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A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
"It is an ill wind turns none to good,”
is an old saying that is so often true.
When the effects of the Atlanta riot of
some fifty odd years ago were examined
and assessed, Atlanta people realized the
need of getting an interracial group to¬
gether to see to it that no such thing
should ever happen again in Atlanta. In¬
spired by the outcome of the conclusions
of the group’s discussions, a member of
the group went about lecturing, using as
his subject “Blessed Be Rattlesnakes." It.’
took a terrible and costly riot to bring
Negroes and whites together to plan to
arrive at better understanding among cit¬
izens of Atlanta.
In spite of all the wild and irresponsi¬
ble reactions on the Little liock affair,
it seems pretty certain that some good
will come out of it. One thing we believe
has already happened: A courageous
group in Little Rock, composed of busi¬
ness men and preachers, has issued an
appeal to Arkansans to refrain from vio¬
lence and to obey the law of the land. It
appears that the people of Little Rocky
if let alone by both local and alien poli¬
ticians, could do in Little Rock what has
been done in other cities in Arkansas.
Another thing that may be good: South¬
ern politicians have been sent scurrying
into huddles to re-examine their strategy
for blocking integration and getting
around the decisions of the U.‘ S. Su¬
preme Com;t. They have pulled out all
the stops in sounding off on the order¬
wih ing of U. S. troops into Little Rock, which
few exceptions, southern governors,
state and national legislators and news¬
paper editors have called variously “the
invasion of Little Rock,” “the battle of
Little Rock,” “the revival of Reconstruc¬
tion” and “the end of the sovereignty of
the states.” They have charged over and
over that U. S. troops have clubbed and
bayonetted innocent and unarmed civil¬
ians, and that President Eisenhower is
trying to establish himself as dictator.
Some have gone so far as to suggest that
the President be impeached. Every man
who made these statements knew he was
uttering a fiction.
Something else the Little Rock thing
did: it furnished the occasion for white
boys and girls, prompted by adults, to
show the worst there is in them, and it
furnished (he opportunity for Negro hoys
and girls, nine of them, hemmed in by
white boys, girls and a thftueaiulr,
more of their sympathizers and parents—
to show the best there was in them. The
meaning of the whole thing was not lost
to the rest off he country and the watch¬
ing world. It makes democracy a little
harder for Americans to explain,
A STIMULATING EDITORIAL
The following editorial from* The At¬
lanta Constitution, Friday’s issue, is good
and stimulating to our hope aiid to our
faith that there are people in Georgia
who are willing to tell the truth in spite
of the Augusta Courier and those who
feed on its sinister infusions. Because
we think Mr. Ralph McGill’s editorial
should have full currency, we quote it irr
full. It follows:
THE 1 ITH AMENDMENT
This is a piece about the 14th
Amendment. It’s in all the ency¬
clopaedias, with more detail than
there is room for here.
The Fourteenth Amendment is
in the news and letters to the edi¬
tors because the Supreme Court
relied on it for its 1954 school de¬
cision. As has been noted here be¬
fore, for purposes of background
information, t h e Supreme Court,
one might say, for some years has
been blowing the whistle for the
crossing.
It was making antisegregation
school decisions on the basis of the
14th Amendment as early as 1938.
This first was in Missouri where
the law school was ordered to ad¬
mit a colored citizen of the state.
Similar decisions followed in Okla¬
homa and Texas. In these and oth¬
er less important cases, the court
made use of the 14th Amendment.
MRS. ROOSEVELT SAYS
REDS PRINTED
LITTLE ROCK NEWS
NEW YORK (ANP) — Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, just back
from a trip to Russia, said that
the Little Rock integration crisis
was given a big play in ( ununun-
ist newspapers there. She stated,
however, that the Reds withheld
comment. “They said exactly what
happened. There was no comment
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FIRST SECTION
The text of the first section of
what is a rather lengthy amend¬
ment, is as follows:
“All persons born or natural¬
ized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
are citizens of the United States
and of the State wherein they re¬
side. No State shall make or en¬
force any law which shall abridge
the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States, nor
shall any State deprive any per¬
son of life, lioeity, or property
without due process of law, nor
deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection
of the laws.”
It is this first section which sev¬
eral times has been employed by
the court to mean that no citizen
may be treated differently from
another because of race, color or
religion , . . that no state may
make any laws which in any way
abridge or infringe on the rights
of any citizen.
The amendment is a long one
and all citizens ought to read it
thoroughly and discuss it a home.
