The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 18, 1957, Page Page 8, Image 8
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_ official organ of ?Lt_AnU-i-eia
Southern opposi* - n 'to dese;
Tiew ^legislation in Wes from
a serious threat t?- -m voh.ntai
relations activities.""! e nowyt
- Stop desegregation." Hut-un an
with the activities ' fate inv
that they have the potential <
of. citizen and edivat; v...l vr>
worked successful - i.? imp-'ox
A new .Virginia luw, <<?\1cmI
'Aot. tn
??. j/.v/invu i:ii . . .t*; i\I - \
woj?y" and tratiqu'H*; lllustrat?!?'
the process. .Tin? law i alls f o r .
registration of mtnil.. ami a
report of contriK t>. ?>. and l\.
j '. pendilures by . all' ;;:a!
groups engage.! in " 1 in
oppdV ng in any ma: > :<page
of legislation by _ ..era'.
Assembly affectan:./- ~ r~
color." The law a m- : ,;vgjstraat
i>>u of ' all I . s f ::i <1
group* "whose uctivh a- .. tend to
cause racial conf.i .
xaaci* riKs r i ak(.i:t
'Iihe first largiT -d*
JLhe .Na?ipnal As.- ?? :.. ' . : <
Advancement -<>f ('? .1 ik.ylc
|vvhich Sj.-oiiso; . : ' "ktitrnl
\\.v.ich resttl.'.cd in _.! Supreme
Court decision tat segregation in
the public" schools xialv.u ? equat
protection of tite lav - c lar-necd
ly the Constitution. ba ina:.\
parts of the 'Sw.'.h today. ' any
ptograni of education, r.o matter
hove modesi. wh!sj_v seek- .to bring
about eventual e unp'ia.r.e with;
the* Suprei *. ' 'our: d'-'. i-km. may
} e cpiistrt. i as ":?-:vIi a." *?
create rac:ai uns'.n. ,)ny v.ijVntary
pragma a in (>? ;.aif of bct'o:
ir.terrrup jvlath>.:? may canto.
ur.-k-r the strict uu ? the Virginia
law.
Here is a rattia! listing of other
recently institute! ive. administrative
an i ' .indicia! action->vlv;?;
may haiv.pc'v t.-.o operations
of htiman right's agencies:
Virginia as passed -two more
> laws setting u i> itivestigaiing
committee called the firtrmw'ree?n
Law Reform and Racial Activities"
and "Committee on offenses
Again-; t'-.e Adminl-traVtlunteer
information :.} at .t.'it-i
' rtiffa'"TftUs rti-v jio>t? a- law-?
itl>:>.ntr g:oc;n> in contra.-'. i? t hi
NAACP which. '.'(.cause *>i i>.?ytplt
. t.hreats. Lt '.iyves it cannot
yield its ];>:?. In fact,
tbrwctph their tration. the
Cithten Council.- h"*".? i<> can ac
cetc>' mHuT-TTrr a!y'.it ; .h e~~
NA ACP?\vi i it ' i ' 'V '-an . u.-o in
th'eir campaign to destroy it,
Like all such entities. .Vuinan
lights agencies are re?iuiro<l to
incorporate in one state only, even .
I Villi i.iii . . -.... . a.?
; WAN
| 1000 cus
I ' 3000 I50TTL
H i Q Old Stajic ; ? ('ah
0 Segrams ? Old
LOOK! K?0 Proof Vodk
{DONT MISS
Ed Khoury's
1305 I.ady St.. Ph. 4-88,39
i
threats
HAHTMAN
") i issue of The ADL Rulletii
million League of R'nai TLritk
grogation has brought with i
Virginia to Texas that offer
fy*"agenc?es Engaged in humai
atutes are designed to slow o
a!;, sis of these laws, togethe
estimating committees, reveal
effort ?>f curtailing the right
,),uu< whic.li for years hav
e interjrroup relations.
though they operaate 011 a na
tionwiilo basis. In Texas Hint Ala
bania old jaws dealing witJi th
activities of ont-?>f-state corpora
tions nave lie.en invoked for th
fir-t time against the XAAC1
incorporated in New York. Who;
rlu- Texast state court ruled t.'ia
the XAACl* was sal ject to regis
,:.i' a- ail .?i-::-<>?-stalo ora'ani
'.at uii. it ?! ; ? deckle.'! that tli
-XA.A-CL! v.is . a prol'it-uuiklmi?ui
aaaiti'/.ation. that it. intlulired ii
a. ! . . ' v!;y* . a-ttvitie
,.t i worl
i . ' 1 Ik havt; stint
t invy-i-riif.-mo'n
. ' : iii' latijruau'i* o
: i'lo I 1 OllOUU'h f?? '
tost any hunut
CST.
