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THE CHRISTIAN CHALLENGE
“Standing at mid-passage in this
momentous twentieth century of the
Christian era, it is both imperative and
prudent that we, us Christians seeking
to be intelligent and ethically responsible
take a long look at the most critical
world-wide problems that confront us - -
and the opportunities that lie before our
fellowship as we move into the second
half of the century.”
WHY A NEGRO COURT?
The announcement idurinig the last
week that some of our citizenship de¬
sire the establishment of a Negro court,
raises certain questions in our mind.
We know that such a court has been
established in one of our Southern cities,
and honesty impels us to say that our
reactions to this event were not unmix¬
ed. We are also consistent with our
past thinking, when we state that we
have not been completely in line with
the practice ol' setting up Negro this
and Negro that: Negro education, Ne¬
gro health, Negro religion, and, if you
please Negro national anthem.
Negroes plead and fight for integra¬
tion in one breath and in another they
make eager overtures for separate ar¬
rangements that are, to all intents and
purposes, altogether contrary and com¬
promising to the spirit of democracy.
This sort of behavior raises the question,
what do Negroes want. Purely senti¬
mental reasons aside, just what actually
is to be gained by setting up such a
court? Will the judge of the court be
appointed or elected, and by whom? Will
it serve the ends of justice? These are
questions there ar« others—which the
sponsors of this movement have doubt¬
lessly considered, but they need to gain
the support of a public that is as yet
undecided as to its position on this
matter, too important to be subjected to
snap judgment.
TWO WELL-WORN IDEAS
Mr. Roy Harris fetched in two sure¬
fire ideas into his speech before the
Rotary Club last week. The knowl¬
edge that an educated individual is a
better producer and a better and more
discriminating consumer than one that
is uneducated, was insufficient as an in¬
ducement to voters to support the Min¬
imum Foundation Program for Educa¬
tion. He pointed out that Georgia’s
low income per capita will remain as it
is “as long as we neglect our education¬
al system.” and “he advocated financing
of the Minimum Foundation Program
for Education as a defense against Ne¬
gro suits that might arise out of unemial
educational benefits.” He suggested that
it is better for Georgia to raise the
money for its own needs rather than to
depend on federal funds, and thus avoid
the possibility of federal control which
“would destroy our pattern of segrega¬
tion.” It is interesting that some legis¬
lators opposed the Minimum Founda¬
tion Program for Education for the
very reasons Mr. Harris gives for favor¬
ing it. that is, they felt that Negroes
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JOINS BOSTON U. FACULTY
Roland Kayes w ild lamed
concert tenor, was appointed
recently artist instructor in
voice in the School of Music at
Boston university. Vie singer
will hold classes only four;
that his teaching mitg.it not in- j j
terlere with his concert wort
Presently on tour, the noted j
singer returned to Loutsvill.e
Ky ahe city where he got hit
start 40 years ago. last week to
give a recital before an umeg-
segated audience.— /ANP)
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would receive equal benefits from it.
Mr. Harris’ arguments are strong and
should carry conviction to the voters of
Georgia, if the experience of the past
is followed. In the past any candidate
or issue with a race flavor could be sure
of success, if he or it were on the right
side. We hope the Minimum Program
for Education will receive overwhelming
support from the voters, for the good
of our state and our children, all of the
children of all of the people.
It is about /time, as a matter of con¬
science and consistency, that the com¬
parison ibetween the taxes paid by
whites and Negroes is dropped. Our
white friends ought to be ashamed to
hold up this comparison that points out
such a cruel inconsistency. They know
the events, through more than eighty
years, which have made, and contin¬
ue to make, it difficult if not impossible
for Negroes to own valuable, and tax¬
able properties and businesses upon
which to pay taxes. They know how
restricted opportunities for making
money and a decent living have been
and continue to be. The present bitter
fight against FEPC is a fight to pre¬
serve the patterns that have made the
Negro a three per cent taxpayer. If
lack of education is responsible for low
income, and lack of income is responsible
for little ownership and lack of ability
to purchase goods and services, then the
vicious circle is complete and ascrib-
able to those who are dominant and un¬
sympathetic with those who through no
fault of their own are in a lower social
scale. It is, to say the least, conscience¬
less to blame or condemn them because
they pay only 11 percent of the state taxes,
overlooking the fact of their paying a
large amount of indirect taxes. This
is the inconsistency.
WHAT'D - YOU - CALL - IT?
Not so long ago a colored woman had
need to seek services of a special nature,
°t a physician. During the course of
the interview, she told him, in response
to his question, that her name was Mlrs.
Worthv and that she was a school teach¬
er. Mrs. Worthy?” he asked. “Why
1 never called a colored woman, ‘Mrs.’
H is not our southern custom to call
Negro women, ‘Mrs.’ “I could name
many Southern gentlemen who call me
Mrs Worthy.” The conversation end¬
ed with both holding their ground a lit¬
tle uncomfortably.
