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SATURDAY, SETT. 19, 1959
Council
Report Shows
(Continued from Page 5)
teaoher would know her as¬
signment to a specific room in
a church or vacant building.
Each white pupil had been -as¬
signed to a teacher.
County lias Financial
Difficulties
More difficulty Is reported
with financial arrangements in
I Prince Edward, but a substan-
; ^ sum appears to be avail-
I a ^ e - T be corporation reported
$12,000 in cash on hand. The
pledges of more than $200,000
had expired, but Blanton Han-
bury, president of the Prince
Edward School Foundation, ex¬
pressed confidence that the
| » ]ed Z of es would be renewed in
1 ntise emergency.
“ No Taxes ^Public Schools
The emergency arose on June
2, 1959, when the Prince Ed¬
ward County Board of Super¬
visors voted to “not to levy any
taxes for the year 1959-60 for
either the operation of public
schools or for educational pur¬
poses. The parents of the 1,800
white students expect them to
be educated by the Prince Ed¬
ward foundation. There is no
plan for the education of the
county's 2,200 Negro students.
The county has been spending
$750,000 annually on its public
schools.
On June 1 the Prince Edward
foundation had only $11,000
cash on hand, but by August 1
roughly $248,000 had been
pledged toward a goal of $205,-
000. The foundation expects to
employ most of the county’s 70
white school teachers. It is still
dependent upon the use of
scattered rooms in churches or
lodges.
It has no plan for libraries,
laboratories, c a f e t e r ias, or
school buses. Promoters of the
private school system hope that
citizens will contribute their
savings from a 53 percent re¬
duction in the tax rate; they,
of course, cannot be required
to do so.
Misspelled Sign On
“Private Schol”
During the summer of 1958
there had been another abor¬
tive attempt to establish a pri¬
vate school for white children
in Arlington. The founder in
this case was a plumber, active
in the “Defenders” group. He
accepted some pupil registra¬
tions, but his dilapidated school
house failed on all points when
the building inspectors arrived,
and a misspelled sign in the
school’s front yard brought
laughter throughout the com¬
munity and a quick end to the
whole venture.
There seem to be a number
of reasons why so little progress
has been made in the establish¬
ment of private schools in Vir¬
ginia.
Fall Short on Pledges
1. The establishment and
operation of any school is an
expensive enterprise, and even
in areas where sentiment
strongly favors segregated
schools, pledges have fallen
far short of minimum needs.
The Virginia Education Fund
wias established at the begin¬
ning of “massive resistance”
with the idea of operating on
a statewide basis and making
funds available for private
schools wherever needed, A
Richmond the active lawyer leader who of that has-been foun¬
dation reported last June that
it had succeeded in raising no
more han $50,000. He said that
assistance had been given to
only three communities—Char¬
lottesville, Norfolk, and Warren
County—and that there was no
more than $5,000 or $6,000 left
in the treasury. He had no
plans for further solicitation of
funds.
State Grants “Inadequate”
The state tuition grant plan
has offered no adequate an¬
swer to the financial problem.
The $250 maximum grants
available from the state for
private schooling are thought
by many people to be inade¬
quate for operating well staff¬
ed schools. Robert W. Allen,
the president of the Virginia
Education Association (white),
says that adequate private
schooling will cost $500 per pu¬
pil.
2. Citizens in a number of
communities are hesitant about
going forward with any pri¬
vate school plan which is de¬
pendent upon state tuition
grants, because they fear that
acceptance of such grants will
jeopardize the constitutional
status of private segregated
Commission
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f-erve as a c' °i ring ho nee to
p^’leot and make available to
-‘■fates and communities infor-
matlon concerning program.®
c"d procedures used bv school
dbtrlcts to cmnlv with the TT.S
ri"n-prre court mandate e’t.hcr
voluntn iH’ or hv court order.
Lb. Thnt the commission be
authorized to e-tahlbh an ad-
vtsorv and conciliation service
to a wist school officials in de-
vetanmg n'ins dedemed to meet
constitutional requirements and
local conditions: to mediate and
emMliate di.smjt.es as to p-o-
posed plans and their imple¬
mentation.
