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SATURDAY, NOV. 16, 1957
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MliS. WILLA A. JOHNSON. Editor & Publisher
EZRA JOHNSON............-Asst, to Publisher
r. H, BUTLER......................Asso. Editor
a. W. GADSDEN..........Contributing Editor
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VOTE FOR MORE SCHOOL FUNDS
i'he citizens of Chatham county have
been apprised by the Board of Education
oi the tact that there is a dire need tor
more funds in order that the schools may
be brought up to a satisfactory standard.
In order to supply these funds the peo¬
ple are asked to go to the polls on No¬
vember 2G and vote an increased niillage
which may be used in the operation of
the schools.
The Tribune endorses .this move to
secure funds for a more adequate educa¬
tion for our children.
While we realize that there are a
few who oppose, for one reason or ano¬
ther, taxing the people more for even
such a worthy cause, yet we believe that
the progressive thinking people ol the
will to the in such
Elks Announce Scholarships
MEMPHIS, Tenn.
The Elks’ grand commissioner
education Id. George \V. Lee,
noum/ed last week that hi -
went will soon launch a
ing campaign to provide
scholarships for the nine
Negro pupils attending
Central High > <■ >«o in ,itt
Roek, Ark.
Mrs. L. C. Bates, state
dent of the Arkansas
branches, in a letter to Lt.
said: ”i informed the nine
dren of your generous
offer, and they asked me to
tend to you their thanks and
preciation. Wo all say thanks
million for everything.” \
Earlier, Lt. Lee forwarded
cheek to Mr. and Mrs. Dates,
Three Negroes Win Carnegie I
Hero Fund Awards
PITTSBURGH (ANP). Three
ccg.oes iveie umu..g u.e oo
sons whose acts of heroism were
recognized by the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission at its fall meet-
ing here recently.
Awardees, each of whom re-
reived a bronze medal, were
Charles William Lightfoot, Beatty-
ville, Ky,; Ezell Taylor Houston,
Texas; and Marvin Henderson Gil¬
more, ( amden, N. J.
Lighfoot, 17, saved 8-year-old
Hugh L. I hompson, also colored,
Tennessee To Integrate
NASHVILLE (ANP). A
lutimi, unanimously approved
the Tennessee Board of
here Friday, paves the way
the six colleges which the
board controls to integrate by
lhe action came after
tees studying integration and
mission requirements, presented
CATHOLICISM GROWS
(Continued from Page One)
tholicism, the Roman
Church is making its
strides. Of the world’s 24
bishops, 23 are stationed in
In the EBONY article,
Fulton J. Sheen says, “The
harmony on the organ of
will be played on the black keys
Africa."
SSC HOMECOMING
'Contmued on Page Seven’
Diurenn . I.f ol Pnmoro Pelham, Ga. r--
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4. The social science
selected Virginia R. Smith
their queen. Miss Smith is
sophomore and native of
vannah.
5. The senior class charms
Savannah State College are, 1
to r, Juanita Carter, Marietta,
Ga.; Pender V. Steele, Savan-
nah and Janie Trmise npormsr °
Pii*=bmri ‘ « r
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6 Tommy “Dr. Jive”
of New York city, one of the
National Advertising Representatives
Associated Publishers
31 West 46 Street
New York 36, New York
166 W. Washington St.
Chicago 2, III.
Whaley-Simpson Co.
6513 Hollywood Boulevard
San Francisco 5, California
Whaley-Simpson Co.
65 New Montgomery Street
Los Angeles, California
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numbers as to assure success in this much
needed lund raising effort.
The arguments in opposition to
money raising measures seem to be
summed up in a single statement, more-
taxes. Of course, the successful passage
of the measure will mean more taxes to
everyone, but the amount of increase per
person will be so small that it can be
considered negligible—only a few cents
more to the average person, no matter
how one looks at it.
