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THE GOVERNOR IS TEARFUL
So the governor is fearful that the
Negro voters will take over in Georgia.
How silly, hut that is nothing strange,
for he is running true to form when he
expresses such thinking.
Last week we came in possession of a
circular letter issued by the governor,
the state’s for most segregationist,
which carried his message of fear to
the white voters of the state. The copy
of the letter we got was given us bv a
Negro voter who, jhy mistake, v «« sent
this scurrilous communication. These
abusive circulars were supposed to he
mailed to white vot' i s only.
The governor wants the state legis¬
lature. the letter states, to pass a law
killing permanent registration and in¬
serting in its place a two year limit on
registration. He also wants the restora¬
tion of the one dollar poll tax.
Of course, as usual, when speaking of
matters concerning the Negro, he takes
a fling at the NAACP, blaming it for
the movement recently’started to up the
Negro voting strength of the state from
100.000 to 500.000.
This latest Mast at Negroes will ’not
stop their efforts to increase their voting
strength. To the contrary, it may prove
a boomerang and sour them on to put
forth greater effort to become fully en¬
franchised citizens.
The governor’s letter, in part is couch¬
ed in language which ill becomes the
chief executive of a great state, but why
should we he surprised at this evidence
of lack of good taste as it simply is in¬
dicative of the true character of the man.
Here’s how the abusive letter asking
for support of tin* white voters to stem
the “threat” of Negro domination of the
state reads:
Dear Fellow Georgian:
There are 160,000 Negroes regist er¬
ed to vote in Georgia to day. The
Rev. Martin Luther King. Negro
preacher from Montgomery has set
up headquarters for the purpose of
putting 500,000 Negroes on the
voters lists in Georgia. would
Such action, if successful,
WHITE WOMAN TELLS
OF HER CONVERSION |
TO I
|
(Continuer from Page Onei
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racy. She says in her early [
years she “was kindly and
friendly, but completely patern-,
aiistic toward Negroes. I felt'
about them as many adults feel |!
about children. I liked to see i
them around, wished them well,
and felt protective and symoa-
thetic if one was in trouble. But
I felt they should be firmly and i
Immediately disciplined if they
misbehaved, and I thought that
failure . to . respect . and t obey. ,
those ’whom I believed to be
above them was very pravelmis-
behavior.” She added:
“I lived in an all white world
a dream world in which I
thought 1 was surrounded by
happy. respectful and loving
children. It never crossed my
mind that segregation was a
handicap or a humiliation to
Negroes ,or that there was any-
thing un Christian or undem
ocratic about it.”
Mrs. Boyle, who is the wife of
a member of the faculty at the
University of Virginia, said her
“dream world was shattered by
a whizzing black arrow in the
form of a young Negro lawyer
who sued for admission to the
University of Virginia and
later became our first Negro
student.”
She says “the fact that a
qualified Virginian who wanted
to enter this university was
preevnted from doing so, and
had to bring suit, simply be-
cause he was classified as a
Negro—this was too much for
m.v elaborate indoctrination
Then and there, it split from
end to end.
“I could no longer escape the
truth that I. and the rest of
the South ,had been guilty
enormous, unconscious cruelty
and oppression, and that it was
f high high time lor these to end.
“Hi Having got this far ,it seem-
place our State of Georgia under
complete domination of the N. A. A.
('. P. and those fuzzy-headed liberals
who aru out to completely destroy
the Georgia way of life.
The General Assembly has been in
session four weeks and no legisla¬
tion to prevent this kind of thing
has been introduced. In keeping with
my pledge to you to keep the races
segregated in Georgia, I must take
immediate action with a proposal to
prevent this.
We must wipe the registration
slate clean every two years to keep
from adding thousands of ineligible
Negroes each year. At the same
time, vve must require some sma 1
registratin*) fee of say $1.00 for two
years, this money to remain in the
counties and he used to defray the
expenses of keeping an accurate
voters list.
This proposal might cause some
inconvenience to you and to mem¬
bers of your family, however I know
that you would much prefer this
slight inconvenience to turning our
state over to Negro domination.
