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78 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVIII
Board of Education Fails
To Act on Plea
Committee to Select
Successor to Howard
University President
WASHINGTON, D. C. — How¬
ard University officials this
week announced the appoint¬
ment of a Special Committee
cf the university’s board of
trustees to canvass the field
and to recommend, a highly
qualified person to be the suc¬
cessor to Dr. Mot decal W.
Johnson who will come to the
end of his thirty-third year as
president of Howard University
on June 30, 1960.
A that time Dr. Johnson, by
u ttis own request, is scheduled
,b retire from the presidency
<f the university. As early as
April of this year, just prior to
the annual meeting cf the
board of trustees, Dr. Johnson
advised the chairman of the
board and his associate execu¬
tive officers, of his determina¬
tion to retire at that time, and
requested them to take all need¬
ed steps to provide for his suc¬
cessor.
The committee, which ha?
held several meetings unde,
the chairman, Lcrimer D. Mil-
ton, president of the Citizen:
Trust Company, Atlanta, in¬
cludes: the Reverend Howarc
Stone Anderson of Scarsdale, N
Y; Dr. Richard W. Hale, Jr., cl
Chestnut Hill, Mass.; Judgr
Myles A. Paige of Brooklyn, N.
Y.; Dr. Charles H. Garvin of
Cleveland; Dr. Peter Marshal
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BETHLEHEM }
More than 300 persons
tended open house which
held last Sunday at Bethle
hem Community Center am
Bethlehem Community Day
Ca:e Center. The buildings ar.
located at 303 West Gwinnet
St. and 302 West Boiton St., re
spectively.
The Community Center Buil
ing has 15 rooms including ;
spacious kitchen which loca
organizations are invited to us
for meetings.
The Day-Care Center pro
vides space for a play area a
well as separate rooms for nur
sery and kindergarten child
ren.
Receiving guests at the Com¬
munity Center were Mrs. Mai-
berry Smith, vice president c
the board of directors; Mrs. C
W. Greenlee, Mrs. N. W. Rush
ing, Mrs. R. L. Chaney, Mrs. R
W. Burton, board members
and Mrs. W. N. Wright.
Hostesses in the Day-Cari
Center were Mrs. Robert T
Padgett and Mrs. Regin;
’Graves,, board members; Mr
iHelen Brown, Mrs. Cclestim
Allen and Mrs. Henriettr
Meeks.
Mrs. Rives Worrell served "
general chairman for the af¬
fair. Assisting were Mrs. Ethe
Rev. Stripling Honored
By Postal Employees
Rev. C. S. “Neal” Stripling
pastor of the Flipper Chape
AME church, was honored
the occasion of his
from the Postal Service afte:
more than forty-one years at
ceremony held in the Civil Ser¬
vice room of the main
office.
During the ceremony he
presented a Certificate of
orary Recognition from
master-General Arthur J.
merfield, and a
Gruen watch from his
fellow employees.
Postmaster J. M. Stubbs
sented the certificate and
the keynote remarks. John
Delaware, an active
made the gift presentation,
the Rev. J. P. Lampkin,
siding elder of the
District of the Georgia
ence of the AME Church and
retired Letter Carrier,
the invocation.
Among the guests w'ere
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Darrell Atkins, 5, has been chosen poster boy for the New
/larch of Dimes in January 1960, symbolizing The National Foum
t'ation’s attack on birth defects, arthritis and polio, three ma.jot
sripplcrs of human life. The National Foundation (originally ioi
these polio), diseases parent organization by means of patient of the New aid, training March of of Dimes, medical will profes¬ fight J
sionals and the kind of research that developed the Salk vaccine. :
Join the New March of Dimes with dollars and volunteer service.
Strickland, Mrs. C W. Greenlee
bfid'- Mrs. C: H. 'bot/ST
uildings were decorated by I
tfesdames Worrell, Greenleej flower!
ind Beasley. Attractive
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The annual observance of
homecoming for Alfred E.
Beach High School was held on
last Thursday, November 12th
The celebration got underway
at 3 p.m. with a colorful street
SAVANNAU, GEORGIA SATURDAY, NOV. 21, 1959
.were in each ,
of "the buildings. !
Presiding at the punch tables
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parade that was
ence Smith, parade marshal.
The general theme for this
year's homecoming w*as “Holi-
days on Parade.’’ Each of the
floats depicted a particular hoi-
The usual composure of the
meeting ot the Chatham County
Board of Education was shat-
tered Tuesday, Nov. 17, when it
was announced that no action
was forthcoming on a plea by
30 Negro parents to integrate
the schools.
