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KFnuimi— islukhikd
The vicious nature of the current
fort to give to the country tiu*
aide of the race question which has
receiving for the past two years a
share ol the spotlight in the news,
lead leaders whose reading list is
contracted or provincial to feel that
advantage is on Die side of reactionaries.
This is only appearance for one good
son: right is on the side of the
pursuit oCher of full citizenship. There
evidences of this, which we have
fort presented to give often the in South’s this column. side of the The
tuie I*vqiicntly shows signs of panic and
hysteria winch, of course, make reason
and Ijisii'-1 Approach impossible.
II i> interesting to note thal so many
of those who feel called upon to defend
the Voukh, fall into errors which indi¬
vale that Ills writers are ignorant about
tin" hislory of "the Negro” and about
d'trardcd scientific beliefs, and discred¬
ited inlcrpi i»lat ions of Biblical history,
ironic ol the things those folk say would
he amusing if the matter wasn't so se¬
rious. The real trouble, however, is that
Luo are so obsessul with their fears and
prejudices (hat they refuse to go to 1he
lutnrjuatiou they can tie sure about. The
o*t i itn-like .at iit ude is always a stupid
approach to any question.
I'wo recent let lyr-w riters have shettvn
’AVat they were hardly competent to write
“about tiio background of “the Negro" he¬
tman they knew too little about it, or
about flic NAAC1’ because they know too
f*i lle of its true aims. It is not nee-
about <;ry the to decisions connifeiit on a u y statements
of the Supreme Court,
or about what the J.iblc is supposed to
ay about segregation, or about any as-
; umed analogies between human beings
and lower animals whose existence is de¬
termined by the law of the jungle: “eat
or be eatcir.”
in a real sense, the'ban placed on malt¬
ing sources on Negro history and accom¬
plishments available to our schools and
i alleges is a tragic misfortune. The con-
ecquent lack of informal ion makes il easy
for one to believe that “the Negro" is only
8(H) years removed from jungle savage¬
ly. One so limited could not know that
the reels ol Negro achievement lie deep
in a period w hen long before the Britons,
for instance, emerged from savagery
which Tacitus, Unman historian, dc-
scribed, Negroes were working w ith iron
!• melting and doing metal work of nota¬
ble quality iu Africa. No description of
Neero savagery, that we have seen has
quite matched that given by Tacitus.
11 is true that Negroes were in Kgypt
( \ I i>ic i) w hen Alexander wept because
there were no more lands to conquer.
I bev had to l>« because they were there
thou ands ol years before Christ, and
wee delivered probably there when the* Hebrews
were from bondage*; “when they
eanie' out “learned in all the wisdom
the ITiv plians.” Not a few of the* I’ha-
i uoh • ol hgypt were either Negroes or
of Negro ancestry: Seti, the Great, Ak-
nenaton, his beautiful queen, NetVrtiti
Sfuelonts < ieopatra s father and grandfather.
lepovv that the* earliest gods of
Bonn’ jnid (iceore came* from Kgvpt where
they were originated In Nubian and Su-
^an nal iv es. home auel Greece also w ere
beamed The record in flic A long wisdom aih! glorious, of Kgvpt. . . .
<■* give too h in this too long
nine short spac e*. Bod-
bird—bluebird, tftout, calf. mule. Nc-
, gi'eves and white* people are not these, not
.SAY c;A. RAH WAY
MUST PROMOTE
H nut le led limp l’ags ctnel
t sin and Major Threat claimed
that prior to the institution of the
•*Sti•; th" isiloav company at opt
ted bargaining agreements from
the Brotherhood of Railway Trnin-
^mcn on c”!idR<"Hs of employment
;f J employment pi act ices.
£ys The negotiations between the
•Railway cempaiiy and the Brother
hood dejprived colon I employee.-
of jobs and employment opportuui
tie- whit li were made available l>
white trainmen who were theii
•juniors.
After studying this prutedun.
the District Court granted an in
junction against belli the railway
company and the Brotherhood for
bidding furlhe! discrimination
against cokoed trainmen.
I be i»m‘ was carried to the
Court of Appeals which recognized
that "such discrimination on ac¬
count of lace and color is unlaw
ful.”
