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WISE COUNSELORS NEEDED
’ Recently the local chapter of the
Nati.ohal Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People reminded the
Board of education that it is still waiting
for an answer to a question asked about
four years ago as to “if, when and how’’
desegregation of the public schools shall
be carried out. That is. as sonic put it, a
touchy question. Rut to make it even
more touchy, (he NAACP followed up its
Scfit'etnber rapfbsl with an announcement that next
it plans to support the appli¬
cation of Negro children to he enrolled
in the local white schools. Needless to say,
tliis* double-barrelled intention caused
quite a few folk to be “shaken up.”
'’“P.iit If had to happen, sooner or later,
and the NAACP is the logical promoter
of such a move. It is a matter of common
knowledge* that desegregation attempts
have been made or are ponding practical¬
ly all over the South. As long as we hear
of this activity in other areas, even At¬
lanta, we do .not become overly concerned.
But when it snrings up in our own city
we immediately feel its impact. Now we
must all face it — escape is impossible.
Therefore, let us take a closer look at the
problem before we leap.
If is generally felt that Chatham
A WAY TO END THE ARGUMENT ON SCHOOLS # sr V '. ( ■>
The following 1 editorial appeared in Iho
Louisville Ky. Times of May 16, 1959
It was a curious argument that Sen¬
ator Herman L. Talmadge of Georgia of¬
fered this week in support of a proposed
constitutional amendment to give the
states exclusive control over their pub¬
lic, schools. as a means of preserving seg¬
regated classrooms' in the South.
Eleven states find Hawaii, which is
soon to bi*conie a state, have such a
guarantee now, he told a Senate subcom¬
mittee. This came about, he contended,
through congressional approval of their
jednstitutions. The Southern states, he
argued, should enjov the same privilege
as a matter pf constitujjonai equity.
It . say; h;yj|M*ns that every one of the
states he mentioned as having exclusive
control of their schools operates integrat¬
ed classrooms. That fact alone leaves
his argument rather pointless.
AN ABRIDGEMENT OP RIGHTS
The sort of cohtrol Mr. Talmadge is
advocating would amount to an abridge¬
ment of the equal-protection guarantee of
the^ourteenth Amendment on which the
Supreme Court based its 1954 decision
outlawing segregation in public schools.
We can’t imagine how Congress’ approval
of rf state’s constitution could possibly
abridge anV part of the United States
Cusslitution.
Senator's ^rtuinly li> if t tried any of to the establish 11 states on the
segregat-
SEGREGATION IN SPORTS
Editorial Of The Week
Reprinted by ANP
Tfie |f judicial , ruling that
Louisiana’s
statifte requiring segregation in isport
is unconstitutional is a triumph for both
justice and common sense. Such a find¬
ing u as inevitable under the law and the
Supreme Court’s interpretation of it. It
is welcome because it is realistic and will
prevent the turning back of the clock.
Persons of goodwill are earnestly seek¬
ing the right grounds upon which racial
adjustments can he made. Thus far there
has been no one channel of understand¬
ing that has been better than that of
sport. At many points there has been
real and quito sensible “integration”
based upon trial and error, experiment
and observation. It has been proved that
most of the problems can be solved in the
right .spirit..
The reason for this is obvious. Sport,
EDITOR WARNS
OF RACIAL
(Continued from Page One)
a tour of South Africa, said
that Africans are “deprived of ;
rights, shorn of dignity and
forced to work for pittances.”
Noting that “it would take
pages to list the laws that
grind down the black,’ Korry
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County is different in several important
aspects from all other counties in the
state. That, however, is debatable. One
thing to be recognized, however, is that
so far there has not been any serious
rift in racial harmony in this area. If
that is a good thing, it should be pre¬
served as much as possible. Chatham
County need not—and should not — be¬
come another Little Rock or Arlington,
If there ever were a time when wise lead¬
ership is needed, it is now.
