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erhood of the world it must qualify for
that position of highest honor. It must
search itself for every unworthy defect
and place itself above Caesar’s wife.”
—George H. Cohen in Phylon
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DOUBTFUL GLORY
Many men are motivated by what
the future will think of them as much
as by what they believe their duty to
be to the present. The one fortunate
thing about what men do while they
live is that they will not know: what
apologies jKisterity will have to make
for their hates, prejudices, inconsistences
and intolerance. Those who have no
faith in immortality are not bothered
about what the future will think of
them and their accomplishments. They
are concerned with the triumphs of the
day. They care .little about the in¬
consistency of soaking the soil of other
lands with the blood of their sons in
much proclaimed defense of a system
of government and life to which they
give only lip service in the homeland.
The men who feel justified in fighting
propositions to admit all Americans to
the enjoyment of the privileges and op¬
portunities of democracy pay scant at¬
tention to the embarassment they bring
to the international relationships of the
United States. It is not only the vio¬
lence of varying degrees against disad¬
vantaged groups and individuals but
the debates of reactionaries in Congress
as well, that “vibrates throughout Afri¬
ca and rumbles across Asia and echoes
through the minds of all of the. world’s
‘colored peoples.’” Representatives of
the United States in the United Nations
know this. General George C. Mar¬
shall, former Secretary of State has
stated: “Systematic and deliberate de¬
nials of basic human rights lies at the
root of most of our troubles and threat¬
en the work of the United Nations . . let
us as members of the United Nations,
conscious of our own shortcomings and
imperfections, join our effort in good
faith to live to this high standard. ”
up .
Mrs. Roosevelt an American delegate to
the United Nations primarily interest¬
ed in “human rights” problems, has
said: “The Charter of the United Na¬
tions is a guiding beacon along the way
of the achievement of human rights and
fundamental freedoms throughout the
world. The immediate test is not only
the extent to which human rights and
fundamental freedoms have already been
achieved, but the direction in which the
world is moving. Is there a faithful
compliance with the charter if some
countries continue to curtail human
rights and freedoms instead of to pro¬
mote the universal respect for an observ¬
ance of human rights and freedoms for
all is called for in the Charter?” Amer¬
ica’s moral leadership of the world is
-•challenged by its position on human
rights and fundamental freedom. AH
conscientious Americans must recog¬
nize this.
OUR BOY SCOUTS
The Boy Scouts of America has
proved its value as a citizenship and
character building agency. The train¬
ing boys receive in scouting has a high
degree of transfer no matter in what
field of useful endeavor boys are call¬
ed upon to serve. The amount and de-
li n T » R. e of preparation for life’s duties a
boy gets depend upon him and his scout¬
master.
The Boy Scout movement is adminis¬
tered by the National Council, the local
council, and the divisional committee.
The individual troop has behind it a spon¬
soring agency which must provide a
troop committee. The t r o o p’s
existence depends on the active support
of the committee. The movement is
supported financially by the public-
through the Community Chest, but
scouting flounders if sponsoring insti¬
tutions. troop committeemen, parents
and other adults fail to give untiring
and sacrificial time and energy to the
boys who are our future citizens, 500
of whom are ready yearly for member¬
ship in the Boy Scouts. The problem
of the Divisional Committee for Negro
Boy Scouts is not only to give the ser¬
vice of scouting to 500 additional boys
every year, but how to keep 13 troops
going up to Eoy Scouts standards. The
Divisional Committee is now carrying on
a campaign to create new interest in
scouting among Negro institutions.
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The Division laments the fact that of
the hundred or more churches and clubs
only thirteen are sponsoring, more or
less apathetically, troops numbering be¬
tween two and three hundred boys. The
Division finds the most important
need to be adult leadership. It is a re¬
flection on our Negro public that it
does not feel the responsibility for
making it possible to offer the scouting
program to all the boys who need it,
who are ready for it.
We hope the Division’s appeal for
men to become leaders in a movement
that has proved its value to boys and
our community will not go unheeded.
