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' country committed
. we in this are
to the ideais of equality of opportuni¬
ty and the right of any individual to
he judged on the basis of his personal
worth. These ideals have never been
realized fully, but underlie the very
foundations of our national life, in the
name of these ideals we have made un¬
told sacrifices of blood and treasure, ami
we have joined with the freedom-loving
peoples of the world in a committment
to the democratic way of life lor ad
peoples. Our moral leadership in the
world, indeed our national self-respect,
is dependent on our practicing at home
the economic and social principles which
we preach abroad.”
GEORGIA’S INVESTMENT
We have become so accustomed to
the limitations which our environment
and lack of opportunity impose us, as-
cribable to a complication of factors,
that we forget the accomplishments fbr oi
those who have been able to escape
one reason or another, and who are mak
ing and have made national and inter¬
national contributions to the increasing
regard in which Negroes are held, fre¬
quent reports have come in of Negroes
touring Europe as students or entertain¬
ers or in conference parties, some oi
them from the South, and some from
Georgia. We are especially concerned
and pleased that one of the most recent
triumphs in the field of art is that of
Miss Mattiwilda Dobbs, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wesley Dobbs, of Atlan¬
ta. Miss Dobbs has recently been call¬
ed to Milan, Italy to consider an en¬
gagement to sing with the famous, La
Scala Opera Company, an honor pre¬
eminently outstanding in the field of mu¬
sic, one of which any Georgian should be
surpassingly proud. This is the acme
of achievement in the vocal profession,
and comes at the top of many awards
which this young lady 1 as won. Here
is one of not a few cases of Negro Amer¬
icans, Georgians, who have won acclaim
and notable success without the bene-
*fit of encouragement and opportunity
provided by our tradition bound state.
We salute Miss Dobbs and Mr. and Mrs.
Dobbs.
4 SURE ENOUGH CHALLENGE
Ever so often, annually for that
matter, the NAA( P puts on a drive for
increasing its membership. It has aim¬
ed for a membership of 500,000 out of
15,000,000 people, to think only of the
Negro population in the nation, it
should be a fairly simple thing to get
this number from among a people who
stand to benefit by its activities: who
are those who need its assistance in so¬
ring ordinary rights and privileges
accorded to ATnerican citizens. It is an
easily recognized fact many of those
who have been helped by the organiza¬
tion are among the most helpless and
humblest in the population, and who at
the same time care little for the organi¬
zation and know less about it until trouble
and distress overtake them. The well
publicized account of its successes in
behalf of the disadvantaged in educa¬
tion, in employment opportunities, in
the enjoyment of American citizenship,
seems not to have been able to reach and
stir the masses of Negroes in America
out of their apathy and inertia toward
the need and value of the NAAC’P. It
is nothing new that a comparatively
small group must take the initiative in
championing the causes of the masses,
but the spear-heading group needs the
encouragement and s upport of those
for whom it battles, even though it
knows that the cause for which it fights
is just. 1 he NAACP is girding itself
for a harder fight which the future
promises. Its successes of the past and
those it foresees evision a serious
challenge: making us ready to make the
adjustmen. and adaptations, to new con¬
ditions and situations that are sure to*
follow these succ esses. The challenge
MEET
The May meeting of Beta
Delta Sigma chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta sorority wa6 held
at the home of Mrs. Catherine
Williams, 1004 West 41st street,
with Mrs. Vivian Walker as co-
nostass. Since Mrs. Rubye
Gadson, the treasurer, is
ing to New York, Mrs.
to serve as
treasurer for the next fiscal
year. All the other officers were
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Office at Savannah, Ga., under the Act of
March 3, 1879
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UMAV
is implied in the fear many thoughtful
persons express when they wonder u
ehanges are coming too fast. After a
long fight to secure the right of voting
the lethargy or indifference of Negro
voters seems to justify this fear. Heie
we have a sure enough challenge.
DEMOCRACY—COMMUNISM
We confess we are confused and great¬
ly disturbed over what is transpiring and
what seems to portend. There is little
confusion as to what these philosophies!
stand for or say they staf.d for. We
are made all too aware, and continuously
so, of the aims of communism, a system
of thinking and acting which acknowl¬
edges no standard of morals outside of
itself, no other court of reference by
which to order its conduct which thrives
on falsehood and distortion and utter
disregard for human values: a system
of thinking that does not pretend to
accept truth as a basis for its prom¬
ises and commitments. Its supposed
agreements in international councils
have been made with the intention of
breaking them, its immoral behavior in
the United Nations’ discussions, its in¬
fluence in the Korean situation, all
show what a difficult and almost im-
possible group of vandals the world has
to deal with.
