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PAGE FOUR ihf 9 avawtab Cnkmf Established 18'< .1 By J. H. DEVEAUX SOL C JOHNSON--------Editor and Publisher MRS. W TT.i.a a. JOHNSON, Asst to Pub. & Mgr. t. a. BUTLER____________________ Assn Editor Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 Subscription Rate in Advance One Year -------------—------------- .,$3.00 Six Months ------------------------ ...$2 U 0 Three Months --------------------- ..,$1.50 Remittance must be rnaae by Express. Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail “In a world haunted by violence, churches do their very best to represent the spirit. 1 am warmly grateful for that ... It may be that the democratic way will not finally overcome the tyran¬ nical way until and unless the democra¬ cies somehow crusade under the banner of the church. How can we defeat the destructive dynamics of Communism un¬ less we employ the constructive dynam¬ ics of Communism unless we employ the constructive dynamics of the spirit?” —Roger William Riis A SERMON WE HEARD ■ One Sunday morning a few years ago, jn a brownstone church of Gothic archi¬ tecture, we heard a sermon which still lingers in our memory. The interior of the church, toned and trimmed in mahogany, and the tall colored windows harmonized with the aim of the archi¬ tect and the spirit of the congregation. On the simple mahogany desk, about two feet from the edge of the platform, •was a bowl of nasturtiums. The acous¬ tics in this church were perfect, some¬ thing typical of most churches built in the earlier years of the last century. Everything in the church, the music of the choir, the singing and the expectant attitude of the congregation, conspired to create an air of reverence, seldom ex¬ perienced in any church before or since the Sunday morning in this beautiful New England church. The customary pre¬ liminaries over, the minister stepped in front of the desk, and announced his' text: “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet i say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Several things suggested the mention of this story: the reported increase in church attendance/, the article, 1 Am For The Churches, in the November Reader’s Digest, by Roger William Riis, the growing recognition of the import¬ ant role of the church in solvihg the world’s fears for its future, and most importantly, the fear inspired reluctance of many professing C hristians. The inadequate support of our churches is an unpleasant commentary on the pro¬ claimed loyalty of their members and challenges them to re-examine their faith and covenants, and live by them. Willingness on the part of church people to accept the assurance that a little faith can move mountains, and that “ ill these things shall be added unto you," meaning — talent, creature comforts, earning ability, security, and what not, if the injunction, “seek ye first (hi* king¬ dom of God, and His righteousness is obeyed. The sermon on that Sunday morning and most of the sermons of all time, imply that many church people fail to recognize that what they are, what they have, what they may attain unto, are determined by the Almighty Creator, proved by this question: “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his status?” These considera¬ tions in every day practice will silence the critics of Christianity and will solve the problems that vex human relations in the world. ‘ MIXING ANI) MINGLING’* The above is the caption of an article in the Statesman, Governor Talmadge’s “political newspaper." The mere men¬ tion of this title brings to mind that many counties right here in Georgia, bear loathsome and hitter testimony that one time “mixing and mingling” was a practice more or less tragic in its effects upon both white and Negro people, an effect which not even time itself can erase. Much as it is inveighed against RACIAL VIEWS ON TV SHOWS BUSTED BY GOV. TALMADGE ATLANTA, Ga—(ANP/--Col¬ ored stars appearing on nation- al television show reaching . the south, gave rise to stormy protests by Gov Herman Tal- madge of Georgia last week who charged that several large networks are violating “the spirit of the south's segregation laws.” In an editorial column of Wr.! political newspape; Pin' stnu- man, Talma dg'- ringR'd out. the Arthur Godfrey. Ken Murray, and Clifton Faidman shows as targets for criticism. Talmadge said if those shows were brought south to uppi ,-.i on stage, they would be pro¬ hibited by law. These shows Taibadge said, Entered as Second Class Matter at the Office at 8avannah, Oa, under the Act March 3. IH'iS National Advertising Representative- Associated Publishers 562 Fifth Ave. New York 