We plead with the' men of our city not
to fail our boys.
DR. MILLER AGAIN
Under the caption, “Negroes Have
Opportunity When Races Are Separated,”
Dr. Miller has uttered many incon¬
sistent statements and conclusions. We
are curious to know what happens to an
educated Negro to make him say such
things. Do not these statements im¬
ply that he accepts segregation w ith ap¬
parent contentment? He says, “De¬
mocracy means opportunity . . .Freedom
with opportunity and no security is cer-
ainly better than slavery with security
and no opportunity. No opportunity
for what? To be n man, to achieve
according to one’s ability, to be what
one wants to be without interference, to
go about as one sees fit.” Do Negroes
have such opportunity? lie says the
Negro is separated in the South from
the white man. “But this very separa¬
tion by law gives Negroes opportunities
that they never could or would have
were they integrated with the white
people.” Is this conclusion justified in
view of the fact that there has been
no full integration anywhere?
He goes on, “What point is there in
the Negro agitating about unequal fa¬
cilities in the South? ... It is true dis¬
crimination is unjust to any people or
group of individual* Unequal facilities
are discriminating . . If the point of dis¬
crimination was the real issue or reason
for the complaint of the Negro any sane
Negro could go along with him. But
the hidden reason (or is it hidden) is to
break down segregation. This can not
be done by legislation nor will it ever be
done in the deep South at all. nor is it
desirable either for the best welfare of
both the Negro and the white man.”
This statement ignores the viciousness
of segregation and discrimination its
ever present handmaiden, it ignores the
growing acceptance of the fact that seg¬
regation and discrimination, and democ¬
racy are incompatible. Democracy is
unobtainable as long as segregation and
discrimination exist to curse and vex
human relations. Democracy means
more than opportunity. It means se¬
curity also. When a Negro student
seeks admission into a southern college
he is seeking equal opportunity. To
say or imply that he is trying to break
down segregation and stir up hatred”
is only incidentally in line with fact.
The following only aids to our amaze¬
ment : who
“Only a small per cent of those
did or could enter a Negro graduate
school was inferior. One might ask
why let the bars down? Also why let
the bars down and allow so many to go
to college? This is a democracy and
not an aristocracy or a communistic state.
Onportunitv must be offered to all. The
fit will survive and the unfit will perish
by the wayside. With lower standards
and less financial burden many more
would be accommodated . .
Is this acquiescence in mediocrity? Is
this what the doctor teaches his students?
The one hopeful note in the whole dis¬
cussion is his recognition of the fact that
“The relationship between the Negroes
and whites has been steadily evolving or
ovulating to better and better through¬
out the years.” And this is due to the
Negro’s awakening to what should be his
rightful status in American life; whether
the expression of his awareness be called
agitation or not doesn’t matter in view of
the results. His recognition of the fact
of improvement means that he also rec¬
ognizes the fact of change which he nor
anybody else can stop. It may bo slow
but the direction of change, with a little
prodding now and then, holds the ful¬
fillment of happy prophecy.
New occasions teach new duties
Time makes ancient good uncouth
They must upward still and onward
Who would keep abreast of truth.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
BETWEEN THE LINES
By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK for ANP
“HAVE MiERCY ON OUR CHILDREN
Tne writer was one of a committee to
appear before Gov. Battle of Virginia to
make what is perhaps the final plea that
the sentence of death by electrocution for
the Martinsville boys be commuted to life
imprisonment.
It was a weighty occasion and the whole
atmosphere was surcharged with an intense
seriousness. The Governor’s office being
too small for the committee, he repaired
with them to the senate chambers where!
plea after plea w'as made by able and con-,
scientjous men and women for a commu¬
tation of the sentence of death, a sentence
which even the Supreme Court of the Unit¬
ed States refused to countermand.
