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Negroes Have |
America, Rev. -5
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* * Mv Itev. (Jardncr C. Taylor,
"Concord Haptist Church
(Thin is (he third, of four articles'
in 'which leading Negro clergymen
ox press. thcirviowK on fhe ctmtfr
- ?lion of the Negro church today and
"what their ministers are doing' t<;
meet now and challenging situotion*M
Editor) - ? ?? ?; ?
ItlMUth'l vv xt v ??/?n \vti>
? A minority * 'ing toward
freedom cannot afford the luxuries
which soften, weaken and ruin
?-the??#ajorfty-class in any. society
The Negro. preacher must stress
i, now, as he had done in other years
the certitude that we have a Hes_
liny Us a race in this land w.MtT
jvc must forever seek to clarify
and the awareness thaUwill o u 1
_ sufferings can yet he the mean oi
our blessing this land.
For this reason, I believe ther<
is truth on both sides of the argu
^ ?n ent fur. and again st -Pr-N wo a r
Vincent Peale's "easy rel'gionf
''"hose v ho condemn the "cult" oi
renrsirar.0'.* are the right in insist
i:vr that vligkm turned inward i:
^ a p: -'I'-.dicn of earth's hi'rhesl
ecu.nip-pert. Dv* Peale. however
. ? '"r. : '.ing the perfectly valid
j(joa adequacy f o i
:vi..'t, 1 * faith in God leads people
in 'h.: ihvcshhold of Christian life
Tinny people would lik?_to set
.-.ore c\;'crn for the fleaminp
c 'i .! : -of race and war, etc.
irom the converts to Dr. Peace's
rThe Negro churel
?. ril.?. i1 ' j tl.o discussion in the sense
that it v. -; he led away fron
r i nf iiwliiTi.lnnl p?.n u fin
individual members huddled off ir
their individual burrows.
Tim Negro church must be the
Christian conscience of America
although itself a sinner by beiup
a church of one race, with its
members committed to making out
land really democratic and Christian.
- In these crucial years of out
thrust for " full integration, w c
cannot afford the luxury of a faith
?which Is concerned almost exclusi
vely with individual happiness,
Such religion among Negroes now
ought to he haunted hy the spectnr?
r. f I4..vv,r M,.,..... O.... f
..... x.. .i.wwn, nu*. Viau^l
Lte and Kmmett Till.
Today's Negro minister must remind
his^people that "man shall
not live hy broad alone" ? what
Jesus, was sn.vinjr-wa& that all notions
of sniritual life unrelated tc
streets and houses and jobs arc
counterfeit.
The Negro pre.u'.ber must remind
" . h!!t ^,">l u" h!"'n tnf>
a' stake to waste our.energy i r
soft living. This must he a generation
of dedicated heroes and heroin
vs.
.South Carolina St
llreaks All Previo
^ COI.-tJ MnIA?'rThe 4wwt Fair ir
t .e history of the Association'
v as- the byword of officials and
y .ockholdcys at the close on Sat
( ?t. 20 at the fifty-first annual
South Carolina State Colored l^air
A new record for total attenda.ice
was set for the Big week
which began Monday with a preview
attendance of 20,000 first
*S ' " ,
nlghters.
Fi icfaj/'s "altenLfarice was an all
t'me high for one day when more
than 50.000 school children?and
t( achdfs were special guests of the
Fair and Prells Broadway Shows.
Wednesday's attendance was
second .highest when more than
10,000 New Farmers and Now
liomemakers of America in South
Carolina came to the Faii\, The
~ 'Fair CKisTe on Big Thursday between
Benedict College. Columbia,
, S. C- anrKClaflin College, Orangeburg,
S. C. drew the third highest
attendance for the week.
, Judges, after selecting more
t.han five hundred prizfe winners,
said exhibits were of highest quality
and most attractively displayed.
