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I Hi: 1 MTIJl) community appeal
The value of the United Community
Appeal has !>o;-n proved in this and many
o fu r communities over the United States.
There should he very few people who are
unacquainted with the services it lias
rendered to the sick, the aged and unem¬
ployable people, to homeless children
and to agencies whose purposes are to
gne guidance and training to the youth
of our community so that they may be¬
come good and useful citizens. Among
11 re agencies made possible by the UCA
for tins purpose are the Hoys Club, I toy
hemic, Girl Scouts, and the YMCA. One
of the newer agencies added to the Hig
Pc age is the organization to provide
belt for menially retarded children. In
ail there are •!■> agencies in the lligger
Pad 1 age which the citizens of Savan¬
nah and ( ha! Isun County are requested
to Mipporl. Because the package is big¬
ger this year, it is necessary for those
who gave last year to increase their giv¬
ing and it is also necessary for those
v\T are helping in the drive for contri¬
butions to reach new givers. It is al¬
together possible that there are some
wlm have never availed themselves of
th 1 in this humatii-
tarimi etfort to give aid and comfort to
the he,pless, aiwl hope and guidance to
tho •' iu need of it. A contribution to
the United Community Appeal is more
than a charity. K is a way to increase
o;i' dignity. self-respect, one’s stature of human
However you look at it, give
generously to t he UCA.
V SURE SHOT
1, ■ lion polls do not always pan out
n the pollster plans or predicts. Some
jjj’ophels are false. Predictions are dan¬
gerous and are often mere guesses. There
& one prediction that under certain,con-
diti'Bis can't miss. We wish it cqpld.
R Iplc Democrats win the House,mid
Senate, civil rights legislation is doomed
for at least two years. If the Negro vote
goer for the Democrats, the House and
the Senate will be Democratic. It’s as
simple as that. Actually, it does not take
a prophet to sec that. If the Negroes in
tue big cities in the pivotal states keep
the House and thu Senate Democratic,
the,', will have only themselves to blame
for whatever happens in the next Con-
P'c . I he tragedy of the whole thing
' c that there is nothing to do about it.
Wc shall have to wait till after the votes
a"'- couidcd' to know our fale.
that '■ the did I ;i)L eilinlrowTr "A pyHl administration ‘h’ to point out
done has
1 more for the Negro, little and hig.
than any other administration since Lin-
1 "hi- Il is true that there are more peo¬
ple employed now, making more money
than ever before in the history of the
country, the little (?) Negro has shared
in that employment. Negroes have been
employed in better jobs and positions in
the government and on government-let
coidrack; than ever before. They have
MON f. BOYCOTT CAR
FOOL CONTINUES
'Continued from Pf»bp Onei
went Info effect Mu* Montgom¬
ery Improvement Association
wins formed by the boyevitters
to help solve their transporta¬
tion problems. Car pools were
formed, to provide free trans¬
portation for those who had to
ride to and from their work.
Bo effp-tivcly has tills move¬
ment worked out that only now
and then is a Negro seen aboard
a city bus in fact,, the boycott
5las been carried on so success¬
fully that 75 per cent of the
city buses have been withdrawn
from their regular routes.
Here of late there have been
threats of legal action by the
city against the operators of
the car pool. This, however,
li3.s not had any damaging
effect on car pool operation
and it is rolling along as effec¬
tively today as it has at any
time sii>cc it was inaugurated
Sunday there was a report
that the boycott had been
called <4f. This proved to be
only a rumor and today the
cars wrvking in the ear pool
were running as usual, carry¬
ing the protestants to and from
their work.
Neither the car pool nor the
city bus system operate on
Sunday and yesterday no signs
National Advertising Representatives
Associated Publishers
31 West 46 Street
New York 30, New York
166 VV. Washington St.
Chicago 3, 111.
Wha'cy-Shnpson Co.
6513 Hollywood Boulevard
San Francisco 5, Calilornia
Whaley-Simpson Co.
65 New Montgomery Street
Los Angeles, California
been subject to promotion in the armed
forces and in government work as never
before. This is especially true in the
postal service. The recognition of the
principle of equal opportunity for the ex¬
pression of one's ability has been ac¬
corded as never before. The prospect lor
further advances is bright. Of course,
this depends upon the outcome of the
election. If the Republicans arc defeated,
this is out and we shall have to be as
good losers as we can be.
