an enlightened public opinion. In thi we must Ing the Negroes ters like! is respect of being lulled. watch out for soft soap holding up of certain to give the impression that color, prejudice is dead or i nr.n ai i oying. me oiu uuy bum nas Iplenty of life even in liberal cen New York. TpiE lAGNIFICENT funeral given Bill Robinson by that city didn't fool many.

I read in one daily, "It showed Russia." Of course, the funeral was a fine tribute to the memory of a good hearted and very generous man but how mai ty did it get out of the East Harlem ghetto? Robinson, himself, remembered the poor to the last by asking that the money tiat would be spent for flowers; te given them. Unless I'm muc i mistaken it takes more than a great funeral parade, "to sl ow Russia," Negroes, especially, need to learn to curb their enthusiasm and not leap head first into they haven't examined. Tve found it very profitable to follow St. Paul's advice, "Prove (or ex amine) all things; hold fast to that which is good." It has kept me out of rushing into everything that sounded plausible and then regretting it. Schuyler, in my talk with him, said something that stuck.

The big he said, "is to keep Negroes from being gullible if such a thing is i 5 THE MIXED reactions which have followed Solicitor General Philip Perlman's recent statement regarding the elimination racial covenants from federally insured housing are significant of more than the ordinary confusion which surrounds the meaning of a Government regulation. They I may show that there has developed a rmissi ble area of discussion on a 'racial issue. Progress is being made if they do, even if it is just the gradual, kind. there is only one possible answe to a proposal re 31. McKenzie garding Negro affairs good or bad.

Once the answer becomes maybe, let's see what we can do. it means that people all along the line have, been dislodged from former intransigency. The NAACP was not pleased by the: announcement; it had ne gotiated for a great deal more; And realtors, North and South, are either ri great pain or good acting form. Between these two poles of alljand nothing are those who look upon the new policy as being essentially empty at the moment but capable of being filled with whatever meaning those who apply it intend, THE NAACP'S POSITION is that no; Federal funds should be expended in aid of private de velopers who discriminate, whether they do it by written covenant or gentleman's agreement. Regulations free of: all ambiguity could be stated by FHA to accomplish the NAACP stand.

'I Whether FHA could police such regulations effectively and whether housing would, in fact, get built under them are collateral considerations not pertinent to the basic legality and morality of the NAACFs point of view, If the NAACFs requirements had been met. the real estate people and the builders would have cause, at least their kind 'V i i i JAJIGQERS OH Back Beuond lk Cotton Field i 1Kb Sooth i nous ax at oi years ceiore "too mm I ACCORDING TO BUDDHIST W8mN6S WHICH ARE 1300 YEARS' OtX)ER THAN THE OLDEST CHRISTIAN ONES, THE FIRST CHRlSTMAWAS BORN I36SB 1N INDIA HE WAS JET SLACK. tHRlST NA, OR KRISHNA, MEANS THE BlACK ONEfHiS HAIR WAS WOOLOR PEPPER iORN, AS THIS ONE. HE WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN, AND TW0U6H HE CAME TO SAVE MANKIND WAS PERSECUTED AND CRUCIFIED AT THE AQE OF 33s HE SPENT THREE' DAYS AND NK5HTS Irt HELL THEN ASCENDED TO HEAVEN. HE HAD TEN DISCiPtES AND B0L5 WERE THE CROSS AND SWASTIKA, MOST NOTED BUODHA WAS GAUTAMA OF THE CENTURV EC TH0U6H THERE ARE NOW CHINESE, JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN L0DKIN6 8UD0HAS, THE ONES APPEAR AS UNMIXED NEGROES SOUTHERN INDIA, AT LEAST, WAS ORIGINALLY UABITEO BY NEGROES, AND THE BLACK SWN Of MOST INDIANS IS A NEGRO INHERITANCE.

BUDDHISM, AFTER IS STILL ONE OF THE WORLDS 6REAT RELIGIONS, BEING THE PRlNCfPAL ONE IN IHfe cAT. Pursuit Copyright, 195 If, by Th Pittsburgh CouriMr J'ublishtng Company of Democracy By MARJORIE McKENZIE war: years it shot upward still more. Between 1940 and 1947, the Negro population increased by 2.500,000. but at the end of the warj years there had been a decline of more than a million non whites in rural areas. The non white population of Los Angeles and Detroit increased almost 100 per cent between 1940 and 1947, and; sharp rises occurred in the majority of other heavily populated cities.

The newcomers have been contained in the areas already assigned to Negroes. Covenants only helped: they couldn't have done the whole job. WHAT INCOME GROUP among Negroes needs housing most? Low income groups benefit from public housing projects. (Many of these are racially mixed, too.) High income groups over develop obsolescent housing in the restricted area or sometimes escape its confines. The people who are caught are those who are Ipokihg for medium priced housing.