The fact is, as any thoughtful
citizen will agree, that the 14th
Amendment is as necessary as the
first 10, called our bill of rights.
None of us would like it if a state
could make laws abridging or in¬
fringing on our rights guaranteed
by the Constitution. If there were
not such a guarantee in the Con¬
stitution we would all be trying
to get one.
Why, then, do we hear — and
read—people saying that the 14th
Amendment is not legal when,
quite obviously, it is legal and is
one so valuable to all of us?
TRAGIC TIME
The answer is out of another
tragic and troubled time in the
South. Lincoln had a plan for
peaceful, honorable return of the
Southern states to the Union. The
Sout h always has had the bad luck
to be hurt by its fanatics. John
Wilkes Booth murdered Lincoln.
In the emotional orgy which fol¬
lowed, the radical extremists took
charge of the Congress.
In 1865, after the adoption of
the 13th Amendment abolishing
slavery, a number of Southern
states angrily passed laws deny¬
ing the newly freed persons the ,
right to vote, to own property or
to give evidence in court. This
was just what the radicals had
been hoping for. The South was
vulnerable. The 14th Amendment
was presented as an answer to
this unfortunate state legislation.
All Southern states, save Ten¬
nessee, rejected it. There followed
excesses of injustice, persecution,
and occupation which are a blot
upon our history.
No state could be readmitted
to the Union unless it did ratify
the Amendment forbidding a n y
state to abridge the rights of any
citizen. In time all the states did,
under this heavy pressure, vote
for the amendment. They suc¬
ceeded in making it less harsh.
In this generation various eva¬
sions of it such as the white pri¬
mary, for example, have been de¬
clared unconstitutional. The 1954
decision invalidated one of 1896
setting up the doctrine of sepa-
rate-but-equal.
It is the element of coercion
which causes some to argue that
the amendment is not valid. We
should not lie to ourselves about
it. It is valid. And, despite its
vengeful origin, it is a necessary
protection for all of us.
Let us, for the purpose of per¬
spective, note what hasty, angry
extremes will do: The unwise, un¬
just state legislation forbidding
civil rights to the newly freed
persons provided the radicals with
an excuse for their graver injus¬
tices. V
of any kind,” she said.
While in Moscow, Mrs. Roose¬
velt had a two and three-quarter
hour interview with Nikita Khru-
schev, Communist Party boss. She
said that both agreed that t h e
world wants peace, hut that
Khruschev accused her of hating
Communists. To this she replied
that she hates nobody, but does¬
n't believe in Communism as an
ideological way of life.
Althea Wins Pacific
Coast Net Title
BERKELEY, Calif. (ANP).—
; Althea Gibson, Wimbledon and U.
■S. tennis champ, last week con¬
tinued her victory march, winning
the Pacific Coast Women's tennis
championship here.
She easily defeated veteran
Louise Brough, her one-time con-
querer, in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
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IT TOOK THIS ARK. FARMER 20 YEARS TO GET
STARTED — NOW HAS 500 ACRES AND
MECHANICAL COTTON PICKER
An Arkansas coloved farmer,
iTho shareerojiped and tenant- |
1 farmed for more than 20 years 1
i before he saved up eviough. to buy
'land <>f his own,' now has 500
acres, an 8-rooni rambler, and a ;
mech(U|i*ak cotton picker, reports |
District Agent T. It. Betton of the
Arkansas State Extension Service.
The farmer is Ed Williams of
Marvell, Ark., who says he and
Mrs. Williams never started get-
ting ahead until they stopped eat-
irg out of the grocery store and !
began raising most of their food. |
Tliey still follow this practice,’
states Mr. Betton, “and out of it
have developed sideline farm en¬
terprises such as the production of
poultry and eggs, hogs, beef cat¬
tle, and truck crops which bring
in money throughout the year to
supplement'their income from cot¬
ton and soybeans.”
For example, Mr. and Mrs. Wil¬
liams sell around 30 dozen eggs
and a few hampers of vegetables
every week. Also they sell annually
20 to 30 hogs, 15 to 20 calves, and
a few cows culled from their herd <
of 50 head.
When Mr. and J Mrs. w Williams .
married in -192<i, he had been |
were i
share-cropping aftd tenant-farm-
ing 40 acres of cotton and corn
for nearly 10 years. All he had
were a cow and a calf and a pair |
of mules. Eijrht years later they '
wee depression still renting and their 40 acres, farm but and the j
home agents Mir/ittfc t from mm the rhu Extension h vronemn
Service had taught them to grow
more of their food for themselves
and their five children.
