The Ohio Daily-Express, 1947-11-28

The conference opened with a discussion of the program and services of the National Founda Foundation - tion Foundation for Infantile paralysis in which representatives of the na national - tional national office participated. This was followed by a fund raising panel led by Warren Coss, director of fund raising for the foundation. Negro discussants included Merl Eppse of Nashville Mrs. Larnie Williams of Birmingham George L. Washington of Columbia, Miss., and Mrs. Fannie Ponder of St. Petersburg, Fla. Discussants from the national office were George LaPorte, director of public rela relations, - tions, relations, and Charles H. Bynum, di director - rector director of interracial affairs and general chairman of the confer conference. - ence. conference.

The Atlanta housing authority has submitted to the slum clear clearance - ance clearance committee a map of Atlanta showing areas where public hous housing - ing housing projects were being planned. The largest for Negroes is an area of about 30 blocks of dwellings on the Westside of town bordered by Sunset avenue, Thurmond, Davis and Carter streets, near At Atlanta - lanta Atlanta university. Another area in included - cluded included in the five-year slum clear clearance - ance clearance campaign, which in scope has been included in housing author authority - ity authority plans, reveals a large area of white and Negro houses in Hie northeast section between Mer Merxitts - xitts Merxitts and North avenue.

Holding the East to downs in their own territory, the West sent their big right-end Maceo Sofield of Dunbar, back to kick out of the danger zone and what a job he did. His boot sent the ball to mid field and then later, it was this same Cofield that took the kicking position and with all the thoughts of kickin to the East, came through with a 40-yard jaunt that brought the 12,000 fans to their feet to acclaim for the youth that had put his team in the game that would not be denied the much wanted victory.

It was the true American pro program - gram program on display at the U. D. sta stadium - dium stadium Thursday afternoon as the annual all-Star classic made its debute in the East-West football game played by Seniors of seven Dayton high schools in which Dun Dunbar - bar Dunbar high was the shining light with Ed Spooner and Marion Williams in the backfield, Maceo Cofield, puting specialist on one end and Peerless Washington taking over a guard position carrying the brunt of the battle in a sea of mud.

FT. WORTH, Texas, Nov. 28. (ANP) S. H. Clark, national president of the Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive firemen, told an over overflowing - flowing overflowing audience at Baker Chapel AME church Monday night that the purpose of the A. of C. R. T. & L. F. it "to overthrow discrim discrimination - ination discrimination in organized labor." He said the organization is pledged to destroy discrimination resulting from attitudes of both employers (continued on page 4)

Only 8.7 per cent of all dwell dwellings - ings dwellings in Ohio and the North Cen Central - tral Central states today need such re repairs - pairs repairs as replacement of floors, roofs, walls or other major struc structural - tural structural parts, the report disclosed. Twice this many, or 17.4 per cent, were in need of such work in 1940. The report was based on surveys made by the Bureau of the Cen Census. - sus. Census. "Homes are not- only in better repair today but also more have

Meanwhile, in Macon, another Baptist faction elected the Rev. William Holmes Borders, pastor of Wheat street Baptist church, At Atlanta, - lanta, Atlanta, as president. Borders had been a member of the Pinkston controlled convention, but appar apparently - ently apparently decided to go over to the Georgia Missionary and Educa Educational - tional Educational convention which spilt from the GMPC several years ago and which runs the Georgia Baptist college at Macon.