The first speaker was a white Presbyte¬
rian minister who, by the way, was born
in South Carolina, a white priest of the
Catholic church also spoke as did two white
women. Of course, it was expected that
Negroes would speak and they did with a
point and power that apparently made a
deep impression on Gov. Battle. The whole?
hearing was conducted by Attorney Martin
A. Martin with a proficiency that evoked
from the governor the remark, “I have nev¬
er had to appear before me a committee!
that was more restrained and dignified.”
There were Negroes on the committee'
who felt keenly that the Martinsville boys
had not had a fair trial; but was this a
time to argue or a time for serious plead¬
ing? Little by little the speakers revealed
their skepticism of the kind of justice met¬
ed out in the Martinsvville trial but each
speaker wound up on a note, pleading for
mercy. The most dramatic moment of a
dramatic occasion came when a mother of
one of the boys was asked to make her plea.
It was difficult to understand how a wo¬
man of such evident good breeding and of
such natural beauty could be the mother
of a boy condemned to death for rape. Shd
arose with a calm dignity but with evident
restrained emotions and began slowly. She
told the governor that she had tried to
bring her boy up right but he went astray
as boys sometimes do.
She made it clear that there are some
parents who do not want to punish their
children themselves nor do they want any-l
body else to punish them. “But,” said she,
“I feel that the boys ought to be punish¬
ed for the foul deed, but electrocution is
rather severe and I am therefore pleading
with you, Mr. Governor to have mercy orr
our children.” As she sat down there wa.1
a of emotion that swept that ancient
Hawaii Faces Grave
Facial Problem
By Hubert H. White
HONOLULU (ANPi—The Ne¬
gro, as a group, was never
wanted in Hawaii. He w'as
and is considered to be a threat
to the social, political and eco¬
nomic well-being of the white
man. During the early growth
of the large sugar plantations,
skinned Hawaiian politi¬
cal leaders tried to write law
to keep the Negro out.
A special problem arose for
the Armed forces during the
early part of World War II,
in that outstanding white
leaders opposed the use of Ne¬
groes to unload vital needed
war supplies. Military leaders
over-ruled them claiming man¬
power shortage.
Some 15,000 Negro civilian
and military personnel serv¬
ed in Hawaii during the peak
of hostilities in the Pacific.
Most of those who came are 1
now back on the mainland.
Military cut-backs, family and
rising racial prejudice caused
mubh of the exodus.
Recent Arrival Brings New
Trouble
Present source of consider¬
able annoyance to local lead¬
ers and authorities are com¬
parably recent arrivals. They
are Negroes w’ho heard of some
elemepts of liberty pre-vailing
in Hawaii which are not in
evidence on the mainland.
A few are in business, legiti¬
mate and illegitimate. At this
writing, the situation of the re¬
cent Negro settlers is deterio¬
rating steadily.
Local police have been in¬
structed to arrest Negroes for
standing on the side-walks,
talking loudly, breaking minor
traffic laws and “congregating.”
Several such arrests have been
made and police brutality re-
ported to ANP and the local
oress.
The seriousness of the situ¬
ation was indicated last week
in the trial of Thomas (Pitts¬
burgh ) Lampley, well-known
boxing trainer, who had been
arrested, betaten. and charged
With being disorderly.
District Judge Leslie P. Scott
dismissed the charge after De¬
fence Attorney Myer C. Sym-
ond’s brilliant argument H#
presented the pattern of local j
authorities to "drive the Negro |
from Hawaii.”
Judge Scott’s decision was
hall and strong men were seen to reach
for their handkerchief; and in the throat
of the writer there was a subtle choking
feeling io witness the dramatic effect of
the plea of a mother for her child’s life—
for the life of ail the boys.
The pity of it was there were so few to
hear the plea of this anguished mother in
one of the most critical hours and moment*
of her life. The life of her son and th<
lives of six others are hanging in the bal¬
ance and only the mercy of Virginia’s gov¬
ernor can save them from death in the
electric chair.
We can cry all we want about these
“times are different” and that this is “a
new day” in which children are given free
reign to run the gauntlet of the follies of
youth without serious attempts to restrain
them. But it is more than passing strange
that in the midst of all the follies of flam¬
ing youth there are children that are being
brought up in the old fashioned way.
