Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1955-08-16
Raymond F. Tisby

MEMPHIS WORLD
The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper
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under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870
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Memphis Board Of Education Is Out Of
Tempo With The Times
The Memphis Board of Education, by its recent move to turn
former "white" Riverside School into a "Negro" school, appears
to be out of tempo with the times as regard public schools.
As we see it the board erred on two important points:
First the board missed a splendid opportunity to show "good
faith and compliance at the earliest practical date" with the U. S.
Supreme Court's public school edict.
Rather than adding to the tax burden by arranging to have
the white students transported to another "white" school, the
board could have just as easily opened the school to ALL school
age children in the Riverside community.
There is no logical reason why the school could not have
been open to all children of the community, white and Negro.
Of course, there are some who argue that the board cannot
make such a move until the Federal District Court has given a
ruling invalidating the state's public school segregation laws, but
as the Nashville Tennessean concluded in a recent editorial: "there
is really no question about these points. They have already been
settled by the Supreme Court, and a decision on them in the lower
courts would be nothing more than a formality."
The second mistake the board made, in our opinion, was
that their action in the Riverside incident hinted at the course of
action they will follow in the matter of public school desegregation: 
simply ignore the Supreme Court's edict and continue to perpetuate 
a system of "white" and "Negro" schools.
Perhaps we, the members of the local Negro press and Negro
populace, are partially to blame for the board's action because
of what might easily be mistaken as complacency on our part
toward the public school situation by our lack of agitation.
To set the record straight: this lack of agitation on our part
in no wise means that we are or will be satisfied with a "white"
and "Negro" school set up, but indicates that we have confidence
that our school board will voluntarily seek to comply with the
court's edict without a lot of furore.
In case anyone thinks otherwise let us say here and now
that we know and are sure the board knows that there are no
longer any such institutions as white and Negro public schools,
only public schools, period, and hereby serve notice that we will
resist, through all legal means available, the efforts of any to
resurrect or continue segregated public schools.

What Is Being Done "As Quickly As Possible"
As a resume to the week just passed, we submit a few newspaper 
headlines: "South Carolina Threatens Close Parks", and
closing this sentence with the accompanying infinitive, we have
"to prevent mingling of the races."
This feed for the current integration digest comes with a
Columbia, S. C., dateline and the story leads off with "That
South Carolina intends to fight integration all the way, both in
the schools and in other public places, was forcibly emphasized
by at least four major protests arising in the state this week."
Down in Charleston, a team of Negro boys from the Cannon
Street YMCA made an official entry into Little League baseball
competition. One by one teams throughout the state withdrew
until none was left for the tournament but the one composed of
the Negro boys. So, there will be no state play-off under the
auspices of the organization affiliated with the national competition. 

Coming swiftly upon another scene from an Alabama headline, 
Montgomery, where the state legislature is in session, we
find here: "With one bill designed to preserve classroom segregation 
in Alabama having become law this week, legislative leaders 
pressed for enactment of another measure deemed necessary
to help maintain separate schools for white and Negro children."
They would push through a senate-approved bill, paving the
way for abolition of the state's mandatory public education system 
if necessary, and permit parents to send children to all-white,
all-Negro or mixed schools. This was the Boutwell committee proposal, 
approved by the Senate and would make judicial officers of
school administrators and give them immunity from suits brought
by the NAACP and other organizations. It will be also recalled that
the student placement measure, which Governor Folsom did not
sign, but allowed to become law because he did not send in a
veto within the prescribed number of days, along with the "Freedom 
of Choice" measure were drafted after long study by the legislative 
committee.
Over in Mississippi some such of a "Citizens Council of all
White males," is being formed. It is dedicated to preservation of
segregation and boasts on sixty thousand members. This organization, 
which smacks of the old patent vigilantes, will stage a
mammoth rally at Jackson, Mississippi on August 16th with two
of Mississippi's leading pro-segregationists addressing the meeting 
— Senator James O. Eastland and Circuit Judge Tom Brady.
In calling the meeting, its purpose was made plain by its leaders,
"to mobilize strength to maintain segregation in our school system 
in the face of direct attacks initiated by the NAACP in Vicksburgh, 
Natchez and Clarksdale."
One Miller County, Georgia would call "all white farmers"
and businessmen to become deputies to emphasize to their colored
neighbors that appeals to economic starvation might be made if
necessary to forestall integration in the public schools.
Finally, a Miami dateline would take us into the state of
Florida. The headline "Long delay seen in Florida," would give that
state's interpretation of "as quickly as possible."
The story takes off with this: "Racial segregation in Florida
public schools will continue for some time and it may never end
in a few eras."
So, it is seen from here that the public and the court for that
matter as well are being served on answer to that stern directive
issue by the court for the states affected "proceed as early as possible." 

