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PAGE POUR ®hf immimdiiHiwnf Established 18'. L By J. H. DEVEAUX SOL C IOHNSON _____Editor and Publisher KIRS. wn.T.A A. JOHNSON, Asst, to Pub. & Mgr. - ....................Asso. Editor Published Every Thursday * WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 Subscription Rate In Advance Otic tear ______________- --——----—$3.00 Six Mouths ___________________________$2.00 .$1.50 Tbiee Months -------------------- Renatt, nee must be maae by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail. “Nobody grows old merely living a num¬ ber of years; people grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self¬ distrust, fear and despair . . these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn tne growing spirit back to dust.” —Anonymous HAS THE MAYOR FORGOTTEN? Several months ago, in announcing the plans of the city to construct two new firestations, Mayor Fulmer suggest¬ ed that one of them might be manned with Negro firemen. The mayor’s sug¬ gestion was not acted on, perhaps, be¬ cause time had not come for the actual construction of the stations. Now that the fire committee of Council has ap¬ pointed some one to supervise the con- construction. A new station in west Sa¬ vannah, it is timely and proper to re¬ mind the mayor of his suggestion. Money for the building of the tirestation was made available through a bond election in which Negro citizens participated along with other citizens, and for which they will have to pay just like other citizens. This is not an unreasonable expectation. It is natural for the time we are living in tor Negro citizens to aspire to parti¬ cipate in municipal employment oppor¬ tunities other than as messengers, por¬ ters, or elevator operators. There is no just reason why Savannah has not employed Negro firemen. Other south¬ ern cities have used them. Nashville, Tenn., and Charleston, S. C., have em¬ ployed them for a long time, anil with¬ out incident. We certainly hope Coun¬ cil will lollow .the mayor’s suggestion and construct a station to be manned ,by Negroes. THE COUNCIL-MANAGER CHARTER From the very beginning of the move¬ ment by the Junior Chamber of Com¬ merce for replacing the present plan of municipal government with the council- manager plan, we have been studying information from various sources and we are convinced that the plan will be just as good for Savannah as it has been fer other cities that have employed the traditional form of government ami have run into the difficulties common to many of them. From what we have learned, we are also convinced that a charter which does not conform to the spirit and purpose of charters used by the cities that have had success, as¬ tounding success, is not the kind of charter Savannah should have. We feel the citizens of Savannah desire to have a charter drawn by a commission of citizens w ho are not identified with the present political factions, or by a citizen whose mind is not set against change. Tne weakness of the plan to use 12 aldermen and a mayor who will select a local man preferably, is obvious, and which offers no promise to accom¬ plishing what the people of this city seem to desire. Cities using the council- manager pi n report that oppositon to the plan comes mostly from politicians, so it is not surprising to advocates of the plan here that the possibility exists that, so far as the legislature is con¬ cerned, the difference between those of¬ fering charters for approval may inter¬ fere with an early adoption of the coun¬ cil-manager plan in Savannah. It seems to us the important consideration in selecting a manager is not whether he is a resident, but whether he has suc¬ For End Cairo Jim Crow CAIRO. 111.. Jan. 24-Dr. W. A. Fingal, president of the Cairo branch of the National Association for the Ad\ance- mant of Colored People, an- nounced here this week tha., George N. Leighton, NAACP attorney of Chicago, will con- fer with local and national NAACP officials on the cations of Negro students for transfers to schools nearest their homes. Effective day, January 28, the involve nearly sixty students who will report to * the • heretofore > • “white" ..... grade, • jun¬ ior and senior high schools. Negro parents here began filing applications for trans fers on January 17. following a series of conferences held between Cairo school authori- ties and NAACP officials. NA- ACP Assistant Filed Secretaries Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Savannah, Ga, under the Act of March 3, 18 76 ______ National Advertising Representative; Associated Publishers 562 Fifth Ave. New