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YEARS OF COSTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVlIi II PHYSICIANS RECEIVE THREATS FROM K. K. K. Scenes From Recent NAACP TOP PHOTO SHOWS- Mrs. Ruth | V.'hltr, basileus of Alpha Chi Phi Omega Sorority, presenting a plaque inscribed, “Courageous' Leader of 1960,” to W. W. Law,, pn-ideal ol the Savannah: Branch, NAACP. IN BOTTOM PHOTO Ezell A. Blair, Jr., leader ol Greensboro,I Mr. Roosevelt to Speak At N, B. L. Convention Fail-American Rhino Semta , , JOHN A. ROOSEVELT i CINCINNATI, Ohio — More v/han 600 persons are expected to * Lear John A pemvall Roosevelt ad- dre the National Business Lea¬ gue’s 60th Annual Convention, here, on July 21. Reservations for the Sheraton- Gibson Hotel roof garden fete are being received from members of both races anxious to hear the New York investment banker project his views on economic needs and op¬ portunities. The son of the late President, a partner in Baehe and Company, New York, is a trustee of the Na¬ tional Urban League, one of the mo:;t active members of the Presi¬ dent' Committee on Government Contracts, and, since 1953, chair¬ man of its subcommittee on Dis¬ trict of Columbia Affairs. All day workshops and panels, preceding the banquet, will discuss NVwe, Opportunities in Business, ........ -Need, of NBL Members, B, j$BL Can Help Its and ■ ■ t o .. t ofstrong Nation- a! Organization on Local Units. >rs, panelists and ders will include etey G. Burn ■I!, President of District of Columbia nmber CouimiM ii> and National tion Chairman; George O. of Washington, the Contracts mittee's Director of Robert Watson, President of New York Business League; liam H. Hudgins, President ________ (Continued on page three, ADams 4-343S Photo by W. B. Chisholm N. C., sit in movement, is shown being greeted by some of the leaders in the local NAACP “Freedom Now” movement when he spoke here recently. ^Left to Mrs. Mercedes A. Wright, Leford , Tobias, Jr., Mr. Blair and W. W. Law, NAACP Branch president. ■■■■■■? jaws* | I I | !: a j i ! RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP—Miss Rosalie Holmes is the recipient! of the I960 Gamma Sigma Ome- ga chapter of Alpha Kappa Al¬ pha Sorority scholarship award. She Is a graduate of Alfred E. Beach High school. Miss Holmes is the daughter I of Mr. and Mrs. James C. [ j Holmes, 1003 attends West Victory Bry-' , Drive. She First j an Baptist Church where shei j is Choir active in is the pianist Young for the J | and , Sunday School. i While at Beach she was ac- j i five in the Excelsiors, Chi Phi’s,) and Dramatics Club. She wasj also a member of the Honor! Society. Drill Team and the: Beach Beacon Staff. Miss Holmes was also recip-! ient of the Hubert Memorial award of $25, the Science award,! j Excelsior award and the Vale- ! dictorian award. I She plans to enter Savannah . C0,lp thlS fal1 goring S ^ ,p ^ | in Social Sc ience. Parlors’ Institute 4 Set ; p or g 19 * Atlanta* ATLANTA, (ANP) — Pre- rPBi!,trations indlcatc n rccord I number pastors will attend the 111 annual session of the inter¬ denominational school for rural and city pantors to he held here Aug. 8-19. The school, sponsored ! for the last 40 years by Gammon I Theological seminary hut now by the Interdenominational Theolo-' 1 gical center, has already passed t the halfway mark in enrollment. 1 Saturday afternoon, July 9, approximately 250 robed mem¬ bers of the Ku Klux Klan pa¬ raded down Broughton street, apparently peacefully. They walked two abreast on the side¬ walk. Klansmen from Georgia, Flor¬ ida, Alabama and Mississippi were In the city to attend a state convention of U. S. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. Robert Lee Davidson, grand dragon of Georgia, was their leader. Many women and children were seen in the parade. Some of them were robed. The paraders marched from Broughton Street to Forsyth Park where a trailer was used a.s a platform. Several speech¬ es were made by the Klansmen including two Savannah white ministers. Their main sub¬ ject was segregation and their staunch adherence to its prin¬ ciples. Meetings were held this week in the Knights of Pythias Hall, Barnard and York streets. The attendance was estimated at 600 members. Two incidents occurred Sun¬ day morning, July 10, in Negro neighborhoods that question the peacefulness of the Klan’a intent. Charleston Youth Speaks at 17 th NAACP Mass Meeting The regular Sunday after NAACP Mass meeting on Sunday July 9 at Presbyterian Church. significant that the should return to because the present movement was born sanctuary and its minister, Rev. Patterson has much to the cause. As the 1,000 Negroes this beautiful edifice again map strategy forces of segregation and to Roy Wilkins, N. C. P. executive