Exhibits whlch~ were centers, of
attraction during the week included
the general exhibit of farm
pro lucts and .handicraft of the
New Farmers and New Homemakers
in South Carolina, the Poultry
exhibit and Hog Show of 4-H clubs
in South Carolina, the canning and
needlework display of Home Demonstration
division in South Carolina,
the trades exhibit of the Denmark
Branch of the South Carolina
Area Trade School and many ini
~ F" |
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1 -
ny As Race !n
ar Declares
iLis-a, faet^that -Negrn- in iui-tors'
'to not discuss enough with their
congregations matters of frugality
1 ami thrift. 'We* are bohentian It y j
1 nature. Nor is it valid to dislmss I
~-IragaUty?T-wrthotrl. relittiTTjr'it t oj.
I something,more ayorthy than big-}
* ger bank accounts, bigger ranch-';
. styk house, or what '-have y?flj. . J
Olir* churches have not 'yet p6r- j
~ fueled the technique ot_.assim.ila- {
tion of the masses coining to out 1
' urban centers. Our hit-and-miss
- j < ff"vts must cause all of us great
,? ? ? it. i i ihm'i 1
| ship brt-wem the Southern
! | ohuj-ches ami their Northern
> counterparts may help to answer
tl ii iirnlileiw. ? ? 1
1 liven so. the apparent relation
sn ? i !' h: rc.h meni!iersliip-i rime.
iT.ie sties is grossly mislead-.;
t ii ':!< '. N,i pv edo in otti
, (Miles, more clvurch members, more
- , criminals. Tkn't this a natural se
, que nee'! However, if we address' (
t" OUl'selVes to i i icr ea sing "The myyh;
ting of Christian life, we will help
Mower the rate of crime in o tt i
-1 areas. " .
> j People turn to cults and store?
M-front?chinvlics?because?many of
> our huge Negro churches hoc Mine
' , roo impersonal and leadership dp '
portunitv is deferred by the fact
of numbers.
Intimacy, opportunity for leader
ship. and sometimes more uninhi-.
bited emotional expression account .
> hi part for the growth of stoi^e'
front churches.
1 I know of some of those chnrch'
es w!;eri' diwot ion to t'ne eolll.?
1 ?n unity's-best interest is astound'
mg. Others are obviously praying
' on the. credulity and supersition
of hordes of our people.
' j As for the young l^eojile, tho
i' church Iras forever, been "los* ..
: ing its hold'' on them. Hut, many
> college jieople do go to church. My
[ c hurch in Baton Itouge, La.,- a
j college community, had great nupir
hers of college people. I know of i
' many others. /
! To a very real extent the pulpit j
i | is failine- to supply?informative?
i and truly inspirational leadership
- to the intelligent? sections of the
J audience. Any conscientious minis- '
j ter would he the first to say that_
t., he needs, to he doing his job better.
Churches need to get down
where jieople live, while getting
1 ' jieople up to a sense of their re.'
lationship with God. In other
words, preaching, and practice
' which do not touch peojile wlicre
! . they live do not reach them. A
| religion which is only another
U-mC?hy, a-Honsliiji tint.- "
i , not helji.
i i Our churches must speak to
j people for God. Our churches- need
: | their feet j dented deep in the I
clouds. ,
ate Colored Fair
us Records
_L
) ' dividual, home and community dis'
j plays.
I ( The midway attraction brought
j to the Fair by P rolls 1? road way
' Shows was bijjjjer. .and better than
last year. On the midway and jroiny
fall?blast?every?day?of?the
: wee!.- were ?..-l7 ,,, j,, . i,
included four new rides and
twelve side shows. ATony wif.hmote
than, one hjxuduud- ponces-b
sioTTs, the fairgrounds and mid!
way realed with aetion and furL
nisheiL gain aitd thrlllhif nmiK..,~
1 ments for the fun seeking crowds.
During the initial meeting of the
1 directors, Dr. A. J. Collins, was
L reelected president, of the Association
for the twenty-ninth consecutive-year.
Saturday was closine1 da v. E>c
hibits were released and more than
five hundred .premium* were pabL?
