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OTHER APPROACHES
It will be recalled that some weeks
ago we commented on an article in Har¬
pers by Mr. T. R. Waring, titled “The
South’s Case Against Desegregation.”
He cited five areas of difference between
Negroes and white people, which con¬
stituted the chief objection of the South
to desegregation. Nothing has happen¬
ed in the intervening weeks to change
our thinking about Mr. Waring’s charges.
We thought then and we think now that
no matter why these differences e*isl,
if they do, they confront us with a def¬
inite challenge; they impose on us a pro¬
gram that we can and should do some¬
thing about, a program made mare urg-.
ent because these differences are a part
of the last line of defense against de¬
segregation in view of the dim outlook
the South has for success in the courts
where the NAACP has won a string of
important victories because of (hr right¬
eousness of its cause. Rut we quite agree
with our distinguished contemporary, the
Pittsburgh Courier, that “Moral and le¬
gal victories are not enough” to achieve
the goals of first-class citizenship, and
integration with the least friction.
We believe the time has long since
passed when the NAACP preferably, or
some other organization, should work out
a practicable plan for eradicating or
greatiy reducing the differences we have
mentioned and for improving, the polit¬
ical and economic p’otefuialities of the
Negro community. The’ NAACP has the
organizational set-up through which to
achieve fi chic-ve these these goals. goals. We We could could wish wish th that,
Ji would attack t>ije (prplT’in with ,trni
same zeal, 7£JQ onov'iro energy and*persistence nn.l* ,4., , wfuch . r. U *
it employed in attacking the evils in the
area of civil rights. Victories in the
courts, favorable Supreme Court deci¬
sions and the able advocacy of church
groups, and the call fur simple justice
on the part of liberal and realistic think¬
ers, will need to be- supplemented by what
Negroes under capable 1 »h-a-1ri-ship'Yhti do
for themselves.
THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAM
Nothing points up the importance of
suffrage more than the jockeying of the
chief political parties for votes in the
both ss major „x partio, m imnim j,,.. N>v.
fide v ' s n .rss
Court decisions and the fight to get a
vote on the civil rights bill of the admin¬
istration derive from the same interest.
It is nothing new for the parties to woo
the votes ot various groups. They are
trying as hard to get the vote of labor
interests as they are to get the Negro
vote. The dilemma of the South shows 1
how shortsighted southern statesmanship
has been. It has spurned the Negro vote.
Indeed, it has done everything possible
to destroy it out of loyalty to its “way
of life and traditions.” Six million vofei
from the Negro population could have
roil !0me sense to the
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I npnd nrr e ,f f the nfltl ° naI , Democratic
•
Rl 'V . S10it,le P°'
esueciafh nnt ii/ n't,*, i i v ml T0 be developed*
the bouth 1 -n his is in many
-
respects a basic • requirement, upon*which
better conditions, better employment op¬
portunities, better health, bett'e- recrea¬
tion can be built, and what have you.
It is somebody’s responsibility to make
Negroes aware of'the economic v^ilufe 'Of
credit unions, savings and loan associa¬
tions, commercial banks and consumers’
co-operatives owned and controlled by w
^ the 1 J-milhon dollar in-
in control to of Negroes ^! _ ld be * ncrea
These matters and those implied in the
Haring article are remedial and are def¬
initely the work of preachers and
churches, teacher? ’atid ,-chools and col¬
leges, business and professional men and
MORGAN PROF. GETS
ASSIGNMENT IN
TRIPOLI
BALTIMORE, Md„ (ANP)
Dr. Virgil A. Clift, head of
department of education at
gan State College, has been
ed by the Libya Ministry of Edu¬
cation and the United States
partment of State to serve
Tripoli as an administiatoi
sonsultant in teacher training.
D>. Clift will serve for a
year period, from September,
to August, 1958, as an advisor and
consultant in the new teacher
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women to accomplish. We submit that
it is already late to begin this task.
