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A SOUND AND SENSIBLE
APPROACH
It cannot i>e said that all of the sug¬
gested ways of adjusting to whatever de¬
cision the U. S. Supreme Court renders
,,n segregation case are such as
should be expected from statesmen m
a democratic society. Some of the sug¬
gestions are a disservice to the people
Some of them foresee only trouble and
violence or the destruction Of the public
school systems. To them there are no
other ways of acting in the event of a
decision outlawing segregation. We are
justified in 'believing that those who
make such plans or suggestions arc not
m the majority. Only three or four-
states have declared themselves on the
matter.
It has been our teeling that whether
the decision is favorable or unfavorable
it will be necessary for people who want
to do the just and democratic thing to
sit down and talk and reason together,
white and colored people. Mr. James
M. Hinton, State President of the N. A.
A. C. P. in South Carolina, has asked
Gov. James Byrnes to appoint a bi-ra-
cial committee to consider what course
■should he taken on the court’s decision
Bolstered by the fact that the appoint¬
ment of such a committed seems de¬
manded by the interests of all the peo¬
ple, Mr. Hinton offered his suggestion
to the governor to allay his fear as
to the outcome of the Court’s decision.
Mr. Hinton said:
‘“You are misjudging the white
and Negro citizens of South Caro¬
lina who are fine and law-abiding
and will accept the decision of 4he;
Court. . .You should not shudder
at any decision from the Supreme’
Court of the United States since it
will be based on sound constitution¬
al grounds. ... You are a prophet
when you say there will be litiga¬
tion for years to come. Negroes,
through the NAACP, will file cases
for facilities full and complete equalization
of if segregation is upheld,
and Negroes, through the NAACP.
will file cases to implement the de¬
cision if segregation is not up¬
held.’ ’’
This is the suggestion of one who be¬
lieves in following the spirit of law-
abiding citizens who recognize the po-
sjton of the U. S. Supreme Court in the
world’s best example of democratic gov¬
ernment.
It is unfortunate that Negro Ameri¬
cans face the prospect of having still
to resort to courts to secure the rights
and privileges other citizens enjoy under
the constitutions of a country seeking to
maintain its position of leadership
among the nations. This is a parody
on our protestations of democracy and
the liberties it guarantees. It should not
be necessary to remind the governor of
a state of the great value of the confer¬
ence table to the solution of a problem
that is of such paramount importance
to the people of the state over which
he presides. We hope Governor Byrnes
will accede to the request of James M.
Hinton and thus set an example to other
governors. It must be a matter of
deep regret that there is no hope that
the governor of Georgia would not think
of appointing a bi-racial committee. VV’e
do not know what Mr. Byrnes' reply-
will be, but Georgia's governor stays,
"that as long as he is governor he is
prepared 'to use every resource of the
state police, and militia to keep segre¬
gation.’ ’ So there you have it. Mr.
Hinton’s suggestion is still timely, sound
and sensible.
AMERICA'S ENIGMA
Ever since the beginning of this na¬
tion the presence of the Negro has been
the cause of controversies that have at
times assumed the appearance of being
unending. We say assumed because in
the courses of time they like hills and
mountains in the road, have seemed to
disappear as they were approached.
We beReve with honest thinkers like Mr.
Ralph McGill that the end of segrega¬
tion is certain however much bitter¬
enders may protest and make threats.
