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WE HOPE VAN DOREN IS FORGIVEN
From St. Paul Recorder
The TV quiz show mess which has been
giving a congressional committee some
newsprint mileage has finally revealed that
a modern TV hero, Charles Van I)oren,
an intellectual one at that, has feet of
clay—like most of the rest of us. When¬
ever a great outburst of moral indigna¬
tion runs rampant across the pages of
newspapers, over the air in radio news
broadcasts and comments we are remind¬
ed that somewhere in the Bible is the
statement “let he who is without sin, cast
the first stone.”
As we see it there were three main
victims of the rigged show upon which
Mr. Van Doren anneared, the miblic, the
TV industry and Van Doren himself. We
are not disnosed to forgive the public for
its gullibility since it will only have to
pav for its stupiditv with the mental an¬
guish of those who have been taken,
which really will be forgotten almost by
tomorrow. The TV networks are more
Responsible than the others because in its
hungry quest for the almightv dollar,
they were more to blame for the situa¬
tion than anyone else.
As for Van Doren we hope to see and
hear him again on TV. I To was the most
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER ROCK AND ROLL?
From The Savannah Morning News
Upon regarding the current state of
popular music, many a discerning listener
has been known to emit a scream as
startling and agonized as, sav Elvis Pres-
lev hitting a high note. While the cause
of such concern on the part of music
lovers is often varied, the guilt may us¬
ually be placed at the door of something
called rock and roll.
Despite music lovers’ occasional pangs
of doubt, it is probable that rock and roll
will eventually pass away without leaving
any serious scans on the countenance of
popular music. When this happens, the
tragedy will not be'what rock and roll
has done to music hut what rock and roll
has done to its own‘creators.
Rock and roll is a commodity frankly
tailored to the teen-age market. Its only
requirement is that it strike the fancy of
the mass / of young record purchasers.
There is no stipulation that its practi¬
tioners possess talent or training. There
is no necessity for a recording star in
these days to have worked long and hard
at his trade in order to reach the top.
History of Happy House Sch 1
For Mentally Retarded
Children Reviewed
This is National Mental Re¬
tarded Week. At this time each
year, efforts are made to edu¬
cate the public on the great
human tragedy Mental Retar¬
dation, and at the same time
inform the community about
what is being done.
In our city during the month
of September 1956. the Savan¬
nah Chapter of the Georgia
Association for Help' for Retar¬
ded Children was formed. At
that time the original group,
under the leadership of Mrs
Ayler Mae Lovett, met to for-
mulate plans for opening a
school for our children. Mrs.
Lovett called together leading
PTA workers and civic minded
citizens which included Mrs
Carrie Moore. Mrs. Mildred
Hutchins, Mrs. Mary McDew.
Mrs. Bessie Adams, Mrs. J L
Bryant, Miss Mettolia Maree
Mrs. F. Jones. Mrs. N. H, Walk¬
er. Mrs. E. Warrick, Samuel J
Brown. Father Gustave H. Cau¬
tion, Commander Frank W.
Spencer, Dr. Calvin Kiah. Jas.
DeLorme and others.
She also secured support
and representation from the
Chatham Association . (white),
the Mental Health Clinic, the
Health Center, the Hub, and
UCS groups. Encouragement
was given by all groups repre¬
sented as well as by many of
our city’s most distinguished
citizens.
Officers for the new orgam-
pitiful victim of the whole mess. Hear¬
ing him on the NBC “Today Shbw,” in
his literate comment on men, letters and
literature was always a lift and a pleasure
and there was nothing “rigged” about his
performance and the research which went
into it.
This newspaper hopes NBC or some
other network will lie able to forgive Van
Doren who at most was a dupe of the
manipulators who staged “21.” We be¬
long to that school which believes that
every human being should be forgiven
their mistakes, and given another chance
and sometimes ev'm still another chance,
osnecially when the individual has so^e-
1hine to offer—something which Van
Doron's most caustic critics will hardly
question that he has. What we have
said should not be construed as an advo¬
cacy of sharp practices or a justification
for t he lack of ethics and from conditions
which the TV scandal resulted. All we
are urging is a little charity, some forgiv-
ine anil some reflection on what we as
individuals would have done under simi¬
lar circumstances if we had been offered
the chance Charles Van Doren was given,
and accepted to his great sorrow.