In voting in this referendum for in¬
creased niillage ior education you will be
doing the children of ( hatham county a
great service and providing them the op¬
portunity of getting the best possible edu-
(.io to the polls Tuesday and vote for
the increased millage for our schools.
of the Arkansas State
Press, with instructions that the
j money he used by the Baleses in
j paying men who stand guard
around the Rate* home.
| M( , an(J Mrs Bates, both lead-
j^ _
in the integration fight, have
m|Uiy lhreuU , ullU Ru
K j uxers | lave tried on several oo-
casions to dynamite their home.
The scholarship campaign will
be launched in full force late in
January at probably the biggest
and most colorful affair ever un¬
dertaken by the Elks Lodge.
Lt. Lee also announced that
checks representing partial pay¬
ment for $1,000 scholarships have
been mailed to 50 deserving stu-
dents.
! JL 1 1 ? ®"* Ulv beinK a Ky kilie,i 0H hy " 1K t,-Hin at
K ’ ” on ’ -
, 1 ay,or ’ ;:(, -.v<’ar-old gas station
owner, rescued William L. Hoover,
,l 1,01,1 11-year-old burning white Aug. dock 17, foreman, 1956. j
on
Auto four children mechanic from Gilmore, suffocation 28, saved j :
at
Camden last Feb. 20, when fire j
broke out beneath the stairway ;
a brick building and smoke be-I
gan to fill the second floor where
the four children were alone.
single resolution,
Affected l>y the resolution are
I Austin Putty (Clarksville) and
j East Tennessee State Colleges
t both of which already have No-
I gro graduate students; Memphis
i State and Tennessee A .Ail. State
universities, and Middle Tennessee
] State (Murfreesboro) and Tennes-
see Tech (Cookeville).
; mti on’s top disc jockeys and
former editor of Savanah State
College’s student newspaper, |
j
1
CDC TO HEAR URBAN I
RENEWAL DIRECTOR
L. Franklin Bltiz, Jr., director
j °f Urban Renewal and assist- i
; ant city manager, will speak to I
I tiie Citizens Democratic Club on
| Friday night. Nov. 22, at 8 00 |
J 37th P- m at the Recreation Center, i
a:>t Ogeechee Road, ac-
■
cording to statement made by ,
Leroy Wilson, president of the
I ,-lnb •4UU, I
I | I
j I Mr. Blitz has been director
of Urban Renewal activities
I sinpe 1956 and the purpose of
Lis visit at this time is to ex-
I Plain to the public the aims
and purposes of the urban Re-
: newal program. Mr. Blitz has
i expressed a desireto reveal to
the public the methods which
| will be used in sections --------- one ---- &
tw0 0U: - where initial
! reconstruction will take place I
ar.d finally remove from our
midst the disease infected slums
which have plagued our com¬
munity for over a century. The
nublic is urged to be present to
hear the origin and program
of the Urban Renewal.
Last Kites H liCiu ! I F TO. r
Retired P. 0. Clerk
Nathaniel Alexander
hum, retired postoffice clerk,
died at a local hospital on
November 22
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the St.
Matthew’s Episcopal Church
with the Rev. Father G. A.
Caution officiating, interment
was in Laurel Grove cemetery
with the Sidney A. Jones Fune¬
ral Heme in charge of arrange¬
ments. Members of the Wolves
Club served as active and hon¬
orary pallbearers.
Mr. Branham was a native
Savannahian. He was the son
of the late Mack B. Branham
ar.d Mrs. Anna D. Branham.
He was a local letter carrier for
a number of years before being
transferred to Philadelphia
where lie was employed as a
postoffice clerk until his re-
tirement a few years ago.
Branhr.tn served in: the
y g ^lmy during World War
j j.j e was a member of the
wolves Social Club and the
Men’s Club of St. Matthew's
Episcopal Church.
The deceased is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Anna D.
Branham; a sister, Mrs. Jan- \
ette B. Hayes; twd nephews}
and several cousins and other ,
relatives. I
Pinckney Izakel aud Mrs. Mae ■
S. Stanford, both of Charles¬ ;
ton, S. C., were in the city for j
the funeral. I
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UNCF PRESIDENT ON j
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RADIO. TV PANEL ]
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Presi¬
dent Eisenhower will introduce the
nation-wide “Religion in American
Life" program to be broadcast
over all television and radio net¬
works during November. Dr. F.
