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®hr famtwialt Irilnmf Established 1875 By J. H. DEVEAUX HOL O JOHNSON--------Editor and Publisher MRS. WILLA A. JOHNSON, Asst, to Pub. & Mgr. ». tL BUTLER....................Asso. Editor Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 Subscription Rate In Advance One Year _____________________________$3.00 Six Months __________________________$2.00 Three Months -------------------------$1.50 Remittance must be inane by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mall. "Belief in false values which condi¬ tion the development of the person, in competition instead of co-operation, in narrow selfish interests instead of al¬ truism . . in the value of money instead of the value of man, represents man turn¬ ing upon all that is innately good in him.” , A HAZARDOUS SITUATION A letter in the Forum, two Sundays ago, should have impressed on the minds of all concerned, that a very dan¬ gerous situation exists every school day for the nearly 11500 children who at¬ tend the Cuvier Junior High School. The streets on three sides of this school are paved. One of them, the Ogeechee Road leads south of Highway 17. Heavy vans, buses and trucks using both Hen¬ ry and Anderson streets as two way routes into and out of the city .fre¬ quently meet, and the starting, stopping and backing, the noise of their exhausts and air-brakes produce a din which dis¬ tracts the attention of pupils and teach¬ ers from the business at hand. This, in addition to the danger to life and limb of the children, should he all the reason needed for routing van, bus and truck travel over other streets. A check on traffic by this school reveals* that a bus, van or truck passes by this school every two minutes during a school day. This situation has been called to the attention of two official agencies ftnd effort has been made to have them correct it. Three or four months ago, one promised to have it corrected at once. The other promised relief when this* heavy traffic would be routed through Stiles Avenue. Since nothing has been done about it and the promise to do something is so indefinite, we are con¬ vinced that neither of these agenciesi recognizes the seriousness of a condi¬ tion which could be corrected within 24 hours. It would be easier for the buses and trucks themselves to use other streets. They could hardly find a more difficult route to travel than that by either Hen¬ ry or Anderson street into West Broad. We join with the Cuyler P.-T, A. in urg¬ ing the Commissioner of Police, the Mayor, or w hoever has the authority, to put an end to the danger and distur¬ bance that these vehicles create for the children and teachers at the Cuyler school. 1 IDEALS PROSTITUTED Actually, America owes its being, its material wealth and its success as sponsoring the most satisfying form of government in the history of the world, to two ideals or philosophies. The founding of the country was impelled by the overpowering d'^ires of men for freedom of worship and the right to gov¬ ern themselves under rules of their op.11 choosing. The record of the landing of the Pilgrims includes the signing of the Mayflower Compact out of which grew the ideas that developed into the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independ¬ ence. The Christian religion and the spirit of democracy, however imper¬ fectly followed, have been the guiding principles of American life. All Amer¬ at least and Savannah, Ga., Oct. 8, 1951 To the Editor, Savannah Tribune Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I desire to correct a state¬ ment in the New’ York Amster¬ dam of New York City. C. B Powell, president and editor. The article is an editorial, headed “Georgia's Jury Ruling ” I do not criticize the entire editorial, for as a whole I think the article very commendable, however, I desire io correct the gross error pertaining to the selecting colored men for jury duty. i The article said: ‘‘The good bit of information emanated from Atlanta where superior Court Judge Frank Guess last week ordered the DeKalb County Jury Commiss¬ ion to include names of Negroes 6n Jury lists. “This ruling will allow Ne¬ groes to sit in Jury boxes for the first time since the 1860s.” The editorial Is much in error when it says thot Negroes have not been used to serve since i860. It may be that Negroes Entered as Second Class Matter at the Office at Savannah, Oa, under the Act March 3. 