The rent paying ability of Negro workers i rose markedly during the war! and many became eligible for; various veteran benefit programs. Surveys in Newark and. Cleveland have showed that many Negroes are able and "willing to invest; $7,000 in homes; in Detroit the figure was 55,500. Nobody much is building for this middle income group and discrimination has i kept them from developments for middle income whites. What are the difficulties that stand in the way of mixed private housing projects? Two big obstacles are finding a suitable and available site and finding a bank or other mortgagee who will finance the project.

The third pigs, rneir viuieai rcecuow in uiej signature ui iuc buluiucj v. what has been announced, may indicate, therefore, that we do have something to work with. Where do Negro Americans face their most serious housing problems? In the Northern urban ghetto. In 1910 only 21.3 per cent of the total Negro population wa urban. By 1940.

this to 48.6 per ce Sgent should be in the name of the principal. The modern cases hold that it is sufficient if it appears from either the signature or from the instrument as a whole that the instrument is the deed of the principal." If the property is in trust and; 1 of the deed is delegated 1 the trust agree Real Estate People Have No Cause to Act Like Stuck Pigs V. IllUltKATIONI big. thing has been FHA itself, operating on the regional level, refusing to approve mixed housing because its administrative officers, culled from the real estate profession, say that mixed housing is a bad economic risk. There is a sound body! of economic and sociological data which disproves this thesis and which states that large projects' create their own environment.

EVEN IF MIXED housing were a risk, there is the further point that FHA's business is not to limit its insurance program to sure things; its purpose is to make' housing available by guaranteeing private builders against loss. How can we test whether FHA means to mend its ways? Here's one method. Plan a I housing cooperative for j'our community, if you live in a Northern or border urban Area. Find a desirable site. Get a commitment from a bank on financing.

Get a builder who doesn't care who buys his houses as long as he is paid. Develop a pool of purchasers who are good credit risks, since the home buyer is the real mortgagor. Meet all of FHA's technical requirements and apply for its approval of your project. Then, if all the mixed projects are consistently turned down, if all those which might become mixed because of local pressures are rejected, the new policy iv no good. But this is where it could 'work and where it would relieve the sorest spot in the housing picture, This is where a new approach could produce the educational climate and experiences which lead to further progress.

Business Review i By William A. Occomy i Extcufon, Acknowtdgtmenf and Dtfivcry of Ottcfs constitute validity the deed should be properly executed. The deed should be signed by the grantor or by another person who has the power of attorney. On this subject. Tiffany in his treatise on "Real Property" states of muse, to behave like stuck that 1The older cases hold that i I 1 4.

Li a. 4 wM A.r ment should be examined to ascertain that the trustee has the requisite authority to sign the deed. TO AVOID CONFUSION1 and unnecessary litigation the husband and the wife should be required to sign this instrument, persons have aC times attempted to convey title by deed without having both the husband and wife sign. "I I recall that a sale of property in 1783. WHEN THE HESSIAN was delayed for sometime be cause the identification of the legal wife was uncertain.

During the closing of th transaction it was accidentally disclosed that TROOPS OF GEORGE IH WERE RETURNING TO GERMANY AFTER THEIR DEFEAT IN THE RVCUUT 10NARV WAR THEY TOOK WITH THEA A NUMBER OF AMERICAN NEGROES. GENERAL RlEDESEL, THEIR COMMANDER, TOOK A NEGRO DRUM CORPS: THE: SAME VEA NEGROES WERE TAKEN FROM GERMANY TO ENG' LAND FOR THE CYMBALS, DRUMS AND TRIANGLES IN THE KING'S FAVORITE REGIMENT AND FOR MANY YEARS NEGRO DRUMMERS WERE A FEATURE OF BRITISH ARMY I IN rjl7, THE CITY FATHERS AND Mil CITIZENS OF NEW WERE SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT ROBERT JACKLEN WEALTHY NEGRO, HAD BECOME A BONDHOLDER AND THEREFORE ENTITLED TO HAVE A SAY IN THE RUNNING OF THE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS AT ONCE PETITIONED TO PASS A LAW TO KEEP OTHEP FROM OWNING IM TOWN WITHOUT ITS CONSENT i Reproduction ExpreaMy Forbutaen (Th views expressed la this column are those of the writer and do not necessarily express th editorial opinion of The Pittsburgh Courier Th Editors. i who was with and who was apparently X's wife, was merely a common law wife. A whowas X's legal wife was still in the South and there was no evidence of any divorce proceedings. This sales transaction had "to be deferred i until the.

signature of X's legal wife had been secured. If the conveyance is made by a corporation then the deed should be signed by the proper officials of that company. Too. it is advisable to affix the corporate seal to the instrument. Where these steps are not taken, difficulties might arise at a later date.