The controversial announce¬
ment was made by A. Leopold
Alexander, school board lawyer
in answer to a call for a report
by board president, E. J. Bart¬
lett, Mr. Alexander said tije
report was not ready and asked
for mere time to study the in¬
tegration petition.
At its last meeting the board
had promised that the petition
would be discussed at the fol¬
lowing meeting which was held
Tuesday. When the discussion
was tabled the Rev. Curtis J
Jackson, pastor of the First
African Baptist church and one
of the Negro leaders present,
■prang to his feet to denounce
the delay, charging that the
board had broken its promise
Several heated remarks were
tossed across the floor, some
upholding the postponement
and others criticizing it. How¬
ever, the board voted unani¬
mously to wait for Mr. Alexan¬
ders report.
Another Negro minister, the
Rev. George D. Walker, pastor
of Asbury Methodist church
and a former aldermanic can¬
didate, observed that the mat¬
ter could be woiked out if the
board wanted to. He stated that
the outcome of the board’s
meeting Tuesday would be a
determining factor whether or
not a suit would be filed by the
Negro parents to force the
board to act on the plea.
When contacted by a Tribune
reporter this morning (Thurs.i
Rev. Walker denied that tij/t
Betterment Association of
which he is a member of the
executive committee is behind
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iday in keeping with the
eral theme.
The above scenes were taken
during this celebration and
they are as follows: 1st row
Miss Beach and attendants and
Racial Blood Mixing
Not Harmful, Says Medici
CHICAGO (ANP)—Officials
of the American Association of
Blood banks last week disputed
a doctor's claim that racial
blood-mixing in transfusions Is
dangerous to the patients in¬
volved.
Dr. John Scudder, director,
blood bank and assistant pro¬
fessor of surgery, Columbia
University Presbyterian hospi¬
tal, presented a paper against
blood-mixing during the recent
12th annual dinner of the as¬
sociation.
Said Dr. Scudder: “It Is
wrong to give blood of a white
donor to Negroes; it Is not
quite as dangerous to give a
Negro’s blood to a white.”
But Dr. E. L. Jennings, pres¬
ident of the association, said
in rebuttal:
“I do not believe the data
presented justifies the conclu¬
sions drawn. Quite the con¬
trary, when the blood of a
member of one race matches
that of a member of another
race, there are no harmful ef¬
fects from the transfusion.
“Every individual lias a com¬
plex arrangement of different
blood factors, making his blood
as unique as his own
prints, though the differences
may be minute. While some
races do not have a prepon¬
derance of certain blood fac-
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Senator Javits Wants
Federal Law
WASHINGTON—(ANP i .Sen
Jacob Javits (R„ NY.)
last week that he would pro¬
pose and press Congress
adopt a federal anti-lynch
when it reconvenes next
In addition, he would
an anti-lynching
to any civil rights bill
the body, when it starts debate
on the issue on Feb. 15.
Such legislation he deemed
the Beach High marching band,
; 2nd row, Easter and St. Valen-
tine’s Day floats tied for 1st
place. 3rd row, Nathaniel Farley
j being stopped after a sizeable
! gain; and Captains Robert Lee
SSC to Present
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WILL SANin AM) MAUL Lit A MacDANIEL
The Village P will
, scen a t Kuvunj*. 1 late College
- n Mpldrin , A turium oi.
Tuesdaj 'I 11 15, in
two OJ
Proposal, ba n by
Anton CiiH v. nd "A Villi.
necessary, “as proven iiy
the tragic failut a Mi.
pi grand jury .
indictment, to r
ness, or even t<
FBI Report of 'ligation
in the case of Lin rhing of
Mack Charli P ark
Parker was dragged from In.
jail cell in Poplarville, Miss.
last April, and mobbed for the
alleged rape of a white woman
Williams, Nath ■"
James Fieids.
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[ genera nan
j this year'- homo ->n i». • r-
i vance was Mrs. M. K. Law.
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j Wooing, ' by George Bernard
i Shaw untie: the auspices of the
Col I eve lyCeuni committee. Dr.
j Coleridge A. Bruit,hwaitlo is dl-
rei :Lor of the College lyceum
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The FBI findings were turned
over to : lute ollicials for ae-
lion. The grand jury, however,
Jailed to lake any action,
“Till said Javits, “strike:
:i vi y bard blow to the U. S.
prestige a b r o a d. America
hoiild not only be concerned
with what our allies and
friends oversea:: are thinking
of u , but should be equally
concerned with what our own
conscience is saying.”