The question of segregation poses prob¬
lems and seeks solutions that are enig¬
matic and press for decision. It seems
to us that we are faced w-ith the choice
of being truly a democratic nation or
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not, of living up to our profession Inde¬ of it
as written in the Declaration of
pendence, the Bill of Rights in the Con¬
stitution of the United States, as it is
parodied in the salute to the flag and
the National Anthem; as it is written
in soil of many battlefields from Lex¬
ington to muddy Korea with the blood
of American soldiers; or this country
must through its legislatures or its
Supreme ( ourt outlaw anything, includ¬
ing segregation based on artificial con¬
siderations. Certainly to do this will
mean the end of long worshipped myths,
beliefs, attitudes and traditions. Of
course it be difficult to give up some of
these, but they must either be given up
or we must give up our claim to being
a truly democratic country. As we see
it, we, dan not have two classes of cit¬
izens—first class and second class—and
claim to enjoy equally the benefits o!
a democratic society. How to be ‘‘the
land of the lrv and the home of the
brave” and at the same time deny the
liberties and freedoms of such a home
to 15 or more millions of its people, is
an impossible contradiction. 1 he his¬
tory of segregation brands it as a vicious
system, even in the eyes of those who
advocate it most vehemently. Negroes
want to be free of its enthrallment m
any and all essential areas of American
life. They believe the attainment of
such freedom will make the use of a
state’s militia ridiculous. The history
of segregation has demonstrated some¬
thing else. It. shows that “segregation
is on its way out and he who tries to
tell the peopie otherwise does them
great disservice.” The great problem
still is how to reconcile segregation and
its!viciousness with the spirit of democ¬
racy, with the spirit of people who call
themselves Christian.
mature citizenship
Ordinarily we think of a good citizen
as one who is law-abiding and who
shows interest in the things that have
to do with registering and voting and
with a sort of intelligent concern about
the general welfare of other citizens.
All of which is good and commendable.
But there are other things that have,
in a sense, nothing to do with govern¬
ment, that the government as such can
do little about. We are thinking about
the many volunteer organizations which
do what the government could not do:
support of the Boy and Girl Scout move¬
ment. the UCS, the YMCA and YWLA.
Tuberculosis Associations, The National
Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, the
NAACP and many other similar organi¬
zations that devote themselves to reliev¬
ing and preventing suffering among
people who could not under any other
circumstances provide for themselves.
Such organizations make Americans the
wonder and envy of peoples in other
democratic countries. It is due to these
organizations that unfortunate people
in this country are not .counted among
the starving, homeless, disease-ridden
victims of the world. Thoughtful
American citizens of whatever uue.
creed or color participate in the support
of these organizations that serve ail the
needy in flie country. It is a sign of
civic mathrity to participate in these
volunteer movements.' No argument
should he needed to induce intelligent
persons to make coutriIndians for their
support. Unfortunately, there are those
who are thoughtless irtUliis regard; who
are disposed to let “George do it." Just
now the March of Dimes is making its
appeal to the public, lake othei suth
campaigns, demonstrations of need for
support, and of its great good it has
accomplished, are evident right here in
our community. We are informed that
there are 13 persons here who have
benefited by the services of the Nation¬
al Foundation. We are told that the
cost of caring for a polio patient ranges
from $5000 upwards; that the sum re¬
quired to continue such treatment for
all who are stricken with the disease and
who may be stricken during the com¬
ing year, including the cost of efforts to
find the means of controlling and pre¬
venting it, will be $26,500,000. All of
this is to urge everybody to do his best
to contribute without stint to the March
of Dimes. Polio is no respector of per-
60116 . Let us show our maturity by
doing this.
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BETWEEN THE LINES
Hv Doan (Iordan It Hiuuwk l«r AMD
NEGRO RACE GETS
When two teams are evenly matched in
the contest, the game is usually settled or
determined by the breaks. Very often a
weaker team defeats a stronger one oecause
it gets the breaks. It is even so in the
great, game of life; the fellow who gets the
breaks, gets the greater rewards.
The child of the alleys often winds up in
the electric chair because of the bad break
he gets in his childhood environment; and
the child from the boulevards who winds up
in the senate or White House can attri¬
bute his good fortune to the good oreak
in the game of life that left him with the
access to greatness that brought out the
greatness in himself. The breaks are im¬
portant and becoming more so.
