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LET’S SHOW OUR RACE PRIDE
On Wednesday of next week an event
Of- utmost inujiortance will take place
here. It will be the ninety-1 • itil observ¬
ance of the Emancipation IVicianution
which was issuer in 18bb ( > th i.,,mor¬
tal Abraham Lincoln.
This epochal eve. ■ l .a.s been celebrated
in Savannah for many years and many
of these city-wide observance.! hav; been
both colorful and glamorous, especially •
during the days when civ C-vgia State
Militia played an un.7or.uiit role in the
life of the city.
However, since the abolishment of the
Negro state militia units about the Turn
of the century this festive event which
started shortly after the shackles of sla¬
very had been removed from the bodies
of four million black men, much of the
glamour of these t-eh brations has been
missing.
Never-the-less, for a number of years,
although the martial leature was aosent,
entse observances continued on a high
basis anu held much public favor. Then
division occurred among the leaders .and,
as a result, two separate and distinct cel¬
ebrations were held at the same time.
This confused the public and by degrees
the celebration dwindled to a point where
they held but little interest for the public.
• The leaders ol the two organizations
which sponsored these separate celebra¬
tions, seeing the folly of their ways, got
together, decided to compose their differ¬
ences and began to hold joint observances.
This helped considerably to ease the
coni used situation and the public took
heart and again rallied around the lead-
DR. T. J. G00DALL
HONORED BY
(Continued from Page One)
the couple was paid tribute
tne regular meeting of
union and at a public
in the evening. Mrs.
was unable to be present
to illness.
Dr. Goodall entered the
lstry more than 40 years
in , (Tennessee and came
Bethany 12 years ago
r.ow has extensive church
perty and more than
has been raised by the
during Dr. Goodall's
He has been prominent in
National Baptist
Mrs. Gocdall is a former
er in the Memphis
schools.
Among the leaders
at Goodall Night were state
local presidents Sandy F.
J. B. Lowry, W. F. Houston,
Arthur Reed and Adolphus
Smith (Union Pres.) and
David N. Cory, Protest
of Brooklyn executive
E. B. Boone came from
ton, diurTh! ^
och Baptist which
Goodall once pastored 1
gifts included more than
in cash,
For a number of years Dr.
Goodall was pastor of the
E.rst African Bapiist church
of Savannah.
PHILADELPHIA MEDIC
ADMI ITED TO ACS
PHILADELPHIA -i ANP)—
Theodore F. Hawkins, chief
obstetrics at
Hospital here, has been
ted as a Follow of the
can College Oi Surgeons,
honor which reflects the
fessional advancement ol
physician.
Dr. Hawkins Hawkins has has
earned certification as a
list from the American
of Obstetrics and
He is a graduate cf
University, Pa., and
Medical College.
Be a reader of the
in 1958.
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trs for a while, but once more something
happened to dampen the spirit of the oc¬
casion and public interest began to lag
again. So this year the sponsorship of
the celebration has been taken over ex¬
clusively by the Emancipation Associa¬
tion which is endeavoring to restore it
to its rightful place of eminence.
The Emancipation Association which
was formed many years ago and has been
prineipally responsible for the continu¬
ous observance of this event is headed
by the energetic and popular Rev. Mr. J.
<,. McMillan. Among those assisting him
in this mOS.t worthwhile community pro¬
ject are many of the leadihg ministers
of the city.
However, regardless of how much
thought, effort and energy these estimable
religious and civic leaders put into their
plans to bring the celebration back to its
owe high place among local events, it
will not reach the desired heights unless
the nnblic, in general, backs un these
gentlemen in ■ a wholehearted, vigorous
manner.
This celebration commemorates an
event in which every Negro in Savannah
should be vitally interested. Our race
1 ride is at stake and we should show by
our unstinted support of the celebration
that we are Still mindful of the greatest
event in the history of the American Ne¬
gro.
The speaker for Wednesday’s celebra¬
tion will he the nationally known Adam
Clayton Powell of New York city, one
of the three Negroes serving in the Unit¬
ed States Congress.
CAR GIVEN FOUNDER
OF 0B CLASSIC
(Continued from Page One)
University national Alumni
sociation and chairman of
Lee Day Committee. Dr. W.
navis, president of
.state A. and , I University,
j could not be present but
1 watch was presented from
to the illustrious sportsman
a representative of the school.