?. That the (Vrnn of Fdu-
eation. in conperntion with the
Bureau cf Census conduct an 1
annual school census to show)
the drnfc number and race of stu- j I
enrolled in all puWic ed-
relational institutions in the tt |
S„ and comoile such data by
yt.atps, school districts and in¬
dividual institutions of higher
education within each state.
Here avain, Story, Battle and j
Carlton issued a sutmlemen-
tary statement, claiming the
recommendations were "arsu-
me”ta f ive” and colored hv the I
author’s views on the “socio¬
logical and philosophical as¬
pects,” of the school integra¬
tion p-oblem.
Chairman John A. Hannah,
president, Michigan State uni¬
versity; and Commissioners
Theodore M. Hesburrih, presi¬
dent, Notre Tame university,
and George M. Johnson, forme-
dean, Howard University School
of law, noted that over $2
billion in Federal funds go for
educational nuruoses and to
educational institutions each
year; and that a number of
institutions receiving such
funds encage in discrimination.
Therefore the commission ask¬
ed if the Federal government
is being consistent hv aiding
and sunnorting education'll
programs in Jnstttmtions which
are not open to all citizens on
a non-diserminatorv bads.
Again, the Storey-Rattle-
Cnr’ton trio issued a separate
statement,, opposing the recom¬
mendation that Federal agen¬
cies bn authorized to withhold
public funds for institutions of
higher learning that refuse,
on racial grounds, to admit
students otherwise qualified for
admission.
Racial Housing Problems
Tn housing, the commission
recommended:
1. A biracial committee on
housing Ip established in all
cities and states with snbstan-
t'al non - -white populations.
Such agencies would study
racial problems in housing, re¬
ceive and investigate com¬
plaints of alleged discrimina¬
tion and attempt to solve
prob’ems through mediation
and conciliation.
2. That the President issue
an Executive order stating the
constitutional objective of equal
opportunity in housing, direct¬
ing all Federal agencies to
to shape their policies and
practices to make maximum
contribution to achievement of
this goal. of
3. That the Administrator
Housing and Home Finance
Se'probfem of 1 gearing”the po-
licies and operation of his
constituent housing agencies to
the attainment of equal oppor¬
tunity in housing.
Strengthen Present
Agreements
4. That state and city laws,
the Federal Housing adminis¬
tration and Veterans adminis¬
tration strengthen their present
agreements with states and
cities having laws against dis¬
crimination in housing.
5. That PHA take an affir¬
mative action to encourage
selection of sites on open land
in good areas outside of pres¬
ent centers, of racial concen¬
tration. Renewal
6. That the Urban
administration take positive
steps to include spokesmen for
minority groups among the re¬
quired citizens participating on
community programs for urban
renewal.
Tremont Temole
F’inday, Sept. 13, the Senior
Mission of Tremont Temple
Baptist church celebrated its
37th anniversary with a pro¬
gram. Rev. J. M. Benton is the
pastor of the church. He con¬
ducted the preaching services.
schools.
Balk at Schools In
Churches
3. Many citizens, accustom¬
ed to good school buildings and
equipment ,are not satisfied
with the prospect of classes
conducted in church rooms,
warehouses, or lodge halls, with
no science or manual arts
equipment, no gymnasium and
no library.
4 Many churches are stat¬
ing firmly that their facilities
cannot be made available for
“a program of resistance to the
order c.f any duly constituted
court of law or for classes that
would deny entrance to any
qualified student on the basis
of race.”
5. An increasing number of
teachers are announcing their
support of public education and
indicating a reluctance to sur¬
render the salaries and other
securities assured the in by
public school contracts.
Dim Prospect for 1959
The 1S59 prospect is, to sum
up, that in one county (Prince
Edward) there will be a county-
wide experiment in private ed¬
ucation for whites, with no
education of any sort for Ne¬
groes. In Charlottesville and
Norfolk, private schools may or
may not, depending on finan¬
ces and administrative prob¬
lems, enroll limited numbers of
white children.
In Warren County, a decision
as to whether the private school
will continue has been post¬
poned (according to the New
York Times); the school has
to date registered 532 pupils,
Ibut only 327 of these have
pledged to pay the full tuition
of $220.
