Portland Challenger_1952-05-30

An Independent Newspaper William A. Hilliard, Editor and Publisher Published every other Friday at 3300 N. Williams Avenue in Portland 12, Oregon. Advertising rates will be given upon request. We are not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 Cents Per Copy $2.50 Pe:r Year It Is A Difficult C.hoice In his address to NAACP members here recently, Gloster B. -Current, their national director of made it em– phatically clear that his organization can see no hope for the Negro in any of the avowed candidates now offered for the presidency by the Republican and Democratic parties. He bases his assertion on the willingne~s of these candi– dates to stand pat for an enforced federal FEPC bill. Looking back over the current crop of candidates, their platforms and promises, one has not to hesitate in agreeing wholeheartedly with Mr. Current. It is of the utmost importance to the American people that the next administration in Washington goes progressively for– ward on civil rights legislation-and the campaign speeches of both parties' presidential asprants have failed to lend sup– port to their holding up the present civil rights venture of President Truman. No man, regardless of his intellect or leadership ability, can morally take the president's post unless he honestly en– deavors to wipe out the injustices done to America's colored millions. No candidate for this-the most coveted of all Amer– ican offices-with any true feeling of human defency, can ex– pect to ignore the shame surrounding our "democratic struc– ture." This November election will not only affect the future path of America, but it will also shape the future course of the entire world. It will greatly benefit all of us if we will study objective– ly and consider carefully the men and their platforms. It is not too late to get a real American in the White House. One who is a humanitarian, with the love of America and all her people first in his heart. .Atlanta Shows Hospitality During NAACP Co,n·vention In part answer to the ques– tion, "What advantage is there to holding NAACP na- . tk>nal conventions in the south?" (this year's convention will be held in Oklahoma City while last year's host city was Atlanta, Georgia), Gloster B. Current, NAACP national di– rector of branches, had this to say. "The people in Atlanta had orders to treat us well. Once ( boarded a bus and didn't have the correct fare. The dri– vel' inquired of me, 'Are you with that convention?' F'inding out that I was, he let me ride , free! '' On the serious side, Current said that meeting in the south gave both faction~ a better chance to observe each other at first hand, thus hasten ing the chance of understanding. "The young newspaper r e – porters were hungry for info~·mation," said Current. "Their presses gave us far more space and importance than do the Northern ones.'' GLOSTER B. CURRENT ••• NAACP' head speaks Models Parade Fashions Galore F'ashions for women and child– ren were shown Friday evening at the Williams avenue YWCA by the Oregon Association of Colored Women at the close of their annu<>l meeting. Chairman for the association was Mrs. Eve– 'Jyn Allen. Most of the garments worn by the fifty models were made by either the model her– ~elf or by a mer.1ber of her fam– ily. On stage the mannikins par– aded before a table laid for tea ) t at which, offering cakes and tea, were Mrs. Cleo Jackson, pres– ident of the Social Fifteen and Mrs. Bennie Brown, president of Altru:stic. Several garments, which had been entries in the association's art exhibit, bore award ribbons ;;ttached by th_ art judges for excellence in workmanship. Sweepstakes suit was worn by Mrs. Benjamin Robinson who had made it. PORTLAND CHALLENGER PlunnEDer Places In Election. Race Supported by more than 35,- 500 votes, Herman C. Plumme r gained an eighth place berth among Democratic candidates for the Oregon House of Representa– tives in the Oregon Democralic primaries. With the backing of both ma– jor labor parties and many .: i.vi~ indorsements, the personable Plummer now stands an excel– lent chance of becoming Ot·e– gon's first Negro in Salem's cap– itol building. Plummer now has to be amen~ the first 13 in this fall's non-par– tisan election of state represen– tatives. His platform stands for t!13 elimination of the tax burden where practical; equal and JUSt administration of our laws; an indeterminate Senate Law, and a full-ti-me parole board; state law assuring proper disposition of the sex pervert; and a posi– tive stand for the working fa rm– er, for labor and for equal rights for all Americans. A graduate of Lincoln uni·v·er– sity in economics and political science, Plummer is currently engaged in a thriving Real Es– tate firm at 2752 N. Williams ::tvenue. His brother is U. G. Plummer, a practicing Portland attorney Air Force Man. Here to Recruit New in Portland on a ir fo rce recruit duty is T/Sgt. Jatnes Patton Jr. He has been here since May 16. Sgt. Patton is alrnost t hrough with his training period he;:e and will go on full recruit duty June 1. Hailing from Tacoma. Wash– ington, Sgt. Patton is making a career out of military life. He Js now in his fifth year of au· force living. Married and the father of two, the sergeant formerly did recr uit duty in Kansas City, Missouri. covering an area that includf'd all of the central part of ~ country. Bogle Says: Friday, May 30, 1952 Our methods important in drive to in· fluence and gain friendship of world ============BY RICHARD BOGLE--------------- At the resent time the United States is trying to extend her shere of influence and gain new friends from the world community. If we fail in this objective, we might find ourselves stand– ing practically alone in case of a