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DODGING LEADERSHIP
The secretary of (Tirislian Education
for the AMI 1 ] Zion Church makes an ob¬
servation about leadership which seems
true of many, if not most Negro com¬
munities. The observation consists of a
“blast at Negro doctors, educators and
other professionals who derive their earn¬
ings and support from Negroes but dodge
leadership in communities afforded bv the
desegregation crisis.” These are the words
of Dr. Eieheibergor.
Our reaction to his statement is not
altogether in disagreement. Rather, we
could plead that there is an element of
danger involved in leadership “at such
a time as this” which requires stout hearts
and passionate interest in the welfare of
Negro people to he able to assume leader¬
ship. What concerns ns more is that the
class of people named by Dr. Eiehelberg-
cr. the best prepared by education to give
actual and more support to those who try
to lead, if they do not themselves want,
f’n lead these p ^on'e take no part in do¬
ing the things that concern the everyday
needs of their people, who make up a
heavy burden on the community because
they are ignorant, defeated and hopeless,
who could become a greater resource of
political and economic power, and could
become more desirable members of our
society.
Il is a sad commentary on the sincerity
of our clamour for equality, of our re¬
sentment at being considered interior, that
improvement and advancement in areas
ol overriding importance proceed at ♦mch
a snail’s pace for lack of leadership. Dr.
Kiohelberger’s charge, unfortunately, is
true. Several areas of activity in our own
city are suffering or living af a dying rate
for lack of leadership, (’ertamlv it is true
that leadership in the most valuable and
important movements in our community,
or any other for that matter, must be
given without promise of auv monetary
reward, li must he purely voluntary. One
outstanding example of the traeeclv of
this lack ol leadership is that hundreds of
hoys can not benefit from scouting be¬
cause Ihew are no loaders. This is just
one instance of what the Negro commun¬
ity loses for lack of leadership.
Til \T SECOND MILK
I be more we think ol it, the more signf-
f'cant to everyday living thy words of the
Master Teacher become. The words about
the second mile were among other words
ihat were introducing a philosophy of life,
a revolutionary idea that was to upset old
beliefs and customs and traditions, and
thev are just as important, revolutionary,
etfective and applicable today as they
were when first uttered.
As we conceive of it. the spirit of going
the second mile is not only applicable to
the relationships which involve chiefly
others who may be injured by one’s fail¬
ure to go the second mile, to do more than
is required to meet the exact measure or
standard of consideration, but it is ap¬
plicable also to the harm it does to one’s
NNPA MIDWINTER j
MEET ISSUES PLEA j
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(Continued from page D I
lege Fund; Guichard Parris, Di¬ !
of Public I
rector Relations, Nation¬
al Urban League, and Am a
Ronternps, Librarian at Fis>- Uni¬
versity. President of NNPA is
Thomas (\ Jervay, of the Wil¬
mington, N. C. Journal.
The text of the resolution adopt¬
ed by the publishers’ organization
follows: “In view of the breakdown
of interracial amity and under¬
standing in some pails of our na¬
tion, we believe that all Americans
of good will must speak out and
act, without delay, to bring about
the end of violence, terrorism,
bombings, disregard for human
and civil rights, and contempt for
Constitutionally-guaranteed 1 a w ,
and order.
“Our country has developed the
philosophy that all men possess in¬
disputable dignities and rights. It
now faces the responsibility of
proving to itself and to the world •
that such philosophy can bo the
guiding principle in man’s search
for security and peace.
"The keystone of any civilisa¬
tion adhering to these beliefs is
observance of law and order. The
foundation of American law is the
* onstitution of the United States
as interpreted by the Supreme
Court.
“President Eisenhower has an
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self, when he cuts corners, or slops work
on the minute, or just "makes it.’