Children ran be taught the more excel¬
lent way of life, if the parents had the
courage to do so. In other words, children
do not have to “run wild;” for there are
many who do not, and this belies the oft-
repeated statement that nothing in parti¬
cular can be done to restrain flaming youth.
Progressive education or no progressive ed¬
ucation, children ought to be made to con-
form to the practices of good manners and
comely behavior.
As the late D. J. Jenkins great Orphanage
Man of Charleston of two decades ago us¬
ed to have one of his boys recite; “You
first appeal to a boy’s conscience, and if
this does not work, you appeal to his
pride and failing this, you appeal to his
hide.” An intensive and vigorous appeal
to many a child’s hide would spare many
a mother the agony that is crushing the
spirits and lives of the mothers of the Mar¬
tinsville boys. “Have mercy on our chil¬
dren.”
FRUITS OF HATE
By William Henry Huff For ANP,
I was the object of your hate,
But I well knew that soon or late
The table would be turned.
You slandered me without a cause
And searched your evil mind for flaws,
Yet, I was not concerned;
I knew you were not big enough
To execute your wicked bluff
And this, alas, you’ve learned.
based upon the factual argu¬
ment that Lampley had not
created any disturbance up to
the time that Officer Spin-
ola placed him under arrest
when Ihe failed to clear the
sidewalk as directed by Spino-
la.
Atty. Symonds told the pack-
ed courtroom that police ac-
tion on Smith street -o *■ was de¬
signed to “make a ghetto” of
the neighborhood. He stated
further that he did not wish
to “incite anyone to action but
if the police did not grant per¬
sons on Smith street (Negro
center of activity i “the same
rights haloes (whites > have in
Waikiki some policemen will be
killed over there.’
Chain Of Reaction Started
The above statement set off
a chain of reaction from the
local press and the police de-
partment chief of police Dan
said the full force of his de¬
partment would be used to
stop any “trouble on Rmitlt
street.”
The Honolulu-Star-BuTetin
editorially commented in part:
“The Smith street hooligans
seem to have the idea that
they are being pushed around
by the police, that they are
not being given the same cor\-
rideration as the “haloes in
Waikiki.’ The answer to that
is so obvious it hardly needs
mentioning. The police do re¬
spect the law-abiding, decent
citizens of Honolulu. No de¬
cent citizen—and don’t forget
our police are decent citizens,
with families and homes they
want to preserve from con-
lamination by Smith Street—
filth—can respect the vermin
who flout our laws and bring
disgrace to our city.
Threats from Smith street
are net going to make the po¬
lice less watchful. If anything
even heavier concentration of
enforcement will be assigned
to the area. The police are
going to attack and harass the
.criminal element on Smith
street. They have no place in
Honolulu and the sooner they
realize it and clear out. the
better it will be for all concern¬
ed.”
The Honoulu Advertiser, con-
sidered less liberal, followed the
ptap-Buletin with an editorial
but in a more considered vein,
It said the Negro was now
claiming martyrdom” to rac ia l
hatred.
It continued "many the
stones stories forwarded fciwairied to to the tne Negro Negro
press misrepresent the facts,
The police ere merely cle.A'IM
Zitr*eet tl ' e , rtrea“
H™a 1 i
ing the Negro far better than
many of the mainland commu-
nities.”
ANP has been unable to as¬
certain the exact source o f
j the prese nt police attitude to¬
W ards the Negro but officers
a j on g s m ith street beat
informed this writer: “This is
not the way we want to patrol
this area. The department
wants it patrolled this way.”
DDT Prevents
ermite . Damage
I
A single treatment if DDT
gives complete protection td j
wood in contact with soil for
at least 5 years, the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture says,
This is an easily applied ter¬
mite prevention treatment any¬
one can make.
