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“The most damaging disease of [hv
litical democracy is that millions of
Americans frankly say they prefer to
vote for the apparent winner rather
than for the man they admit, with equal
frankness, is the best man. To lie with
the winner, they compromise principle.
It is not without reason that Christian
leaders gathered from all over the world
say the capitalistic system suffers from
being too material—that it compromises
with evil in business and politics.”
—Ralph McGill
HOPE IN INDECISION
Georgia’s Negro voters are called upon
by their leaders to split their votes be¬
tween two candidates. It all tilings were
equal, perhaps this would bo a good thing
to do. that is, if they stood to gain by
the election of either of the candi¬
dates whom their leaders urge them to
support. Since this is not so, a wiser
course would be to give their entire vote
to the candidate who has been less vocal
in his promises to carry out plans that
arc hostile to the welfare of Negroes.
We are aware that there are those who
have surrendered to the line of thinking
that makes bloc voting a political sin,
especially on the part of Negroes. We
can think of no benefit Negroes in this
country have received from splitting
their vote. One or two individuals may
have received business favors here and
there, and rumor has always had it that
those who succeeded in splitting the vote,
have been well heeled. But rumor has
also had it that those who were heeled
also won the extreme displeasure of
those to whom they promised to deliver
the Negro vote The worst thing that
Happened was that these individuals of
easy conscience, shook tin* confidence
and dampened the interest of Negro
voters in Chatham County. We believe
nothing has done more to make Negroes
in this city and county indifferent to
the necessity for organization. The situ¬
ation in the state is hardly any better.
Three groups of Negroes have been
meeting during the last several weeks:
one neutral, one for Mr. Thompson, and
one group leaning to Gowen. Those
working for Mr. Thompson are for him
because they believe he has more than
an even chance of being elected. They
are for him in spite of his alleged refusal
to meet in conference with them; in
spite of his alleged request of the gov¬
ernor to hold a segregated conference on
the school question; in spite, too, of his
oft repeated position in his campaign
on that question. We do not know of
course who will' be elected, but we feel
very certain that the people will expect
any one of the four leading candidates
to live up to his campaign promises. The
one who has been the noisiest in declar¬
ing his platform will find it difficult
not to try to carry it out. In the platforms
of all but one of the candidates are com¬
mitments that are ultimately to the dis¬
advantage of Negroes so that they are
under compulsion to vote for the can¬
didate whose campaign promises, if
executed, will contribute the least to
this disadvantage Whatever the outcome
of the election, the recognition of the
necessity for a state-wide organization
of Negro voters is hopeful. The political
future of Negroes in Georgia, as well as
elsewhere, hangs upon the success they
achieve in developing an effective per¬
manent organization. In the light we
have and with the major parties com¬
mitted to keeping Negroes out of their
organizations, we believe it a part of
wisdom to affect an organization that
can itself make “band wagons” to the
discomforture of those whose only goal
is to get on the winning side.
S08FH iHINKING
Perhaps, there has never been a
time within the history of Negro-white
relationship which demanded sober
thinking more than that into which the
recent Supreme Court decision has placed
us; sober thinking on the part of Negroes
as well as among white people; sober
thinking among Negroes themselves,
among white people, and between white
DEPOSED TREASURER ASKS BOARD
TO SUSPEND JUDGMENT PENDIN IG
AUDITORS REPORT
CCU'MBM S C AN.P'
Mrs. Julia Baum Shaw, who
was removed recently as treas¬
urer of the Woman's Home and ,
Foreign Missionary society of
the AME Zion church follow-
ing disclosure of a $9,500 short-
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people "and Negroes. It desegregation is apparent that
all Negroes who favor or
integration, do not think alike. I hoi c is
as much need for tolerance among Ne¬
groes as among white people. I here is
too great a tendency among Negroes to
brand each other as “Uncle Toms” or
hot-headed, or radical because they do
not think alike on the means and time
of integration. The more aggressive want
immediate integration, action the less until aggress¬ the
ive are for deferring orders.
Supreme Court issues its final
Sober thinking on this momentous
question can be aided greatly by an in¬
creasingly large body of thinking and in¬
formation, and a not inconsiderable his¬
tory on segregation. Kvery person who
is interested in doing the best thing on
this delicate task will find important
guidance from many persons and groups
that have viewed the problem more or
less objectively. One such writer sums
up the belief frequently expressed, “that
segregation as a fact oi life was un¬
christian and undemocratic” and he adds,
“within the Christian ethics and the
tradition, the Supreme Court
not have acted otherwise.” Godding
lists six things in answer to
three questions, one of which was, Vi hat
are the obstacles to its full implemen¬
tation?" One of the obstacles which de¬
serves serious attention and presold s a
real challenge, is what he calls, “ I he
Gap.” He savs:
“Among the rural and small-town
Negroes, the rates of near-illiteracy,
of communicable diseases, ol minor
and major crimes are iar higher
than among whites. The rural Ne¬
gro’s living standards, though rising,
are still low. find he is still easygoing
in his morals, as witness the five tc
ten times higher incidence of extra¬
marital households and illegitimacy
among Negroes than among whites
in the South.”
