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ANDENEY CHARLES W. ANDERSON, :3.
Representative, Kentucky State Legislaxuxe

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 The K. N. E. A. Journal

official Organ of the Kentucky Negro Education Association
Vol. xv FabmaryarvT , 1944 No, 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Published by the Kentucky Negro Education Association
Editorial Office at 2230 Wat Chestnut Street
Louisville, Kentucky

 

W. H. Perry, 11"., Executive Secretary, Louisville, Managing Editor
Hr E. Gondloe, Darwille, President of K. N. E. A.
BOARD OF DmmTORS
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CON’IWTS
Editorial Comment ............................................. 3
The 14944 Election ............................................... 5
Presidential Candidates ......................................... 5
Board of Directors . ............................................. 9
Charles W4 Anderson, Jr“. ...................................... 10
Who‘s Who on Convention Program .............................. 12
Kentucky Congress Parents and Teachers ........................ 13
American Teachers Association .................................. 14
What Can Be Done in Algebra? W. N. Jackson .................... 1.4

Outline of Convention Pragramr
Honor Roll
Cormxnitbees
Kuuings .

 
  
   
 

 K. N. E. A. OFFICERS FOR 1943-1944

H. E.‘ Goudloe, President ........... ..Danville
.Frankfort
[Louisville
Louisville
.Winlchester

 

Grace S. Morton, First Vice-President
T. J. Long, Second Vice-President“
WV. H. Perry, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer
IL. V. Ranels, Assistant Secretary. ..

  
 
 
   
 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

H. E. Gaodloe, President
W. M. Maddox
Whitney M. Young
A. F. Gibson ..
Victor K. Perry .

 
 
  
   

. Louisville

DEPARTNIENTAL AND CONFERENCE CHAIM

Edward T. Buford, High School 8: College Dept ....... Bowling Green
vMayme Morris, Elementary Education Deparhnen ”Louisville
M. L. Copeland, Rural School Department .Horpkinsville
R. L. Carpenter, Music Department ........ ”Louisville
Whitney M, Young, Vocational Education Dept {Lincoln Ridge
W. 0. Nuckolls, Principals‘ Conference ....... Providence
Beatrice Willis, Primary Teachers’ Department. Louisville
Anemia Beard, Youth Council ......... Louisville
Ouida Evans, Art Teachers‘ Conference “Louisville
G. W. Jacksan, Social Science Teachers’ Conference, Louisville
Gertrude Sledd, Science Teachers‘ ConfereIlCe. . . . Danville
Jewell R. Jackson, English Teachers‘ Conference.
A. C. Randall, Librarians‘ Conference.
F. L. Baker, Physical Education Departmen
W. H. Craig, Guidance Workers’ Conference. .
A, J. Richards, Foreign Language Teachers’ Conference
William D. Johnson, Adult Education Department.

   
 
    
   
 
 
 
   
  

 

 

 

 

PRESIDENTS OF K, N. E. A. DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS (K.N.E.A. ORGANIZERS)

1—414. 0, Strauss, Paduwh ................ First District Asswciation
2—Helen Nutckolls, Providence... Second District Association
BAA. L. Poole, Bowling Green .mrd District Association
4—Russe11 Stone, Bloomfield. Fourth District Association '
5—4'Mlayme Morris, Louisville. . Fifth District Assnciation
G—AWl'litney M. Young, Lincoln Ridge .Blue Grass Dist. Ass‘n.
7—IH. R. Merry, Covin-gmnn ..... Northern District Assuciation
8—William Gil'bent, Wheelwrighlt .Eastcm District Assnciation
9—.A. F. Ginslm, Pineville .Upper Cumberland Dist. Ass‘n.

