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LESSONS LEARNED FROM INTEGRATION
An interesting editorial, under the
above caption, appeared in last week’s is¬
sue of The Black Dispatch, Oklahoma
” City, Okla. Here it is: ration
Southern revolt to into; as
led by Governor Faubus down in Ark¬
ansas, has grasped the attention of
more people than the break-through
of liberalism in some of the border
states, which we believe sets the
standard for what D eventually eninr
to happen everywhere in th” Son'll.
Everyone puts in a great deal of
time talking about whet has happen¬
ed in Arkansas, but few contemn'af -
upon what has happened in Kentuc¬
ky, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
According to the Southern School
News, which everyone recognises as
an impartial observer. Governor
“Happy” (’handles is urging Kentuc¬
kians to accept the Supreme Court
decision, while up in the ( umberbm 1
mountains the Ending gubernatorial
candidates are launching their cam¬
paign with a pita for racial equality.
When one "fids to Diis what has ha>>-
penned m Oklahoma, it is not a rdeas-
ant picture upon which confirmed
segregationists may contemplate.
There are two other incidents <h‘'t
have happened this year on the right
side of the ledger, for which all lib¬
eral Americans should feel proud.
The first is. that despite all of the
violence and threats of bodily harm,
nothin" tb« f b->s karp°ned in the in¬
tegrated system has caused a falling
off in enrodment on the part of Ne¬
groes. Nothing that happened at
One of the most forceful court deci¬
sions in favor of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peon’e
was that rendered in a majority verdict
last w"ek by a federal court in the
case of the Statu of Virginia which sought
to have the Virginia NAACP branches
make availab'u their membershin lis's to
the state. The majority decision of ttv>
three judge court denied in no uncertain
terms the nlea of the rabid segregation¬
ists that the names of those who are
members of the Association must he
made public. The matter, it is thought,
has not reached its finality as it is almost
a foregone conclusion that the decision
will be appealed to a higher court. In
the meantime, the avowed enemies of
the Association in the five states which
have demanded the names of the NAACP
members within their borders are at
their wits end to know what course to
pursue now. It is a good guess that thev
will await further action pending the final
outcome of the Virginia case. The other
states that have demanded those mem¬
bershin lists are Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana and Georgia, Th“ anti-NAACD
laws as passed by the Virginia legisla¬
ture were dealt with at length and term¬
ed unconstitutional by the court.
majority decision, as written by Judge
Morris A. Soper, is crystal clear and
most forceful. As to whether the
ginia statutes wore held to outlaw the
tivities of the NAAC1* and the Legal
Defense fund, the majority opinion
YOUTH STABBED
TO DEATH
(Coxitinuecr Ixoin cage Om-i
and the Ogeechee Road, a
broke out between two of
participants which resulted
the fatal stabbing of one.
Dead is Samuel Fletcher,
of 529 Mims inis street, street, who who '
allegedly stabbed five times
Willie Richardson, 18, of
West 39-th street. The fight
said to have started as
crowd was moving toward
doorway and the victim fell
the threshold, this giving
assailant a chance to
He was laiter arrested at
home. Fletcher was rushed
Charity Hospital where he
a few minutes later.
There is some speculation
to the exact cause of the
ment, as the youths are said
have been engaged in
fights recently, and were
Clinton, Tennessee, or at Little Rock
caused the Negro enrollees to falter.
According to southern School News
the Negro child is still marching to¬
ward the integrated school.
The other incident to which we
wish to call our reader’s attention is
t hat integration apparently has awak¬
ened the white class “A” student to
the danger lurking in a lack of appli¬
cation. Fear that brilliant Negro
students might each month, when
the examinations are required, grab
the high rrterks have caused a pro¬
nounced application and study among
white students which is entirely dis¬
cernible. In other words, integra¬
tion has already warned the white
student that he does not have to be
number one in his class just because
his face happens to he white. This
is a surprise to the white parent,
who has suggested a number of
things were going to happen when
the children of the two races met in
the classes. We have secured this
inforpr'D’on also from the Southern
School News.