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animals. Precisely because* they are not,
they are human beings.
THE ELECTION OVER
We know now if the pollsters, party
analysts and political prophets made true
prognostications of the election results.
We know now how well Negro voters
lived up to the expectations of their lead¬
ers, how much they were influenced by
what the parties have done* or claimed
to have done for them, how much they
sensed the importance of their vote upon
their future and that of the country.
it remains now tee see what sigiiiiicance
the attempt to organize an effective Re¬
publican organization in the South will
have for Negroes. A recent event here
in this city may indicate the trend to
which such organization will take. If
Negroes are to be excluded It Ain organi¬
zational planning, from participation in
policy making and policy execution, they
will be no better off under a two-party
system than they are under the present
system. The outlook j«n t promising if
party meetings are to be held in hotels
or on club premises which exclude Ne¬
groes. Negro political leaders have it on
their hands to secure in the beginning
reasonable recognition of the Negro’s po¬
litical aspirations. Of course, candor re¬
quires the warning that leadership wall
be entirely; different from vvli.it it used
to be. ; It will have to recognize the need
for new ideas and new approaches to
the problems of holding the organization
together. It will have to recognize the
fact that the rank and file of those who
• will compose the party, so far as Negroes
are concerned, are far more literate and
intelligent than their parents were in the
days of llenr.v Lincoln Johnson, William
Pledger, Henry Hacker, Thomas Malone
and Ben Davis. The comparatively large*
number of Negroes who have been rall¬
ying themselves Democrats will not make •
•^lic task of organizing Negroes into the
Republican Party an ea v one. We shall
look forward to sooing a good job done.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
<* h.ivi* (t'll il a sort ol nbligafmn to
remind our readers now and then of the
necessity for keeping up with wind cur¬
rent sources of information on events
now and pipit, in which Negroes are or
were involved. The daily newspapers are
the most correal. We include Negro
weekly newspapers ihev as an important
source because print news and in¬
formation that daily newspapers fail to
print for various reasons. One daily and
one weekly newspaper should constitute
the, minimum reading diet for every fam¬
ily in which there are one or two road
ers. This diet eonld be tijqilcmenled by
a variety of the best magazines available
id all libraries. For the family a I it tic
bolter off, tbo reading list should include
a good weekly edition, Ner.ro or and
w hile, printed outside our community. A ■
the economic .status of the family ri *
.
a good magazine should be added. Nat¬
urally we think the Savann ih Tribune
should be on your list. There are any
number ol other rood Negro weeklies to
add next. Some ol them have special ap¬
peal to suit different readers. We think
among the magazines. Fhouy deserves a
place, because of its reporting pietorinlly
ot what Negroes are doing, now making
worthwhile contributions to, .American
progress. I'o those to whom il is avail¬
able. we suggest reading this month’s At¬
lantic Monthly. I
Respondents arc members
the craft or class of
employed by She (Vulval of
gia Railway Go., who have
st anti. 1 1 periods of
service. They served either
break men in road service or
switchmen in yard service.
exclusive bargaining
stive has been the.
of Railway Trainmen which
■ bided them from membership
cause ef their rare. v
A cross-intition filed hv the
DOUuont^ , , i ... was also , rofuse«l . , ,
‘lie Supreme Court. Tlie
*nts had asked, however, that
oet it ion he granted only if tlu
IVrit of Vertorari had been
■il the petitioners.
STATE 4 H CHAMI'S
TO BE NAMED
'Continued from Rare tuipi
heir meeting at !* a. m. on
loth, and following a talk
Charles It. O'Kelley, state Exten-
>imi .Service agricultural lender,
'then:., at 9;,' 10 they will get un-
lei way with competition in their
I arming and liomeniaking activi-
ties.
I < I1 members of the l .xtensiim
''”**'*1 ;i * ' niversity will serve
as ls judges. ’ r They ^ bey an are Mis- Mary
’*’ ll,l ’ >1 MH-cialUt; Mi-s
l-neib* Higginbotham, inalth sne-
i 1 '' 1 Mi"- V' ■ a Mir: 'sell,
J .-'otbinj? special: i; - Khmiwyn
; Lewerv, asvistant state l-ll lcad-
or; Miss ,, Marian ,, risher, ,, sistani
a
| '' H I'adrr: It. 11 Gool by, agri-
cultural engimvr; I . H. I'ii >mas.