Mediocre men in high position and ex¬
ceptional men in mediocre position can
largely be explained by the breaks of the
game. “Blessed is the man w’no gets the
breaks” could easily be called a sociologi¬
cal beatitude; and cursed be the man who
does not get the breaks, could easily be its
counterpart. There are a few men bom
lowly and reach the heights, and a few
born on the heights are finally found in
the depths, but those only prove the rulo
by their glaring exception.
Too long has the Negro suffered a bad
break in the press of the nation and the,
world. It may in truth be said that the
Negro has been headlined into infamy, for
throughout the world the Negro is covert¬
ly rejected among the sons of men. It is,
no secret that in some parts of these Unit¬
ed States being a Negro constitutes the
greatest crime.
It is no wonder that being erroneously
called a “Negro” is a sufficient cause for,
legal redress; and even the lowly Indian
refuses to allow himself to be classified as
a Negro, so reprehensible has the Negro
been made to appear in the eyes of the
world through an anti-Negro press.
Tne coming of the Negro newspaper has
done much to correct the bad impression
made by the white press concerning the
lowly Negro* The more humane treatment
of news pertaining to Negroes which ema¬
nates from the Negro press is being reflect¬
ed by a more humane treatment in the
white press.
DONORS TO CHRISTMAS FUND
INDUSTRIAL FARM
The Rachel Moore Sunshine
Workers thank the many
, friends for their
'for i; „ the the annual boys of Chriatma. the Juvenile I»rjd
Not only are the boys
* made happy during the Christ-
! mas season, but they are
• cheerful on holidays throughout
i z : zjz setst. r,
certain requests of the boys.
The donors to the Christmas
fund were as follows;
Solicitor, Miss Lula Smith —
Mrs. Veronica Arnold, $.50. Mrs.
Ruby Baldwin. 1.00; Janies W
Brown, 1.00; Mrs. Elsie Brewton.
.15; cash .1C; cash 3.00; First
Mt. Bethel Baptist church 4.50;
Mrs. Susan Dowse .25. Mrs.
O. S. Golden .25. Mrs. Arthur
Grant 100. J T Green .50, T
C Hunter 25. Mrs. Mildred
Hutchins 1.00. Mrs. Mavy O.
Jackson .25, Wm. B Jackson .25.
Mrs. F P Jenkins .25; Mr. and
Mrs. George Jones .25. Mrs.
Georgia King 25; L. D. Law LOO.
Mrs N C Lewis 25; Mrs. Emma
Lindsay .25, Mr and Mrs.
James Lute .11 1.00, Miss M. W.
Maree .25, T A. Millege .50, J
W. McGlockton ,50, Mrs. Rhina
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BREAK
But even so, even today, there is the
subtle apology for the Negro in tire press of
the world, which too often refers to Negroes
patronizingly and with subtle apologies.
Negroes too generally apologize for being
Negroes; while this is easily explained when
we consider the dominance of the white
man’s culture, it is nevertheless tragically
true.
Today, the tide is changing, and there is
the promise that just as the press was a
break ag’a’inst the Negre. it appears that
the television is going to be a break for
him. iThe advantage of television over
publication is the same as that of the pic¬
ture over the printed text. One good tele¬
vision picture will become many more times
potent than a press story or anti-Negrc.
novel such as The Birth of A Nation.
What is more, the television is taking the
Negro into millions and millions of homes
in this and other countries. Since televi¬
sion is committed to selecting the best for
transmission, the Negro is going to get
a. favorable publicity he has never had be¬
fore and the race will profit accordingly.
The Negro could be no more construc¬
tively advised than to pray to God for
prosperity so that the nations of the world
may have ther citizens provided with tele¬
visions so that the world may know to¬
morrow as it does not know today that the
Negro is *no better and no worse than the
other peoples of the earth.
Once this too-long-delayed truth gains
currency, the world will be a l*etter place
for the Negroes and non-Negroes. And it
so seems an age-long sin against the strug¬
gling Negro is about to be corrected and
May God speed the day.
When the television publicizes Negroes in
athletic roles displaying an enviable prow¬
ess in competition with whites, it is going
to revamp race relations in this country!
