Advocate Register_1951-03-02

ADVOCATE EGISTE Volume 1 Portland, Ore., March 2, 1951 Number 14 FIRST CITIZEN BANQUET IS IMPRESSIVE AFFAIR; MAYOR DOROTHY McCULLOUGH LEE PRESENT Mayor Dorothy McCollough Lee congratulates Negro First Citizen, Mrs. E. W. Smith (left) and Raleigh Washington (right). (Baltzegar Photo) The banquet honoring Mrs. E. W. Smith and Raleigh Washington held at the Nor– tonia Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 20. Among the 100 or more guests present were May– or Dorothy McCollough Lee, who spoke saying Mrs. Smith and Raleigh Washing– ton were "the type of citizens we wish all citizens to be." Many of the friends of both were pres– ent to honor them. Many church, YWCA, NAACP, League of Women voters, Re– publican and Democratic party members, Oregon Association of Colored W/ omen, and other organizations' members that we were not able to get all wished Mrs. Smith congratulations. Mr. G. H. Oberteuffer, Portland Area Council Boy Scout executive praised Ral– eigh Washington saying, "as a tenderfoot scout, Raleigh didn't really want to learn to swim" and now he was an Eagle Scout, the second Negro to win such rank in Oregon. The knowledge of life-saving is required to attain this rank. many things at once even when they seem in vain ... I LOVE GOD, I LOVE PEO– PLE, I LOVE PORTLAND. Mrs. Maggie Morrison was T oastmis– tress and presented the Advocate Re_gister award to Mrs. Smith. Caley Cook, ex-Jef– ferson High School Student body presi– dent and classmate-friend introduced and presented Raleigh with the Junior Award. Mrs. U. G. Plummer presented for the Oregon Association of Colored women a separate award to Mrs. Smith. Two out of town speakers brought mes– sages of vital importance. William Tun– stall, radio announcer from Seattle (who said, he too would like to live in the at– momsphere of Portland if this assembly was representative, and that Negro loyalty to America was not questioned at any de– gree of length. until the Korean conflict. The Chief Speaker of the Evening was John H. Binns, Tacoma attorney and Rhodes Scholar who said, "The battle for complete Negro suffrage is nearly won, even in the South." DR. HOWARD THURMAN, MURIEL LESTER COMING March 12-16-Dr. Howard Thurman will be in the city. He will speak at eleven each morning at the First Methodist Church. Evening meetings will be an– nounced later. March 18 and 19-Miss Muriel Lester, Traveling Secretary for the International Fellowship of Reco!J,ciliation, will be here, sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church, the Portl~nd Council of Church– es, the Council of Church Women, and the Portland F. 0. R. ( 1) Dr. Paul Wright has arranged for a retreat at Menucha, former Julius Meier Estate. Time, 3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 17 through Sunday, IVJ;.arch 18. Dr. Wright. will provide leadership for Saturday eve– ning; Miss Lester will speak three times on Sunday, on the Topic "The Energy of the Spirit". Call Mrs. Asa Cutler, for res– ervations, BEacon 9251, $5.25. (2) Miss Lester will address a public meeting Monday, March 19, at the First Presbyterian Church on "Seven Visits to India". Since both Dr. Thurman and Miss Les– ter are guests of the community, we hope to give them a good reception. Photos Available ·Many people have written the Advocate Register asking information about the pic– tures and where they can be secured. We contacted Mr. Baltzegar of Baltzegar Pho– tos, who was official Photographer at the First Citizen Banquet" and he informs us that many of the persons attending were included in a few good "shots". The pic– tures are available at his studio, 9 N. E. Halsey. If you want one or more, write a penny post card, or go to the address above or call EMpire 0979.-(Editor). State college, declared that with the reali– zation of complete Negro suffrage, no other form of discrimination can last long because "the people who have votes and know how to use them won't allow it." "With every election, more Negro votes are cast," the speaker said, "and the more progressive states in the South practically have given up the fight to maintain the exclusive white vote." Discrimination in this country has harm– ful effects in foreign countries, Binns de– clared. He warned that the time may come when the• very existence of the United States may depend on "our ability to con– vince the world of the v:Jille of .American Mrs. Smith said "Three things give me the inner drive to keep working on so Binns, a former regent of Washington democracy."