-oil conservationist; II. \Y. Ben-
| I1C „, ,yman; Raul (Tawf-uxi.
| agricultural engineer, and Harold
Darden, assistant 1-11 leader.
Annouilcemei.t of winners and !
presentation of awards will high¬
light the program Friday morn¬
ing. Novcmbi'! In. Tommy Waitoii,
still* I H Ck-.b leader, \gricul-
tural Extension Service will make
I the principal speech at 11 ;30.
TRF SAVANNAH TPIHrW*
74V// SYMPHONY
,T ECINS 4th SERIES
MONDAY
WILLIAM LEWIS, TENOR
The Savannah Symphony Or-
‘icstra, which has been lauded by
critics as one of the
finest symphony orchcs-
ras -hire its formation only three
ago, will begin its fourth
eason next Monday evening with
convert in the Savannah Munich-
Auditorium. Chuuneey Kelley,
of the group since its
-option, will direct the concert.
William Lewis, tenor,star of the
Opera Company and
of the television show ('av¬
al's Hour, will be guest artist.
generally rated as one of
Imerica’s outstanding young sing-
1 -s. vvil lie heard in four operatic
with the symphony.
Lewis, who turned down a con¬
to play short-stop with the
lands Cardinals several years
-o that he could pursue lie
as a singer, is a winner of
Metropolitan Opera Auditions
the Air. He has been praised
■ i ills i lies in the NBC Open
el. vi-ion productions and with tin
(Conn.) Mozart Festi¬
The concert will have as il
"Opera Night at the Sym
ami all selections, inclini¬
ng the on hr.-tral numbers, will he
from famous operas.
NIL
■Cm.timed from Page One>
i i general ranged fron
- ini-lly 'o in<!i f fereiit. For ever
i"h warm greeting a* that mad-
the upperclassman, there wer
other wldle student' will
Ante, ■ Lie -i iyrjs..
But the ini re<ling thing about
whole procedure is that thcr-
hern little or no outward pro
Is since the first s'ep ter ml
Negroes to Ihe gi'mlusle s’-ho<>
laic n u year ago by tlu* Stair
(font. The high court
uhil then that three N eg roe
be admitted to the gnuluaP
cho 1 J.
.‘-'h'lient I ido and universit;
tell a story of placid Iran
Although white student:
show surprise or dislike wliei
Negro joins their cia- . imlhiiu
an “incident” ha-
’ n reported.
Waiti r Van Rruen Holmes, a
freshman there who set a
rodent by becoming a number
1 tlic school band said: “.Some
been especially friendly Die
are just students as I am.”
17-year-old North UnPolina
i ;te freshman said lie won a
welcome from members of
bund.
Terry Lathrop of Asheville,
late college senior and wing com¬
of the Air Force KOTC
said three* Negro freshmen
be* n absorbed into the unit
difficulty.
“ 1’pUi! indifference” is the fed
sensed by James M. Nolan of
Statu College student
Says Nolan: "Kvcry-
seems to take it for granted.”
But one reason for the smooth-
- with which integration lias
achieved here, is because of
c limited number of Negroes in¬
The total enrollment of
at the university and its
arc a handful out of
hmisamis of whites.
Two Negro girls, tin. 1 first of
race to attend Women's Col¬
were integrated into more
2,300 white girls. Ninth
State’s enrollment is uj>-
of 5.500 students. Out of
there arc only four
Among 7,000 stu-
in the graduate school at
Hill about a dozen arc Xe-
The two Negro girls at Women’s
share a dormitory room
>ut none of the Negroes at North
State have requested
spare. However, they share
cafeteria, library, student
and gymnasium facilities
white students.
Outside the classroom, few so-
lints have leer, crossed.
Training Course At Y
For Junior Hostesses
The first session of the Junior
hostess training course will take
place at the West Broad Street
branch YMCA Thursday even¬
ing. Nov. 3, at 8 0) p.m. Speak¬
ers will be Dr. H M. Collier,
Jr. Mine. Carrie Cargo and
Mrs. V/illDm A. Harris. Senior
ho-'esses and parents are in¬
vited to attend. Attendance
•rrtifiea'os will be issued to
those hostesses who attend the
two weeks training course.
