Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1958-03-08 Thaddeus T. Stokes MEMPHIS WORLD AMERICAN'S STANDARD RACE JOURNAL The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 546 BEALE — Ph. JA. 6-4030 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II, Founder; C. A. Scott General Manager Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn., as second-class mail under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870 THADDEUS T. STOKES Managing Editor SMITH FLEMING Circulation Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00 — 6 Months $3.00 — 3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper — non-sectarian and non-partisan, printing news unbiasedly and supporting those things it believes to be of interest to its readers and opposing those things against the interest of its readers. National 4-H Club Week An honored American institution will be given well-deserved special recognition during the March 1-8 period. The occasion is National 4-H Club. Week. This year it's theme is "4-H Salute to Parents." The week Will be highlighted in Washington, D. C., when six top 4-H members present the annual 4-H Club report to the nation. This will summarize 4-H accomplishments in stories and pictures and pay special tribute to parents who helped to make the achievements possible. It's expected that these 4-H'rs will review the report personally with President Eisenhower at the White House. More than 2,165,000 young people are now members of the 4-H clubs. The over-all purpose of the Week is to inform the public about the meaning and value of the 4-H program, to invite more boys and girls to join, to assist new members in starting 4-H projects, and to honor parents and the 358,000 volunteer leaders who help to guide the work in some 90,000 local clubs throughout the 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The 4-H's carry on widely varied projects. There is recreation as well as work. Character development and good citizenship are their most significant goals. They "learn by doing" and their motto is "to make the best better." Here is an attitude that is urgently needed in today's discordant world. Lest We Get Off On The Wrong Foot In Wasted Token Race One of the greatest incentives for voting is being voted for, and that is at least one of the privileges a cross-section of voters should produce. Eligibility to vote, therefore, carries with it possibility of there being some in such a segment who would offer for and obtain office. Ever since the ballot was restored to our group back in '46 there—have been those who felt that it was time for them to offer for office. In the last campaign, in addition to two executive committeemen and one member of the Board of Education, a member of our group made an excellent race for city alderman. His strength pushed a run over in which he was defeated. It comes to pass that over in our sister state, Alabama, a member of our group has offered for high state office, no less place than lieutenant governor. Of course any qualified citizen has a legal right to run for office, but we should be realistic in our approach to public office. We do not welcome token races; we desire to-see members of the group run with the intention and possibility of being elected. Other than this, the sensible thing to do would be to line up with those who have the courage of affording on opportunity for all liberal-minded citizens. Surely, a contender should not in these times, offer for office merely for the running. Such an intention should be thoroughly cleared with responsible leadership in the community, with the all-out sanction of the organic bodies working in and out of season for the enlistment of voters in our ranks. When this is cleared, there should be strong tie-in units to sponsor the campaign, with occasional soundings among those tolerant thinkers of the other group. We have enough tension and undue pressure already upon us for any one to just take up the pastime to offer as a token candidate for office. Less than what we have stated above, one is not a fullfledged candidate for office. He is just a self server, one bent on a little publicity, and possibly, unknowingly, serving the interest of the opposition. Let's not have any token races, nor support any of our group in being used as tools to incite prejudice, invite reprisal and at the same time render disservice which will have the effect of aiding the reactionary forces. 