Martin Luther King Negro leaders, along youth were assembling Angeles to demonstrate strong Civil Rights in the Democratic Negroes throughout are singing the praises Vel Phillips of first Negro to sit on committee of Party. When Holland of Florida to present the position to the Phillips challenged Holland’s southern by asking him, “How gain the respect of the world if we adopt civil rights plank?” tried to evade query by asking an question, Unprepared” for Freedom, on Brink of Disaster LEOPOLDVILLE, Republic of ,ANP)—An “unprepared 0 r freedom—Republic Congo tottering on the brink of just a few days after it ived its independence. Since its accession to inde¬ on June 30, the coun¬ has been in the grips waves of disorders, so much so is being feared in govern¬ quarters around the Bolc ! ium ' the mother colonial ruler, the United Nations, upon to again of the country. Latest, reports have it that ' troo P s in Germany have to assist in from the rn republic. However, the to move out has not given because that the situation as SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JULY 16, l%0 Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson 45th street were Sunday morning o’clock by a noise in room. They that a brick with a note had been thrown living room window. states that he called the police. had disappeared. contained the following: away from (KKK) d— stores Black White folk can live g— d— niggprs Keep with your own d— in and we will blow you h— Nigger stay in your Stay out that g— d— park black bear & college (Job & Notes). K K. K” When Dr. and Mrs. 'S. Me Dew, neighbors of the sons, returned home from ton Head Beach Sunday (July 10) they also found brick with a note attached been thrown through their ing room window. They diately notified the police. note contained the following: ‘Niggers stay out of stores. We don’t want money—at counters ! ! ! rode Broughton with come again We come K. K. K.” you want to win? and 1 know: you can’t win if you adopt a plank that flaunts the tradi¬ tion of 50,000 people in the South.” The distinguished lady, Mrs. Phillips* protested that Mr. Holland had not answered her question and demanded that he answer the question. She made a brilliant retort, "W In n 1 n g isn’t really important as being right." Mrs. Phillips’ statement is indi¬ cative of the New Negro’s at¬ titude in Savannah, that is to say the New Negro refuses to be intimidated by the southern white man’s threat to bolt the party. Being morally right is more important than winning. Of great importance was the appearance of the youthful leader, James Gilbert Blake famed head of the Charleston. South Carolina, sit-in move¬ ment, who was to be the prin¬ cipal speaker. His group holds the record for the longest sit- in anywhere; they patiently sat for seven and one-half hours. Mr. Blake was recently elevat¬ ed to the highest youth office in the Association at the St, Paul convention two weeks ago, being elected Chairman of tlm National Youtli Work Commit¬ tee, NAACP. Of equal importance to the faithful followers of the move¬ ment was the forthcoming fi¬ nancial report of the treasur¬ er, Dr. Carl R. Jordan, local 1 Continued on Page Eight) does not warrant the tion of U. S. soldlsrs. Meanwhile, the waves of dis¬ orders, principally In the Ka¬ tanga province, continue una¬ bated. At last reports at least. 31, persons, six of them white have been killed. Public trans¬ portation, mail services and communications have been se- riously disrupted ,, . , and , food sup- plies are uncertain. All over the country, j arc seeking to escape—some neighboring Angola, the Con- go Republic Northern Rhodesia. Some lier refugees have already en asylum in the Republic Ghana several countries ed to the northwest. Many told stories of or brutality at the hands of rican soldiers. Some said rican members of the civil Democrats Nominate Kennedy I os Angeles—John F. Ken¬ nedy, Senator of Massachu¬ setts. won t. ill e Democratic Presidential nomination in Con¬ vention Hall Wednesday night with 848 votes on the first bal¬ lot. Only 761 votes were need¬ ed to win. Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas was second favorite with 409 votes. Frontier* ol America, Will Meet in Atlanta July 27—30 By J. BENJAMIN HORTON LOUISVILLE, Ky. — of delegates and visiting of the Frontiers of America, one of the nation’s leading national a service organizations, will upon Atlanta, Ga., for the annual convention, beginning 27 through July 30th, next. quarters for the confab will be Davage Hall, Clark College. conVention offices are located 212-B Griffin Street, N.W., requests for pre-convention infor¬ mation and reservations are to directed to that office. (Continued on Page Seven) New Frank ( alien Boys’ Club Now A large number of girls boys were anxiously wailing the door, July r when the Frank Callen Boys club center opened its doors to for the first time. For of them, this was a dream had finally come true. had been looking forward this for a long time. Tentative July and August erating hours are 10 a. m. til noon, and from 2 p. m. until p. m. Mondays through days. Girls will come and Thursdays from 10 a. until 12 , and from 2 p .m. til 5 p. m. During the first week, kids had an enjoyable time coming orientated to the building, its facilities and ment, a.s well as the Because of the great asm and excitement ,nb tempt was made at tion during the week. This come in due time. Walter B. Simmons is director. Several board bers are serving as an committee: John S. admlnstration and Clarence Perkins, finance personnel, L, D. Law, ig and equipment. Other members are Miss Delores (Continued on Page Three lice force were pillaging vacant homes of while others told of the and murder of white On the government Premier Patrice Lumumba broadcasted appeal for in bhe Congo. At the time, he castigated Belgium sending in armed era to maintain a “phony ^ ordf>r ... „ B , har „ P q in , 0 dolnj? . th „ Belgium ernment violated a treaty ment wit-h the Congolese ers not to invade the under any protext. Lumumba’a appeal for and order coincided with voiced by his political Premier Moiso Tshom.be, In Katanga province. Tshombe and his followers threatened to secede from (Continued on Page Seven; FIRST $200,000 WEEKLY DEBIT AT N. C. MUTUAL North Caro lina Mutual’s President A. T. Spaulding was presented a $200, 845 weekly premium debit as of June 27, 1960. '1 he presentation on Wednesday, June 29 at the Home Office, was made by Man¬ agers R. C. Robinson of Charlotte, representing Zone B, and C. W. CRUSADE FOR VOIERS 10 PRESENT SPECIALIST OR VOTER-REGISTRATION Cross Rnrncd <m Mr. Williams’ Lawn At press time it was report- ed that a three foot cross wasj of ' burned on the front lawn Hosea L. Williams' residence on Gilbert Avenue, Thunderbolt early Wednesday morning, July 13. The Williams’ family was asleep at the time of the in¬ cident. Neighbors told them that a carload of white men placed the cross on the lawn ■and sot fire to it. Mr. Williams is president of the Crusade for Voters and a member of the NAACP. * - SUMMER SCHOOL AT SSC—A group of in-service teachers en¬ joy facilities of the Savannah State College air-conditioned li¬ brary. Left to Right: Miss Oharler.ef.ta Reddick, M 3 teacher and graduate of Price 10c ADams 4-3431 Zone A. These two managers had the largest increase of any dis¬ tricts in the company system. In making the presentation, it was pointed out that, the compsny lind incren ed its weekly premium debit $11,320 during the first six months of 1900. This represented the largest growth during any like period in the history of the com¬ Hosea L. Williams, president the Crusade for Voters, an¬ that W. C. Patten, as¬ to John Brooks, the Regional Political director for the NAACP, direct a county wide meet¬ Thursday night, July 14, p, m, at located at Victory and Burroughs street. Mr. Patten is the former N. A C. P. State Field Direc¬ of Alabama. Since the of NAACP activities in that state, Mr. Patton been assisting Mr. Brooks in or¬ ganizing and promoting regis- tration and voting all over the Mr. Patten has a great deal of tr Jning and ex¬ perience in the fieid of voter registration of Negro people. On Thursday night at Butler | Presbyterian church, Mr. Patten will direct the actual move¬ ment of voting as well as reg¬ istering. All tn 1 n 1 s t e r s are ■specially invited. Mr. Williams is asking every church, labor union, civic club, PTA, profes¬ sional group, (doctors, nurses, teachers and principals, etc.) m-.'.w e A and I; Mrs. Gwendolyn Johnson, graduate of Florida A and M and teacher In Quitman, Ga.; Miss Edwina Robinson, Danville, Ga., teacher and grad¬ uate of Livingston College; Miss Carrie Mac Solomon, Irwincton, NUMBER 41 President Spaulding, in accept¬ ing the more than $ 200,000 debit issued a challenge to the field force for the remainder of 1960. He stated that with auch a beginning, I960 is destined to be the greatest year in the history of the company, and that success is but a stopping place for the night on the road to greater achievements. L. WILLIAMS, President Midtown chamber of Com¬ Hub, barber*, and beau- social groups, political NAACP and all other and organizations In our to have official repre¬ at Butler Presbyteri¬ church this Thursday night, p. m. Mr. Williams has Invited • Continued on Page Eight) .a teacher and graduate of College; Miss Patri¬ Ann Jones, a graduate of University and a in Macon; and Mrs. Austin, former “Miss Savannah .State” and a teach¬ er in the Atlanta school system,