Experiments conducted foi*
many years by entomologists
of the Department’s Bureau of
Entomology and Plant Quar¬
antine indicate that 5 percent
DDT in No. 2 fuel oil gives a
satisfactory answer to this
age-old insect problem. The
insecticide is applied to the ,
soil surrounding wooden strue-
tures needing protection at I
the rate of one quart per cubid |
foot of soil
Hundreds of chemicals are !
under test in the Bureau’s lab- i
j sa“and° most ^fec^e^one I
1 that can be used for treating i
SO ji a rcund structures through
which the termites usually
travel before making contact |
with wooden parts of houses,
barns, or other buildings. Of
all these, DDT now seems to
suit the purpose in a number
of respects.
The testing oi DDT for ter¬
mite control started in 1943,
i shortl “ „ the , iemlcal . , waS
| y a er c
by
Bureau scientists at their Or¬
lando. Fia., laboratory. The
formula given still remains ef- j
[fective against termites in the
continuing experiments, —* and
pcieiuui.ru “mbe^of vea^'
1 Further research is . necea-
to find out just how long
1 DDT will continue as a barrier
HOME EDUCATION
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40lh
Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly in
our columns.
“THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—Froebcl
POLICEMEN ARE
ROBIN’S FRIENDS
Harriett C. Anderson
A small boy of about five at¬
tracted my attention as I stood
near the door of the crowded
Youth Building on the Fair
grounds. As I watched him it
became very evident to me tnat
he was searching for someone;
however, he appeared to be
perfectly calm and composed.
He would squeeze his way in
and out among the crowds, walk
down the length of on aisle, and
stop and peer first this way
and then that way. Then he
would turn nd start down the
center of another aisle, always
stopping at the corner and
looking earne tly among the
crowds.
Ever interested in children
ancl their problems. I watched
him. His expression was one of
intense concentration, but
there was no sign of fear or
confusion on the sweet child-
face.
When he came near the door
where I was stonding I smiled
at him and received on answer¬
ing smile. I wondered why one
so young was wandering about
in such a crowd all alone. He
came to stand beside me, trying
to get a view of the doorway
through which people were
crowding.
“Looking for someone?” I
asked him. He turned his face
up to me with an expression of
complete tru t and answered,
“Yes’m, I’m looking for a po¬
liceman.”
“A policeman?” I asked.
“Yes’m.” He nodded his curly
head. "I lost my Mommey, so
I’m looking for a policeman to
find my mommey for me.”
I took over from there. With
his rma.l hand in mine we made
our way to the First Aid station,
which was located in a large
tent.
1 had not ex P ected t0 find
his at the station,
bu( . lhere shc , was; and the
______________________
^H0 APPOINTED DR. MILLER AN UMPIRE
0F RACE RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH?
Sunday’s issue of the Sa-
Morning News. July 16,
E. H. Miller of Claflin
university, Orangeburg- S. C.,
released another of his articles
on race relations in the south.
The writer would like to ask
Dr. Miller who appointed him
a referee or to be an umpire on
the race question in the south?
Under the caption “Negroes
Have Opportunity When Races
Are Separated”, Dr. Miller lab-
ors at len S th to show the Negro
that he should be satisfied and
contented under existing con-
It also appears that Dr.
Miller is trying to make real the
ghost story of social equal-
while the average or masses
the race are not even think-
ing in terms of social equality,
but are only asking for equal
opportunity.
Dr. Miller dwells at length on
opportunity IDortunitv in In the the teaching teaehiner
profession, as though this was
the Negro’s only high aim.
In part, some of the things
he said might be true, but lets
see the situation as a whole.
Do our southern states pro-
v * de OQual educational facilities
for tde study of Jaw > medicine,
civil engineering, or, for that
matter - d ° the y P rovile ec * ual
educational facilities in any line
education? Definitely, No.
—-—— ---—
aeamst termites. The
arsenite for this purpose.
dium arsenite is a fairly
highly effective, but
ly poisonous chemical.