York 19. New York cessful experience as a city manager We should like to see the ideas and plans of the Junior Chamber of Com¬ merce carried out. We believe the cit¬ izens desire the same thing. WHY THE SIGN? We have been informed that separate rooms have been arranged for receiving tax returns for white and Negro citi¬ zens. We have seen the sign in the tax collectors office, land we wonder why. There are no such arrangements at the City Hall, nor at the post office, nor at most of the banks. We have seen no such signs in the stores. We wonder why segregation is necessary at the court house. Such a thing, im¬ posed upon citizens by those whom they elect and employ, is a slander on de¬ mocracy, is an injustice, and seems de¬ signed to perpetuate the fiction of infe¬ riority. It is more, importantly a challenge to the Negro’s aspiration to become a first class citizen in this county, who doesn’t deserve to have his feeling so unnecessarily hurt. Some¬ thing else we wonder. Why wouldn’t such a thing appeal to Negro citizens in Chatham county as a very good rea¬ son for registering and becoming quali¬ fied to express their resentment when election time comes? Twenty-five thous¬ and Negro voters in this county at elec- ion time could correct such a condition and others like it, with proper leader¬ ship. And our leaders in this county can not consider that they have discharg¬ ed their duty toward their members, or lodge brothers, or to themselves and their self-respect as citizens, until they have done all they should do to get ev¬ eryone, eighteen years and over, to be¬ come a qualified voter who will make it his bounden duty to vote whenever the opportunity to do so presents itself. THERE IS HOPE Nearly four years ago policemen stood at the door of a Negro church in Birmingham, Ala., to see that the seg¬ regation laws of the state were not brok¬ en at a Progressive party rally. A Unit¬ ed States Senator was roughed-up and arrested because he insisted on using a door set aside by the “law” for the use of Negroes in their own church. Last week in Miami, Florida, police were on hand to see that the segregation tradi¬ tion was not observed at a concert giv¬ en by Miss Marian Anderson. This took place in a city which is still trying to run down terrorists who a few days ago threw bombs to give force to their intention to fight to the bitter end against change. They even killed a man, be¬ lieving they could kill an idea or a spirit. 01 her incidents which keep our hope for better days alive, were report¬ ed recently in the press: one, that the presiding judge in the case of Miss Bankhead against her maid was Judge Harold Stevens, a Negno, a native of South Carolina; another, that Judge Wen¬ dell Green of Chicago, 111., presided in 1 he trial of Moretti, a Chicago policeman, charged with the murder of a Mexican youth. Moretti was suspected of traf¬ ficking with gangsters. These Negro judges proved that they possess judicial temperament of the amount and quality to maintain integrity of the legal pro¬ fession. Negroes who have had the chance have not failed to prove that color of skin does not determine skill or talent . Discouraging as things may seem a L times, nothing has happened to keep us from hoping. j Tune Shagaloff and Lester P Bailey also appeared before the Cario City Council, to discuss the steps taken thus far toward integration, and to request, the name of the Cairo a public statement reaffirming the legal rights of Negro child- ren to attend the schools near- est their homes. j Mayor Edgar Smith promised to refer the drawing up of such a statement to the Corpor- ation Counsel. NAACP officials stated that the lTs. Attorney a * a .... and . the state FBI office r «. at Springfield had been informed regarding the initial step, Jan. 28, in school gration in Cairo. ____ Mr. _»,._. Leighton, 4WV4t who became famous in the Cicero riot cases j i the was Harrisburg, the attornev of record in ill., regation case. wherein Editor Johnson Improving Sol C. Johnson, editor and publisher of the Savannah Tribune, is convalescing at 1 charity hospital. Mr. Johnson is chairman of the trustee board of the hospital and has served in this capacity for many years, ______— WALTER WHITE ILL NEW YORK. Jan. 24— For the second consecutive week, Wal- i ^er white, executive secretary of the National Assoiation for the Advancement, of Colored People, has been confined to his hump under orders of his “ * ’ Wright, Pending o diagnosis fc bv a special- . i S t, Mr. White is remaining at home though keeping in touch W ith his office. ; school officials publicly agreed to admit