The midway ran full blast until
-mid.night when the curtain fell on
the finale of the 105 f> Fatr:
Before the close of the hit; week
Dr. A. J. Collins and the fair management
began making plans for
a higher and better-fair in 1050.
-FAIR EMPLOYMENT BILL
PASSED IN PENNSYLVANIA
. IJARRISBURG, PA. _(ANP)?
The Pennsylvania General As:
sembly this week voted the state's
first FEPC law, which was promptly
signed by Gov. George M.
Leader.
The law will go into effect in SO j
days, and will end discrimination
in labor unions.
( <)!
Pishop Reiff At Mt
Dedication Cereira
?
KI)ATI(jxAli. i;vir n
I'oiirt.h Session <>i" the Xort'.a
SwR)t S. )?l-~rLr~n?t'a- i~A:
entertainment extended I y T
Bniidinjr at Alt. Pisjrah. It i
exclaimed it as a model lor
IVrdnos; \ in; iv-.f 4-iv ov.
'n>- V .i .':.i .: '
W '
It1; . ! H r?;*M i V;,li'iv i !
the leii'ei):'.'-'.
: ?The : i! no: !n I : cm
a cloir : < ote-:-a -mi I'-a r.. a
; ' a- ai!i! 'J . I- . ' . . \ '
' Tie- .Vjor Ida'vTTh;.!*
lawn -he'.! :'??> !. Nn ivory -<
.ill -t aria! iinr?Ty
lu-Yeund t i.e..-ol/.n i.nTj.rim
\v1iile SttlC?CKtS "Sfrc
As Hcxie 5ckoo! b
iH Ark. ? \ \'! i V.
('.] J>' C Vj: 1 m ;i 11 > . v i kk" ; ! w
M< i:-i;t; * .vi: s'iTTT 1717^:1: !
vv:i; a rati: ul'
w M i aw '.I'fli . t *.:? ??. I. - t:if l".?iwun*
on hauii, lull uijy liaif
?f the u.iiiif .-vhaul ai'.d jiiiio:i !1111?J
uaii-at > \vit? |>: i -i-nt
v.iu n < ];; ? re >.!}?< I aft it a va>
:*.i ion : in' rii: .i,;i piol.i'.i;;'.
S..|;c; S: t< :l laid !\. \C Va:ac nstiiiiaU'<!
that a Vn.a.jiT pi/tvi-a^aye
of.the (-.!i :m r.:avy ' m.-1h)uI . papii
won* ii. i lie i -a<.-: i.u.uy. iia .-aid-it
\v:i> |V?a?i;,;.t.an- paivat- of ? !?-HR'Htavy
v:>: do pupils v.*-.e hivpiritf
^ln-ii >i:li-:!'( !! ai-duee '!.?/. a
faw .lav 'ei .i.ii ;.
in?r t- va." ... .
\aiue *au! _n had 'icoi
C'llt Wild \\ t {o !]i?' CJlfUUl:.would
lu- a!.;,. ' ;;i a fjj..- ,
anil i! i a 11 i . <? ! a i > > 11j i i i 11 < > n 11 i ?
any .v'.jih'ia i. l-ii..: a. ; .' .?
parent - w .j! i ; cei;-.
1 ills ( ().:! ! :i;ivc ?-a.. . ."! s.ji.-.c
parents to k?\ j> yii.),'.!' r -( !,.! !; . a
at homo. .Vance .-aid.
The high ,?'< ! >! .mi .iitii!? r hi rh
school atmndamo :?= r.nmrt T7r
this time of yo:u- wlror. n.iiny pTP
pils slill are picking- cotton, tin*
supei :!iU'lld;l!lt added.-1""otton ])iuT<or.;
;i'V v'av/c in T.tVwrenei h oenty
this fall, and farmers an- in need
of'help in picking thp late maturing
and bountiful crop.
AF*??ul 1,000 white -pupils wore
enrolled in the Hrrcrc srtjfiTSts wTk :>
the school hoard ordered integration.?Theee
was little opposition
for about three weeks after the*,
suiv.nier session opened in July.
