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We sincerely hope that Americans of all kinds will prove in far greater measure than ever before that they value the precious right of a free vote. In 1956 only 60.4 per cent of those eligible to vote did so. This compares sadly with the records of other nations—including dic¬ tatorships, where no real choice is offer¬ ed. There is every evidence that both par¬ ties will be beating the bushes as never before for votes. Happily the American Heritage Foundation and other organiza¬ tions are also pressing a get-out-the-vote campaign. In many states dates for registering are fast approaching. So it is none too soon for citizens to prepare for voting. Striking figures point io the importance of every vote: Vice President Nixon has reminded Republicans that they lost the recent senatorial contest in North Da¬ kota by a margin averaging less than one- half vote per precinct. In 1916 President Wilson won California—and the election—by less than one vote per pre¬ cinct. In 1948 President Truman had a similar margin in the decisive states of Ohio and California. We warmly support all these efforts to awaken Americans to more active par¬ ticipation in their elections. Hut many a thoughtful citizen must have said to himself: “Getting out the vote is not enough. What’s the use of a big vote if it is ignorant or prejudiced? Wouldn’t we really be better off with a small vote if it were informed and unselfish?’’ It is a good question. And it has extra force when too many politicians are seek¬ ing to lure votes with the bait of federal Editorial Opinion from The Nation’s Press Compiled by the Associated Negro Press Here are significant quotes from edi¬ torials taken from the nation’s leading papers on subjects of current interest; SIT-DOWNS CONSTITUTION, Atlanta “The sit-ins are symbol. They disrupt a business only briefly. The moving pres¬ sure on Southern stores has been with¬ drawal of Negro business. The sit-ins have simply symbolized what the boycotts are about, and defined the moral issue for white consciences to ponder. The point is made. It is now being belabored rather dangerously. There is a point of diminish¬ ing return. The sit-ins have reached it and ought, in wisdom, to he ended.” SCHOOL INTEGRATION POST, Washington “The experience of school districts which have begun desegregation—such as those in Virginia—has demonstrated that it does not mean disaster; with intelligent local leadership it can mean alike better education and better race relations. Per¬ haps next year affirmative moral leader¬ ship from the White House will encour¬ age more progressive leadership at the local level.” “ DAILY NEWS, Chicago “Sparse though it is, the news of addi¬ tional school districts proceeding with in¬ tegration this fall is good news. It will be even better news when the simple fact Baptist Convention (Continued from Page One) roster of the convention. The injunction filed by the con¬ vention against the “Taylor Team” was not for the purpose of secur¬ ing the presidency, but was for the purpose of having the aisles cleared in order to avoid fire hazards, requests that had been repeatedly made to the police but had not been met, and to have the Taylor supporters to refrain from loud, boisterous, and obstrep- •reus conduct designed to pro¬ aid for various voting blocs. Farmers are promised higher incomes; veterans, bigger pensions, labor, increased wages; the elderly, medical care. Party plat¬ forms have become more and more frankly compilations of appeals to racial and special interest groups. Often these promises are snares. Many of them Congress will not write into law. And some concern matters which law cannot control. Voters are also asked to choose a President on the basis of plain prejudice —partisan, sectional, racial, or religious. Voting in response to such appeals is not likely to strengthen America. But it takes an informed cilizen to see the fallacies and dangers in such appeals. It takes an independent and unselfish citi¬ zen to reject them. Confidence in democratic government rests on trust that enough voters will lie informed, independent, and primarily de¬ voted to the general welfare to make wise, unselfish choices. In that confi¬ dence we support get-out-the-vote efforts. There are also many citizens who will seek divine guidance in the grave mat¬ ters now facing the free world. Plainly voting is not enough. It is a vital step, hut the last, not the first. Pre¬ paring to vote, prayerfully, and with the greatest attainable freedom from ignor- ance, prejudice, and selfishness, is the first step. There are hopeful, clear incentives for so preparing. Many elections are decid¬ ed by the independent vote. Mere par¬ tisanship is often canceled tty mere par¬ tisanship, prejudice by prejudice, selfish interest hv selfish interest. In such sit¬ uations a relatively small amount of in¬ formed and patriotic voting can be de¬ cisive. mmt of white and Negro children going to school together makes no news at, all.” TENNESSEAN, Nashville “Closure of all Louisiana schools would be a tragedy made the deeper by realiza¬ tion that this course leads to nowhere be¬ yond ultimate compliance, it is a tragedy we sincerely hope can be avoided, for its futility has-been proven in Virginia and in Arkansas. Governor Davis has little to gain and his people have much to lose by defiance.” THE CONGO VIRGINIAN-PILOT, Norfolk “For the Congo must be united peace¬ fully before any government