The Board of Education has prom¬
ised to consider the matter. It is hoped
that, the board will call forth its best
powers in the deliberations to.arrive at
that crucial next move. Likewise, it iij
hoped that the NAACP will exercise its
greatest ability to lay plans that win
merit the approval of the wise among
the people whom it represents. Both sides
have much to pray over. The experiences
of the past and the present, with no little
thought for the future, must be thought¬
fully considered.
As the writer of the Provefhs says:
“Whore no counsel is, the people fall:
but in the multitude of counselors
there is safety.”
ed schools, they would hear from the
court quickly enough. They may enjoy
exclusive control in other matters of
school policy, but their immunity from
what the highest court has said is the
law of the land is positively inconceivable.
This doesn’t mean, of course, that the
goal Mr. Talmadge is seeking couldn’t be
achieved through constitutional amend¬
ment. Theoretically ii could be, but on¬
ly theoretically. For all practical pur¬
poses, such an amendment hasn’t a ghost
of a chance of becoming law. Surely the
Georgian and those associated with him
in the sponsorship must know that.
TWO HIGH HURDLES
It would have to be approved by a
two-thirds vote of both houses of Con¬
gress and then ratified by three-fourths
of the 49 states. It couldn’t even meet
the congressional test. And even if it
could clear that hurdle, its rejection by
the states would be overwhelming. Five
to eight Southern States, at most, might
vote for ratification.
Actually, it might be a good thing if
Congress submitted the proposal to the
states. That would be one way of set¬
tling the question once and for all. Once
the nation had spoken, no longer could
Southern politicians hope to delude their
own people into believing that the rest
of the country, or any sizable part of it,
shares any desire to turn back the dock
on social progress.
in its own right, puts no such artificial
barriers as race or religion in the way of
performance. What counts and what
matters is what the given individual can
do. Moreover, there is always present
that record book that puts down clearly
what has been done.
A .300 hitter is just that regardless of
his racial origin. A ten-second hundred
or a four-minute mile doesn't go into the
book as the product of race. These things
are demonstrations of skill and discipline
that can be readily seen and appreciated.
It is on that basis that our whole prob¬
lem must eventually bet solved. Judg¬
ments must be made on the. basis ot
worth, not of prejudice. The court rul¬
ing prevents the wrong .approach and
and that is all to the good.
“He may not vote or own
land; lie is barred from living
in any white area; he may not
remain in any urban locale
more than 72 hours without a
work contract or special per-
mit; hc is Prohibited from en
gaging in collective bargaining;
he may not be on the streets
of most white areas after 9 p.
m„ and, of course, there Ls no
social, cultural or educational
integration."
In an accompanying article
in Look, writer Ernest Dunbar
reported that racial relation¬
ships elsewhere in Africa are
improving.
Dunbar said he found less
racial antagonism in West Af-
rica than in many parts of the
United States.
He pointed out that in the
i Negro nations of Ghana and
Nigeria, where British “expat-
rAatos” help run the govern-
ments, "there seems to be
friction and the harmony con-
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
Between The Lines
By Gordon Hancock (For Associated Negro Press)
II,LEGITIMACY A NATIONAL
PROBLEM
That sector of the nation’s
press which voices the senti¬
ments of the Old South makes
much of illegitimacy among Ne¬
groes, and use It as an argu¬
ment against integration. It is
part of the old story and prac-
ice me of nf “nenirlnff” “proving” that * U n *• Negroes *«-*/>•«
are more immoral than whites;
thus disqualifying the Negroifor
i full citizenship in this country.
Our local papers. In their at¬
tempt to thwart integration ef¬
forts, wera quick to make a su¬
perficial survey of the situation
in Washington where integra¬
tion is going apace. The sur¬
vey came up with the “conclu¬
sion” that one of the great evils
of integration was the high rate
of illegitimacy among Negroes
Of course, this was used to
stampede Virginians who were
willing to integrate, according
to the law of the land. The
practice of trying to prove that
Negroes are innately immoral,
is an old one and stems from
the desperate attempts to etcr
nalize segregation. It is a pre-
judiced rationalization of the
Negrojihobe. > * * < >
From a serious study of the
questions .through many years,
this writer has concluded that
morality and immorality
circumstantial and not
if they were matters of race,
why is there immorality among
whites and morality among Ne-
groes.
