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BATTLE AHEAD FOR NAACP-TOBIAS DETROIT — Expansion and non-partisan guidance of the Negro the NAACP official says, should be made and "considered in mapping vote in the South, factual studies to determine precisely why Americans a plan of action to win people to our way of thinking." are so absorbed with skin color, and "social engineering on a massive scale" to alter the views of millions of middle-ground Americans who "We need to know why certain people cling so tenaciously to are "torn by an inner conflict" on the civil rights issue, should be among the old ways, why they place such exaggerated value on so superfi- the next steps for the NAACP, in the opinion of the Association's Board cial a quality as skin color, and why they persist in looking back- chairman. wards to a day which cannot be brought back without total disa»ter • to the entire nation," he urges. In a keynote address prepared for delivery on the opening night of the NAACP's 48th annual convention here on June 25, Board ^ Discussing the "battle ahead" in "the area of public opinion," Dr. Chairman Channing H. Tobias calls also for continued NAACP ef- lobias writes off "benighted elements" which are "hopeless and un- forts for the passage of federal civil rights legislation, appeals to the reachable." He calls for "work to convert the uncommitted millions of courts "where necessary," and work to increase "substantially" the Americans" Who are "torn by an inner conflict" and who "may be NAACP's funds. misled by the racists and bigots into believing that they have a stake • in maintaining segregation." These millions, the NAACP leader be- lieves, "recognize the immorality and illegality of segregation and its Asserting that "the Negro vote cannot afford to be tied to any po- incompatibility with their religious beliefs and political ideals." litical party," Dr. Tobias holds that the NAACP "has a responsibility not only to work lor the enlargement of the Negro vote but, within the • ' 1 framework of our non-partisan policy, to give it guidance in the crucial To carry out an enlarged and accelerated NAACP program, the elections ahead." k Association will "have to have far greater financial resources,'' Dr. To- • ' DR. CHANNING TOBIAS bias asserts. One million dollars a year—a figure set as a fund-raising Pres. Board of Directors goal in 1953—is not enough, he warns. Studies of personal motivations and feelings behind racist views, Continued on Page 2 10c A Herafd Publication 10c THIRD YEAR—NO. 1 PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1957 Negroes Boycott Stores # NAACP Leaders Rev. Bell, Noted Pontiac / online's Etistvrn Shir Can't Vote, Won't Elwtu i hiiptvr i\a. 241 Trade, Say Thousands Pastor Leaves For Ky. TUSKEGEE, Ala.—This little town well known for By SADIE G. WILLIAMS Tuskegee Institute and the work place of the famous George Washington Carver has taken on the aspects of the popu- The Ministerial Fellowship of Oakland County will larity of Montgomery, Alabama. assemble at the New Bethel Baptist Church Sunday i night, June 30, 1957, at 8:30 P.M. for a Farewell Ser- The Negro population which I ——— ——r-: vice for Rev. William H. Bell. outnumbers the while by 7 to s •> I m He has served New Bethel 3. has taken a definite stand fwliniCtPfC nAfK :j4 Church and the community for lead the New Bethel Baptist to combat the latest slap by ' »«ni5ieri DdCK over 13 years. Church from the basement into the white municipal govern- All Pastor's Choirs. Ushers a beautiful church edifice that mont. Polke Chief and church members will pay is outstanding in design and Because of the large niimbcrs their farewell and best wishes furnished with a modern motif. of voting Negroes the legislature Pontiac's Police Chief, Herbert for the job well done in Pontiac His successor will only have to has passed a bill which only W. Straley, who has been under by Rev. Bell. He leaves for Lou- pre:ch the Gospel at New Beth- Jreuires the governor's signature fire by members of his force isville, Ky., where he has ac- el Church; for the timbers have to become law. that will de- for a number of alleged mal- cepted the call as pastor. been hewn and the wry paved.. crease the city limits of Tus- functions of his duty and who Rev. Bell has served in ma- We all shall miss Rev. Bell k3gee and thereby dcfranchise has been cited by a Pontiac Ne- ny capacities in the civic, cul- because to know him was to re- almost all of the Negro voters. gro who has taken his com- Ah I'nUh tural. as well as religious spect him. He served his com- To combat this action the Ne- Natl. Pres. NAACP plaint to the State FEPC as to growth of Pontiac and surely munity, not