Some states require witnesses to the deed, while others do not. However, it is advisable to have witnesses for in case of litigation there will be available persons who can give testimony and facts which may assist in settling some controversy. Deeds, ioo, should be Winston Publishers in their Business Administration series states that acknowledgement "is a formal statement made to a notary 'public or other proper official that the deed is the act and deed of the grantor and that he desires to be recorded as i IN THE TREATISE on Cases of Conveyances. Marion R. Kirk wood, states that "the statutes commonly require acknowledgement be attached to the deed." The acknowledgement is worded as follows: "On the tenth day of Dec, 1949, before me personally appeared to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed." Finally, though, the deed Is delivered.

Tiffany in his treatise on Property" states that "Delivery is the grantor's expres sion by word or act. of his intention that the conveyance shall takeeffect, as a transfer. Until delivery of a deed, though properly signed and sealed and even recorded is inoperative as a basis of title." IN THE STUDY of mortgages It has frequently been discovered that the transfer of a deed was not for the purpose of effecting a conveyance of property, but was delivered primarily as a security for a mortgage. Complications often arise when this Is done, particularly when the owner 'dies. and priority of ownership has to be determined.

i I In certain cases "delivery may be absolute or delivery in es crow, It is absolute if made to the grantee or to a third person for the grantee without any conditions attached thereto: but if it is delivered to a third person with the stipulation that some act is to be performed, or some event happen before the title is to pass, it Is called delivery In screw." SATURDAY. DKC. 17. 1949 Mays Miller Whitaker Had Convictions and Could Stubbornly Hold Them Without Antagonizing By 4EKJAMIM MaYS Th expressed In thie column are tnose of the writer n1 do net necessarily exire the editorial opinion of The Pittsburgh Courier. The Editors.) i QUIET, unassuming.

poisedr well mannered, personable, honest and gifted these are a few of the words that help to describe the late Miller F. Whit taker, whb for seventeen or more years was the piesident of the State College in Orangeburg. S. C. He was the third piesident of the college.

The first president and organizer was the illustrious Thomas E. Miller. Miller was president from 189 6 to From 1911. to di 932. another 1 4 i i guished nan.

Robert'' 1932. Shaw Wilkin i son, was presi dent of the col Mr Ia" letre. He succeeded Dr. Miller and in the twenty one years of his presidency, the college grew to great proportions. Young Whittaker i was.

the choice of Dr. Wilkinson and at his death. Miller Whittaker became the third piesident. Three presidents in fifty years speak well for Miller. Wilkinson and Whittaker.

It also speaks well for the state officials who have not made the school a political football. The college has been able to maintain a steady and healthy growth since its origin in 1S96. WILKINSON HAD DONE a magnificent job and when he died people were wondering about his successor. They did not have to wonder long because Dr. Wilkinson had seen the qualities in Miller Whittaker and as I recall Whittaker was carrying on during the illness of Dr.

Wilkinson. The i hoire of Miller Whittaker to sui ceed Wilkinson was a wise one. He was an able administra tor and built soundly on the foundations his predecessors had laid. The college continued to grow and achieved rating under Whittaker's administration. President Whittaker was quiet and unassuming.

He was quiet, but not weak, gifted but riot pompous, honest without! self righteousness. He possessed what one might call "silent power." No one can live in this world without some enemies. And I am sure the late President Whittaker had his enemies. But I' never knew them. He came to State College as a teacher before I finished high school there; so I had known him for thirty or more years when he died' Nov.

13. I HAVE KNOWN the collect intimately since my high school days. I have visited jthe college almost annually for a period of twenty years. In all these years I have never heard any one speak evil of the late President Whittaker. If he had enemies, I believe they were few.

The faculty loved and respected! him. The students adored and loved him. The people in the state admired him and spoke of him with warmth and. affection. It is hardly an accident that the top officials of the state, including the "Governor, were present at his funeral.

Miller Whittaker was the most unassuming man I have ever known. There is plenty of vanity in most people. They do and say things to be seen, to be heird. to make the i head lines and to receive the plaudits of One never got this impression from my friend. Miller Whittaker.

He was unselfish and served the cause with sincerity and truth. He had convictions and could stubbornly hold to them without antagonizing. The. people trusted him and he never betrayed that trust. Ha never sold his race down the river in order to gain something for himself.

He was not for sale. This Is not always true of public servants. PEOPLE TEACH MORE eloquently by example I than thsy do! by words. This being true Miller Whittaker will live on forever. His influence will' unconsciously help mould the lives of th students who came under him and they in turn" will carry the Whittaker Influence to their children and to the people with whom they come In contact.

Shakespeare says something like this: The svil that msn do lives after them; the good oft en interred with their bones. It is equally true that the good that men do lives after them. Certainly the rood that Miller Whittaker did will live after him. "I em convince! myself thst there It a mere evil fKIsej this present world then rsce preivdlce. None at 11.

I write deliberately.) It Is the went tinqls thine tn life now. justifies and htoldt together mere baseness, cruelty end nbeminetlea than any ether sort of error la th werld.M H. WELLS. (i 3,.