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“Why could we not have learned from
history? Why could we not have found
peaceful, the blessings and of lawful freedom means to all of extending people,
our
instead of having liberty extended through
blood and toil and wholesale destruction?
Why could we not have learned that when
we are claiming freedom for ourselves we
are in very strong position, and in a very
weak position when we are denying that
vary freedom to others? Segregation by
force of law is a vestige and hangover
from slavery days, and the sooner it is
eliminated from our minds and from our
statute books the better.”
—Rev. Marion Boggs.
A GLIMMER OF HOPE
!?i i.I-swhl pro hets, statesHien and
politicians to the contrary notwithstand¬
ing, there remains a giimmer of hope in
the terribly tense and confused situation
in which we find our.-elves, bevausp men in
high places are led by political ambition
to appeal to the worst in misinformed,
credulous and prejudiced people. Much as
the ordering of 1'. S. troops into Little
Rock is bitterly condemned and sincerely
deplored, it was the responsible and con¬
structive thing to do to bring about • a
cooling-off period in which nitron and
understanding might have a chance to
«|erate.
- Hope Hope for ioi’ a a just, sensible and satisfaci
ry (?) approach to the situation stems
mn several facts: 1)the recognition on
the part of heads of government and in¬
fluential newspaper editors that the power
of God supersedes that of governors and
presidents, and the willingness to call on
all people, white and Negro, to pray for
its intercession. If people and governors
and mayors,, and politicians too. pray
sincerely for Divine guidance for a solu¬
tion to the situation and not for the pro- .
valence of will theij.’,opinions, be answered. we 2) Many beljqy?,' people, their:
prayers
Negro and white, are opposed to violence
and are in favor of obeying the law of the
land, however much they do not like it.
In this group are while people of good will,
some Southern governors, some preachers,
some educators and several editors of in¬
fluential newspapers, who are using the
Little Rock fracas as an occasion for
speaking out. •”>) There are bj[os- those who re¬
gard the affuiii as a mixed mg,
situation offering an opportunity to softie
itbw a question which must bo sattjed ssine
Vlay. The Atlanta Constitution fetus
“It is enough for now that fmvitybje the i.^sue
* raised tty the.governor was
and that the sooner it is dime imjljxfiift) with and
behind us the better ... It i
the flexibility of the Constitution, and ' •’
made if crystal clear that the remedy
for the woes of today lie in 'he hands
of Congress', not in the mob, or mili¬
tary might . . Finally, it has proved
the determination of the majority of
the people of the South to live to-
gether in harmony. Violence has been
confined to the edges of society. The
great masses of the people have gone
about their daily business, sick at
heart certainly, but absolutely certain
that in their collective wisdom lies'the
key to a peaceful future.”
If it is true that “the great masses
of the people have gone about their daily
business . . . absolutely certain that' in
their collective wisdom lies the key to the
future” we hayi another reason for our
here, editorials we have seed in ‘other
newspapers have undergone a toping
down since their first reaction to the
Arkansas matter and appear to agree with
the spirit expressed in the editorial from
which we quoted above.
Furthermore, there are indications that
the Little Rock ado will have costly impli¬
cations from a political as well as an eco¬
nomic point of view, and a competent
source says “There are disturbing signs
that many in the South do not comprehend
• what already has happened and what
seems to be ahead,” There arc. glimmers
of hope for all of us.
WHAT'S THE IDEA?
A labor unioh organization, a few days
ago, drew up resolutions calling on “na¬
tional and state leaders to start :
ings to curtail one citizen’s rights‘when
they begin to infringe on the tights ofr
another group; to guarantee a property
ing a psychological inferiority complex m
one grdup without creating the same in
.■mother group; to guarantee a^TOr-rtw
owner the right to sell, to pent or ly tefiisp
to sell or to rent his property in any way
consistent with established zoning regula¬
tion of the municipalities wherein tho
property may lie.”
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Just what the union is driving at in
these resolutions is not clear. We believe
we could go along with much of the con¬
tent of the resolutions. We certainly
agree that people ought to know that
their rights end where the rights of their
neighbors begin, that people ought to be
refuse guaranteed to .sell the right to rent “to sell their or property rent, or
or
to whomever they please.’ 4 By the same
token, people ought to have the right to
buy or rent and use the property wherever
it may be, if somebody wants to sell or
rent property.
