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12 THf riTTSIUftCH CCUWfk Af! a. mi Editorials Views and Reviews By Gaorga S. Schuyler A Distinguished Voice InU.N. When the United Nation General Assembly opens it 13th session in New York City Sept. 13, distin gmahed snd familiar voice will be heard hi behalf of America; that of he internationally famous contralto, Marian Anderson.

This time the voice of Marian Anderson will not be heard in song" but rather in the expounding of American ideals and policy in the parliament of the world, a role in which this gracious, cultivated lady will, we predict. a i vei iBiniy no American voice wnn rjroaoer DaOKgrouna and experience has previously spoken for this country; for this lady of lowly origin, who has tasted both the hit. lerness of discrimination and the sweetness of world sue cess and acclaim, is unexcelled in knowledge of this land its faults, its virtues and its ideals. President Eisenhower is' to be commended for this excellent nomination of Miss Anderson as an American delegate to the Nations. Governor Colcrr.cn In rejecting a Federal subpoena to testify in the present trial in Jackson challenging' Mississippi's voter registration laws, on the ground that lie is "immune to such action" ss Governor of that state.

Gov. P. Coleman is living up to the worst tradition of the imreconstrncted South. NAACP lawyers who had the Governor, subpoenaed dimply wanted Mr. Coleman to testify as to the number of Negro voters that were registered in Jefferson Davis County before the new registration was ordered in 1990, but the Governor refused to answer this $64,000 question or any others.

'Governor Coleman represents the white people (not the colored people) of Mississippi, and flouting the Federal law has been traditional in that benighted state for a century except when it has come with hat in harwTbegging for Federal handouts. I The very thought of sitting on the witness stand and being questioned 'by a Negro attorney about the outrage cub conspiracy to prevent nearly hklf the population of aifcgiBHiiu i ram exercuwng me ngmioi suiirage was more inaa Governor uolcman could take. Kvame Nltrumch Returns i It No foreign head of state knows America better than Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumaa of Ghana who for the past week has been feted, winedt dined and eulogixed by the great and lowly, the rich ahd the poor, the masses and the classes on this, his third; visit to this land. A product of American universitiea, who studied, worked and hungered on these shores for 10 years of his life, tie left here largely unnoticed, unappreciated and unsung, but returned five years later acclaimed as a leader won an election from a jail cell; and now comes to us again ss a potent head of state shaping the pattern of the future free Africa of which he is the living symbol. May he be as auccesHful in obtaining the credits needed to economically develop the economic potential of hin vibrant nation as he has been in capturing the enthusiastic acclaim of the American people.

Liberia's 111 Yecr Todsy the Republic of Liberia is celebrating the 111th anniversary of its freedom and independence, and we con Ettulate her not only on tins long period of sovereignty also on the fact that after so many trials and tribulations, she is now prospering. After a Quarter century, of pioneering in the face of tremendous obstacles, the sturdy, valiant group of free American Negroes declared themselves a republic on July 28, 1847, and launched their little state upon the stormy seas of sovereignty. In addition to fighting against hostile internal tribes. the hew state waa threatened time and again by the British and the French who were then anUtocistic to Negro free oom ana menaced uoena rrom au There waa no mother country to pour money and skills inlo the development of Liberia, as was done in the case of Ghana. Nigeria, Sudan, South Africa, and the French and British coloniev.

so, left to the expedient of v. viriiuiuy tubing iriku ujr ucr wuoisvraJi, progress was painfully slow; and tojtbis was added the bitterness of outside scorn and ridicule. The United States on several occasions intervened with foreign powers to avert aggression against Liberia, but otherwise did nothing to help Liberia, and nobody else would. Liberia is to be congratulated as it celebrates its 111th birthday. VY FRIEND.

Miss Paul! AVA Murray, the able New Viik attorney, calls attention the fart that 1 referred recently to 4he L. Bates' Arkansas State Press as the Arkansas Gazette. am sorry. In the press ol many writing chores; mis takes sometimes creep In, math to my But what I a I about the failure of Arkansas Negroes to icoms to the rescue ot the Arkansas State press tai an too true. However, titers KjAmt.

I no reason why former residents of Arkansas and others who know the vitas used for independent, unfettered Negro press, should wot subscribe to this courageous Arkansas State Press NOW. It grouts 15.50 yearly; tor six sooths; S2 tor three months. The address is 60S W. Little Rock. Ark.

Mrs. L. C. Eaten has recently won he Splngani Medal, along with World Backdrop i STATU VAJL Now Robw3n naa his passport, we feel that it would be fins thing or him to be signed up tor one of our cultural missions. He.

is undoubtedly thoroughly invest igatod. and so much cers has: been expressed rs Carding him In other lands, thlswoald proe rhat he Is still aUve and kicking. I Son ewhere durlnKl our travels we ran P. T. Dalai, a representative 'of the ImUan African Shipping line.

i For some time Dr.Margverlte Cartw right now, much of the big news from India has to do with shipping. Aa wnter transport is a vital part of India's new industrialization, part ot the current five year plar consists of reactivating the 5,500 miles of navigable; waterwsys which, both ancient times and during the 19th were the chief means of transportation from one part of the country to the other. We learned that, for the first time in history, a native Indian. R. D.

