Arkansas State press., 1952-03-21
Hottest Issue
Call For Titans
BY l. Baynard Whitney

j. Finley Wilson, one of the ttans of the race passed
from the Stage of Life just before the climax of the
interacial drama in America Among Negroes he truly
the representative of 1.-The in the street, his remarkable
accomplishments comparable to making silk purse
of sows producing wheat from chaff.
Within three decades Wilson increased the Els fratena
order from few thousand in membership halfmlion
with 900 lodges international in and politically powerful
He was among the strongest leaders the battle for civil
rights and contributed farreachng program for raising
educational standards among his race.
This made possible because his grand passion for
people His rulershp eventually fraternity of
many of the best minds and leadership talent Negro America
The crisis in the battle for civil rights demands
leadership especially the of the common man. The
achievements the late Exalted Ruler constitute
legacy of leadership and organization of effective pow
err And her tans shall it, and to his shall fall
crushing responsibility.
Let us hope that before and during scramble for
the lucrative office of THE Grand June
and their followers will realize they shall be called upon
lace issues solve problems and WELD in behalf of
II million of coored Americans This realization pre-
dominate over office seeking and petty argument policy
o-o-o-O-O-O-o-oo
Walter White of the NAACP told an Oakland California
audience recently that just prior Civil Rights
snip Conference in Washington, D. c. prominent newspa-
penan told him that in Congress the civil rights issue
deader than doona White said that the conference
civil rights was the hottest issue in the Capital
Why Because 900 delegates from states representing
81 national church. labor fraena civic and minority groups
registered their determination to wage relentless civil rights
fight the Nations 400 odd election districts Never before
bear upon members of Congress-
The tightly organized group powerful delegates urged
the Senate TO curb busters by simple majority
tally Georga Senator Walter George was visiby shocked
when he saw that the delegation from his nerraa
in membership
While the conference progress, civil wrongs were
sun outfagng l. democracy: the cowardy khan burn
ing crosses (even at Harvard beating oegng bombing both
Negro and white citizens forcing to crack down in
oe caonas hundreds of Negroes being ter
ozed IN Florida because of the Groveand but these in
stances were not published said Walter White the majority
OF white hospitals North and South continued to bar Negro
patients although thousands hold membership in various hos
pital plans.
washington high army brass continued Jim crow Ne
gro troops IN Europe proved journalist Claude Barnett al
though the high court has ouawed segregation in interstate
travel the lCC ruled Negroes may be segregated Southern
uhg cars; and there still are far too many instances
police Violence forced confessions application of double
standard based on race reported the Southern Regional
Gil at Chattanooga
Along with job discrimination, these are the main ea-
sons why civil rights and will HOTTEST
ISSUE IN Congress and throughout the United States