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Newspaper Page TextPage Four HERALD Published Every Thursday By Herald Publishing Co. Mlb Mom.Uuttiei > Slt te Telephone: Dial AD 2-4505 Remittance must be made by Express Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail .Second Class Mail Paid at Savannah. Ga Na’ional Advertising Representative, Amalgamated Pm Ushers, Inc., 310 Madison Avenue, Nev York 17. N. ¥., MUrray Hill 2-5452. 166 W. Washington St., ANdover 3-6343 No guarantee of publication of unsolicited material Le irs to the editor on either side of any subject welcomed, but must be signed and confined to Ti words. No letters can ne returned.. FLOYD ADAMS Editor and Publisher A A. MASON Associate Editor ESTELLA D. WILLIAMS Assistant Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE Six Months $3.00 One Year $4.00 Plus Georgia Sales Tax THE NEXT ELEVEN MONTHS The job facing President Johnson for the next eleven months is to get elected. The next eight of those months will be a testing ground that will determine -whether the Pi esident remains in the thick of things for the remaining three. As President and nominal head of the Democratic Party it. is normal thinking that he will be at the to j of the number of considerations sur rc inding the election or even the nomina ti( n. Action in the White House and the Ci ngress during months to come will cer ta nly be among these factors. Without attempting to analyze the 1964 p jsidential campaign we can note what has b m the making of the President at this p ; nt. As a running mate of his predecessor P osident Johnson was selected as a co o ‘inator of the legislature forces and a com p jmise for the southern electorial vote. He s j wed no great ability to attract votes from t. i industrial north nor was he at that time t< le considered attractive to two large vot ii groups, namely Negroes and Catholics, j i mxt few months will see a lot of build t * along these lines if a Democrat is to be t < 'Voile House resident for the next term. .'he two proposals that topped the Ken i iy agenda was an all important cut in t ;es and a strong bill insuring civil rights, .ose have proven dfiferent measures for C igross due to strong opposition from the 1 "h in the case of civil rights and the in ; Jity of Congress to reconcile a tax cut with ; icxmally large budget in prospect. he Kennedy-Johnson ticket of 1960 won el cti i y a comfortable electorial mar ! . Howcve , the Johnson half of the ticket P■ /' 7ir pp a j^p^ iciACP radio broadcasts VI. Law, president of the .annah NAACP branch dis od this week, that many calls I words of ‘thanks and praises” the local NAACP radio broad gs have come to the office of organization. Ir. Law said that most of the iments came after the. broad t of Friday, December 6, ch dealt with the subject of lie accommodations. The par nants in that discussion were James Devoe, of the Carver e bank and Dr. J. W. Jamer dentist, and a vice president he NAACP. ccording to Mr. Law the next gram on Friday, December 13, be presented by the Young ilt Council of the NAACP. It 1 deal with the youth program 1 their goals. charged with the responsibility of stabilizing the Southern vote saw a loss in Alabama and Mississippi where votes were cast in favor of Senator Harry F. Byrd who was not run ning, and th votes of Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. The case in obser .ako.i is that a Johnson headed ticket that may return these forty-seven electorial votes to the Democratic fold may be the industrial states of Michigan or Pennsylvania, causing a dangerous unbalance. The President’s know-how in the House and Senate is expected to be helpful in get ting legislation passed that would be a stamp of approval on his candidacy. It could, how ever, backfire as these men like to be known as independent operators where their rela tions with the executive branch is concerned. The fact that tax cut and civil rights bills will not get out of committee before the end of the present session means that with the tax cut bill taking the lead, the Civil Rights Bill may still be before Congress at the time of the Democratic Convention. This is how stubborn Congress can be. Should these important measures be pass ed it would be a boost to the President’s can didacy. as it will remove the Kennedy image from these achievements and put the John son stamp in its place. A failure to get them passed may not affect the nomination, but will most surely reflect in the forthcoming election. President Johnson has met with import ant Negro leaders discussing the position of the race in the present day civil rights crisis. Conferences with NAACP Executive Secre tary Roy Wilkins, Urban League President Whitney M. Young and CORE Director James L. Farmer have followed in order. In these conferences the President has express ed personal views and hopes, but the people who are represented by these men will re quire more than mere expression before marking a ballot. The cordiality of the White House does not open college doors in Ala bama or ballot boxes in Mississippi, and n$ message confided to Messrs. Young, Wil kins or Farmer can tell the Negro voter so. The Catholic vote, another strong follow