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YEARS OF COSTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE GLUME LXXVI11 Southern to Use Reaches and i ormer Gov. Lehman Joins NAACP for Life NEW YORK — Former New (York Governor Herbert Lehman, 4a long and consistent supporter of ■ the National Association for the I Advancement of Colored People, j$5o() [and Mrs. Lehman have become life members of the Associa- [tion. Plaques deboting their life | member; .hip were presented to Jlr. Lehman by Kivic Kaplan, 1 ba¬ ton industrialist and co-chairman of the A sieiation’s 1 ife; ineuibei ship committee. The present at ion was made this week in the forme) Governor': Pa;k Avenue apart¬ ment. Mr. Lt.lima.li, olio, in 1058, de¬ clined to inn for le-election to the United Plate* .Senate, link heen a memher of the NAACP Board of f Direct' tributed 11 w regularly since 1925. to the lie has Associa- r’on- ; > f tioll. Regisler To Vote Today! Pembroke Hijfh Plans For Commencement : '* v r Mrs. Sadie I). Steele, Speaker The Pembroke High 11th commencement exercise be held m the gymnasium on day, May 22, at 4:00 P.M. speaker will be Mrs. Sadie Steele, a primary teacher at C. Johnson High School, nah. Mrs. Steele is the Teacher of the Year and both BS and MA degrees Savannah State College and umbia University, She is also active in religious social activities of the The candidates for are: George Black, Pauline rough, Barbara Carroll, Earl field, Gertie Edenfiehi, Gail zier, Richard Groover, Holloway, John Lawson, Mary Moody, Dorothy Owens, Pawl; , Grade L. Reese, Stewart, Freddie Taylor and T. Williams. Senior ( la Night ■ Continued on Page Eight) RELIGIOUS ADVISORS TO GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Pictured above, at the first inr of the Religious Advisory Co- uneii In the President's Commit- on Government Contracts held in Washington, D. C., on May 11. are, left to right: (seated) Max D. Davidson, New York; Reverend John F. Cronin, S. S., Washington. D C.; Mrs. ,S, Ti-rrcll, West Hartford, ADams 4-3431 M W I S. DEFENSE ADVISOR —Dr. Jeanne L. Noble, national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, receives from U. S. De¬ puty Secretary of Defense James H. Douglas a three-year member¬ ship certificate to the U. S. De¬ fense Department's Defense Ad¬ visory Committee on Women in the Services. She thus becomes the third Negro to serve on this im¬ portant committee which, among Mr. Joscy to Speak 1 At Albany Slate College E. J. JOSEY, Head Librarian, Savannah State College, will speak I oh “Freedom and the Responsi¬ I bility of the College Paper” dur- I ing the Second Animal Student | J’ Publications Honors Program at Albany State College, May 27. j The 1969 Ram (yearbook) and the final of The Students’ Voice (Newspaper) will be presented to the College for its archives. A special award for creative writing will be presented. William II. Bryant, Jr., Gaines¬ ville, Fla.; and Bettye Johnson, Columbus, will retire as editors of the annual and student paper and F. W. Render 11, adviser to stu¬ dent publications, will announce the appointment of the new staffs. The featured speaker is a na¬ tive of Norfolk, Va. Mr. Joscy is a graduate of Howard Univer¬ sity (AB in history) and Colum¬ bia University (MA in history). His professional training in lib- arianship was done at the State University of New York (MSLS). He has held positions in the Co- tContinued on Page hour 1 i erticut; George O. Butler, Wash¬ ington, 1). Robert L. Chambers, San Francisco, California; Vice- i President Richard Nixon, chair¬ I man of the President's Committee ] on Government Contracts; Dr. j John J. O’Connor, P.othesda, Mary¬ land; Dr. Fred Fox. White House liaison to the Council: Miss Doro¬ i thy I. Height, New York; Rabbi Marc H Tanenbaum. New York; Or. .1. Oscar Lee, New York; Dr. ®ritar other things, advises the Defense Department on policies relating to the servicewomen. The first Ne¬ gro to serve in an advisory rapa¬ city on servicewomen was Dr. Mary McLeod Ret-hune who, dur¬ ing World War II as Special As¬ sistant to the Secretary of War, poke out forcefully and effectively for equal treatment of both wo¬ men and men in the Armed For- U. 5. SUPREME COURT DECISION OF MM 17,1954 The convening of the ninth consecutive NAACP Sunday af- ternoon mass meeting at the St. day, Phillip 15, A ME church the occasion on Sun- j May was for the celebration of the sixth anniversary of the historic school desegregation decision of May 17, 1954. The Rev, P. A. Pat,- terson, minister of the Butler Presbyterian church, served as chairman of the program. Thousands filled the historic St. Philip church to commomo- rafe the United States Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954 1 Since the court’s ruling, six' per cent of the South’s Negro students now attend