The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, July 09, 1955, Image 1

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1/ VOL. XXX.?NO. 27. Nixon Speeches am Command Attentio Hy Samuel P. Perry, Jr. Atlantic City, ,N.J.?A N P-- Two speeches delivered hy Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, two days apart, received the attention of the 850 delegates to the 40th an , liual convention of the NAAGP here. ' the first sneech. delivered i n the heart of Harlem, under the auspices of a newspaper news agency, contained a strong appeal for a "temper: t." attitude" and "persuasion rather than compulsion." Ironically/ the speech was I given in an arefa where Negroes once had to walk on picket lines to secure jobs in an area predominantly populated by them. -? . (Only several weeks prior to Nixon's?visit, Negro and white leaders commemorated the 10th birthday of the State Commission Against Discrimination and enunciated the belief that antibias legislation backed with legal teeth was the best answer for meeting the prejudice which led I to discrimination in employment and in places of- public -accomo. clations. in fact, on the very day Mr. Nixon w$s speaking, the i New York States Supreme Court upheld a 2-1 rulings 1 of. t h e i SCAD that a Bronx, N.Y. swim- I ming pool had illegally refused i to admit a Negro women and < was under the jurisdiction of the I pm^iwught to |' I g^j1^ 0f)}^3 ' wHlcfry wouIq frora ^ lem talk of Niko'n were: (1) The Eisenhower admin is- ' trationtration had mo&h progress towards ?? H' of "equal opportunity. for ^ of oqr ' citizens, regardless of raci, crefed or color/' _ tha^i - "in any . sipiila^, period since 1865"; (2) . Responsible -Negro leaders ' had helped t h a "states 1 manlike and t-amprirato ntt-ituHn"; _i (3) Education end* persuasion, not compulsion, had been utiliz- 1 ed by the Eisenhower? administration and were the best weap chs to deal with the problem ; nationally; " ' (4) Thousands of jobs h adP been opened, to Negroes through < , the President's Committees o n ' Federal Employment .and on Gov ^ ernment Contracts. ? ' "Negroes have the same access to the Ptyjdn^nt. 'Nixon cited, as -"/a|hijr *eKie?tufr and the Supreme CoiJr.t's decision against segregat , .y ion ii >6ing implemented with far ' less difficulty than was predicted." Two days later the vice presi- I . ' ctwit had the occassion to address the NAACP delegates here atU their final session. "The completion of the integra 1 tion of the public school system 1 shall be among the most important objectives , &f the future," Nixon asserted. "Reaching this objective," h e| continued, "will not only provide true equality of opportunity for education, but it is the most effective way to eliminate prejudices which otherwise might con tinue to exist between Americans of different backgrounds. "I believe that some of the reasons for the progress which has been made under the president's leadership are: ""First, he has refused to make promises he couldn't keep. Second rather than talk about laws, which couldn't be passed, he has enforced the laws he already had. Thirfl, he ht^ consistently refused to play partisan politics with this issue. Fourth, he has placed the full moral weight o f his personal prestige and designed to realize our common goal" in the next 10 years than in the; last 90 years." Included in Mr. Nixon's objectives for the future were: (a) e-j quality of opportunity for em-' -ployment, with particular em- \ phasis on more adequate training programs so that Negroes "can qualify for j-o-b?opportunition which become available", (b) better housing with emphasis on homes rather than housing; (c) "th# removal of the last ves tiges of discrimination in the Dis 1 ' ' I ; - % - ~{? ' ' ^ ^ ?___ ?< > 11 %CP Stand I > n I )elegates I trict of Columbia so that wo car." I hold up our nation's capital -I proudly as an example of an A- B mcriean city at its host in every7! QAnon l,? 