1879 National Advertising Representative' Associated Publishers 582 Fifth Ave. New York 19. New York resent any implication that they do not. Many people, including Americans, have fought and died in many a conflict, on many a battlefield to secure and main¬ tain these ideals. It is an interesting record of human erring that almost from the 'beginning, the people who braved voyage on an unknown sea. fac¬ ed and fought hostile savages, under¬ went the ravages of disease and the rigors of New England w i n t e r s to find religious freedom for themselves— it is interesting that they were almost at the same time denying others the right to worship God freely, and were soon to engage in a traffic that facili¬ tated the fastening of human bondage upon the southern states, w hich it took a bloody civil war to undo. This con¬ flict was inevitable and hitter because, strangely enough, there were those who sought to justify slavery and its at¬ tendant and subsequent evils tty appeal¬ ing to the principles of Christianity and democracy. Nor was this all. These ideas soon lost their ascendency and gave way to other values. The people were concerned less with religion than they were with shipbuilding, trade and commerce, in the north, with agricul¬ ture and plantation ari/stcpracy in the South. People were concerned with mak¬ ing money. The lapse in religious con¬ cern aroused religious leaders, and re¬ vivals were held to rekindle slumbering spiritual values. Another paradox in American life was signalized in the fact that the Indians were despoiled of their land, and pushed hack from the Atlan¬ tic Seaboard, Negroes were enslaved and exploited, and Negroes and other dark- skinned groups, including Asiatics, are the victims now of prohibitions and dis¬ criminations that are unworthy of the descendants of those who founded the country which calls itself "the land of the free and the homo of the brave.” And yet change^ in pblicy, practice and attitude for the better, have taken place, which hardly anyone would have predicted 25 years ago. There is no doubt that these changes have come be¬ cause, after ail, the two ideals which guided the formation of ths nation are still potent and for full American citi¬ zenship,” “the overwhelming ambition of the Negro race in America to use the power of the sword and the purse of the Federal Government to force its way in¬ to the inner sanctuary of the white man’s daily life. Oh, what consistency! The following item is taken from one our our daily papers under date of Sep¬ tember 25, 195V: "Private club opera¬ tors drew three lemons from Mayor Ful¬ mer at a meeting yesterday at City Hall. A close down applying "without exception,’ was ordered by the mayor on all slot machines, punch boards, and parlay cards within the city.” ho re¬ port also said that the mayor’s direc¬ tive was put into effect immediately. Boledo was not mentioned specifically, and being insensitive to mere hint, it assumes that the mayor’s directive doen not apply to it. So far as we know, no order has gone, out t<> clamp down on boledo. We believe when such an or¬ der is issued to the police and detec¬ tives and is published in the newspapers, boledo will fold up. how ran we blame some else? I grant ft is a burden to this place or duty, but some or ones must bear the and why shirk. We, therefore, ask Mr. editor of the New York sterdam News, to first get facts before criticising. Respectfully submitted, Jesse Brinson 707 West 42 St. Savannah, Ga. .-.----- METROPOLITAN OPERA HAS FIRST NEGRO MEMBER NEW YORK—(ANP) For first time in the history of venerable institution, a star ls a member of the company at Metropolitan House But she’s a dancer, a sinper ^ It took Janet who starre d as “Night" in. Cole p ort , e r Show, "Out of W orld.” on Braodway last sea- son> t0 crac k the hard core discrimination at the Met. sensational young Negro had muc h on the ball she could ignred. She was engaged premier danseuse to with a Russian dancer. not been listed in some coun- ties, but not so in this County; for I am sure that Negroes served here in Savannah, Chat¬ ham County, before I served, and I have been serving for more than thirty five years from time to time. In 1949 I even was selected as foreman twice in the fall term of the City Court; and yet Ne¬ groes served before I came to this city, 1904. and perhaps! fore-! some of them served as men before I did j Any one serving on a jury i does it at a sacrifice, and speak- ing for this City and County I should repeat what I said In t to 1949; make and the that sacrifice; was, “We for refuse the J last time I served on the Jury.! one morning there were five or| six Colored men put on, along, with us that were serving, and, the very next morning theyj off were and all would absent. not make They the begged sac. J j rifiee; and of course, this ac- I j counts for so few of us