iiF.nfMa.; South Cava
liiui: an i Texas have authorize
investigation?. of t It < XAACI
with a view t<> ex;.>sinu' its_ mem
I ership an<! fit muial supporter*
I.nr.; XAAOi' units are reluetan
to -submit their membership ii>.
to inventiifiitiny committees fu
n!-voits tea? .his; W.hite < itizei
< m.ilicils \V(Hti?i welcome a n .
quickly use such membership list
in tiu'ir cmpnifn to boycott -al
.inporters of the XAA(T.
mTitk coi xcils, too
Lejris'ativo committees in Flor:
.lit and Vivtrin'a include the \V-!v.:<
i ujr.ens Councils as well as tin
NAACF in the scope of their in
vestipation. Ti e .Councils, in turn
sow casrcrnoss to cooperate am
i .il-tcd 'n racial ha;'el that i
1!aeVccd Ta\v contrary to the can
jiyr.A_.uf el hies.J ami that it cor.
spired to evade iepul taxation. A
a result of those conclusions instead
of riMjuirinp iepistrat Ioj
? 'the court issued an injunctiai
roT-ira+nrop?t-Ue XJLAClLl f: ' i:
carry intr on tiny activities at all i:
the state.
In Alabama the state court won
jo far as la bar the- NAAC'P fron
repi.steri.njr hs an out-of-state coi
poration thus putting it out of ac
~rron for the- futtmr as well sts <?
nresent. It iinupsed a fine <
JlOO.OtlO apains.'t tflie oortranivsit !<i
for refu-inp to produce certain ?
its records. In Georgia, t h
NAACP V?ranch president w
[TED
TOMERS j
ES IN STOCK
ert Kes. ? Schenley's Kes. I
ttuaker 0 C'orbj's 1
Hickorv Fleichman's Gin ,
a'? Champagne ? Vat (>9 j
THIS CHANCE'
LiquoV Stores
1401 Assembly, I*h. 4-1137
THE PALMETTO LEADER
To 1
' jailed in the course of a slate lax
I, investigation under a one-year
) contempt sentence. He was releas
t eil after a, few Tiours wITen- he"
s agreed -to?give?the records - to the
ll" state tax investigator. Tile orr
ganization itself w a s fined
1* $"25,000.
^ ! C1TK S. C. HAW.'
^ I Among new laws which may he
I used, to harness many types of
. voluntary * organizations arc those
i- of outh Carolina i*n<i Virginia
- which strengthen existing legis<?
lat'on aaav'^'t "barratry."' The
1_ term, which has a long history in
e in Engliso criminal law,' means
' the habitual stirring up of
n "groundless" suits- and querrels
t between individuals. The legisln
tors. had. to extend the meaning of
tl-.e term far bewnd its original
o scope in order to apply it to uhiu-c
-?who sponsored reca nt dest gre"
gat ion suits ? suits which have
s almost always won out in /he
^ tourts and thus ohviouflv were
G .
- notnot groundless.
*' . Some . Southern states have
passed laws -prohibiting" school
teachers from membership in the
NAACI'. On March 28, the Texas
House approved a bill barring
- ni-Mnb-.'i s of NAACI' from all
>t Ik- empioymeii,. in Texas.
I* . Ali these measures- have had
- .hea- effects "on theiy, target.; In
hex is Alabama and Louisiana
t the NAACI* hs been forced to oi>>
continue its activities conmpl/tei
ly. Every where , in the $out'n it iia>
l become increasingly difficult for
1 !.ht NAACI'" to further its leader's
ship in the fight to eliminate.
1; segregation and and disci iminaj
tion. Without legal support from
p\luntai;y agencies, individualF
. are rarely able to assert their
.. c-uiistitoitional riyhts effectively.
i I.. . i.: - ? ?
..n: mis. way me light for implo.
mentation of he Supreme Court
! '
, S decision suffers greatly ? ami to
i \ the vleteriment of all minority
t groups.
. | TKACH KR.f<?TftST LAW
Recently, seventeen X e g r o
;; school teachers who .had been (lis
?
HOW DID THE PHRASE
ll BURN" ORIGINAL^
|
j; IFromW H&errof it"
i ! ENGLISH SRILORS....8ACK.
Si, VOYAGES... OF UGWTint, it
fjt! I VJOH POUND MOTES To RSTo
|j| [S<oT^E MILEAGE OBTAU
g! G/VoOLINE A.FFECTEF) B
|j; VEH\CUE^'I^BffE
1j!
' J^ls. f?Rce is r
Ii fL?*R ?T HIGH :
/TT VjONN SPEED BECAUSE IV7
I WfT^S
pi I
V ' f*.
\ .