It is interesting that Senator McClellan
is in favor of ,some legislation to benefit
workers. He is opposed to the “closed
to shop.” work In Federal other words Law.” he wants a “right
The resolution of
the local union organization did mention
such an item. This is a significant omis¬
sion in view of the fact that Negro work¬
ers are not permitted to join some unions
and so can not work at some trades. This
is true mostly in the South, where,
strangely enough, the “closed shop" is gen¬
erally opposed.
pledged Again, themselves “the labor representatives
in the resolution, ‘to
W’ork H'relus^Jy^and ceaselessly for a return
to thqse principles which have made our
nation great, and to oppose and expose
hftitri'locia) all who would replace constitutional action
reforms by tribunal’.
This suggests that the authors of the
resolutions subscribe to the notion that the
Constitution of the U. S. is an inflexible
instrument and that conditions now are
the same as they were when the Consti-
tion was originally written. It is surpris¬
ing that so many people look at the Con¬
stitution in this light. The Constitution
is one of the remarkable influences that
have made this nation great. Remarkable
a« it is that mere men could have written
Wu«h given a,document, id the world an instrument that has
its best example of
democracy, they failed to achieve for it
universality in that they could not fore¬
see the gadgets and the social implica¬
tions that introduce problems and rela¬
tionships for which new laws and regula¬
tions would have to be written. There
were, for instance, no labor unions, few if
any public schools, women were not
allowed to vote and Jim Crow had not as
yet bften born. It was neither necessary
*\ 0 J? thinkable to write provisions into the
( on»1Uution to govern such things. And
wf'-ddjibt pie that segregation for free peo-
ofir wjs even thought of. The founders of
nation could not see 170 years into
the future any more than'we can. The
that the Supreme Court based its
nding jigainst segregation solely or chiefly
on sociological or psychological findings is
untenable, and ignores the fact that if the
charge is true, it is not the first time that
the high tribunal has sought information
from other than the sources of law. We
believe democracy is inevitable, Too, even
in labor unions.
WHAT IS OVER-NIGHT?
cussion Aye took the position early in the dis¬
on desegregation that it was silly
for anybody to think that it could be ac¬
complished over-night. This is literally
true now, and if one wants to give a freer
definition or interpretation to the term,
we believe thoughtful people of goodwill,
who are sincerely concerned with finding
a right solution to the problems of race
relations, will go along with a reasonable
time elapse. Those who make overnight to
mean never or a thousand years are in
a diminishing minority. Someone lias pre¬
dicted that overnight means anywhere
from 10 to a thousand years. This is wish¬
ful thinking contrary to experience. Pre¬
dictions are dangerous to the prestige of
prophets. It is especially so in these fast
stepping days of change. It requires no
little wisdom to say today what tomorrow
will bring forth, indeed if there will be a
tomorrow.
A l^t of loose talk was let out in the
Little Rock affair about haste in not giv¬
ing the citizens time to make their
arrangements for complying with the
Court’s order to integrate their school.
This is a common complaint. However,
facts do not support it. Arkansas began
making plans three years ago and some
schools have already been integrated. The
has- had 90 years in which to be
ready for this day. Jt just did not heed
Hie teachings of the two great forces upon
which'our nation was founded: Christ ian-
‘ify and democracy which are today point¬
which, ing to the closer inevitability of integration
is than we think. Certainly
it is closer than those who put it a thou¬
sand-years away. What is overnight?
How long is it?
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
PRACTICING TRUE DEMOCRACY AT H JME, WOULD MAKE A BETTER
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LOCAL NAACP SUPPORTS PRESIDENT EISENHOWER IN
■ The local branch of the Na-
tlqngl .Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People
(NAACP i last' Sunday unani-
rhously approved a message to
PfesidOnt Eisenhower, support-
ing and' praising his use of
Federal troops to put down riot
in Little Rock.
This-action followed an ad-
drees "‘-v t. A. Blackmon, 75-
year-old president Of the Eloree,
,s. C., NAACP, at the Mount,
7 ,ion Baptist church.
P'ackmon traced
ments which followed a
t.ton .. , for desegregation , ,. of schools
in Eloree and , called „ , for , „ “more
anon, fewer words.
