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PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVIII
Atty. Anderson, Fatal Accident
Victim, Buried Last Week
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ANP) —
Funeral services were held here
Friday for Atty. Charles Ander¬
son, 53-year-old alternate delegate
to the UN General Assembly who
was killed instantly earlier in the
week when his car was struck by
a train.
Anderson, who in 1935 became
the first Negro elected to the legis¬
lature of a Southern state since
Reconstruction, was eulogized by
a distinguished array of civic
religious leaders' including Frank
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By FRANK L. STANLEY, SR.
NNI’A Awards Chairman
CHICAGO —- Two distinguished
editors, 10 member newspapers,
and 15 working journalists re¬
ceived a total of 30 Merit Awards,
plaques and trophies at the Na¬
tional Newspaper Publishers Asso¬
ciation annual banquet here Fri¬
day night.
John H. Sengstacke, Chicago
Defender editor - publisher, and
convention host, was honored for
25 years of “crusading zeal and
devotion to the cause of equality.”
Sylvan Meyer, editor of the
Gainesville Times, Gainesville, Ga.,
was cited for editorial forthright¬
ness “in support of the American
public school system and equality
under the law.”
The Norfolk Journal and Guide
won the highest NNPA award —-
the Russwurm Trophy, for the
second consecutive year. This
award is given for all-around gen¬
eral excellence, and by amassing
Oil Companies' Boycott
Tenn.
CCTA Past President to
Attend NEA Convention
MRS. OLA B. DINGLE
Mrs. Ola B. Dingle, immediate
past president, 1958-60, of the
Chatham County Teachers’ Asso¬
ciation, left Saturday, June 18,
to attend the 98th annual conven¬
tion of the National Education
Association in Los Angeles, Calif.,
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M. Reed, Bishop E. L. Hickman
and Rev. Joseph Reed at serv¬
ices held at Quinn Chapel AME
Church, here.
Wreckage of his car was report¬
edly thrown 2,000 feet down Old
Christianburg Road where Ander¬
son was returning to Louisville
from the investigation of an acci¬
dent case he was handling. The
car was completely demolished,
and Anderson’s death was attrib-
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the highest number contest
points.
The Guide placed first in Gen¬
eral Excellence, Best Feature,
Promotion of the Negro Newspa¬
per, and tied for first with the
Louisiana Weekly in Best Typog¬
raphy and Make-Up. The Nor¬
folk paper was second in Public
Service and News Reporting.
Scoring the second highest total
points was the defunct New York
Age, which, at the time of its
death earlier this year, was Amer¬
ica’s oldest Negro newspaper.
Since awards are made on the
immediate previous year’s per¬
formance, the Age was eligible
for competition and NNPA was
happy to honor its work in tribute
to good journalism which is not
necessarily financially profitable.
The Age won first place in
Original Column Writing and sec¬
ond in Editorials, Features, Typog-
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SUMMERVILLE,
il companies have been asked
■nd a boycott against Negro
■rs who register to vote in
md Haywood Counties,
Special target of this
has been John McFerren, owner
i combined grocery and
■tation, who has been leading
•egistration drive in Fayette
unty.
McFerren also testified
he Volunteer Civil Rights
mission in Washington in
iry, regarding reprisals
Negro voters.
The request to the oil
was sent by Aubrey Williams,
president of the Southern Confer-
•nce Educational Fund. Williams
wired the companies that he had
been advised that they were co¬
operating in the boycott and add¬
ed:
“Result of the boycott is Negro
farmers are unable to buy
line for their tractors, merchants
are refusing to sell food and cloth¬
ing while Negro children and their
mothers face literal starvation be¬
cause of their fathers’ efforts to
“Please advise repolicy of your
company in this situation. What
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The drive for first-class citizen¬
ship and complete equality hurtled
at a dynamic pace as Connor’s
Temple Baptist Church hosted the
14th consecutive NAACP mass
meeting. This historic church was
packed to capacity as once again
Savannah Negroes demonstrated
their desire to throw off the yoke
of segregation and to exert their
Constitutional rights to stand as
men among men. One could not
help but sense the sharp, rebel¬
lious and overpowering feeling of
confidence, and no one present
doubted that these goals would be
achieved.
The Rev. W. W. Whitehead,
pastor of Connor's Temple Baptist
Church, was unable to attend the
meeting’s opening due to previous
commitments, so the hearty wel¬
come was given by a stalwart
church member and dea-on, H.
Givens. Following a moving
prayer, Wesley W. Law, the
NAACP president, led the audi¬
ence in the spiritual, “We Shall
Not Be Moved.”
Rev. G. D. Walker, pastor of
Asbury Methodist Church, led the
throng in another prayer, and aft¬
er this Mr. Law led the audi¬
ence in the old-time favorite,
“Climbing Jacob’s Ladder.”