1-1 >1 ' < However, Nixon's speech had hardly sunk into the minds of the delegates when Roy-AVilkins, successor to the late and dynamic Walter White, countered the president's criticism of Powell's anti-segregation rider on the Re-, serve Bill. . "On June 8," Wilkins stated, Ve president in his press confer. nee lnshe i out at those who. seek anti-segregation a in e n dments to pending legislation, ineluding |.he military reserves hiil. "We who seek the amendments - accused of placing our jpcc~ ial desires about the security of (, ...e inui-ii. We want to~Vay here , plainly and unmistakably that it is not we who seek our own way at the expense of the country. It is the Southern IDemocratic bloc which openly threatened to kill -the bill unless i t contained ni their provisions for Sgeregatioii. w "The president has every right "77 to demand legislation he deems cj necessary for the welfare of the ^ nation, but, in all fairness, the blame for the delay on that legislation should be placed at the doorstep for those who are guil>> Wiikins minced no words ^ :ommentin? t h a^ t Republicans ^ tactics ^ t>y a Republ^^^^BS^g^^ ^ play poker' politics with the cix rights of Negroes as J^e joker ^ fc A ". ' ?, -K ">. *$:V ir Wilklns iurthbr emphauilze^'the t| point y fell xutce*praiable in CHef7' parts b( of Gov. Herman Talmadge of Georgia, but were reluctant t o return to the Republican fffld be- ^ ause the Republican party ap ; parently was playing ball with ^ixiecrats in Congress. - <, By a strange coincidence, tin f. same week that the NAACP wat holding^' its annual convention ^ ?re "in ^Atlantl(f "Cttyr Uhe Rt^ -r 3erve Officers Association of A- m merica was meeting up in Boston tit r??- 1 \j nc yi tuc naiiuna^ uin-i cers of the organization, which I ( has been pressuring the Eisen- ' hower Aciministrdtion for the Re- j serve Bill, was Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, the h( write-in-choice of Gov. Byrnes in ^ 1954, and who was one of the j leaders in the Dixiecrat revolt a- j gainst the Democratic party on ^ the issiie of civil rights for Neei groes. Speaker at one of the sessions of the ROAA was Sen. Margaret *' Chase Smith of Maine, one of " the advocates of the Reserve Bill ^ who several years ago roused the ire of Negroes in New England with her statement that as a race Negroes should he more 1 patient on the question of empioyment and civil rights. si a s t( VISUAL AIDS ON DISPLAY n AT CLAFLIN JULY 9TH o P Orangeburg?The largest audio- a visual aids exhibit in South _Gar- tl olina will be on display at Claflin t. T tnivaroifir n.L v niTcioiwjr uuuui ua^ | uuiy Jtn (\ from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., when the i< Audio-visual workshop of the tl University holds its Open House, e Dn display will he motion pic- f ture cameras, and projectors, c- a paque projectors, fi'.mstrip and filmsound projectors, tape record- h ers, disc recorders, playback c- p quipment, overhead projectors, u moscroscopic projector and tach- t iscoscope, in additon to box cam- t eras, press cameras and 35 mm n cameras. a Mr. E. M. Baker, Director of J Audio-Visual Aids of the R. L. J Bryan Company, Columbia, S. C. i; the occasion and will demonstrate * the use and application of ma- n chines and equipment for class- c room use. 1; The public is invited. ? ' C c I c .egal Efforts flust Go On ^ . j aB /> m" v l)r. Fredrick Douglas Patterion?Founder and President linked Negro College Fund Diiector of the Phelps-Stokes Fund The gradual and consistent reoVal of those legal barriers hich deny. Negro-Americans the dl privileges and obligations of tizens of the United States has ;en due in large measure to ie persistent and effective efs rts of the NAACP Legal Defor the * <>>* , > the past twfenV-fiv^ years hich' are greater than those lat occurred In the pr?r?j?fig 75 jar period; These changes have volvcd almost every area i n hich leg'al prohibition has exted to prevent Negroes from lafing a right of thetr citizenSiquently, in every slate to the franchise' have me1 flhs ruled frk.t"^iTesti rv&ycffVeha}its c'aifhfcttj j i legally enforced; teachers sW-1 ries have been equalized or rfcatly* improved; school properr has been . sig^Wrrrrttly'-ifnprov1 in quality and. expanded, and )w, since the decision of the