Termite control is both
ier and cheaper, , ,, the . .
gists say, when control
are directed toward
them from getting into
ing S , rather than killing
after they get in. DDT
ticide fits veiy well into
type of control method.
JOBLESS INS. LAW
CHANGES
„ Two recent major amend
ment to the Ga. Job
^ stated became Commissioner effective
B en T Huiet. “Pay
raxes are reduced more’
two million dollars in addition
THURSDAY, JULY
little fellow took? it as a matter
of course. What surprised me
most was to see the mother
so perfectly calm and confident.
She told us she knew that Rob¬
in was safe, and that he would
remember just what ts do. She
expressed her gratitude to me
for having helped Robin find
his way to the First Aid tent,
to which she had just come to
ask the help of an sfficer in lo¬
cating her young .son.
I spoke to her of my intere t
in the small Robin’s calmness
when lost, and she kindly gave
me the reason for his attitude.
The explanation seems to me
to be worthy of repetition.
"One of the first lessons we
taught Robin," the mother said.
‘ was to consider a policeman
a real friend and one in whom
he could place confidence. So, 1
knew that when we had be-(
come separated Robin would, hei
instinctively do the hing he*
has alawys been taught
should do in just such a Gtu-
ation—look for his friend, the
plieeman."
Several pluemen and other
Fair o'ficers who were there in
the tent had been very much
impressed by this extremely
wi3e action on the part of so
young a child. When they heard
the mother’s explanation, bne
old policeman said to Robin’s
mother, “Lady, my years on the
police force would have been
much easier ones had there
been more mothers like you.
Many youngsters are taught to
fear or hate a ‘cop’ and that
makes it difficult for u; to help
them sometimes.”
Robin ca’led a cherry “Bye!”
to ail of us as he left the First
Aid tent with his mother. We
i all felt happier lor having ritet
I these two.
One of Rogin’s first lessons in
j .to human lock relation hips had been
upon iaw-enforcing of-
Deers as friends of the people
j [them. and to Fotunate express is gratitude for
a child who
j learns, early, lessons like this
which will help him to become
a good citizen
.cated with the whites, are we
jallowed practice an equal opportunity to
t or exercise it? Defin-
• itely. No.
Is not the Negro a member of
the human race with desire and
ambition to attain to the higher
heights of any profession? Cer¬
tainly, he is. Is not the Negro
j entitled to equal comfort in
rail road or bus stations and on
trains or buses? Indeed, yes.
Does not the Negro desire an
equal opportunity at the bal¬
lot box to express himself in
choosing those who must gov¬
ern without being faced with all
manner of state and local laws
to hinder him? Yes.
Who, then, actually believes
that the Negro in the south is
satisfied ancl content? Certainly
not the millions of Negroes who
miyrate ally tunity tnnif.v seekig to tn from enjoy onir>„ freedom the south and oppor- annu- \ \
izenship. the *v.„ rights of cit¬ ..it ^
The pattern of segregation or
[south seperation as practiced by the-
does not show any sefn-
jblance jas Dr. Miller of true democracy, such
tried to define in
(his article. Who, then, thinks
that the Negro in the south
should be satisfied and content¬
ed with existing conditions?
No one—not even Dr. Miller
himself.
to the 18 million saved yearly.
which, except for the Georgia
Law, would be paid to and re¬
tained by the Federal govern¬
ment. Job insurance weekly
payments are being raised
from a $4 minimum to $5 and
from $18 maximum to $ 20 .
claims of newly unemployed in-.
dividuals who flled no valid
claim in the past year will be
paid in the new range of $ 5 -
[expired $20 week ly. Claimants wjth un _
beneft vears, established
[between July 2, KK-fl, and June
'39 1950 w jii continue to be paid
' at the old rates of $4 to $18
a
j week.
: Accomplishments of the Ga;
[Department of Labor in behalf
jof ible its citjzzens have been poss-
| only an' through the'peTsonneTof the earnest
e f fort3 of
the Df P ald ™ent and the full
cooperation of labor, manage-
ment, and the general public.