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fAGE FOUR Ehr Established 1875 By J. H. DEVEAUX BOL 0. JOHNSON________Editor and Publisher MISS WILLA M. AYERS, Asst. tc Pub. & Manager f. H. BUTLER --------------—— Assq- Editor Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial **8 -- Subscription Rate In Advance One Year ----------- *3.00 Six Months ----------- *2.00 Three Months ------------------- - 5D Remittance must be made by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail. “No matter how much they may dif¬ fer in endowment, whether genetic or Social or both, all men are equal, in dignity and in their rights. The con¬ ception of equal rights of men stems from the fact that they are equally men; no other fact can, or should ever be per¬ mitted to annul this fact. There is nothing in the nature of any group which gives it less weight in the bal¬ ance of equality than any other.’’ —UNESCO Statement AN UNCGVETED LEGACY We believe, if some of the Southern states could have foreseen, three or four decades ago, the embarrassment which their acts and attitudes toward the so¬ cial status of Negroes have caused, they would have acted differently. < om- mon sense and justice would have cau¬ tioned that the experiences they are now having would eventually come. Nowhere is this more evident than in the area of education. Some authori¬ ties and guessers estimate that it will require huge amounts of money to bring educational facilities for Negroes up to equality with the whites. School au¬ thorities arc placed in a dilemma: how to use funds that have been appropri¬ ated to do away with admitted inad¬ equacies and inequalities in educational provisions, and how to do this without arousing bitter opposition from white citizens. The problem is very real and difficult. Because school funds were distributed so unevenly in the past, it will require a major portion of funds presently available to provide equal facil¬ ities for Negroes. School administra¬ tors tend to shrug off responsibility for the situation they have inherited. They want to begin from now and, perhaps, divide school funds equitably. Actu¬ ally this will not make facilities and op¬ portunities equal. Jt is to be regret¬ ted that school administrators of yester¬ year failed to do right, and in more re¬ cent years failed to carry out the “sep¬ arate but equal dl>ctrine.” Injustice in the area of education was co-existent with injustice in other areas. The lot of Negroes was indeed tragic and 1he South was culturally and economically the poore r thereby. It is an in¬ teresting fact that the South did not see that it was permitting a huge eco¬ nomic resource to go unused. Four to eleven million Negroes educated to want the goods and services produced or handled in the South, and given the op¬ portunity to earn the wages above the mere subsistence level, would have con¬ tributed beyond calculation to the wealth of the region. The determination of the South to maintain its tradition of discrimination has become its uncovet¬ ed legacy which is difficult and embar¬ rassing to deal with. I „ v a *.| 1 WHAT THE NEGRO WANTS Ever so often Negroes have felt it necessary, as a means or conciliation sometimes, to express, what they want in order to feel that they are fulfledged American citizens. Ordinarily it would seem to be sufficient merely to state they want everything other Americans want and have. It should not be ne¬ cessary in a country whose philosophy Efforts to Have Hotel “For Colored" Stirs Jamaicans KINGSTON, Jamaica —United States Jim crow tempted to fly further with American tourists to West Indies last week, but endeavour to put over the line in tourist-mecca Bay. woke a storm of press public controversy Jamaica. Resentment to the urge introduce colour in this section of “Paradise (Jamaica) was sparked the Cornwall Bathing announced proposals to erect swanky all-coloured beach tel in Montego Bay. The management gave as its text the view that the industry was being because white Americans Cracker elements did not whether on visiting they would be forced to in hotels which catered also coloured people. Equally so. the colored can tourist was shy of to Jamaica because he the hotels were milk white. Entered as Seconu Class Matter at the Post omce at savannah, Oa , under the Act of M arch 3. 