upitme Court on May 17th last UTTy schools at all levels and o;r a wide geographical area ivc abandoned racial restrictns in their enrollment require-, ents. i o* De a part 01 tms soumern :ene as an American Negro is i expeiience the great surge otf >pe which, these gaips have iought. This surge of hope agravates rather than lessens, ow'ever, th^ restiveness to be :lt by those inconvrtiences, hardtips and embarrassements which jmain in a culture which stubarnlj*. resists change. Deep-rooli practices, no matter how inumane, are difficult to root out, wept as the legal basis which ives them sanction is eliminattl. Qniy this fact can explain :ie plight of many white people, f good will in the South' who nd themselves as helpless as' legroes to correct-wrongs based n race. As long as such wrongs find uppoi t in laws and constitution1 provisions of the several tatbs, so long will they continue o provide fodder for political de jagoguery. The United States is a pation f one hundred sixty million peb le with a diversity of traditions ttitudes and practices. Many cf hese which have been in exist net; for a long time continue to eny citizenship rights to American Negroes. Therefore, despite he gains cited, further persist.nt and more extensive legal eforts are requird to bolster for 11 American citizens. There is no - better way to elp in this cause or to show e;>ireciation to those who have so nreservedly given their time and alents^ to the cause of legal jus ice- for the nation's largest milority group than by giving moril and financial support to the s'AACP Legal Defense Fund, '"or theirs is the task of guardng the fundamnetal rights of Cegro America,is^ We are fortiujate' that in a denocracy adjudication i n t h e ourts through due process o f aw is regarded as the- just and ontinucd on page 8 l jiafnn COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLI Shriners' New $8 f To Honor Late Mr: WASHINGTON?A N P-- Plans of the National Shrine Committeo. Inc., are advancing rapidly toward the erection in Washington of an $8 1-4 million Shrine hotel in memory of great Ameri cans who contributed so much to the welfare of this nation. The hotel, which will be the largest of its kind ever undertak en, will be called the Mary Church Terrell Hotel and . Hall of Honor. Plans for the project, which have been underway for the past 1(5 months. Were introduced to .He public last week at a "kickoff" diner held at the Metropolitan Baptist church. (iuest speaker on the occasiod Washington's foremost civic leaders. He was introduced by Judge William C. Huestdn, grand secretary of the Elks and?general counsel of the Shrine committee. Other . speakers included Mrs. Julia West Hamilton, president of the Phillis Wheatley YWCA, and honorary president, of the committee, - and the Kcv.?W? K? leader and huniuifitarian for whom the memorial hotel will be named. ^ 'Carl Edlw^rds, in charge .of public relations gave a detailed history of the proposed project and outlined plans for financing it. According to Edwards, funds will be raised for financing the memorial through , the sale of bonds raging from $1 to $2f>. The stock is cheap, he said, so that the "little people" flight E'bute to its erection and a part of the ownership, are ,no plans to sell ttta jnWefcf c^cunft1:, jrtiyiledged individuals might Buy'controlling interest. The shrine is to be a non-profit institution with all profits, beyond operating expense, being divided betyyeen worthy charities. The J. L. D. Schol; Augusta's New ?t Despite All Augusta Is. Progres- I sively Moving On In The Direction Of Racial Goodwill And Mutual Understanding-.AUGUSTA, Ga ? (TWRNB)-r The announcement of the estab-f lishment of The J. L. D; Scholar-j ship Fund here, to help locally asl much as possible, ambitious, strug-l gling Negro yoath who are enJ ueavoring to prepare uiieiuadv<;a|| to take their respective places irll the world as useful American ci-J! tizens," and whose parents are cj' conomieally unable to send them to college, is not a historic repeti11 tion. We.are reasonably sure that iti the establishment locally of Thfe JLD Scholarship