When Caroline of Illinois sets the backfield'
of- the Big Ten Conference on fire every
Saturday afternoon, he stirs an admiration
that will give the li.e to any assertion that
only second-class citizenship is sufficient
for Negroes
Television is the Negro’s greatest break
since Emancipation.
A. Miller .50, Mrs. Amanda
Parker .50, Miss Mamie Pleas-
ant .15, Wm. M. Pleasant 25
! C.
Robeson .50, Mrs, F. Komnson
.25, Mrs. Laura Rutledge L 00
i Simmons Singers 3.00, Frank
Smith .50, Miss Lula Smith .50,
Rev. and Mrs. C. A Stripling
i
Circle 1.00, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Perrin 1.00, Willie Robinson 1.00,
Mrs. Lucille Austin .25, Mrs.
! Virginia Floyd .25, Mrs. M. B
o 0 j n , 50 Mr and Mrs. W A.
Hai ins j 00 Mrs. Su ] a Haynes 1
,
.25, Mrs. Albertha James .25.
Mlss LouLse Middle ton .25, Mrs.
j L D Prince 25 Mrs Gertrude
j D Thom as 100. Mrs. Albert
1 Thweatt .25. Mrs. E. S. Warrick
2 5. Mrs. Eldora Greene. 25, j
, Mrs Ru by King 25 total, $35.15.
!
Snliritnr Solicitor. Mrs Mrs. A A B. B. Hamlet—i Hamlet— •
Mrs. R. L. Colley .25, Mrs. A. B
Hamlet .50. Mrs. E. L. Washing-
ton .25. Mrs. N. S. Coppagc .25.;
Mrs E, Y. May .25. Mrs. R. G j
2a ’ Mrs * Hattie Moore ‘ ‘ 25. “
ilrs ' T K ‘ Cogsweu “ lrs ’ j
Gipson .25, Mrs. J. Parke, j
.25, Mrs. J. Gibbs .25, Mrs. N. H. I
McKinney .25, Mrs. D. .Fuller
Mrs. M. Williams .25, Mrs.
K. H. Manzo .25, Mrs. E. K.
.15, Mrs. G. H. Gordon
.25, Mrs. E. H. Harper .25, Mrs.
O’Brien .25, Mrs, L. Scott .25,
M," kll.r Mrs. D.
M .23.
' ‘ C ass Mathis^25, . ls Mrs. 1 Coxs a , b
•
, Dwlghfc 50 Mr I3lake 25<
25 ’ A ' -
G. Gwvn .2^ C. Lomu 1 Ot.^J
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Solicitor. Miss V E. Boxx —
Rev. and Mrs. Curtright .50, R.
^ Gadsden .25, Mrs. S. A. Jack-
son - 25 ' M rs - ML G. Haynes .25,
Mrs. Lucile Johnson .25, Mrs.
M V ‘- Hunn-ar .25, Jesse Hop-
kins < Sr - 5C ' John McIntosh .25,
Mrs. Marian Spaulding .25, Mrs.
E - R - Terrell .25. Mr. M. V.
Nichols ,,-25. Mrs. Birdie Cleve-
land Mrs. Nadie M. Bryant
50 - Mrs. Margaret Oliver .50.
Mrs Daisy Bing .25, Mrs. Mar-
gar et Law' t .25. 91 Mr Mr. and u, Mrs. t 1 W. x 7 i
Harvey .50, Mrs. Carrie Burn-
ett .25, Mrs. Marie Jones .25.
Mrs. Theresa Perkins .25. Mrs.
Carrie Roberts .25. Samuel Gill !
25 ‘ Ezra Johnson twenty-five,
Mrs. Margaret Walker .25, Mr.'
and Qjjj_ Mrs. 50 Ed. First Durr Cong’l .50, Robert J
g r , church
Women’s Fellowship 1.00, Mrs.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1951
HOME EDUCATION
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association. 8 West
10th Street, New York City. These articles are appearing
weekly in our columns.