Evidence that there are many such peo¬
ple in many areas of life’s activities seems
conclusive; in fields requiring skilled la¬
bor, in schools and colleges, in every thing
where, efficiency and reliability deter¬
mine the product of the best service, the
highest realization of self is beyond the
achievement of “clock-watchers,” “time¬
servers,” and “meeters of minimum re¬
quirements” who never receive Distin¬
guished Service Medals or “top-notchers’
awards which go to those who serve be¬
yond the call of duty, who do more than
is required, who go the second mile.
A poet puts into verse the spirit we are
thinking about:
“Heights by great men readied, and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight.
Hut thev. while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.”
And someone else says it this way:
“If I were a cobbler, ’twould be ni.v pride
The best of all cobblers to be:
If 1 were a tinker, no tinker besjde
Would mend an old kettle like me.”
FUTURE GOVERNORS
This caption might well have been fu
t.ure senators, congressmen, or future any¬
thing where the interest and welfare of
credulous constituents have little to do
with qualification for holding office.
Moronic rabble rousers and unscrupulous
politicians have method in their stirring
ill> of the emotions of night riders and
bomb throwers who feed on hate and
prejudice. In the decadent deep South
one of the traditions deeply rooted in the
political.! strategy of its ambMious sons,
is to use the tactic of abuse on the Negro.
History records a long list of politicians
whose only claim to dubious political fame
rests upon their ability to denounce Ne¬
groes. The pattern has changed very lit¬
tle from what it was in the days of some
notorious demagogues who have gone the
way of those who built fame that van¬
ished with them: Vardanian, 1’ilbo, Smith,
Williams, Tillman and Blouse. It isn’t dif¬
ficult to spot the governors, congressmen
and senators of the next few years. Watch
the authors of proposed legislation that
relates to recent Supreme Court decisions,
that proposes to outlaw the NAACP, that
proposes to nullify the law of the land.
There is one area left that they have not
thought to invade. They propose to get
Negroes out of basketball but they hare
said nothing about getting them out of
patronage of supermarkets, out of deposit¬
ors’ lines in banks, or out of customers’
bargain sales. Future governors know
their line and their constituents go along
with them, absolutely ignorant of the fact
that they are being blinded to be kept
from seeing how tremendously they are
hurting the prestige of their country in
the eyes of two-thirds of the people of
the world. Oh, these future governors.
inescapable responsibility to use
the full weight and resources of
his office to guarantee to every
American citizen that his Consti-
tutional rights shall be freely ex-
ewised, protected, and preserved
in every section of the nation. His
insurance to the American people
hat the law of the land must be
ibserved is urgently needed at this
ime.
“The Congress of the United
states should enact legislation to
guarantee to all Americans th ei r
ccurity, equality of opportunity,
ind exercise of voting and other
civil rights.
"The governors and legislatures
>f the various states have a corre¬
sponding obligation to guarantee
that all Constitutional lights may
be fully and freely exercised. The
first step is to bring about an im¬
mediate end to disorder and viol-
uiee with their respective states.
"The American people have an
responsibility to insist that
their elected officials, their civic
and religious leaders, in every com¬
munity, take immediate action to
restore confidence in the principles
of freedom, equality, human dig¬
nity and government under law.
“Only in this way can our na-
tion earn the respect of other na¬
tions and secure domestic unity
to preserve our civiliza¬
JACKIE ROBINSON
DRAWS BIG CROWDS
(Continued from I’age One)
Brooklyn Dodgers as the first
gro player.
At a luncheon meeting in
land, $8,000 in life
was raised, reports Franklin
Williams, NAACP West Coast
retary-counsel, who is
ing Mr. Robinson on the tour.
addition to a luncheon meeting
h mass meeting in Detroit,
Robinson consulted with Dr.
Thomas on arrangements for
second annual $IOO-a-plate
raising dinner meeting for
NAACP.
Other cities on the itinerary
clude Cincinnati, Jan. 24;
Louis, Jan. 25; San
Jan. 27: Los Angeles,’Jan.
Boston, Feb. 2-3; and
March 3. The meetings are
held under auspices of the
NAACP branches.