being selected for this important ty. When these we refuse, honorable and will not j places, j SAVANNAH TRIBUNE “CLEAN AWAY THE SCAR AND ITS SHADOW WON’T REFLECT IN ASIA” BETWEEN THE LINES By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK for ANP GENERAL EISENHOWER AND THE DIXIECRATS TThe political plot Is thickening. A few days ago a southern radio commentator was heard to say that General Eisenhower would not be a candidate for the presidency unless the people demanded it. “Then,” said the commentator , “10,000 southerners should bombard the General with letters and pleas to him to lead in the coming elections." In other words, the needed command of' the people would come with the demand of the South. If the South commanded, the general, he could regard this as a, nmdate from the people. There is some; curious food for thought in this commenta-i radio coih-| meal. The extent to which the tor was voicing the sentiments of the pro- 1 Eisenhower segment of our voting popula-' tion is the extent to which the Negroes should be careful in their coming political allegiance. I know the Dixiecrats better than I know General Ike; but if he speaks the language of the Diriecrats he is not the man for thel presidency. It is not too early for the country to pon-< der this uestion. The White House is not; the place for a dixiecrat, nor a man who( is the favorite of the dixiecrats, nor for a man who courts their political support. Some months ago, this writer expressed the fear that General Ike was flirting with, the Dixiecrats. Passing events are cor-j roborating the conclusion that General Ika is the dixiecratic candidate and as such should be rejected. The Dixiecrats are too anti-Negro and too narrow in their sym-; pathies to choose a President of the United States. The Dixiecrats are bitterly opposed to the| full integration of the Negro. If General' Ike is their standard bearer, he, too, must be opposed to the Negro’s integration. This must be his overt or covert profession of, political faith. The elevation of such a man to the presidency would be a political blunder of major magnitude. Negroes hae been, step-citizens of this( country long enough. The time is at hand for their full integration. Nothing short' HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DISTRICT NHA CONFERENCE | The District NHA conference j was held at Alfred E. Beach school Sat., Oct. 6. The .meeting was opened at 9 30 a. m. with Miss Warnell Blakely, ' district president, presiding. Cuyler Jr. high chapters were in charge of the opening cere- Miss Dianna Wiggins of Haven Home Jr. high gave a , warm welcome to the visiting i chapters. Greetings and felicitations were extended to the chapters from Arthur Dwight, principal of Cuyler Jr. high; W. K. Payne, president of Savannah State co,,e * e: Mrs ' B W. Payne, coun- Douglas, Alfred E Beach_ Beach; O. L. pnncipa o Mrs - B W. Turner, consultant of Homemaking Education, Sa¬ vannah; Miss M. B. Lewis, state supervisor of homemaking ed¬ ucation for District II; Miss Daisy Lewis, State NHA advis¬ er, and Harry Wiliams, repre¬ senting Haven Home and Wood¬ ville NFA chapters. During the talent hour there were many interesting and out¬ standing numbers rendered by various chapters in Georgia, among them a selection by Lib- this can ease the nation’s smitten con¬ Nothing short of this will satis-f the demands of the sacrifices the Negro made to make this nation what it is. Negroes may well be afraid of the propos¬ alliance between the Dixiecrats and thd the dixiecratic minded Repblicans. N<( fearful should they be of the proposed of General Eisenhower. At heart general is a Dixiecrat. There are many things the South needs, Gen. Eisenhower for President is not onq them. With the South—the better heroic efforts to strike from ankles the shackles that slavery wekH it would be a misfortune to have thi^ South buffeted by the reactionism, that would result from the accession of a to the presidency. The South deserve s a better fate. It was once a custom in the old South when a man was very sick and no hope recovery was held out, the loved one;f prop the dying man and thus pro¬ the death agony. After their hearts/ sick of seeing their loved one in agon/y, would slip the pillow from beneath hist and the end cam* with swift dispatch, The old South of Ben Tillman and Hoke; and Cole Blease and Vardanian and and Bilbo is dying a dreadful death. elect a Dixiecrat would be propping up dying man. What we need is someone; pull the pillow out and let the old South the death it deserves and one that and God and Right have decreed. General Ike will only serve as a prop thatt in the end be taken away. As Grant told Lee at the surrender, “Let us have, peace.” That is what Negroes and whites this country need most, Interracial peace. If the whites and Negroes of the South) were let alone by demagogues and political, their wounds would soon bq by the slow but definite processes of and common sense. Today the South is ready for an advance that the would thwart to gratify a hun¬ ger that stems from a desire to be some¬ thing without paying the price.