These weekly reactions are set down for what they are worth;
they need no argument, it is left for the arbiters to scrutinize and
report back as to whether this is in conformance with a mandate
to "proceed as quickly as possible."
As Senator George has said, the courts says, "proceed cautiously 
but proceed."

GOLDEN GLEAMS
What is against truth cannot be just.
Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just.
Be just before you are generous.

REVIEWING
THE NEWS
By WILLIAM GORDON
Managing Editor, Atlanta Daily World
There were lines across his face, etched in from the beat of
the wind, telling in more vivid terms the hardships, the frustrations 
and turmoil one sometimes encounters in an effort to survive. 

This gentleman, graying and hands trembling from age, told
his story, and he did it with unusual tact.
"On one occasion, during my visit to the bank, I noticed the
president standing back of the cashier, paying strict attention to
the name on the back of the checks I had signed. When I had
finished by business he called me into his office. I reluctantly
went in.
"From the looks of your handwriting," the president said, "you
seem to be an educated man. I'd like to talk a while with you."
"About what?" the gentleman asked the bank president.
"About the crisis facing the South," he replied.
"Crisis?" the man asked. "Yes, a crisis," the president said. "A
crisis—a crisis bigger than the one during reconstruction days."
The elderly gentleman quickly told the banker that he noticed
no crisis in the South. He added that he took all the newspapers,
listened to the radio and occasionally, sat before television, but
to his knowledge, he sensed ho crisis.
At this point the banker became a bit impatient, squirmed
about in his chair and came quickly to the point.
"I mean this Supreme Court decision on segregation," he said.
"Tell me," the banker added, "Haven't we been fair to the
colored people in the South all along? I can name ten rights for
every wrong you name me," he gestured.
The elderly gentleman noticed the banker's insistent intent to
get him talking. And he agreed to talk, warning that whatever
he said would be the "sins of their fathers."
The man began by telling the banker how the foreign born are
constantly admitted into the United States, some almost illiterate
upon arrival. These same people, he said remain here for a few
years, obtain their citizenship rights and are allowed to enjoy
all the privileges we are spending millions to obtain, although
we have been here over 300 years.
The elderly man told the banker of the ballot and how through
intimidation and other illegal means, for generations Negroes
have been denied the right to vote. He told of economic pressure
groups, the bigots and the rabble-rousers allowed to threaten
citizens through "blood-thirsty" Hilter "Gestapo-type" methods.
And the gentleman continued:
"Take the separate-but-equal ruling of 1896," the man told
the banker. "The ruling dealt with transportation, but you took
it, twisted it, and applied every conceivable means of restricting
the Negro in the South. That is my third wrong," he shouted.
But the banker remained mum, seemingly unemotional but
still listening with interest. So the man continued.
From the separate-but-equal ruling came segregation and discrimination 
of every type. Out of its ruling emerged the black
codes, the vagrancy laws and many other restrictions that still
plague the South. The South seized the initiative, he said, not to
equalize, but to restrict the opportunities for the Negro.
When the man finished, the banker had to admit he had not
even one right for the three wrongs the man had touched on. He
rose and extended his hand. "I must admit that these are the
sins of our fathers."

"The Sins Of Their Fathers . . ."
By WILLIAM GORDON
Managing Editor, Atlanta Daily World
There were lines across his face, etched in from the beat of
the wind, telling in more vivid terms the hardships, the frustrations 
and turmoil one sometimes encounters in an effort to survive. 