Some of our friends, despite their
claim to being courteous, find it so dif¬
ficult to observe the simple social amen¬
ity and simple rules of identifying the
marital status of women. Negro chil¬
dren especially are confused when, in
face of the fact that they are taught to
l>e polite and respectful to all people,
they .see in the newspapers their teach¬
ers meiffoiled as: ,Mary Smith, Sarah
Jones, Susie White, while other teachers
are spoken of as. Miss or Mrs. So.-and-so.
What real harm would it do a newspa¬
per reporter to set the example of be-
ii .u <cuit(( to hP ] ucpJo f»rd thus
advance the cause of decent human re¬
lations?
SAMARITANS TO HOLD
THANKSGIVING
SUNDAY
The Independent Order of
Good Samaritans and Daugh¬
ters of Samaria will hold their
sixty-fifth annual thanksgiv¬
ing service at St. Luke AMR
j ! ehurcVi. Rev. g Sunday h. Stokes. at 3:00 parior, o’clock. will
deliver the thanksgiving sermon.
- -*** All Dgts. *-'£>aoaru are asked to w wear W fiU
! white and their vMte
and the brothers as near to the
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ngt Olivia Robinson is % asking w ’
all Samaritans in the First Dis-
trict to be present at the prayer
fiervice.
The State Grand Lodge No.
29 of I O. G. S. V. D S. will hold
its sixty-fifth annual session in
Savannah June 12 at St Paul
CMIC church, which will be
headquarters for the occasion
Grand Chief J T. Green is re-
Ptembers to ‘meet"" ImadqS" [
ers Monday afternoon at 2 : 30 -
ror< nauy muted to attend tne.- I
Grand opening.
The queer. .-' contest will be j
held at St Paul c,ME church on
MOr.dav night. May 23. No ad-
mission. The public is cordially
invited to come and see the
queen crowned as the queen of
the First District of G. O. G. S.
V. D. tof S. of 1950.
The Samaritan chorus will
funny, music, with the choir of
St. Luke AME church. J r
Green is grand chief, and Olivia
Robinson, district deputy.
Bethlehem Center To
| Present Certificates
The kindergarten o; the Beth-1
1 lehem Center. 508 East Gordon I
| • street ’ wlU preseat a spring pro- j
8 ranl tomorrow (Friday/ even- ]
ing at 6 o'clock.
1 ll!s Program wi.l be in honor
,
111 Urst graduation clas of I
the center and will include, |
S °cJrtifleatl 3 wifi be^/JeiWe !
thc following children: Herman
Young, ~' Ollie "” ~ Mae Campbell. \
T n T j
Cook and Henry “ 8,'rom.n ‘
Registration for day nursery
nil! begin Monday. 1
care May 29
A limited number of children
between the ages of 2-S years
will be accepted.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
‘‘But Passage of The Civil Rights Lav/ Would Prove Cur Sincerity”
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BETWEEN THE LINES
By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK for ANP
THE SOUTH (COUNTER-ATTACKS FIERCELY
The recent defeat of Sen. Claude Pepper
of Florida is an ominous political augury.
It does not mean that the cause of liberal¬
ism In the South is lost, but it does mean
that this cause has suffered a severe set¬
back in the removal from Congress of one
of the New Deal and Fair Deal stalwarts.
What Is even more important is the ques¬
tion of whether the defeat of Sen. Pepper Is
a political incident or a political movement.
The sleek and hungry Republicans and
Dixiecrats are alleging that it Is the latter.
Time will tell. But there can be little
doubt that the South, besetged in its tradi-
ditional politics and policies by the stub¬
born stand taken by the civil rights ad¬
vocates of recent months, is counter-attack¬
ing fiercely and in some cases savagely. It
was to be expected and on more than one
occasion this column exhorted its readers
not to be too greatly dejected when these
lorccs ol reacuonlsm set in.
The old South is not going to relinquish
its traditional anti-Negro prerogatives with¬
out a bitter fight. It is just as well for us
to know and understand that what happen¬
ed to Claude Pepper was the South’s re¬
venge for his support of the New Deal and
its .implications for Negroes in their con¬
tention and drive for their civil rights. The
New Deal has always held dangers for that
South that is unequivocally committed to
eternalizing the subjugation ,of its Negro
citizens.
The civil rights commitmentts of Truman
did not help matters and the unexpected but
bitter defeat dealt them in the election of
Truman in spite of the Dixiecrats has
been a thorn in the flesh of the old South
which today is gloating over Pepper's de¬
feat. Te forces of liberalism therefore
need not surrender. They need to under-
sti nd what Britain has taught the world
that the last battle is te one to win! Bri¬
tain loses many battles but never the last
one; and so the liberal forces of the South
will regroup their forces and lay on for the
battle of tomorrow.