Gazing out upon this enthusi¬
astic crowd the NAACP president
began to set the atmosphere of
confidence and final victory that
was to continue throughout the
meeting. First order of business
by Mr. Law was the announcement
that the local Savannah delegation
to the national NAACP convention
was already en route to Minneap¬
olis, Minn., where fellow
bers from atl over the world
going into session on
June 21. The local group
sents a serious-type
characterized by what has
ly become known as the
Negro,” and people to whom
such as defeat, separate hut
and local custom hold no
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DR. MAYS HONORED AT
MOREHOUSE — Dr. Benjamin E.
Mays, who completed his 20th year
as president of Morehouse College
in Atlanta, was honored recently
at commencement exercises on
which occasion alumni, faculty and
associates paid tribute to the na¬
tionally renowned religious lead¬
er and educator, fit lower panel
Charles Moreland, president, At¬
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JUNE 25, I960
I investigation of .
Negro "Bloc Vote"
In Macon Is Opposed
MACON, Ga.—(ANP) — Mayor
Edgar II. Wilson added his voice
to that of Bibb County sheriff in
condemning an investigation into
charges that Negroes are bloc vot¬
ing.
Because there is no law against
bloc voting, many have contended
that the investigation is just an¬
other form of intimidating Negro
voters.
Wilson termed the probe “an in¬
sult to all public officers who
have received a large Negro vote.”
The mayor also said one of the
authors of the investigation, Su¬
perior Court Judge Hal Bell,
should explain how Gov. Ernest
Vandiver, whose campaign he
managed, received one of the lar¬
gest Negro bloc votes ever cast
in Bibb County.
Bell was appointed to a newly-
created third superior court judge-
ship here after Vandiver was
elected governor.
Vandiver, Wilson said, polled 93
per cent of the Negro vote in Bibb
in the 1958 election.
Ga. Teachers Blame SC
Decision of 1896 For
Present School Troubles
ATLANTA, (ANP) — The head
of the statewide Negro teachers
organization told the state board
of education here last week that
its troubles spring riot from the
U. S. Supreme court decision of
1954, but from the high court’s
decision of 1896 which upheld the
doctrine of “separate but equal.”
L. H. Pitts, executive secretary
of the Georgia Teachers and Edu¬
cation Assn., told the State Board
of Education that “continued de¬
lay (in eliminating racial discri¬
mination in school administration)
on the part of the political and
educational leadership . . . will
only serve to widen the gap of un¬
equal opportunities and
the tensions, which already
us sitting , , . on a powder
The Georgia Teachers and
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lanta Morehouse Club, makes pre-
sentation to Dr. Mays, while im¬
mediately above, the former Ho¬
ward University theology dean
with Mrs. Mays, receives beauti¬
ful Bulova watch from General
Alumni Association President
Moss H. Kendrix, center, Washing¬
ton, D. C., public relations man,
and the Reverend Jerry Moure,
Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee
Makes Statement
Students of the Southern
test movement will enrry
cause directly to the platform
mittees of the major political
ventions in July, according to
announcement made today by
Student Non-Violent
Committee at the close of
monthly meeting here in
The chairman of the
was instructed to contact
diately chairmen of platform
mittees of both Democratic
Republican Conventions to
time before these committees.
students will not only urge
civil rights planks in party
forms, but will make clear
intentions to continue
to protest against racial
tion and discrimination as long
these exist. They will also join
mass picket lines at the
tions now being organized by
Southern Christian
Conference, the NAACP, and
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
ers.
The chairman of the
committee, Marion Barry of Nash
ville, pointed out “the
is composed of students and
self-directing. It is not -
zationally tied to any other
working in the area of human
lations, but seeks to
with SCLC, NAACP, and
organizations of known
The committee has set up
office in Atlanta, secured
personnel, and is receiving
for its operation. A letter
been sent to protest
throughout the South,
ing their work and urging
continued activity in the spirit
non-violence until the goals of
free democratic society are
ed.
The Student Non-violent
dinating Committee is an
ization of student leaders of
sit-in movement in the South.
Register
To Vote
D. C., pastor who is president
the Morehouse Alumni group in
Washington. Been above at th‘*
memorial services for Dr. John
Hope, distinguished late president
of Morehouse, are, left to right:
Dr. M. L. King, Sr., Ray Ware,
insurance executive; Dean B. R.
Brazeal, Moss Kendrix, Dr. May:,,
P.ev. Moore and James Hubert,
VOTERS’ REGISTRATION INCREASED
Hosea L. Williams, president of
the Chatham County Crusade for
Voters, expressed the action of Ne¬
gro registration last Thursday as
gratifying. Through the facilities
of the Crusade for Voters over
20 Negroes were put on the coun¬
ty registration voters list last
week. Last Thursday set no prec¬
edence because the Crusade for
Voters has been taking or sending
Negroes down to get their names
on the registration books since or¬
ganizing.