If this is an unsubstantiated charge,
Negro leaders need to disprove it. This
is one of the obstacles mentioned bv Mr.
Carter that can be removed by Negroes
themselves. At any rate, if we have given
even a hint as to the necessity for sober
thinking and the sort of task that will
aid implementation of integration, or
if we have said anything to stir thinking,
our purpose is accomplished.
00R NATIONAL PASTIME
We take this occasion to salute the
management and the players of the Sav¬
annah Athletics on the very fine season
they have had and on the fight down to
the finish of the season. We should
have liked it much more if they had
been able to come out on top, if they had
won the pennant. We salute especially
the two Negro athletes, Israeal and
Pinkston, who have been good competi¬
tors and have deported themselves in
the community so as to win its respect.
The management deserves a pat on the
back because it was the first organiza¬
tion in the South Atlantic League to
employ Negro players and thus contribu¬
ted a good part toward giving all of us
an opportunity to prove that we can get
along together. The action of our local
management led the way for all but two
teams to follow, so that there were Ne¬
gro players in the league who upon merit
alone were able to move up into faster
company. The use of Negro players is
another proof of the fact that people,
left alone by the politicians, will settle
the matter of race relations, not perfectly,
but workable.
We are especially proud of the fact
that the Negro athletes where ever they
have been used have made friends with
baseball fans not because they were Ne¬
groes. but because in nearly every case,
they have proved themselves profession¬
als. We believe baseball has played an
unusual part in bettering human rela¬
tions. and our congratulations to the
Robinson, Mays,’ Irvin, Aaron, Minoso,
Powers, Canipanella, Pinkston, and Is- '
to name only a few. We salute our
everyone of them, for a fine seas¬
and as they say in a noted northern
bailiwick, "Just wait till next year.”
"c >n th« so-'rtv's funds. last
week asked the Board of Bish-
ups and the society’s Executive
Board to suspend ultimate
judgment of her case until "a
satisfactory CPA audit is com-
pleted and filed.' 1
, Her request was contained
in a communication to the
groups in which Mrs. Shaw ex¬
that domestic circum-
I stances attributed to her fin-
ancial dilemma with the board
Involved were a number of
tangled transactions concerning
her property holdings which
is reported to have been
placed in escrow to settle the
THE SAYANNAR TRIBUHB
THANKS TO THE SUPREME COURT”“THE BANDAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
U,
BETWEEN THE LINES
By Dean Gordon B. Hancock
For ANP
OVER ANXIETY A HINDRANCE
I As an incurable horse-racing fan, the
writer has sat through many afternoons of
fine horse-racing, and never betting. Td
observe what fine breeding will do for hors¬
es and imagine what it conceivably can do
[or man, is ali the excitement a sober per¬
son needs.
• final move which oftimes come on the far
ed that the horse that gets away first from
the post seldom wins the race. They let
the fast-starting horse set the pace and
the smart jockeys just “lay back” tor a
final move which qftimes come on thefar
turn, where all horses but those of class
are shaken off as “also rans.”
The reason the lead horse so invariabl”
fails in the homestretch is, the anxiety
that goes along with pace-sCtting. The
pressure is on the lead horse and the long¬
er this pressure can be evaded the better
the chances .of coming through In the
stretch. Leadership involves killing pres¬
sure. which only thoroughbreds, whether
horses or men, can withstand. The histo¬
ry of great race horses is the history of
horses that could come from behind, and
not the history of horses that could hoiri
th n lead from post to wire. ■
The above observation is inspired by the
current “craze of Willie Mays.” It is dif¬
ficult not to be crazy about the marvelous
Willie. So many good things are beingi
said about him and his baseball exploits
are so exciting that the “Willie Mays craze”
is a pardonable obsession. Without doub#
Willie Mays is the most talked of basebal 1
hero of the times. Just a kid and taking
his place among baseball “names.” Base¬
ball is proud of Willie.
Negroes are proud of Willie and the
world is proud of Willie; and this self-same
pride has put upon Willie a peculiar pres¬
sure and one that may conceivably handi¬
shortage reported by an audit¬
in'-. (■ommittec headed bv Mrs.
I Willie Alstork of Washington, |
DC., who replaced Mrs. Shaw
; a. treasurer.
Mrs. Shaw was a teacher in !