I). Patterson, president of the
United Negro College Fund and
director of the Phelps-Stokes
Fund, joins a group of distinguish-
ed .............. church laymen ........... in the panel . dis-
mission which follows the Presi- j
dent's message.
Other panel participants are: '
’* !UH>b ll. S. Senator from
New York State; Dr. Walter H.
Congressman from Minneso- I
ta; John G. Ramsay, international
community relations representa-
tive for the United Steel Workers,
'
and Frank Blair, news commen-
tator on the NBC -TV show “TO-
, ,., [
The rp I lie i 15-minute lU-IUJIlUtt program, IHUfilrtlli) urging I
irreater " sunnort * * for churches and
TO^gues, features a d.scuss.on
that seeks solutions to human re
problems by airing differ¬
ences in a calm and intelligent at¬
National radio and TV networks
the public service pro¬
on Sunday and Monday, Nov.
and the'country 18 . Local stat ions through- i
1,10 country will win reoroaucasi rebroadcast
carving times during the com- |
g week. Please check your radio
TV page for broadcast time
; n your a!t , a .
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
THEY DON’T HAVE A CHANCE IN A * EGRECATED SCHOOL SYSTEM
■w f n i&k
Church The Most Segregated Institution,
Dean of Yale Universit y
BOSTON (AND). A
United States churchman
blasted the church for
I its feet in the fight against racial
segregation. He called the church
| the most segregated major
tution in United States society.
I Dr. Liston Pope, dean of
Yale University Divinity
Factions Disagree on Attack on Negro
Little Roo t’s Central Fifth
LITTLE RjOCK, Ark. (ANP).—
School and army officials dis-
a g ree d sharply over the nature of
an attack on a Negro pupil by a
white youth at integrated Central
High School last week.
Both factions agree, however,
that the white youth attacked
without provocation, and the at¬
tacker has since been suspended.
The incident took place early
last week, according to reports.
The State Press, a Negro weekly
newspaper recognized as the
watchdog'of integration at the em-
will participate in his Aima
Mater’s gigantic Homecomng
Festivities, November 23, ac¬
cording to announcement of
Dr. William K. Paynb, presi¬
dent of Savannah State College.
7. cheering the Savannah
State College Tigers to victory
will be the queen of the AKA’s,
Kay Frames Stripling, junior
from Savannah.
8. “Miss Camilla Hubert Hall”
is Joyce Griffin, co-ed from
Madison, Ga.
9. Returning to action this
week for the Homecoming
game will be fullback Ulysses
Stanley who has missed the
last two games because of in-
.jury. Stanley, a junior from
Dublin, has been one of Sa-
vanmah’s leading ground gain-
ens for the past two years.
UNCF DISTRIBUTES
iCe-‘inued from Page One)
ficial closing the 1957 cam-
paien Dec. 31.
“Since it was established in
1941. the College Fund has annual¬
ly raised approximately 10 tier
cent of the combined operating
budget of its .member institutions,”
Mr. Trent said. “The unrestricted
nature of F’und grants has in-
creased their usefulness tremend-
ously. They may be used to meet
«'»' current need, from engaging
a Pli.I). to repairing a boiler.”
During the current year, UNCF
allocations will be used princinal-
ly to provide scholarship and work
aid for exceptional students who
* " not otherwise continue their
education; to to increase increase faculty
salaries thus retaining valuable
faculty members and to purchase
laboratory and classroom equip¬
ment.
Lee II. Bristol, president of
Bristol-Myers Company, is nation¬
al chairman of the current cam¬
paign. Stanley C. Hope, president,
Esso Standard Oil Company; Wil-
naui liam T. i. Gossett, uusscu, vice me jiicjiuciih president,
F’ord Motor Company; and James
E. Stamps, regional director, So-
cial Security Administration, are
chairmen.
issued the blast in a speech at the |
annual ecumenical service of the
Massachusetts Council of churches !
here last Sunday. He said:
“The church has lagged behind i
the Supreme Court as the con-;
seience of the nation on the ques- .
tion of race, and it has fallen far I
behind trade unions, factories, 1
I battled institution,- reported that
I the boy, one of the nine Negro
j nupMs ' attending Central under
deral protection, was severely
tacked.