Tf, in an objective sense, integra¬
tion has caused the white student
to apply himself more studiously to
school texts, while at the same tim°
it has brought out in the Negro child
a boldness and intrepidity of spirit,
progress has been made by both
groups in human advancement.
Something certainly not contemplat¬
ed upon by the confirmed and reac-
t ionary segregationist.
The Commonwealth would be free
to use all of its resources in its reach
for lawful methods to postpone and.
if possible, defeat the established
constitutional rights of a body of its
citizens, while the colored people of
the state would be deprived of the
resources needed to resist the attack
in the state and federal courts. The
dut v of this court to avoid such a sit-
nation, if possible, is manifest.
As to the Association being forced to
disclose its members, contributors and
moneys paid to the Legal Defense Fund,
the court held ID is to be
A violation "of the rights of free
speech for the organizations and
their members and contributors.
It further said:
The activities of the NAACP and
the Legal Defense Fund as they ap¬
pear in these t .;isi's do not amount
to a solicitation of business or a stir¬
ring up of lit igation of the sort con¬
demned by the ethical standards of
the legal profession. They comprise
in substance public instruction of the
colored people as to the extent of
their rights, recommendation that
appeals be made to the courts for
relief, offer of assistance in pros¬
ecuting the cases when assistance is
asked, and the payment of legal ex¬
penses for people unable to defend
themselves, and the attorneys who
have done the work have done so
erdv when authorized by the plain¬
p-lied from the Recreation .
Center only a few days ago.
However, Richardson said this
time they were arguing over
the -current score of tile gama ,
The "score is kept by spefcialj
ladies engaged for this purpose. 1
Fieteher was the son of Mr.!
and Mrs. Bonnie Watson of the
Minis street address and was !
a n only child. He served two
years in the army after being
drafted in '53, and was a mom- j
ber of the senior class of Alfred j
E. Beach High school. After ;
school hours he was at one time
a pa rt->1ime worker at a pool
r<) ° ni ° r West Broad and Hall
streets known as '‘The Clock.'
Fletcher's mother has twice
admitted Charity „ Hos- .
been to ,
pital. apparently suffering from
j shock. ; |
Funeral services for the vie- !
; tim will be held Sunday 1:00
o’clock at Dublin, Ga„ with the
r Sidney A. Jones Funeral Home
! in charge of arrangements.
$ 17,530 Damage
Judgment tv to Negro
Woman May Set
CHICAGO
awarding of $17,500 in
10 a Negro woman for
susrtained in a beating by
policemen may set a
cedent in the field of civil
violation, legal experts here
lieve. It is already the
sum ever awarded in a
court here in a non-fatal
alleging such violation.
Recipient of the award
Mrs. Augusta Carpenter
son. who was awarded the
ment in federal court
Through her attorneys, she
charged the officers
beal and permanently
hpr without cause
Under a federal law. the
j s liable for improper acts
mitted by city employees
on duty. The cops were
duty when Mrs.
charged they beat her up.
TI1E SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
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Between The Lines
Bv Gordon Hancock
(Fit Associated Negro Press)
WHAT { EAT! rnjCE >. GOOD __________ RACE ,
.
Some days ago the writer wwj
riding one of the city buses.
and a white, friend of many
years was also aboard. The
friend came over to share my;
seat. In the course of our cas- •
ual conversation he spoke of:
the hatred and bitterness he j
encountered In his travels about;
'he city and state.
He of course referred to
current si niggle over the prob-
lems of desegregation. A cas- j
ual review of the daily press
will confirm the proposition
that race relations are worsen-
ing but. thev are worsening in
the right direction. j
One of the chief arguments
the southern demagogue is pro-
pounding in this selfsame dete-
riorat.ion of race relations. Vio-
lence in the South is wide-
spread and threatening. The
emotions of both Negroes and
whltefj are highly wrought and,
(here is just as surely a cold j
war going on in the south a -
ever Jt went is on of in the Russia. great trage-; j
one
dies that there has been such j
an outbreak against the Negro |
and why? Because the Ne^ro [ !