 

 
 
  
 

 

 

  
  
 

 Editorial Comment

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THE APRIL CONVENTION

The Board of Directors acted deliberately in deciding that our
Annual Convention should he held this year. They were aware d’ifli-
culfies at transpnmuun and of housing were to be timed 'nhey .were
cominced, however, that the teachers of the slate are making val»
ualble nontrihutinns 1:0 the success of our War diort and to preparation
for the post-war era; they share the conviction of the War Manpower
Commission that teaching is an essential industry. They believe the
Annual Convenmion will stimulate thoughtful consideration of the
problems to be faced and give a comprehensive understanding of the
edmflafional situation in the state.

In hamony with the spirit art the times, stress has been put on
group and departmental meetings, with the expectation that tech-
niques adequate to meet the present demands will he worked out.
Extensive displays and exhibitions, the spelling contest, and activities
necessitating extra transportation have been postponed for the
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ONE: OF THE FINEST THINGS OF THIS GENERATION

An wmanding American jurist, upon learning that the Kentuc-
ky House of Representatives had passed House Bill No. 245, the An»
derson Act, referred to it as, “one of the finest things of this genera—
lion.” This bill provides that the Day Law, which prohibits instruc—
tion of Negro and white students in the same classes, should be
amended to permit inm‘m'tion to be given any student, regardless
mi race, in the graduate and professional schools a: the University at
Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. The amendment would not affect the status
quo in elementary or high schools, or in the state ranchers mlleges.

Should this Act pass the Senate, opponunifies on the graduate
and professional levels within the state in engineering, medicine,
la/w, whammy, education and the ministry would be open to all citi»
zens of the state The Anderson-Mayer Act—a logical corollary of
existing conditions, mt no solution of the underlying problemapay-
ing the tuition of colored graduate students from Kentucky in insti»
tultions located in. other states, would [become inoperative and funds
thus used would be retained for expenditure within the Common»
wealth.

Graduate classes, composed of selected students of both races,
would be excellent places to demonstrate that the same mutual re—
spect, mention and understanding between racial groups may ex.
ist in Kentucky institutions as is lcom/maon in institutions in other
Sbates wlhere Negro and White students now study and Work side by

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 aide. Tim‘s contribution to racial goodwill and democracy rwovuld lag
an appropriate pattern flat the solution of many problems, some of
them on an international scale, which must be faced (before the peace
to follow the praeut war may be considered won

Acceptance of Representative Anderson’s 'bill by the Senate, and
its endorsement by the governor, would permit withdrawal of the
suit filed against the University of Kentucky, and now (pending, to
pennit a Negro youth to enter its School of Engineering It would the
a willing and realisoic recognition of Kemtucky‘s part of the principle
recognized in .the Supreme Court’s decision in the Gaines vs. Slate of
Missouri case, that equality of educational opportunity must be pro-
vided at state expense for all citizens 01f the state. Experience has
shown that equality of eduualzianel opportunity on the graduate
level will not be provided in separate institutions; the expense of
equipment and instruction are too great, [particularly in fields in
which the number Uf colored students is small.

Admission of colored students to graduate schools of the state
should aid, rather than hinder the development of our undergraduate
state schools. Greater capital ouraay for buildings and equipment,
higher salaries fior instructors, and enriched curricula in these sdhools
are necessary for the development of students qualified to emer- the
advanced sehools. .

The Anderson (bill is planned to bring about these things. As this
comment is written, the hill is awaiting action by the Senate. Its
passage there is hoped for. Whether it passes now or not, the (aver,
alble action of the House on this significant legislation, sponsored by
the only colored Representative in the Legislature, is truly ”one of
the finest things at the generation.” It is a. long step in the right di»
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"AND POLITICS THE EST IN KENTilCKY”

The Legislative Program of the K. N. E. A., presented at length
in previous issues of the Journal, has determined policies pursued by
the organization during the year. The Board of Directors has met fie-
quermy to plan necessary actions. President Goodloe has visited
several 01' the District Associations and sent representatives {)0 others.
In every instance the program has 'been interpreted to the member-
ship, and the Association program integrated into that of the Dis-
trict Association .