Overnight, rock and roll zooms song¬
writers, guitar twangers, nasal-voiced
singers and independent recording firms
into higher income brackets.
Anyone with what record-peddlers call
“a new sound’ may become an instant
success.
Many of these instant successes are
young people. What is to happen to them
when rock and roll has passed? When
the public again demands that a perform¬
er have talent, training and experience,
where will they be?
A few will struggle through, of course,
on determination and abilities which rock
and roll have obscured. A far greater
number, however, accustomed to acclaim
and high financial rewards, will sudden¬
ly find themselves deprived of both.
They will be unable to compete in this
new scheme of things, literally unequipped
to make a living.
This, a caustic music lover might sav,
will be poetic justice. Perhaps. It will
also be a little sad.
nation were installed on Oct. 7.
1956, at St. Matthew's church
by Mrs. J. C. McNcer, who was
then State President.
The Savannah public accep¬
ted the venture of this coura¬
geous group. PTA groups, chur¬
ches, sororities, clubs, and in¬
dividuals joined hands to help
put over one of the city’s and
nation’s newest and most chal¬
lenging programs. Through the
interest of Father G. H. Cau¬
tion, the school was housed at
St. Matthew’s parish house the
I first year.
j Happy House has been hold¬
ing sessions in the educational
building of the First Bryan
Baptist church for the past two
years. Rev. Richard M. Wil¬
liams and his followers have
given the school their personal
attention.
Mrs. — Lovetts ... gronp frum
beginning had as their
programs for retarded children
in this community. They want¬
ed to help these children func¬
tion to the best of their capa¬
cities and to become happy
human beings. They believed
that they could be helped
Statistics show’ that many hun¬
dreds of them are in Savannah.
The group was of the opinion
that the education of these
children was society's respon¬
sibility just as much as it is
society’s responsibility to pro¬
vide public education for the
normal.
It is a .scientific fact that
mental retardation recognizes
no boundaries of race, color,
creed, or financial circumstan¬
ces. In our community, most of
the 30 children enrolled at
Happy House are of low socio¬
economic circumstances. The
fee of $2 weekly is rarely paid
by the parents. Transportation
also poses a great problem
For these reasons the associa¬
tion is constantly working to
keep the school's doors open
through donations and mem¬
berships.
At Happy House there are
two qualified degreed teachers
and one maid. The school’s
curriculum is designed to help
them be happy, and to help
them towards accomplishments
vital to their survival in the
outside world Some of
children, who were once given
up as helpless, will now even¬
tually be able to find jobs
when they become of age.
While it is a fact that the
problem of the retarded child
has been in existence as long
mankind itself, it was ofily
{pn short years ag0 that an
0rganizatlon to help that child
came into being in the United
States. .
From the figures available
today, we learn that of every
1000 children born. 2 are blind.
3 have polio, 4 have cerebral
palsy, 7 have rheumatic fever.
but 30 are mentally retarded.
In other words. 3'. or 1
of every 33 born, is destined to
be mentally retarded.
The freqeuency is the same
in every economic, racial or
religious part of our society.
Studies and research esti-
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
HAS IT CAUSED THE BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND ORDER?
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Consequences of The Steel
Strike on The
Up to the date of the 80-;
cooling-off injunction in the j
steel strike, the people of the !
United States had lost billions 1
of dollars. The government
lost it in the form of taxes;
personal incomes, dropped nearly j
$4 billion dollars; the steel
companies lost in the billions—;
U S. Steel alone is said to have
lost $31 million—iand business
in many areas was sharply cur¬
tailed.
The steel strike, up to the in¬
junction, was the longest na-
tionwide strike in the country’s
history. Such a prolonged
was bound to have profound
economic repercussions upon
the Negro community.
Spscifically, for the Negro,
two more serious results are au¬
tomation and higher prices.
During the strike, steel men
had time.to evaluate, plan and
order automation equipment.