However, school and army of-
fieials minimized the incident, say-
ing it was minor in nature. A
spokesman for the Arkansas mili-
tary district, meanwhile, accused
the State Press of building . .
tho thing way out of line.”
Also disagreeing was Central’s
principal, Jess W. Matthews. He
The 1957 campaign is being con¬
ducted in 118 cities and towns
throughout the country, including
the communities where the 31 col¬
leges are located.
NAACP PLANS FOR
(Continuer from Page Onei
Congress in 82 years. A statement
issued hy the conference calls for
co-operation of local and
NAACP units with churches, or-
ganized labor, civic, professional
and fraternal societies in a south-
wide drive to expand vastly the
number of registered Negro voters
in this region.
Seek Removal of Restrictions "
In response to a question va .
press conference following
i Sunday’s session, Mr. Wilkins ex-
! pressed the opinion that the
NAACP drive “would stimulate an
I increase in registration of white
j j voters also. We are for this. restrie- We
want to remove present
I tions so that move voters of both
cacos may be registered.”
Provisioiii of the Law
The new law, signed by Presi-
; dcnt Eisenhower on Sept, i),, es-
, of ivil
I tablishes a Commission (
Rights to investigate sworn com-
j plaints that etizens have because been de¬ of
nied the right to vote
their race, religion or national ori-
jgin; to study and collect informa-
tion concerning legal developments
I constituting a denial of equal pro-
tection of the laws; and to ap-
praise laws and policies of the fed-
’ oral government concerning equal
protection of the laws.
Under the new act, an additional
assistant attorney general will be
appointed with the understanding
that he will be in charge of sep¬
arate civil rights division in the
Department of Justice.
XAACR Hoard Asked to Act
The conference statement rec¬
ommended “that the NAACP
Board of Directors establish the
| necessary machinery ............... and ...... provide
the necessary budget to implement
a program which will reach every
Negro household in 11 southern
states," because achievement of the
school . <!cpm Burnt stores, athletic
gatherings and most other major
areas of human association as far
the achievement of integration
n ts own Pfe is concerned.”
!!•■ added that racial diserimiim-
tion in the 4 church, and in the
world, was largely a phenomenon
of the last two centimes.
j said it was sin.pl> a ” at ' o. one
I h: ' v h!ft ’ p ' r anoth ” r "'itiic.v.t P™-
I vocatmn, nrd suspension in such
j casPS ls automatic,
j The State Press is owned and
: run by ” rs ' T “ C ’ Bates ? nd h er
husband. Mrs. Bates head of _ : ^ .
i 1 NAACP, is leader of the
^te the
; integration struggle at Central
High. Under her guidance and
j with the help of the federal gov-
j ->v;iinert, the Negro pupils enter-
j ed, tee I. ttle Pock school for the
!".i '. time in its history.
conference objectives “requires or¬
ganization and year ’round cam¬
paigning.”
Kelly M. Alexander of Char¬
lotte, N. C., a member of the na¬
tional Board of Directors, was
named chairman of a committee
on implementation of the eonfer-
ence objectives. Named to serve
witli him v,-ie W. Lester Banks
of Richmond, Va.; Mrs. L. C.
li. • -, Little Ruck, Ark.; C. It.
Darden, Meridian, Miss.; A. T.
Walden, Atlanta; W. C. Patton,
Birmingham; and Mrs. Ruby Hur-
ley. Atlanta. The committee will
meet within 30 days to plan ac
tion for a full scale campaign.
Also addressing the opening ses-
sioii were Mr. Wilkins who stated
j the purposes and objectives of the
ci.nfen-n.-e nn.l lire Rev. Dr. Mar-
gomery, chairman of the Southern
I Christian Leadership Conference.
Stall Reports Marie
! During the two-day conference
j n-y Nerro u-t -• were made in the on the status W.
. f voting state.-.