MORE PROPAGANDA
It must be apparent to anyone who
is trying to keep up with current hap¬
penings in the news that the South is
leaving no stone unturned to place it¬
self in the role of the underdog, a much
abused minority against whom the rest
of the country has sinister designs and
whose leaders feel urged to use every
opportunity as a springboard to accom¬
plish two things: (1) to work up senti¬
ment enough to defeat the administra¬
tion’s Civil Rights Bill now before the
House and so to influence the formation
<rf a civil rights platform at the coming
Democratic convention agreeable to south¬
ern Democrats; and (2) to gain the ap¬
proval of the non-South to the South’s
effort to limit the power of the Supreme
Court. The governor and the attorney
general of Georgia are making major
contributions to this cause. Speeches by
these two officials during last week leave
no doubt as to Georgia’s leadership
among the states that have banded to¬
gether to maintain segregation. While
among the states, unless people keep
alert as to the propaganda purpose of
the writings art'd speeches of prosegre¬
gationists and set up counter-propagan¬
da, the impression may get abroad that
the fight for civil rights is under seri¬
ous threat. This could be a real con¬
cern for the timid. Two manifestos by
southern leaders, charge that the Su¬
preme Gourt is trying to usurp the pow-
ers of the states and that the enactment
of - civil . .. rights ... « legislation . . will ... ruin . the .i
nation, and interposition resolutions by
four or five states would seem to mean
no civil rights enactment soon and that
the prestige of the U. 'S. Supreme Court
may be dimmed. However, the whole
outlook brightens when it is realized that
church groups continue to denouce seg¬
regation as unchristian and undemocrat¬
ic, and when courageous writers, of whom
Ralph McGill is an eminent example, do
not hesitate to speak their piece. Mr.
McGill has just recently called upon news¬
papers to stand up and be counted against
all those whose fanaticism leads them to
accuse the Supreme Court of Communis-
plmHH "n any Sion ^.Ttoc'rb whai
Southern leaders are making a lo-t of
noise about their resistance to the decis¬
ions of the Supreme Court and are subtly
giving the impression that the non-South
i ready to agree with the South’s effort
to discredit the Court and strip it of its
power. The asumption is that the non-
SOuth ik naive and ignorant of the Court’s
history which reveals that the Court has
been the subject of bitter attack before
from its beginning one hundred and fifty
years ago, that Georgia and South Caro¬
lina aliave figured prominently in defi-
those who are attacking the Court now
are using the very same language used
by attackers in 1819, who protested “that
powers accorded the federal government
under the decision (McCullough) are ‘em-
inently calculated to undermine the pil-
lars of the Constitution itself, and to sap
the foundations and rights of State Gov¬
ernment.’ ” A competent authority states
“that bills were introduced at least ten
times in the Congress to deprive the Su¬
preme Court of its appellate jurisdiction,
in whole or in part. Such attacks were
made in 1821, '22, ’31, ’46, '67, ’68 ’71,
’72 ic and auu in ui 1882. ioozi. However, nowever, in in each eacn case case
the bills i^iSion/' failed, and the Supreme Th^e Court
retained non-South
doesn’t seem to be disturbed that the
el tort of the South to limit the powers
of the Supreme Court will succeed. The
confirmation of Solicitor General Simon
K. Sobeloff to be a federal circuit judge
may be a straw in the wind.
tiEining colleges.
The assignment is the second
overseas one for Dr Clift in as
many yeais. He served as a
bright lecturer and research spe
cialist in education in Pakistan in
1954-55 He was highly commend-
ed for this service,
A native of Indiana, Dr. Clift
hold' the A.B. degree from In¬
diana University, the M. A. degree
( tom Indiana State Teachers Col-
, i e g- e a nd the Ph. D. degree from
j Ohio State \’nivejs,i,ty. He has
been a member of the Morgan fac¬
j u j ty smce 194 g_
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IT WAS THEIR THREAT OF A FILLIBUSTER THAT KILLED THE SCHOOL BILL
AT I OS, HE’S SEEN A LOT, AND
TO TALK ABOUT IT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ANP).
