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MR. TRUMAN S DECISION
Mr. Truman’s decision not to run for re-
election to the presidency is a courageous
termination of his political activity, on
fours with his tenure as President. Many
events of his administration required de¬
cisions of a nature unlike that which
confronted few other presidents, il in - *
deed any other president had equally
momentous decisions to make. Among
such decisions we place the use of the
atomic bomb and his message
ing the Congress to pass civil rights leg¬
islation. The consequences of both de¬
cisions have written the name of Harry
S. Truman prominently in the annals of
American history and of the world. It
required no ordinary amount of moral
courage to stand on a platform in which
civil rights was one of the main planks,
which was so contrary to the thinking,
practice and tradition of the solid South.
The solid South as everybody knows, is
dedicated to preserving tne belief in
white supremacy and to denying to Ne¬
groes the enjoyment of full American
citizenship. not to for
Mr. Truman’s decision i un
reelection places the Negro in a sort of
dilemma, certainly, until a Democratic
candidate emerges who commits Irimsell
to carrying out Mr. Truman’s policies in
respect to civil rights. Negroes owe
Mr. Truman and his supporters a debt
of gratitude for what they have accom¬
plished in the way of securing civil
rights for them. The important Negio
vote in states where it counts, undoubt¬
edly would have supported him again,
and we believe the Negro vote will go
to any man who has the courage to re¬
ceive the mantle of Mr. Truman. Much
as his bowing out of the political pic¬
ture will retard the progress of the
movement toward civil rights, we be¬
lieve his decision by and large was
wise as well as courageous. At the mo¬
ment, no such man appears on the hori¬
zon, Democrat that is, and no Republi¬
can has come out with a forthright
statement on livjl pglits whjch js of
paramount importance to .Negroes ev¬
erywhere.
SAY IT RIGHT
It is beneath the dignity of a great
statesman to distort issues in order to
gain an advantage over an opponent or
to win the votes of a biased and ignor¬
ant constituency. It has always been
our understanding that the original in¬
tent of FEPC legislation was to prevent
employers from refusing to hire or to
promote individuals because of their
race or creed. There is a difference
between this and saying that FEPC leg¬
islation would mean that an employer
would have to employ an individual be¬
cause he was of a certain race or held
a certain beliet. One of of the so-called
leading candidates for the Democratic;
nomination for president persists in his
opposition to FEPC on the ground that
employers will be told they must em¬
ploy such individuals just because they
are of a certain race or creed. We be¬
lieve sound statesmanship would scorn
to hide behind States Rights to deny civ¬
il rights to those who are entitled to
them by every measure of democracy.
The thing that FEPC legislation aims
C. C. Council Elects Officers \ %
The Chatham County Council
held its regular monthly
ing March 2G at Cuyler school,
Reports from the district meet-
ing held in Kingsland were
made. Mrs. Hutchins and
Haven were chosen to attend
the advisory board meeting of
the Board of Education.
Mrs. Madeline Hannah was
elected delegate to attend the
State meetings to be held in
Albany, April 8-10.
Dress Rehearsals For
“The Resurrection”
Speaking of the progress
made by the cast and chorus of
“The Resurrection," Dr. Ralph
Mark Gilbert, author of the
play, and pastor of the sponsor¬
ing church (First African Bap¬
tist) said, ‘‘I have the finest
group of youngsters with me
this year it has been my priv¬
ilege ever to work with; a large
group, all of whom have been
so gripped by the serious mes-
sage of this production,
it seems to them to be
trouble at all to concentrate on
what they are doing. Anyone
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to correct is of fundamental importance
to the economic life of Negroes, to the
future of the Negro’s status in Ameri¬
can life. It is significantly inqxjrtant
to our country’s role in international re¬
lations. Southern statesmen do not believe
this, or they believe information that Amer
ica dilutes, if it doesn’t prostitute, the
ideals of democracy, can be suppressed.
FEPC, anti-lynching, and anti-poll tax
legislation, important items in the civ¬
il rights program, can cease to be a fed¬
eral project if Southern politicians will
use as much energy urging their states
to secure Negroes in their citizenship
rights and privileges as thev do in har¬
anguing them not to. Such action would
make the South’s stand on States Rights
lar more popular, even among Negroes.
It would make a necessary and democrat¬
ic distinction between human rights and
property rights. Unless our statesmen
can say it right and have the democrat¬
ic attitude toward all citizens of the
United States, they cannot qualify as
fit to become president of the world’s great
est democracy.
THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
The building of a high school for Ne¬
groes could not have come at a better
time for both Catholics and Negroes,
i here is nothing surprising about this.
