The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-19

NAACP Convention
Governor R ckefell er will |
be principal speaker at the open
public meeting Of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
ColOred People at its 50tl annual
convention in New York. On hand
will be Mrs. Roosevelt life mem
Der, the organization greatest and
best friend.
How strange that in all the Presi-
dental scene only two men today
are willing to risk in any degree
the displeasure Of the NAACP! They
are Dwight Eisenhower. and now,
amazingly, Richard Nixon In Presi-
dent Eisenhower case there is rea-
son to believe he has been like this
all along. even though bent on en-
forcing what he deems to be the
law But in the Vice President
case the more sophisticated ex-
planation seems to be Increasing
realization on the part Of this mas
ter politician that the Negro vote
just simply isn't going to be won by
the Republicans and there's no
sense in sacrificing for it any
longer
Legislative Rulings
| Has the Supreme Court changed?
1t may be-. but the old original jus
tice hasn't. Addressing Fifth Cir
cult people in New Orleans last
week Justice Hugo Black spoke elo
quently of the courts province for
advancement Of human liberties.
/ Nothing could sound more Ameri-
can, right, noble and true, Of course,
than advancement Of human llber
ties. And nothing could sound more
outrageous than to say Nh Justice
Hugo Black has got no business adj
yancing human liberties.
Yet he hasn't
1t may even be said that he is
false to His trust. untrue to hi5 oath,
when ne undertakes to use the SUI
4 preme Court for such purposes. The
count Is there to apply the liberties
existing. as well as exiting re
stralnt> on liberty
Nothing could be more arrogant
in actually than presumption Of
nine men that they know best what
IS good for Thu American people
what advances their truf liberty
and welfare, and that they have a
right a. d court to force their con,
cepts on fellow countrEmcnt Elected
70 nothing. in noWise are they rep
YesentatlVcs Of the peoples viii,
That's for Congress and the Presi-
dent
Nero Cilieso
Are otr major cities going tO turn
into compounds Win all the white
collared whites moving toI suburbs
and exirhs. and downtown taken
over By Negroes and laborites
That II happening III some and
Birmingham has jast failed To bring
about a merger With It's suburbs
which Wa- urged al way of pre-
venting such 4 Development In
course Of the campaign the Negro
and lefti~t a Dor votes were
spoken Of as 50 menacing t h a
some Of lis synpathized with our
colored people They were being
spoken Of as if they were political
untouchables
| The NEGRO Vote N that only when
cast bllndlg III bocs under alien
leadershipS. agltauons and ldeolo-
gies.
/ II Is that only when slave to the
NAACP
Think and Vote
In the sure order Of things 10 be
a great many Negroes are going TO
be voting III the cities and states Of
the South We should hope to have
that vote based on many other mat
tiers than race alone. and TO be di-
Vlded a. our own is Even on mat
tiers Of race we should try TO be-
lieve day il ahead when many
colored and white will vote together
for true advancement Of colored
people il the way it was coming
about before the desegregation de-
cree.
| We white and colored are going
to be living alongside each other
here a long time.
The last word on our relations is
far from being written. 1t is we
who are some day going to write
Together. We have more in
Southern common than in division.