Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-10-06
A Tribute To Dr.. Charming II. Tobias

Old Westbrook Pegler, King of the gutter-snipes
of American journalism threw of his slime at Dr.
Charming H. Tobias the other day. We'd been thinking
of something to say about Brother Peger but
piece in the Amsterdam News, of New York, to which
say Amen.
Here's what the Amsterdam News had to say:
."WestbroOk Peger, ulcerOus coumnist whose
mastery of the lie has brought him not only fortune but
nfamy turned his distorted last week the Pres
dents Committee Civil Rights with special at
tentiOn given to Dr. Charming H. Tobias, Of the two
Negro members of the group.
"As Lord high executioner for that segment of the
population which wants. among other things the Negro
to stay his place at the bottom of the social and
nomic ladder in America Peglar has charged that the
Presidents committee composed of left-wing opn-
onarans propagandsts and payroll parasites The orfy
person excepted from this categOrizing multi-m
onaire Charles E. Wilson, committee chairman.
"Of the report, which listed the bitter facts
ing the undemocratic treatment of the Negro in Amer
and made suggestions for admitting dark Americans
into the full stream of national life Peger holds that it
revves the bloody shirt propaganda which forced the
Southern white man to organize the original Ku KluX
Khan
CDR. Tobias is called in Peglers libel free double
talk, both Communist sympathZer and parasite.
eve take exception to these charges against both
the committee a whole and DR.. Tobias We make no
attempt to shout into the deaf of Pegler
with his gutterguted AmerlcanSm, but speak only to
set the record straight with those who still listen to
facts despite the noise raised by the from which
they draw their pay.
1.-The Communism the columnst talks about is of
kind unknown to Karl Marx. Rather, it is the abracada
bra of the reactonary American who holds that any man
WHO cries OUT against tyranny, be ne black or White 1t
dirty Red Not one outspoken Negro leader, including
Dr. Tobias has been able to escape this attempt to use
the Witch-hunt a gag.
"As patriot churchman, world-traveler and fight
er for the rights of his people and all other subjected
peoples of the world salute Dr. Tobias On the thres-
hold OF his 10th year he has emerged unafraid
OF the msbegotten bigOs who think the world belongs
to only the chosen with them doing the choosing.
The reverberations of the report of the Presidents
Committee on Civil Rights is but of the many ham,
mer blows against the sckpaper commercalism of the
damn-everybody- else boys of the world.
The National Association for the Advancement of
Coored People, which is undoubtedly of the Eastern
pressure groups at which Pegler takes passing pot
shot, will continue to wrest the rights of the Negro peo
pie out OF such unwilling hands his until he and his
fellow travellers are not bitter memories
DR. Charming Tobias need never fear that splash
ings from Pegers private cesspoo will besmrch either
his name or his reputation To fall into Peglers i'll esteem
is the only accoade he bestow 1t is one of the high
est recommendations of the mid-Twentieth Century,