ing of the Kennedy camp, is another ques tion mark. Many think this can be solved by a Johnson-Kennedy ticket that would in clude the Attorney General. But, there is fear that this would cause repercussions from the civil rights baiting south where pro posed legislation of the Attorney General has met its greatest opposition. There is also thought that politically ambitious as the Attorney General is thought to be would be unwilling to face the oblivion of a 1964 defeat which is within possibility. His plan to resign and conduct his late brother’s cam paign for re-election may be replaced by plans to resign for purposes known only to himself. The job of getting both nominated and elected means consolidating the South where losses have been experienced and holding the industrial North where gains have been abbreviated by the election of Republican leaders, as in states of Michigan and Penn sylvania. Negroes will surely require more than lip service to their demands and ma jor opposition will take plenty notice of re sults of executive action, rather than legis lative maneuvering. The presidency is a big job, but the job of being elected to it is the first step of the way. The program can be heard each Friday from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. over station WSOK. jMISS GEORGIA A HURD ... (Continued from Page 1) ; Asbury Methodist Church, an hon lor graduate of Haven Home School for Girls, a graduate of Morris town College, Morristown, Ten- Her immediate survivors are two nieces, Mrs. Gertrude Hurd Wil liams and Mrs. Dolly Hurd Ellis, both of Jamaica, L. 1., N. Y., and one nephew, Edward Hurd of New York City. nessee, where she won the coveted medal for oratory and ssholarship. After finishing Clark University, Atlanta, Ga., she entered the field THE HERALD of education under the Woman’s Home Missionary Society, teaching at Haven for a long period of years. Upon the merging of Hav en and Boylan School for Girls, she was transferred along with others to Boylan-Haven in Jack sonville, Fla. Her teaching career ended there after 45 years of con tinuous, dedicated service. She spent her retirement quietly at her own home here in Savannah. VERNON E. JORDON NAACP (Continued from Page I) izing NAACP branches and in vestigative work He was the dis coverer of the case of Preston Cobb, who was only 15 years old when he was sentenced to die for allegedly slaying his white em ployer. Mr. Jordon is one of the most promising young civil rights leaders in the South today. The public is urged to hear this noted orator. Virginia Smith At First Congregational * * JiliiM < i. /* JI X I ® ill 4 will h MRS. VIRGINIA SMITH The First Congregational Church, Habersham and Taylor streets, will present Mrs. Victoria Smith, contralto from Atlanta in recital on December 15, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Smith has been warmly praised for her musical interpre tations. An accomplished choir director, she has played a major part in many of Atlanta’s choral groups. Mrs. Smith, a career employee at Atlanta Life Insurance Com pany, has received warm praises as she appeared with Graham Jackson Musical Ensemble, radio famous Chariot Wheels, the Lib- PATROLLING THE STEM (Con”-*'—• ‘) THE STEMWINDER SAYS: “Some parents speak to the mod . ern generation as if they had noth ing to do with it.” PICKET: Count Basie’s name goes down in the records of Flo rida State University as probably one of its most famous pickets. The Count was with two white com panions when he was barred from a near campus restaurant. The restaurant refusing service to Ne gro students of the University was being picketed by student attempt ing to desegregate it. The pickets asked the famed bandleader to I join them in theii demonstration | co which the “One O’clock Jump King said, “Glad to.” GUNS: The ease with which the gun was brought that alleged ly snuffed out the life of the Presi dent has prompted a national move ment to make guns more difficult to secure. Some of the regula tions would prohibit the mailing of firearms or limit interstate shipment to persons not registered by the state to possess su n wea pons. There would also be a screenning of persons who have been convicted of serio is crimes that may involve violence or nar cotics. The approved purchaser would be required to register name, ad dress and background. The sale would then be subject to a two day cooling off period. The reg ulations would extend o cover applications for hunti: licenses i which would include <’i 'rprint | ing to determine if th< is any | criminal record. Saturday, December 14, 1963 erty Baptist Church and the At lanta Life Insurance Company Chorus. Featured in this presentation will be the works of Bach, Men delssohn, Gounod, Mysels and Spirituals. A Cherished Gift FOR XMAS is a LADY LOU HAT designed exclusively by M. L BOYD Men's Hat Brims Cut Down See The Lady Lou Hats at 1902 West Broad, at 35th ADams 2 4395 - ■■ * I 5 ■' J .. i L. .. A - Theodore Hall HELLO. FOLKS! Look What You Can Buy Unredeemed Bicycles and Radios at Dealers Prices As Long as They Last Floor Lights - Table Lights and Small Electric Appliances Repaired. HALL'S BATTERY SHOP 602 West 39th Street Phone ADams 2-3538