It is in line with what Catholics have
been doing all over the country. Cath¬
olic universities and colleges have open¬
ed their classes to Negroes without a
great deal of fanfare, or Negroes have
been provided schools of equal rank with
those for white youth. In ihis latest
evidence of interest in the welfare of Ne¬
groes, the Catholic community has done
something of which it should be justly
proud. The implication that the school
v ' ill be similar in courses to those offer¬
ed at the C atholic school for white youth
is gratifying, and encourages the hope
that the fine values of ROTC training
will not much longer be withheld from
Negro youth. The Tribune salutes the.
Roman Catholics for this very signifi¬
cant move.
Several writers have suggested that
the Negro vote in the South will in
some not-too-distant day play an im¬
portant part in the politics of the South.
Dr. Alexander Heard, a Savannahian by
the way, sees the Negro vote as import¬
ant in determining whether the South
will support a two-party system. Two
northern writers have attributed to the
Negro vote in the South an importance
it does not yet have. They are calling
on it to come to the relief of Negro vot¬
ers in the North and West. We be¬
lieve the Negro vote in the South will be
important in both instances, but not yet.
There is much to be done in the way
of breaking down the apathy, and im¬
proving the political literacy of Negroes,
and a lot has yet to be done to break
down the resistance of rural white peo¬
ple to the liberal trends in evidence in
many areas toward the practice of de¬
mocracy. The southern Negro owes a
great deal to Negro voters in tjie North
and West, and we feel that as they awak¬
en to their political responsibility they
will express their gratitude and perform
their duty in the only appropriate way.
| The following officers were
elected to serve the following
war: Pres., Mrs. Mildred Hut-
chins; Vice Pres., Mrs. Ethel
Luten; Sect., Mrs. Haven, and
Treas., Mrs. Thompson.
All members are urged to at¬
tend a very important meeting
i the 2nd Sunday in April, 3 p.
m n ie yMCA. Please be
Present. Mrs. Mildred Hutchins
is president, Mrs. Henrietta
Wilhite, reporter.
nation shou d witness uliat is
going on every night m our
e a rS W1 havTa
y oun g people We little
over a week still to go. but I
would be satisfied with the
showing to be made if we were
to go on production right now.”
"The Resurrection” will be
the principal feature of the
Easter Sunrise service sponsored
annually by the First African
Baptist church, and given at
j * he Municipal auditorium on
EasU>r Sunday morning (April
13th; '
Due to the tremendous crowds
| of people who have annuall y
who presumes that young peo¬
ple are not capable of conse-
beon , turned away ’ lhis year the
s P onsors wl11 ° ff< L r tw ° servicea -
| on f opening at 7 a m and
g0 lns unU1 about 8.45, and the
other , one opening at 8 a. m.
and running until about 10 45,1
dismissing in time for the con-1
gregation to be able to get to!
their own church services on |
time.
; The entire public, is invited j
; 0 attend, and admission will be, j
as usual, by free tickets, which
be secured from any mem-
ber of the First African Baptist j
j churc R 0 r from any partici-,
^ pan t i n the cast and chorus, orj
c^rcK'fLV
idents and secr etaries of most
of the Ne organizations in ■
the eity Dress rehearsal will be I
held on Friday evening, April
11th.
A 96-year-old New Orleans
church has threatened to with¬
draw from the AME church un-
j less the bishop returned Rev. 0.1
; R. Houghton as pastor. He was
transferred at a recent confer-
: ence to another church.
SAVANNAH
“AND IN SOUTH AFRICT, THEY CALL IT ‘ARPARTHEID’.
* J"
HE'5 GOING TOGETH_ER_-
TO ATTACK US WE MUST
DESTROY HIM
\ \ 1
OF THE YEAR” AT
The e four young men
"Men of the Year” at
State college during
5th Annual Men’s Day
at the college. The
made Sunday, March
the vesper services in
auditorium at 6 00 p.
Dr. Woodrow L.
of education at
A.,vM. college,
principal speaker for the
ion. They are from left to
Darnell Jackson, Camilla,
biology major; Hosea
m. <iAS "BABE" mm. FKLS5LEY, r
one 0 f the Original Harlem
Globetrotters, shakes hands
lth CoaCh Theodore Th "*° re A. A “Ted’
Wrlght following the game **“
tween the "Trotters” and the
Savannah State College
Stars last Thursday night at
Joint Fish Fry
Sharrian Chapter. No. 2, Or¬
der of Eastern Star, and Glenn
Lodge. “ * No. ‘ j 1. Masons, had a
f fa r a fish frv at the
home of Sister Lillie Mae May-
ers. The social committee of j
Glenn r.nrio'P Lodge is is planning nlannimz sev- sev-
niackshear, an English major;,
Panama, biology major; Dr. W.