19, New York of the sort he complains about, will go on increasingly, judged by what is hap¬ pening now. Bitter-enders, like Mr. Talmadge will be pushed along by a sure if slow, tide that is breaking down or flow'ing over segregation barriers in im¬ portant areas. It would seem that Mr. Talmadge would have become used to “mixing and mingling” in sports and in the entertainment fields. There has been some of it in science, medicine, pol¬ itics, education and business, and con¬ siderable of it in law, as several Feder¬ al courts can attest. We are a little sorry that our governor has meddled into the business of such persons as Arthur Godfrey, Ken Murray and Clif- tin Fadiman who as entertainers or producers are blazing a trail in demo¬ cratic practices some statesmen would do well to follow. The governor’s blast against unsegregated TV savors strong¬ ly of an indication that it is not too early to begin to feed the “wool hat boys” campaign fodder that will land a seat in Congress. The suggestion that southern members of ( ongress be aroused to do something about intefer- ing with the inter-state rights of broad¬ casting companies would seem to con¬ firm such a conjecture. The people in the three shows mentioned seem to have no objection to the Negroes who perform v\ ith mem. Finally, the selector knobs on TV sets are provided for the express desires purnose of selecting the programs one to see. So the governor and those for whom he speaks can just turn to a program that has no “mixing and mingling” in it. From apperanees, Georgia seems dis¬ posed to do as little as possible towards equalizing school opportunities and fa¬ cilities- There is no question as to the size of the problem, but however large and troublesome a problem may be un¬ less a beginning is made, it will not get solved. There are many times more schools in Georgia for whites than for Negroes, and probably the difference in offerings is just as unequal. We had high hopes that the parts of the Stray- er Survey approved by the Board of Regents would be carried out and ex¬ panded in the Negro colleges, but judg¬ ing by what is reported to have taken place at the Savannah State College, our hopes were ill-founded. Among the portions of the survey approved by the Regents was major emphasis on physi- eal education, on vocational implications tor home economics, and the trades. We understand m a j o r s in physical education and home e c o n o in i c s are uo longer offered, and that little or nothing is done in providing necessary equipment in laboratories in courses in business administration, or buildings. In a recently released list of proposed build¬ ing improvements in state colleges, noth¬ ing was said about improvements at the Savannah State College. It is un- tair not only to Negro citizens, hut it is unfair to the Savannah community, white and colored, as well. It would seem to be timely for local citizens to look into what is actually going on or proposed for our college. It is difficult lor Negroes in Georgia to know in time what is going on, because, unlike even Mississippi, there is no inter-racial group set up in Georgia to advise with the Board of Regents as to what Ne¬ groes wish or need. We believe, as we have said many times before, such a gioup eon Id render valuable service to the local community and to Negroes throughout the state. It may be ne¬ cessary for Negroes to appeal to the courts for relief, even though it may mean that the governor will carry out his threat to close Georgia schools. We arc not presented in the good i taste and good showmanship; that should govern productions j Blasting the three programs' as “in bad taste,” lie mentioned the Mariners, a quartet com¬ posed of two Negroes and two whites featured in Arthur God¬ frey's program. Talmadge add¬ ed that • Negro men frequently j ’’ ' ’ 11 mixed up in the dan-; ring ensembles in juxtaposition to scantily clad white females." Hr wrote that the Ken Mur¬ ray Christmas show presented white and Negro children to¬ gether in a group dance and a ladimaii how brought a Ne- ' ro performer into close con¬ versation with a white woman Members of Kappa Alpha Fsi stage star and they badinage on a purely equal basis. Talmadge suggested should be taken to arouse resentment of (he members of Congress. He cluded that “good taste should prevent such a ion," but said it the producers “do not have good but'said' taste, then the great if the own resentment toward the products sponsor sucli shows.” fraternity last week were monished at its 41st meet ine of the group in dianapoiis to “Replace raising with constructive f or SAVANNAH TRIBUNE “OR DOES IT ONLY APPEAR THIS WAY, IN FLORIDA----?” oi