New Bethel Baptist gro community has decided to alleged discrimination in em- Church alone. his going to a new community, boycott the white merchants ploying Negro police officers, will add much to that com- The secret of success lies in who derive a 5 to 1 ratio of has received a vote of support munity. as it did when he embracing every opportunity of trade from their patronage. This from the Oakland County Min- came to Pontiac. It is said by seeking high and right ends, and could have a paralyzing effect isterial Fellowship. their works ye shall know in never forgetting that golden on the city's commerce, say them, which is quite true with rule of the Catechism, "of doing SHOWN ABOVE ARE THE EASTERN STAR ELECTA CHAP- The fellowship ig comprised TER NO. 28 who recently met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim white businessmen. of various leading Negro min- this charge. Rev. Bell's work your duty in that station of life William P. Milch«'l. noted speaks for itself. Milton. 53 Pleasantview Drive. Worthy Matron is Mrs. Ella Mae isters of Pontiac. to which it shall please God to Negro leader, said. "Our peo- call you." He was called to Pontiac to Thcmpson. Standing left to right: Mrs. Carrie Milton. Mrs. Do- ple feel that if they cannot In a letter from the group retha aWtkins. Mrs. Annie R. Miller. Mrs. Flora Lee Young. vole here they won'l trade read at the City Commission Mrs. Fannie Williams. Mrs. Catherine Branch, Mrs. Rosia Mc- here either." meeting this week, they de- Elected Moderator Night and Mrs. Naomia Gage. Seated left, Mrs. Ella Mae Thomp- In a mass meeting held this nounced "criticisms directed son and Mrs. Ella Peavy. week with thousands attending, against him by some members the Negro community stood firm of his department." It also stated of Detroit Presbytery that the boycott will go on until in part that "he (the Chief) this discriminatory law is abol- knows how to do his job." The Reverend James E. Wads- terian Church in the USA. \amc Community ished and they receive equal Rev. Richard H. Dixon, pastor worth Jr., pastor of St. Mark's The formal union will take rights. of Trinity Baptist Church, is Community Church, 12th at At- place in May of 1958 in the city Already the movement is president of the Fellowship. kinson, was elected Moderator of of Pittsburgh, Pa. There are 18 Council Executive lltl. drawing national attention with Straley has been the target Detroit Presbytery of the United churches in Detroit Presbytery television and radio stations es- of various attacks within the Presbyterian Church at their of the U. P. Church and over 80 Eight new Executive Board members were chosen during t.iblishing live broadcasts fromlast month by the Police Offi- June meeting at the Southfield churches in Detroit Presbytery the June 13 meeting of the Coordinating Council on Human within the community. cers Association. U. P. Church. of the Presbyterian Church U. S. Relations held at the Detroit Urban League. The Council is Mr. Wadsworth and the other A. sponsored by the Detroit Commission on Community Rela- commissioners from the Presby- tions. ROY WILKINS The union of these two strong II W For II tery to the General Assembly Exec. Secretary denominations will make Detroit Chosen to serve two-year which met the preceding week agreed upon. It calls for (1) one of the leading Presbyterian terms were: at New Concord,, Ohio, reported Mutual planning, to avoid over- Lutryvr Mirittys IVo/#f centers in America. Father Robert Allen. Social of the historic merger of the Action Dept., Catholic Arch- lapping and duplication of ef- U. P. C?hurch and the Presby- The delegates heard with diocese; Ernest Brown, De- forts; (2) Intensified educational NEW YORK — In response to an NAACP com- terian Church U. S. A. pleasure the report of the Fi- troit Urban League; Boris activities; (3) Re-evaluation of plaint, the executive director of the President's Com- The union of these two nancial Secretary that Detroit J o f f e. Jewish Community techniques and materials pres- mittee on Government Policy said this week that if churches brings into being a Presbytery churches had given Council; Robert LeAnderson. ently in use and development necessary he will bring "the full force of our authori- new denomination of over 3 ever S39.000 to benevolence the Citizens Advisory Committee of new methods and ways to ty" to bear on the government office which inserted million members which will be first five months of this year. on School Needs. help fulfill the Council's object- a want-ad in an Ohio State Bar Association publica- ives; and (4) Organization of known as the United Presby- Dr.

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