" i
r 4
lights _
miffed un.l"r a South Carolina law
forbiding the employment of
X'AACP members by agencies of
the state and school (list rids, >| ]
challenged the validity of the law
befre a federal coo i t. Federal '
Judge John J. -Parker commented
on this kind of legislation:
. . Pa
IVie right to join organizations
whih seek bv lawful
means- to support ami Turt.'ior
l.-j.
what their members regard
as the public interest- oi' i it "4
the interest of a particular '
part erf the public, is protect- ln*
cd by the constitutional guarnhfees
of from speeih ami dj
freedom of assembly; a n d gt
audi right is one of the hul- la|
wnrfcs of 'i'M-rl.v and .social *i.
progress. The fact that or- j,.t
ganisatiohs may rrmrc^-t-r-em jjp
selves unpopular vvTtiT t h o
majority in a -commun'ty is
Tnoreason vh??the ma boiiy eoi
may qsre its power to emu t toi
legislation denying to their tin
members t h e fundamental C.
.rights of constitutional liber- dii
ty." ' Fi
The Atlanta Constitution, in .
even blunter language, comnionled
<?n the defeat of a resolution in 101
the Georgia legislature that would 1111
have set up a eo<hmitt"e to Hives- tl'1
tigate those organizations which ',v
1 "direct thought o r torment P?
strife." "No
Japanese -.warlord go\
t in .! &>; c;c-;i?.u.*.y. '.? ,1.
elsewhere over jiroHosoii' a ln??it ...i
r i k i .1 thought-ventral measure
than was. t/ii.. It was un'imited., j.';,
It allowed the eonmrttea probe
wha men were thinking- ami to (..
Vc V
pass Judgement thereon. It via- \
uiicu rvi-ry provision >>1 const lit;- ]j
tional guarantee,. <>r fiv 1? ni of ( ;.
uhou^ht aiul sikjech...." yA
I);
Tlie number of North- Carolina tnl
farmers who have expanded their
operations by renting additional
land has steadily increased since "
the end of World War II. s'1
; 1. an
riLUMES
"MONEY TO | I V/HRfT \S 1
V 9 - I I I Art/?
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rSpg- feg'fs
WISH FRlENOSf WPir.LJc- ma
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FROM I DOE^ THE
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rigg SPEEDS fl f** BECOMES
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? Saturday, May IS, 1957
Groups
NGSTKEE DISTRICT
ICETING GREAT SI ( CESS
BY REV. JAMfiS'--:..'
The Kinirstree District of the
lmetto Conference hold its I)isct.
meeting with the Bethlehem ,
klK Church, Hcmminjrway, Rev.
ank Kinloek, pusor. T-ho meet
i w cvrs vj?jjcii?ru mui liic I ri'SIUUl^
tier, Dr. R. "K. Brogdon, presidr#
The annua! sermon was deliverhy
Rev. David Sbott, pastor of
. Raul Circuit. His text was
ken from the 18th chapter of St.
it I. Invitation was extended by,
\\ .1. ('. .juntos, pastor of Francis
owrT :VM K Chmx-br Chid leston.
A very fine-panel discussion was
nducted by the District modern*
r, Rev. C. Burgess, Pastor-oi '
t? (lomdine Circuit, Gouffline, S.
Subject:?"The Over-rail Conion
of the Kingstree District,
natv-'ally. Morally, Spiritually,
lucawonnlly and the Field of
ssions." Interesting: contributes
were given ' from various
Blisters and laymen' of the Disci
Tln? eVenintr mcssaire was de
ered by Rev. \V. H. Barnes,,
stor of St. Luke AME. Church,
larlestou. -v
Tiie meeting was dignified ' by
e ollowing dignitaries: Dr. Gar(l.
1 i"siding Kider of the
orjretowu District; Dr. L. L.
.inter. iTesidinjr Khier of the
[. 1 leasa.il District; l!r. J. C.
;aries, pastor of Morris Brown
M. R. Churoli, Charleston, Dr.
1!. Butler, pastor <>f Kbenezer
illicit, ( harlest >n; Rev. William
vin. .pa.storing; in the Marion
strict; Rev. J. R...Jerman pasriny
itt the Georgetown District;
'V. M. R. Hudson. pastor of
niniinirway Circuit and Rev.
illie Willipms, pastor of Friendip
A. M. K. Church. Mt. Pleast.
fHE SIZE OF THE **7 !
t_vchov/M FRoa?Ji __
*( FROG OF CENTRAL!
Z4r feet long and
RE "THAN /4fL POUNDS! \
VOLK OR ViH\TE OF !
lECOMElHH CHlCI^N?^ j
/ jjL?' Hfl*'!#!* l~
' OF the EGO
"TOE CHICKEN f i-,s