In the drive for $1,000,000
1057 for the Fight for
Mr. Robinson calls upon all
sons believing in democracy as
way of life to support the
through regular annual
ships, life memberships or
tributions. Instead of
members, the NAACP should
rolled, Mr. Robinson tells his audi-
have three to four million
ences.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNI
DIRECT ACTION ENDED HIS SWAY IN THE ARMY, MR. PRESIDENT.
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DEAN CORDON B. HANCOCK
I For the Associated Negro Press)
rim inA rai ’ratios
The writer was a television
pertotor at the inauguration of
Ei: ciihower for his second term as
President of these United States.
It was a grand affair, and was
made grander by the feeling, that
Eisenhower deserved every honor
accorded him and that he was
eminently qualified to assume for
another four years the honorable
and tedious responsibilities of the
presidency of this great and
mighty nation.
Eisenhower has made a great
President and has acquitted him¬
self nobly in a very critical situa¬
tion. The more this writer sees
of Eisenhower the more convinced
he is that, his was a wise choice
when he chose to cast his vote for
Eisenhower. He is the best quali¬
fied in the world for the presi¬
of these United States.
When the Republican party came
up with such stalwart example
of American manhood, it placed
the nation under great obligations
of gratitude for such political find
as Eisenhower. He has been a
•rc.Pt and a blessing to the cause
of democracy throughout the
world.
The Republican party may well
•oust that in all its history it bar
ailed to produce a lien Tillman,
r a lloke Smith, or a Tom Wat-
on, or a Cole Blease, or a Bilbo,
>r a Rankin, or a Jimmy Byrnes,
>r a Gene Talmadge, or a East-
atul, or a Carter Glass! This
wretched array of Negrophobes
has always been produced by the
Democratic Party which has been
u largely dominated by the sons
if the Old South. It is not too
airly for Negroes to begin to eal-
■ulate on the course they will pur¬
sue four years hence. With men
’ike Eisenhower to lead the Re-
oublican Party, it behooves the
Negro to cast his vote in such way
is to dislodge the Negrophobes
’rom the chairmanship of so many
ital committees in Congress cur¬
rently headed by seasoned and con¬
firmed characters of pronounced
| ability. This pronounced ability shows
itself in the discussions between
spokesmen of the South and the
North and West. Southerners real¬
ly and actually talk rings around
Northerners who always appear to
Dr. Peter M. Murray To
Address the S.A.M.S.
(Continued from Page One)
Suigery and Assistant Surgeon-
m-Chief. Since 1921 he has
practiced in New York and
New Jersey. For twenty-five
years Dr. Murray was a mem¬
ber of the gynecological staff of
Harlem Hospital. N.Y.C., and in
May 1953 he retired as Director
of Gynecological Service. Pres¬
ently he is Director of Obstet¬
rics and Gynecology at Syden¬
ham Hospital. New York City.
Dr. Murray is a Diplomat of
the American Board of Ob¬
stetrics' and Gynecology. He is
the only Negro member of the
House of Delegates of the A M.
\ in 1953 he was elected to the
presidency of the New York
County Medical Society ta bi-
this writer to be shy when it
comes to the matter of civil rights.
We have to give the Southerner
credit for his advocacy of white
supremacy and state rights. He
talks about these matters as
though he believes in what he says,
while the greater number of our
Northern friends of freedom speak
timidly and hesitatingly on the
matter of civil rights.
So Eisenhower, the nominee of
the Republican Party, brings to
the office of presidency four years
of valuable experience and the
knowledge that this is his last op¬
portunity to do through the pres.
Honey whatever noble thing is upon
his heart. Elsenhower is a great
man by any standard of greatness,
lie came to the presidency from
the army and made a success of it
and proved himself not only a
great man but a great statesman.
This country abounds in politi¬
cians but statesmen are conspicu¬
ous by their scarcity. The current
quarrel over states and civil rights
and over segregation and integra¬
tion is calculated to overrun the
country with politicians. The fear
expressed by the writer in his
opening address before- the cele¬
brated Durham Conference has
been fulfilled.