I 10 Persons, 5 Institutions Cited For Racial Contributions in CHICAGO-IANP)- Six Ne- groes were among the 10 per- sons and five institutions cited last week for outstanding con trituitions to the Democratic i way of life and placed on the ' Chicago Defender’s 1951 Honor Roll. j j The colored persons executive are: of O. O. Morris, ! the Washington Park YMCA ! and the Wabash Avenue YM- | CA; Pfc. William Thompson, , victim of the Korean War; ! Crestes Minoso, Chicago White i Sox Baseball player; Monte Ir j vin, New York Giant baseball ! j layer; the Rev. Roland T Heacock. minister of all-white • church: and Li. George W. I Memphis, Tenn., civic leader. The four white persons are Rudolph Bing, general of the Metropolitan Opera; Gov. j Paul Dovers. , Massachusetts; Henry Ford, II, of Ford Motor ! company, and Gen. M. Ridgway, USA commander in the Pacific. The five institutions are the University of Illinois. Drake un¬ iversity, St. Francis hospital, Notre Dame university, and National Conference of Christ¬ ians and Jews. Morris was named for setting Mixed Units NEW YORK, N. the most important learned by the Army in is that mixed units of i and colored soldiers ( Wronger fipthting teams segregated units. j In an analysis of the record of the Negro soldier Korea in the current issue j She Reporter magazine, John i Spore and Robert F. I both associated with the j bat Forces Journal, declare I “experience taught the | that is the able average and spirited Negro ( as as I white counterpart when he | convinced that his ; have confidence in him and treating him as an equal.' ; Although the lesson • have been learned during ■. Second World War the ; was reluctant to act as a hicle for social reform.” ; pointed to several War studies made after the World War which found Negro combat units and troublesome” and ' mended that the Army again form Negro units of visional size. Segregation dies hard in Army despite as early as 1922 that racial ficulties could be avoided if or two Negro soldiers placed in every white squad. In 1945 the Gillen headed by Lt. Gen. A. C. rm, recommended what in ual practice would have /the creation of a “second consisting entirely of This P ro P osal was i by thc President’s 1 an Equality Equality of of Tieatment Treatment Opportunity in the Armed v 'ees the Charles Fahy mittee—which pointed out the pace in Y work in 1951 and for leadership in the building r.f new $1,500,000 Washington Park YMCA in Chicago, Ff.. Thompson, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, for sacrificing his life in valor above and beyond the call of duty in the .;o,ean war to up¬ hold (he ideals of Democracy; Minoso for capturing the ; ,u : of the nation’s fans and being voted American League Rookie of the Year” ly the i Sporting News; j Irvin for helping spark New York Giants to National League pennant and seeking a seat in the New Jersey legislature, P Hearerk for his work in promoting interracial under- itanding and good will; mm And Lt. m. Lee for iui his u*.. fight nnut; I again ; illiteracy and for rally-1 ing Negroes to register and vote 1 in Memphis. down' ( Also Bun for breaking color bar in employment by hiring Miss Janet Collins as company's first permanent Ne¬ gro ballerina; Gov. Dovers for hiring a col- oreri secretary, Mrs. Ruili Will- iams, and pressing for better race relations; Make Best ' Segregation . . . forced inef-. Uciency in two ways. By requir-, ng skilled Negroes to serve in racial units, the Army lost skills! which could find no place in 1 N“gro organizations. On the' other hand, by concentrating large numbers of unskilled Ne- roes in combat units it mul- tiplied inefficiency.” I T Pr ud 'lii ; Executive/ 0"dn in 1948 finally led to opening of all jobs and Septem-j school • r*ovivc.i to Negroes in ber, 1949. Other parts of the di i-i live led to further .steps in th° fight again t segregation. , Th° elimination of segrega-j ticn in the Army is not yet ■ '“nnlete. the Reporter states: i “Progress has been slow in f rope and in such established taUations in the States as 11. overhead units that operate the Army’s schools, large head- qur>r:r>\s and depots. It is almost completely abolished in the Far East. Negro noncoms and officers have had “conspicuous success¬ es’’ in the command and train¬ ing of mixed units of draftees and, the authors say, “one of i the earliest bright spots on non. see rogation map was Fort ’arkson, S'. C. Results thus far have been * significant, the Reporter says: “It has given the Negro sol¬ : dier a sense of intimate mem- her ship in the Army of the j United States. It has wiped from the conscience of white j soldiers the feeling om moral guilt that