Then a citizens group led by fanner
Herbert Ilrewer, started ;i protest
action and led* parents t ?
keep their ehihiren <<ut of the- integrated
scliools.
In August, the school board shut
down the ho\>l two creeks before
a mma~ sorfir cakolixa,
.PisgahAM.Ee
my Of Education B
!>v<; :s xorthea
nvt Soulh Carolina Annual Co
I'' ~ . 11 so*. ';? ! 'Pan k .\!ailison
i\ l-. (.lames and the mcnid
s a .masterpiece in desijr-n and
Jmildinys of its typo and sizo.
s-dvo !"dnreis the qualify of
' ." i ij ('')!{'" /<* of OW!l(fd)
It moiv thau_?iaD,000.00. The
sisi <> ' a c'Hiii'oh oftico, a rece
rn\pri' rooin. a snack hai\ a re
v. -< :! is t'l.Hy equipped with <1
.: ? v'i:-ju'i 'folding tallies and
; Lms I.LV fonipltdd?l'or pho-?ip
\s jevsi. in IV <.tiered to
is he:.el:-niii.a* t<> continually
.vs-iVe ( hris-iHen- Pm-ma iee.?VV.
Vj home : teopens
. ?? i! < ailcn.ts
' !' ' ?? '.! s-. - aiiii iUinotitH'
- < -a inn-.-.ai<>;; onli-r
: fi .s.si'U '."I'll.
A juy 1 order
sa ; .nil' any 11;!*i'iyrouji-, a local
. . t./.l-.'l- e.in.!. i:t-ie Irt'Hilt'll 'liY IJri'VV
e:\ V, kite Amerit ;t. 1 IK*., and the
Cnuneii, frmu ia
?< ! ! crinv.' with uju rat ions of the
' ' '-""V j :iJ I''.' ll.Till
k ' in?i:i;i ('. Tfisnl-le, who has
- I ::l tiif t|](. dtlorniininu' if
>;:s ai:;:iority to make the nrdt':'
irrrrrcTTtr ?-7
I !>. niit.ih.-; I l?t>
o'd. r ufo r eoi'ipiainiiiy that the
t.i.f'Q -to [).- had ;..t '.en.nte.L to
..i"i j i opy rat ions -of ' !i<^ schools
j aeeiiton
nil ket and hoyeott tit- vhools.
The <i fendnntha,1- denied the
,
i < ( nrnrrurx \ otk riKiKir
! <?!{ V IK'; IN i \ iN'I'I'XIR ATION
'? V:.: (A,\l>>
' ! -i ilea this
' with a i -reposal
i .. :-y in Tk??-y?Hete 1-e
, 1 thf ' Vac-- ?it]
. ' !s n i-..:: iofiv of
'e * ' ' :! for s ii.'i aelinn.
1 - h-o Widiant M -Tvftk
' " h 1-t ; iet. < ltd I'mirth
J' ' ... M. AWf'l'l
* . ,: .{?..?) to Gov.
Kta ' op mission on I'lihlic
f "111" (jlL_u_li'-LHtii?la
[Stanley. saiil: "We tirtre that laws
' I'D. :' 1 \ -'livh will .make the
paWrr f'.,rrr<rfiTft <uj?pV?i;f <>f iiiteyrr.ted
public' se.hoo.ls ^dependent
itpnn the will of the people of each
i ?;?r.ty i r i i:y v'iu'rcin integration
, uf the faces in the school* m .? >
t..he t>'.:i e."
t State Senator (larlaiul tl+uy, who
! 1i"nt.l- t.he commission, said he will
]we/ent tin proposal to the tjroitp
f
>tto 1
"sati k i T\ v, no\ i:mi1krtt
hurch, Sumter, S,C
mm
WE v
: ?*** .. ^1
ST COXFKRKXCR?Delegalos
nference. which convonecl_ at_^.