In that great conclave fear was
expressed that the color question
would be thrown into the politics
-if the South and" that is exactly
what has happened and to under¬
estimate the damage these politi¬
cians will do the cause of better
race relations will be a great mis¬
take. Because of the activities and
persistence and opportunism of the
current crop of politicians in the
South, our entrance into the Prom¬
ised Land of full-fledged citizen¬
ship will be considerably postponed.
Thanks be, that we have in the
White House for another four
years a President and soldier who
is not afraid of the Russians. It
would be a calamity to have a pres¬
ident who was hesitant and equiv¬
ocal in his dealing with those
shrewd masters in Tie Kremlin.
And let nobody be deceived, Russia
has able men in charge of that
country’s destinies and anything
less than an Eisenhower in the
White House would leave this
country exposed to a deadly men¬
ace. And well might we rejoice
hat the great Eisenhower will
’uring his second term of office
wage a lasting peace for mankind.
racial organization i. In 1955 he
was elected to membership in
the Alpha Omega ’Alpha, na¬
tional honorary medical society.
Likewise, in 1955 he was elec¬
ted to membership on the
Board of Trustees of the State
University of New York.
Dr. Murray is a past presi¬
dent cf the N.M.A; a fellow of
the American College of Sur-
geons and of the International
College of Surgeons. He has
been a member of the Board of
Trustees of Howard University
since 1924.
Throughout the medical
world. Dr. Murray is known as
a “medical diplomat.” He is a
talented speaker and an inspi¬
ration to the young men in
mec’-icine.
Dr. Murray will speak on the
subject. “Problems cf the In¬
fertile Couple and Their Man¬
agement.” The occasion is the
JOHN H. CALHOUN
INSTALLS NEW
(Continued from Page One)
ai ceremony.
In his address telling of the
Negro’s struggle for freedom, as
the Savannah Branch celebra¬
t'd “NAACP Redemption Sun¬
day,” he said ‘we must main¬
tain crnfic’.ence that our fight
is for the right, and must know
”rom the teachings cf history
that right can’t be killed; they
“an legislate against right, in¬
timidate the right, persecute
right, put right in the lion’s
den, in the fiery furnace and
nail right to the cross, but it
will always live.” He further
'aid, “we must not be misled by
’hose who preach patience. Yes
we can b? patient, but let’s net
confuse patience with compla¬
cence. We have been patient
far mere than sixty years and
that’s a long time to wait to
be patient. We must try to see
this problem f"om the whites’
ooint of view to insure victory
and be sympathetic in our
dealings with our oppressors
because nil th' actions waged
against the fight for freedom
ccme from fear — the fear of
losing the benefits that segre¬
gation has provided them. We
must lead in a demonstration
af lcve, through non-violence.
Register to vote and encourage
others in the value of the ball¬
ot and seaport our leaders,
e-aerially those who are sac¬
rificing for the improvement
am', betterment cf conditions of
the Negro.”
The following new officer*
were installed by Mr. Calhoun:
Hosea Williams, 1st vice presi¬
dent, replacing J. S. Delaware
who was elected to head the
important membership commit¬
tee; Rev. E. P. Quarterman, 2nd
vice president, replacing B. S.
Adams who will head the edu-
ration committee; Mrs. Esther
Freeman Garrison was retained
as secretary in view of her ex¬
cellent contribution to the or¬
ganization’. many demands in
this crucial period
Civic Garden Club
On Wednesday evening, Jan
9, the Civic Garden Club held
its first meeting of the year
at the home of Mrs. Hester
Wren of 708 W. 39th street
Many plans were made among
which were plans for a boat
ride on Aug. 5. The president
commended the body for thf
liberal contributions toivard the
renovation of our new Garden
Center and much more needs
to be done.
At each meeting there will be
a demonstration of flower ar¬
rangements. After the trans¬
action of business a tasty re¬
past was served by the hostess.