This is the only way to protect our¬
selves.
This proposal will be assailed by
the Atlanta newspapers because they
are soft on segregation. in the
This proposal will stand up
I T R. Supreme ( ourt. It applies
. white,
without discrimination to
blank, tangerine, piebalds and nui-
lattoes.
I want your help and want you
to take this message to your friends
•m l neighbors and to niembeis of
the General Assembly. immediately
Please let me know
beiv von feel about this. It is of
vital importance. good wish for greater
With every a
Georgia, I am Sincerely.
Marvin Griffin,
Governor of Georgia
to me that I had no choice
but to speak out concerning
my new conviction. For I was
brought up to believe that if
you have a conviction, or if
you see a wrong, it’s your pri-
mnry moral obligation to do
something about it.
es soon as I saw that seg-
™ B
t at lt would
cast me, or fny family, or
whether it would be consider¬
ed disloyal to the society to
1 belong!d. I know to
be P^naHy sWe )i i «““- but not ^ u to ' lfu be ? taken ™
in, ° consideration in determ-
imn<* B my J course of action,
Mrs. Boyle explained
she felt the need to learn the
Negros point of view
integration and that she
the need to put herself in
position to understand the Nc-
pro's experience in a
pd society. She talked
Negroes, attended two
churches .one Baptist and
Episcopal, to get first hand
much of the experience of
groes as possible.
she got the impression
“our oppressed minorities
derstand the American
much better than people of
own group understand it.
was vvhites .and not
j now realized with a shock
a result of easy
had been kept childishly
thinking in regard to
ant issues. The modern
gro leader has a firm grip
American ideals which
Americans .have not enjoyed
j since Jeffersonian days.”
^7”I’{7NJ)£[) CANCER
WORKSHOP
(Continued from Rage One)
Lawrence, Wilton C. Scott,
Thomas J Davis, Jr.. Mrs. S.
Hill, Mrs. Nova J. Dennis,
Laura B. Merday, J. F.
and Herbert Stuckey.
j fJNCF DISTRIBUTES
, JH1RD 1957 ALL0CA.
(Continued from Page One)
Stokes Fund.
Since the College Fund was
chartered In 1944, it has raised
approximately 10 per cent oi
the combined operating bud-
j I gets of according its member to colleges Dr. Patti each i
year, organiza¬
son, founder of the
tion.
“Allocations from
contributions are used by the
colleges to provide
buy equipment and
faculty salaries.
help deserving students,
could not otherwise remain
school, continue their
tion. Salary increases
prevent valuable faculty
bers from seeking higher
pointments elsewhere,”
Patterson said.
In February 1958, these
lecros .7 will also share in an
oriation of $130,000.
will be the final allocation
money raised in a separate ,
year capital funds appeal
ended in 1956. The
funds campaign raised a
of $17,750,000.
Capital funds money
| it possible for many UNCF
leges to erect urgently
I new buildings and repair
: ones, ” Dr. Patterson stated,
“These improved
^ ave a ddcU to the institutions
fundamental usefulness
have contributed vitally to
j whole advancement of
tion in the South.”
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
BD. TO MEET IN
(Continued from Page One)
tend the meeting.
For the first time ,the
of rleeTioimTwlth the Women’s Auxiliary
meet jointly with the
board.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
A Glance At Carnegie
Addison says, “Reading is
the nnnd what exercise is to
body.” With February well
As way it brings with it
apportunities to do
live reading.
The Children’s Department
Carnegie Library has a
calendar for this month
following events will be
erved:
Thomas Edison’s
Feb. 11; Abraham
Birthday, Feb. 12;
way, Feb. 14; Negro
Week, 2nd Week;
Week, Feb. 16-23; George
ington’s Birthday, Feb. 22.
Attractive and
displays are being
New books as well as old
accompany each display.
■. now to read with us this
The staff of Carnegie
is greatly impressed with the
number of teachers using the
services offered by the State
Department. Teachers being
deeply concerned with the dial-
lenge, “Why Johnny Can’t
Read.” This is a wonderful op-
por‘.unity to try to answer or
attempt to secure an answer by
introducing him to a few of
the thousands of State Depart-
ment books housed on the
shelves (to supplement your
reading material now in use).