This was obvious from the con-
mate that there are over 5
million mentally retarded in
the United States and of these
I million are children. At
least 120.000 more are added
each year. The experts tell us
that mental retardation is four
times more prevalent than
rheumatic heart disease, 9
times as common as cerebral
palsy, and 15 times as comon
as blindness.
Mental retardation is a con¬
dition or more accurately, a
group of conditions of impaired
mental development originat¬
ing during pregnancy, at birth
or in early childhood. It limits
intellectual growth and social
adjustment which constitutes a
life-long handicap. Mental re¬
tardation may be caused by
any one of a wide variety of
diseases, accident or deviation
in normal development. Mental
retardation is the result of 70
known or suspected causes and
if the affected child has an in¬
telligence quotient of 50 or less
he or she is excluded by law
from attending public school.
The annual meeting of the
Association will be held at 7:30
on the fourth Friday night
(night after Thanksgiving)
the YMCA. O fficers will be
elected. The entire community
is invited and urged to attend.
Confidential sources indicate
that Mrs. Lovett will seejc a
successor as president as
cording to the constitution a
term of office is for only one
year. She has, however, pledged
her continued interest and sup
port.
It has been said that the true
definition of “Fraternalism” is
j to do something for somebody
else, in which you expect noth¬
| ing in return.
Retarded children CAN and
I MUST be helped. Send your
cheek today to
j Mr. Samuel J Brown
529 East Anderson St.
1 Savannah. Ga.
Donations are deductible.
T.ikp all children, retarded
children are God’s children.
flicts over work rules, in which
the unions and managements
were engaged.
The steel companies seek to
be positive before investing mil-
lions into automation that they
will be able to economize by
laying off workers,
What the future holds, at the
c-nd of the 80-day cooling off
period, still remains to be seen,
but for the Negro, this much is
certain:
Negroes, in the labor market,
are generally unskilled, not
highly educated, and thus wall
be the first to be replaced by
automation. As the rank and
file have very little to say
about union affairs, policies.
proceedings, Negroes can expect
to receive little protection from
the unions when automation be¬
gins making inroads.
A rise in prices will inevitably
result from any settlement of
the steel strike. Two factors
Mr. Raullerson Appointed
UNCF
New York, Nov. 13 -Calvin H.
Raullerson was named director!
of the newly-created Division of
Educational Services of the
United Negro College Fund
W. J. Trent, Jr., executive di- j
rector, it was t announced here;
today. The new division in-
corporates the three education-j
al services UNCF administers I
for its 33 member institutions.
Mr. Raullerson joined the Col- i
lege Fund organization in 1952 . i
As assistant to the executive;
director, he has been active in
general fund raising and pub¬
lic relations fulfilling many
speaking engagements. For
the past four years, he has serv¬
ed as coordinator for the an¬
nual convocation of UNCF mem¬
ber-college presidents.
An alumnus of a member col¬
lege, Lincoln University (Lin¬
coln University, Pa.), Mr. Raul¬
lerson did graduate work at
Harvard University and receiv-j
ed his master s degree from
He New was York an University instructor in in poiit-1 1949. j
ical science at Lincoln and at |
! Brooklyn College prior to his j
! joining the College Fund staff.;
He also served as associate edi- 1
tor of the 1950-51 “Who's who
j in the United Nations” year¬
book.
[ The three services Mr. Raul- 1
j lerson will direct a re: the Coop¬
erative Intercollegiate Examina- j
i tion Program: the Fiorina Las-;
! ker Fellowship awards; and the;
newly-instituted Faculty Fellow-,
i ship grants. ;
The Faculty Fellowship pro I
! ! gram, initiated this year to j
strengthen the member colleges, S300.-| 1
I was made possible by a
j 000 grant from the General Ed- j
j ucation Board. Each year it j
will enable a number of UNCF,
I college teachers .who are al-!
ready candidates for Ph. D.’sj
or other doctorates, to obtain
these degrees. ^
Recomend a tions for the fel-j
lowships, made by the member- 1
support this viewpoint.
First, 'settlement or an in-
junction causes a flood of or¬
ders “at any price.” To meet
the demand, the price of steel
will rise, and will affect other
consume! 1 goods in turn.