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rContlnurd from J»a*re One)
have made me appreciate more
than ever what it means to be
a member of the National
Council of Negro Women,” Mrs.
Morris said.
Enthusiasm was high as the
women renewed annual mem¬
berships and suscribed as new
life members. Twenty-three of
the travelers became life mem¬
bers. The others are; Mrs. Pau¬
line Todd Taylor, Mrs. Helene
Blackwell, Mrs. Arthurine Wong,
Mrs. Dorothie V. C. Johnson,
Mrs. Constance Bruce and Mrs.
Wilhelmina Francis of New
York; Mrs. Georgia Molo, Mrs.
Imogene Singleton and Mrs.
Nancy Cooper of San Francis¬
co; Mrs. Rosetta Peterson and
Mrs. S. J. Eggleston of Rich¬
mond; Miss Margot Mills and
Mrs. Australia Brackeen of Mi¬
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of the largest body of Negroes
in the world sees the major
responsibility of the Ncg-o to¬
day as largely a two-fold task,
the first involving first class
citizenship. “We must continue
to struggle for full first-class
citizenship in this great nation
of ours. We must struggle ac¬
cording to the laws and princi¬
ples of our democracy ... I ap¬
prove the great struggle for
first-class citizenship for all
Americans, for it is the only
way by which and through
which America as a nation can
become a first-class and world
respected democracy. Let no
clever demagogue deceive us by
his propaganda phrases or by
semantics and shlboleths born
of pre-judgments and unfoun¬
ded prejudices. The struggle
for first class citizenship is not
a struggle for so-called race
mixing. The mixing, or better
still, the fellowship among
peoples of different groups and
races must always remain a
matter of personal choice and
group preference . . . The sec¬
ond great task of the American
Negro is to make a full and
creative use of the freedom al¬
ready acquired. We may tend
to excuse ourselves in the name
of external conditions that
have been forced upon us and
deceive ourselves into thinking
that others are wholly to blame
for all the sins we commit . . .1
pity the Negro who has so lost
his self-respect and the regard
for his own race so that he
thinks it is dangerous or in¬
secure to cast his lot with his
own people.”
The president and his offi¬
cial party led a three train
delegation of approximately GO
Pullman cars to the convention
city. The chauffered limousine
of Mayor George Christopher of
San Francisco met Dr. Jackson
ami; Mrs. Jessie Slaton and
Mrs. Edith Gamble of Detroit;
Miss Nettie Bost of Washington;
Mrs. Claudia Whitmore of Los
Angeles; Mrs. Ida Mae Cress of
Chicago; Mrs. Marian Chaves
of Bakersfield, California; Mrs.
Sara Barnett of Little Rock;
Mi's. Effie Northcutt of San An¬
tonio and Miss Barbara Harris
of Philadelphia.
Josephine Baker whose in¬
terest in the National Council
of Negro Women has been long
standing, paid special tribute
to the new life members when
she met at the American Em¬
bassy reception given for the
tour party at the Rothschild
Mansion.
at tire station. l ater the presi¬
dent was officially greeted by
the Mayor on the city hall steps
and given the key to the city.
Governor Edmund G. Brown
addressed the delegates and
welcomed them to the state.
An overflow crowd of nearly
twelve thousand jammed, the
Civic Auditorium, headquarters
of the convention, to hear the
president's speech. Prior to his
address, however, Mayor Chris¬
topher paid a surprise visit to
the convention hail, accompan¬
ied by the U. S. Marine Band,
of the Navy’s Department of
Pacific, who entertained the
president. Dr. Jackson was no¬
ticeably moved by the Mayor’s
unexpected courtesy.
In his address, Dr. Jackson
denounced communism and
«hided the segregationists for
calling the NAACP a communist
organization. “In the light of
American history I say to those
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who are bringing suits against
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
Peple, and who are seeking to
stop the activities of this or¬
ganization, that they have sued
the wrong organization, and
have classed as un-American
the activities of one of the most
American of all American or¬
ganizations. For It has never
signed a manifesto against the
laws of the land, neither pledg¬
ed rebellion against the ideals
of the Constitution, or resolved
to fight to the death the appli¬
cation of the laws of freedom
to all American citizens with¬
out restriction, limitation or
discrimination. It has never
disrespected the American flag
or dragged its honor to the
dust.”