The service is free. Please
take advantage of it. Shall we
:e YOU soon?
A teacher at Paulsen Junior
High School visited the library
last week, bringing with her a
group of 30 eighth and ninth
grade students. The group was
given instruction on how to use
the library. Emphasis was
placed on the following: How to
use a dictionary, IIcw to use an
'mcvelcnedia, How to use the
card catalog, The Dewey Deci-
Negro History Wk. Takes on
WASHINGTON (ANP)—The
eyes of the world this week fo-
cus on Negro History Week.
The period, observed this
year, Fob. 9 through the 16’h,
marks the achievements of Ne-
groes throughout the world and
particularly in America,
light of world developments
on international significance In
which have seen a number of
the darker territories raised to
the status of nationhood .
Prime examples of the
development are the gains
(by such recently
nations as Ghana and
both of whom now enjoy
status of Independent
Both of these territories
! ec j f^cir Independence
Britain within recent
Primp Minister of Ghana
Greetings.
This week as celebration
Negro History Week began
America, Prime Minister
Nkrumah of Ghana took
zance of the significance of
occasion to wire his
His message, filed through
Ghanian Ambassador to
United States, Daniel A.
man, pointed to the
strides made by colored
throughout the world in
struggle for freedom. It
conveyed a warm greeting
“our American cousins,”
asked understanding of
a’s problems in a period
transition. It read:
I 11 ls a proud day for C '
whon wc can ’ as a free and
erei $ n state extend mir ^
i greetings during Negro
j to our American
and oiiH vinem»« kinsmen.
“On this occasion we
| also like to express our
: tude for the
1 given us from all sides
our struggle for
and even more, for the
and sympathetic
you have shown in our
in the recent past.
“During the brief period
our nation’s existence in
complex world of changing
Robert H. Miller. Editor
Publisher of the National
eral Director and
officail publication of the
tional Funeral Directors
Morticians. Inc.,
this week the selection of
E 01
phia as recipient of its.
annual award to the
| of the Year" for the most
uable contribution to the
‘ mal Classification, and The
j arrangement of books on the
shelves.
j In the adult and youth sec-
j tions of your library some of
! the latest books are always at
jpur disposal. The following
list of books are recent addi-
tions to the library’s collection:
Frazier, Black Bourgeoisie;
Smith, Dictionary of American
Politics; Harlow, Social Science
: in Public Relations; Mayer, Our
Negro Brother; Brockway, Basic
Documents in United States
Foreign Policy; Frye. A United
Natrons Peace Force; Turner,
C.mple.e Guide to U. S. Civil
Service Jobs, Jacob, Changing
j \alues in College, Murdoch,
j Linear Algebra for Undergrad-
nates; Beeland, Space Satellite;
Hughes, On Nuclear Energy;
J Nebergall, College Chemistry;
; Kjclgarrd, Chip,' the Cam Bail-
der; Musciano, Building and
Flying Scale-model Aircraft;
Moody, Dressed Soft Toys, Ani-
j mal Families; Mochrie, Felt
(lays; Mandell, Make Your Own
1 Musical Instruments; Wernecke,
j Christmas Songs and Their of
j Stories; Benet, A Book
j Americans; Study; Davidson, Mander, Poe: Hamlet A
Critical "Miller
| Through the A°-es-
Story of Walt Disney; Repplier,
Mere Marie of the Ursulines;
Seaver, David Livingstone: His
Life and Letters; Fiction: Car-
i ney, When the Bough Breaks;
Chase, Edge of Darkness; Den-
! ker, The Bould Girl; Davis,
, Honey in the Horn; Gardner,
j You Can A Cup Die Laughing; of Tea for Mr.
erson,
Thorgil): Luing, Matthew Ear-
ly; Mallet, House of Lies; Stern,
Seventy Times Seven; Warren,
Fand of Angels; Williamson,
The Fagles Have Flown; With-
ers. House on the Beach.
| lotionshii.ps, it has not always
j been possible for some to see
our problems in the light, we
see them or for us to convey
to the outside world all our
hopes and objectives.