Increased aid to Kentucky State College, West Kenmulq state
Vocational Training School, an appropriation for the establishment 0i
a boarding high school at Lincoln Institute, and mommnem of a
colored assistant in the State Department of Education were the 0'0—
jeofives especially sought. Association officials appeared before the
Legislative Council, the Governor and dhher stale officials in the
imerest of these projects. Commitments on tel] were secured, and the
appropriations neCessary for he schools were included in the budget.

That the budget has had “rough passage" is well known to all
who read the newspapers. At the present writing the financial gains

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 expected fior “Negro education have been lost by rejection of the
budget. The K. N. E. A. membership hopes any budget finally adopt-
ed will make adequate provision for these schools. Association affi—
cisls have some appreciation for the writer whose poem ends, “And
politics the —est in Kentucky.”

 

THE 1944 ELECTION

There are three candidates for the presidency of the K. N. E. A.,
Mr. W. O. Nunkolls, Providence; Mrs. Lucy Harth Smith, Lexington;
Mr. William R. Cummings, Pikeville. Each. has been ‘active for many
years in our association. Mr. Nuekoll‘s has sewed for some time as
chaimun of the Printipals’ Conference and has developed it into a
strong unit. He has been endorsed \hy the Second District Association.

ers. Smith was for several years chairman of the.I Elementary
Teachers Departznent, is an enthusiastic advocate of the teaching of
Negro History, has attended the Amerioan Teachers Association fre-
quently and the K. N. E. A. regularly. She -is also president of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs.

Mr. Cumflninlgs is a former president of the Eastern District As»
satiation; during his administration the merger of the Asthand and
Hazard [Districts was mplished. He is former Bays‘ Director of
Neighborhood. House, Newark, N. I, and the holder of the first K. N.
E. A. Achievement Key awarded by Lincoln Insmibute for outsband~
ing work in education in the state.

Candidates for the Board of Directors are the (pi-sent incumbents,
Messrs. Whitney M. Young, Lincoln Ridge; Mr. A. F. Gibson, Pine-
ville; ‘MJ’. Victor K. Perry, Louisville; also 'Mr. C. B. Nuckolls, Ashland;
Mr. E. ~M. Whiteside, $12, Paducah; Mus. {Mayne Morris, Louisville.

The election will be held Friday, Alpril 14. The voting ”booth, lo.
cated in Quinn Chapel, will be open from 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.
Presentation of membership card is necessary to secure a ballot.

K. N. E. A. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PLATFORMS
Booker T. Washington School
Lexington, Kentucky
Dear Friends and Co-Workers:

The war has brought us into closer Contact with community, state,
national and intemmtional problems. As teachers on the ‘hmne front
we must work to solve the oresent problems and thund- toward a long
Bulge program for every Kentucky ‘child. I very keenly feel the press-
ing need of our times and shall appreciate your support in giving me
an opportunity, as president of the Kentucky Negro Education Asso-
ciation to serve you.

I have a Simple election plaiiform, and if these objectives do not
cover your needs, ‘we beg you to list and send them to us to he in»
cluded in our platform.

1. Vocational schools for delinquent elementary pupils.

2. More vocational courses in our high schools.

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 3. The same facilities far rural and city schools.
4. 'Pwvislon 'by the state for the same educational services far
all people (professional and graduate work).
5. Salary adjustments.
6. Negro History taught in all schools.
7. Increased support for our Negro State College and Vocational
rSchaols.
8. Guidlamce programs in all schools
9. A dissemination of Fmonamiz Education to serve the masses,
1‘0. Negro participation in our .post war peace program.
Your votes will 1be alptprec’mted.
Very truly yours.
Lucy Harth Smith

Ferry A. Cline High School
Pikeville, Kentucky
February 26, 1944

Dear Fellow-Workers:

Following up the urgent insistence of well-wishing friends, I
wish to announce my candidacy for the presidency of the K. N. E. A.
Having followed the destinies of our onganiaation for the past fifleen
years, having become aware of the ever increasimg progressiveness of
its leaders and members, this candidate has the honest convicuan
that today, as never before, our onganization, through the year round
conscientious efiforts of every member, should be the vital institution
for securing for myself and the thousands of fellow Kentuckians, di-
rectly or indirectly entrusted to its care, their rightful chance to equal
social efificiemzy.