can begin to function. And it is apparent that as long as Premier Lumumba and his shadow con¬ tinue to agitate peaceful unification in the Congo it is too much to hope for.” AMERICAN, Chicago “Kasavubu and Ileo may not be the na¬ tion's saviors, but they come a lot closer to filling the bill than the hysterical Lumumba.” TIMES, New York City “It is supremely to the interest of the free and independent states of Africa that the U. N. stay there for a while with the full support and active collaboration of the African states. This is the test of their responsibility.” hibit the execution of the program of the convention, and also to hinder some members of the local committee from interfering with the funds of the convention. The 1961 session of the National Baptist Convention will be held in Kansas City. The officers elected by the con¬ vention and affirmed and approved by the board of directors ane as follows: Dr. J. H. Jackson, President; Dr. E. Doyle Billoups, Vice Presi¬ dent at Large; Dr. A. E. Campbell, Vice President; Dr. T. S. Harten, Vice President; Dr. J. A. F. Fin- layson, Vice President; Dr. T. J. Jemison, Secretary; Dr. L. G. Carr, Treasurer. Mr. Young’ Is Now Prin, (Continued from rage one) Delaware Trophy from Savannah State College Alumni Association in 1949 for outsanding achieve¬ ment; president of Theta Chapter Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity, Cor¬ nell University in 1952; listed in Who’s Who in American Educa¬ tion; chairman of Advisory and Planning Council to Superinten¬ dent of Chatham County Public Schools; president of Chatham County Teacher’s Association 1956- 1956, in 1958 was chosen Chatham County Teacher of the Year and ; THJB SAVANNAH TRIBUNE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA The Government, At Long Last, Decides It Has Responsibility To The Law The Brewing U. N. Storm United Nations diplomats braced for a major battle in cold war as the 15th Session the General Assembly of the ed Nations convened on ber 20 at United Nations quarters in New York. The United Nations came actual being when the U.N. Char¬ ter, hammered out by 51 in the San Francisco Conference, signed at San Francisco on 20, 1945. T h e U.N. Charter includes the statements of purpose following—to save succeeding from the scourge of to reaffirm faith in the and worth of the human to promote social prog¬ and to unite the strength of member nations to maintain peace and security. From the beginning with 51 the U.N. has grown to a total of 97 members. Many of the new members are African nations carved from colonial empires. The United States Delegates to 15th Session of the General are: James J. Wads¬ head of the delegation, Sen¬ Set Your TV Sights On NBC, October 7 World-renowned artists Mahalia and Nat King Cole will among stars contributing to Eleanor Roosevelt’s Dia¬ Jubilee Plus One”— a spec¬ NBC-TV presentation on October 7, 9-10 p.m., New Time. Produced by David Susskind and by Emmy winner Regi¬ Rose, the TV tribute to the first lady will be hosted Bob Hope. Other headliners the Talent Associates marquee Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Burns, Carol Channing, Dunne, Jimmy Durante, Martin, Paul Newman, Rich¬ Rodgers, Simone Signoret and Woodward. Prominent figures of the two political parties have buried “proverbial hatchet” to sup¬ the show and the cause will “Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation” whose nation¬ offices are at 801 Second Room 503. Stating that have banded together because their recognition that the fight cancer is a top priority concerning men every¬ to Represent N. A. A. C.P.at Nigeria Birth NEW YORK — Arthur B. Spin- veteran president of the Na- Association for the Advance¬ of Colored People, will repre¬ the Association at the cere¬ marking the birth of the African nation, Nigeria, on 1. The NAACP Board of Directors its regular monthly meeting Sept. 12, designated Mr. Spin- to represent the Association Lagos, capital of Nigeria, where ceremonies will be held. With Region II Teacher of the Year. Mr. Young is a member of the ator Geo. D. Aiken (Vt.) and Senator Wayne Morse (Oreg.), Francis O. Wilcox, Assistant Sec¬ retary of State; Mrs. Oswald.B. Lord (N.Y.), Mrs. Zelma Watson George (Ohio), Aithur F. Lamey (Mont.), Frederick Blake Payne (N.Y.), Charles Rosenbaum (Colo.), and Frances. E. Wiilis. U. S. Ambassador to Norway. In the early days with 51 mem¬ bers, 20 Latin-American States made up the biggest bloc. How¬ ever, bloc voting with the excep¬ tion of the Soviet bloc, has never been a serious problem since the other so-called blocs were usually nothing mote than informal dis¬ cussion groups within the one great discussion group which is the IJ.N. itself. With independence sweeping over Asia that area came up with 20 members. Now with 16 new African nations being admitted, the African membership will reach at least 25. However, there is not too much concern being ex¬ pressed that this shift in voting strength will mean that the U.N. will he ruled by the new states. More attention at present is given to the blustering storm that where, the following are the national leaders on record support of the Foundation ami aims: President Dwight D. hower: “1 am sure the work the Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation is contributing a deal to our growing of and eventual triumph over cer. ..... .it Walter P. Reuther, United Automobile Workers, CIO: “Greater numbers of people must be helped to that this