Kaiari. had attained the rank of rear admiral and would take over command of the In dian Navy from Admiral Sir John Tyrwhltt. with only one more step remaining to com plete the total transfer. The chief of staff at the time of our meeting was Vke Admlral S. H.

Carilll British), but he has' now completed his service. Perhaps most significant was the recent establishment of the Scindla all Indian shipping hne whk established a direct cargo service between that country iBombayi Madras) and the west coast of Africa Lagos, and Port; Harcourt in Nigeria, and Accra and Takarodi In Chans, j. The first direct route established between India and the west coast of Africa, the new service oot only time, nine brave Metre children who entered Central High School but that will not pay the rent and the cost of publishing, i I WHAT THE saintly Dr. Kel ly Miller said remains sadTy toe true: Lei, that The Negro pays for what he wants and beg for what he needs." But think many Negroes are be ffianlng to see the light, as kv dicated by Information in a letter troth Dr. John W.

Nljron, vice president of the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association of Birmingham. Dr. Nixon advises that under the leadership of Dr. A. S.

Ges tea. a number of Btrmlngtuwn Negro leaders began CtUaem Federal operations oa Jan. IX. VIST, rand in less than 18 months had amassed total assets of more than two minion dollars as ot June 38. I33S." This Is the most important news to come out of Alabama and remembering Arthur lne Lucy and tin Montgomery boycott too), because It is fundamental and win.

be Car reachins. When Alabama Ne gross (and those elsewhere) learn how to use what the redo uo table Dr. Gordon B. Han substantially Increases exports, and reduces the cost of freight by one tlOrd, twt ft will eventually eliminate the route which, under the British, caused foods to be taken all the way to Liverpool or Rotterdam for trans shipment in rder to reach West Africa. According to P.

T. Dalai, the major item of tnanspertattoci will be textiles, the lowered price of which wta cause the Indian cottons to present a real threat to the enormous volume of sale the traditional Manchester cottons. Possibly ot political signlfl cance, as well as economic. Is the fact that the amount ot exports from Africa la so small that the returnins ships win sail via the Mediterranean into the Black Sea, catling at Odessa and other Russian pert. a NEW YORK.

VAA. The elite of the US, press Irr this area showed up st ths Overseas Press Club to help celebrste the 80th birthday of V. Kaltenborn, veteran news reporter and radio broadcaster. Rich reminiscing, nostalgic memories, were the erder the day, with still youthful, ramrod straight "Hans" Katten born on hand to answer or "de fend" himself from "Charfes (Le questions) raised by Ave i past presidents of the dub and such press and radio greats as Larry LaSetu. Ted Ualone, Ben Grauer, and many, isany others.

In the wonderful spirit of the occasion H.V." was asked to recall sock Items oat of his past as the 1948 eUctioa. In reply, he deaulued It aa tke egg tm UM (predict; that Dewey would bo President), adding, "your mistakes eon sometimes ssafce yea famous. Wheat you soaks a mistake, make It a bag can." The wife of the famous broadoaster was Invited ta ask hiss publicly a e.uestka. To everyeoe'a dcAaght. she demanded that he gree the background on a poem he had writtea called "The Bouacang Breasts of BaH," and te rectM the poem "Weil, some were poar shxped, some were round, and sonw hung almost Ss tka ground." In the end.

he re cock ot Virginia I'nkm UaOver sity called the "Double Duty Dollar" they will male rl progress, and not only then. HUtory shows that poor, Ignorant, ragged people ran have all the theoretical civil rights available and still atay in the barrel. They can vote 100 per cent on each election day for whoever spUts their ears with promises, and remain "bear unless they learn how to vote wtih their dollar every day for themselves. a THERK ARK at least a dozen Negro communities in Alabama that could have either a state or Federal savings and loan association considering their populations. So far I have heard of only three.

Swarms of churches periodically staging fish fries, chicken suppers, ex curs Ions, etc, could have credit unions or cooperative societies enabling their people lo control their credit and profit front their consumption of necessaries. ins can oe oone quietly be 7, fore Christmas without spout A I Inc buahwah about Candhlarv principles" or fruitlessly de nounctng Cracker. ly Marguerite CertwrigM cadled that he "went to bed. creepy and crawly, lo dream of the bouncing breasts of Bali." a BOLLYWOOD, At long last the Negro appears to coming into his 'or her) own as a film alar, and we also have our first Negro producer. Harry Belafonte.

"St. Louts Blues" and Torgy and Bess" are the major current ones. film called The Defiant Ones" stars only two men, one ef whom Is Sidney Pol tier. Three Hollywood financed films have been made In Europe, where Negroes have been starred. The film Harry Belafonte produced and starred In is called "End ot the World." and according to the advance notkva, "a realistic story of what befalls the last three people on earth after an atomic holocaust." It slso stars Mel Ferrer, vmembeied for his me work In the Lillian Smith stage play, "Strange Fruit." In the film.

Belafonte gets the girl, and the whole is described as fairly definitive look Into interracial relationships." There is also Gift." starring adorable. Virgin Ialandes born. Leslie Caron. SATVtPAT. AUtVUST 2.

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