The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-02-04


more important than II is now for
the Negro people to be well in
formed and, as law-abiding citi-
zens, to seek the advantages to
which they are entitled, " DR.. f.
d. Patterson, former president OF
Tuskegee and now director OF the
Phed9-Stokes fund, warned the
Seth Annual Farmers Conference,
meeting at the institute recently.
That statement is "loaded." It
is packed with sound, sagely adj
vice; worthy of the sober diges-
ton of all we'll thinking Negroes.
But DR.. Patterson did not stop
here, he continued:
81 think it is correct to say that
there has been no time in the his
tory of this nation when so many
believe that the Negro people are
entitled to their full rights as Cit
liens. I believe it is also correct
to say that there has been no
time in the history Of this nation
when the welfare of our people
requires that all of its citizens
enjoy their full rights and contri-
butte their full share to b e
strength of the nation. The COM
munist nations take advantage OF
our every failure to criticize de-
mocracy as being insincere and
hypocritical. Thus, to work for
advancement and equal treatment
of Negro citizens with the rest OF
the nation is to work for democ-
racy itself. The time has come to
recognize that the needs of the
American people are one. It mat
tiers not whether they be rural or
urban, North or South, white or
black. Our needs are baSically the
same, our concerns are the same
and our opportunities must be the
same"
The Negro today needs to be
united as never before. Especially
those of our people who live in
rural areas. To quote William
Walker OF the Cleveland Call and
Post, zone of the big factors in
our failure to properly mobilize
our forces and use our strength,
is our ignorance" Mr.. Walker OBJ
serves and rightly so, Entirely |
too few of our people know any
thing about our elementary
rights"
These observations take on par
ticular significance in the light OF
present day trends. All efforts
must be bent in the direction of
a well informed populace in order
that we all may know our rights
then it follows we shall know how
and when to safe guard these
rights. Remember the adage,
"Give a man light, then he can
surely see the direction in which
he is travelling"
1t is going to be interesting to
watch the outcome of the FEEDER
al Aid to Education bill when 1t
comes to the floor of the legiSla-
ture soon for enactment into law.
In a recent conference the pres
ident told Republican Congress
sional leaders:
"It will be very unfortunate if
the school construction bill gets
tangled up in politics and fails
to lass during this session OF
Congress" IKE reminded the COP
leaders. 81 hope every Republi-
can in the Senate and House will
work together to prevent this"
"How about the Powell amend
ment?" asked House COP leader
Joe Martin, referring to the pro-
posed amendment by Democratic
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell OF
New York that no federal aid Tor
schools should go to states not
carrying out the Supreme Courts
edict against segregation.
"Some of my Republican col
leagues have indicated that they
intend to offer a similar amend
ment." continued Martin. 81 in
tend to support it o. the floor
- the idea of denying federal |
funds to states that do not abide
by the ruling of the Supreme
Court"
I'm with you 100 per cent on
that" replied Eisenhower.
However, a powerful labor
lobby had this to say concerning
the Powell amendment:
The labor union lobbyist ex-
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