is seeking to throw 0 ff th P I
bonds of second-class citteen-
tein working of course with- ;
in the framework of the Con 1 ;
'
stltutinn of the United States
and the laws thereof. I
If the Neero were working I
against the laws of the nation
or if he were conniving with |
th° Russians ms one one could could easily eo -il V
understand the. ii . bitterness ... and
tee hatred that,now afflict the l
citizens of this country. f
Tf the Negro were underrate-
teg our democratic way of life j
the current outbreak of bitter-
ceos and hatred could be nipre 1
casil( undefstood. But what
tee Negro seeks is in accord
with the tundergirding princi
tees noon which our nation and j
the ehu**ch were founded. The
Negro seeks to live the demo¬
cratic life; he seeks the Chris¬
tian way of meeting the issues,
that face him in particular and j
tee nation and world in gener¬
al.
iWHen it becomes dangerous
to seek Christian ends by Chris¬
tian means and when it be¬
comes unsafe to seek democrat¬
ic ways and means of living in
our common country, we arc
heading into trouble of tha
SUGAR REFINERY
GIVES $1,000 TO j
N^w' l ^“™ UC ^ fr of qW | America, Pase ° tlr> with |
Fanners
a mem(hership of almost 20.000
Negro girls and boys, use this
camp each year during June,
July and August, in addition,
;r number of Negeb agricultural
and vocational teachers hold
training meetings at the Camp
during the summer. I
Camp John Hope has rcceiv-
ed assurances from Governor
Griffin and the State Vocation-!
SYMBOL OF HATE. AMERICAS TRAGIC BURDEN
j
1
. t threatening , and danger- ,
ms kind.
As long as the Supreme
acceded to the wishes of
Old South and postulated
“separate but equal” program
interracial relations in the
everyhing wenit along
comparative smoothness!
the South’s politicians call-
this a golden era of race re-1
and now they are hark-
pride of acheivements.
But the fact is the Negro was
satisfied with “separate”
the South never gave
attention to the “equal”
of the situation. And
there seemed to be but
tension .there was in fact
off tension, while the Ne-
sweated under the burdens
disabilities second-class cit-
foreed upon him.
Now that the Negro is strug-
to overcome the handi-
of the separate but eoual
of a subordinate status
the nation, there is a great
of hatred and bitter-
throughout the nation,
This mnans that as long as
Nejrc> accepts, without ap-,
resentment ,the proposi-j
that he is inferior which is i
ded * n principle of seg-
we are having a “gol-
pra ” of race relations,
Brt onre let th e Negro show
resentment against second- 1
n citizenship; /i 1 I 1 r9 /\ n K i ■ and a a once m a a let 7 a 4"
s b°w that he resents the |
of being rushed to the front
t.impc times nf of war war ami and fra to the fhr» rear roar !
times of peace, then the
of bitterness and
are unloosed. The laws
ins P ire the Negroes to as- !
to first-class citizenship 1
written by white men and i
by whits man.
And these laws were influenc-
by the Mosaic laws and the'
law of Jove and broth-
enunciated by Jesus
himself. So when the I
aspires for the freedom
inheres in the teachings
Jesus Christ and in the
of our nation’s found¬
father, he is well within
range of reason and of
respect.
The Old South would pur¬
amicable race relations
the price of the Negro’s self-
and his full citizenship
price good race relations?
Education Service that if
raise through public sub-
$25,000 for their camp
that the State
make a grant of $75,000
"the program. j
Robert Young is heading up!
drive in Chatham County.
is a professor in Agriculture s
Haven Home school at id is
of the Chatham C'jun-
Negro Teachers Association,
p is a well known Negro lead-
in this community.
The Savannah Sugar Refin¬
Corporaion has given finan-
assistance to the white and
Vital Family Documents
Should Be Preserved
Vital family documents
should be preserved because
they may be needed to support
claims for veterans benefits,
Mr. William G. Gnann, contact
repre , entaUve , veterans Admin-
istration Office .advised veter-
am and thcir dependents to-
day
Mr. Gnann said te hdocu-
ments include birlh or death
decrees, guardianship or child
.... ,
fr ‘ ' ca ,cs ■ aiarna B c ° r iv ° rc -
^ 1 Ui lst - ar y e evl or enf!e se P“ ’ ra arf lon mi P a 1 P prs ary
° -
Types of claims in which the
documents may be needed in-
p™?atJo“
ial benefits, Mr. Gnann said,
throw "away these valuable
documents or hide them
whpre your family cannot find
them in an emergency,” Mr
Gnann said. “Preserve them
carefullv and make sure your
family knows where they are
at all times.’’
