St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-10-25
Southern Whites
Refuse To Believe
Segregation Decd
By Victor CaIyerton

smithfield. Va (ANP)-- DR.
John n. Marion, Executive direct.
or Of the Virginia Council on HUI
man Relations, told delegates and
visitors at the nth annual con-
ference Of the Virginia Voters
League Sunday that nothing
about this momentous era II more
tragic and more ominous for
the future Of America that the
fact that 80 many intelligent,
otherwise responsible southern
people refuse TO believe that seq
regation Is dead >"
lie said they refuse 10 believe
this, "or else persist in the myster-
lous delusion that the time is not
ripe for conducting the funeral" Of
segregation. He compared events
today with the events Of the trag-
ic period in American history pre-
ceding the Civil War.
DR. Manon's second point was
THAT no matter how many poHu-
cal dewses may be employed In
the frantic effort 10 postpone the
burial. the pulse OF segregation
has ceased TO beat and II can
never again be restored TO life in
the United States"
IN his third point, DR. Marion
stressed the fact that Negro ciu-.
zens no less than white ones all
over America have a unique and
vital role to play in this urgent
and crucial business Of putting
segregation into It's final resting
place"
The role OF Negroes in the cur
rcnt battle for Indignation was set
forth by DR. CIVIC. Brown, presi-
dent OF the Virginia Voters
League, in an address Saturday
night on when a Minority Reach
es II Majority" He said the de-
segregation decision Of the u. s.
supreme Court was brilliant vic
tory and the law Is on our side"
but he added:
Public school degeneration Is
Just one facet-just one battle.
The war for Indignation has still
TO be won. He said "our task is to
break down the walls Of isolation
so Negroes can become an integral
part OF the common stream OF
community life on an equal basis
with all or any other American
citizens.
Seven Deadly Sins
DR. Brown said only 20 per cent
OF the 422,663 eligible Negro
voters in Virginia actually vote,
He added that educationally, 40
per cent OF Virginia Negroes 20
and over are fundamentally hit
crate and only 10 per cent go to
college compared to 10 per cent
for Virginia as a whole and 40 per
cent for the nation. He said Ne
groes in Virginia are beset by the
seven deadly sins; Apathy. COM
placency. Indifference, inertia, In
sensitiveness, lethargy and uncon-
Germ.
Segregation Lost Cause
Speaking to about 275 people
including i02 delegates and a
number of visitors in the auditor
ium OF the Isle Of Wight County
Training School, DIR. Marion
stressed the point that segrega-
tons is dead and that the oppoSi-
ton to II is similar to the sense
less opposition to slavery and like
that opposition is a lost cause,
Founded by the late Or, Luther
2. jackson, professor Of history at
Virginia state College, Peters
burg, Va, in 1889 the Virginia
Voters League Is believed TO be
the only state wide Negro organi-
cation In the South devoted to
stimulating interest among Ne
groes In qualifying to vote,
Virginia has less than 100000
qualified Negro voters though
there are more than i22 900 elig-
tble Negro voters in the state
which was pointed out by the
state league president in his con-
ference address, The league hopes
10 double the number OF Negro
voters in Virginia within two
years,