This gentleman, graying and hands trembling from age, told
his story, and he did it with unusual tact.
"On one occasion, during my visit to the bank, I noticed the
president standing back of the cashier, paying strict attention to
the name on the back of the checks I had signed. When I had
finished by business he called me into his office. I reluctantly
went in.
"From the looks of your handwriting," the president said, "you
seem to be an educated man. I'd like to talk a while with you."
"About what?" the gentleman asked the bank president.
"About the crisis facing the South," he replied.
"Crisis?" the man asked. "Yes, a crisis," the president said. "A
crisis—a crisis bigger than the one during reconstruction days."
The elderly gentleman quickly told the banker that he noticed
no crisis in the South. He added that he took all the newspapers,
listened to the radio and occasionally, sat before television, but
to his knowledge, he sensed ho crisis.
At this point the banker became a bit impatient, squirmed
about in his chair and came quickly to the point.
"I mean this Supreme Court decision on segregation," he said.
"Tell me," the banker added, "Haven't we been fair to the
colored people in the South all along? I can name ten rights for
every wrong you name me," he gestured.
The elderly gentleman noticed the banker's insistent intent to
get him talking. And he agreed to talk, warning that whatever
he said would be the "sins of their fathers."
The man began by telling the banker how the foreign born are
constantly admitted into the United States, some almost illiterate
upon arrival. These same people, he said remain here for a few
years, obtain their citizenship rights and are allowed to enjoy
all the privileges we are spending millions to obtain, although
we have been here over 300 years.
The elderly man told the banker of the ballot and how through
intimidation and other illegal means, for generations Negroes
have been denied the right to vote. He told of economic pressure
groups, the bigots and the rabble-rousers allowed to threaten
citizens through "blood-thirsty" Hilter "Gestapo-type" methods.
And the gentleman continued:
"Take the separate-but-equal ruling of 1896," the man told
the banker. "The ruling dealt with transportation, but you took
it, twisted it, and applied every conceivable means of restricting
the Negro in the South. That is my third wrong," he shouted.
But the banker remained mum, seemingly unemotional but
still listening with interest. So the man continued.
From the separate-but-equal ruling came segregation and discrimination 
of every type. Out of its ruling emerged the black
codes, the vagrancy laws and many other restrictions that still
plague the South. The South seized the initiative, he said, not to
equalize, but to restrict the opportunities for the Negro.
When the man finished, the banker had to admit he had not
even one right for the three wrongs the man had touched on. He
rose and extended his hand. "I must admit that these are the
sins of our fathers."

BETWEEN THE LINES
Billy Graham is currently the
greatest preaching sensation of the
century. The spiritual iron is hot
in the world and ready for the
Gospel hammer which Billy Graham 
is wielding so popularly in
Europe and his own America. There
can be little doubt that there is a
spiritual hunger at the hearts of
mankind that makes preaching tremendously 
effective in times like
these.
The heart of mankind is troubled
and nothing is so soothing to a
troubled heart as a message from
the Lord. It was over thus; when
men were themselves out trying to
find "some other way," they turned
in disappointment and regrets their
faces toward Zion.
We have had recently a Summit
Conference with the topmost nations 
sending their top most representatives 
for discussions. But as in
the past, those representations will
be inadequate unless there is a
change of heart trouble which calls
a heart remedy such as the conviction 
that a Christianized heart
is the hope of the individual and
the world.
Billy Graham and others rightly
appraise the situation and offer the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, for in the
last analysis, the Church and not
the conference table will be the last
resort. But there is grave reason
to doubt the sincerity of the Summit 
Conference just as there is reason 
to doubt the sincerity of much
of the revivalism now in vogue. Just
as the Summit Conferences by-pass
matters that are crying for adjustment, 
so does our current revivalism
by-pass matters of grave importance. 

