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YOU NEED THE NAACP
The years before the organization
the NAACP and for a few years after¬
ward before it could get its program go¬
ing, violence against Negroes was com¬
mon and frequently murderous. The
fact is, the organizational meeting was
inspired by a severe race riot in Spring-
field, Illinois, the home town of Abra¬
ham Lincoln, and was held on his one
hundredth birthday, in response to a
challenge by Mr. William Lnglish \\ ail¬
ing, a writer, Miss Mary \\ hite Ovington
requested a conference that was at¬
tended by Dr. Henry Moskowitz. I hey
called upon Mr. Oswald Garrison \ illiard _
to issue a call for the meeting that
launched the NAACP. The first presi¬
dent was Mr. Morefield Storey. The
long run objective of the NAACP was
and is to win full equality for Negroes
as American citizens. Until this ob¬
jective has been attained, there will be
need for the NAACP. Remarkable vic¬
tories have been won* by it in pursuit
of .its objectives: Segregation and dis¬
crimination on inter-state transportation
has been outlawed, disfranchising devices,
such as the infamous* “grandfather
clause” have been declared unconstitu¬
tional, southern states have been making
efforts to provide equal educational fa¬
cilities, Negro students have been ad-
, mitted to some southern colleges and uni-
[versifies, and teachers’ salaries have
been equalized, or are in process of being
equalized, in nearly all southern states.
Two bi-products of the activities of
the NAACP are hardly less important
than the achievements mentioned above:
(1) Negroes become aware that they
could go into the courts to seek relief
from the ,Wrongs and injustices they
suffer; (2) the legal department of the
organization has built up a body of ma¬
teria! on civil rights the like, of which
does not exist in white law schools;
that gave their lawyers and other Ne¬
gro lawyers a decided advantage in cas¬
es they file in court. Such accomplish¬
ments should invite the loyalty and stim¬
ulate the pride of every Negro who has
a desire to see the day when merit and
character, and not color, race or creed,
will detemine the acceptability of one as
a full American citizen.
In view of what the NAACP has done,
it (should not be necessary to have to
plead with Negroes, here or elsewhere,
to join the organization. It is difficult to
believe that to date only 196 have joined
in the drive now going on. It i,? a sad
commentary on the race’s sense of appre¬
ciation of full and equal citizenship, of
the tight a lot of people have made and
are (making to secure it, that with more
than three hundred school teachers, and
more than a thousand GI’s in veterans’
organization, ami more than 150 church¬
es. the local branch of the NAACP had
only 196 members as of last Friday.
Could it be that Negroes do not want
the things the NAACP has been fighting
forty-four years to secure for them?
THE SKIES DIDN’T FALL
Two Negroes have received doctorate
degrees from southern universities, and
at least one has received the bachelor
of laws degree from another. Walter
Nathaniel Ridley received the doctors de¬
gree in psychology from the University
of Virginia with a high quality of work
for the two years he was a student in
the institution. He received “A” marks
in every one of his subjects except one
and in that one ho made a “B” plus.
The University President, Colgate W.
Darden, Jr., ‘ “said Ridley’s excellent
Job Layoffs Widespread In
Toledo, Ohio, Area
TOLEDO, Ohio, (ANP)—Lay-
r. f!r «^cir S tl O ffrcM”tw‘ee^2 P 0°0
a
and 300 Negro workers by the end
Off'cials r ; A lnP ', t the depot j
a announe-
ed last week that 600 workers
would he _ dismissed because "veause the
army had caught up with its ve¬
hicular repair work.
An A estimated 45 ne, cent of the
depots SJMW workers are Negroes.
H hile no official figures have heen
disclosed “~‘T U TT concerning n ‘ ng r the ratio rat, ° to t0
be released. ,t was learned
Negroes facing dismissal will ap-
proximate, if not exceed. 50 per
cent of those scheduled to be loo-
•
r j &
Dismissals will , he , based , on iou . ,
performance, civil service stand-
ing, veteran status or lack of vet-
eran status. -Jtli
record leads me to believe he will reflect
credit upon the university and upon the
commonwealth.” Rau Flod Wilson was
graduated from the University of Texas
with Ph. D. degree in the field of chem¬
istry and applied mathematics. Dr.
Wilson turned down an offer from Du¬
pont to teach at Texas Southern Unis
versity. One Negro received the Bach¬
elor of Laws degree from the Universi¬
ty of North Carolina. He was a good
student, ranking well up in his class.
There was no violent reaction to the
presence and graduation of these men.