187 9 _ National Advertising Representative: Associated Publishers 662 ^ Ay<) New York 19. New York - — jm \Bv*i of life and government is expressed in one of the nobiest documents ever writ¬ ten. The Declaration of Independence to which all political parties, and fac¬ tions of parties, all citizens pledge alle¬ giance is that document. It is curious that almost from the beginning of the national life of our country some of the very signers of the Declaration withheld from Negroes the very rights to secure which every conflict in which our coun¬ try has engaged was fought; in which Negroes themselves have fought and died. Because it is deeply rooted in the tra¬ ditions of some Americans to continue to deny Negroes the enjoyment of full American citizenship, they are compell¬ ed to restate their wants in conferences, in newspapers, and in politics, and un¬ fortunately they have had to resort to the courts. Despite the fact that oth¬ er groups and other people through the ages have had to carry on a strug¬ gle for human rights, the struggle of Negroes is received with impatience, ir¬ ritation and hostility. Many leading Negroes, either as individuals or in groups have attempted to say what Ne¬ groes want. An outstanding instance was the symposium of views in a hook. What The Negro Wants, published by the press of a Southern university, and edit¬ ed by Dr. Raiford Logan.. The pur¬ pose of expressing these wants is not to irritate. George S. Schulyer speak¬ ing of a recent statement of Negroes’ wants, says, “ ‘It was clearly and prop¬ erly designed to educate white people of the sound theory that in a democratic society where majority rules, it is neces¬ sary to win the interest and good will of that majority if a minority wishes to have its cooperation.’ ” “It was probably thq first time . . . thal such a statement reached all of the white people simultaneously (Baton Rouge). The wants listed were: “more and better schools giving trade and pro¬ fessional training; publicly supported and sponsored recreational facilities; interpretation and enforcement of laws without bias or prejudice; opportunity to participate in the administration of the laws; more public housing and slum clearance; work at highest skills; repre¬ sentation on the City Planning Com¬ mission and other bodies; greater share in the utilization of community health resources. ” All of these wants could . . be answered in some cities and some could be answered in all cities. A sim¬ ilar statement could he made with prof¬ it, probably, in most cities. WILLIAM JUDS0N AYERS In accordance with the inscrutable will of an Almighty Providence, the great black curtain has fallen between us and another of our valuable citizens. An efficient and industrious builder and contractor, an exemplary citizen, a good and regular Mhson, an active and devout member of his church, a devoted father and husband, and in short a Christian gentleman—this was William Judson Ayers. Religious and fraternal circles and the Savannah community sustain an splendid irreparable citizen. loss We in the how passing with of this r humble resignation to the will of our Just and Wise Heavenly Father. The widely circulated Gleaner newspaper sougnt clear the public's mind of fusion by editorializing that country had gone cracked the wrong view. The would eater specifically to ored folk, remove any whatever from the minds the coloured tourist as whether accommodations i be found for him. But it I not bar the white tourist. would be free to come in mix. The scheme, too, give incentive to other to disregard the intolerance colour which might now among some of its visitors,. Explained as it was, the ter still caused a howl. In the Jamaica House Representatives, western land’s Leopold Augustus bawled that his -hould never allow the to drive its first nail. The in Jamaica were already coloured and white. A institution would reflect weak ness and encourage segregation, he said. Allan George St. Claver Coombs, representative for Montego Bay, wrote as follows: “Visitors the world over are received and accepted in all hotels (hero without rebard to race, nationality or colour. If hotel owners in Montego Bay ever had anything in their minds against race or colour, they dare not say it. as the re- | sultant consequence would be better imagined than seen. ’Hence, the only obstacle imployed is high fee. Whoever can pay the fee is willingly ac¬ cepted by shrewd hotel owaers. But now that these fellows have stated distinctly that the new hotel is for coloured tourists, they are now copying lessons [ wt by gouth Africa and south _ I ern states of Amerlca b ? the j introduction an d jim crowism of race segregation - 1 . . „ THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE “WE MUST NOT FORGET OUR RIGHT TO WORLD LEADERSH” 1 S3! •v ;;; ‘v> SS BETWEEN THE LINES By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK for ANP OUR NEGRO BASEBALL PROFESSIONALS The writer struck St. Louis a few days, ago and found the old city dizzy with re¬ percussions of the Brooklyn—St. Louis) werles