C. Patton of the Alabama State
Co-ordii:atirg iin-itin,,- Committee for f,,,- Iteg-
istrat'.on and Voting, reported for
that state. Other reports were
made as follows: Florida, Robert
| Saundcrs> kaACP field secretary;
g Atlanta'branch ( , orgia| j ohn Calhoun, president,
NAACP; Louisi-
ana, Clarence Laws, NAACP field
secretary; Mississippi, Medger
Evers, NAACP field secretary;
Noith Carolina. Kelly M. Alex-
XACp , tate pl ,. ;A dent, and
Charles Mat-Lean, field secretary;
South Carolina, Arthur Brown,
president, Charleston NAACP
branch; Gordon', Tennessee, Rev. Frank R.
Knoxville, chairman,
south' ist regional church work
committee of the NAACP: and
Virginia, W. Lester Banks, exec-
utive secretary, Virginia State
NAACP, and John M. Brooks, po¬
litical action director, Virginia
NAACP.
The Rev. Mr. Gordon of Knox-
j ville. Tenn., was chariman of the
! committee which drafted the con-
ference stateme nt A iding
the committee were Mr. Brown
'of Charleston, S. C.. and Arthur
Chapitel, president of the NAACP
branch in New Orleans.
SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1957'
An Alarming Proposal!
There is good reason fer alarm over the recent recom¬
mendation of the Commission on Government Security that
would make it a federal crime to publish information which
had, by any means, “leaked" past government security ar¬
rangements. American journalists the need
All responsible recognize
for safeguarding information that would affect the national
security or defense. But once a secret escapes through gov¬
ernment doors, through some failure of its custodians, fed¬
eral power to suppress it by fines and prison sentences upon
America’s citizens and press could be terribly more danger¬
ous than the security “leak” itself.
History makes it tragically clear that punishing the
press for publishing facts is fatal to a nations freedom,
Aware of this, the framers of the first ten amendments to
the l S. Constitution provided that “Congress shall make
. of the
no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech or article press-
And this principle h is precedence as the lirst o. our
Bill of R'gbt!--not to favor the press hut to perpetuate our
people’s freedom to he informed.
The violation of this principle proposed by the so-called level
Wright Commission would reduce our national law to the
of Benin's dictatorship in Argentina, *tie«V news reporters
and their papers were subject to prosecution tor the crime
of truth. i:
9 East York Street, |
Savannah, Georgia,
November 1(1, 1967. |
| The Editor,
The Savannah Tribune,
’009 West Broad Street,
Savannah, Ga.
Pegr Madam:—
On November 26, 1957, the vot¬
ers of Chatham County will have
the opportunity approving or of
refusing the demand of the school
hoard for more money, and their
claim, is that it will not be a j
burden to the people as it is oniy |
9 nulls
Juiit , how much , will, )
] ■ in money
9 * nulls amount to. Just this . much: ,
j $ ^ , 51 51 ’ 000 0 :?° Q and this huge
amount .will be paid for by all of
the people, and not only for one
j year, but for all future years.
Further, the school board has al¬
; ready announced that this is not.
all that they want, and that more
elections will follow in which even
more will be demanded.
How would the people pay for
this enormous increase if it is put
on the people? No one will escape
the burden, as rents will be raised;
taxes will be raised on homes, all
real estate; automobiles; furni¬
ture; bus fares; electric and gas
' "
I X L LAYER} i 0 bfcblN !
i WORK ON 9 PLAYS
i i
111 1 * '‘ lJUs ul11 '" ‘ I
i directum of Professor J. C. Clem-
I mons will begin work on two plays, j
The interest has been so great I
since last year’s production of “No j
Rhyme Nor Reason.” two plays j
must be produced simultaneously I
to use the available talen,t. I
I
| a*l '
lie
type f.-r , of fu settiiig 1 be i-roduetiou used for the which ,. Y , | j
re.e st p.ay
ol tho.-.c who may want ? to - attend. .. Cal , e
1 '
! 11 was sugge.-ted that the play
<-ouid be moved to Savannah State ;
( CoUegc, College, the tlie neighboring neighboring high high j i
j : -mmois and cities for one night
| I stands.