K. Payne, president of the col-
lege, who presented the awards,‘
j leans, and Joseph La., physical Turner, education New Or-1 1
a
major. Lofton is currently edit-
or of the Tiger’s Roar, the SSCl
student '
newspaper, and is >act-
1 ive in several campus organi-
j zations; Jackson, an outstand-
mg s tudent, has a cumulative
scholastic average of 2.598;
I P™ce, an outstanding track |
star, has participated in track j
tne Municipal auiiiorium. as,
members of the SSC All-Stars'
and spectators look on. The,
^ ** tW “ n ^
which was incldenta! - was 64 ~,
35, in favor of the “Trotters", |
of ‘ “ Kneeling " is Alfred
course. '
a member of the SSC j
eral entertainments for the fu-1
ture. Bro. Henry L. Alien, inter- j
national grand Ruby deputy Nailing master Allen J !
and Sisl°r
international grand decader of I
OES. all of Detroit, visited with
the Lodge and Chapter in a
j 0 i n t session Sunday, Mar. 16. j
HOME EDUCATION
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly 1 b
our columns.
“THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—Froebel
A " .MM — A — ...... ■ I — i
FOR PARENTS ONLY
Helen Gregg Green
Parents make mistakes, too!
! I wish Mom and Dad would j
really listen. They don’t hear |
lots of things I tell them. Often;
T stop talking and keep the |
| news about school ’n everything I
I to myself. !
j Then, besides that, they for-i
get I’m growing up. I don’t like
to be criticized in front of old
folks. I’ll pay attention and
remember, if they’ll wait until
we’re alone.
I like pet names when only
the family are around. When
outsiders are present it makes
me feel like a man to be caller,
by my real name.
When we’re traveling I like a 1
i
! menu of my own and to do my
I own ordering. Our teacher, Miss
| Welty, tells us, "We learn to do
{ by Another doing!” thing, get used to
I
my room and then Mom decides
she’ll redecorate it, hardly
talking it over with iqe at all.
I have ideas! It’d be wonderful
j if parents treated us more like
j they do big folks.
! Dad’s as bad as mother. He’s
1 always too Uusy to go fishing
I or hunting, or to play ball or
t bowl with me. Sometimes I feel
as if he were a stranger. If we
j could do more things together,
I we’d be better friends.
The other day Dad and I
, went into a shoe store; he
i wanted to talk business with
; | our neighbor, Mr. Potter. Mr.
Potter said, "Doesn’t Ted want
i some new shoes? I have come
! honies!” Dari said, “Yes.”
have a hole in my sock!”
Committee Plans For 83rd Commyncation,
and) I
meets on two continents,
Frank Prince, Panama p_ y ’ j
has been chosen by the to Pana-j ,
manian government repre-.
sen t his country at the Sum-
““ P ", ' TTPi«iniri 1 *
“ ’
Fmland ’ m , July: Turner ’ also ,
an outstanding athlete, as well
as a student leader, has won
letters in varsity basketball,
football and track. All four
men are seniors. (Savannah
State P-R Photo by W. H. M.
Bowens)
/ui-oiars, ana ur. oreoige S.
McDew. Savannah State college
physician. Other All-Stars in
^
Wiltz; Al-
vin -Rooster” Paige, Charles
McDaniels; George Harris and
j esse Morgan. (Savannah State
p-R Photo by W. H. M. Bowens i
The $26,000 raised at a recent
dinner at the hotel Sheraton in
New York City for Roosevelt
college was the largest contri¬
bution ever raised by a predom¬
inantly Negro group for a white
school.
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1953
Tlie Committee on Grand
F. & A. M. entertainment,
by D. G. M. Donald
held its meeting Mon-
at which time reports of
all chairmen showed that the
communication to be held here
in June will be an eventful
Every effort is being made
for the many delegates from
the various sections of this
statef ______, ___ as weil as 0U t- 0 f-state *
guests, to really have an en-
,j 0 y a ____ kj„ session as well as an
interesting one
Vadis New Books A?; Library
Quo Vadis, by Henryk Sien
wicz, was translated from the
Poli h by Jeremiah Curtain as
far back as 1876. The translator
had vision enough to forsee the
tremendous appeal that this
book would have to the English
speaking world. His efforts in
undertaking this translation
have been rewarded, for not
only is the book being widely
read but now MGM has made
a million dollar motion picture
based cn this novel. Although
the love story of Vinicius and
Lygia provides much of the
plot, the book is essentially the
story of the early Christians,
their life and their persecution
during the time of the Roman
Emperor, Nero.