just ended. Reports have it that the enthusiasm of the Negro fans embar¬ rassed Jackie and his gTcat Negro associ¬ ates. However deplorable may have been the behavior of the Negro fans, it should not have caused any surprise. Negroes are depressed, suppressed, oppressed and dis¬ tressed over so many things that happen¬ ed here abouts daily, that they are hungry for an outlet for their pent up feelings, The appearance of Negroes in profession-* al baseball gives them just the lift they so much need. While my jubilation was a little more restrained, it was nevertheless fulsome and relieving. But it should be borne in mind that the performance of Negro base-, ball stars is something to make the heart leap for joy. It must not be forgotten that Negroes waited more than two generations for the sights of Negroes on the profession¬ al baseball diamonds of the country. Now that they have beheld the glorious day, they must be pardoned for overdoing the matter of appreciation of the fine jobs the Negro players are turning in. Just as their pride and enthusiasm were once centered about the fistic exploits of Joe Louis, they are now centered about Jackie and Campanella and Newcombe and Irvin and Thompson and Jethroe and Mi- neso and Noble and Willie Mays and com¬ pany. And now that the ancient Satchel Paige is performing notably with the St. Louis Browns, we may expect soon to see Negroes scattered throughout the leagues. What is more important than their merely being signed here and there, is their superb performance. I saw Jethroe slam a home run in a pinch to set the color* struck Cardinals back in one of the finest baseball contests this writer has ever seen. After the Braves moved out of St. Louis, the Giants came to town with Mays, Irv¬ in, Hank Thompson and Noble. Irvin is teriffic in the clutches. I saw him come to the bat with the bases loaded and two out and with the count of two strikes and no balls and blast a double that sent in the tying and winning scores. I saw Mays deliver the deciding punch in a tight game that the color struck Car¬ dinals patiently had in the bag. I saw iq another game the Cardinal club hold a consultation on the mound when Mays caine to bat in a pinch: then wal the won¬ derful Willie. I sat there and wondered what had be¬ come of the white supremacy theories when a white pitcher was afraid to pitch to a Negro batter in a pinch. The very shades of Bilbo, Talmadge and Hitler—a white pitcher afraid of a Negro batter. Volumes have been written on the superi- Paris Remains Friendly To Darker Races ' (This is another of a series from Dr. Clement, president of Atlanta university, about his trip to Europe. He is there to study and also attend the the Ecumenical meetings of Methodists from all over the ! world, to be held in London.) MUNICH, | No matter what might have been the situation in times past a dark face on the yards of Paris is hardly a ority of the white race, but all of these the¬ ories are exploded on the baseball diamond when white pitchers quail before the bat¬ ting prowess of a Robinson and an Irvin and a Willie Mays. What has become of the racial superiority theories when Don Newcombe has the leading strike out rec¬ ord for his league, and mind you, he was not striking out humble segregated Ne¬ groes; he was striking out supposedly superior white contestants. In other words the white supremacy theories all break, down in a crisis since life is just one crisis after another they just don’t sense any more even to their advocates and proponents. This release was inspired by the signing of Satchel Paige by the low St. Louis Browns of baseball collar fame. Now anybody with even a shred of judgment knows that OLD MAN SATCHEL is through as a Pitcher. But the low-lowly Browns sign him for gate- receipt reasons and for gate receipt reasons only. These are by no means reasons to be scoffed at in either the long or the short run. St. Louis is at best nothing but a big sprawling jim-crow town of the middle west. Jim crowism is destined to die hard in these parts in spite of some mighty fine features of this wonderful city which boasts of just as fine, everything as either New York or Chicago. The municipal opera here should be the envy of the cities of the nation. It is in¬ describably great. I.t is easily one of the theatrical wonders of the world. To sit among ten, thousand spectators and wit¬ ness the superb performance of the Bohe¬ mian Girl is easily one of life’s supreme moments under the open sky. Paig? was signed by the Browns for fi¬ nancial reasons. There will doubtless be a financial spurt at the gates and this is going to prove once more than the dollae is more powerful than color in the