GLOOMY OUTLOOK
It appears that nothing can be clone
to prevent (he banning of the NAM'D
from operating in the states of the Deep
South. Five states have secured restrain¬
ing orders against it, which may be tem-
porary in one or two instances, but which
may last long enough to make revival of
its operations very difficult or very .great¬
ly restricted. The friends of the NAAFI’
must remember that the efforts to dis¬
credit it go on unabated and without re¬
gard to the tiTith about its activities,
without regard to the righteousness of
its cause. They must remember that the
laws which the organization is alleged
to have violated were made and are in¬
terpreted and executed by the same* kind
of white men who are also its accusers,
witnesses against it and sometimes tin-
judges. The same people are active in
spreading part-truths and unproved state¬
ments about the NAACP and other or¬
ganizations which champion civil rights
for Negroes. We think the statement
that “our present race dilemma was pro¬
voked and prosecuted by organizations
such as the NAACP and the National
Urban League” is a part-truth. It fails
to take into consideration that the courts
have declared through their decisions
that tin* cause they espouse is righteous
and compatible^ with the sjnrit uf the
Constitution^ add the meaning of the
American Creed.
We doubt that “there is the wholesome
knowledge on the part of most people,
that the Supreme Court's desegregation
decision was unauthorized and is in com¬
plete violation of established principles of
constitutional government,” is proved.
We cite the fact that nearly every major
church organization in the country has
expressed a position of compliance with
the Supreme Court’s decisions. As re¬
cently as October 27, a statement signed
by over one hundred lawyers in all parts
of the country deplored “recent attacks
on the Supreme Court for ils racial de¬
segregation and other decisions.” saying
among other things that “to accuse' the
court of usurping authority when il re¬
views legislative acts, or of exercising
‘naked power’ is to jeopardize the very
institution of judicial review."
Gloomy as the outlook may be, a gleam
of hope survives iu the fact that tho
NAACP and (lu* National Urban Longue
represent ideas, and right ideas do not
die easily, if indeed they die!
activity Indicated what
might happen if stops were
taken to halt car pool trans¬
portation. Before last, December
5 when the protest began,
between 30,000 and 40,000 Ne¬
gro customers used city buses
every day.
APPOINT DR. LYTHCOTT
TO 0KLA. U.
(Uwtinued f, rim T'-ge onei
’owing their annua! fall meeting
icrc.
in his present capacity. Dr.
I.ytheott will serve as consultant
>n chest diseases of children at
ion to giving regularly scheduled
he university hospital, in addi-
linical demonstrations and lec-
irres with the secortd, third and
'ourth year medical students at
the school.
Dr. Lythcott is the only Negro
diysician in the state who is recog-
lizcd by a specialty lvurd. He is
icensed by the American Board
<f Pediatrics.
The appointment at Oklahoma
University Hospital is not the
irst f or Dr. I.ytheott. Previously
he was instructor in pediatrics at
Now York University School of
Medicine and at one time was on
he faculty of Boston University
School of Medicine. He also was
•onsultant in the division of ma
'.ernal and child welfare for the
state of New York.
Dr. Lythcott has recently re-
turned to private praetor lure.
He is the son of the lute Dr.
ipurge 1. Lythcott I. and Mrs.
• orrinc \. Lythcott of Till a. lie
's married to the former Uuth
Louisd Andrade of Boston. They
have four children. Uuth, Jr.,
George III, Michael and Stephen.
I lie youthful phy ieian is also
u'tive in academic ami >o ini eir-
les. He is a member id' Omega
Pri Phi fraternity and Delta Sig¬
ma Kho, an honorary forensic so¬
ciety.
Boy Scouts Fo
Gel-Out-Thc-Vole
(Continued from Page One'
up to get voters to the poll? on
election day.
Boy Scouts, cub .scouts and
explorer scouts of Chatham
county are joining hands with
their brother scouts all over
America by participating in a
nation-wide “Get Out the Vote”
campaign.
The young members of the
local Boy Scout Council will
begin their campaign Monday,
on the eve of election day at
4 P- m • whon hundreds of cubs.
scou,s ailrt exnlorers will gather
in the various communities of
Savannah to receive area as-
signments and materials for
distribution to homes and busi-
ness places. The material will
include Liberty Bell replicas
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUN*
THE BALANCE OF POWER, IF THEY WILL ONLY USE IT!
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Rev. McColldm Tells of the
Following by less than two
weeks the appearance in Sa-
vannah of Attorney Fred D.