“THE CHILD'S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—FroebeJ
THE OTHER FELLOW’S DOLLAR
Helen Gregg Green
i -When 1 take my nephew
dinner,” said a chance acquaint-
ancc, “he orders the most
j expensive meal on the menu,
Last week it was escargots bour-
guignonne! The boy likes to
! impress me with his French,
and Ire knows so little about
money.”
It occurred to me that, in
many families, the young people
of today know little about
money. There was a time when
children learned its value and
use naturally. They saw that
Dad’s hard-earned income —
wisely apportioned by Mother—
was spent carefully. They were
permitted, when they went to
the grocery store, to pay for the
marketing, and they observed
’ the thought that went into ex¬
penditures,
I remember my father, a suc¬
cessful lawyer, handing Mother
five dollars each week to "run
the house” and telliing her.
with a flourish, that she could
have what she saved for pin
money. And, mind you .just
about every month Mother did
* nd "P with .... pm money to put
illfo ,Iie chocolate-pot bank! It
took “a bit of planning," but it
taught me the extravagance of
spending a large sum for food
when delightful meals could be
provided for a small sum. How¬
ever, no one else could make an
inexpensive cut of meat taste
as delicious as Mother could!
When a family is going to
dine out, if the mother cautions
beforehand, Dad wants us to
enjoy our dinner, but let’s be
considerate and think about
prices,” she is using wisdom
that will be appreciated not
only by Dad, but also, but future
hosts. There is no dobut about
it! No one likes to feel a guest is
ordering expensively simply
from a lack of information. Be
sure your young people under¬
stand the difference between
a la carte and table d’hote.
Then, tell them, straight out,
“If you want to be well liked,
remember your host’s pocket-
book! Do not order a la carte,
if a full-curse dinner is con
Mary H. Jones .25, Miss V. E.
Boxx .50; total, $10.00.
Solicitor, Miss Mary E. Wright
—O. L. Douglas .25, Mrs. M. F.
Grant .25, C. Johnson, Jr. 25,
R. W. Washington .25, J. M.
Greene .25, Mrs. B. M. Hard¬
wick .25, R. W. Riley .25, Mrs.
G. H. Hallman .25, J. H. Law,
Jr. .25, Mrs. S. P. Waters .25,
Mrs. A. M. Seabrook .25, Mrs.
Dorothy R. Lampkin .25, Mrs .
W. A. Dean .25, I. E. Williams
.25, L. R. Bolden .25, P.
Smalls .25, Mrs. F. Waddell .25,
V. L. Rhaney .25, Mrs. A.
Hamilton .25, A. F. McLean
Mrs. W. M. Patterson .25, Mrs
.
Mattie B. Payne .25, Mrs. M.
K. Law .25, Mrs. H. D. Lloyd .25
Mrs. J. L. Blake .25, Mrs. C. P.
Wright .25, T. W. Hardwick .25,
Mrs. N. P. Burroughs. 25, Mrs.
E. B. Harden .25, Mrs. E. P.
Law .25, Miss L. F. Cromartie
.25. Mrs. M. H. Jarnigan .25,
Mrs. J. Alexis .25, Miss M. E.
Wright .25, Mrs. L. G. Mabry
.25. C. E. Hardwick, III .25, Miss
B. L. Douse .25, Mrs. Mac Nin¬
ons .50; total, $9.75.
Solicitor, Mrs. N. H. Walker-
First African Baptist Junior
League $5.00.
Solicitor, Mrs. Nona M, Davis
- Mr. and Mrs. F. Mosley $2.00,
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hopkins 1.00,
Mr. and Mrs. S. Whitley .50,
Mr. and Mrs. V. Rhaney .50,
Mr. and Mrs. G. Hayes .50, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Leftwich .50, Mr.
and Mrs. W. McNeil .50, Mrs.