Mr. Williams said the Crusade
for Voters is still in the process
of organizing the entire county,
but it finds time to carry or send
many right-thinking folk to the
County Court House every Thurs¬
day, so they may feel and act
Ala. Governor Urged to Rescind
Firing of Dr. L D. Reddick
____ . . ... . s • 1 . 1 M 1 s* 1 1.1 i« nn r*al nul (• reward
Morehouse Class of 1910, who re¬
ceived a 50th anniversary citation.
Morehouse College gave three
honorary doctorate degrees, re¬
cipients being Dr. Kenneth I.
Brown, Danforth Foundation; Dr.
Samuel Nabrit, president, Texas
Southern University, and P. B.
Young, Sr., Norfolk Journal and
Guide publisher,
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like other good citizens.
Last Thursday developed into
a transportation campaign. Miss
Stroman, operator of the Crusade
for Voters headquarters, 611 West
Broad Street, reported having to
impose upon many citizens for im¬
mediate transportation. After
contacting many, W. Bogan, T.
Roberts and Mrs. W. Thompson
came to Misa Stroman’s assistance.
Miss Stroman reported that
many citizens are stopping by the
Crusade for Voters headquarters
or railing AI) 3-8127 for informa¬
tion on how to get their voting
status transferred from some oth¬
er county in Georgia to Chatham
County. Any registered voter of
Georgia may have their status
transferred to Chatham County
Withdrawal of the order dismiss¬
ing Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick as
head of the department of history
at Alabama State Coliego in Mont¬
gomery, and “a public apology”
were urged upon Governor John
Patterson as “the only right thing
to do,” in a telegram to tha gover¬
nor today by Itev. F. L. Shuttles
worth, militant civil rights leader
of Birmingham, Alabama. The
text of the telegram follow."):
“Decent Americans are shocked
at your continuous ruthless inter¬
ference at Alabama State College.
The firing of Dr. Lawrence D.
Reddick, the attempt to smear his
record, and the threat to other
qualified teachers prove that the
basic freedoms of thought, speech
and association can be denied in
Alabama under any pretext. To
purge President Trenholm now
after lie has dismissed students on
your order is valid evidence that
Ga. Masons and Eastern Stars
Hold Annual Meet in
ALBANY, Ga. — (ANP) — |
Georgia’s Prince Hall Mason, led
by Grand Master John Wesley
Dobbs, of Atlanta, exhibited new
growth, and support of movement*
to strengthen the first-class posi¬
tion of American Negroes during
joint sessions of the Masonic-East¬
ern Star Orders here June 12-15.
In his address to the Grand
Lodge, Grand Master Dobbs de¬
clared.
"1 thank God today that our con¬
secrated young college men and
women have dedicated themselves
to the purpose that America and
the world must take a ‘look’ at the
injustices heaped upon black men
and women today. It is wrong
before God and man ... A ter¬
rific social devolution is sweep¬
ing, not only the United States,
bill, the whole world today.”
The entire slate of Grand Lodge
officers, including Grand Master
Dohhs, Deputy Grand Master X.
L. Neal, Grand Seeretary E. C.
Blaekshear, Grand Treasurer Don¬
ald Thomas and Secretary.Trea¬
surer A. McClendon, of the Ma¬
sonic Relief Association, was re¬
elected.
A report of Grand Auditor H.
T. Edwards and Certified Public
Continued on page Seven
number
-—Photo by Frank Freeman
after living here for six month ,
by dropping by the Crusade for
Voter* headquarter* any day, ex¬
cept Sunday, between the imui -
of 11:00 e.m. and 7:00 p.m. Mi
Stroman only needs your signa¬
ture to get tha tranefer.
If you are not registered to
vote or if you know some other
Negro that ii not registered to
vote, please some by (ill West
Broad Street or sail AD 3-8127
for information on how, when and
where you or your friend can reg¬
ister.
The Crusade for Voters i.; ask¬
ing all churches, dubs, lodges, or-
(Continued on Page Six)
scence in or cooperation with se¬
gregation eithfer willingly or un¬
der compulsion. Your action
makes certain that qualified Ne¬
groes will seek to register at other
Alabama Collage*. 1 suggest a
cancellation of the communist
charges against Dr. Reddick, a
withdrawal of the dietnissal order
a public apology to him. This
would be the only right thing to
do.”
Kev. F. L. Shuttles worth
President
Alabama Christian
Movement for Human
Right*
Birmingham, Alabama
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — I’ro-
teat against the firing of Dr. L.
D. Reddick from hi* post a > head
of the department of history at
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N.N.L.B.A. to Hold First
Meet at S«ashore
m
WILLIAM J. CURTIS
Atlantic City, N. J.—Thous-
ands of tavern and hotel bar
owners and retail distributors
will attend the first annual na¬
tional convention of the Na¬
tional .Negro Licensed Beverage
Association in Atlantic City
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