final in¬ terracial analysis. The dollar will eventually batter down every coldr bar. We are color struck in this country it is true but we are more dol¬ lar struck than, color struck. It is just as well for the Negro to understand this stub¬ born fact and set himself to make good; in the financial world. Court decisions have their place but the dollar decision” also has its place. Until the performance of the Negro base¬ ball professionals is matched by our busi¬ ness performance we are going to be hope¬ lessly outclassed in the struggle that com¬ petition foist upon us. Negro baseball pro¬ fessionals are giving glittering performance on the major league diamonds of this coun¬ ty. But unless this matched by improved bus¬ iness methods of our Negro entrepreneurs, we are going to fall behind in the ruthless and brutal competition of this strenuous Twentieth Century. Hats off to our Negro professionals of organized baseball. t.v in the Summer of 1951. And many of these dark countenan¬ ces belong to Negroes from the United States of America. The five members of our tv. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Walls of Louisville. Kv.. President Feltor Clark of Southern university, Clement and I. actually ran into former acquaintances about every time we went out. In the group of fellow tourists whom we met were Miss Rose of IndianaDolis, who has spent the last year as an exchange teacher in Plymouth, England: Miss Virginia Hannon of Atlanta, social worker and World War II Red Cross worker in Europe: Jay Clifford, re¬ cently retired New York cus¬ toms inspector who is trying decide in which country he will s p enc j hi s next winter (althuogh j le q as a i reac j v been able to secure one of the non existant Paris furnished apartments and has begun entertain his friends in it.) Miss Lois Toles, pianist, leave from Fisk university THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1951 HOME EDUCATION Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th Street, New York City. Tfaea* articles are appearing weekly la our columns. “THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—Froebel MOTHERS—THE LUNCH BOX! Loie Brandom If you are one of the mothers faced day after day with the necessity of preparing nourish¬ ing, appetizing lunches which have to be packed and kept in boxes for several hours and in spite of this, come forth tanta- lizingly tempting in appear¬ ance, then you are a worthy Lunch Box Mother, and we wel¬ come you to our council circle. Although I have prepared and packed food for many diff¬ erent classes of people and for various occasions — workmen, farm hands, boy scouts, picnic parties, church basket-dinners, campfire affairs, fishermen, travelers and sportsmen— it is only of the lunches for school- age hildren that we shall speak now'. c We shall not even discuss the lunchbox itself, for there is suh a variety of sanitary, con¬ venient, lightweight containers on the market that we take it for granted this matter has al¬ ready been attended to properly. Never leave the lunch prob¬ lem until the last minute, de- pending on the fact that, as a rule, everything except the sandwiches may be prepared beforehand. As soon as the children come from school the lunch containers should be throroughly cleaned and aired. Then a regular system may h* 1 followed next mornine when the lime arrives for parking the lunches. Reline the container with fresh white paper and ■wrap earh article of food sep- arately in waxed paper, placing those to be eaten last at the bottom of the lunch box. Park articles closely enough so they will pot be shaken about, using paper napkins to fill up spaces if necessary. Liq¬ uid or semi-liquid foods should be carried in tightly-sealed jars or thermos bottles. Sandwiches usually form the mainsta*' of the lunch-box menu: but these can be pre- further stqdv in Parts; Mrs sfat.tie Wigejns. aunt of Anne Brown, on her way to Oslo t,o visit her famous niece; Mrs. McPherson, Washington school teacher: The Truman K. Gibson, Jr., family (Truman. Tsabelte fnd ’heir daughter) just back from ’Ho French Riviera and snorting beautiful suntans acquired on the beach at Cannes. Truman, Tr.. had come over for th.e Rob- inson-Turpln fight in ills offi¬ cial position as secretary of the International Boxing club. And there were numerous others whose names slip me for the moment. We also saw a goodly number of Negroes who are working in U. N. or United States govern¬ ment agencies in Paris. This group includes: Beatrice Carson of Louisville, __________ ; Ky.. a secretary in the American Embassy: Lena Graves of Wash¬ ington, ECA official in Paris for nearly two years; James Hulbert, Librarian at Virginia