Billy Graham came to Richmond
but said little or nothing about race
prejudice as the great moral
scourge; and wherever he has gone
he has soft-pedaled the race issue
although it is the most bristling
issue of the hour, for it is worldwide 
in its scope and ramifications.
Although Billy Graham is the most
popular preacher of the hour, it is
to be wondered how popular he
would be were he to face up to the
race issue that is vexing the hour.
Prophets who told the people of the
sins were never popular and preachers 
who tell people of their sins are
not popular today. Which is betterthat 
Billy Graham draw a million
by soft-pedaling the color question
or a thousand by facing it sqquarely. 
It is just as well for us to remember 
that the following of the
crowd is no more a sign of righteousness 
now than it was in the
times of the Apostles. Today we are
inclined to measure too invariably
by the size of the crowd forgeting 
the while that truth was never
popular and he who declares the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth is not liable to break crowd

records.
Billy Graham's crowd would be
cut perceptibly were he to face up
to the color question. His popularity 
would be considerably depreciated 
were he to tackle race prejudice
in its Old South den. If Billy Graham 
would retain his current popularity, 
he had better steer clear of
the Old South or steer clear of the
color question in his sermons to the
Old South.
This raises the question in general 
of the attempt on the part of
so many ministers to capture cities
and communities by a species of
popular preaching. We see it everywhere 
and often to our disappointment 
certain ministers attempting
to make themselves popular instead
of making themselves spiritually
strong. It by no means follows that
the most popular preachers are the
best preachers. John the Baptists
have never been popular and the
times are crying for them even as
John the Baptist cried in the wilderness. 

The world is going to be saved
not by the Billy Graham popular
method but by the old knock-downdragout 
methods of some John The
Baptist who is yet to come! The
world will not be saved by popular
preaching but by sincere preaching,
however humble and unpopular and
unlearned. This writer feels that
it is better to have the popular
preaching of the Billy Graham kind
than none at all. But it is just as
well for us to keep in mind that
the Millilnium will not come from
popular preaching.
The truth which must be proclaimed 
in the Gospel is a twoedged 
sword that cuts right and
left and has never been is not now,
and will never be popular.

B Dean Gordon B. Hancock far ANP
POPULAR PREACHING
Billy Graham is currently the
greatest preaching sensation of the
century. The spiritual iron is hot
in the world and ready for the
Gospel hammer which Billy Graham 
is wielding so popularly in
Europe and his own America. There
can be little doubt that there is a
spiritual hunger at the hearts of
mankind that makes preaching tremendously 
effective in times like
these.
The heart of mankind is troubled
and nothing is so soothing to a
troubled heart as a message from
the Lord. It was over thus; when
men were themselves out trying to
find "some other way," they turned
in disappointment and regrets their
faces toward Zion.
We have had recently a Summit
Conference with the topmost nations 
sending their top most representatives 
for discussions. But as in
the past, those representations will
be inadequate unless there is a
change of heart trouble which calls
a heart remedy such as the conviction 
that a Christianized heart
is the hope of the individual and
the world.
Billy Graham and others rightly
appraise the situation and offer the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, for in the
last analysis, the Church and not
the conference table will be the last
resort. But there is grave reason
to doubt the sincerity of the Summit 
Conference just as there is reason 
to doubt the sincerity of much
of the revivalism now in vogue. Just
as the Summit Conferences by-pass
matters that are crying for adjustment, 
so does our current revivalism
by-pass matters of grave importance. 

Billy Graham came to Richmond
but said little or nothing about race
prejudice as the great moral
scourge; and wherever he has gone
he has soft-pedaled the race issue
although it is the most bristling
issue of the hour, for it is worldwide 
in its scope and ramifications.
Although Billy Graham is the most
popular preacher of the hour, it is
to be wondered how popular he
would be were he to face up to the
race issue that is vexing the hour.
Prophets who told the people of the
sins were never popular and preachers 
who tell people of their sins are
not popular today. Which is betterthat 
Billy Graham draw a million
by soft-pedaling the color question
or a thousand by facing it sqquarely. 
It is just as well for us to remember 
that the following of the
crowd is no more a sign of righteousness 
now than it was in the
times of the Apostles. Today we are
inclined to measure too invariably
by the size of the crowd forgeting 
the while that truth was never
popular and he who declares the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth is not liable to break crowd