Their farm also had shown
them the advantage of selecting an
improved variety of cotton seed,
applying fertilizer, and controlling
boll weevils and other insects.
That was the beginning of their
rise. That fall they bought anoth-|
er pair of mules and made ar-j
rangements to rent more land. By |
COURT CANNOT F0RCEi
UNION TO ADMIT j
NEGROES. SAYS JUDGE!
CLEVELAND (ANP)._A fed- j
eral judge here last week turned
down an appeal by a group of Ne
gro plaintiffs that the Brother-
hood of Locomotive Firemen and !
Engine men be compelled to accept |
them into the union.
The plaintiffs had contended
that the union was practicing race
prejudice because the brother¬
hood’s constitution expressly lim¬
its membership to members of the
white race. The suit was filed
here because the brotherhood’s
| headquarters is located in Cleve¬
land.
U. handing S. District down Judge the ruling, Paul Jones, said j
that the question of prejudice in
union membership policies is one j
about which the courts can do !
nothing unless Congress pass spe- .
eific legislaiton against the prac- ;
I ,tice. He pointed out that laws now |
1 on the statute books leave the mat-!
te.- to membership entirely up to
the unions and , the court, even
though it may "feel the situation is
j unjust, dial action and may lacks n^d the power some reme- to do
i The plaintiffs, all firemen on
1940, they had bought a tractor
and were renting 140 acres.
The next year they bought their
first piece of land—ICO acres. Lit-
by little they added to it until
by 1952, they had 500 acres, a
daughter had 230, and a son, 120.
■The Williamses use modern ma-
chinery to plant, cultivate a nd
harvest their cotton, corn, soy-
beans, and hay. They have four
tractors and attachments, a com-
bin{!) a hay baler, and a mechanical
,. otton pickcr . In additon to han-
jj in g their own crops, they do cus-
tom work for neighbors, says Mr.
Betton.
Three years ago Mr. and Mrs.
Williams started thinking about
that long dreamed-of home they
wanted to build. The farm agent,
Lester Hopkins, and the special
farm and home development
agent, Learrie White, brought
them plans from the state office.
And the home agent, Mrs. Ger-
trude B. LeMay. brought along
publications on selecting furniture,
color harmony, and kitchen de-
q Ktl s.
The Williamses looked at the
home plans, then they went to
Helena and Little Rock and look-
. at furniture ... and appliance*.
Back home, they got out their bank
book and took a long look at their
savings. Finally they decided to
see their dream come true.
In March of 1955, the contractor
handed them the key to their 8-
room rambler i and .. j it they handed i. . .1 i him
a check for payment in full. A few j
days later the furniture trucks
eame *
Now in the evening when the
chores are done, Mr. and Mrs.
Williams sit in their easy chairs
and look through their big picture
window toward the old house in
which they used to live, says Mr.
Betton. “Better than anything
else, it tells them how far they
have come.”
Southein iaill ' oad ' s
Macon, Ga.; George Sams and
lames Harris of Mtridian, Miss.;
H. R. Cooper of Jacksonville, Kla.;
Albert Hicks of High Springs,
Fla.; William M. Ross of Binning-
ham, Ala.; Arthur Shockley of
Hapeville, Ga.; \\ . O. Jackson and
Dewey Rousuw of Fast Point, Ga.;
Dan Singletary and B. T. Snow-
den of Savannah, Ga., and C. ;
Mathes and L. J. Randolph of
Lakeland, Fla.
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BELAFONTE TO STAR
IN “END OF THE
WORLD” AT MGM
HOLLYWOOD. Calif. (ANP)—
wi t h Harry Belafonte starring !
“Eiul of the World,” one of the
most explosive projects and daring attempted. motion] I
picture ever
w jll be produced at MGM by Sol
C. Siegel and Belafonte’s own
Barbel Production Company.
Ronald .lacLou^all m - cDoum1 1 is is writing witin_ I
tht ’ s( l ' een P lav “ f t>K ' SCt '
; ™ n i%>) - which J‘J tells the nma/in**- :
hapwns t0 ?undv
catacvlsmic event which
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York location and at the studio,;
starting late this year.
PEOPLE WITH CANCER
FACE IT LESS AFRAID,
POLL SHOWS
NEW YORK — Knowledge of
cancer is an effective antidote to
irrational fear of the disease, and
a substantial majority of Ameri¬
cans now know enough about it
to take postive action, a nation¬
wide American Cancer Society
public opinion poll indicates.