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History tells us that this woman of the frontier, with a deep Christian insight and feeling, often worked even to the point of almost exhaustion, to see that her children got the opportunity to learn. Young Abe was one of the most fortunate of the for. His mother's great reward came when her son became one of the greatest leaders of history. One of the great writers of the present age lived to share a similar blessing. He had a friend who worked with him tirelessly. The writer had vision, but was handicapped in the mechanics of his profession. It was this friend, records show, who took his ideas, sharpened and fashioned them to the point where the publishers would accept his manuscripts. Today, after many years of hard work and set backs, he is one of the outstanding novelists of our time. It is no secret that the great Nehru of India was once a student of She late Gandhi. Many of the principles of government laid down by the great Indian leader, are still being practiced by Nehru. It was a semi-invalid, a man named Hoe who helped to shape and plan the campaign strategy of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt. There are so many among the great names in history, who have stood on the shoulders of others. This alone, should leave no space or reason for boastfulness, no argument for the so-called self-made man, no place for the "stuffed-shirt" and the egotist. Each stroke of the pin that etches a name info the pages' of history, each round of the ladder we climb that leads to what mortal man may term fame, can be traced to others who helped to lay the foundation. One's greatest attribute to fame should be humility, not arrogance. As far back as history can recall, men have stood on the shoulders of others. The Shoulders We Stand On By WILLIAM GORDON It was the great Lincoln who once said in part, "All that I am and all that I hope to be, I owe it to my angel mother..." History tells us that this woman of the frontier, with a deep Christian insight and feeling, often worked even to the point of almost exhaustion, to see that her children got the opportunity to learn. Young Abe was one of the most fortunate of the for. His mother's great reward came when her son became one of the greatest leaders of history. One of the great writers of the present age lived to share a similar blessing. He had a friend who worked with him tirelessly. The writer had vision, but was handicapped in the mechanics of his profession. It was this friend, records show, who took his ideas, sharpened and fashioned them to the point where the publishers would accept his manuscripts. Today, after many years of hard work and set backs, he is one of the outstanding novelists of our time. It is no secret that the great Nehru of India was once a student of She late Gandhi. Many of the principles of government laid down by the great Indian leader, are still being practiced by Nehru. It was a semi-invalid, a man named Hoe who helped to shape and plan the campaign strategy of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt. There are so many among the great names in history, who have stood on the shoulders of others. This alone, should leave no space or reason for boastfulness, no argument for the so-called self-made man, no place for the "stuffed-shirt" and the egotist. Each stroke of the pin that etches a name info the pages' of history, each round of the ladder we climb that leads to what mortal man may term fame, can be traced to others who helped to lay the foundation. One's greatest attribute to fame should be humility, not arrogance. As far back as history can recall, men have stood on the shoulders of others. Things You Should Know 1760-1831 BORN IN SLAVERY IN ., HE JOINED THE CHURCH AT 17 AND WAS LICENSED TO PREACH AT AGE 22! IN 1786 HE PURCHASED HIS FREEDOM FOR $2000! HE BECAME PASTOR OF ME. CHURCH-IN 1787 HE OPENED HIS OWN CHURCH AND HAD A NEW BUILDING BY 1794! IN 1799 HE WAS THE TO BE ORDAINED IN THE M.E. CHURCH! IN 1816 HE BECAME OF THE NEWLY-FOUNDED CHURCH! ALLEN 1760-1831 BORN IN SLAVERY IN ., HE JOINED THE CHURCH AT 17 AND WAS LICENSED TO PREACH AT AGE 22! IN 1786 HE PURCHASED HIS FREEDOM FOR $2000! HE BECAME PASTOR OF ME. CHURCH-IN 1787 HE OPENED HIS OWN CHURCH AND HAD A NEW BUILDING BY 1794! IN 1799 HE WAS THE TO BE ORDAINED IN THE M.E. CHURCH! IN 1816 HE BECAME OF THE NEWLY-FOUNDED CHURCH! Five Communities provided the plaintiffs and adequate remedy at law. Chief Judge Sterling Hutcheson of the District Court ruled that additional time should be allowed the school board in the case and withheld a decision on the motion of the NAACP for immediate degregation of Prince Edward County schools. On appeal, the Court of Appeals held that Judge Hutcheson was in error in not fixing a time limit for compliance with the order to desegregate. It said me fact that the schools might be closed if the order were enforced was no reason for not enforcing it. The appeals court reversed the District Court and remanded the case with instructions to enter an order that the Prince Edward County school board make a "prompt and reasonable" start toward complying with the court's order enjoining discrimation. The action of fine Supreme Court in refusing to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals leaves five communities