Dr. Richard V. Moore,
ident of Bethime-Cookman
college, awarded him with
citation from the college
his contributions in the
of sports and civic enterprises
Moss H. Kendrix of the Coca-
Cola Bottling Company told
| th? company’s desire for
I "p to have a year's supply
Cokes and a pleasure chest
carry them in his car.
PROF. SEES LITTLE
CHANCE FOR
(Continued trom Page One)
handicap to Negro voters. Cbn-
I centration 011 the P rimar y
courages Negro-baiting
makes it more difficult for
candidate to appeal
I for Negro support. In
this situation leads to
deals with Negro voting
: and deprives Negro voters of
; opportunity to make their
decisions. 4
Dr. Simpson declared
with the new civil rights
islation there would be
ble an increased Negro
tration which would in
give the Negro greater
tunities in public
He would receive more
age. The picture in
et?plpiin|?nt in the South ^
bright but in states where
]£ WS p a ve been
there is improvement.
, .
„ .....
in the field of
j medical education, March
i f no; appropriations
grants since 1938 have
$28,900,000. A total of
workers in 27
have been helped in their
ing. Support the 1958
' of Dimes.
0FFICERS QF LOCAL
MASONIC LODGES
(Continuedhwrtn Page One)
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junior deacon; Roosevelt Wil-
liams > senior steward; Leroy
Frazier, junior steward; Eugene
Johnson, marshal; Leroy Fields,
chaplain; Brawlcy Brooker
- Hilton Lodge No. 2 Milton j
—
H. Brown, worshipful master;
James Phoenix, senior warden; i
Blanton Black, junior warden;
| | w - M - Cannedy. treasurer; j
Charles w. Washington, finan- :
j cial secretary; Lenick Johnson,
senior deacon; Raymond P.
Pinckney, junior deacon; Thos.
I Scott, senior steward; Eugene
Daniel, junior steward; Herbert
,
Stevens, marshal; Richard Mil-
ton, chaplain; Jonathan Burke, |
recording secretary; Willie j
Greatheart, tyler. I
Pythagoras Lodge No. 11 — j
Robert L. Kenner, worshipful j
master; James Coney, senior 1
warden; Robert Munvford, jun-.
ior warden; Nelson Brown,
treasurer; S. D. Bisard, secre¬
tary; Calvin Harris, senior
deacon. Gilbert Dominguez, ^
| Junior senior deacon; steward; George Isaiah Calhoun, Kent, | j
j'unicr steward; Isaac Me Fall, !
marshal: Willie Meyers, chap- i
lain; Willie Smith, tyler; I*
Washington, recorder.
Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 15
William Gibson, worshipful-
master; Ben Wright, senior
warden; Dock Holmes, junior
warden; H. Carrington, Treas.;
S. L. Gibbons, financial secre-
' tary; Richard Smith, senior
deacon; Nathan Hills, junior
deacon; Jasper Maynard, senior
steward; Eddie Blake, junior
steward; H. McGee, marshal;
G. H. Stokes, chaplain; J. Pet-
! erson, tyler; Lewis Washington,
recording secretary,
Prince Hall No. 28—Thomas
! Mike, worshipful master; Geo.
j j W. Abraham Pinckney, Rhanes, senior junior warden;
war-
j J den; Herman Caleb Mack, H Bias, secretary; treasurer; Ar-
thur Russel, senior deacon;
Marion Alexander, junior dea-
| con; Archie Mungin, senior
* steward; Willie Thompson,
j ipr steward: John Habersham.
marshal: Lee Stepnens. tyler:
Clarence Solomon, recording
secretary.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
lie Must Be Destroyed, If Peace And Democracy, Are To Win In America
Nation’* Loading Negroes Protest
Sonera! Motors In
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ANP)—
‘When we moved into the
South we agreed to abide by
Iqcai •,custom and not to hire
(Negroes for ,(production work.
This 4s no time for social re¬
forming in that area, and we
arp not, about to try it.”
