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PAGE FOUR Ehr favarawk ©Uuinr Established 1873 By J. H. DEVEAUX 9CL 0 JOHNSON________Editor and Publisher MRS. WTLLA A. JOHNSON, Asst, to Pub. & Mgr. I, EL BUTLER__________________________ Editor Published Every Thursday 1008 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 Subscription Rate in Advance One Year ------------------------- .$3.00 Ttoee^NIonths "---------- $ 2.00 ........... $1.50 Remittance must be made by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mali. ' 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 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Savannah, Ga., under the Act of March 3, 1879 National Advertising Representative; Associated Publishers 562 Fifth Ave. New York 19. New York ucit 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 ’ 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" n ' y'’»-**?» V 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 i 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.