Then, steel will be able to
“blame” Congress or the pub¬
lic, or the unions, or the rank
and file laborer, for the new
rises'jn prices. They wall say
steel was “forced” into settle-
j ment. In other words, steel
will not hold back raising
prices.
Of course, there will be other
effects, minor in importance—
such as a possible influx of
foreign steel which will cut
the labor market; threat of a
recession, scarcity of some items
and other consumer goods.
Still, the two major adjust¬
ments confronting the Negro
are “automation” pnd “high¬
er prices.”
college presidents, are review-
ed by an impartial committee
of educators. Eight faculty
members have been selected and
received grants for 1959-
60
The Cooperative Intercolle-
giate Examination Program has
?eeu ac ‘ m blistered by the Col-
lpge Fund for its members since
1958 ' The P^am offers ex-
ammations to hi ^ h scho01 J«*»-
10r ® and seniors seeking schol-
arships and admissions to
colleges. The tests are given
in 265 centers across the coun¬
try and in the Virgin Islands.
The Fiorina Lasker Fellow-
ship program provides ad vane-
ed-study grants for
UNCF women graduates.
The 33 UNCF members are
privately-supported, accredited,
four-year colleges and universi¬
ties ,all but one located in the
south. The College Fund rais¬
es approximately 10 per cent of
their annua i operating
in nation-wide appeal each
year.
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Dr. Johnson Tours Soviet
Schools and Agencies
WASHINGTON. D. C.—How¬
ard University President Mor-
decai W. Johnson left the Uni¬
ted States Friday of last week
for a month-long tour of
European educational institu-
tions. including a two to three-
week visit of schools and social
a 8 eRCies in the Soviet Union.
President Johnson will return
to the . university December 8.
Dr. Johnson is visiting Russia
at the invitation of the Union
Soviet Societies for Cultural
Relations with Foreign
He arrived in Moscow at
40 p.m. Moscow time. Satur-
Nov. 7. Also on the pre-
itinerary are visits
h e Scandinavian countries
SATURDAY, NOV. 21, 1959
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Letters to
the Editor
Savannah, Georgia
November 15, 1959
The Editor
The Savannah Tribune
Savannah, Ga.
Dear Madam:
On November 24th there will
be an election in which the
City wants the voters to ap¬
prove bonds in the amount of
about Three million dollars,
saying that no increase in
taxes will result. This may be
true now but not 5 years from
now when the bonds fall due
and a different set of politi-
ticians occupy the City Hall.
The bonds are sponsored by a
committee known as the SIC
with an announced intention
of benefitting the City.
Records show that the SIC
committee of 18 contains at
least 6 millionaires and that
the combined wealth totals at
least $7,8000,000.00, yet the tax
returns at the Court House
show that the total tax assess¬
ments are $59,865.00, so you can
be sure that the payment of
the bonds will not come from
their pockets, but also you can
be sure that the payment will
come from yours.
The main purpose of the
bonds*is Urban Renewal which
was defeated by the voters in
an election on April 7, 1959.
and the City was defeated in
June, 1969 when it attempted
.to slip over the sale of more
Between The Lines
By Gordon Hancock (For Associated Negro Press)
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Race Relations or Human Relations?
Forty years ago, the term
“race relations” was widely used
in describing the relations ob-
taining between Negroes and
whites. In all of the books and
publications pertaining to the
subject the interracial rela
tionships were invariably de¬
scribed as “race relations.”
Now there is a subtle move
among writers to substitute
“human relations” for “race re-
lations.’ We have, forced up-
on us the sombre conclusion
that the mere change of
has made no difference in the
attitudes and dispositions of
the race involved.
“Human relations” is a broad
and comprehensive term and
includes race relations. Intra-
racial relations, populational
problems, the struggle for ex¬
istence and the economic strug¬
gle, competition and coopera¬
tion, emigration and immigra¬
tion are but a few of the innum¬
erable species of human prob¬
lems. But race relations have
to do with matters of relations
between persons who have prob¬
lems due to racial differences.
The matter of segregation is
more than one of human re¬
lations; it is conceived in atti¬
tudes and prejudices that grow
out of differences of race. The
playing down of the term “race
relations” and playing up the
term “human relations” have
; not made any change—for the
[ better—in these relations.