The message to the President,
Mimed-’’by W. W. Law and Mrs.
Ester F. Garrison, president and
secretary. .rwronctively. of |he
local NAACP branch, follows
The message to the President,
signed bv W. W. Law and Mrs.
Esther Garrison, president and
secretary respectively of the local
NAACP branch, follows:
“We the members of the Savan¬
nah branch, National Assn, for
the Advancement of Colored Peo¬
ple, do support President Dwight
D. Eisenhower iu the position
taken- by him in-the Little Rock,
Ark...crisis. Countless Americans,
even the *people of the world, were
waiting for that moment when the
chief executive would re-establish
law and order at Central High
School in Little Rock. His action
gives us renewed hope and faith
in the triumph of democratic gov¬
ernment over anarchy.
“We cannot agree with Gov.
Marvin Griffin of Georgia, who 1
condoned and congratulated Gov, I
Orval Faubus of Little Rock, Aik.,
for ordering 250 soldiers to turn
nOAy nine innocent students who
VALUABLE INFO. FOR
WIDOWS OF VETERANS
A. lyopny) \yh«> jnarries a vet-
eran without knowing that a legal
impediment to the marriage existed
be eligible for widow’s bene-
fits from the Veterans Adminis- i
even though she is not the
veteran’s legal widow, 1
( had been admitted to Central High I
: School by a court decree, but who |
condemned the President of the
I United States for sending 500 j
troops to repel a blood-thirsty mob
■ who was determined to thwart the
j edict of federal court Judge Ron-
| aid Davies.
j “We of deplore solving violence social problems, as a
I means
We will never stoop so low as to
j lienee silently in or the actively solution encourage of prob- vio-
any
leni.
“The i,.e quiet qu.c dignity UK...*, of <u the me «»*« nine
Negro students seeking to enter
school the face of , mobs , I ,
in raging 7
. to , be h.ghly commended. , j
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“We are mindful of the history
„f the states rights in America
but we live in an age different j
j I f mn 1770. While many people
struggling to. become world
citizens, it appears folly to limit
our views of humanity to a single
state. It is the contention of Com¬
munist Russia that the rights of.
the states supercede the rights of
ihe individual. There is no such
thing as states rights —- only hu¬
man rights. It further strikes us
that the nation, state and local
governments are but agencies to
secure and protect the human
rights of all. Further observation
reveals that the cry of “States
Rights’’ is but a cloak to cover
up ulterior motives.
“We realize that the roots of
some elements of our region are
deep We also when recognize it comes the to segregation, humiliation j
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and suffering of 10 million others,
These roots must be pulled in or- j
dor to relieve the suffering and
humiliation of the 10 millions. The |
Supreme Court of the United
States has decreed that the humil-
iation and suffering are unlawful, |
and as we do, recognizes that the 1
lie Law 85-209, authorizes such j
payments under William certain cireum- j
stances, Mr. G. Gnann,
Contaet Representative, of the VA ]
Office at 35 Bull Street, in Savan- ;
nah, Georgia, said today. j
T1 Under , the law., if the i !
new pur-
marriage was ente ed into I
' n kood faith by the woman, the ,
VA may consider it to have been |
j
GET YOUR POLIO SHOTS NOW!
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
roots are deep. We are willing
work out a technical solution
whereby the deep roots may
pulled with the least amount
piiin, but we insist and are
ing to relieve the 10 million
their suffering. We will not
promise at this point.
Ve call upon all in
to integration to re-think their
pos.t on in this matter in the light
of the true principles of the re-
Rgion of Jesus Christ and of our
American democracy. We further
C all upon the citizens of our state
and county to refrain from hys-
term , .... the of .
concerning program
the National Assn . for the Ad _
vancement of Colored People. We
espeeially ask them to refrain
from following the advice of poli-
tk-ians, editors and others who in
flame ,(tho masses against races
and encourage disobedience to the
law.
“There are some who are con¬
cerned about the fact that the
will of the majority is a tech¬
nique of settling differences of
opinions in our country. We are
of the opinion that this is good,
hut we also remember that there’s
nothing necessarily sacred in _
majority opinion. The majority i's
may crush the individual and it
at this point that the courts are
necessary. In our-electoral system,
the rhinority must bow to the ma¬
jority;, but both must bow to
justice and the courts. We resolve
to continue our fight for the end
segregation in our city, county
and state, to stand ready to work
with individuals in an era of
justice for those who suffer as «■
result of the evil sword of segre-
gation. We shall seek to secure
all our rights through legal chan-
of our government.”