Dr. Daniel Horn, ACS Assistant
Statistical Director, who directed
the poll, cautions: “There is still,
however, a large proportion of the
population that meets efforts at
cancer education with resistance,
inattentiveness, distractibility and
attempts to change the subject.”
Horn says the poll shows that
people who know the most about
cancer are the ones who express
the most realistic and objective at¬
titudes about it, while those who
know the least about the disease,
are the ones who express the most
fearful and unrealistic attitudes.
Facts Mean Action
The ACS official adds that “a
sound background of knowledge
serves as a necessary foundation
for building positive, realistic at¬
titudes as opposed to a propaganda
type of approach based on indoc¬
trinating through the emotional
appeal of fear.
“It is among these groups and
j individuals with the most infor-
I mation about cancer and with the
most realistic attitudes that we
j find the most positive action being
taken against the disease.”
Many cancer authorities believe
that much of the recently reported
progress in saving lives from can¬
cer can be attributed to increased
public knowledge of the disease.
About one-third of Americans with
cancer are now being saved an¬
nually as compared with one-
fourth yearly a decade ago.
The ACS poll found that six out
of ten adults could name one or
more of the early symptoms of
cancer. More women than men
could name one or more danger
signals and there were “striking
increases with increasing educa¬
tional level.”
The ACS has said that one of its
major educational efforts is di¬
rected at reaching the 40 per cent
of Americans who have had a
grammar school education or less.
Other finds, reported by the poll
included:
A large majority of adults view
cancer as one of the greattest
threats to health existing today.
Three out of four adults indi-
cate they would be willing to
work next to a cancer patient.
College graduates express a much
greater willingness in this respect
than do those with a grammar
school education.
Believe in Cure
Seven out of ten adults believe I
that a person who thought he uj had
cancer would go to a doctor right ]
away. M >st of these gave as the
reason the increased chances of
Eight out of ten persons believe j
progress is being made in finding ;
a cure for cancer. Older men and ;
women, and those with only a j
grammar school education, are j
more pessimistic about a cure than j
younger or more educated respond- 1
ents.
In an earlier report on the poll, j
the ACS revealed that the number !
of persons who have had a can-
cer examination has risen from 14
pei cent in 1958 to 32 per cent
today. j
1 ire ACS conducted the poll as a I
basis for planning future educa- |
tion programs.
AM. LEADER PICKED
FOR NAACP EOARD
NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Mrs. L.
C. Bates, president of the Arkan¬
sas Conference of N.A.A.C.P.
Branches and newspaper publish-
cr; 0. K. Darden, president of the
: Association’s organization in Mis-
sissippi; and Max Delson, New
York attorney, are new candidates
nominatedI for election to the
Board of'Directors of the Nat.ona 1
Association for the Advancement
of Co!ored 1 eo - nle *
| Mrs. Bates, as president of the
| Arkansas N.A.A.C.P., has been the
a , tive leader in the Little Rock
cr j s j s< gh e was lauded last week
by Dr. Cbanning H. Tobias,
N.A.A.C.P. Board chairman, for
; her “steadfast, sober, calm and
j courageous leadership and guid-
The 10-person slate chosen by
the nominating committee included
also the following candidates now
serving as board members: Hubert
T. Delany, New York attorney and
j ^ the New York
j City Domestic Relations Court;
Dr. S. Ralph Harlow, Northamp-
ton, Mass., retired college profes-
sor; Rev. Janies Hinton, president
of the g outh Calo ii na State!
N.A.A.C.P. * ’ 'r. and insurance exec-'
ut ive; D H. Claude Hudson, Los
AngpIes dentist and B pres ident of
I savings and loan
compan y;
| George K Hunton, New York
' Catholic
cj executivt , secretary,
Interracial Council; Mrs. Daisy
Lampkin . Pittsburgh, newspaper
xeeutive Loren Miller, Los Ange-
les attorney and publisher; Carl
Mmphy; Baltimore publisher;
Walter Reuther, Detroit labor
leader; Arthur B. Spingarn,
N.A.A.C.P. president and New
York attorney; Bishop Stephen G.
Spottswood, Washington, AMEZ
Church; Dr. Channing II. Tobias,
N.A.A.C.P. Board chairman and
retired director, Phelps - Stokes
F un d; and Dr. U. S. Wiggins,
Camden, N. J., physician and pres¬
ident of the New Jersey State
N.A.A.C.P.