■dh US 0 ANNIVERSARY
Continued from ease Onm
Brunswick. All hostesses have
been invited along with the
entire senior classes of Alfred
E. Beach and Tompkins high
schools, members of the Gra-
da ' e .,- oron . ‘y- and , P ha . , a -ixfra-
termty, members of the :
board
of management and advisory
members and many others.
The regular meeting of the
beard of management will be 1
February 12 at 8' 00 p.m.
when a report will be heard
f r0m n0 miating committee
hcaded b * Samue i A Jone3 ’ f J
lowed by the election of offi " 1
1
!
The Gra-Y club of Frank W. i
elementary school will
be presented on the “YWCA In
program Saturday 1 ;00
pm. over station WJIV. The
lias been arranged by
W. Wright, instructor at
school, and will consist of
panel discussion by Mrs. Ayler
Lovett, Dr. Calvin L. Kiah,
C. Scott and Joseph R
lenkins. 1
The cast has been selected 1
“Punkey Doodles,” a three
ccmedy, which will be pre-;
in the near future by j
YMCA Players, sponsored I
the adv.lt program commit..'
Misses Jew'd Grant and
Miller will play the lead
for women in the play, }
John W. Lyons, Sr., will
the leading role for men.
play will be under the di¬
cf Prof. J. B. Clemmons.
Prof. Clemmons met with a
from Cuyler junior High i
vj 0 ol to organize a Teenagers i
club. Mrs. Dorothy M, '
is adviser. The next 1
the
^ n g w pj be Monday 4:00
at the Y.
4-H camps in past years.
the Savannah Refinery
canning projects and
for both of these
groups.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1958
B/ TED YATES
The determined effort by the Eisenhower administra¬
tion to hold government spending to $70 billion during
the next fiscal year brightens prospects tor tax reduction.
There are “ifs” involved. But tax-cut advocates point
out that a reduction would still be possible e\en ri the ad¬
ministration does not completely reach its objective.
A $70 billion spending program for next year (the fis¬
cal year beginning next July 1) would be $2 billion under
the amount the administration expects to spend during this
fiscal year.
However, the normal growth of the economy should
increase by at least $3 billion each year the amount of tax
revenue received by the government.
So. assuming normal economic growth, taxes could be
lowered and the government still would receive sufficient
revenue to meet its needs.
This is the basis of legislation pending in Congress, in¬
troduced by Reps. Sadlak (R.Conn.) and Herlong (D.-Fla.),
to lower personal and corporation income taxes to a maxi¬
mum of 42/7 by a series of annual reductions spread over
five years. *
FAURUS ANTAGONIZE DEMOCRATS
AND OTHERS IN THE NORTH
The attitude of Gov. Faubus
of Arkansas, in trying to ore- ,
vent the Little Rock school
board from carrying out their
beginning of integra¬
at the Central High school
there in accordance with -the
Court’s decision
segregated education,
caused a revulsion among
e °P le in the North and West [
,
A yractihal why fto lexprers
their revulsion was found -by
Democra t ic Women’s club
of Greenwich Conn., when they
Votf vuml *(1 to lu £ ive Trr> d*onn $ 200 r*c« as « a dona_ rir»an ! |
tion to the National Association
-the Advancement of Color-
d Peonle to be used wherever
need is greatest. They did
although, reflecting the ra¬
composition of the town,
a small proportion of the
members are colored wo-
In giving this donation 1
elite stated and “Segregation inj j
in all other as-
is harmful to the United
‘es both internally, where |
wasteful of vitality need-
talents and injurious to hu--
tutac *"" CONTESTANTS
(Continued from Page Onp)
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The crowning of the winner
be followed by a “Minstrel
which promises to be
of the most sensational
of the year.