On the other hand, a group of coun¬
tries, the rest of the world, America in
particular, committed to the proposition
that a human being is something sacred,
created by a Superior being whom
it is o b e d i e n t and from whom
its standard of living is derived—these
nations have written into their constitu¬
tions their belief in the sanctity and
equality of human beings, in truth and
the pledged word, in the right of men
to essential freedoms: “life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness.” These are
the differences between these two sys¬
tems of thinking. There is another tre¬
mendous difference which is the basis
for the gloom that dims our hope for
the foreseeable future. Communists
have an incomprehensible passion for
their way of life which defies humanity
and rejects its conventions. It can not,
does not and will not try to understand
Ihe wish of democratic nations for peace,
of which it takes advantage. Its treach¬
ery of eighteen months, revealed in the
delay, distortions, falsification, abject
denial and repudiation of the Geneva
conventions as to warfare, all of the
provocative conduct at Koje prison
camps, show why our hope is for an
early, just and victorious peace is so
low. And the ugly, poorly handled
events at the POW camps in Korea, and
the statements of General Ridgway are
not calculated to brighten it, nor to
maintain our pride.
Our state officials wore concerned not
so long ago about the "road traps”
complained of by motorists. These trap#*
were devices or schemes through which
motorists were fined and otherwise an¬
noyed by highway police. A new prac¬
tice was in evidence on Highway 17,
just north of Brunswick last week. A
party of Savannah citizens, Negroes, on
their way home, for no reason they knew
of, were stopped, insulted and brow¬
beaten by highway police. An ugly in¬
cident was avoided only because one of
the men. the driver of the automobile,
displayed more common sense than the
officer who, calling him a “nigger"
from Savannah, advised him that he
”had better say, ‘Yes, sir,’ to an officer
and a white man too when he answers
or speaks. Such behavior ought to be
beneath the dignity of an officer charg¬
ed with protecting the public. We
commend the men for the presence of
mind they exercised, for it is certain they
averted a nasty incident by using more
sense than the officer who threatened
to haul the driver out of the car and
"stomp him to death,” because he did
not say, "Yes. Sir.” This sort of thing
should not happen.
i re-elected Mrs. Dorothy B.
'• J ay thc Patient,
served by the kn.i... hostess.
“The Well,” United Artists’!
hard-hitting drama of violence
i, 1 ” an aVeragC American town
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has been seIecU>d as the best
1 >*'«"■■■ the vear
^ L £ ro Traveler, national mag-
azine.
At the commencement at
A and T College. N c.. May
bu ldmgs in
the .. college expansion program
will be dedicated,
Four Negro employees of the
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture were
among the 74 to receive Super-
1 J" w “‘ *
president Truman was the
speaker.
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
"BETTER HARMONY ACCEPT THE RISING TIDE AND RIGHTS OF COLORED
PEOPLE"
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BETWEEN THE LINES
(By Dean Gordon B. Hancock For ANP)
PITIFUL
The southern white Baptists are meeting
in Miami, Fla. News accounts have it that
the keynote speakers are delivering in grand
style. As is the custom of the southern
while Baptists they are going to raise their
voice against many thing in general but)
not a ;; hist segregation in particular. They
arc going to come out for many things in
general but not for full integration of their
Negro brethren in particular.
Herein lies the great tragedy. It is piti¬
ful to see our southern white brethren si¬
lent on one of the most momentous issues
of the 20tli century. As the late H. G.
Wells puts its, "Race prejudice is the worst
thing in the life oi mankind today.”
If the church cannot take a Christ-lik®
stand against the won# thing then where
in the name of high heavens can they
stand? In the Southern Baptist Conven¬
tion we have one of the largest Protestant
bodies in the world and one of great influ¬
ence an dpower. They are brethren with
the National Baptists brethren of Negro
constituency with whom they are on terms
of rather "casual brotherhood.”
It. is safe to say that all denominations,
tlie white Baptists are farther from their
Negro constituency than any other denom¬
ination. Negro Baptists are step-brethren
“in the Lord” to their white fellow Baptists.
It is to be observed that in things interra¬
cial all other denominations can come clos¬
er to their Negro brethren than the south¬
ern Baptists. The catholics, Methodists,
Presbyterians and Episcopalians all have
closer ties with their Negro brethren than
rhe Baptists.
For downright nervousness, it is difficult
to see a group more exasperated and nerv¬
ous than a group of white southern Bap¬
tists when the question of interracial gath¬
ering is before the house. When the question,
I
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A QUEEN IS CROWNED— Miss
Lucile V. Brister, a junior at
1
| Savannah ________________ State college _____o- from
Quitman. winner of the , Campus , j
Queen contest sponsored bv the I
Savannah State College Club
of Mertopolitan New York, is I
shown being crowned by Mrs.
of interracial preaching missions is up for
discussion, the first to bolt is the southern
Baptist.