The next meeting will be at the
home cf Mrs. Ada Williams, 921
W. 36th street. Mrs. Lillian
Grant is president and Mrs.
Ellie Bivens, reporter.
' ‘
4th Anniversary Celebration of
the S.A M S. Dr. C. R. Gosha is
president and Dr. C R Jordan
is chairman of the
ccmmittee.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1957
SEGREGATIONIST
AS FORMER INTIMATE
NEW YORK, Jan. 31 — John
Kasper, the white supremacist
who was charged with sedition
and- inciting to riot during the
recent Clinton. Tenn., integre-
gation disturbances, was depic¬
ted today as a one-time inti-
mute of Negroes who had
“worked, played and danced
with them” in New Ybrk.
The strange background of
the 27-year-old segregationist
was disclosed in an article in
he new issue of Look Maga¬
zine, which labeled New Jersey-
orn Ka per as an “Intruder in
■the South.”
"Despite Kasper’s ranting
about white supremacy,” the
magazine said, he had operated
a bookstore in New York’s
Greenwich Village where he
“never drew the color line,”
and was regarded as ’ a sincere,
affable host who befriended
Negroes.”
He told many Negroes, ac-
arc’ing to Look, that socially
Here And There
Will a J
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES
ccme to all, but many do not
know they have met them. The
only preparation to take ad¬
vantage cf them, is simple
fidelity to what each day
brings.—A. E. Dunning.
* * *
PATIENCE is bitter, but its
Iruit is sweet.—Rousseau.
$ $ $ *
MISS IDA N. LEE, R. N., was
recently presented a silver tray
by the Hodge Memorial Board
of Directors in appreciation
lor her twenty-eight years of
faithful service at the Hodge
Memorial Day Nursery. Con¬
gratulations!
* * * *
MRS. OUIDA B. MOORE
Mrs. R. W. i of CO5 Montgom¬
ery Street will celebrate her
rirthc’ay tomorrow, Sunday,
February 3. Congratulations.
* $ # *
MRS. MAE It. STEWART of
East Henry Street and Mrs.
Elizabeth Butler of West 62nd
Street have returned to their
homes after attending the
iuneral of their brother, Mack
Thomas, in Charleston, South
Carolina.
* * $ *
AIIIs. LAURA PARKS, former
Savannahian now residing in
New York City, is a patient at
Mt. Morris Park Hospital in
New York City.
* # * *
THE ANNUAL FASIIIONETTA
f the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority will be presented at,
‘he Flamingo Ball Room on
March 1. A dance will follow
he crowning of ‘ Miss Fashion-
'tta.” Music will be by James
Drayton at the organ and oth-
rr members of his band.
* * * #
THE MEYERS SCHOOL OF
SI AI IY CULTURE, 1806 West
Troad Street, will be opened
Monday, February 4. The public
s invited to an “open house”
m Sunday, February 3. from
1 to 6 p.m. Mrs. Elease B
Wvers is owner and director of
‘he school.
* * * *
A POST VALENTINE DANCE
vill be given by the Sphinx
'b Saturday, February 16.
n Wilcox Gymnaisum, S.S.C.
* sjs * $
MRS. LILLIE G. BLOUNT,
’022 Augusta Avenue, will be
'cst.ess at the regular meeting
ri the Service League of the
“i r *t Congregational Church,
Friday, February 1, at 7:30 p.
n. All members are expected
o attend.
* * *
A CERTIFICATE OF HONOR
“as presented the TRIBUNE at
he annual banquet of the Boy
'routs of America. THANKS!
'ATI F/? cc fntOR^D
v.T.A., VISITS CITY
(Omnnued from E>ge one)
_
College, Bowia, Maryland, were
he only colored guests. They en-
eyed real genuine fellowship and
participated m all activities in-
■lading the luncheon.