The board of managers and
advisory members will meet at
the V Wednesday, Nov. 14. 8:00
pm. Dr. Ft M. Collier, Jr . the
chairman, will preside. An ap¬
peal will be made to the group
■-V E A. Bertrand, chairman of
th<* y World Service Committee
in regard to contributions for
;
1156, A similar appeal will be
made by Mrs. Dorothy U Ad¬
ams, chairman of the John R.
Mott Fellow, hip Fund.
The first meeting of (he Y
Gavel Club will be held Nov. 21
J at 8:09 pm. at the Y. Letters
have none to all principals. PTA
* *! esidents, clubs and organiza¬
tions to send a representative
I *o the first meeting. Wilson P.
Hubert, chairman of the club,
will be assisted by Dr. R. Grann
Lloyd In setting up the club.
Square and folk dancing un-
■ , pr the supervision of John H.
•T V )es will take place Friday
"veiling. 8 00 p m. rt the Y. All
mterested persons are invited.
The Senior Hi-Y Club of
WoodviJle school, James E.
uten, principal, will be pre-
ented on "The YMCA in Ae-
'ion." program Saturday, Nov.
’0. 1:00 to l:?>0 p. m. This pro-
. ram will be presented over
-adio station WJIV, Frank Free¬
man. announcer.
The Christian Emphasis com¬
mittee of the Y met this week
nd accepted the goal of poki¬
ng all junior and senior high
-hool students in regard to
heir interest in Christian work
s a career. The result of this
urvey will be turned over to
he three Mini terial Alliances
•i the city. These attending
m-o M. W. Washington, chair¬
man, El i. George E. Jenkins,
ir. Thomas E. Brooks, Joseph
*. Jerkins.
Joseph It. Jenkins, sccrctary-
urer rf the state assocla-
um of YMCA Secretaries, will
,t,teud the annual meeting of
he meioeiaUon Nov. 9-10 at the
tickle Street Y in Atlanta.
The weekly USO party for
ervienuen will he held at the
r Saturday, 3 80 p. m. Ail scr-
icemen are invited to attend
Mrs. Francis J. Ashe, USO Stall
\ide, will be in charge.
Titfs HeU Yesterday
'nr Rou'^dfii’ld
Funeral services were held
Lfurrlav at Second Baptist
■brnrh for Ra n R.oujadflold who
Led Wednesday of last week at
his heme 114 East Forty-first
ireeL He had been sick for
•everal months.
The funeral of the well-
known Baptist lay leader and
fop years a prominent worker
th sternal qn*,enizations was
1m#Tv attended, the Rev E. in P.
Quarterman, pastor, being
charge of the services.
Mr. Rounc’fiekl who was 85
years old and a native of Sa¬
vannah, was an employee of
the municipal laboratory where
he worked for 30 years prior to
his retirement five years ago.
He was a deacon of the Second
Baptist church.
He is survivor', by his wife.
Mrs. Florence Roundfield: a
daughter. Mrs. Lottie Round-
field French of Jersey City. N
J.; and two sisters, Mrs. Lucile
Charlton. New’ York City, and
Mrs. Laura Washington, Jersey
Cit.v. N. J.
Interment was in Laurel
Grove cemetery, and the fune¬
| ral arrangements were in charge
of Monroe Funeral Directors.
Nrr.R0 VOTERS IN
PIERCE COUNTY
iConuuutxt tvum Luge onoi
( Hmfinv at an August IT hear¬
i ing here failed to support con¬
! tentions that 130 Negroes had
: been struck from the list sum¬
marily after challenges by a
Patterson, Ga., construction
worker. John C. Parker, whose
j motives were never brought out.
:
j The complaint against the
registrars was made by some
' of the most prominent Negroes
I of Pierce county who are de-
iennined to further pursue
•heir effort to have their names
placed back on the voting list.
HOUSING LEADER TO
ADDRESS NAACP
'Continued from Page One)
effected by tile proposed urban
reiievelopim*" t housing program.
