Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-11-16
The NAACP Meeting-A Challenge
ToNegro Leadership

The State Conference of Branches of the NAACP
held its annual meeting here last week and in no instance
be said that the representatives of it's national
office who the chief speakers during the meeting
Clarence Mitchell of the Washington Bureau Gloster
Current the Director of Branches and Mrs Ruby Hur-
ley its Southeastern Regional Director have discovered
the fact that namecaing and the vndictve retort is
substitute for the craftsmanship and diplomacy so
badly needed by Negro leaders in these troubled times
in the matter of Race Relations; and this despite some
recent developments which should have had SOLDERING
effect on the National NAACP Officials.
One of the recent developments to which we refer
specifically is the recent speech to the nation by Pres
dent Eisenhower on the sending of troops to Little
Rock in which he pointed out what had long been ap-
parent to every intelligent observer that international
Relations demands solution of the race problem in the
United States, which everyone with the slightest
intelligence knows is demand arising out of the cha
lenge of Russian Communism to y. S. and World De-
mOcracy.
In the light of the fact that the demands for the
solution of the problem arises out of the challenge
of Russian Communism to u S. and World Democracy
unless the NAACP show it's part in influencing the
October 1917 Revolution that gave birth to communism
in Russia, its actual role in the development of Civil
Rights for Negroes in the country has been little less
than CONFIDENTIAL especially considering the fact that it
has been laborng in the field of civil rights since 1908
with little results until after the Second World War
when communism rose to challenge Z. S. and World
Democracy.
The Presidents speech on the Little Rock crisis
therefore, should have marked the end of the NAACPs
calling, big talk and threats as well as it's cam
paign to make the Negro in the South believe that is
all powerful and that it has the only method and ap-
proach to the solution of the race problems in this
country.
The Jackson Advocate and it's Editor, "Unce Tom"
Percy Greene, is primarily interested in the solution of
the race problem in Mississippi a formula that will
enable its Negro and white people to live side by side in
peace progress and goodwill the solution that can be
found when intelligent Negro and white leaders in the
state start meeting and working together to that end
In his speech referring to those who believe in seq
regatlon OF the races misguided missiles in an era
OF sputnks Goster Current refused to consider the
TACT that those who believe in segregation deep
y sincere IN their conviction those who believe in
ntegraon and are entitled to the kind of respect
such remarks together with the remarks and threats
OF civil rights suits against state officials in the clos
ing address by Clarence Mitchell only be taken as
further evidence that the white people who command
the sources OF power and authority going to
consent to sit down with leaders of the NAACP in seek
ing solution of the race problem in the state.
indeed, 1t is becoming apparent to intelligent
observers everywhere that because of the total lack of
craftsmanship and diplomacy the part of it's leaders
the NAACP, despite the added help of communism is
delaying rather than fastening Negro frst-cass ct-
zenship.
In every NAACP meeting, there are always derisive
remarks about Negro Uncle Toms" term designed
to humiate and bettle which NAACP adherents apply
to any Negro who maintains friendly and respectful
relationship with white people, especially those in posi-
lions of power and authority.
Finally in recent editorial in the McComb Enter
prise Journal on the subject of relations and the
future progress of Negroes addressed primarily to
white people, there also this challenge despite the
NAACP, and the likelihood of being called an "Incle
Tom that responsible Negro leaders, seek some ground
of friendly relationship and cooperation with the white
leaders, OF their community and of the state in WORKING
toward solution Of the problems of relations in
the state.