There are relationships grow¬
ing out of the conflict between
persons of different color that
cannot be adequately described
by general term “human rela¬
tions.” “Human relations’” is a
general term while race rela¬
tions is a specific term.
My mail of recent date brought
a welcome copy of the Pilot,
mouthpiece of the National In¬
surance Association, an organ¬
ization of Negro insurance ad¬
ministrators. There are 53
insurance companies listed on
the roster. Millions and mil¬
lions of dollars are
ed by the total holdings and as-
sets of the several companies.
It was interesting to note
there were only two companies
that used the Negro designation
_the Afro-American Life in¬
surance. Jacksonville, Fla., and
the Booker T. Washington In¬
surance company, Birmingham,
j Ala. the designa¬
Although race
! tion was doubtless purposely
j left off. the fact remains that
all of these fine organizations,
were built bn Double-Duty Dol-
and France. I j
Dr. Johnson's trip was ap-
proved by the university's,
than two million dollars in
notes to the New York Banks,
but were prevented by the Tax
Payers Association. It is now
trying to slip over its Urban
plans under the guise of get¬
ting Savannah out of the mud.
Who would pay the cost of
Urban Renewal if the bonds are
issued? Would it be the U. S.
Government? It could not be,
because it owes about three
hundred billion dollars, and is
going further in debt every
day. Could it be the City? The
answer is “No,” because it is
almost bankrupt.
Urban Renewal is a PHONEY
and it would force about a
thousand families from their
homes without providing places
for them to go. After the buil¬
dings are destroyed in the
Urban section—if that happens
—then these unfortunate peo¬
ple will not be able to move
back into the new buildings
that would require two years
to build, as the building will
be for businesses, or if there
should be any dwellings then
the rents would make it im¬
possible for poor people to live
in them.
YOU, Mr. and Mrs. Voter,
must make up your mind to
vote on November 24th, and to
let nothing interfere with your
doing so. VOTE “NO.”.
Yours very truly,
E. D. King
j Jars, which this column has
befen advoaating lo, these
! many years! The doctrine of
I the Double-Duty Dollar is a.
' plea for Negroes to do business
with Negroes, or with whites
who employ Negroes, to the end
that Negroes may find added
economic Opportunities. The
dollar thus spent not only buys
services and goods but it pro¬
vides employment opportunities
; for Negroes.
| The argument is that, al-
though business cannot indefi-
! nitely survive on Double-Duty
Dollars, it can be made a be-
ginning for the economic capi-
Negroe must have; if
would compete with the
white man in the business
world. In my manuscript on
the subject entitled The Double
-Duty Dollar in Theory and
Practice, Negro insurance, the
rise of the Negro professional
and the Negro press were used
as the dramatic example of the
effectiveness of the double-duty
dollar. ‘
; ,
What would have happened
to our budding professionals had
there not been Negroes with
double-duty dollars? What
would have been the possibil¬
ities of a more and more pow¬
erful Negro press had it not
been for double-duty dollars?
Strangely enough the very
ones who have lived and pros¬
pered on double-duty dollars are
generally the last to see a
place for the doctrine of the
double-duty dollar. The double-
duty-dollar is widely accepted
in practice, but rejected in the¬
ory. When I wrote the bro¬
chure mentioned above, I went
to a leading insurance man to
see if he would help me to in¬
terest the insurance in its pub¬
lication. He could not see the
duoble-duty dollar although the
was inhabitating a swivel chair
that double-duty dollars made
possible.
1 have written editors to pub¬
lish the manuscript as a printer
of Negro business, but wit® ut
success. Professionals scoffed
at the idea. There is no need
for the Negro to try to forget
race unless the white man does.
Changing from race relations to
human relations does not solve
anything. As long as the white
roan remebers race, the Negro
as well remembers it too.
Problems .arising from race
consciousness cannot be dismiss¬
ed however wishful our, think¬
ing. This writer is proud of
the designation “Negro” where
great achievements are involv-
ed! .
hoard of trustees-at the group's
October meeting.. He is accom-
pauied by Mrs. Johnson.