, Cites Hopes of Negro People
“We know that the hopes of
many colored peoples hang on
what we do in Ghana. Our
deeds can, of course, only be
Judged in the perspective of
time. We take confidence in
| knowledge .however, that
we share the same basic values
of freedom and democracy,”
belief in the intrinsic value of
file individual and In the spir-
itual basis on which these
values are founded.
‘On this occasion of Negro
: jpgfQj-y we ok of 1958, we salu*e
you, our American Cousins, who
are heirs of a similar heritage,
It is our prayer that this heri¬
tage and your efforts, which
have brought you thus far
your heroic history, will
see you through to the goal
your aspirations.”
The message by Prime
ister Nkrumah is in essence
challenge and an
, fh e struggles of
ever y W h e re, and particularly
America, are studied closely
wold councils.
Celebration Started by
Negro History Week had
beginning on September
1915, when the eminent Ne-
j gro historian. Carter G.
son, founded the Association
‘ the Study of Negro Life
jjisitorv in Chicago Negro
| tory orv Week weex is is an outgrowth
that effort to glorify and
light Negro achievements.
Besides pub ..... is mg ,, e „ 0U1
nal of Negro History,
collected thousands of
and manuscripts on the
now available to the public
the Library of Congress.
Recently, out of
tion of Woodson’s
contribution, the Negro
zine. Ebony, elected him to
’Hall of Fame.”
j eral profession and to her
j lished as an annual event
! munity.
This award which was
ago was prompted by
I act that women are
i noteworthy contributions to
often unnoticed largely
tb j s k i nd 0 f service
thou lu ue ght to be chiefly J
ed to men.
MR. HOTEL’S OWN •
STORY “BE MY GUEST,”
Pv CONRAD HILTON
j One day during the Great
1 Depression, hotelman Conrad
Hilton, b roke and living on a
loan from one of his bellboys,
came upon a picture of New
York’s Waldorf-Astoria. He
! mriobled ‘The Greatest of
Them All” across the photo and
slipped it under the glass top
of his desk.
On a rainy evening 15 years
later. Hilton recalls In “Be My
Guest,” hiS autobiography, re-
celdly P’>khshe y re n lee¬
^ ® ^ “ °
f ; g an py i<ynoieA
^ “ ‘resplendent doorman in
effort3 tQ get a cab . In ex -
aspera fj on Hilton’s companion
(., irned f 0 doorman and ask
^ d witheringly if he knew he
wns delaying “the gentleman
wbo now ow ns the Waldorf.”
T j ie d a y before, Conrad Hilton
bad capped his globe-circling
diadem of hotels with “the
greatest of them all.”
To Hilton, the purchase of
the Waldorf, the buying of the
great Statler chain, and the
building of hotels throughout
the world were great adven¬
tures. Like all adventures,
they had their share of dan¬
ger (his partner on an early
deal was shot by a man who
thought he had been swindled).
Yet they offered immense per¬
sonal satisfaction: the thrill of
achievement, the triumph of
faith in a goal.
Conrad Hilton had been train¬
ed from chidldhood to tackle
the risks of life head-on and
to wear life’s rewards humbly.
His father Gus was a roirth-
and tumble trader in frontier!
New Mexico who built a sizeable
fortune from nothing. His j
rurther was a devout Catholic
who taught her five children
the strength of religion and the
solace of prayer.
The Hiltons entered the ho¬
tel business out of necessity.
When the 1907 depression evap- i
orated much of Gus Hilton’s
fortune, the family took guests
into their rambling adobe house
in San Antonio, New Mexico.
Mrs. Hilton cooked while Con¬
nie and Ms brother carried bags
and ran errands. The family j
prospered again. '
As a young man, Connie in. j j
vested successfully in a bank,
took a brief flyer in politics, i
and went to France with tile
j AF.F in WW I. Shortly after
| his discharge, he bought his
first hotel.