Moreover this talk about il¬
legitimacy and immorality
leaves out of account the prob¬
lem of abortion which is fasten¬
ed upon this country. Negroes
are too poor to afford abor¬
tions and too ignorant to use
contraceptives. It therefore is
pyrely a matter : of circumstan¬
ces that the incidence of illegit¬
imacy in a given situation is
greater among Negroes. It is
due to their ignorance of con¬
traception and their inability to
finance abortions. There ls
nothing in all the studies which
have been made to prove that
illegitimacy and immorality are
racial. But that, part of the
nation’s press which voices the
sentiments of the Old South
simply refuses to face this stub¬
born fact.
Now comes an Associated Press
release of May 28, taking note
of the increase in illegitimacy
throughout the nation. Dr
Katharina (Brownell Oettinger
of the United States Children’s
tinues after working hours at
hotels, swimming pools and in
residential areas ”
Dunbar, a Negro, declared
that the Africans' admiration
of the United States is temper¬
ed with suspicion.
“Everywhere I traveled in
Africa,” he wrote, “I was ques¬
tioned about race relations in
the U. S. . . . nittle Rock has
hurt us a lot in Africa.”
Job Prospects
For Graduates
Brighten
ATLANTA, Ga.—“The 1959
graduates of Georgia’s high
schools, colleges and universi¬
ties have the highest job pros¬
pects of any previous class,”
Georgia’s Commissioner of La¬
bor Ben T. Huiet said here to¬
day.
“For three straight months,
non-farm employment has been
at its highest in history for this
season. The trend is expected
to continue. Georgia's steady
industrial growth for the past
15 years indicates a sound, sta¬
ble and balanced economy will
predominate the future of our
graduating young people.”
Huiet stated that competition
for the increasing number of
better jobs in Georgia wall be
keen because of the increase in
population.
“Such competition means
more and better growth. Noth¬
ing worthwhile ever came easy.
There is employment opportun¬
ity for ah graduates, but evi¬
dence shows that those who
j have worked and studied hard-
i est will reap higher rewards in
the good life, as w*ell as econom-
ically,” the Labor Commission-1
er stated.
The veteran state official said
that last year's slight recession
saw nearly one out of five un.
skilled laborers unemployed,
- while only one in 50 profession-
bureau points out in the
that pregnancy among
cent girls Ls increasing,
influenced by teen-agers’
erance toward sexual
She further said that this
Is likely to continue.
ing |he National Conference
Soctal we irare. meeting in
Francisco, she said;
“Illegitimate births have
steadily rising for two
In .1940 there were 8,500 and
1957 they jumped to
The rate of motherhood
1.000 unmarried womeni
between 1940 and 1956.”
Mrs. Oettingcr quoted
from the Office of Vital
tics to the effect that
children were born to
teen-age mothers in 1956
81.000 in 1957, with the
ed estimate of 110.000 to
000 by 1962.
Illegitimacy, as a problem,
threatening to get out of
throughout the nation and
such is to be deeply
whether among Negroes
whites. But the point
made is that the
of the Old South would fix
problem of illegitimacy and
morality upon Negroes
thus attempting to
them for full integration in
schools. The danger in
to fasten upon the Negro
onus of illegitimacy, will be
least of the general problem.
It is going to be a sad
in the South when all its
imacy and immorality are
ened on the hapless and
fenseless Negroes, while
same problems in the
race are “smoothed” over.
This column has often
tended that the Negro is
what the white man made him
If he had made a better
gro, x he would have had one
The present Negro is a
ture of the white man’s
ation and that the
whites would stigmatize
own creation is unbelievable.
