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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 iContinued on page tnree 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 Continued on Page Three auainwh ©ilwiu' ADams 4-3432 1960 NEW MARCH OF DIMES POSTER BOY | m\ /ENT ; CR1PP LING OISEi uses TRTH I 6 ? DEFECT? 1. ARTHRITIS L ' JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES m »A99Mi KHiKSfUK* F9WA1W 0 HOOSOJU, fflUttH 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 j j j J | "BP 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 Continued on Page Thr°e 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 • Continued on page tnree 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- ____________ (Continued on Page Three 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 | 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. j [ genera nan j this year'- homo ->n i». • r- i vance was Mrs. M. K. Law. Price 10c 1 ADam* 4-3433 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 Continued on Page Three 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 . 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. _