Koicl presiding, were not only
ors of All. IM-guh Church, but
accommodation. At the Dod
constructions It was design o
?:gr.* Tim builder was.the .Aver
owest IjicI was So5,000, and
pi ion lounge, an auditorium, a
creation room, a literature ro<
It ruble type J'uruitiire.. .The ki
chiiLU?serxice.
oration of f>ay Xursery-ami
halms and tots during tho Sum
realize that under Die dynam
? R. Ik ?
Voorhees Holds D(
Menafee Men's Do
Formal deification . jervhc-- for
I . M
. i'.H' r.cnvly converted .\n:i:itio
Trades Hui!di?tr itrvm-a- -tvy'I'm1*'
j liiitovy- were held Monday. < >1 >.-j"
2 1, with Hie Kijv.t Ki'Vv lit!
j AIlVc d Colo, ]). I)., IU~hoii of the
j Ij>por diocese of South Carolina
presiding. .
i? I'tvsidunt John- I'. I'otts -n'ave.
liif background factors w-hicli cul?uiinatod
in i*no romnl' !i renovation
1 tJnino-inu- struct ul'o as well
what could l>c expected i n
of it.'.; j<> nn-iVts to tin* i'ihypint:'!.'
i i C.o ininio Uat" :i n 7T
1" futures. The cony ersion of
edjflce cost, approximately
: _j which iscs ily present
inoperative Bapti:
Convention To Hoi
| I \ 111 :: . 1 of
: Cooperative Rapt isC-Smu?Coirnoition
will ciinvOne \vuh The Central
[ I'.aptist (Mltr/ch, " Denmark, S. C.
JIuw JC -4', Martin I'm 1 tnr-p f-r- o m
Nov. 1C.-20. Tho welcome and I'reConvention
will bejrin at
TtoO on Wednesday November 1 d.
Vt r? flip nskiiiir * i' T di'ti'icot i>i n n it
visitor" to he prr-cnt-?to?vritrrrTr-r
?U+i*?(?+4H;'Ht+H--'fts-}s)H<)'HVs: '
I'RE-CON VKNTIOX AND
WKK< ()>1K l'UOGIl AM.
OK TDK
, ( OOI'ER \TIV K BAPTIST
ST A IK CON VKNTIOX
I OKNTRAI. BAPTIST CIH HCIl ;
? DENMARK. S. C. ~
NOVEMBER IB. 1953 I
REV. B. T. M ARTIN?Pastor
REV. .1. S. WRIGHT,
' MASTER OK CEREMONIES
! Music
Scripture Rev. N. I.. Hush j
- Prayer _ Rev. ,1. W. Williams
. Music ?
Welcome-Central Baptist Church?
llcv. H. T. Martin
t 0
SSSct
1 <).">.>
. Leads (
: (
I . ^ ^
and visitors, to the. Sixty- '!.
It,, JL'isgah?X. -M. K, Church.?
greatly impressed with the
also by the Now Educational
ieatory Service, Bishop Reid ].
11
d by Rev, James and drawn
y Lupiber Company ot' Sum- I <~
this was the actual cost of J
kitchen, a communion room. !c
>m. 1 rest j'ooms, 10 class- . !f
U hen is cuuipncti. to serve
4 1
-that?this project will be-"""'
lay nforning worship service '
ic 'leadership of Bishop Reid, <
idication For
rmitory 11
III .' iwCi'.i f|
1
' al .ui' i^n in al.out S1 r,0,000. Tlic
'i11'c-lWti? of a stuilcnt union . 9
1 ?r-i:i;:tv nil! iu'LHT: in t!i0 near' fat
um hum .r.r wnivi'i'Mdii ui a suui'fuve
formerly used for a boy's dor- 1
mimry into faculty apartments,
will follow.
^ Mr. K. V, CSfisby, Denmark Contractor.
formaly presented the*
keys to the buildin.tr to President 1
-d"un Pi Pot is. symboli/inir the '
final completion', of tins structure. 1
Mrs. Martin A. Menafeo, Sr., t.he '
widow, of the late -Martin A. Menii^ '
* fee. Sr., for wliom the building-idnamed
was present to lout the rib- , 1
bon marking formal*enjtry into the '
ft State V !
itB2nd Session
i
\\ idvonie-t'ity of Penmnik Ml. W. '
K. Brook err Mayor
J \\ elcuioe-7TaptIst Chure.bes? Rev. .
| ^ 1>. C. Tschudy , '
j Welcome-Daymen And Business
Mr. J. ('. Home , 1
I Welcome-Missionarx, (Roups?Mrs. *
Kil?ie Anderson
Walter Robert?