segregation inflicted. of on the what United is, after States. all. the And Army it; j has wrested from the enimies ^ of democracy a sharp propa-1 I ganda weapon.” HOME EDUCATION Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West tOth Street, New York City. Th*~e articles are appearing weekly | B our columns. •THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY” Froebel A CHILD CAN LEARN TO BE FRIENDLY AND COMPASSIONATE Helen Green Bright-cyerl Teddy piped up, j -I’m glad you’re sitting by me!” Commenting to the mother on her child's charming manner, she replied, “I’m trying to teach Teddy to feel and to express a warmth of friendliness for peo¬ ple.” answered. “Delightful!” I ‘Too many forget the rich div -1 idends such attitudes pay.' I have a friend who has lived in many countries. “I was reared in a small town,” I heard her say, “and I feel that it was a great advantage. Where the community is small people are apt to be more interested in each other, I think.” Certainly she is interested in everyone kindly disposed and understanding. She told us of an eight-year-old boy in a Children’s Home who answered the question. “Have you any money. Bobby?” with, No! I I haven’t. I had a dollar, but I gave it our television fund.” Then she held out her hand to us ingratiatingly. “I’m helping with the television set for Bobby’s Home. Any donations?” Another friend of mine raised money for the younger children j schoolteacher. and wndow of This her family daughter’s lives . Ford for using the vast Ford resources in the fight against ! racism and urging fairplay in j Gen. Ridgway for his order banning Jim Crow in the Pa- eific Command and speeding up integregation in units of the Arn1 y j The University of Illinois for election of Miss Clarice Davis _________________ homecoming “Queen” _____ by the student body and for honoring a Negro at its traditional “Dad’s Day” celebration; Drake university for with- drawing from the Missouri Va! lev Conference because 0 f j ' treatment given football star Bright who was injured in a game with Oklahoma A \ St. Francis hospital for prae- t •—..... icing fair employment “v——>....... -...... and in- 1 tegration despite protests and walkouts; Notre Dame university for ex-; j panding ;:ie principle ot Demo-, cratic education and active; participation in campus life of all races and creeds. And the National Conference of Christians and Jews for its distinguished work in promot-| ing brotherhood and denoun- j cing intolerance. i COUSINS, 15 OTHERS ELECT¬ j ED TO NAACP BOARD i ) NEW YORK, Jan. 7—Norman | Cousins, editor of the Saturday! ' Review of Literature , and , auth¬ or of “Modern Man Is Obsolete j and other works, is among four' new members elected to the! board of directors of the Na- Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People today at the Association’s an- nual meeting, held at the Wiilkie Memorial Building, 20 West 40th Street. Rev, James M. Hinton, presi-1 dent of the South Carolina State Conference of NAACP branches and a leader in the fight to end segregation in the public schools of South Caro- lina, was also elected to the 48- man board, as were Dr. H. Claude Hudson, an NAACP life member from Los Angeles, and Andrew Weinberger of New York, a member of the board of directors of the NAACP Le¬ gal Defense and Educational Fund. Inc. Members of the board who re-elected are Dr. Joseph Berry, Tuskegee, Ala.; Hon. T. Delanv, New York; Lewis S. Ralph Harlow, North¬ ampton, Mass.; Mrs. Daisy Lampkin, Pittsburgh; Carl Murphy, Baltimore; Walther Reuther, Detroit; A Maceo Smith, Dallas; Arthur B. Spin-: garn, New York; Dr. Channing 1 H. Tobias, New York, and Dr. U.! S. Wiggins, Camden, N. J. The board members were ! elected by ballots sent in by NAACP branches to be opened and tabulated at the annual | meeting. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1952 know canceled a pleasure engagement in order to take a acquaintance to dinner and the theatre, f'he had men¬ tioned <to them. am ;;o lone¬ ly!” “That settled it!" the. wife told me, eyes gentle with sympathy. “Wo couldn’t have enjoyed a gay evening thinking of that unhappy tub! These good people are pass¬ ing on their line golden-rule ideas to their children. When seven-year-old Carol received a birthday check from her Uncle Joe, she cried out excit¬ edly, “Oh, Mommy — a new tew doll!” I Mother smiled clown at coppery curls and twinklinl eyes. “Mandy’s still your favi orite doll, isn’t she, darling? What about the children in Europe who need food and clothing?” “And dolls, too, Mommy-- that’s right, we’li send them the birthday money.” Yes, even little ones become bore dif life is all play. There ■ arc