The blunt statement uphold¬
segregation reported to
have been made by a General
Motors plant manager near At¬
lanta. Ga., and published re¬
in the Wall Street Jour¬
nal was disturbing to A. MAaceo
president of Universal
Insurance company and ex¬
vice-president of the
Tri-State Bank, for up
until then he had had
able confidence in General Mo-
tors and its products. During
the past 11 years he and his
family had purchased 1.3 Cadil¬
lacs produced toy the corpora-
tion.
Mr. Walker immediately
(v ri - e H w jth ^ Ncirrn business- bu « ,nes ^ lead-
ers throughout the United ,
States to see what could be
done in the way of getting th"
company to change is policy at
the Georgia plant.'
Business Leaders Rally to
As a result of Mr.
action, the following develop-
meats have been brought atoout:
(u Negro business leaders
have'rallied-to Mr. Walker’S
posal to find effective measures
tor and discrimination in
Motors plants in the South.
(2) A denial has been re¬
celved from both Harlow Cur-
f j COj president of the General
Motors Corporation, and Louis
gegton, vice president, that it
i s firm’s policy to conform
to local.custom in the matter of
discrimination,, and.
(3) To test the asserted
icy of qualified skilled workers
w jp " ' apply ^ayilie for employment General at
th e Motors
plant ncar Atlanta in the near
f U tn re .
shortly after noting the state
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t I tU a Wal 11 , g C trcet + vruvt Jour T 11 r ,
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Mr. Walker sent letters to
Between The Lines
By Dean Gordon B. Hancock for ANP
Freedom of the Tress
In my university days I had
an old professor of philosophy
who would often lecture this:
“Young men, it is good to have
open minds; but it is not good
to have them wide open.” The
“wide open” mind is just as
undesirable as the closed mind,
There must be moderation and
common sense here, as every-
where, in the domain of the
spiritual and material world.
One of the freedoms which
we of American traditions
most highly is the free-
dem of the press. But there are
reasons to believe that we carry
this freedom too far and often
make matters worse thereby.
Negro business leaders whose
! employees were users of Gener-1
al Motors automobiles.
Ihy included E.M. Martin, j
executive vice president of the
Atlanta Life Insurance compa-!
ny, Dr. J. H. Jackson, president
of the National Baptist Conven- |
tion, Claude Barnett, director of
the Associated Negro Press; C.
A. Scott, editor and general
manager of the Atlanta Daily
World,”; John H. Johnson, pres¬
ident of the Johnson Publica¬
tions; Roy Wilkins, executive
secretary of the National Asso¬
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People; C. C. Diggs, Sr.,
pre dent of Diggs Enterprises
in Detroit, and Jackie Robin-
son, vice president of Chock
Full O'Nuts, New York city.
Barnett Contacts G .M.
In Chicago, Mir. Barnett con¬
tacted General Motors for a
statement regarding the alleged
SLa ‘ tement cf \ General Motors to
conform . to . the South’s , policy of
discrimination against Negroes I
iu j cfcs other than janitorial,
w nj c n was re p or ted to be the arel i
on jy ; , erv j ce f or w hich they
hired at the Doraville plant,
iv-r. Barnett received a reply
from Louis G. Seaton, vice pres-
i lut'iiu iUuJlu | “ oi ol the the col WI nch
he 1C relayed raiayed m AiN|P releases pa'
lhlL i( . a th com
| * Jic t0 Qfler en iplo ym c n t
lhe country .. witilout ^ >Kar d to
! an individual’s race, creed, col¬
or, or national origin,” but
Mr. Seaton added that it was
the company’s policy to leave
with individual divisions the
matter of who to hire for par¬
ticular employment. But this
he *aid was not to be construed
as a waiver of the overall pol-
icy vjf nondiscrimination,
j Shortly after receiving a no-
tice from Mr. Walker, C. A.
Scott in Atlanta sent a reporter
from “The Atlanta Daily
World” to the Doraville plant
for comment on the article.
The reporter was told by R.
S. Maddox, Southern Regional
The principle underlying this
freedom of the press cannot be
gainsaid; but unless this prin-
sense we can do irreparable
damage by trying to publish
everything about everything.