President Law said that he hopes
ill citizens will realize tire impor-
'.am-c rif the meeting and will at-
| tend.
Mr. Jones was formerly on the
-.(a if of the Federal Housing Ad-
ninis!rati in a a racial relations
officer. Previously he hail been
associated vvi li the President's
Committee on Fair Employment
Practices, as an examiner. In the
| Litt *t rapacity lie served for sev-
j -ral months as a-ting examiner in
harge of the New England Re¬
gion of the FEI’C.
In the period between his two
T’desal government ports Mr.
I lories was administrative assistant
to the NAACP executive secretary,
j He also has served as director of
.vouth wotk for the NAACP and as
sex-re!ary of the Bridgeport, ( otin.,
YMCA. He was graduated from
St. John’s University in Brook¬
lyn and pursued further studies
in political science at Columbia
University Graduate School.
Mr. Jones i a member of the
following Boards and Committees:
National Housing Conference;
! Housing Advisory Council, New
York State Commission Against
Discrimination; United Seaman
Service, Executive Committee;
Consumers’ Interest Advisory
Committee, F.H.A.; Advisory
Council on Urban Renewal Urban
Renewal Administration; National
Committee on Discrimination in
Housing; New York State Com-
I mittce on Discrimination in IIous-
| j ing; and Committee on Civil
Rights in Manhattan.
Lewis Callen Dies
New York City
Word was received in the
city Monday of the death of
| Lewis Cullen which occurred at
Tis residence in New York Ci'y
where the burial will be held
'oc’ay (Thursday).
Mr. Cohen who was a native
: Savannahian, had lived in New
j York for many years. He was
Lie first principal of Beach
high school which at that time
was operated in the bull dins
j at Price and. Harris streets.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Margaret Massey Cullen;
two brothers, W. D. Gallon of
L’iariosi an. S.C.. and King Cal-
,n n of Detroit ■ and one sister,
Mrs. Florence Cullens Nichols of
this city. lie was also the bro¬
ther of the late Frank Gallon,
j well known director of the
| Savannah Boys Club.
MAN SNATCHED FROM
JAIL AND FEARED
CimuiiuiM I ruin t .igi One*
bad two other small cuts on
Hie face but added his condi¬
tion was good.
State investigators said he
IK tooih AtimVERSA R Y
i A_ cMrbration rrri
Co&k&i *7, ^aihinqioft CesUennial
lie action of the 84th Congress of the United States, appropriating $225,000 t»
ce’oorr.ie ^ h' p centennial of Cooker 1. Washington, lends opportunity to reappraise the
great educator s contribution to Negro advancement.
I o properly understand hooker I. Washingtons historical role, it must he appreciated
that lie i imc to Hie forefront during the lowest ehh of race relations in America. At that ’’ '
I hue the Negro faced almost complete denial of the great promise of freedom brought by the
Civil \\ ar and Reconstruction, and seemed facing extermination.
What the Negro needed in the It 590's was time and weapons to combat the evil influ¬
ence of liis enemies and detractors. He needed reassurance of his potentialities, opportun¬
ities and a program for realizing them.
Booker i. M ashington supplied both. His diplomatic approach to race relations stayed
ti e hand of his enemies and revived the svnipalliy of his friends. It was time for com-
promise, rather than attack; time for reorganization and preparation for coping with the
harsh period ahead.
There being no place for the Negro to go, Washington advised him to stay where he ne
was. to prepare himself to deal with the problems of his environment, and to make a truce
vv.ih I he and surrounding white people. Tins meant discipline, education, sobriety, health,
industry thrift.
4 hr results of this campaign became universally evident, not only in the growth and
expansion of the school which lie founded hut also in the organization of self-help efforts
which redounded to Negro’s advantage and made hint a more valuable citizen in the
community.
II i- therefore entirely fitting that in 1956, the eeritennial of the birth of Booker T.
Washington in a slave cabin in Franklin County, Virginia that all friends of the Negro
, should extend themselves to publicize the philosophy and programs
of this inspired man who did so much to help resolve the racial
confliet in America.