under orders to desegregate their schools– Arlington County. Norfolk, Newport News, Charlottesville, and Prince Edward County. ADDITIONAL TIME SOUGHT provided the plaintiffs and adequate remedy at law. Chief Judge Sterling Hutcheson of the District Court ruled that additional time should be allowed the school board in the case and withheld a decision on the motion of the NAACP for immediate degregation of Prince Edward County schools. On appeal, the Court of Appeals held that Judge Hutcheson was in error in not fixing a time limit for compliance with the order to desegregate. It said me fact that the schools might be closed if the order were enforced was no reason for not enforcing it. The appeals court reversed the District Court and remanded the case with instructions to enter an order that the Prince Edward County school board make a "prompt and reasonable" start toward complying with the court's order enjoining discrimation. The action of fine Supreme Court in refusing to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals leaves five communities under orders to desegregate their schools– Arlington County. Norfolk, Newport News, Charlottesville, and Prince Edward County. Religion Gives Perspective, Kelley Says At Morehouse In his second appearance before the Morehouse College students as Religious Emphasis Week speaker, the Rev. James Kelley, dean of men at West Virginia State College, stated that the world is nearer disintegration today than at any time during its history, quoting such authorities as Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins et al, to support this claim. He called attention to the number of suicides and the great amount of disillusionment in the world today. The sickness of the modem world, he said is one of moral confusion, and intellectual anarchy, he declared, saying that none can escape this malady. As a cure for today's ills, the Rev. Mr. Kelley prescribes high religion. According to Mr. Kelley, high religion gives perspective in times like these: a vantage point from which to view and appraise the human scene; it gives compassion, which is the genius of all religion; it gives patience and perseverance—all of these being necessary; in times like these. The Rev. Mr. Kelley spoke again Wednesday and Thursday mornings at 9:00 o'clock in Sale Hall Chapel. On Wednesday morning there was a student panel on religion in the Hydrogen Age. Man Is Sentenced A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty of attacking a woman on_ Wednesday and was automatically sentenced to life imprisonment. Charles Moore, a garage worker, was charged with the attack of the wife of an assistant basketball coach. Under North Carolina law, rape is a capital offense, but carries an automatic life penalty if the defendant pleads guilty. Chief action taken up by Merritt and his assistants to now has been the shifting of big Willie M. Neal to quarterback. Neal has all the physical equipment - - 6'4", 200 pounds - -to make the Tigers a real find at the all-important post. Merritt is hoping that Neal will have as good a year as Self who was shifted to center for one season's play and became toe nation's top man at the post. OAKLAWN 58 SPRING RAGE MEET Feb. 22-March 29 8 RICH FEATURE RACES including $20,000 ARKANSAS DERBY HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK. ARKANSAS JOHN G. CEA. SWEENY GRANT Gen. Mgr. "Sputnik Arouses" nized and more and more being respected." Dr. Bisson explained that the American Negro is in the midst of the social revoluation. Many perternant factors have brought about these changes. Among some of the most pronounced are the following: 1. Migration of the Negro from the rural South to the industrial North and West. 2. A change of attitude on the part of many industrial leaders in now recogniginz the talents and skills of the Negro rather than is color. 3. The part played by the U. S. Government in insisting on non-discrimination in employment contracts. 4. The Supreme Court decision in wiping out segregation in public schools; and ruling that' segregation in any form is illegal. 5. The fact, that today there are 12 states that have enforcable laws that prohibit any discrimination in employement and these states contain 33 per cent of the U. S. population. 6. The farsightedness of the Negro in preparing and training for better jobs and better opportunities. The Secretry of Labor Mitchell made the statement a few months ago that there is not a single job in the Labor Department Dictionary of occupations that is not now held by a Negro. In Memphis, Tennessee a city of 200,000 Negroes there is no place in Memphis where a Negro can take a scientific course at night. Yet the University of Tennessee offers 36 scientific courses at night for 3,000 white students. In conclusion Dr. Bisson said Negroes must continue to fight and prepare themselves for first class citizenship.