Negro children to ail schools prior to action ■ before ' the federal court. SAVANNAH TRIBUNE ‘‘NEEDED, IF WE ARE TO LEAD THE WAY , j i I ! ' ' I j BETWEEN THE LINES (By Dean Gordon B. Hancock For ANP) ANOTHER NEGRO For many years the Negro athletes have rejoiced the hearts of a struggling race. Just what Negroes would have done without the pride and inspiration that stemmed from the performances of Negro athletes is diffi¬ cult to imagine. Gur Jack Johnsons, Joe Louises, Eddie To- lans, Jesse Owenses; our Jackie Robinsons, Satchel Paiges, and more recently our flock of rising baseball stars to say nothing about our star football players whose ster¬ ling performances have been epitomized in the great Buddy Young and his kind. These- Negro athletes have not only done much In bolstering our at times flagging pride, but their contribution has been as great in winning the respect of the white man Strangely enough, it seems that the stub born race barriers are going to crumble fl st. not in the house of Gjpd where Jesus is preached so faithfully eabh Sabbath, but in the stadium and boxing ring, the dia¬ mond and on the football gridiron and bas¬ ketball court. Negroes are received for what they are in the fields of sports; but when It comes to the church of God, they are not at the doors like so many step brothers—"in the Lord.” ,. Inis writer still cannot understand why some Negro college does not give Branch Rickey an honorary degree in recognition of the monumental contribution he made to the cause of better race relations. Rick¬ ey set the ball rolling and now it is only a matter of time and a matter of the Ne¬ gro’s fuller preparation for full-fledged cit¬ izenship. Some months ago some wise Negro said that the fight for full citizenship had been won. He was right. The remaining task- is to get the Negro to prepare himself to take over his larger estate and responsibil¬ ities. One of the more pressing dangers today is that we spend too much time fighting the white man and not enough time preparing the people for their larger estate. The burden of this preparation ia not on the Negro masses but on the lead¬ ers whoever they are, irrespective of their levels. The Negroes who made the most of seg- gregation and its handicaps, those who, fought through the NAACP. and the fel¬ EDITOR ROBERTSON ADDRESSES THE HUB 1 ing^r A rnusino :~So™ enthusiast!.’ meet ' Hu 1 held on Wednesday, Jan. 23rd, with one of the largest attend ances in many months. It was ■ one of the Hub’s regular / eon meetings held each Wed- j nesda y but took on added significance because the fact that a spe ial effort had fceen madr to get out a large attendance with a view' toward reviving the interest of some I members whose attendance had ; been somewhat infrequent. William J. Robertson, editor of The Morning News, was guest speaker and musical numbers were rendered by Hilliary R Hatchett, Jr.. of Savannah state college, was principally a meeting and the various Passions nroccinnc seemed capidpH to In indicate inrlipoto a a detemination rlntominn firm f for ac increased ID nroo corl oni act- mtl * s and grcater achieve- ments. The guest speaker was intro- duced by the Rev. A C. right and J. Q Jefferson spondect for the organization, The president reviewed I many accomplishments of the RISING low's who just hold down their jobs, all are victors In the fight. It took them all to win the fight. It is going to take their fullest cooperation to prepare the Negroes for the larger responsioilities of tomorrow. But back to these Negro stars. A few days ago a Negro jockey called "Shorten Bread” Hosea Richardson, arrived at Tropical Park In Florida where Negro Jockeys have been noted for their absence. The records have it that no Negro had ever ridden in Tropical Park in Florida before, tut "Shorten Bread” who has been winning races in the West and Middle West this win¬ ter, turned up at Tropical Park and was licensed. | He appeared the other day In his first race and the crowd was on its toes. At the break Shorten Bread took his horste in front and could not be overtaken. When the other jockeys "made their move,” Short¬ en Bread made a better “move.” He won by two lengthhs. He not only took the lead but kept it. J The newspapers had it that the great crowd of thousands of race fans stood and ) cheered "Shorten Bread” two minutes. I am not as much interested in his winning the race as I am in the two minutes of sus¬ tained and vociferous applause. The heart of the great throng was with Shorten Bread. Why? Because he is a first class jockey and because his expert riding gave the crow'd an opportunit