—“Why, I used to knock my mule
down with my fist, but now I talk
easy and gentle to him. I’m scared
not to. I can’t hold him anymore.”
That’s the way Percy Johnson
put/ it. If he lives until Nov. 9,
he will be 106 years old.
Born in slavery in Alabama,
in 1850, Johnson saw the Civil
War come and go. He saw the
slaves freed, he saw five comets,
a total eclipse, President Lincoln-
McKinly and Cleveland, in addi¬
tion to confederate President Jef¬
ferson Davis, and he is still work¬
ing for a living.
After leaving Montgomery, Ala.,
Johnson worked in Mississippi be¬
fore he came to Arkansas. He be¬
gan farming about 40 years ago.
His fondest subject is talking
about the multitude of things he’s
HARRIMAN
TO ALABAMA FOR
NEW YORK, (ANP). — Gov.
Averell Harriman, who has sign¬
ed extradition warrants for three
Negro chaingang fugitives from
the South, said last week that he
would reconsider his decision to
send Claranee Crenshaw, 42, hack
to the Alabama road gang on
which he had been serving a life
term for the murder of a white
man.
The governor directed his coun¬
sel, Daniel Gutman, to hold a
ing here Wednesday on Cren¬
shaw's petition that Harriman
withdraw his signature from
warrant signed Jan. 16.
After he was picked up here by
the F.B.l. last December, Cren¬
shaw, who had spent nearly 24
years on the road gang, protested
that he would be killed as “a Ne¬
gro who killed a white man” and
then escaped.
COURT RULES ALABAMA NAACP MUST SHOW
PART OF FILES — NOT MEMBERSHIP
MONTGOMERY, Ala.
—The NAACP won somewhat of
a moral victory in Alabama
week when it was not required to
show its membership files, al¬
though Circuit Judge Walter B.
Jones issued a court order
ing the civil rights group to show’
part of its activity files.
Atty. Gen. John Patterson of
Alabama had sought to force
organization to provide a list of
names of all contributors and the
amount given the
last election, that putting the
‘ Negro” on a ballot after a
didate’s name was
tional.
“When they put that word
gro on the ballot,” Price said,
was just like saying, ‘Don’t
for this man.’ ’
Price w’on the nomination
1,219 votes over John Bray,
■white man. Bray had 9,121
Last weeks bid for the
tion was Price’s second
Six years ago, he was defeated
only 52 votes—even with the
gro label on the ballot.
Friee, a part-time minister,
been in the oil business for
years. He will wage a
election campaign against
bent Democrat Prank O’Brien.
NAACP SELECTS
NOMINEES DIRECTORS
NEW YORK, Jply 12.—A
en-man committee will meet
FIRST NEGRO GETS
NOMINATION FOR POST
^ COURTHOUSE
TULSA. Okla., (ANP) — For
the first time in Wstor y- Tuisa
County has nominated a Negro
for a courthouse post.
He is the Rev. G. T. Price, 68,
who was victorious as Republican
nominee for first District county
commissioner.
Rev. Price said he considered
a recent ruling by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court to have been an
important factor in his victory.
The state court ruled, since the
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
seen.
“Jeff Davis used to live in
Montgomery up on Lee street in a
house that took up a whole block.
I know him as good as if he was
kin to me."
And when the slaves were freed,
Johnson says, "I can still remem¬
ber it like it was yesterday. I was
going upstairs and in came this
tall Yankee in a big overcoat.
“Boy,” he said, “You’ve free,’
and kept going upstairs.’’
Percy is a smallish kind of man,
completely bald with a sparse gray
mustache stained yellow near his
upper lip. He doesn’t look a day
over 50.