The candidates were selected by
a seven - man committee composed
of Judge Carl Johnson, Kansas 1
City, Mo., chairman: Kelly Alex-
ander, Charlotte, N. C.; Dr. J. L. I
Leach, Flint, Mich.; Rev. Maurice |
Dawkins, Los Angeles; Joshua I
Thompson, Ambler, Pa.; M. T. |
Bianton, Chicago; and Dr. B. E. i
Murph, Laurel, Miss. The com-
nlittee niet in New York city on j
Sept. 16.
All the candidates, save Mr.
Darden, are already board mem¬ -
bers. However, Mrs. Bates and j
Mr. Delson were elected to the
board only’ last month to fill out
unexpired terms. All are candi¬ j
dates for three-year term* begin- ;
nln,r ln January * 1!la8 ' |
* ;
j n add ;tion to the 16 named by ;
the committee, others mav be nom- j
inated hy petitions signed by 30 I
or nl()re N.A.A.C.P. members in i
good landing Petitions must be
submitted to the N.A.A.C.P. na-
‘ ffi ‘. in v York of' alf bv No¬
vember 1. The 1 no Dames m mc-< Oi ail can- can- I
didates, whether nominated by the |
committee or by petition, are sub-
mitted to branches for Plotting, ]
The ballots are counted at the As-
sociation’s annua! meeting on the I
first Monday in January.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1957
By TED YATES
Basic Right Upheld
Indiana recently became the 18th state to uphold a
citizen's freedom—through a “Right-to-Work" law—to join
or not to join a union, as he sees lit, in order to get or to
hold a job.
Thus the march of the states to assert and uphold a
basic American freedom continues.
Alabama, Arkansas. Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia are among those which have such laws. Writing
in the magazine Farm and Ranch, Tom Anderson recently
asserted:
“Right-to-Work laws are of votal concern to the South
and to Southern farmers. Both American Farm Bureau
Federation and National Grange favor Right-to-Work laws.
‘Right-to-Work laws are good for the South. Right-to-
Work laws are good for farmers. Right-to-Work laws are
good.”
STATEMENT OF OWNER-
SHIP
STATEMENT REQUIRED
BY THE ACT OF AUGUST
24, 1912, AS AMENDED
BY THE ACTS OF MARCH
3, 1933, AND JULY 2, 1946
(TITLE 39, UNITED
STATES CODE, SECTION
233) SHOWING THE OWN¬
ERSHIP, MANAGEMENT,
AND CIRCULATION OF
The Savannah Tribune pub¬
lished weekly — Thursday at
Savannah, Georgia, for October
1, 1957.
1. The names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, man¬
aging editor, and business
managers are:
Publisher, Mrs. Willa M.
Ayers Johnson,
1009 West Broad Street, Sav¬
annah, Georgia.
Editor, Mrs. Willa Ayers
Johnson,
1009 West Broad Strc.et, Sav¬
annah, Georgia ,
Associate Editor, J, II, Butler,
10"9 West Broad Street, Sav¬
annah. Ga.
Asst, to Publisher, Ezra John¬
son,
1009 West Broad Street, Sav¬
annah, Georgia
2. The owner is: Mrs’. Willa
M. Ayers Johnson, Savannah,
Georgia. cr/nH
3. The known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other febfcurity
holders owning or holding 1
percent or more of total
amount of bonds, mortgages, or
other securities are: None.
4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include,
in cases where the stockholder
or security holder appears upon
the books of the company as
trustee or in any other fiduciary
I relation, the name of the per-
; son or corporation for whom
(such trustee is acting; also the
statements in the two para-
j graphs show the affiant’s full
j knowledge aiid belief as to the
circumstances and conditions
under which stockholders and
.security holders who do not
appear upon the books of the
company as trustees, hold
stock and securities in a ca-
j pacjty other th£m that of a
bQna fWe owner
I 5. The average number ol
| copies of each issue of this pub-
iication sold or distributed,
j through the mails or otherwise,
to paid subscribers during the
12 months preceding the date
shown above was: 2457.
(Signed)
(Mrs.) Willa M. Ayers John¬
son
Publisher
Sworn to and subscribed be¬
fore me this 30th day of Sep-
tember. , , 1C57.
(Seali
Ezra Johnson
Notary Public
(My commission expires July
24. 1960.)
RIOTERS AT LITTLE
ROCK TO FACE
(Continued from Page One!
deny the charges.
Negro residents here voice the
opinion tbat Gov _ p aubu s’ contin-
ued de f j ance 0 f President Eisen-
hower, and the President’s insist-
once that decisions of the Federal
Courts be obeyed, has left no al-
ternative but to press prosecution
of the rioters and those res-ponsi-
b i e for planning the disorders.