Almost all the attempts to make these
"illy white" pleaching missions interracial
on u 'non-seg'eg it.eu basis have fjunt their
sr.umbling b.oeks among the sou hern white
Baptists. It is true that here and rhei e we
M :ul a few va’ianr vis among them, but
they are nsua"/ Orcrahekningly outnum¬
bered. So these lily white preaching
missions go on their way, more determined
to preserve white supremacy than to lift,
up Jesus Christ when they profess to love
and serve.
It is pitiful and pathetic to see the |, eli-
gion of the southern whites quake before
the color question. Soft-pedaling and tip¬
toeing too often characterize the behavior
of the southern white Baptists in their in¬
ternal dealings.
The southern Methodists are miles and
miles ahead of their southern white Baptist
brethren. A case in point might clarify this
indictment. Eight years ago the Southern
Regional Council was organized in Atlanta
and has since operated throughout the
south. Nearly a naif million dollars have
been expended in advancing the cause of
better race relationships during these eight
years.
From time to time a helping hand, finan¬
cially, comes from Methodists, Catholics.
Episcopalians and Presbyterians but never
a dime from the Baptists. It is pitiful.
So down in Miami we are being treated
to some powerful messages by powerful,
apostles of southern Baptism but little or
nothing will have been said when it’s over
to indicate that the tradition of segregation
and exclusiveness have been subordinated
to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Ivry Lee Louard (right) in
lem's famous Savoy Ballroom
Day afternoon.
lady , at . .. the ... left is . jj.. Miss Rnoda
Wynn, one of six
waiting furnished by the
a popular New
Miss Wynn once decorated
the campus at Morris Brown
j college. The gala affair attract-
J ed a crowd . of _ 2.000. Miss w . Bns- _ .
ter. accompanied by Mrs. Louise
g ^ to NfiW yQrk f(jr
> the occasion.
HOME EDUCATION J
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West Mth
itreet, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly in
•or columns.
“THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY"—Froebet
Annie L. Gaetz
"I’ve brought you a picture
puzzle that 1 know you will
enjoy,” small Mrs. Snell he informed to meet her |
son as ran us
on our return from town.
"Boy! An elephant, and a
beauty; but, Mother, you’ll have
to put it together for me. You
will, won't you, Mother?”
"No,” his mother replied.
It’s no fun having someone
else do your puzzle for you.
You mu t do it yourself.”
"But, Mother, I don’t know
how. I never even saw this
puzzle before, and I’m sure I
can't put it together unless
someone helps me.”
Insead of offering help, the
mother continued, "The in¬
teresting part of doing things
is to work them out for your¬
self. It may not be easy, but
you'll find this puzzle is twice
as much fun if you do
self. You put down one piece,
then you try one piece after
another till you find the pieces
that fit around it, and before
long you'll have it all done.
Won’t that be great?”
Without further ado, Mrs.
Snell left Bruce with his puzzle,
while we concentrated on the
faneywork patterns we had
brought from town.
There were a few further
inquries and many complaints,
but after considerable time had
elapsed Bruce announced with
great excitement that he had
finished the puzzle. Of course,
we both admired it and prof-
fered suitable praise.
“And now,” his mother sug¬
gested, "wouldn’t you like to
put on your coat and cap and
run out to play?”
The lad, no doubt, felt the
need for action, for he had been
sitting quietly fdr‘ some time.
In a very 1 few minutes he stood
before his mother holding out
his cap and coat,
“Ch, but you must put on
your coat yourself. You’re a big
boy now,” she reminded him.
Thus encouraged, he tackled
‘he job of donning his coat and
hem came forward to have it,
buttoned.
"You’ve done that nicely,”
lis mother told him. "Now just
;how Mr.s r ' RoWt! ; ''6n how well
ou have learned to button up
your ccat.”
After some hesitation Bruce
mttoned up his coat, put on
his cap, and was on his way.
As the door closed on her
;mall son, Mrs. Snell turned to
ne. “You know,” she said, “I
found I was making a big mis¬
take in the way I was bringing
ip my son. I was doing every-
hing for him instead of teach¬
ing him to do things for him-
LOCALS
Mrs. Otis Williams Gantt of
Tamaica, Long Island, New t
fork, will arrive Saturday to
rttend the graduation activi-
ies of her niece, Miss Rose
Mary Johnson. Miss Johnson is
he valedictorian of the Alfred
T Beach high school, having
naintained an average of 96
lercent throughout the four
ears of her high school work.