The Mobley, in Cisco, Texas, j
vas a run-down pile of brick
that cost Hilton and a partner j
j $40,000. Through hard work,
j close-to-the-chest management
j (Hi,ton and his partner slept
! chairs to free bedr,) and
canny planning (they divided
the dining room into bedrooms)
the Mobley made money.
j A short time later, Hilton
bought the Melba in Ft. Worth,
then the Waldorf in Dallas.
Shrewd Hilton management
and Hilton service made them
all successful, and young Con¬
rad Hilton was off on the ca¬
reer that was to make him the
world’s No. l hotelman.
The Waldorf-Astoria became
his in 1949. He started the
building program that result¬
ed in such glamorous hostelries
as the Caribe Hilton in Puerto
Rico and the Istanbul Hilton in
Turkey. In 1954, he made his
biggest purchase: $111 million
for the famed Statler chain.
In “Be My Guest” Hilton tells
frankly not only of his busi¬
ness ventures but of his per¬
sonal life, including his ill-
fated marriage to Zsa Zsa Gabor
| j ^ ^ doom(?d from the
start”) v,Inch cost him as
| much to dissolve as it did to
j i JU y g an Francisco’s Francis
Drake Hotel. Commenting on
his divorce, Hilton writes, “It
was a precious moment to me
when I was able to approach
the altar of my church and
participate in the sacraments
once more.” He also tells of
son Nicky’s marriage to Eliza¬
beth Taylor and of the famous
people he has met as the
world’s greatest professional
host.
Through depressions, wars
and uersonal troubles, Hilton
writes, ne ‘(bent but never
broke.” In his autobiography
he tells of how faith, the ability
to “dream big” and a facility
his energy and heart have en
! ■ a.bled him to say “be my guest”
!—-*«- to thousands of people daily
over the ------ world.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1958
TREND
By TED YATES ssssn _______
“Here’s a campaign that everybody should get in on,
George said, handing Molly an attractive pamphlet. “We
were talking about it at the Legion meeting tonight.
Maybe something for our womans dub to take up.
M ° !, Vshi think so. It s called for ‘Keep everybody America hene.it. Beauti¬
ful’,—non-political, non-profit, and s
It’s an educational movement or the preservation and im-
proevinent of our scenic beauty—and against litter-bigs!
“You mean people who toss trash on the roa- si “s
streets, beaches, parks and other recreational spots, with¬
out thinking v/hat thev are doing?
spoil the . looks . of .
“Exactlv. Not onlv does littering
Hip outdoors, but it costs the taxpayers money—over 50
million dollars a vear iust to remove litter from our pri¬
mary highways alone.” beaches,
“Not to mention cleaning up parks, thoughtful. s,teams ____
and the streets ...” Molly looked
“I’ll speak about it at our next club meeting. During
the winter we can get a committee going that wil. ready
{(o some public education work next Summer!
More than 19.000.000 employees holding jobs outside
the agriculture field are women; nearly 32% are in clerical
work. ______________________
Between The Lines
Bv Gordon Hancock
(For Associated Negro Press)
..... .
STATESMEN VS SEGREGA- ,
T?ON EXPERTS
Some years ago while the
writer was teaching in'Virginia
Union University, he offered a ;
course in rural sociology. We
came uoon the discussion of
______
the backward rural comlmunity
against the progressive one.
We made field excursions to
rural communities where rural
’i r e was an inviting situation
where everybody seemed to be
urged on toward something bet¬
ter. They had progressive
•hurehes and schools and their
own physicians and dentists
an.d there was an ease and hap¬
piness about life that seemed
satisfying.
There were other oormnuni-
ries where everything was de¬
pressed and the major obiec- !
tive, .of (arge pontingents of the
citizens was to got away to the
cities and urban centers. No-
body seemed satisfied and there '
was a run down appearance soj
noticeable in their schools and
churches. j
The class wondered at the dif- I
ference. Cmiy casual observation !
convinced them, that the great j
difference between a progres-
siye coiprmm ity and a back-
pvas, a ,jna.tjey of lead-
ers mp_ progressive loaders
gave program for the pro¬
gr essive communities and back-
ward leaders gave leadersh 6 to
thge backward communities.