records.
Billy Graham's crowd would be
cut perceptibly were he to face up
to the color question. His popularity 
would be considerably depreciated 
were he to tackle race prejudice
in its Old South den. If Billy Graham 
would retain his current popularity, 
he had better steer clear of
the Old South or steer clear of the
color question in his sermons to the
Old South.
This raises the question in general 
of the attempt on the part of
so many ministers to capture cities
and communities by a species of
popular preaching. We see it everywhere 
and often to our disappointment 
certain ministers attempting
to make themselves popular instead
of making themselves spiritually
strong. It by no means follows that
the most popular preachers are the
best preachers. John the Baptists
have never been popular and the
times are crying for them even as
John the Baptist cried in the wilderness. 

The world is going to be saved
not by the Billy Graham popular
method but by the old knock-downdragout 
methods of some John The
Baptist who is yet to come! The
world will not be saved by popular
preaching but by sincere preaching,
however humble and unpopular and
unlearned. This writer feels that
it is better to have the popular
preaching of the Billy Graham kind
than none at all. But it is just as
well for us to keep in mind that
the Millilnium will not come from
popular preaching.
The truth which must be proclaimed 
in the Gospel is a twoedged 
sword that cuts right and
left and has never been is not now,
and will never be popular.

Mrs. Mitchell

final, and an appeal to the Supreme
court of the State of Missouri will
present the same evidence to be
passed upon....and only the decision 
of that court will be final....
Mrs. Mitchell, who alleges that her
husband was ill when he signed the
trust agreement, told the Associated 
Negro Press by telephone that
there have been no changes in control 
or management of the paper.
Mrs. Mitchell, J. Orvel Mitchell
and Emanuel O. Wright were found
not guilty of contempt charges which
were filed as a result of their purchase 
of a bookkeeping machine, alleged 
mistreatment of employees
and payment for services of two persons. 






TENN. SAFETY COUNCIL HEAD
URGES DRIVERS TO RELAX
"What's the answer to the vacation 
traffic problem? You are, Mr.
Motorist!"
In those words, George E. Miller,
president of the Tennessee Safety
Council today squarely pinned responsibility 
for the heavy annual
toll of vacation traffic deaths on
the drivers themselves.
"It is my firm belief that most
vacation-time auto accidents can
be laid at the door of impatient
and discourteous driver," said Miller, 
as he discussed the safe vacation 
driving program which the
Tennessee Safety Council and the
National Safety Council are sponsoring 
this month.
"These Hurry Bugs are so intent 
on cramming their vacation
full of activity and pleasure that
they don't take time to drive safely." 

Miller suggested a more relaxed

attitude as a safeguard for the driver. 
He pointed out that a vacation
is a time to take it easy and enjoy
a little fun.
"There's very little fun in making
an over-ambitious schedule and
trying to keep-up with it, no matter 
what happens," he said.
He advised motorists to get
an early start each day, and to plan
to cover just as much territory as
they can manage without strain
These two things, he pointed out
will remove the pressure to drive
at a speed too fast for conditions,
to disregard traffic signs and signals, 
and to ignore the ordinary
rules of courtesy on the road. He
also warned drivers to be especially
careful at night because danger is
increased after dark, and the driver 
is likely to be fatigued.
"I guess my whole message can
be summed up in the familiar slogan, 
SLOW DOWN AND LIVE,"
Miller said.

More Dixie Towns

segregated schools in that state.
The bill, which became law on
August 2 without the signature of
the governor due to the timing of
its passage, gives to city and county 
boards of education the police
power to "assure social order, goodwill 
and the public welfare" in assigning 
pupils to elementary and
secondary schools.
Each child is to be assigned to a
school on an individual basis after
consideration of some dozen factors
in his case.
These factors include "the effect
of admission of the pupil upon the
academic progress of other students," 
the possibility or threat of
friction or disorder among pupils or
others," and "the possibility of
breaches of the peace or ill will or
economic retaliation within the
community."