—VOTERS, BEWARE! GOVERNOR SAYS MUST BE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM MEMPHIS—(ANP> — as well as whites must be pro¬ vided a stronger program, Sid McMath, nor of Arkansas, told a civic club here last week. McMath praised action southern governors to “get to¬ gether and pool higher educa- j basis.” ti 0n facilities said: on a He i “The greatest source of I wealth in the south is our peo- j P* e - And we re going to de- vel °P this source we ’ re g° in to have a real educational pro¬ § ram - NEGRO BROKER HITS BROADWAY NEW YORK —(ANP)— Law- reilce Lewis, broker and market expert, a first in street who came here from Cal¬ ifornia some years ago and was finally accepted in the firm of Abrahams has set up his own firm on lower Broadway. Lewis expects to handle a large cli- entele of investors of all races. Recently he offered courses at the Harlem YMCA to aid nov- ices and professionials. erty County Training school; j three numbers by Woodville j high . schoo!t outsta nding of whKh was he ‘ r Pantomine” with the talented _ Miss Manigault doing a magnif irent portrayal; “Trees,” b.v Miss Eudora Moore ofCuyler Jr. high: numbers taken from “Show Boat” by Boggs Academy of Weinsboro; a skit, “New| Homemakers Grow Step by Step.” by Beach high chapters. The guest speuke rwas Miss Claudette James, former Na- tional NHA president. Her sub- ject was, “NHA on Midcentury Challenge: A Better Life for! All.” Miss James, an outstand- ing young woman, attended the Midcentury Confeence for Y’outh j I at the White House. The Emblem Ceremony was presented by T. J. Elder high school of Sandersville. The clos¬ ing ceremony by Swainsboro high school. The conference marked another successful and enjoyable experience for all. The local chapters: Haven Home, Cuyler Jr. high. Woodville high 1 and Beach were hosts to the I conference. / THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1931 HOME EDUCATION I Issued by the National Kindergarten Association. 8 West 40th Street, New York City. Tbw articles are appearing weekly in our columns. “THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”— Froebel .....-1 NEEDLESS “Did you have a nice Tea this afternoon?” I asked my friend, Jane Goddard, who teaches in ! the third grade at Central school. "A number of mothers told me they were planning to attend it.” Jane had ccme to the library, where I work in the chldren’s room, so that we could go gether to dinner at home of a mutual friend Her face clouuded as she plied, “That’s what most of the mothers told their children- that they were coming to the Tea-and then some of them failed to appear.” “I’m sorry you didn’t have a good attendance after all of you —teachers and pupils-had done so much to make the Day Tea attractive.” “Wo did have a good-sized crowd.” Jane acknowledged. “I think, to the mothers and to the children of the mothers who were there, the Tea was worth all the effort it cost. I’m just feeling sorry for the children whose mothers disappointed them.” “It means a great deal to a chidl to have his mother visit his school, doesn’t it?” I com¬ mented. “More than most mothers re¬ alize,” Jane agreed. “One look at some of the disappointed little faces I saw today would have told them that. The worst part of it was that the mothers had promised to come, and the children were expecting them. Perhaps some of the were unavoidably detained at home, but it would have been better had they not given a def¬ inite promise. As it was, their children waited for them in vain all the afternoon, while their more fortunate welcomed their mothers and guided them around the ing. “The Mothers’ Day Tea Central school,” Jane “is intended as a gift from children to their mothers. mittees to arrange for it make an effort to give child some part . in . the .. „_____ prepara- [ tions. “The children in room my I made invitations in their art Fisk Gets $1500 Grant NASHVILLE, Tenn.