There has been none at any of the col¬
leges in which Negro students have en¬
rolled. There will not be any violent
or untoward reactions in Georgia out¬
side of the governor’s mind. The re¬
ception these men and a thousand oth¬
ers in southern colleges have received
and the response from a majority of
state officials to a newspaper poll, indi¬
cate that, if and when the U. S. Supreme
('ourt renders a decision to outlaw seg¬
regation in elementary schools, the states
will abide by the decision and take ne¬
cessary steps to comply “with it. We
realize, and so does everybody else who
has given the matter any thought, that
there will he many more problems in¬
volved and more adjustments to make
than in the college level, hut they can
he and will he made if officials and pol¬
iticians who want people to believe there
will he trouble, will shut their mouths
and seek other reasons for getting into
office. No. The skies didn’t fall.
A DISTURBIN'! SILF^CE
We had thought, along with some of
the faithful, that by now someone would
have been named to the custom post in
Savannah. Of course, we were pulling
for Mr. L. B. Toomer who has been con¬
sistently loyal to the Republican party.
A leading Democrat in this state has
discovered that consistent loyalty, other
things being equal, is not a primary qual¬
ification for holding office or for appoint¬
ment to such an office as a customs post
because it carries “social prestige.” This
means no Negro can ever qualify for
public office for all of them can be said
to carry “social prestige.” The delay by
the Republicans in distributing patron¬
age among qualified Negro party faith¬
fuls and the failure of some top-level
officials to carry out the wishes of the
President, anti-segregation—the direc¬
tives of the President as to practices in
schools and veterans’ hospitals, are
arousing the ire of Congressman Powell
who openly charges that “top adminis¬
tration officials are callously undermin¬
ing President '
Eisenhower’s stated anti-
segregation position.” He places Vice
Admiral Joel T. Boone. Navy Secretary
Robert B. Anderson, and Mrs. Hobby,
Secretary of Welfare, as among those
w hom he calls insubordinate.
It not infrequently happens that bv
the time the directives of the President
get down through high officials to the
local level, they become so watered that
they vitiate the real purpose of the di¬
rectives. Influential sources are hug-
gesting that the President “stop this
‘insubordination’ oh the top brass level
where policy is initiated and example
set, and cities “that no administration
that tails to live up to its promises with
regard to abolishing segregation and
discrimination based on race can expect
to win the wholehearted support of the
strategically situated Negro electorate.”
I he same warning applies as regards
the delayed appointments of Negroes who
have a right to expect to share in the
fruits of
Negroes are employed in all
Z'7 ^ £rv w" Tt^o "T' ^ 1 !
Rossford’s impending lavoff
adH to Hn ah , a , iv arutp em .
p]oyment t ., isis W illvs
Motor*. Motors. Inc., Inc which hires about 1,-
500 Npjfroes, has 8,500 employees
iOle because of a b-ear strike in
Munice. Ind. N.Hrlv t 000 of th.
i(1|o wiHys workers are Negroes
Meanwhile it announced !
thi * wppk by Ohio State Em-
„ IoyniPnt Sprvicp that ir5n ?knleH "'been
p UPr t P Rican worker? have
u,. 0U! .v.* Tn , pHa ", 1 e ap
needs ] of , " railroads which . generally '
bar Ne?ro skilled worker?.
Another 1.000 Puerto Ricans will
be imported in August for agri-
cultural work in the area.
Les Belles Dames Club
Les Belle Dames club was
ganized Sunday at the home
Mrs. Bernice Quarterman. The
next meeting will be held Tues-
day at the home of Mrs. So-
Phia WhU *’ 616 Duffy ^eet.
Thp P^i^nt of the club is
Mrs. white and the reporter,
Mrs. Mattie Strickland.
Golden Art Social Club
Mrs. Bernice Rivers was hos
tess to the Golden Art Social
club club at at hpr * Pr homp homP 338 Vama ' ama -
Cra " V illag0 on J " ne 11 After
the regular routine business
the .. hostess . , served adelightful ,
repast. Games were Dlaved
'
‘ 1P nPx t meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Geneva
Law. 2009 Florence street.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUN*
“EQUALLY DANGEROUS OUR RIGHTS’
BETWEEN THE LINES
By Dean Gordon B. Hancock for ANP
hack prejudice ANI) the dollar
In 1 sue prejudice and the dollar we have two
of the most powerful influences in American
life. They are stronger by far than religion and
common sense, as important as these are. Both
icligion and common sense quail before the
challenge of race prejudice and the dollar.