True progress is necessarily slow. Much praise should be given
to the past administrations and particularly to the splendid strides of
the present, vfor their accomplishments. However, before the K. N. E.
A. shall ever read}: its maximum efficiency, a revitalization of its
value to the eduoational xprogress of Kentucky must come to pass.

With the unselfish help of every progressive memiber, whether
aflficer, urban or rural teacher, the K. N. E. A. could work out the
following program of revitalization:

A. A closer relafinnship should exist between the districts and
the State Associations.

1. A definite program or set of guiding principles should he
worked out \by the state and district presidents.

2. Members of each district should have voice through local set-
ups as to nature of the me.

E. The present plan of reorganization of the K. N, E. A. depart-
ments should be endorsed. Further revision should be made as the
occasion warrants.

l. The district organization should have full consideration in the
revising of same.

C. The Superintendent at Public Instruction has promised equal
salaries, .but that pnmnise needs to The kept before him until it becomes

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 a reality in every city or rural community in Kentucky.

D. m all times our organization should sponsor or support move.
ments that would bring further improvements in our seoondary and
olmenrtary schools until equal opportunity for our group is reached.

1; An amistant supervisor of Negro Schools should be appointed.

E. inequalities in opportunities in higher education for Negroes
in Kentucky should be abolished.

‘1. our organization should work as a vital unit for its abolition.

2. Syste'matized lothtbying should he initiated.

F. Vocational education, so far so badly neglected. should be
endorsed as a part of the Post War Program. All possible cooperation
should lbe \given our state vocational institution.

WHAT HAVE YOU GiA’I/NCED FROM ATTENDING THE KJN.E.A.?

WHAT HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED TO ITS PROGRESS?

Let us work together for the K. N. E. Afs maximum value. If
you are in flavor of the program, I solicit your vote. ‘If not, I admire
and respect your judgment.

Yours for a revitalized K. N. E. A.
William R. Cummings.

Rosemwald High School
Providence, Kentucky
February 25, 1944
To Members of the K. N. E. AA

I hereby make announcement of my candidacy for president of
the Kentucky Negro Education Aesocaticn, that my name may ofifi-
cially appear on the ballot for the election which shall be held dur-
ing our next meeting of the K. N. \E. A. in A-pril.

Several of my friends and supporters, who-are some of the state’s
leading educators, have “aged that I enter my name in the list as one
’Who expects to be the K. N. E, A.’s next president, i shall, with the
assistance of persons who have already helped shape the policies of
our association for several years in the past, make definite statements
of What we would like to see our association put into action, in the
next issue of the K. N. E. A. Journal.

Very respectruuy yours,
W. 0. Nuckolls

Rosenwald High School
Providence, Kentucky
March 9, 1944

Dear Co—‘Worker:

Since a president or the Kentucky Negro Education Association
is Do :be elected' at the annual meeting in April, I am taking this orp—
lJDI't'unity to ask you, the members of our association, first to give
my record M service in the State as Principal and teacher, as Presi-
dE‘nt of the Second District Education Association for several years:
as Chairman of the Kr N. E. A. Principals‘ Conference and member
of the Legislative Committee for several years, consideration, and

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 then I ask you to give me a chance to serve you as your next Presi.
dent by valing for me.

This is a time that the Kentucky Educational Problem needs as
President of our Association a leader who has experienced the Ne.
grues’ school problem and Who is known and has the ear and confi.
dence of the leaders of Kentucky.

It the Negro in Kentucky ever eiqpecls to get more consideratiom
equal advantages in Educational Opportunities it is nnw time to get
in on’ the ground floor with the new trends and new steps in the
growth and supzptmt at schools in Kentucky which these war condi-
tions and post war conditions will inevitably bring.

Should I be elected as your President, I am sure (with your stup—
port) our Association mail con/tinue its fine service and take hold
and. Wonk out, to our advantage, some new problems which will arise
concerning what I shall mention in my platform.