schools i with whites. At the time of the decision In 1954, seventeen southern and border states and the District of Columbia re- quired segregation of the races in their public schools: As the end of the sixth school year ap- proaches, complete school seg- rogation is maintained in only five states; Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. The other twelve states and the District of Co¬ lumbia have desegregated. Federal Judge Hooper’s rul¬ ing of a few days ago will bring desegregation of Georgia's schools by the beginning of the 1961-62 school year. ' The Rev. P. A. Patterson op- cnod the meeting by request- ing the audience to sing “Lift Roger Shinn, New York; (stand¬ ing) Paul D. William s Richmond, Virginia; The Reverend Dow Kirk- natrirk, Atlanta, Georgia; The Reverend Charles Webber, Wash¬ ington, 1). C.; Dr. Leonard P. Aries, Washington, V. C.; Dr. A. | Dudley Ward, Rufus Chicago, Cornelsen, Illinois; | I The Reverend New York; and Irving Ferman. I Washington, 1). U. SAVANNAH. GEORGIA NEW YORK— Southern of the National Association the Advancement of People have been urged take the leadership in aging Negro families to at all municipal beach and park maintained by taxes." , In a memorandum to 650 and local units in the NAACP Executive Secretary Wilkins today cited the call sued by southern leaders of Association In Atlanta on 7 for Negroes to make use these facilities for which pay taxes. Despite court In many southern Negroes have been denied cess to public beaches or ed to restricted areas. On 24, Negroes were driven from public beach in Biloxi, Miss., white hoodlums. “The right of Negro to enjoy unrestricted of public beaches and pools been affirmed by state and the Every Voice and Sing.” Rev. told the huge throng and ' that President W. W. Law about forty other persons who have been engaged in sit-ins and picketing have journeyed to Atlanta to participate in a state-wide NAACP meeting held at the Morehouse College Gym- nas i um , Rnv Patterson who * , s 10 chairman of the Legal _ Redress committee gave a report on tnc j c g a j processes now being un- dertaken to appeal the cases 0 f students who have been ar- rested lor picketing. Patterson .said that “we have no ‘^ca °1 turning hack, and we are going on until victory I s won. The Rev. Patterson likened the Mayor s new ordi- nance to an ordinance that Hit- l er would have espoused against t* 10 Jews. In an eloquent ad- dress, Rcv - Patterson compared Ralph Bunche Calls Sit-Down Justified CHICAGO (ANP) The Uni¬ versity of Chicago conference on world tensions turned its attention to the United States here week as Ralph J. lionehe, one seven Nobel prize winners on j program, endorsed sit down in deni- onstrations by students South, ( | “f U»<’ ,; 'iit«d Nations and one |,he Nobel laureate:;, defended rect action" by American to end discrimination them. Discussing recent in the South, Huftche said: “LOGICAL AND JUSTIFIED" “It is, to be sure, that, such manifestations as sit-down demonstrations have to take place. Hut they are as evitable as they are logical justified. “Theae demonstrations have pontaneous and it is a slur for anyone to suggest these young people are by sinister forces from their communities. They Maytag Foundation Awards $3,000 Grants NEWTON, Iowa — Two tional 'durational have been awarded grants by the Maytag Foundation, Ine. The National Fund for Education, which furnishes cial aid to the nation’s 80 ited medical schools, received $2,99() grant,. Awarded a. $1,000 grant was United Negro College fund, serves 21 Negro colleges, sities and professional schools the United States. Both of these funds have ceived similar grants since the Maytag foundation established ill 195”. SATURDAY, MAY, 21, 1960 asserts. In 1955, the United j states Supreme Court upheld this right In a case originating in Baltimore, it points out. The exercise of that right, Mr. Wilkins’ memorandum declares, has a “deeper meaning than securing relief from summer heat;” it also demonstrates "our determination ratio forego any of our constitutional rights." “Needless to say," it continues "our people will not engage in any violence, but will stand firm In their demand for unsegregat- ed access to public beaches. This should be made clear to the proper authorities and to the press.” ( ) Mayor Minglcdorff Has Nol Answered Ministers’ Letter According to a statement from the Chatham County Ministers Union, Mayor W. Minglednrff had not answered their letter dated May 11, I960 at press time. the plight, In Egypt Yet, we don’t want to return to the flesh pots of Egypt, Mr. Patterson said Continuing his discourse, Rev. Patterson told of an accident in which a white person and a Negro person were injured The white ambulance picked 'G» the white Injured person, and by the time the Negro ambu- lance had arrived ,the Negro lady was dead. “This is why wc must continue out iri 1 segregation, Rev. I at erson said - • t?