Music I v
I Welcome-Methodist Churches ?
Rev. Mr. Drennan
j Welcome-The Schools?-Prerf. John j .
F. Potts
Response _? Rev. W. 15. Coleman v
Music ' '
Sermon Rev. C. D. rfowling
Offering I)r. J. P. Reeder, Rev.' *
a. W. lirightharp, t>ea. D'.Vv~A. ( f
Jones. Dea. John CJinyard, Deacon j
John Jamason. I F
Remarks Rev. J. II. McKissick, | '
President i ''
Announcements _
Remediation . . n
THE-PUBLIC IS INVITED e
f
Thursday the Parent Body will s
Continued on Page 8
COLUMBIA NEGI
.OMM1TTEE TO
A meeting of the Negro Citizens
o mmittee^uf-( olttrrr+naranet Rie h
ml County is called to meet Sun,
ovember 0, 11)55 at .'1:00 P. M. at
lien University Auditorium..
While a major business is t h e
eetjon of officers fur the" organiitiun,
other most important matrs
may come up tor discussion.
Ministers and the heads of a 1 1
her organizations arc urged t o ,
"olumbia Schools <
{ :: c J
unencan cuucaui
1* rom .November G-12, the nation
; asked to pay special attention
f its schools, and many families
ill have an opportunity to learn
lore about the classes and teachrs
in their own communities.
T4ie theme of the 35th Obsersince
of Natiofial Education Week
Schools?Your Investment In
merica?and the patrons a n d
riends of the schools of Columbia
re asked to take advantage o f
'pen House liny. ' ? -
The schedule for Open House
ml the names for the schools are
s follows:
iK I) NHS DAY?
H. T. Washington High
I'errin-Yhomas 1
Wheeler-II ill > Saxon
t T
jcnci ai liiurmum
;or Well Trained 1
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 2fi?SpoakJencral-in
the United States Army
teserve, J. Strom Thurmond, the
unior United States Senator from
sooth Carolina, last night stressed
>ofore officers and en Listed men
>f t.he Army, Isaval and Air Force
Reserves stationed in the Aiken
Lraal-Ahat a Roadv Reserve force
if well-trained men must he ready
or speedy mobilization.
During the evening General
rhurmond discussed and explained
3ul>lic Law No.f 30S~ (The Reserve
Tnces Act of 1055), which w a s
lasscd by the 84t<h Congress o n
Vugust 0, 1055, and which will-ex)irc
August 1, 1050 unless extcnd d
by an Act of Conerress. All
>hases of the Reserve Forces Act
>f 1955 were covered by General
rhurniond, including the structure
ind slzil 61 the Act, the Reserve
rraining obligation, recruitment
Fop Industrialists
nation Can Be Wi]
WASHINGTON AND Sixtyive
of the nation's top industrialsts
agreed Tuesday that racial
rrrd religious Jot) discrimination
an be wiped out by a "firm and
letermined" management policy a ainst
it.
Vice I'residenU.jjNixon reported
his at a news conference followng
a closed session of governUent
1 eadels and cprpnmt ion eve.
utives culled by Rresident Kisenlower
to combat job discrimina*
ion based on race, religion, color
!T ll.iition.il origin 1?
"Kvery man. woman and child
n the I'nited States is affected by
lisciliiilnation ) n e.mplo\.auinI3]
S'ixon saiii during a radio inter,
dew over the -Mutual RraadcTTsti:g
System.
- RoporHttg-tmrt "substantial prorress"
had been made toward elini
tuition of jobjliscrimination araiust
the Negro in the deep
South, the vice-president *sai(t, "we
d411- 4>nvi' a dons \\a> to go."