Speaking of the racists, he
said, “They consider them¬
selves the defenders of Ameri¬
ca against un-American activ-
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communists and do not know
it.” He declared the NAAGP
stands for the highest virtues
in the land. “If a man is a red
who stands for democracy and
freedom and for the funda¬
mental principles of this de¬
mocracy, then I say it is better
to be red than white.” He prais¬
ed the NAACP as an organiza¬
tion working for ail Americans.
He urged consistent and forth¬
right efforts to achieve inte¬
gration, but warned “integra¬
tion must not mean the disin¬
tegration of all the values to
the Negro race. It must not
mean the glorification of all
that is white and the disrespect
of all that Is colored.”
The Baptist leader stressed
the vital responsibility and ca¬
pacity of the Baptists to fight
ni the front ranks in the strug¬
gle for racial equality. Because
of the organization’s tremen¬
dous siz.e, it must take the
moral and spiritual initiative,
Dr. Jackson said. He recalled
examples of the Baptist , loatl- ,
>
ership in its its efforts efforts to to
May 17 declared a national
lega lholiday (It Is now a na¬
tional day of prayer proclaim¬
ed by the Baptists); its contri¬
butions to the NAACP; the
drive to help bombed churches
in the South; active support to
raise funds for the Alabama
bus boycott; efforts to help the
school board in Little Rock to
implement integration orders
and resist agitators, and the
president’s Congressional lobby¬
ing for a change in legislative
procedure which stalls civil
rights legislation.
During the course of the con¬
vention, a resolution by the
president reaffirming the Bap¬
tist faith in America was unan¬
imously adopted by the board
of directors. The document
re-emphasized loyalty to the
United States and a firm belief
In the Constitution as the
supreme law of the land.
A telegram was sent to Gov¬
ernor J P. Coleman, of Missis¬
sippi, asking him to protect the
rights of Rev. H. D. Dupree,
member of the Executive Board
of the Mississippi general con¬
vention, who was forcyd to flee
his home after threats from
white mobs. The Baptist or¬
ganization h a s subsequently
provided shelter and money to
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Rev. Dupree and his family and
sot aside tuition for his son's
college career.
In the International realm.
Dr. Jackson expressed h i ■
strong conviction that t h d
American Negro must unit#
with the African^ peoples in
that country’s hlstoHc struggle
for scientific and .intellectual
stature and freedom■ He sees
the fiate of both rices as in¬
extricably linked. SPhe Rever¬
end Jackson has recommend¬
ed that permanent missionaries
be established in Liberia by th*
young men and women of th«
Baptist organization. He called
the plan “a challenge to th«
heroic and creative.” Dr. Jack-
son has visited the African
states several times and tills
year toured the Middle East
countries on a goodwill mission
sponsored by the American
Friends of the Middle Bast.
To underscore the unity of
the Baptist cause, a telegram
from Russian and Indian Bap¬
tists was received at the con-
The Russian telegram-
f?rce ted them them “In brother-
j ove> » anc j implored that
Christ be given the central
place at all the sessions.” The
Indian telegram praised the
president as “an eJfldent,
highly talemted and interna¬
tionally popular leader.”
The president of the Wom¬
ens’s Auxiliary of the Baptists,
Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, out¬
lined an extensive program foi
the women leaders and repor¬
ted on the success of the sum¬
mer camps which is an impor¬
tant) function of the women's
group. The laymen’s group and
missionary department repor¬
ted on their respectiva pro¬
grams.
The convention voted to
next September in
phia for the annual conven¬
tion.
Baptist Ushers Union
The Baptist Ushers Union
met Monday night at
hem Baptist church, the presi¬
dent, Mr. Jackson,
The monthly program will
held on Wednesday night,
30, at St. lAike Baptist
The union congratulates
bert Jones on his 70th
day. Ha is a member of
nor's Temple Baptist church.