Religion nni«t ride in the rumble seat when
the dollar and prejudice accompany Americans
m the vehicles of ordinary behavior. This is a
sad and sickening admission, hut candor dic¬
tates that it. he made. Both race nrei 1 'dic n ^nd
the dollar take precedence over God and righte¬
ousness too invariably in the ordinary inter¬
course of American life. At the table of the
ordinary priorities. God and religion must wait
until prejudice and the dollar are served.
I hat this state of affairs is threatening the
safety and survival of our great country does
not seem to make much difference. Americans
ate busy worshipping at the shrine of the dollar
and face prejudice, hoping doubtlessly in their
hearts that at some “more convenient season”
God sidered. and righteousness w’iff he sent for and con¬
To he sure, righteousness is on the American
agenda, hut away down the line. Between mak¬
ing a dollar and manifesting race prejudice the
American spends most of his time.
Race prejudice is to the American poor white
man his only luxury. Outdistanced in the strug¬
gle for survival and doomed forever to be a
competitor of the lowly Negro. the poor whites
cling tenaciously to the luxurious feel of being
“better than” somebody, and incidentally that
somebody is a Negro. Take away this dubious
luxury, the American poor white man would be
destitute and desperate incited.
To he sure there are some wealthy whites
who are prejudiced; hut they invariably come
of poor extraction, even as there are some poor
whites who are devoid of prejudice because they
come of better social and economic extraction.
The few poor u'hites who are without prejudice
and the few wealthy who have prejudices are
only exceptions that prove the rule.
As Adlai Stevenson so wisely said here in
Richmond during his campaign, the real core of
the trouble in the race conflict is economic, with
poor whites and poor Negroes being left to fight
FOR INCORPORAT¬
ION
GEORGIA
CHATHAM COUNTY
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF CHATHAM COUNTY:
The petition of PAUL J.
STEELE. CART, S. OLIVER
JOHN JOHNSON. MeINTCSH. DAVID A.’
SAMUEL B HEND-
RIX and CLIFFORD O. RYALS
respectfully shows:
1. Petitioners desire for
themselves, their associates and
successors to be incorporated
under the name of VANCE
ALLISON REALTY COMPANY,
Ine principal office and place
of doing business of said cor¬
poration shall be in Chatham
cmyGeorgia my ’ Geor 8 ia -
of'said^State^’mid ^ 3 Coun?y W
their and
post office addresses are
as follows:
Paul J. Steele. 224 Houston
Street, Savannah. Georgia: Carl
S- Oliver, 812 East Bolton Street.
Savannah. Georgia: John Me-
Intosh. 703 West 45th Street,
Savannah. Georgia: David A
Johnson 643*4 Kline Street,
Savannah. Georgia; Samuel B
Hendrix. 612 West 39th Street,
Savannah. Georgia: Clifford O.
Ryats. 1205 West 41st
Savannah. Georgia.
3 The object of said corporat-
[ ion stockholders is pecuniary gain ^the to its
and
naturp of the business of said
1 i corporation shall be to buv or
otherwise acquire, own. hold
; and manage real and personal
property of every description,
including its own stock and
I stock in any other corporation,
mortgage'or
over gnawed hones. Race prejudice is the poor
white man’s weapon with which he fights for his
gnawed hone.
Negroes have little or no race prejudice and
when they feign prejudice, they do it as a de¬
fense mechanism. As soon as the white man i;
ready to he sensible and sane, the Negro is in¬
variably ready for the question.
Admitting that prejudice and the dollar are
almighty in our social and economic and political
motivations, the question arises which is the
more powerful, race prejudice or money? Money
is obviously true when we review I fe beyond
the South.
The vankees have long since subordinated prej¬
udice to the dollar but in the “Solid South,”
prejudice has seemed the more powerful in¬
fluence. This seems to he proven by the way
southerners we willing to finance prejudice often
at back-breaking expense.
But when someone began to estimate the cost
of race prejudice in the tens of billions of dol¬
lars, he was going to the heart of the matter.
Once the southerner can he brought to realize
the expensiveness of race prejudice, race preju¬
dice will he out and common sense in.
The school equalization movement throughout
the South would tend to prove that prejudice is
stronger; hut a closer inspection will convince
one that the present movement toward equaliza¬
tion is sponsored by the older people who hap¬
pen to be in power hut their children and their
children’s children will have other notions and
will act accordingly.
The contemplated integration of the border
states stems not so much from a break-down of
prejudice as of a build up in appreciation of the
dollar. The entry of Negroes into southern base¬
ball is largely a matter of finances. Jackie Rob¬
inson’s influence on the gate receipts at Ebbetts
Field in Btooklyn was a powerful influence
throughout baseballdom where shrinking re-
cepits have ominous implications.