New Medical Head

California meeting.
Dr. Howard, president of the
Mississippi Regional council of Negro 
Leadership is well known for
his militant civil rights stand in
Mississippi.

Man Arrested

he allegedly shot on July 15 following 
an argument died Friday
afternoon at John Gaston Hospital.

Cops, Cars, 2
Communities
Chase Thief
"What's this world coming to,
when its gets so bad that a fellow
cant even snatch a single pocket
book without drawing down the
wrath of two communities, the
board of education, policemen and
what not on his head?
This may have been the question
of a 23-year-old suspect who outran 
a speeding auto for three city
blocks Wednesday night when the
screams of a woman brought out
countless Negro and white residents
around Martin, Vanira St., and Atlanta 
Ave. who joined in the chase.
Willie Ivan Cheely, of 767 Terry
St., S. E. was apparently making
for home when a Negro man, believed 
to be Clarance Naiper, 26 of
209 Tuskegee Ave., finally caught
him.
The victim, identified as Mrs.
Cora Bell Sanford, 52, of 939 Martin 
St., S. E. lost her purse about
10:15 p. m. to a man who had stopped 
her to ask the way to a distant
street.
Her screams and those of a female 
campanion brought help first
from a passing auto. The driver

sped after the fleet suspect, and
the driver leaped upon him.
The money was not found at
first, but it was discovered that
Cheely was in possession of a
Davy Crockett coonskin cap, enclosed 
in a small bag. Police estimated 
he planned to use this to
disguise, but did not have time.
Believing Cheely had flung the
woman's handbag into bushes some
how along the three block stretch
witnesses searched for an hour.
It was located by R. D. Jackson, of
865 Fraser St. Miss Ira Jarrell, Atlanta 
Board of Education head, happened 
on the scene during the
chase. Four police cars also joined
in it was reported.

MY WEEKLY
SERMON
REV. BLAIR T. HUNT,
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN
CHURCH, MEMPHIS
TEXT: "Ye are our epistle
known and read of all men.—II
Cor. 3:2.
You, Christians, are written pages 
that people read; you are God's
newspaper. Yes you are like a daily
paper.
In the daily paper, some good
things, some bad things are printed. 
People read you like they read
a paper. Your picture is on the front
page. Don't let it be a picture showing 
your ugly humor or showing
you as having lost your temper.
Don't let your picture show your
eyes green with envy or yellow with
jealousy. People are looking at you
as they look at a newspaper. Have
your best looking picture on your
front page.
In the newspaper there is a page
or column devoted to social news.
People read the social news. People
read your social column. Would you
be ashamed of your social activities
if you saw it in print? Would you
be ashamed if you saw in print
what you did at the party; ashamed
of how you acted toward your
neighbors? People read you like
they read the social column. You
are God's newspaper. Too, God is
reading your social column.
There is the editorial page in
your daily paper. Here we find what
the editor is thinking. What are
you thinking? You are read by men.
Yes your editorial page is read by
God from whom you cannot conceal 
your secret thoughts.
Then there is the page of sports.
The games that are played are described 
on the page of sports. When
we think of games, we think of lei
sure 
time Where do you spend leisure 
time; what are you doing in
your leisure time? Others are reading 
you, your sport page. And God
is reading your page of sports all
the time.
Too, there is the comic section in
your daily paper. Your life has its
comic section. Does your life cause
people to smile, to laugh. Bring
happiness to people when they read
you for you are God's newspaper.
Let your page of life scatter cheer
and happiness. Too, God is reading
you.
A large part of your daily newspaper 
is the advertising section.
People read advertisements. What
are you advertising? People are
reading you, your advertisements.
You are God's newspaper. It is your
duty as Christians to advertise
Jesus Christ and His Church. You
are to advertise faith, hope, charity,
kindness, virtue and above all love.
God is reading you.
Remember Christians you are
God's newspaper read by all people. 
It may be that many of the
people you meet will learn through
you only about God and His Son
Jesus Christ. It is of supreme importance 
what people read in you.
For indeed you are God's newspaper. 
People read you; God reads
you.
People do not read you like they
read their daily newspaper. Be careful 
what you print. Paul would say
today if he were here in flesh, "People 
are living newspapers which are
read bl others."
Go to press with your gest news,
best editorials, best comics, best
sports, best advertisements.