Fund, the friendly, progressive City of Augusta is a few steps ahead of other cities, both North and south. The establishment of this education fund locally gives us -to know that we have here in AugusI ta some Christian white people whose deep interest in the welfare of Negro youth is unexcelled any where in the world. . The JLD Scholarship Fund will award to deserving . Negro youth ( complete four year scholarships at Paine College, this city. These - scnoiara.ups are unique, in mat, after tlie..student has finished his freshman years with a B average ' he does not have to worry a h o ut j the next three years. Officers of the scholarship fund i are the Rev. M. J. Whitaker, pre, sident, Mr. \V. C. Ervin, secretary; and Prof. C. XV. Johnson, treasurer. For public information the prej sident and treasurer are bonded up to three thounsand dollars ($3,000) rhy the United States Fidelity and i Guaranty Company, which was not L requested by the donors, but by ; their own voluntary consent. The J 1,0 "Scholarship Fund has begun operation with one thousand I six hundred dollars ($1,600,00) in I pledges of which four hunderd ' ($400.00) have been collected and et to I NA, SATHDAY, JULY 9, 19; ^lillioi Hotel s. Terell I and civiorganiBations. f In intjueing the project, Ed-,' wards sted that the name of j 1 Mrs. Teell was chosen because i;he wastt . famous leader who 1 "enibodi' in her long and active1 life all Ifche ingredients of the; Negro cii?n's long and continu-1 ing figt'jfor justice, equality and dirity based on the proposition tat all our country's citizens right to a decent job, hettt^ and time to enjoy cultural ttcleveni.ents in beauti"TuT surrouiMttgs." -? ? The audigriuni in the hotel' will be na|ed for Mrs. Mary McLeod ' B*iune,ranother- great woman lea?f- who recently passed fcYW^-' t, f- " The <?et -Will also have a hall .ifWnnni'-jVAntjr in which many t*iat A'raericans will be memorifzed b y having their names'l^aved on a huge scroll. names of in downtown in she never lo*t religious social #r>d. profjasklM^ maided citizens from Htnrry?XS^ ioos of the country to get toget hen* and organize the Nations Sitrine Committee, reported EcL wards. irship Fund; kanization [deposited in the Gwinnett Street Branch of the Georgia Railroad Bank and Trust Company. The first scholarship awarded is to Martin C. Griffin, son of Mr, and Mrs. Marion D. Griffin, Sr., 1517 McCauley Street, who will enter Paine College for the 195556 term. Others who are interested i n helping in this most worthy cause may contact Prof. C. W. Johnson, Mr. "W. C. Ervin or give contribution to Mr. Otto Pope at the Gwinnett Street Branch of Georgia Railroad Bank and Trust Company, who will deposit it to t h e account of THE JLD Scholarship Fund, or make the check payable to THE JLD Scholarship Func and mail to P. O. Box 627, Augu|i ta, Gat. j WALTER WHITE SCHOLAR SHIP OFFERED BY A-rL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The deadline for filing applica I tions for the 'Walter Francis Whit J Scholarship offered by the Nation j ai Atlanta university Alumni as sociation has been set as August 1 according to Mrs. Josephine Mur phy, President of the'Associatior The scholarship, which was es tahlished in honor of Mr. Whit< an alumnus of the University, a the June meeting of the Associa tion, is for $500. It will be award ed to a student who wishes to er ter the graduate department o Sociology at Atlanta Universit t and work in the field of race rels J tions. The stipend will cover tu I tion with an additional grant-in-ai I of $100 for each semester. Applications should he sent t j the Registrar at Atlanta Univei | sity. In addition to the usual dc j cumentR required for admission t | the University, a written prospei j tus of not more than 1000 word j-ai?ting the student's plans for h career should accompany the ai plication. There should also be letter of recommendation from or of the professors in his major di partment. eabet 55 REV. HARRY S. . . WRIGHT PASTOR OF SHI LP II BAPTIST CHURCH, TO ATTEND THE LONDON MEETING OF THE HA FT I ST WORLD ALLIANCE j m i^) : .jbkvv-v.j? . The Missionary Society, the Mother's Club and c the Men's Club of Shilolv^-Baptist. .Qhurch I have sponsored .and bought trh e j the meetyjo^B the World's Bapt. London, England, iiev. THjWght will leave New 1^.July 12th, at ^^smd' Trom there to several PftE9$ <5BTS VIEW Of *?W TVt?EWEITEIKtfiWET " WASHINftfrON-KANP)? ReV nrnopntiit.ivi><i from the Pittsburgh -Courier and the AmCWUd NegFO : JE\f*9S were among se^tral correspondents fro01 daily .