1 have striven for the past thirty-awn years, in the capacity al-
ready mentioned, to raise the Christian, social and educational stand-
ard. I have never lbeen satisfied .with less. H I :become your President,
I shall Work for the Same goal. My Junior College education at Ken~
tacky State College, my Summer School Work at Tennessee State
College and Hampton Institute and Bachelor of Science Degree in
Education and Work on Master‘s Degree in the University of Cincin—
nati, and other experiences already mentioned and your support and
counsel are tools with which I shall equect to serve.

With your help I shall hope 9.0 ’bring about the follovwing:

,L Continuanlee of the work so efifectively planned by the past
Administration.

12. Eradication of all phases of differentials in the support of all
the schools in the state.

3. Negro representation in the State Superintendent’s Educatiwnal
Planning Programs, with the other Superintendents, Principals and
Supervisors of the state.

4. A K. N. E, A. Committee to study the use that is being made
of our educational opportunities in our sahools and make recmnmen-
dafions at our annual meetings.

5. A K, N. E. A. Corlnmitbe on Higher and Special Training that
the teaching force of Kentucky may unite upon to help influence
greater support for these Institutions by concerted appeal to the law-
makers and officials of the state.

6. K. N. E. A. membership fee that will enable the Secretary-
'l‘reasurer not only to make reports of the Association’s activities but
- that the Association may secure more specialized leaders for the an-
nual programs and be alble to take smne steps or make some contacts
during the yw that might he of benefit to the K. N. E. Al Program.

'I. Some plan for better grade and High School advantages for
our rural pupils.

8. A closer Ito-ordination of the District Amodatians’ aims and
Programs with the State Association’s Programs and aims.

Very rupecmlly yams,
W. 0. Nuckolls
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 BOARD OF biHECTORS

That the directors of the KJN.E. A. are not merely honorary of-
ficers has been illustrated clearly during the last two years. The cur-
tailed sessions of L943, and responsibility for advancing the legislative
prom of our organization brought the present board fame to face
with many difliqu/t issues. They met irequently, during the vacation
period. as well as during the school term, considered all issues
momugbly, decided on plans of action, and executed them.

The K. ‘N. E. A. membership may be counted on in this year‘s
election to select tram teachers at the state those who have the inter—
efi, the experience and will find the time necessary to determine and
inaugurate the policies that will advance the interests of the KJN.E.A.

ME WHITESIDE

Elsewhere in this issue the name of Mr. E. W. Whiteside oi
Paducah appears as a candidate for membership on the Board of Di-
rectors.

Mr. W. W. Maddox of the same city, and now a member uf the
Board of Directors, will not seek reelection and it is he that Mr.
Wteside hopes to succeed, and in so doing continue to give Western
Kentuleq a represennative on the board.

Mr. Whiteside is principal of Lincoln High School of Paducah,
3 Milan he has held with aedit to himself and the profession for
the past seventeen years During this time he has increased the ef—
ficiency at Linmln until today it is recugnized and rated as one of
the langest, ’best and most completely organized high schools in the
skate.

fle received his A. B. Degree imm Lincoln University of Chester
Cuunty, Pa., and his Master’s Degree in Education from Penn State
Gnllege 01 Ba.

While Mr. W-hiteside has never sought or held an elective cities
in die K. N. E. A., no one in the profession has been more active in
attendance and in contflbuflng those efiorts that have gone so far
in keeping the Assou'mjon alive. Few, if any, sessions have been held
Without his active presence, and the roster has always shown Lincoln
with a 100 .per cent em‘onment of its teachers. He has served as
President and Organizer of the First District Teaehex‘s‘ Association,
and during his tenure of oflfice in both positions he urged 100 per cent
Wmtion with the KJNl E. A.