Gray of Alabama, the local
branch of the National Associa¬
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People presented ano¬
ther live wire speaker at its
nesting Monday night when
R"V. Matthew D. M'Collom of
o-anueburg, S. C., addressed
'be Savannah branch at Mt.
Tabor Baptist Church, East
Broad and Henry streets.
It -v M-Uollcm spoke for 50
minutes and replied to ques-
'inns for 10 minutes more.
During that, hour h“ presented
to his audience a vivid picture
■* f (ho,, ol I M'kw laoed and the
"UTi'ro displayed by the poo-
a'o of h ! s South Carolina home
•ru-n si pro the start of the
■’•""•enrrreat'on Issue. He admit¬
ted that thp problem still ox-
’"d of how to deal with the
' T <',>rv) of the status nun t.vpe.
""t-v of t.We-e, he said, have
D’e’r rU<ri*pu<; l-iif “,'Vvnr><;p to be
"unvint » j? 0 listed them as
‘he number one n^Mblem. As to
who <-g V “Don’t disturb
o'D-e” in* explained that,
! f o Mourn with a Ptl D. in pn-
DI if 'I seioneo attempts to bo-
.. " 1,0 ;l mndldatc for office in
i bo eove-nment of his town
■'"sinst tho candidate of the
-v'-ioshe race who has no train-
the Negro is accused of
■'•’i' 1 orbing the peace.” Refer-
-'’u.r to those who attempt to
-how that the Bible justifies
•••'"rogation, he stated that, np
" here does God sanction “seg¬
regation according to color.”
The speaker then told of the
Mircats and economic reprisals
"■ain.'it those in Orangeburg
‘o hang on door knobs, in-
cribed with (he theme, “Vote
As You Think But Vote.”
Posters will also be put in
alaccs cf business and show
windows. The Bill of Rights is
inscribed on the back of the
posters and after election day
they may be used as a
rnanent display.
P’RMINGHAM STORE
DISCARDS
(Continued rrom Page Onei
duct charges after he defied the
Jim Crow practices.
I he Hi"'. Theodore N. Nelson,
oO, was found not guilty of
orderly conduct in City Recorder’s
1'iiigt Ralph E. Parker’s court two
weeks ago. He was arrested Or-
t* her l.'t when he refused to ride
an elevi'.tot “reserved for Negroes"
at a place identified as the Massey
Building.
I lu Rev. Mr. Nelson was arrest-
rd on the seventh floor of the
Massey Building, after the
vator operator refused to cknv
him to the first floor.
.Another downtown office build-
ing known as the Frank Nelson
Building, still practices racial
segregation on its elevators. It has
seven “white elevators, another
elevator reserved for Negroes, and
one for freight.
who signed the petition to have
children Integrated in the
former all-white schools. One
man, he said, with 5 sons and
had been a city employee fo* -
20 years, was fired because he
signed and. was told he would
be reinstated if he withdrew his
name. He refused.
As a reprisal against the
small merchants, he said, they
could not buy Coca Cola, a cer¬
tain kind of bread and ice
cream. This reacted, however,
when Negroes stopped using
those products with the result
that the next bank statement
•bowed a decline in deposits of
one million dollars as com-
•'? red with the statement be¬
fore the boycott.
Answering those who con-
d"*iin the NAACP, contending
that “improvements have been
made,” he reminded them that
whatever improvements have
come in schools, voting and
otherwise, have come only as a
result of these activities and
the record will show that for¬
merly whereas $46 was spent on
each white child’s education
only $6 was spent on each Ne¬
gro child’s. He implored his
people to support the organi¬
zation and “let your children
know that you did something.”
Greetings and welcome to ML
Tabor church were extended by
Miss Nettie .Spaulding and a
mlo was rendered by Mrs. Ar-
delia DeVillars. Rev. George D.
Walker introduced the speaker
and W. W. l aw, president of the
Savannah branch, presided.
At the next meeting, to be
held the coming weak, a report
of the nominating committee
be made. Time and place
wlli be announced.
NAPE Should
Sock Aid of
*)lhi»r Cronus
WASHINGTON, p. C.
uoDu-asters have been dismissed
r or the practice of discrimination
■inmng thusiz fired since the change
of administration.