to yshow how it feels toward worth while Negroes. The heart of this country is on the right side! Whenever a Negro performs the crowd is ready to admit and reward and applaud this performance. This fact has been proved nowhere more conclusively than in the spectacular rise of Joe Louis and Jack¬ ie Robinson. In fact whites seem always eager to givq a Negro a hand. The trouble is with the w'hite man in power, the politician parad-i ing as a white supremist. Their days are numbered. Just as we have watched our boxing rings, baseball diamonds, football gridiron and basketball courts for thrills from our stars we can now turn our atten¬ tion also to the race tracks where more will be heard from "Shorten Bread,” another rising star. Hub and appealed for increased support for the tasks that lie ahead. There was a prevailing s P ;rit of optimism in the ex- Passions of those who respond- ed to the appeal and much suc ' cess for the coming year seemed P° s it' ve ly ' n making. jbe committee responsible for excellent results was corn- posed of R. W. Gadsden, R. C ^rd' Long. gamuef J. R. Jenkins 7* Brown" and mes'i- B. C. Ford. Ford ' Samuel Samuel J. J - Brown, Brown ' p P resi dent of the club, presided. I NEW JERSEY CIO VOTES AID FOR JENT0N TWO NEWARK., Jan. 24—Continued support of the National Asso- ciation for the Advancement of i Colored People in its defense of' the remaining two defendants in the case of the Trenton Six | has been voted by the New JCfSCJ' StfttC CIO. The labor goup endorsed the case following an appeal from! the NAACP for continued nancial and moral support. Four 1 of the six young men were Jic-i quited in a retrial of their, case last Spring, including two’ represented by NAACP lawyers. NAACP is joining with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Princeton Committee i n appealing the conviction of i the other two. IF 1 COULD FORGET THE PAST By William Henry Huff~" If I cpuld ’’ust forget the past Ru'tTne t would so happy be. But Lng as as memories memories of of it it last la t, There'll be no harmony. A rose that blossoms once and fades Will blossom not again Though dew drops come in cav¬ alcade And daily comes the rain. if incidents I could forget That broke my heart in two And caused my inner soul to fret. My whole nfe would be new. that, , , ,. it cannot , , be seems, done No Nfl matter IT13. t how I try; There is no power 'neath the sun can this knot untie. Write ^your ^name on the hearts of suffering people— Give to ' One Great Hour of Mar. lb-23. | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952 HOME EDUCATION Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th New York City. The-e articles are appearing weekly in columns. “THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—Froebel 5= -fr--g- — WATCHA MEAN? M. Louirj C. Hastings This expression, ’ we hear on all sides Children have always to know the meaning of Is the today’s way child- they j learned—but when they question have own way of asking for in- ; The small children i visit us use the expression; boy across the street uses We park beside a curb, and a passing with his mother is repeating the same ques- tlon in the same children way. who bring The j Iheir turtles and snakes to me [ for identification all use the - wording. There Is a charm to this express- that grows upon one. I’ve; heard IL-oh, so many, many ; times—and I like it. “I tthink the way Shirley in I terrupts you when you are reading to her is dreadfully! rude—and the way she asks,, again and again, ‘Watcha j mean?’ is positively uncouth! j When I was a girl 1 listened i and never opened my mouth.” So said a visiting aunt who has strong opinions and is always sure that what she thinks Is right. My aunt is living in the yestedays; the child of today: is a now species to her. It does no good to try to win her over to modern ways. It just can’t be done. There is only one way to her—her way 1 I might have told her that this was how Shirley learned benefit! j -that it was really a to both of us for her to ask me i questions. Questions and an- swers bring mother and child into close association. All sorts of questions come up from reading aloud. We do not wish our children to say, "No, don’t i let's ask Mother questions like (hot: let's ask one of the older girls.” I knew a mother who read aloud to her two boys every, noon, while they ate their lunch, during their entire pri- mary and grammar school What delightful times must have had, and what Life Ins. Co. Hold Annual Meeting Stockholders The annual meeting of Stock¬ of Guaranty Life Insur¬ Company will be held at P- m., February 