Mrs. Williams is the first Anti-
lasilieus of Alpha Kappa Alpha
torority and is highly respected
nd admired by all Sorors in
’I.S.A. Gamma Sigma Omega
'hapter here sent her a corsage
•f sorority colors and flowers,
Soror Dorothy Ury Adams pre-
rented and pinned them ori her.
KASPER PICTURED
OF NEGROES
| he was “passing” in the colored
j world, skinned just Negroes as "pass” many Cau¬ fair¬
as
casians.
-John had a way about him
and could get away with say¬
ing that,” the magazine quotes
a Negro intimate of Kasper.
Arrested three times for his
inflamatory activities in the
South, Kasper is pictured as a
counsellor m Negro associates
who resented discrimination.
His advice to an artist was
to take a painting and hang it
in the Museum of Modern Art
without permission, while he
urged others to demonstrate in
front of the United Naitons
building to sensationalize their
grievances, the article stated.
His Negro friends were
amazed when they read reports
of his arrest in Clinton. A
woman whose home he had vis¬
ited told Look: “He used us. He
used us all.”
MRS. NAOMI H.vus of West
Victory Drive is a patient at
Georgia Infirmary.
# $ * $
MRS. NETTIE C. LEE, mother
of Mrs. Berdia L. Burke of the
Guaranty Insurance Company
staff, died Wednesday morning
at her residence, 2309 Bur¬
roughs Street. Byncs-Royall
Funeral Heme is in charge of
funeral arrangements.
* ❖ sj:
THE TYPEWRITER by Leroy
Anderson was an applause win¬
ner at the regular symphony
concert Monday night. This
composition was not on the
concert program but was used
by Chauncey Kelley, the direc¬
tor cf the Savannah Symphony
Orchestra, as an appeal num¬
ber to the large number of new
attendants at this concert. The
unusually large audience was
ace to the fact that this was
a “sponsored” concert. The
sponsors were the Savannah
Gas Company, the Savannah
Electric Company, the Savan¬
nah Bank am’ Trust Company,
and the Citizens and Southern
National Bank. Each sponsor
purchased 2'0 tickets which
were distributed to their em-
q’oyees, clients and worthy in¬
stitutions and individuals in
the community.
!|! * * *
DR. IIALEY BELL, former
Savannahian. and his son-in-
law, DR. WENDELL COX, for¬
mally opened their new radio
station, W.C.H.B., serving Great¬
er Wayne County from Inkster,
Michigan, Sunday, January 27.
Dr. Bell and Dr. Cox are den¬
tists in Detroit. Michigan.
* A: *
MARCH 22 is the date of the
annual Jabberwock to be pre¬
sented by the local chapter of
the Delta Sigma Theta Soro¬
rity. Complete plans were made
at the January meeting of the
chapter which was held at the
home of Miss Alfreta Adams,
701 1 ... Harmon Street. Co-host¬
esses were Mrs. Beulah Farmer i
and Miss Jettie Adams. Mr.T.a
Julia Bacon, the president,
presided.
■* * * *
MRS. MARY E. FLOURNOY
of 1023 West 38 Street has a
flower arrangement on exhibit
this week at the Hobby Show
of the West Broad Y.M.C.A.
Tlie sponsors were so pleased
that they received permission
to show it on WSAV-TV, Chan¬
nel 3. Wednesday night. The
arrangement was done in a line
spiral using exhibition type
gladiolii, large mums, pom pom
mums, sage palm and fern.
Mrs. Flournoy is well known
for her hobby of flower ar¬
rangements and cultivation.
Different members stopped by and
xtended her good oid A.K.A.
greetings. Soror Mary Williams
took her out to visit Greenbriar
Children’s Center which was start
ed by this chapter. She was deep-
lv movt >d and impressed bv what
^ gaw anfj gajd „ u js a thiriR of
btauty and 11 W forever ’ She
congratulated Soror Martha Wil-
son for spear-heading such a won-
<}<■ t f u i project,
After the meeting in the De-
Soto Hotel she was accompanied
t | le Airport by Sorors Martha
w , lsQn and Mary WiUiams .