many . thoughtful things they can do. They can carry a delicacy to the chum who is ill, select a gift for Gram, save for Sunday school. They can be quiet when Mommy is rest¬ ing; play in another room when Sister is studying for an exam¬ ination. They can invite the new, not-yet adjusted fellow pupil to come to dinner. At a party an executive of a large corporation—aYale grad¬ uate—quoted a Chinese proverb which he had learned, h“ said, from his lovely grandmother: A bit of fragrance clings to j jj and f] ia f gj Ves y OU roses.” • j he learned better am usre no J sentiment a.t Ya.lc! j j Every child lie {natures as | should ove into a responsibility, circle of re¬ | sponsibility — however, not too large nor too small for his capacity. Boys and girls nerd to associate with the type of persons who will give them some erm “rehenrion of what life requires of us. Ace you, parent reader, teaching your children to understand? Do they daily show compassion, so that “a bit of fragrance” clings constantly to their small, loving hands? a farm. “If Ann had a deep my friend had con- “Mary and I would it stocked.” Now the on"c- mother has no more problems, I heard Dr. and Mrs. Hariy Overstreet speak on of A Sound Per- They declared that many personalities are built san< ^’ k°Gi patents and need to keep m contact those things which ai e than themselves. They the importance of a child compassion. When children show a sincere in the people with they come in touch, we they are developing un¬ compassion and to help. There are ways, at all age levels, viirh one one may mav j rcallv assist a smj|p n l ydjsprl WPari a small personal sacri- may bring hope and cour- ^ V cry popular couple whom REVISITS SOUTH, SEGREGATION DIES HARD NEW YORK, Jan. T. Rowan was a “green, small¬ town youngster” when he left his native Tennesseee in 1942 to join the U. S. Navy. When returned, nine years later, a great deal of water had under the bridge. He had earned a degree from Oberlin college and had become a well- known writer for a big mid- west newspaper, the Minneap- Morning Tribune. Now, a graduate and journalist, Ml . Rowan has written the f 0r y 0 j t r ip “back home Ihe land of Jim Crow” for The issue American of Look magazine, j Negro has greater strides toward greedom in the past9 years I than in any other nine years in j history, Mr. Rowan declares in his Look article. But despite talk of a ‘ New South,” eom- P lote equality of educational, social and economic opportun¬ ity is still far away. Although he knew he would find the Negro better off in some big and some small ways, he found m his home town and elsewhere the same dismal ing conditions he had known as a child, he says. He saw little SIX NEGRO TECHNICIANS APPOINTED TO SCS STAFF Six Negro technicians were appointed to the field staff of Soil Conservation Service in the latter part of 1951, reports the U. S. Department of Agricul¬ ture. Those appointed are; Leon F. Blankenship, stationed at Grambling, La.; Brown L. Brakens at Marshall, Texas; Chester S. Durley, Mairon, Ark; S. L. Hill, Marshall, Texas; Ir¬ vin Musgrove, Linden, Texas; and W. B. Webster, Marshall, Texas. Contracts will be let this week for the $875,000 men ( s dormitory at Hampton Insti- tute. It will house 257 persons. or no improvement in housing or employment conditions. In his home town, he found that Negro teachers still had to bring books out of the pub¬ lic library if their pupils want¬ ed them. Mr. Rowan credits the fed¬ eral Courts and the National Association for the Advance¬ ment of Colored People witty many of the victories again segregation in the South. Hfl points to the Universities or Arkansas and Oklahoma, which opened their doors to students, and where the races now study together in harmony. He also found many white Southerners who were against segregation and who wanted a "New South,” but told him they were afraid to speak out. “I felt that the fight for freedom could and would be won, but it would mean work and more work,” Mr. Rowan states at the conclusion of the in Look, Black or n , hil . We Dice a eommon destiny, i hat, to me, is ttie greatest hope—both for the Negro and democracy.” REGISTRATION GETS UNDERWAY The campaign of the Pro¬ gressive Citizens League to stimulate the registration of voters in Chatham county has gotten underway. This drive to increase the number of voters will be stressed Thursday night at a special meeting of the or¬ ganization to be held at the West Broad street YMCA on the evening of January 24. All interested organizations and individuals are requested to at¬ tend the meeting which will begin at 8 p. m. Jerry D. Bryant is president of the Prigressive Citizen's League.