'
The committee also decided that
I- members 1 showing and of non-members local art work of the by j
,
I ^ wil1 be displayed in the banquet 1
| room *-h e Y during National !
I Y3 *CA week, which will be cele-
! brated January 19-26, 1958.
■ Grann Lloyd, member of i
' thc Adult Program committee and |
responsible for research in entire j
Program of tiie Y, advanced the j
idea conducting a Chutauqua
iy P e of program for a period of
t lve or six weeks centered around j
-hint couisese in Sex Education,
: Aesthetic dancing, modern parent- 1
h0od « a,t appreciation, common >
law, bridge, parliamentary pro- ;
cedure, beginning typing, and cor- ;
rect English usage.
Wilson P. Hubert a member of
the committee has taken the re-
sensibility of organizing a group j
; to sing Christmas Carols during;
the Christmas holidays, and “‘^ ^ con- j I
n
, v „ r , ,
• «nto a i.iua cnorus.
ine Eiacuie aorontj attended
the Board of Management meet-
bills, and everything that is pM-
chased in stores.
Do the schools need this ■411 i t
goring sum of money? It should
not be forgotten that school buitd-
: ngs are put up with money from
the state, and also from bond 1 is¬
sues, and the bonds are after¬
wards paid through County'&&&“ jicar” '
—not by school taxes. Every
there has been a great growth in
the size of Savannah, andlUfiis
means that more property... (s* .'{tilt 1
on the book- of the Countyii&titL 1
that the schools enjoy the inurcasuiu
accordingly. -loloi-/
While the number of children
in local schools has increased 100
■ -
per cent, , at , the ,. same time, .. the .. V
amount of school money _________ lias , in
creased 700 per cent, which proves
that there is something, iyi^g
somewhere, as there shouitL b tmv
need for more money. nrfU Jail
If the schools get the httredbe;' 1
will the money go to help the
children? Out of $6,G53,078.ftflteol*-Ui
lected by the schools, 89.55%
winch means $5,957,989.00 goes for
salaries.
This letter is offered with the
thought expressed in the old say¬
ing “Give the people light and they
will find the way.”
Yours truly,
E. D. King.,-
......... ........~
Wednesday evening in a body,
Mrs. Laura Miller, delegate to'the
National loung Aduit Assembly
at Bine Iuc.gc, N. C., during
August,splendid repoft.
Dr. CatviamL. Kiah, Chairmah of
the Adukt vPtogram committee
made thfcriatroductions.
The clui.pined Gra-Y and Tri-
Gra-Y clubs of Florance School
gave m-.'u/ s^net-ting progranl. at
the ii:.- taUijUu«. service of their ro-
Mr *' R ' b ““ B ’
club advi^prs , responsible Mrs for Laura the s
Martin, Mrs. Sara D. Herring
Bn(J Rol)ert B Wa:;h ington. Dr. J.
_____ Bryan, pastor _____ St. Phollips AME
Church' and Joseph It. Jenkins,
E xecu ti ve Secretary of the Y gave
remarks. Norman B. Elmore prtn-
cipal , uf p F ,,, i orance street Scholl, .
spoke of the value of y dubs in
the schools.
The Tri-Gra-Y Club of Harris
Street School, will be present**
on the "Y.AICA in Action” J’ro-
gram Saturday, 1:00 to 1:30 j’.M.
over radio station WJIV. Jliss
L. Skrine is the adviser for
the club and a recipient o£.,a
YMCA Plaque on YMCA Day
Alfred E. Beach High School last
May. Frank Freeman will be the
announcer for this program. Mrs.
Jeanette B. Hayes is the principal
of Harris Street School,
The weekly L SO dance will be
given for all servicemen at the'Y.
Saturday 8:30 to 11:30 P.M. All
service men stationed in this sec-
lion are cordially invited to at-
tend. Mrs. Francis J. Johnson,
USO Staff Aide will be in charge.
The only faith which in a
reai way molds ^ character val
ue8 is that which casts itself
on God for any emergency.
The benign Christian need nev¬
er be afraid.—Message.