Mrs. Gantt will be the house
ruest of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra
J ohnson, 15C9 Montgomery St,
* * *
Ffc. and Mrs. Chares N. Mc¬
Coy and their little daughter,
Myra, left Monday morning for
Southport, N. C., the guests of
ris father, J. S. McCoy.
Misses Rhina and Harriet
Miller, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Miller of 644 W. 39th
street, and Miss Mae E. Cham-
->en, daughter of Mrs. Georgia
Cham pen of Staley Heights,
have returned home from at-
‘ending Oakwood academy,
Huntsville. Ala. Miss Rhina
Miller and Miss Champen grad¬
uated from high school this
week. Mrs. R. A. Miller also at¬
tended the commencement ex¬
ercises.
Geriatricians say that the,
way of lengthening your life D
to cut down the size of your
meals.
Walter White’s Flint.” will novel, be dram-, “The|
Fire in the
atized at the NAACP annual |
convention in Oklahoma City \
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1052
self. I might have kept right
on like that and ruined his
chances in life, if my sister
Mary’; boy had not come to
visit us last winter. Mary has
several children, and with a
small baby in the home she
has no time to pamper Peter.
He and Bruce are the same qge,
but, compared to him, I was
shocked to realize that Bruce
was still a baby. I found that
Peter looked after himself,
while I waited on Bruce a^ if
h ereaily were still a baby.
“Do you see that small hill
out on the terrace? The boys
coasted there, and whenever
Bruce fell off he would lie in
the snow and howl until I l
rushed out, picked him up,
dried his tears, brushed him off
and placed him safely on his
sled again.
“When Peter fell off he
jumped up and laughed, then
brushed him elf off and threw
himself on thc sled again. He
treated the fall as a joke,
while to Bruce it was a tragedy.
"After I realized my mistake,
I started to teach Bruce to look
out for himself; and it has not
been easy for either of us. It
will take time to rectify my
mistake, but gradually we are
both learning. I had not ap¬
preciated that my son was no
longer a baby and he must learn
to do things for himself.”
"Yes,” I responded, “I under¬
stand your problem, for I
nearly made the same mistake
with my first boy, Bob. For¬
tunately, a daughter was added
to our home when Bob wds
quite small, and that was a life-
saver for Bob and me, for then
I didn’t have time to pamper
him anymore.”
“1 believe,” said Mrs. Shell,
“we are too anxious to save btiV
children all the bumps. After
all, a child must learn to think
and to do things lor himself;
otherwise, he will never learn
self-reliaricd and initiative. It’s
a good thing for your Bob and
my Bruce that we found out in
time. I am trying to teach
Bruce to stand on his own iSe«t
and to take the initiative, as
far, of course ( as a child of his
age can be expected to do*, l
realize now , that these lessph?
must be taught in early child¬
hood, if he is to reap the bene f -
fit in years to come. In the
journey of life, all must travel
the hilly pathways as well as
the smooth ones, and I am try¬
ing to help ; my of son self-reliance to develop
those qualities
that will enable him to travel
the rough pathways with cob-
rage.”
„„„„ Miss Vivian _______ T. Johnson,
daughter aaugmei of tn Mr. mi. and <uiu Mrs. mu. w. \l
J. Lovett of 9042 W. church Md., St., ^
left Monday for Baltimore,
where she will enter the sum¬
mer session at Cortez-Peters .
Businesss school. She will re¬
side with her sister and broth¬
er-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Cooper, at 2330 Bryant A Ye.
Mr. Cooper is stationed in Ger¬
many now with the U. S. Air
Forces Medical Division, while
Mrs. Cooper is a nurse at Hen-
ryton hospital. ”*
* * *
Mrs. Naomi Lovett of 1306
Love St., left Saturday for
Miami, Fla., where she will be
the guest of her daughter. Mrs.
Willie Mae Dudley. She was ac¬
companied by her grand sqn,
Wesley E. Williams.
* * * .
,
Mrs. Mattie Beckett of 918 W.
38th St., has returned after
spending two weeks in Cleve¬
land, Ohio, with her son and
daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis W. Beckett.
* * *
John Harrison and James
Hutchison left Monday by mb-
visit the former's parents (
tor to
in Austin, Texas.
The Nighthakc
The Night hawks social club
held Us regular meeting at the
home of James Collins. 2 Wright
St. Plans were completed for
thc bus cruise Sunday, June I,
to Fernandina, Fla, fare $5.00.
H. Williams is president anct Iqoa
I. Hyman, reporter.