State college, now on leave to serve in the U. S. information office, and Ligon Buford, form¬ er UNNRA officer, now working with U. N. Ollie Stewart, news corres- pondent and columnist, who is now covering Europe as his beat was very much In evidence. It appears that he is able to see and to serve almost every American Negro who comes to Paris. The fabulous “Frisco” entertainer, nightclub operator and businessman, is also in Paris and is helpful to his friends from the States. At the Cite’ Universitaire, great student residence center in Paris, there are several American Negroes living, while they study at the Sorbonne unde rprivate tutors. The day we visited Cite’ Universitaire we met a musical student by the name of Riley, from Pittsburgh; a student of political science named Nance; a Miss Roberts, pianist from Washington, and the Dobbs sisters, Mattiewilda and June, from Atlanta. Mattiwilda has been studying voice under private tutors in Paris during the past year and June, Fisk university teacher, had come over to join her dur- ing the vacation period. A interesting person was a Miss Johnson of Los Angeles who had just completed a two-year pared in an almost limitless number of ways. Be careful not to cut the bread too thick, how¬ ever. Also, cutting the sand¬ wiches into different shapes adds to the appearance of the lunch and tempts the child’s appetite. The bread for sand¬ wiches—preferably whole-wheat, brown bread or rye—may very easily and quickly be cut into squares, diamonds or triangles, and fancy cookie cutters may be used to obtain almost any other shape. Nuts, lettuce, dates, figs, boiled eggs, peanut, diced chicken, boiled ham, dried beef, cream cheese or cottage cheese with chopped pickles and may¬ onnaise, baked beans, and any of the prepared meats for sandwiches are good for fillers. Two sandwiches are usually desirable—one of meat, nuts or cheese combinations, and the other a sweet sandwich with filling of jelly, jam, dates,«|gs or a fruit marmalade. Celery, radishes, or raw car¬ rots should have their place in the lunch box along with fruits—fresh, dried or canned. j Custards, raisin puddings, blancmanges, and gelatin des¬ serts are usually enioyed and should be used often. These may be molded in different shapes, or tinted some pretty color with pure fruit-iuice coi¬ ning, and turned into half- pint glass jars with lids that screw on tightly. Of course, milk should be included. If a thormos bottle is not a part of the lunch box equipment, milk may be ear- ned nicely in an ordinary bottle if the cork is unshed down tightly and sealed by dip¬ ping the neck of the bottle and cork in melted parafin. The things that apn°al to a child’s eyes are generally eaten, and any change in coloring, shape or arrangement of the foods that adds to their at¬ tractiveness is well worth the 1 extra effort. | course in designing and who was planning further study in Scandinavia. During the Summer of 1951 Negroes mav be the objects of curious and sometimes hostile stares—as we have been—in Insbruck and Vienna and Mu¬ nich, but Paris scarcely bats an eye when a dark face appears— even in the smartist places. T. and I. E. TEACHERS HOLD CONFERENCE The annual Trade and Indus¬ trial Education Teachers Con¬ ference for Trade and Industrial Teachers in Georgia is being held at Savannah State college August 20-24. Among the speakers for the week were George W. Mulling, assistant state supervisor of Trade and Industrial Educa¬ tion, who disucssed teacher certification; W. B. Nelson, .di¬ rector, division of trades and industries, Savannah State IndustRal (Al¬ lege, Trade and Education; G. F. Fambro. pres¬ ident, Trade and Industrial Education Teachers Association, who discussed his organization; Frank C. Underwood, Jr., as- sistant superintendent, Savan nah public schools, the Super¬ intendent's point of view toward Trade and Industrial Education, and Thomas Shearouse, area supervisor, adult education pro¬ gram. Hamptonians Meet In Fort Valley FT. VALLEY. Ga., August 13— The spacious lawn at the home ^ r ’ an< ^ Mrs. Alva Tabor of Fort Valley was the scene of informal meeting of Hampton¬ ians. Mrs. Tabor, a Hampton graduate, was hostess. Other Hamptonians present were Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Bryant, Mr. Robert Church, Mr. A. D Wat¬ son and Mr. J. I. Williams. Among the group of younger Hamptonians were Miss Eunice Stephens, Messrs. Isaac Stev¬ ens. Ethan Allen Bailey and Ernest Robeson, all attending summer school at Fort Valley State college. Those not present were Mrs. Murlenum Hicks and Mrs. Thelma Lash. The group j enjoyed a repast of ice cold • watermelon and talked about) days at Hampton institute.