When Dr. Oettinger was ex¬
posing the ugly problem of
legitimacy, she made no
ence to race. The
should shock the finer sensibil¬
ities of the nation rather than
bp used as a means of disquali¬
fying Negroes for full citizeri-
ship. To magnify the Negro’s
shortcomings and minimize
those of the whites is not going
to get this nation, nor the South
anywhere.
al and technical workers was
out of work. Production work¬
ers in manufacuring had sharp
job difficulties while those who
generally have to meet
V e C ® :m°H ca * i y r T a rP Work T rcmam -
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or ir.se ira.sons, I should .
1 l ’ Un : 0 0UT 9o9 fuadoates
(■rim•ITi , thrlr
in* ° U con inumg
education.
“The 35 local State Employ¬
ment Service offices of the
Georgia Department of Labor f
scattered throughout the State;
are ready to assist these gradu-
ates, and all Georgians, to find
the job that best suits them,
to make work a creative and
rewarding part of life,” Com-
missioner Huiet concluded.
International Impressions
At Beth Eden Wednesday
(Continued from Page Ore)
recognized by General Bruce C.
Clarke for distinguished c o m -
miunity service in Europe.
Among slides to be shown are
the world’s tallest television
tower with restaurant at the
558 foot level in Germany,
Prince Rainer’s palace and
world famous casino in Mona-
co, the Cathedral of St. Peter’s
in Italy, The Louvre in Parts,
Mannekm Pis Fountain in Brus-
sels, Buckingham Palace in
London, Grieg's music room in
Norway and the Imperial Hotel
in Tokyo, designed by the late
American architect, Frank
Lloyd Wright. By popular re¬
quest, Miss Wells win again
show a few scenes of the 1958
BrusseLs World Fair.
A social hour in the lecture
room of the church will follow
during w’hich time Asian and
European articles including me¬
chanical toys will be displayed.
The public is invited. Admiss-
ion is free but an offering will
b* taken.
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Four Negroes
Graduate
From Naval
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lis and his father, William
Powell Sr., is a public affairs
officer for the U. S. Information
service in Monrovia, Liberia.
Mr. and Mr®. Powell flew from
Monrovia to addend their son's
wedding. lyl^ ^pwell arrived
in time to .witness her son’s
graduation exercises, but Mr.
Powell was. delayed in Norfolk
because of plane trouble and
did not attending makfi the exercses.
Also the graduation
were Mlrs. Myrjr Lee Powell
Owensboro, K,y„ grandmother;
Mrs. Melvin Kenny, Indianapo¬
lis, and Mr. and Mrs. William
Fred Tibbs, Washington, friends
of the Powells; Mrs. Susie Mit¬
chell, mother, and Miss Eariene
Mitchell, slater of the bride.
Miss Mitchell Ls a sophomore of
Virginia State college.
"It's Wonderful”
Ensign Powell was so thrilled
at receiving a diploma and a
bnide within two days that he
could think of nothing to say,
except “It's wonderful.”
Among Ensign Bruce’s friends
attending the graduation exer¬
cises were Mr. and Mrs, Ber¬
tram Pilgrim, Brooklyn! who
described themselves as his
guardians;. Mrs. Lillie Mae
Chase, , Annapolis, Md., who
says
1 she has been , his , sponsor for _ the ..
past four years; Ernest Bruce,
his Lie fin father, f hoi* Dorchester, Ttr»t'/»v»ndfnt» Mass., Mn nn
his brother and sister-in-law.
Mir. and Mrs. Ernest Bruce, Jr.,
and Geonge Martin, Brooklyn.
Ensign Clark was visited by
Ernest N. Barringer, Brooklyn,
cousin; and Mrs. Wingfield
Carter, New York, an aunt.
Of the graduates, six became
second lieutenants in the U.S
army; 53, second lieutenants
Marine corps; 92, second lieu¬
tenants,: air force; and the re¬
maining 633 stuck with the
navy.
Grads Enter All Branches
This is the first) ttaie ; , accord-
j n g j{pi ar Adm. Charles L.
