St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-06
Chef Huntlev's Weird Alterations

Chef Huntley NBC commentator, who has become
favorte who TV objective his
editorial injected into documentares last
Sunday of the lame and weird suggestions heard
on national lookup established commentator in many
day
Huntey the chief voice NBCS February docu-
mentary The Second Agony of Atlanta attempt to
tray report the reaction of Atlanta Especially white At
lanta the impending struggle in that city the T. s
Supreme Court school indignation rulings.
The program was a worthwhile project spoiled only by
usually Huntley meanderng hahearted confused
suggestion the militant American Negro should breakdown
in the present school indignation crisis In he
opned the Negro who Huntey admitted the chief uf
rer unequal Jmcro education would now back down. then
maybe white souths segregatonsts would back down
cool off
Huntey added insult injury when he took the position
that militant inerraca NAACP which has been chiefly
SponSble the program end the racial system in
American public education should bow off the scene-n
order could from Hunys statement that the hurt
feelings of the south segregatOnists could be aSSuaged
the history of TV broadcastng have heard
from experienced commentator and such astound
ing advice
1t followed the present trend of thinking pushed by some
southerner that way the Negro responsible for the
fact that for so the South has operated third public
schools for its Negro children and therefore should continue
be satisfied with inferior segregated schools Also that the Negro
the South really happy with CHS schools except for
the meddling of outsiders (the NAACP)
Huntleys advice to the NAACP most astounding
coming individual many thought compared fav
oraby with the CBSS Edward Murrow for soundness
editorial thinking and grasp of issues.
His advice the NAACP that it should fade of the
picture would compare in righteousness to the Continental
Congress having advised General Washington Yorktown
instead accepting their surrender
For 40 years the NAACP has been fighting
elimination and oppression of Americas Negro citizens It's
battles have not been alone for the Negro but for realization
the full promise of America land of freedom justice
equality Chef uney knows this is true, and this makes his
Sunday statement all the strange
If the NAACP is bugaboo to the South it because the
South has refused recognize that this nation, nation
ndivsbe and responsible unit for its reputation
nation In the years the whole country the South well
will thank its that such organization the NAACP has
existed every battle courts every
battle from which has emerged victorious has strengthened
the democratic ideal and forced United States closer
fllment of its Constitutional guarantees.
The NAACP has led the which brought the
s. Supreme Court decision schools it is but just
the fact that the had outgrown mcro education Such
system had only robbed the Souhs Negro children
adequate education had also robbed the southern white chile
of education with that afforded in other Most
the South has had sufficient money support
good school system much less The situation naturally
that the Negro kids got less and less The frantic las
minute attempt of several states bring the segregated schools
to the white schools at least physical plants the be
ginning of the NAACP onslaught the seperate but of
schools answer, only sop-gap that will work il
nation which has our kind of Constitution.
Even Mr. Huntey who seemed to be searching his soul
Sunday his advice suggested that the Supreme Court
obeyed but his other suggestions that the NAACP leave tn
fight and that the Negro should turn the problem
passive unidentified leadership which would presumab
be accepted by the whites concession the hatn
bigo What Mr. Huney does not understand that in the earl
days of the Negroes struggle after Emancipation he had many
the type of accommodating leaders which Huntey hoping TO
Sunday Many of these leaders did pretty good jobs within tn
framework of the early days in which they found themselves
hut that type of leadership will longer suffice in the srugg
for right and decency in America.
Huntley made another statement which should be cha
enged-one which white editors and often MAKE
Constant reference is made about extremists
The only extremists opinion in this fight Suprem
Court decision those who don't obey the u ST
preme court ruling Those of who willing ready
obey the ORDER and in fact favor it, should called
tremists This attempt to make the NAACP for example, repre-
sentative of the extremist unwarranted dishonest and
fair When did become the extreme espouse that the
the land be obeyedi
Huntleys comments Sunday while surprising more typ
cal of the type of thinking among many our white brother
who just refuse to think logically any involving