future world conflict. The logical question that follows is what are our chances of succeeding to gain friends and influence people. The answer lies almost completely in the methods we use to obtain our obj"ctive. U. S. policy makers came up with the idea of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO, if car– ried out as originally planned, would unite the resources and military might of Western Europe. In order to accomplish this, the West Europeans would have to sacrifice some of their national sovereignty. But the crux of NATO, as I see it, is that in order for it to work both military power and political au– thority must be transferred to a higher level than the present national level. Now leafing through _the pages of history we see that there have been numerous confederations and al– liance but they were not lasting because the aforementioned sacrifices were not made. For example, take the League of Na– tiom. Would the various nations' foreign policies permit this sacrifice-! doubt it. The very definition of foregn policy runs counter to the concept of sovereignty sacrifices. The late Nicholas J. Spyk– man, former professor of international relations at Yale uni– versity, defines the basic objective of foreign policy of state as the preservation of territorial integrity and political inde– pendence. Another highly important factor to be considered in the discmsion of methods is America's attitude concerning Afro– Asian relationships. The current policy seems to overlook the wishes of the Afro-Asian masses. Take for an example our support of Chiang in China. The Chinese common man did not and does not approve of either Chiang or his methods. China turned to communism. Not because of a great love for Marxist doctrines, but because it was their only alternative. This sup– port of the wrong man by the U. S. alienated China and America. Another even more current American mistake is our re– cent actions in the United Nations General Assembly concern_– ing Tunisia and Morocco. This same overlooking of the wishes of the mas:;;es arises again. These colonialized peoples wanted their case to be heard in the U. N. The United States action in the Moroccan case was to vote against the Moroccans even presenting their case. The Tunisian affair was not much dif– ferent. Although we did not follow the French and British lead, we did, however, abstain from voting. This to me is not tile way of gaining friends and influenc– ing people. Next issue-What is being done to help and what more can be done. Slaughter On Journalist Noles Williams Avenue Stanton in Korea By Dick Bogle Mercury record company, with Norman Granz heading the jazz side of the business, is is– suing on wax some of the best music being blown by contem– porary jazz men. One of the top discs is "Mo– hawk" with Charlie Parker, Diz Gillespie and Thelonius 1\lonk, the three musketeers of p!·ogres– sive music. "Mohawk comes on with a unison intro and then '·Bird" Parker takes off blowing famil– iar :riffs voicing his wonderful full blown tones behind a kick– ing ryhthm section. Diz take;; his turn exhibiting his musically prolific mind playing rapidly ex– ecuted passages like a cascad– ing waterfall. Monk's solo is easy flowing and relaxed and shows his complete mastery of the key– board. That is not the only fine piece of music on big Ed Slaughter's friendly juke box. Another r ec– ord that gets a lot of plays-in fact the people wore out the first two copies of it is ,Moody's Mood For Love." Its on a Pres– tige label with an unusual bop vocal by King Pleasure and an unnamed thrush. The bop vocal is unusual in the fact that it is not bopped in the ordinary sense. This means actual words insteads of bop's usual syllabic sounds are used. These words follow note for note James Moody's original recording of "I'm in the Mood for Love." Tea Pot by J J Johnson is not a new disc but is extremely up to date. JJ, who originated the chopped note style of modern tram men, is at his chopping, bopping best as he has the tea pot boiling. He is supported by one of the best progressive drummers in the business, Max Roach. Little Max never lets the tempo slacken a bit as he drives the group ever onward. An interesti~ but short pi~no ~olo is executed by John Lewis from Diz's old band. Lewis' so– lo, short as it is, exhibits some deep contrapuntal harmony. Son– ny Stitt ,a familiar name to jaz:: fans, gives his tenor a nice ride for a few bars. The old standby "Margie" un– der a modern beauty treatment by James Moody sounds all the better for the treatment. Even the squares will like this ont'! {iS it swings all the WfJ..Y with a sustained beat. Excellent voic– ing gives this platter a big band ~ound and Moody is the recipient of wonderful instrumental back– ing. When The Oregonian's staff writer, Herman Edwards, now on assignment in Japan, sougl:>t out Oregonians from among per– <:onnel in the 403rd troop carri~r wing, he ran across Majm• Charles Richard Stanton of Port. land. Major Stanton, born and rear– ed in Portland, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Stanton of 5265 N. E. 8th Avenue. A grad– uate of University of Oregon, he has 13een a star athlete at Jeffer– son high school. Stanton was al– so a member and former acolyte at St. Philips Episcopal church. A veteran C-46 Commando flier, Major Stanton, according to Edward's report in the Ore– gonian, is now executive officer of the 437th troop carrier wing's tactical group, an important un· it in the Korean airlift. This Portland-born flier was stationed at Kimpo airfield in Korea until it was abandoned to the Chinese in December, 1950, at which time he joined the 4:37th group. Mrs. Stanton ancl the couple's two young sons have joined Ma– jor Stanton in Japan.