Hie South Carolina school sys¬
tem at a salary of $3070 bbeforo
ill health forced her to give up
‘filching. Her letter expressed I
bar that adverse action by
'he church might place her in
jeopard'’ of losing property |
! rights and thereby make im¬
possible to make restitution.
feanwhiie her attorneys,
Harold R. Boulware arid perry
Howard addressed a separate
communication to the Bishops
Council of the church in sess¬
ion at, Louisville, Ky., requesting
acceptance of Mrs. Shaw's re¬
quests and urging leniency in
the matter.
ACTIVITIES AT “Y”
BEING STEPPED UP
With the opening of the
schools, activities of young
people of school age will in¬
crease at the ”Y.” Gray-y. Hi-
y, Tri-Hi-Y clubs will be activ¬
ated and leaders of these re¬
spective groups will give their
time and energy to make this
year’> pi gram the best.
Tile following schools have i
taken part in one or more
phases of the YMCA’s program
in the community: Alfred E.
Beach. Cuvier Junior. Florence ,
streeL’i^Wntt’P/ ' 4
cap him in his chances to equal Babe Rutn’s
enviable record of home-run hitting. 'Wil¬
lie Mays and his 36 home-runs was a sen¬
sation once; .but since the home run fig¬
ure has been standing at 36 for seveial
days without an addition. Willie’s admi
are becoming deeply concerned as doubtless
Willie Himself is concerned, and .Dot
little discouraged at this falter in home
run production.
The fact is, the great glory that has come.
to Willie has placed the kid under a great
pressure such as that felt by the lead horse
in a race. Over-anxiety is behindcring Wil¬
lie and matters are not made better but
worse by starting up this Willie Mays Day.
Why in the name of high heavens this in¬
creased pressure could not have been post¬
poned until later; and certainly until it
was found that he would not be able to
equal or excel Ruth’s record.
It is difficult to think of a more cc.rtah
detriment “to the ambition of the baseball
prodigy than increased pressure thar, will
accompany the increased publicity that will
attend “A Willie Mays Day.” Nobody doubts
that Willie merits a “Dav,” but it is to be
seriously Questioned whether the day will
not be a detriment coming as it does in the
midst of the excitement and pressure of
accomplishing a task that many believed
unattainable.
The current slump of “Mays the craze”
can in very truth be attributed to pressure
stemming from much publicity: Willie’s-
over-anxiety to live up to a watchful world’s
expectation is proving a great handicap
and matters are not .made better bv the
proclamation of a Willy Mays Day on the
midst of his struggle for baseball’s immor¬
tal crown It is greatly to be hoped that
Willie may overcome the current slump and
resume his home run hitting ways.
Springfield Terrace, West Sav¬
annah, West Bioad street.
street. Harris Street
and East Broad street. The pro-
gram of the Y will be carried
to the other schools of the
during this school
Car
Plans are in the making to
increase the young adult pro-
gram of the Y during this
year. Many young adults
have finished high school and
and are remaining in
this community. .These groups
be organized into Gradalc
Phalanx fraternities,
clubs and young married
clubs. John H. Law, Jr.,
offered to help organ!?'
phase of the work
The following dances will be
next week at the Y:
Tuesday, sept. 7. Scaramouch
club; Friday, Sept.' Sept. 10,
club; 13. Golden
social club.
“Youth Speaks” will present a
Saturday 1:00 p m
H. Law, Jr., will have
The Weekly USO party will
held for all servicemen. Mrs.
J. Ashe will be in
All servicemen end
are invited to be pres-
,
_______
BOTTOM OF THE WORLD
Antartica. the bottom of the
has been explored by
‘tfiarTfeh ‘iraUBns antf is
JL *
"That is not the truth, Jun¬
ior! You know you never saw a
lion in your bedroom, it’s aw¬
ful the way you tell what isn’t
i the truth!”
Iiow many mothers there
must be who often say some¬
thing like that to their young
offspring! But how does Junior
feel?
• What was truth, Junior won-
I dered. He knew he had seen a
lion. It was the awful truth
that he had; yet Mommic nev-
j or believed him. He went to his
■ sister. “I saw a lion, a real lion,”
1 he said.
“Why, I guess you did. Junior,
\ but we haven’t been in the zoo
in months!”
“Zoo!” he snorted. “I saw it
right in my bedroom!”
Big Sister looked very angry.
She shook her finger at him.
“Oh. Junior!” she said. “That
is not true; it’s a fib—an awful
one. You mustn’t tell such
i stories!”
But. why. He had seen the
lion. It was the truth?
Junior decided to ask his
friend. Mrs. Patterson. He
looked at the big oak tree, and
; all of sudden he saw a bear
p°ening from behind it. He was
I frightened. When he finally
dared, he ran up the steps to
Mrs. Patterson's porch.