This conclusion was made hy a
“uhoommStbce of the Executive
Board of the National Alliance
of postal emoloveos meeting in
Washington. D. Cl. la-rt week. The
-ommittec. which included the Na-
tional President. James B. Cold).
evaluated the gains of Negro por-
sonnel) in the last three anil ono-
half years and further found that
the segregated pattern of the In-
speetion Service remained, not-
withstanding repeated requests
made representations to the post-
master general to employ Ne-
gross and in the face of the Pres-
ident’s dedication to the principle
of fair employment procedure,
In addition, the study hv the
committee* disclosed the increased
resognition given to the National
Alliance of Postal Employees at
the departmental level. However,
the report stated that requests pre¬
-ented to the officials on the grave
issues of discrimination had be-
come so bogged down in techni-
Talladega To Celebrate
Founders’ Day
Talladega College will cele¬
brate Founders’ Day oil Sunday
afternoon, November 4, at 3:00
o’clock in the Callanan Union
Building Auditorium.
The Founders’ Day address
will toe delivered by Hollis F.
Price, president of LeMoyne
College, Memphis, Tennessee.
Mr. Price has served as Profes-
or of Economics at Tuskegee
mstifute and more recently
served as Director of Fund
Raising for the United Negro
College Fund.
Music by the Talladega Col-
’ppe Choir, directed by Frank
Harrison, will include the an-
"hem “I et All The World Sing”
as well as background music for
a special feature on thp pro-
Tant. a one-act d-nmn. “FEAR-
T ESS ON NEW THRESHOLDS,”
“paling with the early history
of Talladega College. Cecil
inhnson. junior from Ft. Worth,
T’cxas, and Miss Margaret
Montgomery, staff member, are
"e-authors of the iplav.
Talladega College, celebrating
■ f noth
s year as an educational
nst.Rution in Alabama, points
•vith nride to its enduring in-
’erracial philosophy and prac-
'ice.
'•''lilies and red tape that the cf-
'i'ct of recognition remains far
'■om that expected.
The committee also noted the
vidcspvcad use of examinations
or promotions which is now being
messed by the administration. IJn-
this program many minority
■■roup employees, hitherto blocked
lorn positions above the clerical or
Ihtributor level, now have hopes
or recognition of their abilities on
nertt. Even this program re-
iuires careful watching due to the
lighly flexible manner in which
redits arc given for previous su¬
pervisory service.
In reference to the postmasters
’’ missed, the committee felt that
dtitudes of postmasters and local
•ffieials as reflected in grievance
arcs on file in the headquarters
*f the National Alliance of Postal
mpioyees, demonstrated a reluct¬
ance to comply with White House
'ud departmental policy on fair
*m ploy meat procedure.
President Cobb cited incidents of
'nail truck drivers assaulted by lo¬
ad police officers in southern
areas. In such cases, local post¬
master- recorded the incidents as
unfavorable in the assaulted em¬
ployee’s record. Furthermore, he
nointed out that efforts of local
Alliance personnel to establish the
fact of invasion of civil rights
were met by hostility of these of¬
ficials.
President Cobb further stated
in reference to the violations that
’he branches should sock the as¬
sistance of religious and civic
groups in meeting this threat.
Such action, he added, would im-
nlement that of the National Of¬
fice at the Washington level.
The total net paid, circulation
of 217 U. S. daily newspapers
refusing to accept alcoholic
beverages advertising is over
five and a half million, accord-
ing to “Clipslieet.” published by
M'e Methodist Board of Tem¬
perance.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1956
WILSON HUBERT HEADS
NEW CLUB AT THE Y
•
Wilson P. Hubert, member of
the Advisory Committee of the
Board of Manager of the West
Broad Street Branch A MCA, and
chairman of the newly organized
Gavel Club at the Y. The club
will begin functioning during the
month of November. This activity
is an outgrowth of the Adult i ro-
giam Committee chairmaned by
Dr. Calvin L. Kiah. 1 his commit-
lee has been doing extensive study
in the field of adult programming
for this community.
Hubert, stated in a recent meet-
ing with the Adult Program Com-
miilee, that “Today’s men live to-
gether in countless ways. Organi-
zation is essential to life. In or-
ganization men are ruled hy
era te assembly or by outside au-
thority, by democracy or dictator-
ship. Response to the gavel typi-
fies one’s ability to govern himself,
Officers of clubs, P.-T. A.’s, 4-H
Clubs, Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs,
Federal Govt. To Act In
South’s Anti-Negro
WASHINGTON (ANP) .—War¬
ren O!ivy ITT. a top Justice De¬
partment official, said last week
j that his office would investigate
j ified die “purge” Negroes of in thousands the South of qual¬ who
! are being denied the right to vote.