research frontier is that needs exploration. young people can be helped by . . . Foundation to accept the ing challenge of medical . . . research for life . . . health . . .” Mrs. Franklin Delano velt: “Support for this is a fine way within the of all of us to help banish and also help bfiild among all men. In this sense, feel strongly that the aim of world peace through health will be advanced—-with help.” population of 35,000,000 Nigeria will be the largest nation on the Continent of Africa and one of the largest within the British Com¬ monwealth. A noted civic lights attorney, bibliophile and world traveler, Mr. Spingarn has been president of the NAACP since 1939. He has long been interested in Africa. He will leave New York on Sept. 28 and will remain abroad for a month. Montgomery Baptist Church and Chairman of the Trustee Board. Khrushchev hopes to whip up. In this great world forum where world opinion is both formed and forcefully expressed by the mil¬ lions throughout the world who earnestly seek freedom and a bet¬ ter way of life, let us welcome the opportunity to meet Mr. Kh¬ rushchev head-on. The Soviet head of state says that his reason for attending the General Assembly is to take part in disarmament discussions. This is extremely hard to believe com¬ ing from the one who wrecked the Paris summit conference of last May and says that no further discussions would be undertaken with the present United States A dministration. it should be clearly understood that this is a very important ses¬ sion for the U.N. The success of this session of the General Assembly and of the U.N. itself In the continuing search for lea! peace depends heavily on how much support comes from the members when the going gets tough. Grass-root support is need¬ ed as never before from the people of the United States and the free world. 1960 Presidential candidates Richard Nixon and John Kennedy will appear in person on the Octo¬ ber 7th show. According to the national office of the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancel' Foundation it has two prime ob¬ jectives: ... to establish cancer research facilities in hospitals and medical j schools in various parts of the I 1 country; ... to sponsor fellowships for training young scientists desper¬ ately needed to aid the search for a cancer cure. Projects sponsored by the Foun¬ dation are open to all Americans without regard to race, creed or color. Among its sponsors are Roy Wilkins, Langston Hughes and Sammy Davis, Jr. The Foundation reminds all Americans that cancer checkups are a MUST. And unless a cure or preventive is found . . . one out of every four Americans will get cancer and one out of six will die of cancer. To help fight this killer send your contribution to: Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation, Box 4, Hyde Park, New York. NAACP Aids Louisiana Children NEW YORK — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has contributed $200 to the fund being raised to aid the 23,000 children, mostly Negro, who have been stricken from the relief rolls in Louisiana, The fund is being raised by the Urban League of Greater New Orleans. In a letter addressed to J. Har¬ vey Kerns, executive director of the New Orleans League, Mr. Wilkins enclosed the check for f “the children cruelly deprived of | needed assistance by action of the j Governor and the Legislature of Between The Lines Bv Dean Gordon B. Hancock for ANP TEN - TENTHS VERSUS NINE - TENTHS The Olympics of 1960 are tory, and in Rome as in Melbourne four years ago, Russia runs away with the show. Although there is no special disgrace in being second in the games, Russia’s over¬ all victory gives the Kreiim just another talking point, which will be magnified in every possible way to show not only a certain physi¬ cal excellence, but, it will be used to “prove” that communism is superior to democracy. Of course it is not reassuring to have the best fed nation in the world to come up second, in physical skill and stamina and this fact should inspire serious reflec¬ tion. Civilizations, with their lux¬ urious living/ have always pre¬ destined nations to dissolution and decay. There is something soften¬ ing about high living; for there are evidences that it weakens the muscles, it weakens the mind and it weakens the morals. We boast of our high standard of living with a plethora of con¬ veniences that leave the muscles soft, the mind lethargic and the morals undermined. We see it around us every day. The grow¬ ing use of automobiles takes away from us the fine exercise of walk¬ ing. Youngsters today want to take the automobile just to ride around the block. We would not deny the people the use of automobiles; but we are saying automobile rid¬ ing is helping to take away the toughness and physical stamina that largely explains our national greatness. When 1 was a youth in South Carolina teaching the rural school twelve miles from home, 1 would walk the distance Friday and Sun¬ day afternoons, often refusing a •buggy ride for the joy of walking through the open country. The next year I got a school near home, five miles away. 1 \yould walk the distance morning and afternoon. I am not so sure that much walking did me harm. I am here suggesting that our high living standard may be a part of the explanation of our falling behind in the Olympics. Perhaps we are getting soft. The most probable explanation of our coming up second in the ancient games is, our nation is trying with ninety percent