(a) It would have been valid
had the legal bar not existed;
(b) The couple had resided to-
gether for five or more years im-
mediately prior to the veteran’s
death; and,
(c) No claim for VA widow’s
,entdi ... . das , been fded ... , , by legal ,
' s a
of the veteran.
Before enactment of Public Law
establishment of legal
was a prerequisite to
widow’s benefits from the VA,
Mr. Gnann said. Further informa-
tion and assistance on this relaxed
requirement may be obtained at
the VA Office at 35 Bull St., In¬
Bldg., Savannah, Ga,
VA. VOTERS URGED TO
AVOID EITTERNESS
RICHMOND, Va. (ANP) —
Marion, the executive director of
the Virginia Council of Human
Relations, this week urged 200
members of the Virginia voters
league to avoid bitterness and keep
the good will that now exists be-
tween whites and Negroes.
Dr. Marion said that the Ne-
groes should maintain an uncon-
querable good will and persistent
magnanimity” toward the white
race. He said this should be done
"even though you have a grievance
the existing social order.”
At the S3H16 meeting the Nc-
groes wen advised to continue
their fight for integration in the
public schools through education,
MARION ANDERSON
AWARDED DOCTOR’S
DEGREE
SEOUL, Korea (ANT) — Miss
Marion Anderson, noted singer
was awarded an honorary Doctor’s
in music by the Ewha
University here Tuesday.
Miss Anderson was lauded by
Helen Kim, University presi¬
for her “contribution through j
to human culture. Dr. Kim
spoke pr&isingl^ of IVIiss An- ;
promotion of understand-
and sympathy among all peo- ,
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1957
TREND
By TED YATES
Profits Make. Create, Mean—
D« uducts, Jobs, and Progress
1 I
Expecting our country to
move ahead without the chance
I for a fair profit is like expect¬
ing an automobile to run with¬
out fuel.
The expectation of profits has
led investors and businessmen
to seek newer and better fab¬
rics, refrigerators, washing ma¬
chines, and thousands of ether
articles. Billions of dollars,
plowed back into industry,
helped it expand at an aston¬
ishing rate.
Profits make products—pro¬
fits create jobs profits mean
progress.
Yet, for years, profits have
been under constant attack,
Fcderal taxes on profits have
kept many companies from ex-
Integration Stay Granted In,
School Case
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—An older
by a federal district judge that
Negro children he admitted on
Sept. 23 to all-white schools in
Arlington County, Va., was sus¬
pended yesterday pending an ap¬
peal to the United States Court
of Appeals for the Fourth Cir-
icuit.
I Federal District Judge Albert
| V. Bryan granted the stay request-
! ed the Arlington school board,
| Th ‘‘ board’s attorneys had threat-
j ened that if a stay were not grant-
j P J, any school admitting Negro
children would be closed. The Ne-
j gro children were represented by
j NAACP attorneys.
! It is likely that the Court of Ap-
peals will hear the case by Dc-
getting out the vote and continued
interest in civic affairs.
It was emphasized that the ra¬
cial problems facing the Negroes
were not existing solely in the
I South. The speaker said there is
much of the same thing going on
ill New York and other Northern
cities.
NEGRO MARINES GO
ON TRIAL FOR KILLING
V/HITE MATE
NAHA, Okinawa (ANP)—Six
Negro U. S. Marines who allegedly
beat to death a white fellow Ma¬
rine and injured another last week
wcnt on triaI before an Army Ken ‘ I
eral Court-martial board. They are '
charged eharccd with with murder murder, - conspiracy ctms P ira . c |
to murder and conspiracy to as¬
sault.