He now lives in the Little Rock
Industrial District.
Percy had five children and out¬
lived all of them.
EXILE
Crenshaw was convicted at 18
of killing a white man who wa ;
beating Crenshaw's 9 - year - old
brother.
The city C.I.O. Industrial Union
Council and other labor and civil
rights groups had appealed to
governor to withdraw his
tion order.
1 Harriroan’s office said that
Wednesday’s hearing had been
quested by Edwin W. Tucker
Brooklyn, Crenshaw's
and by “others interested in
case,”
The statement also said that
unnamed New York resident
asked Alabama Gov. Folsom
drop the extradition and that
som’s legal adviser, Frank
1 Long, had replied that
was in better position to
gate and reach conclusions
cerning Crenshaw.”
year.
Judge Jones' order directed
NAACP to provide most of the
formation requested by next
day, but not all that
asked.
The organization is fighting
injunction that seeks to ban
activities in the state.
The Court Monday began
sidering a motion by the
to dissolve the temporary
tion restraining it from doing
ther business in the state.
New’ Y r ork in September to
16 candidates for the
48-person national Board of
rectors. Sixteen directors are
three-year terms each year by
referendum of the branches.
Serving on the nominationg
mittee this year are four
sons elected by the convention
San Francisco and three
by the> Board. The
chosen members are Joseph
Kennedy, San Francisco; Edward
Turner, Detroit; John H.
Atlanta; and Joshua
Ambler, Pa. Named by the Board
are Dr. Harry J. Greene,
phia; W. W. Law, Savannah, Ga
and Samuel Williams, East
ange, N. J.
The convention also elected the
following committee on confer¬
ence 1 procedure; Charles Johnson,
Pasadena, Calif.; Mrs. Berenice
Napper, Greenwich, Conn.; aijd
Dr. B. E. Murph, Laurel, Miss.
SLAVERY STILL EXISTS
IN SOME PARTS
OF THE WORLD
NEW YORK, N. Y. July 18, 6
P. M. (FDST) — Slavery on a
large scale still exists in parts of
the Middle East and Africa.
An article appearing in the cur-
ient issue of Coronet reveals that
Saudi Arabia is one of the remain¬
ing strongholds of slavery in the
modern world.
Money from royalties is plenti¬
ful in this oil rich country and
there is a steady growing demand
for domestic and work slaves.
Twentieth-century slave hunters
use al! the old methodis of entice¬
ment and kidnap, plus some new
techniques.
Saudi slave-dealers roam on mo¬
tor trucks as far as French Equa¬
torial Africa, Nigeria and the Bel¬
gian Congo. They choose remote
villages out of sight of the police
or ai my, pretend they are Moslem
Missionaries and proceed to con¬
vert the healthiest looking speci¬
mens to the faith of Islam.
The article discloses that these
men persuade their victims that
the quickest way to ensure an
eternal future in Paradise is to
make the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Upon reaching Saudi Arabia the
pilgrims are placed under im¬
mediate arrest for “illegal entry”
and then eventually disappear into
the slave markets.
According to the Coronet story,
| oft-times attractive girls are drug¬
ged, and transported to the illegal
slave bazaars of Aleppo in Syria,
where they are then sold into the
j harems of the desert sheiks.
If a female slave finds favor
with her master, and has children
by him, her off-springs are free.
B1RCNELLE APPOINTED
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
FOR UNCF
NEW YORK, N. Y„ July 12.—
Mark G. Birchette has been ap¬
pointed chief accountant for the
United Negro College Fund, it
was announced today at Fund
headquarters at 22 East 54th
street here, by W. J. Trent, Jr., ;.
executive director.
Prior to joining the Fund’s
permanent staff, Mr. Birchette
was assistant Bursar of More¬
house College, Atlanta, Ga., a post
he held from 1953. He is an
alumnus of Morehouse and Atlan¬
ta University, both member insti¬
tutions of the United Negro Col¬
lege Fund.