-i~ Rev. Patterson reported that the whole world Is watching Savannah. Letters come to my office from .all over world congratulating us on our gallant stand here in Savannah. Wc must continue this fight and we can’t let these people down, because they are watching fight against segregation.” what their privileges and are and they are determined achieve them by every means.” Bunchc said lie i. .proud of hi ancestry, just a.: he is proud his nationality. “I ask only the one he as much respected a the other," he said j National Fraternity of Student Musicians ] j The above photo shows member of the National Fraternity of Htu dent Musicians, sponsored hy «.h<* National Guild of Piano i. ai ders, headquarters, Austin, Texas, who presented a program at Savannah State College during its sixth an¬ nual Fine Arts Festival. At the end of the program, certificates and fraternity honor pins were awarded. Mrs. A. Creecy Wright, rhaii man of the Savannah chapter of JML RED CROSS II O N O It S DREW ill Capital city; Dr. fl. Drew, lmli’d physician, was honored day at the school bearing name, when the American . Court May 17, 1054 comment oration speech was given .„ n hl) by the Iiev. Reddick, (mstor of the Palcn Methodist Church. Mr. j Rpddj| . k 1K)ted Uiat this has 1 ,<->,• t» the most historic decision : )(J f , 11) . ( , l „ H . N ,.,, m jn this ecn- I M| Reddick deplored bh# . ■ )h . i( only , lx pt , r ce nt of ^ f . ()uiu N ,, ( , r(Wa a t!ond in- j j l( , KrHt( , d , (:h()0 ,. s There are those in top legislative posi¬ i tions in the South who advo- i„ W s In cire tun vent Sl)))n , m( , ( •, n ii i derision. Many of the white leaders are far away to know the that the Negro suffers. The Supreme Court Decision added dignity to the Negro’s j gal fight for this decision Is (Continued on Page Three) i Open House Al j Fort Stewart, Sat. FORT STEWART—The Armed i Forces Day “Open 1 louse” here Saturday, May 24, will feature an taction packed program of firing | by numerous weapons, including f t.}„. M IK p.,iion 1 oil,, a miniated atomic bomb r.ploiuii; and a heli- enptci demon.,1 1 al ion. T he pro glam o**K bcjtiii id al I :'\0 )’,M Weapon , and equipment display- for vi .iLot will Im* open from 10 A M. to t> l'.IVl and will include a tour of the new Jjw.'J million hat‘tacks com- l'l( . MB (. the National Guild of Piano ers, states that 29 piano of Savannah and Liberty pa . ill ;ii ere fully the ri'ipiu" meiii ; foe the f.* I , winch given this pi ing in over centci s in the Unit's! States. Savannah winners and honors are: International, Arthur Curtright and Paulette Butler; National. Glea Alexis. Orin T.u void Alexis, Yvoihio Butler, Sheila Price 10c ADatns 4-3433 Cross presented a bronze tablet in recognition of his work launching the wartime Red Crass blood program in Photo shows Mrs. Julia B. principal of Charles R. I''/' . g m ■ |, ONO j ( STUDENT Edward c. cooper, the son of Mr. and J K _ n Cooper, Riceboro, is y,,, highest ranking student j n tq 1( . freshman class at More- house College, Atlanta. He is yeai . s 0 f agc . After n g the llth grade at County High school, he was milled to college by passing entrance examinations. He on the .swimming team and a member ol the band. 3 Negro Students to Graduate from Little Rock MTTljft HOCK, A»k, (AN!'*) T|u*’(* 1 'Mp’iif v will !>»• grad uh tad from once all-white | ,*rliools tin . month, school said. Two of the Mir re were the nine Negro students who j * <eg» a Led Central mob L violence high 1 school broke t.....I |I)b7 t r,r e* f wlrnn t . .. I Mozellc Clemmon G<’ne j Dobson, Ruth Dale k’ord, Eaye .la on, Anita Kelley, J I. William:., Shirley Cutter; Local, Marion Ella Butler, I nrife Harden, Yvonne Luten, r jet.tc Mason and Marilyn Stone. Liberty County winners honor ; are: National, Ester Johnson, J. P,ussell, Myra I^yrida Ann Smith, Sarah Steward Helen Smith; NUMBER 3d Elementary school; Ratnoi Eaton (left), Red Cross president and Francis II. manager, District of C’oli chapter. <ANP Photo) MRS. MILDRED M. B1 j RECEIVES SCHOLAKSll Mi . Mildred M. Butter. TenOhur Of The Year of i County,” has received a Ufa;a Aid Scholarship u,,dcr fch ‘' •' ‘ Foundation Program to study *’ ort Valley State <,o1D-k- “' ,,ll,Ujr ' She is m leather at *''"^'^'^V^Sav^amiah -s r ( ] lege. ( Patronize Our AdvertG . anti federal troops tin , ( bool. Tfp'y arc Jefferson f l hot Cm riot La Wails, both 17. tin* third in Hffic. Joist | j of three Negro girls 1 grated Jlall high sehovl i | Uir.il IPhU. Barbara Ann B Freeman and 1 Pledge, Ronald White and I Smith; Social Music Certificate, j phenia Jackson. Instructors for the Sava students are Miss Barbara 1 and Mrs. A. C. Wright. Deborah Robinson is instructo) the Liberty County students.