This column has made bold to
state many times herein before
that the communists do not
need to send spies to this coun-
try; they could get all the in-
foijnation they want by simply
reading our daily newspapers
and our magazine publications,
We have taken the ideal of
freedom of the press and
abused it after such a manner
that the time is at hand when
we need to curb the notion
Public Relations manager that
“the plant manager was mis-
represented in the Wall Street
journal,” and ' hat ‘*we have
no desire to discuss it further
any newspaper reporter or
newspaper at this time.”
His Request Turned Down
re p or ter asked for admit-
ance p: an t a t Doraville,
so ^at he could determine for
himself as to how the plant
was b e j n g staffed, but his re¬
quest was turned down. He
was informed that it would be
useless for him to attempt to
gain entrance toy contacting
Detroit, and that no further
discussion would be entertained
on the subject.
G. M. President Writes Walker
It was not until he received
a letter from Harlow Curtice,
“•resident of the organization,
that Mr. Walker was satisfied
that General Mlotors was not
behind the policy expressed in
the Wall Street Journal.
“You may toe sure,” Mr. Cur¬
tice wrote, “that the state-
ment attribued to the General
Motors executive does not rep-
resen t General Motors policy.
Further, the statement itself
is inaccurate.” General Mot¬
ors policy on hiring without re¬
gard to an individual’s race, he
said, “is clear and unequivo¬
cal.”
In answering Mr. Curtice’s
letter regarding the overall hir¬
ing policy of the corporation,
M!r. Walker thanked the offi¬
cial for his statement, and com¬
mented:
“For many years the Negro
has been victimized by a vicious
circle—if you do not receive
gainful employment and ade¬
quate pay you cannot educate
yourself and your children—if
you cannot educate yourself and
your children you cannot quali¬
fy for higher paying jobs.
Skilled Negro mechanics and
assembly line men will call at
the Doravill plant near Atlanta
in the near future to make ap¬
plication for employment with¬
in the plant.
about the freedom of the
press. It becomes more and
more difficult to see how we
can have security with our
current practices and policies
on the freedom of the press.
The nation as a nation does
not have privacy any more. It
for security reasons any hap¬
pening may be, the newsmen
and publicists must tell it to
the world in the name of free-
dom of the press.
The press of the nation has
subverted the ideal of freedom
of the press and turned it into
license to probe and publish
anything that comes along, ir-
respective of whether or not
the security of the nation is
involved. It is mighty good to
have freedom of the press but
it is dangerous to have it too
free just as it is dangerous to
have the mind “wide open.”
SATURDAY, DEC. 28, 1957
American industry believes in paying just as high
wages as it possibly can, consistent with increases in out¬
put per man-hour and the realities of the competitive sys¬
tem.
Hut in resisting, as it sometimes must, exorbitant and
unreasonable demands for increases in wages and fringe
benefits beyond what is right and proper, industry is
protecting the consumer, for it is the consumer who has
to pay the increased costs of production in the long run.
It is one of the important responsibilities of indus¬
trial management to safeguard, to the extent that it pos¬
sibly can, the purchasing power of the consumer dollar.
There 2S Adams Streets in Boston, Mass. it
are
More than 19,000,000 employees holding jobs outside
the agriculture field are women; nearly 32T are in clerical
work. ^
In today’s industrial economy, business grows bi^ only
bv better service to the great mass of consumers—and
the bigger a business becomes,* the more it must be of ser¬
vice. „
All of our nation’s embar-
rassment and humiliation could
have been averted if in the
j name of freedom of the press,
i the publicists and newsscoop-
ers could have been held in
hand. The real failure of op¬
eration Vanguard was not the
scientists, but the press. The
scientists were out to experi¬
ment and the publicsits were
out for a “show-off,” and that
there was a dismal failure need
occasion no surprise.
How could our great scien-
tists do their best with the
publicists looting down their
throats? What should have
been a private demonstration
for scientists only turned out
j to be a show for those who
feel that the freedom of the
press must be served even if
the ends of national security
are nctl.
l We car learn a lesson from
I Russia who did not say a word
| ab ut her “little moon” until
it was aloft in its orbit. Why
was not there the same secre¬
cy about cur attempts. But it
is grea ly to be feared that our
ideals of the freedom of the
prers must be revised if we are
gei'-jg to compete with com¬
munism.