-papers who attended the p^ess tail conference held at thJN^Sjaptf tal restaurant last vfeek to Introduce Miss Beulah Louise Hen*^, woman inventor. * Miss Jlenfy, often known as II** } '^ trman Edbon#-;Hras in Washing to* I1 to introduce hat latest brainchild* ^agmpwOpitir attachment whtel - make? to type flva^cotjj 1 ies at a time without the use f>: carbon. ' 'f This carbon-eliminating-de^ici is ji?t a gadget which fits on ?th< roller of the machine and carrie! at least four extra ribbons. Bone paper is alternated With onion skir and inserted between the ribbons As a result the work comes oui with three original and two fil< copies. i Born in North Carolina, Mis? Henry, now residing in New York says she has perfected at least 9( inventions ranging from tims and ~ Tabor saving gadgets to amusini toys. She paints as a hobby and raises animals. She has 14 birds in her hotel suite, she said and a huge turtle and a big lizard Sometime they call .her the "Goddess of, Anjmals," she added with a smile. MORRIS COLLEGE TO BE , HOST TO PALMETTO STATE VOTERS ASSOCIATION 1 DARLINGTON? Atty., Ellio i D. Turnage executive secretar " of the PSVA in a recent, inter view announced that after ; conference with Dr. Reuben pre? ,ident of Morris College that th next meeting of the Executiv " committee of the Association wi e he held Sunday August 21, 195 - on the campus of Morris Colleg - at 3 P.M. It is expected^ th a ? delegates from at least 26 < more counties will attend this e ' ecytixe session, as plans will 1 !=" made in this meeting to kick ol h ft cierantic memb^rshin drive f< t 1955-56. i i- SARAH VAUGHN RECEIVES f ACHIEVEMENT AWARD y . I- CHICAGO?(ANP)? Populi i- singing star Sarah Vaughan wi d the proud recipient last week i the first-annual achievement o ward of the Halfway House Cor - mittee. >- The presentation was made at o benefit performance by Miss Va i- ghan at Chicago's southsi< s, Grand Ballroom. Proceeds of tl is benefit were earmarked for tl >- Halfway House Committee's fui a for building a -home for the Hal >o way House Committee's fund f e- building a home for delinque' girls. ' ?..i... . j. ; - ? : * Alabama Must A< To University COURT ORDERS VIRGINIA TC INtEGRATE CHICAGO?(ANP)?Court oe tions ordering the University o Alabama *o admit two Negr women and instructing Prince Ed ward county in Virginia to star integration, were highlights o the week's developments on t h desegregation front. At Birmingham, U. Sr Distrtc Judge Hobart Grooms ruled tha the Il.nivp.caitv nf A1 aha ma ronl not refuse enrollment to the wo men because they are Negroes. H enjoined William Adams dean c admissions, from denying the girl the right to attend the University The ruling was an answer to suit filed by Arthurine J. Luc and Polly Ann Myers. TE young ladies contended in thei suit that they were admitted to th university at Tuscaloosa, Ala., b mail, andlater jfefused enrollmer when they appeared in person o the campuBj In commenting on whether o not the ruling is a class on Judge Grooms, said "other Negro* will not benefit from this ruling as he had reserved his opinion i to whether "this is a class actio m the sense that other Negro* might benefit." J - At lU^mond, the federal- di cialljj''reversed. theTUling" "ofii yower court on May-Ti 1968, srtM M^pheld the right of the Mai Ijppard School board to provh operate bet equal school facfti W&Negroes! Abandoned Scho< I MARION?iRlonaa Reed, Short f SU^MonajiA Maced Leonard belYBlr or uHUiliilirefls and i 3 Negro rsidents of - St^ Jaa s community about 9 miles sot r of Marion, S. C. have eutai ] I suit ' in the court of CoaflJ t I Pleas of Marion County fat iAi . they claim property which * 1 t Citizens