Mr. Whiteside will bring to the Board of Directors an experience
that will be M inesfimalole value to our organiution. He has served
as secretary at the State Vocational Guidance Conference and as a
member of the Conunittee an Equal Educational Oppurtuniiies in
Higher Education for Negroes of Kentucky. Locally he is chairman of
the Colored U. S. 0‘, chairman of the Red Crass War Drive and has
sewed as eheinman oi the Omnmunity Chest Drive. He is a member of

 the Masonic Lodge and an active member of the Washington Street

Baptist Church of Paducath.
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CHARLES W. ANDERSON. IR.
A Record of Achievement and Progress

On January 7, 1936, Charles W. Anderson, Jr., young attorney,
became the first Negro to take the oath of ofifice as s memlber of the
Kentucky Legislature, and the first Negro legislator in the South
since the Reconstruction Erar Within 33 days after taking oath at of-
fine he successfully sponsored a bill known as the Anderson-{Mayer
State Aid Act which now requires the State of Kentucky to appro-
priate the sum of $10,500.00 as a fund to assist Negro boys and girls to
pursue courses of study in higher education not provided‘ for within
the State. In the 1937 session atf the Kentucky Legislature he success
fully sponsored a bill providing high school education for Negro boys
and girls denied such in rural counties, requiring each county to pro-
vide a sum of $100.00 per student ifor tuition or transportation where-
ever there are no high school facilities for Negro students to adjoin
ing counties where hrgh school facilities are available. He fought for
the repml of and won the fight to abolish Kentucky's 18 year old
Pulblic Hanging Law. He successfufly sponsored a bin permitting
public school teachers of Kentucky to marry after they have had five
years teaching experience, He fought for the passage of a law to pros
hibit discrimination against the colored working man and woman on
public building projects, and introduced in th Kentucky Legislature
the first bill in the United States providing mi imum wages and hours
for DOMEsTIC SERVANTS, He supported a bill for $30.00 per month
for Old Age Pensions. He vigorously fought and defeated a bill to
make Negroes in Kentucky ride behind a glass partition on buses, as
well as another bill which sought to create a Public Whipping Post
in misdemeanor cases. In 1939, he was victorious in his fight for im—
proved train service for the Negro traveling public and successfully
brought about the first air-oomditioned coaches for Negro passengers
on twins in Kentucky. He mcce‘sstfiilly led the fight that stopped dis-
crimination by the Yellow Cab Company against Negroes at Railroad
and Bus stations in Louisville He has been instrumental in leading
many other fights for the progress and advancement of his Race in
Kentucky.

Because of his outstanding work, the Kentucky Negro Educational
Association awarded him the Lincoln Institute key for‘ 1938-39 for
making the greatest contribution toward the advancanent of the Col-
ored people in Kentucky In 1941 he was honored by the citizens of
Ching in recognition of his work in a southern Legislature Mr
Anderson has served five terms as State Representative from the old
58th District (now abolished) and the present 42nd Legislative Dis»
trict, for a total of nine years He is a practicing attorney with law
ofiices art 902 W. Walnut Street, a graduate of Kentucky State C01-

 

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 lege, Wilberforce University and Howard University School of Law;
a member of Quinn Chapel Ail/LE. Church, American Legislators As-
sociation, American Academy of Political Science; President National
Negro Bar Association; a member of the Executive Committee of the
Louisville 8x Jefferson County Republican Organization: NA'AICP
National Legal Committee; Vice Chairman, National Negro Repulbli-
can Organization.

Miss Odessa Teagarden, stallif correspondent of the Louisville
Times recently wrote of Anderson as follows:

As Anderson votes, so votes the House. That’s opinion from the
gallery in the House of Representatives. It’s the specmtors‘ way of
knowing in advance Whether or not a bill or resolution Will be de-
feated by that division of the State‘s General Assembly

Ami the strange part of this speculative business is that the gal~
lery is correct most of the timer Whether it's coincidental, mere guess-
ing or has some basis doesn’t matter. It’s still the gallery‘s guide,
even though the Jefferson County representative turned in a surprise
not long ago with the only dissenting vote on a ’bill and thereby al-
most shattered the onlookers’ oft repeated phrase, “As Anderson
votes, so votes the House.”