The too prevalent tendency of Negroes to
“blow in” money for the good times of the
present is weakening the dollar structure of the
race. Nobody wants to integrate paupers and
beggars.
of and deal with such property,
or any part thereof, in any
manner whatsoever, to have the
right to borrow or lend money,
and in so doing to give or take
security of any nature or char¬
acter. and to have all of the
powers and enjoy all of the
I Drlvlle R es enumerated in Chap-
ter 22-18 and Chapter 22-19 of
the Code of Georgia.
4. The time for which said'
corporation shall have existance 1
shall be Thirty-five (35) years, j
5. The amount of capital]
with which said corporation 1
will begin business shall be 1
Five Thousand i$5000.00) Dol-j
lars. divided into five hundred 1
(50ft shares of the par value j
of Ten <*10.00 1 Dollars peri
share. Said corporation shall,
have the right, by vote of di- [
rectors or stockholders, to in -1
crease the capital stock to an i
amount not exceeding Fifty !
Thousand ($50,000.00 \ Dollars,
and to decrease the capital j
s tofk at any time to any
amount not less than the origi- !
rial capitalization. No stock of j
said corporation shall at any,
time be sold or issued to any |
person who is not a bona fide
member of Vance Allison Post
Number 21)33, Veterans of For-
e 5'?, Wars The corporation
sha11 ^ have the ^ Power to include
*n its bylaws anv regulatory or
restrictive provisions relating
to the sale, transfer or other
disposition of any of its out-
standing stock by any of its
stockholders or in the event of
thp death of any of its stock¬
holders,
WHEREFORE. petitioners
pray to be incorporated, as
HOME EDUCATION
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association. 8 West 44 th
Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly ta
our columns.
“THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY"— Froobel
GIVE THEM BOTH
On the bus, four-year-old Harold
was pinching and punching his
aunt because she would not allow
him to have his head out of the
window. Most of the passengers
who noticed, the incident were sor¬
ry for the aunt and condemned the
child. But was he really to blame?
( haraeter development, as you
know, follows plain paths. The
little child sees, hears, and thinks.
Certain desires arise from time to
time and he makes some kind of
response to satisfy each one. His
early reactions to the success or
failure of his endeavors are ex¬
tremely important, for they are
apt to be repeated over and over
and so become habits. This is but
one of the many reasons why a
kindergarten is of so much value
in a community.
Perhaps you will remind me
that, in the homes of today, many
children are carefully guided. Then
you may ask, “In communities
where the home life is ideal, why-
try to satisfied” have kindergartens? to‘let boys’and Why
not be the
girls begin school in the first
grade? A good home, without
question, is the greatest of all
earthly blessings, hut the children !
need both a good home and a kin
dergarten. One cannot take the
place of the other. Our boys and
girls are entitled to the best of
homes, and they are entitled to a
good kindergarten, too.
Without kindergarten experi¬
ences much that the elementary
curriculum takes for granted is
missing, so the demands are too
difficult to be understood by the
average child who has had no pre-
6 Pre ,*’ a ' ation - The first - !
grad t
! tal task ofTk of taking " directions. , JUStPd 40 Even j
1 the ability to listen carefully is j j
often undeveloped.
Again and again, children in the
first and second grades will fail
to answer when questions are put
j derstanding to them, partly from lack of un-
i and partly from em¬
barrassment. A child, at such
times, imagines that all eyes in the
room are fixed upon him. If timid,
he becomes increasingly unrespon-
sive and if he is forward he is
I a Pt to take on a “don’t care” at-
I titude or to find consolation for
his chagrin in misbehavior. Is
«»V wonder th.t where there i,
kinder.arten , P „rti„„ of
the first-grade pupils become rc-
Peatere? M,„ y who are pro,not-
ed suffer retardation, later on, as
a result of poor reading ability.
i This leads to discouragement
sometim es to truancy and delin-
Colors Presented Col
Charles Young Post
Colonel Charles Young, post,
Veterans of America, celebrat¬
ed Flag Day with impressive
ceremonies at their regular
I monthly meeting June 10 by
j [ dedicating to the post the U. S.
flag and the organization col-
I ors.
The presentation of the col-
i ors was a surprise to tre post
[ made through a gift by Ger-
nM “J raiinufav ° a y n<?W chalrman
’
1 tne Planning , 1 and advisory
j committee.
1 The post was very grateful
, to comrade Calloway for thjs
1 Rift as the post has been with
out its colors for o long time.