pprchased in 1925 a , gave to LeGette School JJisti No. 9 of. Marioh c'ohnty to t , for public school purpofcea. [ In 1925 they allege the | munity -was without a scho I building for its Negro ai&l , children and Ate St. Jartfi | Church was bdfatg used for t% , purpose. In order to get a sch< building the people raised a fu purchased the l&nd turned it to the School authorities. W funds obtained from the- Juli Rosenwald Fund, a buildinc w I erected and from 1926 until If was used as a public school, t der the State School Consolid: I ion program the building a property was abandoned and I pupils of- the community wi J 8th Annual Regit ment To Be Held i * -e 11' The eighth annual Regional 4 Club Camp for rural youths be held here August 15-22 at H< it aid University, the U.S. Deps >r nient of Agriculture announced ?V Administrator C. M. Fergu ;f of the Federal Extension Serv )r which assists the land-grant < lege in the operation of the campments, said plans for the i ventwere completed recently d ing a meeting of the camp c< mit^ee here. It is expected that 136 club rr ir*'hPrs and 34 adult leaders fi " the 17 States in the Southern of i gion will attend the encampmi a-! The boys and girls will be rep n- senting 350,000 of the Nation's ! H'ers. a P. H. Stone, assistant to t u- J Assistant Administrator of Fee ie al Extension Service, says he theme of the camp will be "Imj he ving Family and Community 1 id ing." He point out that the eu f- helps to provide training oppoi or nities in leadership for a sele< nt number of rural youths, as wel incentives and challenges for 1 1 I : : - ?n . " -I "1 PRICE: TEN CENTS Imit Negroe$' I ies for Negro and4 Mtiitf Stfcrtients. ) In reversing of tha the Negro plaintiffs iat the Prince ?milt mTtA?-?T 1 r directed reuqverjr'fflpfci ctefen0 dants. This action' WW# follow- . - up to the1 Supreme court's decree t of May 31, remanding segregation wflH f cases to the federal- district courts e and directing that inttjgration be brough about ''as soon as practif cable." ' Ar " 1 Hedgehopping across the nation, V-,. vd here is^'S sundown oa other dese- ^ '* gration actions:'. \ \. e '. '? -r * ' . '* SUMMfcRTON, S: Hars ?l 8 the site of one of the firs school 7> segregation cases, officials vowed ~ to keep segregation or close y schools. However, white parents e oppose ending the schools. It wiui" r here in Clarendon county that the ? first suit challenging segregation y in schools was filed. School Supt. it L. B. McCord, a retired Presbyter- . n ian minister, told a mass meeting of cheering whites that, "Corhe r hell or high water We should con. ?, tinue to operate segregated schools :a rather than integrate and close "* " them only when* a court so orders, is The Bummerton district has ^ it about 800 white pupils and nearly is 8,600 Negro pupils. S Jj * Tlfl 10 ton?' - . Mp-Yiicj(' ^iffp?.yy*i^^BiBBBHK?S>, , aj/ju * i^^sl a a case as there are a narabr ?>?* >53 similar cases in iCarfon and oth- ?j fn- er counties. - v ' xr at- J ^ . ' md Representing the plaintiffs Ig the! Attorney Elliott B. Turnage B?I.? ere! of Florence and Darlington. mal 4-H Encamp- ; l-H ! boys and girls. U;- ? vill ' Members of the committee. and )\v-1 those responsible fot the direction trt- of the cartp are: Assoctfcltf ttfrjfcjF' to- tor W. H. Daughtrey of the VW ginia Extension Service, ehairttfattf son i Charles A. Sheffield, George Fotee ice,! ter, a P. H. Stone, and Mies Jtfeifc- ' :ol-! Hogan, representing: the EedetyPen ' Extension Service; W. B. Skeltor* e- ' and Ross NewSoro? ef Kir-1 G. C. Cyprus of Mfssfgldfol; Mn, >m Marian Patfl of Sooth &ttlina, i and Mrs. Ezelle M. Hasina ttf tern 1 Maryland, representing the 9ut* oin Extension Services. *??* re- Last year's eneart\proent was snt. held *t Jackeon $ecisOt' ,re- Miss. Other r?twi<l e*r?f>s Ml? i 4- been held at Tusk?te?fc Instituted Ala.; Southern University, fleW h e Ron pre, La.; VfrgtiM* St*t# CoTleg* ler- Petersburg:, "fa.; 'terihe>0atiAJML* the State Urtiversiliy, *n- StXt Ho#2? :ted in the dormtt<>rM *&& V>M thtf* r 1 as meetings ih OA UrtkTrtixltlttg, juafW the Continued on P*t? 4 a