I mlcr the sponsorship of the Booker T. Washington Centennial
Commission "f Booker Washington Birthplace. Va.. headed l«v the
redoubtable Sidney J. Phillips, 1956-1957 should bring to tire atten¬
tion of America as never before the contribution of one of its
greatest sons. «
Ceorgf. S. Schuyler
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•SATURDAY, NOT. ID, 1S5«
An Appreciation of
Joseph Wallace
By Mrs. Emily G. Ravcnel
Recently, in the new home of
the St. James Methodist Church at
632 East Broad street, was held
the funeral of Joseph Wallace, a
member of the congregation for
10 years. As Brother IL B. Hanna,
his contemporary, testifed, his had
been a life consistent in kinduos,
reliability and integrity. The old¬
est member, Brother P>. 1’. White,
spoke of Wallace as being a mem¬
ber of the whole church -lie was
a trustee, one of the deacons, the
superintendent of tbo Sunday
School, and was also a leader of a
Boy Scout troop. Mrs. Eugenia
Durden, one of the .Younger mem¬
bers, gave a short history of his
life and told of his influence with
the young people.
Joseph Wallace was born in
Kul a la. Ala., in 1887, the son of
Henry and .Josephine Wallace. In
11125 he married Miss Susie Sim¬
mons, who survives him.
On coming to Savannah in 1010,
he started working with the Mer¬
cer Really Company, and was their
head construction and repair man
until IPs strength failed two years
ago. He was out in all weather,
dealt with people 1 in all walks
of life and of all dispositions.
Mr. Nick Mumalakis <>f the
Mercer company, could make no
testimony greater than had been
said by the people of his church,
hut agreed that in the business
world it was his reliability, his
courtesy, and his courage that en¬
deared him to those who knew
him.
Ilis service at the new St. James
was flogged at a barren spot
five miles from Wildwood and
then released. He was discov-
cred Saturday at the home of a
olind Negro preacher in Anda¬
lusia by the F.B.I.
Woods will remain at Raiford
for protection until he is need¬
ed to testify as a witness
against his alleged kidnapers.
Being held on kidnap charges
are George Altman, 25, and
Jack L. Sands.
/Oil I .1
Collier’S takes you to
CiiMon, Tennessee, "
for a close up report
on the courageous
fifteen year old •
Negro boy who
stirred a nation
—simply by
going to
school
;
in Collier's... out today
Ciowell Coiliei Pub Co, 640 fifth Ave NT, 13, N, J.,Publistai ol Woman's Home Companion, Callm's
Church was a sharp contrast to
that whiih would have been held
could the congregation have re
tabled the little white church that
stood at Perry and Boundry
streets—alone in its beauty—when
the Old Fort Settlement was torn
down to make way for the Wes-
sels Homes. The Melody Theater
which the congregation bought, is
u huge building, well lighted and
heated, with room for growth. A
simple churchly dignity is given
to the former stage, now the chan¬
cel, by the pipe organ which is
fitted into the rear of the chancel,
flanked by two mahogany pedes¬
tals moved from the old church.
The white-robed choir sits in front
of the organ pipes and the read¬
ing stand, also mahogany (from
the old church), completes the fur¬
nishings. The pews wilh carved
ends and graceful lines fill only
a third of the auditorium central
sitting space. Nothing has as yet
been done to the walls and the
floor.
This church is almost paid for,
comfortable as U> essentials, with
nothing as yet spent on decora¬
tions, and dispels by the sim¬
plicity of its furnishings the feel¬
ing of its having been a theater
on a street that is< crowded with
the tilings of the world.
What would he the sensation if
one could come into this building
with its high ceilings, and wall £ alLs
painted in churchly design,
colors blended to give a fueli?
of reverence and awe? Only then
will one feel that Joseph Wallace’s
work on this earth is completed.
This new St. James Church will
carry on with the same courage,
with the same sense of real values,
with a patience to wait, and not
accept the tawdry, hut to attain
real beauty. Theirs is a coiigrega-
| tion with a background of culture
■ and refinement. Their furnishings,
i their choir of well blended, well
! trained voices, the church mem-
! hers and their minister, the Rev.
Msretis "Burke, who is young and
vital,' tiiti i' former pastor, the Rev.
| (’. IT Knight, who came to preach
I the sferitfoh, will complete this
work which Joseph Wallace put
his whole'life and heart into.