The story begins with the
appeal of Vinicius to his uncle,
Petronius tone of. Nero’s favor-
ites) to help him win the lovely
maiden, Lygia. Vinicius and
Petronius employ many crude
means to enable them to take
Lygia away from the foster
parents and later from her
friends, the Christians. However,
it is only after Vinicius himself
becomes a Christian that he
gains Lygia’s love and the two
of them begin their struggle to
escape Nero’s persecution.
The author tells the story in
such a way that you feel you
are actually reliving those for¬
mer days about which the story
is written. Nero is every bit the
merciless, cruel tyrant that his¬
tory has pictured him. Chilo,
the Greek philosopher, who aids
Vinincius in his many attempts
TUSKEGEE CHOIR TO SING
AT OPENING OF 1952 UNCF
DRIVE
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala 1
— (ANP),—The 45-voice Tuske-
gee Institute choir will sing at
the opening meeting of the
1952 campaign of the United
Negro College Fund on April 6.
The meeting, which will be
held in the Hotel Plaza in New
York, will launch a nationwide
drive to raise $1,500,000 in sup¬
port of the operational budgets
the 32 member coleees of
told them. Dad "Shucks,
that’s silly; take off your shoes.”
I took off my right shoe, and
there was a big hole. Next to us
sat two pretty girls. It would
have been fine if Dad had an-
swered, "We’ll come in later
and try on the shoes!’’ Parents
should put themselves in our
places.
I’d like it il Mother and Dad
would correct me only once
when I’ve made a mistake and
not keep talking about it. Dad
seldom mentions anything the
second time, but Mom brings up
something I aid a year after it
happened. It makes me jumpy
as popcorn, when I'm already
sorry and am trying hard to be
good, anyway.
There are times when Mom
and Dad get off by themselves
to talk over family problems.
It makes me feel as though I
didn’t belong to them. I like to
be in on things. If Dad’s busi¬
ness i n’t good, I’d like to know
it. I could do without that new
coat. Honest! If Mom is tired,
I wish she’d say so, and I’d be
more helpful and kind of quiet;
but she usually just looks
worried and a little cro s. I
keep wondering what’s wrong!
Sometimes I think maybe my
parents have had a quarrel or
something, and it's not that at
all. Boys can do a lot oi worry¬
ing.
I wish Mom and Dad would
treat me more like they do
i some of their grown-up friends;
doing things together ij sure
swell!
The Georgia Juri diction of
Free and Accepted Masons,
Prince Hail Affiliation, under
staunch leadership of M. W.
Grand Master J. W. Dobbs, en¬
joys harmonious and success¬
ful se sions wherever they,
have met. This session antici¬
pates one that will be an in¬
spiration to all whcT attend.
A public welcome program
j will be held on Tuesday night,
1 June 10, at St. Philip AME
church at which time a large
gathering will no doubt be
'present.-
to capture Lygia, is indeed one
of the most interesting, and at.
times amusing, characters in
the story. It is mainly through
Petroniu; that wc see how the
idle rich lived during that time.
The burning of Rome, the games
in the Roman amphitheatres
and Nero’s feasts are all vivid¬
ly described in the book. This
is a novel well worth the read¬
ing.
Some other new books at
Carnegie Library are as fol¬
lows: non fiction: Lucy R.
Seymer, A general history of
nursing; Miriam Lincoln, You’ll
live through it; Walter Blair,
The literature of the United
States; Bonaro Overstreet, Un¬
derstanding fear in ourselves
and others; Martha May Rey-
olds, Children from seed to
saplings; J. Roswell Gallagher,
Understanding your son’s adol-
escense; Allan Fromme, The
psychologist looks at sex and
marriage; Karen Horney, Our
inner conficts, a constructive
theory of neurosis; Milo Milor-
advoich, The art of cooking
with herbs and spices. Fiction:
Ari Ibn-Zahav. David and Bath-
sheba: Sholem Asch, Moses;
Thomas Mann, The holy sinner;
Willard Motley, We fished all
night; Thurston Scott, Cure it
with honey. Books for young
people: Rosamond DuJardin,
Practically seventeen; Kather¬
ine B. Shippen, Lief Erickson,
First voyace to America; Alice
E. Chase, Famous paintings, an
introduction to art for young
people.
the fund.
Under the direction of the
famed composer-conductor Wil¬
liam Dawson, the choir, which
has been broadcasting regularly
in the Sunday morning choir
series presented by the Ameri¬
can Broadcasting Company in
co-operation with the college
fund, is scheduled to make its
television debut on the Ed
Sullivan show. "Toast of the
Town,” Sunday, April 6. On the
following day, Monday, April 7,
the choir will appear on the
Kate Smith Hour.