He said the conference came up
vitlt three main conclusion:
1. That the problem now was
lot of .hiring but of promotion.
2. That fears that industry had
n nondiscrimination in the South
cere not borne out by experience.
2. To be effective, a nondisrrinrnatlon
policy had to come from
he top and bo carried through
irmly.
Specific cases of how anti-bias
iolicies were carried out effectively
were given by various business
eaders in the closed-door sessions.
Upon request to a nondiscrimiation
policy came mostly from
mployes in plants and sometimes
rom community leaders, Nixon
The conference had the blessing
A "
PRICE: TEN CENTO'
10 CITIZENS "
MEET? -?
emphasize this announcement i n
; order thar^r fair attendance witt
be -had at this meeting.
?i?Tiic -Columbia?Nt?gro?Citizens
Committee, a local unit jjf t h t
South Carolina Citizens Committee'
was organized in 1940, has done
outstanding work through the
years in a program of . political
and civic action. It has been announced
by the Rev*. J.'P. Reeder,
President.
Observe
)n Week
Howard
Crane Creek j
Ridgewood g
THURSDAY? 7 ' ""
C. A. Johnson ,^r ""
Sarah Nance ' - e
- -Waverley -7- '?sr. . ing
Roosevelt Village : J'ing
-tnet 1
FRIDAY? \ Wh*"
Carver ..
Fair wold 1_?;?II 1?_
It is hoped that the week's observance
will create a greater awareness
on the part of every
person, of the important" role of,
education in -our democracy and
j of. his personal responsibility for
j maintaining good schools as t h c
jcommunity's investment in Amerijca.
1 Stresses Need ' - _
Reserve Forces
. 1 and training for the Reserve and
I the military obligation.
that President Eisenhower, in a n
! emergency declared by him, ha* . ,
I the anthnritv to rail a sneeified
I number of Reservists in the Ready
| Reserve-to - active duty without
authority of Congress. Men in the
Standby Reserve can be called only '<
- -after-an-emergency has been de- 1
dared by Congress, General Thurmond
added.
General Thurmond stated that
the new law reduced the period of
i obligation" for"all personnel induct1
ed or enlisting in the Active services
jn^enlisting in thcReserve to
'six (til years. The old obligation ?
was for a period of eight (8)
| years.
Following the discission of the
Reserve Forces Act of 1955, General
Thurmond snent some, time .in.
] answering questions eoncerning the
I Act.
Say Discrimiped
Out
| of President Eisenhower, who originally
was scheduled*to have the
j industrial leaders as guests at a
White House dinner after the
meet ing.
The President wired Ni\-f>n ask.
ing "the"help" of the conference
o> "\vi? mn move further ,towaril
the goal of assuring every American
equal opportunity for employment
unhampered by consideration
.. of race-. religion or national ori-?
Resides' Nixon, other high gov- >
ernment officials participating in Ve~
? 11 h*?nme-t fnrh?dpd~h;7Th OT~Se e r e -
t.uy Mitchell. Commence Secretary
Weeks and I remit v Secretary See
M iuhe.ll said business and industry
should discard bias in employment
just as they would discard
- "outmoded machines." He pointed
out that equality of job opportunity
is "good lousiness" both for maintaining
worker morale and cfieieuey
and for_ pjaJfiTng the Rest
use of Hre-nation's r^ourcesV"
Robertson, in his remarks, said
the defense department is striv-'
fng for better enforcement of contact
clauses prohibiting diar?r;?.;
nat6Ty~emi>loynient practices.
He said the defense department
tries to use persuasion, education,
meditation ami conciliation, beTioi-Tng
these are "the right tools'' '
for us to use in obtaining the con
sent Of a reluctant contractor and
I to convince him to comply..."
I '
WHITE METHODIST ACCEPTS
I NEGRO CONGREGATIONS'
TiOXJISVILTiE, KY. ?XANP) ?
] For the first time in-its history,
| the all-white Central Kansas Annual
Conference will .have Negro
congregations as members.
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