14, at the office of the company, West Broad St., Savannah. TO TAL- “YOU’RE A Arthur Godfev on his Wed¬ nesday night TV show took another swing at Governor last week by taking over where Walter Winchell left off. When the time came lor the last number on the program, Golfrey introduced the show’s quartet, composed of two white singers and two Negroes. Godfrey said. "This one is ded¬ icated to his excellency, Gov. Talmadge of Georgia,” The group joined Godfrey in singing the old time hit, "You’re a Nobody.” NAPA to Meet In Detroit NNPA TO MEET IN ST. LOUIS DETROiIT, Michigan — The i 13th annual convention of the | National Newspaper Publishers! Association will be held in St. I Louis on June 19, 20, and 21, at which time Publisher J. Mitch- will. j ell of the St. Louis Argus receive a special citation from the association, it was an¬ nounced this week. , fThe announcement followed the annual Mid-Winter Work- shop of NNPA which was held 1 at the Gotham Hotel here last j week-end. Over forty publish- ers, editors, and newspaper executives from all over the country participated in the workshop sessions. The opening session last Fri¬ day was highlighted by a sym¬ posium on editorial techniques which was directed by William Nunn of the Pittsburgh Couri¬ er, Charles Loeb of the Clever land Call and Post, Enoc P. Waters of the Chicago Defender and ---- William --------- ------ Matney of the Chonicle. | A symposium at Saturday’s happy cherish. Instead of saying "Whatcha mean, Mother?’’ they probably asked. "What does that mean, Mother?” But, al- ways, children need to ask questions. The important point, how- ever, is not the wording- of the Questions but the fact that Mother answers the questions willingly and intelligently. It is a blessed privilege to be able to explain situations that the children meet day by day, in their books as well as in their lies. None of us wish our boys and girls to get the wrong out- look upon life. It Is unfortunate w'hen rents turn away from their children's questions. It is true that mothers and fathers are generally busy: yet we never shuold be too busy to meet the child’s immediate need. We do an injustice to both the child- ren and ourselves when we do not rise to the occasion. Some- times questions come at. un- usual and inopportune mom- ents, and we are obliged to do difficult and embarrassing ex- plaining; nevertheless, it is wise, if possible, to do she explaining at the psychological moment, , 'Watcha , mean? „„ is . an atti- ^ t udc of m!nd npt hmlled to fcoys and frirls " Now and then ,he expression itself is used by ask adults questions; " We mus otherwise } contlmlc growth to remala at a S: " andstiiL When WP l0S(> our curoslty re ' yarding history science, or any phas ' of hfe " ll ls unfortunate, Berts fathsr called , up to ts " us that Bert would be late. He was driving the car for his grand paernts in the vicinity of a large fire. "Oh.'Isaid, "he will probably be detoured and have t.e go all around Robin Hood's barn.” Quick as a flash came back the question. "Whatcha mean—Robin Hood’s barn?” "Seen and net heard” is cer- tainly no fitting description of the youth, or adult, oo today! NAACP YOUTH SEC Y IN BRAZIL FOR STUDENT MEET RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil. Jan. 24—Herbert L. Wrieht, national youth secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, arrived here this week for the Inter-Amcrican Student Con¬ ference sponsored by the Na¬ tional Students Union of Brazil. As a delegate from the Na¬ tional Students Association of the United States, Mr. Wright is representing the youth of the U. S. at this conference of students from all countries of the Americas. The purpose of the confab is to establish friendly relations and better working conditions between all students of the Americas and to discuss cultural, social and economic problems affecting youth. The conference began on January 23 and will last until February. was presided over by Stanley of the Louis- Defender and the discuss- were led by Arnett Murphy the Afro-American, Dowdal of the Kansas City Call, Williamson of the St. Argus and John Seng- of the Chicago Defend- Special reports were given by W. Young of the Nor¬ Journal and Guide, How- Murphy of the Afro- W. O. Walker of the ' ’ Call ~ " and ' “ Post and Wesley of the Houston Les Griner, production man¬ of the Detroit News, was featured speaker at a din¬ meeting during the work¬ conference. The newspaper executives feted by the Booker T. Trade Association a luncheon and were en¬ by the Alpha Phi Al¬ fraternity. Host papers the Detroit Tribune and Michigan Chronicle.