Melson, U.S. Navy, superintend¬
ent of the academy, that the
academy ha® graduated offi¬
cers for all branches of the
service. It is the rule, however,
that at least 12 percent of the
navy graduates can go
other branches, if they are ac-
cepted.
This graduating class also
eluded four midshipmen from
allied countries, who will join
the navies of those countries.
In making the commence¬
ment address, Secretary of the
Navy ------ wiUiam -------------------- B Franke warned --------
the new officers that the
I way to reconcile competition •.
i and coopeva ti on ^ to compete
1 with yourselves rather -than
j with watch your shipmates. stand Make better eve-
ry you a
w-atrh than your last. Try in
carrying out every task to
; over you . r last fom
ance.”
1 _ The graduates • admit- .
| ^ th?t tMr last fcu>r years
had bcen long and tough ’ bu t i
sald said one, one ’ “It ^ was was worth worth it.” it.
They claimed they have en- j
countered absolutely no seg-!
reigation during their stay at the j
academy.
“Once you are inside this
gate,” said one, “you are safe
from any discrimination. Of
course, I can't say tha-t for out
side of the gate where local
customs prevail.” iiar* j
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Ensign Brio*, served as best
man for his. !• white roommate,
Raymond David Hager, follow¬
ing the graduation that night,
and the fpllo-fijng day for En¬
sign Powell ;
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j An Anti-Lynch Now
Law
Rv W. II. Iluff for ANP
The filibusters must be told
To let their fuming wind sub¬
side;
We wonder if they’ll be so bold
To still spread venom far and
wide.
In face of what w r as done to Till.
*pi ie filibusters are to blame
Their rantings stir their dupes
to kill;
Ah, place and power is their
aim
Now let the anti-lynching law r
Be passed with the- first assent
And see that it has not a flaw*
Whereby it’can be cracked or
i bent, i
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Letters to
the Editor • it
Fisk University
Nashville 8, Tennessee
Office of the Alumni
Secretarj
June 8, 1956
Editor
Savannah Tribune
1009 West Broad Street
Savannah, Georgia
Dear Madam:
One thing that disturbed me
as I read the names of tihe new
school buildings in the local
newspapers in Savannah is, why
has there not been a building
named for John Wesley Hubert.
Recently I read in the Morn¬
ing News that Cuyler Street
Junior High School will become
again in the fail an elementary
school.
It would seem to me, and I
feel many Savannahians would
share my view, that the Cuyler
Street Elementary School
should bear the name John
Wesley ' Hubert Elementary
School. Of the reasons too nu¬
merous to mention I shall cite
two; (1) The late John Wesley
Hubert was one of the pioneers
in education in Savannah and
(2) Be served from the time
Quylcir Street School was built
up to .the time of his death.
During his tenure as principal
and under his influence Ouylcr
became, and t for - many years
^37 aTy'ofsT “
vannah.
From the early twenties
through tihe early forties there
is not a person living in Savan¬
nah of school age, who could
say truthfully he did not know
John Wesley Hubert.
Is there any reason why a
request could not be made to
•the hext session of the Board
of Education to have Cuyler
Street Elementary School bear
the name John Wesley Hubert
Elementary School by the be¬
ginning of the fall term?
iA student, co-worker and
friend of John Wesley Hubert,
I am *
Sincerely yours,
W. Dicker-son bonhelly
lAIiurrrni Secretary
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the West Broad Street School.