The obvious question as to
which preceded, the leader or
the community in which we
'
find them? Only casual study
made it clear that the leader J
preceded the kind of comm,u-
nify in which we find him. It j
takes a progressive leader to j
buiid a progressive community; i
and every such community has
a history of able leadership,
BRICE TRIO TO
APPEAR AT BEACH
iContinued on page tnree)
the Brice trio, one of America's
most distinguished musical her¬
itages, Which is composed of
Miss Brice and her two broth¬
ers, Eugene and Jonathan
Brice.
Miss Brice is well known as
a contralto soloist, having ap¬
peared with 'the Boston Sym¬
phony Orchestra, Serge Kous-
sevitzky, conductor. After one
cf her concerts, the New York
Times reported that “Her voice
is fresh and warm in all its
registers, and the singer showed
herself a musician of intelli¬
gence and taste. It was like a
gorgeously colored band against
the tapestry of the orchestral
and choral sonorities. j
The Times Herlad of Wash-
ington, D. C., reported that
j “her place among the small
company of truly great vocal
artists is assured.”
Eugene Brice is an outstan. i
ding bass soloist. He is a grad-,
uate of the Juilliard School of j
j Mus * and has sun on pr0
j c ” " j
I erams in Eurcpc and the U ’ S ' 1
The Chicago Daily Tribne re- j
norter said after hearing the ,
i Brice Trio in concert that "the;
bass solo sung by Eugene Brice
1 its highest achievement.” I
was
Parttward comm, unities have
of backward eis.
is 1 k.owise true c 6rea
mighty nations as »PP_
to the decadent ones^ i? ^
of Athens and Rom
can be explained m terms of
great leadership, And so the
British Empire,
For hundred* of years the
British Empire surviv'd crisis
after crisis because it had ao.<
statesmen. During World War
I Britain found a Lloyd George;
durin " World War 11 14 f ° und
a Winston Churchill.
The resurgence of Russia
within recent decades has let
to a new appraisal of leader¬
ship in the leading countries qf
the world. Tire disillusioning
fact that Russia is bidding, for
world leadership with its.su.pc-
riority in the space-race should
lead our nation to an intro-
spcction that should throw a
searching spotlight on our na-
tional leadership,
We refuse to be comforted
v. ith Presiden Eisenhower s at-
tempt to reassure us, while
Russia is forging ahead in the
space-race. Somewhere down
the line our national leader¬
ship has been failing. :;r>i 7
A statesman is one who lean
look over the shoulder,.pfphjfi
fellowmen and see the.< shapes
of things to come. Our.soHPall-
ed statesmen have contented
themselves with brandishing
the atom, bomb, and later the
hydrogen bomb. We have been
content to play the interna-
tional Santa Claus on the one
hand and international bully on
the other.
Meawhile Russia was getting
ready to launch satellites which
would dismay the world. Now
w e find ourselves squabbling
among ourselves as to whq is
to blame whom for what?
Jonathan Brice, pianist-ac¬
companist, is also distinguished.
Musical America states that
•Jonathan Brice, playing from
memory, provided some of the
most beuiiful accompaniments
that this reviewer has ever
been privileged "to hear.”
Tickets for Thursday’s con¬
cert may be purchased from
any member of the Alpha Chi
Pi Omega Sorority. For infor¬
mation call ADams 2-8G78.
SAVANNAHIAN HEADS
FOREST INDUS. GROUP
i Oontmueu irom Page one)
visory Committee of American
Forest Products Industries.
The appointment was an¬
nounced by John B. Veach,
president of AFPI, sponsor of
the American Tree Farm Sys-
tem of growing timber as a
cro ^ Qn t aX p a yj ng lands.
As chairman of the National
Advisory Committee, Mr. Sutlive
will preside over its annual
sessions in Washington, D. C.,
when the committee reviews
AFprs broad pr0 g rams of for-
pst managcment ... and forestry
education.
Forty-six states are now ac-
tive in the voluntary Tree Farm
program, with nearly 45 million
acres of well-managed timber-
lands enrolled.