Since its first annual nation¬
wide campaign, the fund has
raised approximately $30,000,000
to date for Both current operating
and capital fund purposes.
An educator and administrator,
Mr. Rirchettp was business man¬
ager and associate professor of
economics and business admini¬
stration at Dillard University,
New Orleans from 1943 to 1953.
Dillard is also a NNCF member
college. --L_--
i ROCHESTER'S SON
! CONVICTED ON
I , DOPE CHARGES
LOS ANGELES (ANP).—Billy
Anderson, soil of Eddie (Roches-
tci) Anderson, popular radio and
television comedian, was convicted
here last week on two counts of
narcotic violations.
Aug. 6 has been set for proba¬
tion heading and sentence.
Shrine Head
Issues Call For
Convention
DETROIT, Mich. —The cal! to
the 1956 convention of the Ancient
Egyptian Arabic Order, Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, issued by Book¬
er T. Alexander, imperial poten¬
tate, declares that because of the
chaotic conditions extant all over
the world, policies, programs and
objectives must be set by the
Shriners which will make the in
stitution more objective.
Mr. Alexander in making the
call public, said, “All organiza¬
tions have always had to justify
their existence.” He pointed out
that the w’orld measures the effec¬
tiveness of any organization and
the need for their continued exist¬
ence and support by their mem¬
bers, by the extent of assistance,
happiness, and well being they
give to that membership, the serv¬
ice they render in their communi¬
ties and to the world.
Pointing out that the members
of the Shrine order espouse jus¬
tice, truth and the common cause
of humaniyt, Mr. Alexander stat¬
that the Shriners will answer
questions during the conven
He said these questions were
well - being, prestige
desirability of organization.
Calling on the members of the
to seek out and consider
of administration and ex¬
Mr. Alexander pointed out
a revitalization of “our work¬
programs” would be at the top
the agenda.
During the Imperial Council ses¬
which will be held in the
Hotel, Washington, D. C.,
August 19-24, besides the regular
of Arabic costumed pa¬
bands and drill contests and
annual parade there will he
10th National Talent and
Beauty Pageant. Entrants in the
pageant will compete for
and more than four thou¬
dollars in educational schol¬
Elected officers, besides Mr.
are; Joseph W. Givens,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Deputy Imperial
Potentate; Corneal A. Davis, Chi¬
cago, III., Imperial Chief Rabban;
Leroy Smith, Denver, Colo., Im¬
Assistant Rabban; Rev.
Henry Hester, Atlantic City,
N. J„ Imperial High Priest and
Prophet; William Henry, Los An¬
geles, California, Imperial Oriental
Guide; Claude E. Watkins, Marion,
Ind., Imperial Treasurer; Charles
C. Quander, New York, Imperial
Recorder; Robert L. Williams,
mingham, Alabama, Imperial First
Ceremonial Master; William H.
Howe, Philadelphia, Pa., Imperial
Second Ceremonial Master; Genoa
S. Washington, Chicago, 111., Im¬
perial Captain of the Guard; and
Rudolph A. Stewart, Washington,
I). C., Imperial Outer Guard.
Blind Girl, 14,
To Share In
$122,000
NEW YORK, (ANP).—A four-
blind girl was ruled legal¬
ly entitled to share in an $122,-
estate.
The gill is Alice Lockwood, who
with an aunt, Mrs. Jo¬
seph Taddie, at 663 Hancock St.,
in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district,
Brooklyn.
Approval of the child’s share in
a 55-year-old trust was establish¬
by Judge Robert V. Bolger in
Philadelphia Orphans’ court. He
her the legitimate off¬
spring of her 83-year-old father,
Frank H. Lockwood, who died in
1953.
The child’s mother, the former
Gina Greco, was his housekeeper.
She eloped with the elder Lock-
in 1948, when she was 24
and he was 78. The mother died a
ago.