She was born, reared and
educated in Savannah. She
graduated from the West Broad
Street Elementary S c h o ol
,
Beach Institute High School
Georgia State College Normal
School, and holds a B.3. degree
from Savannah State College.
she has done advance work at
Atlanta University, University
of Buffalo and University of
Southern California at Los An-
Mrs. • Perrin’s teaching career
was very successful and was at-
tnbuted to her special talent in
findin f the interest® and abil-
^ this data f ^ in P^Pfis building and their applying da'ly
programs. She was selected as
the first “Teacher of the Year”
at the West Broad Street School,
Mrs. Perrin holds membership
-in all the educational organi¬
zations, including the NEA. For
many years she served as trea¬
surer for Chatham County
Teachers Association and for
Alpha Theta Zeta chapter of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. She is
the public relations chairman
for the Georgia Association of
Garden Clubs, a member of the
Variety Garden Club, YWCA,
YM1CA, Community Progressive
Circle, and the First Bryan
Baptist church where she sang
in the senior choir for many
years and was the first super¬
visor of the Intermediate Union
BTU of this church.
During the past four years
she has been studying on her
hobby, “Floral Designing and
Horticulture,” and last Sep¬
tember received a certificate
for same from the National
Landscape Institute of Los An -1
geles. She plans to complete
her work in this field during j
her stay in Los Angeles this
summer.
She is the wife of Henry Per¬
rin. retired contractor and
house .decorator. They will cele-
brate their June 41st 19. wedding anni-j
versary on
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1359
Savannah Tribune
Savannah, Georgia
Dear Editor;
I have always wondered what
the Southern while’s attitude
toward the Negro was based on.
The other day, during a con¬
versation with one of the white
employees at my place of em¬
ployment, I asked him what
were the reasons behind 'the
Southern white's actions toward
the Negroes.
His answer was not in these
actual words, but they were of
the same significance. “As far
back as I could remember, I
wias taught to observe segrega¬
tion. The teaching was brusque,
even vulgar at times. Other
times it was well bred.
“Those of us who lived in the
better homes learned our lessons
of brotherhood and democracy
along with our lessons of seg¬
regation. We learned them well:
but of the two, we were taught
that segregation came first.
“There are ideals which we
must also value; truth and
tenderness, .courtesy and good
will-and also hospitality. Bet
segregation came first. In
church it came before brother¬
hood. In schpo lit came before
knowledge. We were taught
never bo question this custom.
Never wonder how this fils in
with democracy. With brother¬
hood? Don't think. With the
changing world? Don't think.
“But we lived in a democracy,
whether we thought about it or
not. And we loved it. We were
proud ox our Bill of Rights and
our Constitution, even though
some of us had never read
them. It was good to be free.
And we couid not help but want
to , share this freedom with
others and were ashamed that
we could do so;
“It was too- hard for some df
us to abide by this custom that
we were taught to respect. Some
of us became courageous
enough to climb over those
walls our parents had built for
us.
“And we changed .-.secretly
and slowly, but we changed.
But though we changed, we
meekly contaiped an obedience
to those laws of segregation
which we knew were un-Ameri¬
can and un-democrabic. Per¬
haps some day, other people
who feel this way will forget
the criticism and ridicule they
will receive and make their
feelings known to all around
them.”
The American people are con¬
stantly acting as a mediator of
peace for other countries^ to
bring about a solution to their
problems. W/hd, then will act as
the mediator for this great so¬
cial problem which is so pre¬
valent in this present day? The
most logical answer is the Su¬
preme Court, but this voice has
spoken to no avail. What type
of people are we who will not
abide by the highest authority i
known to the people of bur
great America?
Will the people of America
ever awake and acknowledge
the Supreme Court has spoken
aganst this un-American prac¬
tice? Only time will disclose
this answer.
Very truly yours.,
Leford Tobias, Jr.
Savannah, Georgia
Kcndrix Heads
Morehouse Alumni
(Continued From Page 1)
dentist, and Dr. Martin Luther
King, Sr., Atlanta pastor and
Morehouse College trustee, vice
presidents; J. P. McKinney, sec¬
retary; Charles A. Saxon, assis¬
tant secretary; J. A Lockett,
treasurer; Marcus A. Williams,
chaplain, and T. J. Curry, his¬
torian.
SAMARITANS TO MEET
AT DORCHESTER
(Continued from Page one)
at Dorchester is making plans
for the greatest session in the
history of the organization.
T. J. Greene is grand ° chief
of Georgia. ^