Nobody knows how many
failures the Russians had be¬
fore Sputnik I was ‘launched
but the world did n,ot have the
MAN MAKING REPAIRS
On HOME iiitS TkOM
MONOXIDE POISONING
j ’lGLi_x>0, C.iio—AN'P)—Joe A.
; Smith, 49, and his wife, Ethel,
I j 3, had planned to move into
a new apartment before Christ¬
mas.
Mr. Smith, after making re¬
pairs c.n the place one night
last week, stayed overnight.
When his wife went there
the next day to help him, she
found him dead.
The medical examiner said
death was caused by carbon
monoxide poisoning. The dam¬
per of a space heater had
closed, causing gas fumes to
collect in the room where Mr.
Smith’s body was found.
ALA. VOTES 0KEY
AMENDMENT
(Continued from Page One)
county.
All white people in Macon
County and Tuskegee were not
for Englehart’s proposal. Seven
lawyers in the county, mem¬
bers of the Macon County
Association, issued a statement
objecting to abolishing the
county “at the present time
Mobile, which has many de-
cent and liberal people, voted
against the amendment. Even
Birmingham favored it only by
a small majority but the ru-
ral areas where Negroes^ are
not registered voted solidly for
1
The Tuskegee Civic Associa-
| tion composed of Negroes, is¬
sued an appeal for votes
against the amendment which
they said was a device to main-
| tain an undemocratic system of
social relationship which can¬
not be justified morally or po¬
litically.”
The measure will now go to
1 the legislature which is domi¬
nated by White Citizens Coun¬
cil members.
laugh it had when .j
tig our op-
eration Vanguard failed dis¬
rnally. More than, once', in thil
' column the warning hgs bee
sounded that we are not goi;
to get anywhere by underratin;
Russia and the communists.
The Russians are shrewd and
resourceful and it is going to
take the best we have and all
we have to stem the tide of
| communism. When we suc-
, ceeded in atomic fission and
fusion, we became proud and
boastful and defiant. We
i secme h it for granted
that we were ahead, and would
un Ll the end of time.
If the failure of operation
Vanguard does nothing more
than divest us of some oif our
swagger and bullyism it will
have made a great contribution
to our security. As we look back
upon our recent Vargurd fA.il-
! ure we are inclined to la >' a
i lot of our nation's embarass-
j men Heists t at who the literally doors of -3ot the In pub- the
; when, needednroom in
way we
the attempt to launch: tihe Van¬
guard. -.Of*
There is always Uangef in the
times of critical developments
that the crowd will get in the
way, as in the case of fire.
There are certain times and
circumstances that thgtj, limit lir the
’will freedom rise! of the press ( 1 yanguard
oio,qq.
SCEF TO MEET OS
viULAliOflS OF
(Coiitinuecr Loin Page One)
violations are most prevalent
m tne smaller counties and
rural areas of the Deep South.
I ne board discussed haw recent
civil rignts legislation passed
by Congress can be used to
combat these violations.
Tne board authorized South-
wicie circulation ot a petition
.0 me mitea states Senate to
modify Rule 22 to limit filibus¬
tering. mis would be (presen¬
ted at the opening of tne 1959
oession of Congress.
lne board aiso voted to step
up tne sOiD s work ot tormmgr
wimnittees ior civil rights leg-A
tsiatiun in ah Soutnern 1 states.I.
xt has been found that such
committees give strength and
provide a means of positive
action for thousands of right-
LnnKing Southerners.
The board elected Dr. James
L. Hupp of West Virginia as
secretary to succeed the late
Dr. Aiva W. Taylor of Kentuc¬
ky. Mrs. Fred Zengel of Loulsi-
ana was named assistant sec
reLary. Elected to membership
on ^ ne Board were Bishop C.
tjwbank Tucker, Kentucky; the
Rev. Albert J. Kissling, Florida;
the Rev. Stephen P. Spatts-
wcod, Arkansas; Dr. Carl C.
Taylor, Virginia; Mrs. Naomi
Parnell, Louisiana, and the Rev.
E. C. Estell, Dr. Rchard H
Powers, and Dr. Paul F. Boiler,
all of Texas.
President of SCEF is Aubrey
W. Williams, Montgomery, Ala.,
ublisher of Southern Farm &
ome, who was director of the
National Youth Administration
under President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
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