First on the roll, and he’s never surrendered that spot during his
nine years as a State legislator, Charles w Andersa'n, Jr, a Louisville
attorney, is the only Negro legislator in the South.

When a roll call is about to be taken, gallery observers lean for.
ward in their seats. “What are you looking for down there?" i inquir-
ed of one who sat near me.

“I’m looking to see if Anderson’s present,“ he inflamed me. “He
votes first, you lnww."

That first vote was cast and the man leaned hack in his seat :5
did many of the others in the gallery As far as they were concerned
the voting was over. “He votes ‘No,’ " my informant observed. “So
there goes another resolution. You'll see. it happens every time."
And it did.

Anderson, who is seated in the rear row of the right wing of the
House, has had an eye on the gallery too. “I've watched them as
they‘ve Watched me,” he said. “You know, I Can’t see those folks
from Where I sit. But when a vote is being taken, I observe the tops
of their heads as they lean forward."

The Representative said that of bhe first nine bills voted on
durmg' the present session he had voted with the majority—«rather
than the majority had voted with him—vwith one exception: that in
which he cast a lone negative vote. The same majority holds, he said,
with his vote on resolutions.

But Anderson doesn’t regard it as coincidental. “I study the bills
carefully,” he said, “and have been here for a comparatively long
time. My vote in many instances therefore is a cue for others who

might be little undecided.
“Realizing that fact, Senator A, B. Chandler, during his State

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 administration, once sent me a note requesting that I vote for a mess.
ure in which he was interested He had been informed, he told me,
that I wauld oppose the b’ ; and he asked me to vote for it since
mine, the first vote cast, might be an influencing factor for others,
resulting in defeat of the bill."

 

WHO‘S WHO IN THE CONVENTION PROGRAM

Mrs. Ann Vivian Brown (she was Miss Anna Vivian Brown un—
til her recent marriage to Elmer W. Brown, Cleveland mural artist),
who will address the Wednesday evening general session, is a grad-
uate of Oberlin College 019303), hnlds the degree Master of Ans in
Race Relations from New York University, and in 1939 was elected to
Alpha Kappa Delta, National Honorary Sociological Fraternity. In
1937 she had studied in South India at Women’s Christian College,
and had also traveled around the world, visiting Japan and Italy.

Mrs. Brown has served as resident head of Senior Wmnen’s
House, West Vinginia State College; Assistant Executive Secretary of
the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A., Cleveland; Program Director,
Emergency Child Care, Karamu House, Cleveland; is now on the
staff of University Settlement in Cleveland, and a member of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority. She is well qualified to discuss the subject,
“Colored Peoples, Prepare for Peace!"

Dr. William H. Gray. In. President of the Florida Normal and
Industrial Institute, holds the distinction of being the youngest col»
lege president with a PhD. degree. Gnaduate (xi Bluefield State Col-
lege With the B. 5. degree, he recived the M. S. degree at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, and in 1942 was awarded the Phil). degree
in Education by the same institution. While a member of the faculty
of Southern University he was the director of the Extension Division,
and Principal of the Demonstration Schoal. He was awarded l1 plaque
by the State Teachers Association of. Louisiana for outstanding serv—
ice to youth. This dynamic speaker will address the Thursday even-
ing session. Dr. Grey is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Dr. Bertram W. Doyle. Dean of the Louisville Municipal College.
is so well known as to need no introduction to the K. N. E. A. Former—
ly secretary of the Board. of Education 01 the C. M. E. Church, he is
serving his Second year as Dean of the Louisville Municipal College.
Born in Alabama, the son of a Methodist minister, recipient of the
Bachelor of Am degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and of the
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University
of Chicago, he has had wide experience in Texas, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, in which states he has serv-
ed as minister and teacher.

He holds memberships in the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Phi
Beta Kappa Fraternity, American Sociological Society and Almerix‘an
Statistical Society. Dean Doyle is well known as a sociologist, and
will discuss, at Thursday evenin