Arizona sun., 1961-12-14
League Director
Urges Dropping
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Princess Anne, Maryland - I'm
til all vestiges of ''hyphenated
Americanism' are erased, there
can be no yardstick for measur-
ing what our way of life displays
to the world as an American-in-
full.
That was the admonition voiced
by Whitney M. Young, Jr., exc
cutive director of the National
Urban League, at the fifth annual
leadership convocation of Mary
land College.
1.-The Negro Citizen said Mr..
Young, "aspires only to be a n
American-in-full, with all the rights
and privileges-and all of the OBJ
legations and duties-thereby per-
tanning. But there can be nc double
standard of citizenship. We can
not take pride in a mode of living
that can become figure of
Speech-a standard in which some
find jobs a drudgery, in which
young men and women can't af-
ford a family .voos,
The Urban League leader scored
a tendency of Americans to ''wor-
ship gods of material advance
ment'' to a point where the people
find themselves almost trapped
by monstrous weapons we have
devised. "ag 5aaseg} itfv ael
He. drew an analogy between a
nation in which the hands of pro-
gress remain tied in many of their
potentials by discrimination, and
a recent disaster in an African
diamond mine in which workers
starved and thirsted to death in
the midst of unlimited riches.
I'VE might well find ourselves
entombed to our death in a dia-
mond mine of materialism," Mr..
Young warned.
"As Americans we find ourselves,
even with our rich resources, un-
able to understand the chronic UNI
employment which still besets
us, the growing needs of our health
and welfare agencies, the fact that
islands of abject poverty exist in
this. seas of plenty. .
He declared that Americans 'are
very mature in our inventive Skills,
but wantonly immature as to the
price we must pay for the social
disorganization which follows =" He
urged that the nation take grave
note of the consequences to "a
society which focuses on industrial
efficiency while neglecting the hu-
man resources so crucial to pro-
duction as well as to consump-
tion.''
Mr.. Young cautioned that no
longer will it be adequate for the
Negro citizen to compare himself
only with other Negroes, but to
be prepared to compete with all. ;"
Through no fault of our own,
many bear the scars of generations
of deprived opportunities. he said.
."The Negro at best holds only a
bridgehead on American demOcra-
cy. What shall be our credentials
into the brave new world? Shall we
go as Neanderthal men, weighted
down with suspicious, fears and
hatreds, or as men and women
erect and unafraid? May we do
the latter then. not out of fear of
other political ideologies or actual
determination, but out of a love
and understanding for people" !"
Mr.. Young assured that the
Urban League movement will con-
tinue to throw itself vigorously
into this effort, offering its serv-
ices both to those who make the
decisions in our public and private
life, as we'll as to those who stand
to benefit from a newer, more
democratic society,"
The convocation, at which DR..
j. T. Williams, president Of Mary
land State College presided, is
staged annually to give recognition
to student leaders, officers of camp
us organizations. Some As of these
among the student body, faculty
and guests attending this years
conference.