—(ANP) A new teacher of voice has joined the faculty, and a $1,500 research grant has been award¬ ed to Fisk university, it was announced last week. Frderirk Briess, Viena-born basso, will teach voice and musical theory at the famed Vienna State Academy of Music and Arts, and later studied un- j der Professor Otto Iro. He has appeared in operatic roles in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Egypt. Since coming to the United States in 1940, Briess has sung j j the in operatic engagements with New Opera company, New York, and appeared in various radio and television engage¬ ments. For the past four years, he has been with the Metropol¬ itan Opera company of New York. The research grant was given to Fisk to enable Dr. Lee Loreh, professor of mathematics, to continue his investigations of the relationships among some methods of summation, a branch of theoretical mathe¬ matics. The grant was made by the Research corporation, a found¬ ation which distributes its in¬ come to colleges, univer,sites, and scientific institutions to promote the advancement of science and technology through research. NEWSMAN NAMED TO EMBAS¬ SY POST IN PAKISTAN KARACHI, Pakistan— (ANP) —Herbert Tate, formerly editor publisher of the New Jersey Herald, was recently appointed cultural officer in the U. S. em¬ bassy here. Tate, who arrived in this country about three months ago. has become very popular locally, especially with newspapermen. He is living here with his wife, who joined him recently. class two weeks ago and took, them home to their mothers. Gary Woods had never done good handwork, but he tried very hard this time and carried home a neatly-lettered invita¬ tion. The boy was all smiles next morning when he came to school. ‘Mother liked the invi- tation,’ he told me, and she’s coming to the Tea. I “One after another, almost of the children gave me the same report—My mother has promised to come to the Tea?’ The few whose mothers were forking outside their homes or wh ° kncw in advance that •something would prevent their ■•attendance explained this to 1 Those children, naturally were sorry, but they would not suffer disappointment, because they were not expecting their mothers. “The first part of the after¬ noon was given to a brief wel¬ coming program in ea°h room; then the children took their mothers to the auditorium, where the tea table was in read¬ iness, and there ail the mothers and teachers could visit with each other. Hosts and hostesses were stationed at the doors of the rooms and in the auditori¬ um to greet the visitors. “Gary Woods was at the door of our third grade room. I watched him greet each mother who came, all the while watch¬ ing for his own mother to ap¬ pear. As the moments passed and there was no sign of Mrs. Woods, his face grew very sober. Finally, the program in our room was over, and Gary’s mother still had not arrived. “When the little procession of mothers and children from our third grade room started down the hall, Gary took his place among those who were going to the auditorium with me. All of his joyous enthusiasm was gone. [ A promise to a child should never be lightly given,” Jane concluded. "Gary would have been spared a needless disap- 1 pomtment if his mother had told him beforehand that there was a chance she would not be table j, to come to the Tea. Keep- ! ing faith with a child is essen- : | t jal to the deveolpment of his se nse of honor and responsjbil- ity.”_ STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULA¬ TION REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912 as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933 and July 2, 1946 (Title 39 United States Code, Section 233) Of The Savannah Tribune* published weekly (Thursday) at Savann,ah, Ga., for Octo¬ ber 1, 1951. 1. The names and addresses of the publisher .editor, man¬ aging editor, and business man¬ agers are: Publisher, Sol C. Johnson, Savannah, Georgia. Editor, Sol C. Johnson, Sa¬ vannah, Georgia. Associate Editor, J. H. But¬ ler, Savannah, Georgia. Assistant to Publisher and Man/ager, Mrs. Willa M. Ayers Johnson, ySavannaJi, Georgia. 3. The known, bondholders, mortagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount! of bonds, mortgages, or othefl securities are: None. 5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distribut-i ed, through the mails or other-* wise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding thq date shown above was 2,669. Sol C. Johnson (Publisher) Sworn to and subscribed be¬ fore me this 27th day of Sep¬ tember, 1951 SEAL Willa Mae Ayers My commission ex4 pires March 19, 1955 TWO MORE SPECIALISTS FOR LIBERIA Two more Negro agricultural specialists have left for assign¬ ments in Liberia under the Point Four program, the U. S. Department of Agriculture. They are Amtrose B. Lewis, an agri¬ cultural engineer of A & T col¬ lege, Greensboro, N. C., and Sandy J. McCorvey, extension specialist from Tuskegee. .