YOU ARE GOD'S
NEWSPAPER
REV. BLAIR T. HUNT,
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN
CHURCH, MEMPHIS
TEXT: "Ye are our epistle
known and read of all men.—II
Cor. 3:2.
You, Christians, are written pages 
that people read; you are God's
newspaper. Yes you are like a daily
paper.
In the daily paper, some good
things, some bad things are printed. 
People read you like they read
a paper. Your picture is on the front
page. Don't let it be a picture showing 
your ugly humor or showing
you as having lost your temper.
Don't let your picture show your
eyes green with envy or yellow with
jealousy. People are looking at you
as they look at a newspaper. Have
your best looking picture on your
front page.
In the newspaper there is a page
or column devoted to social news.
People read the social news. People
read your social column. Would you
be ashamed of your social activities
if you saw it in print? Would you
be ashamed if you saw in print
what you did at the party; ashamed
of how you acted toward your
neighbors? People read you like
they read the social column. You
are God's newspaper. Too, God is
reading your social column.
There is the editorial page in
your daily paper. Here we find what
the editor is thinking. What are
you thinking? You are read by men.
Yes your editorial page is read by
God from whom you cannot conceal 
your secret thoughts.
Then there is the page of sports.
The games that are played are described 
on the page of sports. When
we think of games, we think of lei
sure 
time Where do you spend leisure 
time; what are you doing in
your leisure time? Others are reading 
you, your sport page. And God
is reading your page of sports all
the time.
Too, there is the comic section in
your daily paper. Your life has its
comic section. Does your life cause
people to smile, to laugh. Bring
happiness to people when they read
you for you are God's newspaper.
Let your page of life scatter cheer
and happiness. Too, God is reading
you.
A large part of your daily newspaper 
is the advertising section.
People read advertisements. What
are you advertising? People are
reading you, your advertisements.
You are God's newspaper. It is your
duty as Christians to advertise
Jesus Christ and His Church. You
are to advertise faith, hope, charity,
kindness, virtue and above all love.
God is reading you.
Remember Christians you are
God's newspaper read by all people. 
It may be that many of the
people you meet will learn through
you only about God and His Son
Jesus Christ. It is of supreme importance 
what people read in you.
For indeed you are God's newspaper. 
People read you; God reads
you.
People do not read you like they
read their daily newspaper. Be careful 
what you print. Paul would say
today if he were here in flesh, "People 
are living newspapers which are
read bl others."
Go to press with your gest news,
best editorials, best comics, best
sports, best advertisements.

Second Division Clubs May
Decide American League Race
The American 
League race has been, still is,
and figures to remain tighter than
a Troupe on an aged movie star.


And that brings us to a little
story about Joe McCarthy– the
baseball manager, not the senatorand 
then lowly Philadelphia
Phillies.
At the time McCarthy was managing 
the Chicago Cubs and doing
so well with them that his success
was to lead to a long time term as
manager of the New York Yankees.
..In those days the Phils were one

Worse still, they had to play half
their games in the old baker bowl
bandbox, where a bater might be
thrown out at first if he hit a line
drive off the close right field fence.

"We'd drop into st. Louis and the
Cardinals would greet us with open
arms. Ask about the family. Take
us to dinner. Next day, they beat
our brains out on the ball field.
But we didn't mind. We were all
friends, and the Phils were going
nowhere.

Fresco chuckled when he recalled
McCarthy's red neck. He said:
"One day Joe Snarled, "if you
bushers would play against everybody 
like you do against us, you
might win the pennant yourself."
Even a kidding remark can bring
disastrous results as, for example,
the time Bill Terry laughlingly
asked if the Dodgers were still in
the League. The Dodgers resented
that Slur and, in a late season series, 
beat the Giants out of a pennant 
to prove to Terry they were
still around.