The eyes of the race and nation must not
be closed to the fact that the only thing
wrong with Sen. Pepper was his determin¬
NAACP EX COMMIT¬
TEE MEETS FRIDAY
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members men h n that a business T of impor- j
tance coming before t V ,e com-,
ee will representation include what to do|
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B0St0n .f^ention in
June, and considering several
matters of local and state-wide |
concern. He urged a full attend-
anre of the committee.
THE YMCA THIS WEEK
The “Y" :has entered Its last
eight days of the Annual Mem-
bership Campai & n To date ^ a P"
proximtely $1,350.00 has been
reported toward tihe *10,000 goal.
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The campaign director has
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feels assured that everyone will,
his or her part in promoting
the spirit of unity b • affiliating
with the West Broad street YM-
CA during its current
ship campaign.
ed support of the New Deal and this gave
ultimate promise of civil rights for Negroes.
This is the real trouble. The South is
U hting the Negro when it figts men who
want to see them enfranchised ana who work
for the full integration of Negroes into the
political and economic life of the nation.
All kinds of things will be offered in sup¬
port of the ^tunning defeat of Pepper; but
the real casus belli is his dogged advocacy
of Trumanism and his support of the same.
The cause of Trumanism is tremendously
weakened by the defeat of one of his
staunchest supporters. This kind of de¬
feat too often would wreck Trumanism and
those causes it so boldly supports, among
them the civil rights of Neigroes. The
South is counter-attacking fiercely!
With McCarthy muddling the political
scene with his rash charges that Commune
ism is taking over our government which
charges to date have not been substantiat¬
ed, and with Communism on the offensive
in the Near and Far East, our affairs of
state are in a state of muddle that causes,
grave concern to those true American citi¬
zens vlo v'.th their country well. M>j-
Carthylsm is just down right politics de¬
signed to unseat Truman and his democrat¬
ic Congress.
It is dpubtful if political tricksterism
were ever more flagrantly employed than
in the current attempts of the lean and
hungry Republicans to regain by fair or
foul means access once more to the politi¬
cal trough there to feed their emaciated and
famishing political frames. Every known
device is being employed to dislodge the
well-fed Democrats who are spoiled by
nearly 20 years of pork-burrell blessedness.
But McCarthy ism is the worst of all pos¬
sible ways to wrn this country over to Re¬
publican .sm. for it shows that the Republi¬
cans are resorting to negative politics and
policies and these will not save our criti¬
cal situation. The tide of Communism
must be stemmed but black-guarding a gov¬
ernment is not the way to do it. The de¬
ceitful Republicans and their dixiecratid
allies are quite willing to wreck this nation
with their political chicaneries.
you are not contacted
: campaign workers, you can mail
1°^ co " t * but ‘° n directly to tne
Broad stre ^
w nave suuiewiv coi-
lect >' our contribution, telephone
office (3-1951) and someone
will be glad to visit you. Help to
Put thlS pro S ram over -
The first and second floors
, lave been renovated and dorm-
itory and shower facilities are
now availble Sund M
'
hasbeen set aside for open
houae tim<? 6:00 p m you are
invited to attend and Invite your
fri ends and other interested in
diviri lvlduals , t0 atteTld
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DR. BUNCHE ON GIRL
SCOUTS COUNCIL
NEW YORK—Dr. Ralph J.
Bunche chief of the U. N. Trust¬
ee ship Division, was one of four
new members appointed to the
National Advisiory Council of the
Girl Scouts of the U. S. A., it
Was announced his week by Mrs
Frederick H Brooke, chairman
of the council.
The other new members are:
Mrs. Herbert Lehman, former
vice-president of the Girl Scouts.
and wife of the Junior Senator
Irom New York: Mrs. Oswald
a member of the Women’s
City Club of New York; and
Robert Moses, New
Construction Coordinator
The council, under the chair-
manship of Mrs. Brook",
orary vice-president and a form-
er president of the Girl Scouts
the U. S. A., advises the na-
tional board of directors on
matters of national and inter¬
national importance. Its mem¬
bers are outstanding citizens
from all over the country.
White Donor Gives
To Jordan Hospital
LITTLE ROCK. Ark—i.kNPi
—The Lena Jordan Hospital,
founded and headed by MEs
Lena Jordan, a registered nurse,
was presented a $1,000 check for
“modernization” purposes by a
white patient of a physician
has practiced at the hospital.
The gift was given under , the ..
conditions that the names of
the donor and physician
withheld. The money is to
used to modernize the hospital,
and the phvrician supervise the!
expenditures
The hospital conducted
open house here Friday whicn
not only observed the founder’s
55th birthday, but her 40th year;
in the profession and the 25th j
anniversary of the hospital. ’
HOME EDUCATION
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 4'Jlh
Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly in
our columns.
• THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—Froebel
PREPARING TO TRAVEL
Lucia Mallory
"Mother! How soon shall we
be there? —How far is it to
Grandmother’s house?—W h y
doesn’t the train go faster?—
Do you think Grandmother is
waiting at the station for us
now?”
In the Pullman section across
from me a restless little boy
plying his mother with
\ ions. Always she answered pa-
j tiently, trying to keep the little
fellow occupied watching
esting things he could see irom
tne car window, but she did
give him anything to do.
Knowng that a small child
was rummaging in my handbag
to' see if I could find anything
that would help, when another
tiny boy came slowly down the
aisle, carrying an inflated ball-
oon. Shyly he placed the toy in
the other child's hands and then
backed away toward his own
seat.
My.little neighbor relaxed
he grasped the cord attached to
the balloon and watched the
plaything floating above his.
head, while his mother smiled
her thanks to the other mother
who was seated a little distance
away.
Within an hour the boy was
back—this time with a set of
animal-picture cards. "For you,”
he said, handing the cards t:>
his new friend.
“Thank you.” the little boy
gasped, and “Thank you,” hi s
mother echoed, "but don’t you
want to keep these cards for
yourself? Ronnie can play with
them and then bring them back
to you.”
“Mother said I could giv>-
your boy some cards,” the small
donor explained before retreat¬
ing.
Very happily my little neigh-
bor arranged and rearranged the
pictured animal- on the car seat
in front of him. while his mother
rested.
Some time later I looked across
and saw that the other boy had
again returned, this time bring¬
ing his mother with him. The
two mothers were quietly talking
while the children played with
some miniature cars made of
NAMED DELEGATE — Council-
Jean Murrell Capers, the ’
man
first and only Negro woman L
the City Council of Cleveland,
Ohio, has been named a dele¬
gate to the Fifth Annual Confer¬
ence on Citizenship to be held at
j t be statler Hotel in Washington,
D. C.. from May 20 to 24. Mrs.
Capers was selected as one of
th e t*iree women to represent
the Women's Division of the Na-
tional Democratic Committee.
This conference is sponsored by
the Attorney General’s office
an d all delagates are cleared
and given their credentials by
Department of Justice
Mrs - Capers adds this honor
to the rest of her many “firsts’’
which include being the firs,
woman to be appointed
ai a city prosecutor, and the
first Negro Council woman to Cleveland, be elected j 1
to the City of
THURSDAY, MAY, 25, 1950
soft rubber. Bits of conversation
floated across to me, and I dis¬
covered that one mother had
given much time and thought
and time to preparing to travel
with her child, while ihe other
had not realized such prepara-
tion was necessary.
“I was brought up on a farm,”
the latter mother was saying,
Ronnie is making his fir t trip
to visit my parents and my old
home. He has always been in¬
terested in trains, and I thought
that actually going on a train
to vi it his grandparents would
be such a delight that he would
not need any ohter form of en-
tertainment.”
‘ Cne of my friends who has
done a great deal of traveling
helped me prepare for our trip,”
the visiting mother explainedi
“If you want me to, I’d be glali
to pass cn her suggestion ty
you.”
“Oh, yes, I’d like to hear
them,” my neighbor agreed.
"First of all,” the visitor be-
gan. "children need quiet toys
on the train- Horn: and noise-
makers are obviously cut—for
the sake of the other passen-
gers. Then, they need toys that
are soft and mooth, so they
won’t be hurt if the train jerks
them about. Of course, one can¬
not bring anything that is bulky,
but I have found that children
very much enjoy playing with
small .toys.
“I bought an inexpensive
light-weight bag for James to
carry by hinrelf. We are oil our
homeward journey, and he has
spent hours just packing that
bag, then taking th things out
and putting them all back again.
I choose a small bag for two
rea ens—a big bag would be too
heavy for him to carry, and I
found that 'if, isn’t best to (rive
him all the toys for the journey
at one time. It’s nice to have
some surprise"; in fact, I have a
few tucked away for tomorrow
that James will be glad to share
with Ronnie ”
"We do appreciate your kind¬
ness,” my neighbtor declared,
“and next time we’re going to he
better prepared before we en¬
train”
Ohio. She is the secretary of the
Ohio State Council ol Demo¬
cratic Women and is very active
in Democratic ploitics in Cleve¬
land and thru-out the state.
St. John’s Frat.
Elects Negro Head
BROOKLYN--(ANPi— At the
annual meeting held last week
at St. John's college the Pi Al¬
pha Sigma fraternity made up
of student! interested in Latin-
American affairs, elected Alex
Farrelly, a Negro, president for
the academic year.
Farrelly is the only Negro
among the 77 members. A native
of the Virgin Islands, he was
secretary to the U. S. attorney
in St. Vroix from 1944-1947.
An outstanding "tudent in the
iuntor year, he plans to study
law.