Proceeds will benefit Zetas’
for Prevention and
of Juvenile Delinquen¬
scholarships for worthy
ladies and contributions
e h a r i t a b 1 e organiza-
Tickets for the minstrel
(be purchased U thTzof-, from any
of
Group or the contes¬
Miss Margaret L. Brown,
cf Mrs. Elvira Brown,
a 10t,h grade student of Al¬
E, Beach High school. She
a member of the Drill Team,
star and Baronette So¬
club.
M5ss Freddie Marie Liggins, ’
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Liggins is an 11th grade stu¬
dent of Alfred E. Beach High
school. She is a member of
the (band, Tri-Hi-Y, 4-H club
and Ballet group.
Miss Hattie Moore .daughter i
cf Rev. and Mrs. Levi Moore,;
is a 9th grade student of Cuy- ;
ier, Jr. High school. She is
Editor-in-Chief Cuyler’s
Newjs jileel, /Student Slag As¬
sistant, a member of the
■school chorus and SBarone|5te
Social club.
I
Miss LaTrisha Pearson, daugh¬
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Pearson .is an 8th grade stu¬
dent of Cuyler Jr. High school.
She is the president of the Tri-
Hi-Y a member of Asbury
Youth Group and Velveteens
Social club.
Miss Mary Pearl Roberts,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cal¬
vin Roberts, is a 10th grade
student of Sophronia Tompkins
High school. She is a member
of the staff of the school pa¬
per, “The Echo,” Dramatic club
and school band. She was a 1
wanner in “I Speak For De- j
mocracy” oratorical contest.
Miss Doris West, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. West, is an |
8th grade student of Cuyler Jr. j
High school. She is a student
Slag Assistant. Her mother is
an elementary school consul- j
tant in Chatham County. I
rights and dignity, and in-,
ternationally, where it has causi
us to lose prestige and providi- it
ed the Communists with their
most potent weapon against
us.”
The club took this action, ac¬
5 ' to their president, be¬
cause these women Democrats
that “Democrats in the
must take a firm, pub-
lie, and active stand on the
of civil rights.”
It would seem to -be a highly
effective way for for Democrats I
and Republicans alike in the
and aa 4 nrnnfAi Western states
to express their opposition to
Fauhus’s thinly disguis¬
appeals to violence against
out the Supreme
decision, if they follow
lead of the Greenwich
Women’s club and
a substantial donation to
NAACP to enable it td carry
its fight against racial seg-
and discrimination in
terms. The BiblinM enm-
“Go thou and do; like-
would seem to tae’appli-
here.
WOMAN
DEFENDS NEGRO MAN
(Continued from Page One)
}j \r
In fact, the worngnj protest¬
audibly to police .whp, were
by the driver to
Rev. Pleasure. She, term¬
the minister, who holds a
degree from Harvard
a “perfect gentle¬
However, her pleas fell on
ears, and Rev. Pleasure
arrested and charged with
conduct. A high of¬
of the Montgomery Im¬
Association contend¬
however .that Rev. Pleasure
actually arrested for vio¬
the city’s segregation
He is the Rev. Ralph D. Aber¬
pastor of the local First
church and first vice
of the Improved As¬
Association Martin Luther President is King, the famed Rev. of\ the Drj for I
leading the Montgomery bus
Issuing a statement which re-
fleets the attitude of Negroes
in connection with the arrest,
Abernathy said:
f'We intend to give Rev. Plea-
sure all moral and financial
support and take the case to
the Supreme Court of the U. S.
if necessary.
“Rev. Pleasure was fined on.
a charge of disorderly conduct,
but he actually was -arrested
for violating the segregation
ordnance. We are determin¬
ed to keep fighting until we
clear our city’s books of this
unjust law.” The segregation
ordnance was believed to be
shattered by the successful bus
boj’cott in 195 6. However,
jimcrcism in other forms of
public transportation continues.
NEW MEMBER EX. BD. «
(Continued from Page One)
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Association at its recent meet-
ing in Minneapolis. Dr. Voor-
hees had served tw r o terms on
the board in previous years and
was administrative vice.presi-
dent of the association in 1954
and 1955. She is also a member
of the advisory council of the
association.