Lucile Thomas .25. Miss Mar¬
garet Lewis .25, Mrs. M. J. B.
Continued on page 3
Editorial Brings
L p 1 u,,u j memories
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Editor; The Savannah Tribune
Savannah. Ga.
Dear Sir,
While looking over The Sav-
annah Tribune my eyes caught
your editorial, “Savannah's
Military Glory."
Weil, I jumped for joy as I
only had to cast my eyes to-
tcmplated, when there aie
: tablc-d hole meals Vm the
menu!"
Our hospitable friend, Aileen,
invited a dozen friends to a
farewell dinner for her young
cousin, who was on her way to
college.
“What will you have, my
dear?” the hostess asked Betty
Ann.
It was a warm night; the
guest of honor decided she
would have orangeade with her
dinner. All the girls liked the
idea!
“Now orangeade was not ou
the menu,” my friend relates,
"so the dinner cost six dollars
extra because of Betty Anflb
whim." r*
Docs this make good sense to
vou? Should not some alert
vungster have shown indepen-
dcnc by setting an example
and saying, for instance,
There’s milk wilh the dinner.
I’ll take that!”?
Wc want our boys and girls
to be well-mancrcd. gracious
and considerate in personal rc-
, union *■ , p khow-how
does not come ready-made. It
must be taught. Mothers often
discuss, even rehearse, the
proper etiquette for Bill's or
Karen’s first dining-out— en¬
tering, being seated, table
orocedure, who orders, and so
forth—but the practical exhor¬
tation. “Think of your host’s
oocketbook,” is usually left un¬
said.
When dining in a hotel or
restaurant, Susan, an obser¬
vant young person, asks, ‘.‘What
are you having. Mother? And
you. Daddy?” And thqn she
orders for herself a meal of
comparable price. If she is not
with her parents she asks her
hosts, using his reply as her
guide. Her tendency is to order
even less than he does.
Is it not better to have friends
and reatives think our children
appreciative and thoughtful
rather than just clever and
‘‘sophisticated’’? Besides, who
really wants those expensive
delicacies, anyway?
wards my dresser about 9 feet
to look at a photo of C. D, 1 st
Infantry, Ga. State Militia,
taken at Sav’h U. S. Customs
House. It will take a large vol¬
ume of books to tell the history
and accomplishments of the
1st Batallion, Ga. State Militia,
Col. John H. Deveaux, com¬
mander, and Sol C- Johnson,
adjutant, who was the most
1 perfect officer in the state. I
I: was made flag marker at the
age of eight with the Forest
City Light Infantry which had
been the 1st Volunteer Fire
Dept, of Savannah.
1 After Capt. Joseph Myra! I
died, the Forest City Companj S
was merged with Savannal I
Light Infantry; also went Eddie
E. DesVerney and Capt. H. N.
Walton. Co. D became the flag
company. Lt. Julius Maxwell,
after the dcaih of Capt. Walton,
was elected captain and Rev. J.
J. Durham was batallion chap¬
lain.
Thc Forest City Light In¬
fantry. Savannah Light infan-
try, The Colquit Blues, The
Lincoln Guards, The Chatham
Light Infantry, The Lone Star
Cadets, the Young Chatham,
Montgomery and Gwinnett St..
The Ga. Artillery, the only
Colored Artillery in the United
States, the Savannah Hussars,
two outstanding bands, the Un¬
ion Cornet and Middleton Mili¬
tary band, and the Savannah
S'uaues, ages from 10 to 16?
composed the First Batallion,
along with the Capital City
Guards. Atlanta, the Bibb
County Blues. Macon, and the
Richmond County Guards, Aug¬
usta.
The following dales were the
official parade days: January
1st. Feb. 12th, May 19th. May
30th ( Decoration Davi at Beau¬
fort, S. C.
Yes sir. that editorial brought
back fond memories.
Sincerely yours,
Geo. M. Victory
3838 Baring St.
Philadelphia, Pa.