I Olncy the assistant attorney
| general, further stated ihat, he has
j warned a House Committee that
j the Constitution provides for a
sut in the number of represent¬
atives to Congr'xs from states that
j deny voting rights to its citizens.
Olney is head of the Justice De¬
partment's criminal division.
! He said F. B. I. agents have
I been engage I j a an “intensive in¬
| vestigation of disfranchising inci¬
j dents in Alabama. Georgia, Louisi¬
ana, Mississippi and North Caro¬
lina.”
Tbs* assistant attor"ry general
said that inform,-,te n un am*red so
far points out that “thousands” of
registered Negroes “are being
taken off the lists, wholesale, just
because they are black.”
He warned that punishment for
this type of offense provides fines
up to $10,000 and imprisonment of
ten years for denial of civil rights.
“In every instance where we
can show that a qualified person
is denied the right to vote simply
because of his color, we intend to
Gelling a Transfusion
j
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Much of the blood used by over 3 500 hospitals throughout (he
country to save lives of patients or hasten their recovery is rnl-
lected by the Red Cross at an annual cost of over 15 million dollars.
The blood is given by voluntary donors and is made available to
hospitals for use without charge to the patient for the product itself.
The local blood donor operation is held at the Red Cross
Blood Center, Jones and Abercorn Streets, every Monday and
Tuesday evening from 6 to 9 PAL, and each Friday from !):30 \
M. to 6 P. M.
fraternities and sororities, social
clubs and societies will be invited
to take an active part in this club.
Mr. Hubert is a graduate of
Morehouse College, Atlanta School
of Social Work, Vocational Guid¬
ance, Long Island University, JtjK J |
search Assistant, Fisk Univdrsitf J
He is a member of the Alpha Phi' '
Alpha fraternity, The Hub, Mui-i j
Town Chamber of Commerce, So¬
cial Workers Club, Georgia Public
Health Association, Georgia Con¬
ferences, Social Welfare, St. Mat¬
thews Episcopal Church.
He will be assisted in this work
by Dr. R. Grann Lloyd, chairman,
Department of Economics, Savan¬
nah State ♦'•MMjder •* * t
The weejity/, Uf>,Q party for all H
servicemen ^ijl jie held at the Y
Saturday night; 8;30 p. m. Mrs,
Francis J. z^jie, USD Staff Aide
will be in change.
A Gra-Y, ani^ Tri-Gra-A induc-
tion scrv j ce will be held at the
West Savapp^lj School Friday, No r
ve mber Ayler Mae Lovett
j s (| u , pi iacjpijl. Joseph R. Jenkins
,. xe c U ti V e ytary of the West
i. !r „ a d Street Jir^nch YMCA, will
[ )C tj ]e principal speaker,
T)ie training course for junior
hostesses has been postponed from
November-1st, until November 8th,
y ; oo p. m. At this time, a doctor,
beauty cullurist, J, ivic leader will
a <] t i r(?ss the hostesses in attend-
an ce. This training course will run
two weeks to familiarize the host¬
esses with the job that is expected
of them. Senior hostesses are-to¬
vited to attend this training course,
Due to technical difficulties the
piogiam a? planned by Delta Chap-
ter Iii-Y Club of Alfred E. Beach
High School did not appear o,n
“The YMCA in action” last Satur-
day. The group will appear on this
program this week over radio sta-
tion WJ1V.
nror-esute.” he added.
He stipulated that this could
be done after the November 6 elec¬
ta n if Negroes are denied voting
rights. He additionally stated
that indictments would be sought,
soon as grand juries lUeetUti-,,y
hr affected areas. •• .jj }
He told a news conference ihi.. \t
ha reason to believe thcre'is a"• • ■
full-blown conspiracy among pro- 1
segregationists to disqualify Negro
voters.
According to Olney, members of
white Citizens Council and other'
anti - integration organizations > »>i
have be:n challenging the regirffraJf 1
tion of qualified Negro voWrduem tv!
fraudulent grounds. /•■•>;! sINtC
The Justice Department official- I
pointed out that in addition to
criminal prosecution, the South
might lose representation in Con¬
gress because the 14.h Amendment
of the Constitution provides for a
reduction in the number of Con-
gresstnen from a state which de¬
nies voting rights.
The reduction would be in pro¬
portion to the number of persons
involved and would have to be ap-, ’ II;
proved by the full House.
Olney said that in the past, Ne¬
groes have often been denied the
right to register.