of its youth while Russia is selecting her contestants from a hundred percent of her youth. We may consistently select from ninety per- “Committee for a democratic Democratic In order to offer an acceptable ticket to the many voters in the country who refuse to vote for either of the major candidates, and to persuade citizens not to abstain from voting, the “Commit¬ tee for a democratic Democratic Party” has been organized in New York. The Committee calls upon Amer¬ ican voters throughout the country to go to the polls in November and write in their vote for a ticket composed of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey for president and Gov¬ ernor I.eRoy Collins of Florida as vice-president. The procedure for a write-in vote varies in the different states Six N. O. Churches Integrate Without Sit-in NEW ORLEANS, (ANP) — Interacial teams successfully in¬ tegrated 'Six white, churches of major denominations here Sunday, and there were indications they would attend other white churches next Sunday. About a dozen Negroes accom¬ panied by whites made the tests. The movement according to a white spokesman who asked not to be named, was the peaceful in¬ tegration of the churches and “not like sit-ins.” “We want to find out which churches are ready and willing to establish fellowship with all in¬ dividuals, regardless of race.” He said the Negroes were treat¬ ed “very warmly” by most of the churches integrated Sunday. the State of Louisiana. “This incredibly inhumane and hate-inspired, act has brought shame not only upon New Orleans and Louisiana but also upon the nation,” and has aroused “the con¬ science of the w r orld,” the NAACP leader said. The children, Mr. Wilkins point- ed out, “are being penalized not anything tney nave done; they SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 1960 cent but we shall just as consist- j ently lose to the hundred percent tations. When Russia uses ten-tenths of her potential and we use nine- tenths of ours, we may have here the explanation of our playing the Olympic “second fiddle”. Had the United States had a few more Rafer Johnsons and Wilma Ru¬ dolphs, Negro Americans, there would doubtless be a different Olympic story to tell for the next four years and for all time. Allison Danzig, Olympics report¬ er for the New York Times tame up with this most significant ob¬ servation, “Perhaps the outstand¬ ing athlete of the games was Wil¬ ma Rudolph of Tennessee State. She was the only winner of three gold medals in track, man or wom¬ an. She equalled the world record in winning the 100 meters. She set an Olympic mark of 23.2 seconds in winning the 200 meters, and anchored the 400-meter relay team that set a world record of 44.4 seconds.” When we consider the Wilma Rudolphs and the Rafer Johnsons* who might have run, we get some, notion of the difference between nine-tenths and ten-tenths. Just as this country missed that one- tenth at the Olympics, she missed them all along the line. Just as she gave Russia the advantage at Rome she is giving Russia the advantage all along the line. How late do the Negro- phobes think it is? Russia is cur¬ rently too strong to be outdone by our country’s nine-tenths. The Olympic games .will not be without great lesson if our great nation will wake up the possi¬ bilities of its Negro citizens. A few weeks ago This Week Magazine had on its front cover page a picture of the Syracuse University football team, champ¬ ions of the 1959 season. They were eleven of the most formidable looking fellows we have ever seen in pictures. Four of them were Negroes. College football champions of the nation with Negroes represent¬ ed four out of eleven. That great coach Ken Schwartzwalder in as¬ sembling the championship .team was looking for winners and not for a lily-white team. When this country gets Seliwartzwalder’s point of view lots of its headaches will be over. The time is at hand when this nation must stop terms of nine-tenths versus ten-tenths. and persons interested in starting, such a committee will hRverlt?) study their election laws ami acquaint the voters with the pro¬ per procedures. The New 7 York Committee is not intended to be a national organi¬ zation, but expects to act as a clearing house for communication among similar groups in other states. Individuals or groups de¬ siring information in order to or¬ ganize such a committee in the local community may write to “Committee for a democratic Dem¬ ocratic Party”, P.O. Box 3416, Grand Central Station, New York 17, New York. The group which sponsored the action, the spokesman said, has no affiliation with the National Assn, for the Advancement of Colored People nor the Congress of Racial Equality. The spokesman for the church demonstration group said the churches should not be named “to prevent embarrassment to them.” Three of the denominations involv¬ ed were Methodist, Baptist and Roman Catholic. Most of the chur¬ ches were'tm- St. Charles Ave., one of the city’s better areas. The spokesman termed his group “a loose-knit''’.organRation interest¬ ed in establishing Christian under¬ standing and co-operation between tiie races.*' are being punished because Negro citizens over the country are now challenging dlsi riminat.ion, segre¬ gation and second-class citizenship imposed upon them by state autho¬ rity.” He congratulated Mr. Kearns “upon efforts of the New 7 Orleans Urban League to rescue these un¬ fortunate children” and expressed hope for “every success in this en¬ deavor.”