Javit:, i cveajed fils aim to
push for a nl.i - lynching legis¬
lation at a meeting of the
Yoon;' Men’s and Women’s He¬
ir rw A octal ion in New York.
II I a propo i'i|
would make it a federal crime
Y- Teens to Hold Recognition
( cremonial
Mr Mildred W. Newton, pro-
«1 1 < ■ tor ol the Young
(‘hri'Nan A .sedation,
null) mi licit member:; of
v;i ri • li V T'reit club:; of tllP
city • •oi will hold their
initii •err i- ■ f it ii ceremonies
at li 'vvt'A ('inter on Sun-
Nov em,her 22, at H 30 am.
A S i 1 it her Yout h Confesses to
441 S J 99 Knife Slaying
CHICAGO 1 ANPi - ,lamp . Dun-
.'ii Ik .i strong rirm rubber who
dmdtrdl. preyed on night el¬
ded 1 1 tin riders, confessed
-i pole r In I Tinir.day that he
bibbed ;.amnrl Bchwarts, 16, a
i■ i'll i iin.,| . indppt, in a futile
i,|.i r-ry atli'in.pt October 4. Po-
licr ve orre .led another Ne-
laifea Hamden 17, for the
Ah Baladen admitted |
one ii' tobri / he r<*pudl- i
! > i'u; and plead-
n to the /murder.
wh he was arraigned
i
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Void bur f •-' u detectives
T, 11. was Negroes Request
I.i'lTl .ET'lELr i, Tpx ( ANP) —
N< : in |f-:irp.| . Ill pi | .l«d City Of-
fii i;») Dji , ‘.vi-ek when they ask¬
ed ili< city to segregate lower
grade;: of lb; public schools
■p i- j,ii i P i ipIH independent
• lin'd district integrated class-
c. without incident in 1956.
I.racier <d a three-man Negro
delegation, the Rev. Walter
Griffin a. keel school trxtstees to
re ( itabJish a segregated school
for the lower grades—explaining
NUMBER 7
Sekou Toure Wants
“United Africa"
NEW YJOFtK-(ANP) — Ad¬
dressing the General Assembly
of the United Nations, Presi¬
dent Sekou Toure of Guinea
said recently that the aim of
African leaders Is to establish
a “united Africa” of indepen¬
dent states and called upon
the UN to help obtain this ob¬
jective.
Toure did not welcome eco¬
nomic aid from the colonial
powers, because "their Mach¬
iavellian plan still aims at
dividing the Africans in order
to remain the masters of the
continent.”
At a press conference later,
Toure mentioned Fiance, by
name, as the “rider of the
African horse"
Felix Ilouphouet-Bolgny, pre¬
mier of the Ivory Coast and
leader of the French commun¬
ity, split with President Toure
by keeping the Ivory Coast
Frelic h, instead of joining
Guinea in gaining independ¬
ence from France. Houphouet-
Bolgny arrived at the UN Just
in time to hear Toure’s blast at
France, to which he is expected
to reply at a later UN session.
for anyone to conspire to de¬
prive any person ... of his
right to a fair trial or his right
not to be deprived of life, lib¬
erty or property, except by due
process of law.”
Penalties for violation would
be a maximum sentence of a
year in prison, $1,000 fine, or
both. In addition, the law
would impose a maximum fine
of $10,000 or up to 20 years’
imprisonment, or both, If the
violation resulted in serious in¬
jury or death. Any official fail¬
ing to carry out his duty to
prevent .such a crime would be
fined up to $5,000, imprisoned
not more than five years, or
both.
A cordial Invitation i3 exten¬
ded to the citizens of Savannah
to attend this early morning
observance along with the YW
CA advisory committee, club
3dvi.sers, and the total mem¬
bership of the Young Women s
Christian Association.
put on Duncan’s trail when a
youth being questioned in a
hit and run traffic case told a
police officer “they've got the
wrong man in the Schwartz
murder.” The youth and a com¬
panion said they encountered
Duncan the night of the slay¬
ing and Duncan said he had
"just stabbed a man on the
“L."
Robert Conley, one of two as-
sistact prosecutors assigned to
the case said the latest con-
tension would have to be check-
“d out and confirmed or di
proved before any action is tn
In the Baisdcn case.
“everything is working out, won¬
derfully, but we need a school
for our little ones where they
won't have to cross the rail¬
road tracks.”
School board chairman, Byron
Douglas, said although fewer
than 100 pupils will be affected
the board would want "more
information” before acting. He
said it would probably be a
question of zoning rather than
segregation. J.
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