The speaker for the occasion
was comrode John McIntosh
who made an impressive talk
on the value of an organiza-
flag.
.Other activities of the past for
the month included a unani¬
mous vote to iad in the various
youth and child welfare pro¬
grams of the community: con¬
tributions to the 'JMCA, Girl !
cn-10rl 0Ut . __ blA t,1A ET :
Scout the Safety Patrol _ and I
the Boys Camp. The post is
a member of the YMCA and
the NAACP.
J. O. Meyers is commander
of the past and Samuel J. Jen¬
kins, poblicity officers.
RACIAL DISCRIMINAT¬
ION HERE PUZZLES
GREEK NEWSMAN
NEW YORK. June 4— Report¬
ing on his observations of race
relations in this country. Christ-
on Occonomon. Greek news-
paperman. has written a series
of artiiles on various phases of
the problem for the Athens
aforesaid,
LEWIS, WYLLYi AND JAVETZ
BY: Emmanuel Lewis (signed)
Attorneys for Petitioners
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
CHATHAM COUNTY
The foregoing petition of
J. STEELE. CARL S.
JOHN
A. JOHNSON. nt SAMUEL c a att nr r
HENDRIX and CLIFFORD
RYALS read and considered.
appearing that said petition
within the purview of the
applicable thereto, and all
said laws have been com-
with including the pres-
of a certificate from
Secretary of State as
by Sec. 22-1803 of the
of Georgia,
It is hereby ordered and ad-
that the prayers of said
are granted and said
are hereby in^ornor-
under the name of VANCE | 1
REALTY COMPANY
a period of thirty-five (35)
and said corporation is
granted and vested with
of the rights and privileges
in said petition.
This 2 dav of June. 1953.
(si D. S. Atkinson
Judge Superior Court.
Chatham County. Ga.
True Coov:
(si John E. Corcorman
D°Diitv Clerk. Superior
Court
C’Tatbam County. Georgia
(Seal i
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of paper only.
THURSDAY, jtNE 1*. 1953
quency.
A child’s ability to adjust to new
and more difficult conditions
comes from experience, and the
best experiences can be prepared
for hoys and girls only by one wko
has learned the art through care¬
ful study and practice as a kinder¬
garten teacher has done. She
knows that very little children can
learn, in the kindergarten, the bas¬
ic principles of a democracy. There,
in groups and individually, they
are free to choose the materials
with which they will, at that time,
work or play, and they know they
may use them in any way they
prefer so long as.they do not> in¬
terfere with the rights and privi¬
leges of anyone else. There, too,
they become willing to await their
turns, and they learn to enjoy
sharing. They judge their own
work and gl ow to appreciate'the
efforts of those about them.
Does it matter that the children
learn all these things? Yes, and
l!’ T 10 31 k,nder thpy do artun is our realI ia an.ac-’
» y
agent in strengthening the
foundations (
for a strong demo-
cracy -
It is our part to see that, where-
ever possible, all little boys and
girjg.may have kindergarten ex¬
periences. Let us be personal: If
there are enough children in your
community for a kindergarten And
none has been provided, could jt-ou
not interest the Parent-Teacher
Association or your Club members
to change this condition ? The Na¬
tional Kindergarten Association, 8
West Fortieth Street, New Yprk,
w iH he glad to assist any group in
USP ° f a SI>nt motion-picture fil m
-“A Day in the Kindergarten”—
and a prepared program for a
may he obtained. There
s no char S e whatsoever,
That one’s success or failure in
later life is largelv undermined
during the first six years has
been reiterated to us by so many
authorities and from such varied
sources we real'y should begin to
j believe _______ it. Yet do we? If we do,
should we not seek out and use
j every available mean< to make eer-
I tain that whhZ „„„ WW"' v, , .
vided " S poss ' be educa-
For fi
dnded S ey ™ Wl11 j'h ba “rw? '^ lon ble*|-
W* In R
garten presents, day after day,, >a
way of living that is in happy har¬
mony with the spirit of Demo-
cracy.
Embros, a leading publication
of that ancient city.
After recounting an inter¬
view here with Walter White,
executive secretary of the Nat-
mnal Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People,
Mr. Occonomon concludes that
it is a puzzling fact that in a
country of real democracy, like
States, our great where ally, the Unified
the worker,
farmer, scientist and every \
honest citizen enjoys freedpn^
and colored conveniences, people who, there despite arj /
equal obligations, have not the
right to live like real free
American citizens.”
Mr. Occonomon visited the
United States under the auspi¬
ces of the State Department.
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