The accused men are. Pfc. Robert
Allen, Jr., 22, Nashville, Tenn;
Pfc. Willie Brown, Jr., 24, Savoy¬
Ky.; Cpl. Eddie Chestnut, 21,
Walterboro, S. C.; Pfc. Henry
^ Ic y er ’ 0ak city ’ N ’ C ' :
d ’ m " dbams ’ dr ’’ -"h Bay ton,
Ohio; and Pfc. Wilbur L. Jones,
23, Raleigh, N. C. . i
According to Marine sources, the I
fatal beating for which the Ne-
groes are charged took place at I
the Sukiran Base last Aug. 4,
shortly after the men returned to I
the base from Liberty (leave). :
The Marine Corps refused to ad¬ |
vance any motive for the attack,
and ruled out any thought that
liquor was involved. But a Corps ;
spokesman, who was asked if ra- !
cial tension was involved, said “it I
was an attack on two Caucasians j j
by Negroes.” lie said no weapons
were used.
Dead as a result of the beating
was white Hospitalman Adrien R.
Nokleby, 19, of Wells, County,
N. D. The other victim was Sgt.
A. H. Carrillo, 22, El Paso, Tex.,
who sustained only minor injuries.
Maj. Gen. Francis M. McAlis¬
commander of the 3vd Marine
(
Division, ordered the court-mar¬
after a long investigation.
NAACP To
Map New
Plans
NEW YORK. Sept. 12.—A con¬
ference of southern NAACP lead¬
ers to map plans to set up regis¬
tration under terms of the now
civil Tifrht9 statute will be held
j n mid-November, Roy Wilkins,
executive secretary of the Nstionfll
Association for the Advancement
of Colored. People, announced here
today.
paneling, and forced many oth-
ers to shut their doors for good.
Still others have had to obtain
funds for expansion by incur¬
ring heavy burdens of debt.
In a typical year of ‘pros¬
perity,” more than four out of
ten manufacturing corporations
made no profit—almost 400,000
business firms failed, were dis¬
continued, or otherwise went
out of existence. Leaders of
America’s industry, therefore,
do all in their power to insure
j ! tomorrow’s jobs and living
standards for all of us, by en-
couraging the quest for profits,
in contrast to those who dis-
I courage it through high and
! discriminatory taxes.
eembev. Following that, a revie\\p
could be sought by the school
board in the U. S. Supreme Court.
The appeal process might deiay
school desegregation in Arlington
until next. fall.
State laws passed last year
make mandatory the elos’ng of
any school which is desegregated,
as well as the cutting off of state
school aid to the county.
The Arlington school ease, which
involves seven Negro children, has
been considered a crucial test of
Virginia’s stand against school de¬
segregation. Arlington is suburb
of Washington, So far, no Negro
pupils have been admitted to white
schools in Virginia.
DISABLED VETS TO
GF.T IUGHFR
COMPENSATION ■ :T)rr)
More than 37.000 Georgia dis¬
abled veterans will get highpr com¬
pensation checks for seryjgc-con-
nected disabilities, starting with
checks nia'led out at the end of
October, 1957. J. M. Slaton, Jr.,
Manager of the Atlanta V.A Re¬
gional Office said todqy... jM
Public Law 85-1(58, sjgpyd by
the President, authorize^ the in¬
creased payments, he said.
Veterans already on VA’s com¬
pensation rolls need take no action
to get the raise, Mr. Slaton em¬
phasized. It will be paid auto-
matieaIly ’
Also ‘ ’ increased ~ will be the spe-
rial allowances for dependents
paid veterans whose serviee-con-
nected disabilities are rated at 50
per cent or more.
With a few exceptions, the in¬
crease will be approximately 10
per cent cross the board, except
for totally disabled veterans rated
at 100 per cent whose boost from
$181 to $225 per month amounts
24.3 per cent.
Unchanged are three statutory
rates, two of them at $47 each, in-
volving the anatomical los:;, or loss
°f use > of one part of the body, and
the third > at as the minimum
rat e for arrested tuberculosis.
These rates may be payable in ad¬
dition to the percentage ratings
for service-connected disabilities.
Compensation rates payable t \
veterans whose service-connectecr
disabilities were suffered during
peace-time service under non-ex-
conditions are 80
er terLt of the new wartime rates,
Peacetime service disabilities -suf¬
under extrahazardous condi¬
may be payable at the war¬
rates. ,
Not affected by the increase are
compensation rates paid sur¬
of veterans whose deaths
service-connected, nor pen¬
paid wartime veterans or
widows or children for non-
- connected disability or