Alice's share is part of a trust
up in 1901 by Lockwood’s
owner of a paper
mill. Her share in the trust was
in a suit by Francis
Lockwood, 60, son by a previous
marriage of the elder Lockwood,
contended that Alice was not
latter’s daughter)
The girl will receive 37Vi per
cent of the income from the es¬
during her lifetime. If she
Lockwood she will receive
the trust during her minority.
She also will receive $24,000 of a
trust.
•According to Travelers Insur¬
ance Co.’s 1955 report, some of
the fallacies about driving that
fatal'accidents and seri¬
ous injury are: Pitting speed
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1956
RICHARD WltlGHT, world fa¬
mous author of “Native Son”
and other books, has written- a
personal, first-hand report on
the Bandung Conference in his
new book titled, “The Color
Curtain,” published recently by
World Publishing Co.— 'ANP)
PTA P»oys Slimmer
Camp Closes
A happy group of school boys
returned to the city on Satur¬
day afternoon fciy school bus
after spending a wonderful
week at the PTA Council-
sponsored summer camp at
Dorchester Recreation Center
at McIntosh. The group w r as
supervised by Alex Kills, popu¬
lar athlete and physical Ed.
teacher at Liberty County High
School. Meals were prepared by
George Harrell, well-known re¬
tired cook, who served on a
Government surveying’ boat for
35 years. Assisting him W'as Mrs.
Hutchins, who volunteered free
service to the beys for the week.
Many thanks to the fine or¬
ganizations who donated to
this worthy cause. Those do¬
nating were The Chatham
County Teachers Association,
$50 0!>; The Guaranty Insurance
Company, $10.00; The Hub,
GO. 00; Florance School PTA,
$20.00; Robert Gadsden PTA,
$10.09; DeRenne PTA, $10.00:
Wood vi lie PTA, $10.00; West
Broad PTA, $10 00; West Sa¬
vannah PTA, $10 00; Maurice
Smith. $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Myers, $10.00; Mrs. Elbert
Brown, f 10.00; Mr. and Mrs.
Abraham Walker, $1000; Gus
Hayes, $5.00, and the PTA
Council $55.50.
Serving untiringly with the
committee was Mrs. Lillian
Battiste, whose service and car
were always at the disposal of
the committee; Mrs. Aurelia
Newsome, who has worked with
‘he group from its infancy; Mrs.
Elizabeth Walker, Mrs. Carrie
Moore, the new president of the
council, who also served as
chairman of finance, and Mrs.
Mildred Hutchins, the general
chairman. Mr. Ellis took the
boys on many trips and hikes.
One of the most enjoyed was
the trip to Jekyll Island on last
Wednesday. The Chatham
County Board of Education do¬
nated the use of a school bus
for transportation.
WHITE-NEGRO TEAM
ROBS STORE
ATLANTA, Ga. (ANP).—Two
shotgun-armed men. one colored
and one' white, described as ap¬
proximately 5 feet and 6 inches
tall and of husky build, robbed a
grocery store here last week and
escaped with $200.
Eddy Riggs, who lives in the
rear of his store, said a youthful,
red-haired, fre/kled fa<;e white
man came into the store after clos¬
ing time and ordered a package of
cigarettes.
As he got the' cigarettes, Riggs
said, a Negro stepped into the
doorway and levelled a double-
barrelled shotgun at him.
The Negro cursed, Riggs as¬
serted, and then warned: “Don't
move, d----you. If you do I’ll
kill you.”
Taking the money from the reg¬
ister, Riggs told police, the white
man sauntered out onto the street,
but the Negro continued to threat¬
en him with the shotgun until
he heard the sound of a car mo¬
tor starting.
Then he ran out to the car,
Riggs continued, and the pair
drove away.
of reflexes against the modern
automobile’s super-horsepower;
reliance on built-in safety fea¬
tures to compensate for lack of
care; driving while intoxicated
or weary.