' Hello, Junior!” he heal'd
her cal'. “I’m out here in the
■-arden.”
The child looked silently at
! nf her, and then at the big oak
I tree.
“Come and talk to me out
hem dear.” she invited.
' II io, Mrs. Patterson.”
“H’lo, honey,” she answered
‘What have you been doing
| today?”
“Playing!” he said briefly.
"Good!” she said. “Y'au looked
n anerv when you were up on
‘be norch. What was the mat¬
ter?”
“I saw a bear behind the hie
”nk free!" junior said gruffly.
To his surprise his friend re-
-nonded, “No wonder you wait¬
ed for a few minutes before
coming over!”
“But—«” Junior repeated.
“I understand what is troub¬
ling you. Junior. However, I
don’t call that an untruth.
That’s imagination,” Mrs. Pat¬
terson explained. “Imagination
is good.”
The little boy heaved a deep
sigh. Things were getting bet-
ter. He heard his mother call¬
ing him and he left for home
with the hope that once Daddy
and he got together after din¬
ner he could find out more.
“Well, Son,” Daddy began as
usual, “how was your day?”
“I have to know about the
awful truth and ’magination,”
the littleboy said abruptly.
“Well,” his father answered,
“I think maybe I could help
you, but truth isn’t
Junior. It’s better when you tell
the truth, and not what you
imagine is the truth.” He paused
a minute, and the litte boy
listened intently. “Truth? Why
that’s saying what you know
is right, telling what
happened. If you do something
wrong and know it and then
sa v you didn't do it, or you
blame someone else, that would
really be an untruth, or lie, or
fib or story. I like the word
’story’ for imagination, how¬
ever.”
’imagination!” Junior rc-
peated. Then, in a rush. “But I
did sec a lion in my bedroom!
And I saw a bear behind Mrs.
Patterson’s tree! She believed
me.”
“I know,” Daddy said quietly.
“I saw lions in my bedroom
and bears behind trees, too,
when I was a little boy.” Then,
to the surprise of Junior, he
added, “And my mother didn’t
CLEVELAND ATTORNEY
CLEVELAND. O. — (ANP' —
Chester K. Gillespie, prominent
Negro attorney, has been ap¬
pointed to the membership ap¬
plication committee of the
Cleveland.
American Bar association in
Gillespie served three terms
in the Ohio legislature between
1933 and 1943.
NAACP F,X. BOARD
TO HEAR ,,,< , n iirnAnT REPORT OF •,p
j j£D, COMMITTEE
/
I ^ meeting of the lull execu-
i live conypiiioo oi the Savannah
: Branch, NAACP, has been
j | called for tomorrow, Friday
\ night, 7 o'clock at the Bethle-
hem Baptist church, Cuvier
an d Park Avc, Rev. L. S. Stell,
j j r ., pastor.
j 'dent, ^ w - Law, the branch pres-
'■ reveals that although
reports will be expected from
1 ^ 01 thirteen standing
> committees of the branch-
special attention will be given
t0 work bein R c,onp by the edu-
, cation committee headed by W.
!
! Benjamin s. Adams, vice
' chairman of education, will re¬
1 P 01 "^ on Die progress being
; mado wit -h the school petitions
being signed bv interested Ne-
- - ro Parents. This work, under
Mr. Adams’ supervision, should
be completed in the very near
future.
Inasmuch as summer vaca-
tons have just about • been
j CO!T1 Pl p ted, the full twenty-two
man committee is expected to
be present for ihe meeting.
riaimed 'in part by 8 of them.
Averaging 6.C0 feet in eleva-
' tion. it i as large as Europe
land Australia combined Whales
; and seals are the only mamals
at home in these'frozen Pastes.
TOURS., SEPTEMBER 2, 1934
HOME EDUCATION
Issued bv 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”—Froebd
THE "AWFUL” TRUTH
Janice A. McDonald
believe me!
The little boy could hardly
believe his own cars.
“That’s imagination. We’ve
been reading and talking so
much about circus animals that
you thought you saw them.”
Junior nodded his head up
and down several times.
“Keep your imagination,
Son,” Daddy continued, "but,
before you tell Mother or your
sister, rub your eyes a couple
of times and then see if you
still see the lion or bear. I
think you'll find they will have
disappeared. That’s the best
way. To you, seeing truth, them i;y
imagination is the but
Mother and Sister don't under¬
stand. You can say, ‘Here’s a
joke, Mommie,’ and tell her
about it; but perhaps it would
be wiser to save it for Mrs. Pat¬
terson or for me.”
“So we can enjoy it together,
like books,” the little boy said
happily. He felt a lot better
now.
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