I MONDAY, JULY 29. 1963 UEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD. OREGOM ' .
Influence Struggle Among Negro Movements Overshadows Main Task
Editor's Noteii The major
civil lights organisations
agree on their ultimate goal
but they vary on the degree
of militancy oi their cam
paigns to reach It. This in
tensification on efforts, and
the competition among the
various groups for prestige
and funds, is discussed in the
following dispatch by a UPI
correspondent who has cov
ered every phase of the inte
gration struggle for the past
10 years.
By AL KUETTNER
Atlanta - IUPD - An all-out
influence struggle among Ne
gro movements has temporar
ily taken much of the spot
light away from the overall
desegregation effort.
The latest division among
the Negro high command
broke into the open at the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple convention in Chicago
where a nominally orderly
group booed several speakers
into silence or off the plat
form. One was Chicago Mayor
Richard Daley.
James H. Meredith, a Ne
gro who was enrolled at the
University of Mississippi with
strong NAACP support, was
rebuked by an NAACP youth
leader as being too moderate
His reception was cool.
Meredith said the "bigotry
and intolerance" among his
own people brought him to
tears for the first time since
childhood.
Meredith's reaction recalled
the shocked surprise that hit
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
recently when his car was
pelted with raw eggs by mili
tant Negroes in New York.
Tedious Methods Chosen
Until a few years ago, prac
tically all the efforts of Ne
groes in their move up the
civil rights ladder were cen-
t e r e d In activities of the
NAACP. That agency, among
the first organizations form
ed in the United States to ad
vance the cause of Negroes,
chose the sometimes tedious
methods of the courts and
face-to-face conferences with
white leaders.
A similar approach was
taken by the Urban League,
an agency that hag long been
in the forefront of improving
housing, sanitary and recrea
tion facilities for Negroes in
the big cities.
The change in the tempo
of the Negro struggle started
with three events - the Mont
EN X Vv
gomery, Ala., bus boycott, the
sit-in demonstrations which
originated with four young
Negroes at Greensboro, N. C,
and the "freedom rides."
The Montgomery campaign
was run by King, then a
young Baptist preacher in the
Alabama capital city. H i
movement became the South
ern Christian Leadership Con
ference, dedicated to non-violence.
The sit-ins caught fire like
dry prairie grass and became
the chief tactic of the Con
gress of Racial Equality and
the Student Non-Violent Co
ordinating Committee, a
group that also argued for
peaceful methods but was
much more militant than the
SCLC. "Snick," as It has come
to be known, is made up
mainly by high school and
college students. King's
younger brother, the Rev. A.
D. King, whose home was
bombed recently in Birming
ham, was an early leader in
that organization.
Organised by CORE
The "freedom rides" were
organized by CORE, which
remains one of the most mili
tant of the desegregation
groups although it too pro
fesses to believe in non-violence.
The CORE organiza
tion collected clergymen, stu
dents, white and Negro inte
grationists and university
teachers.
Sometimes all of these "di
rect action" groups, plus the
NAACP, get involved in a
single campaign but each has
its own sphere of influence
and its own war chest. Each
has its own Jealousies. These
are coming rapidly to the sur
face now in a massive bid for
Small
Worlds
Around
Us
By
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Witklns
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were put on, which created an Imbalance In Dixie's posture
and Bhe kept falling over sideways. However, this canine
tragedy with a enst of two has partially recovered and now
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Omar. The House-broken
Rabbit, Even Liked TV
He was lucky to be alive,
for ealy in life he had had a
terrible experience. Later, he
completely overlooked t h
fact he was a rabbit. He was
born in a furllned nest in
fern bed. The day came when
Mother Rabbit decided the
time was ripe for the young
sters to go out into the great
wide world. That was the day
it happened. He, who was lat
er christened with the unus'
ual named of Omar, followed
his mother and brothers and
sisters out of the fern bed and
into the meadow.
Little Omar was the last
one In line. He was the one
the big blacksnake grabbed.
He screamed and wriggled,
He could see his family racing
for cover, but he was caught
Fear took complete possession
of him but not a trace of it
showed on his little face,
To the man who heard the
little rabbit scream and came
hurrying to the rescue, the
little fellow seemed serene
and composed. He had
screamed himself out of
breath, but no emotion
showed. He apparently ac
cepted what had befallen him
with a philosophical calmness
Resignation Is a virtue of the
children of the wild.
Held In The Jaws
The Jaws of the big snake
gripped the little rabbit s mid,
section. He was crossways In
the reptile's mouth. Holding
the snake firmly under one
foot, the man pried the jaws
apart and released the rabbit
whose fur was wet with the
lubricant that was intended
to make the swallowing of an
animal's body an easy act for
the reptile, even when that
body Is much larger than the
throat that is waiting to en
compass it.
After the rescue it was
touch and go for the little
rahbit. His body had been
badly squeezed: there were
several punctures in his hide,
made by the fecdlng-tecth of
the snake. But eventually he
made It, then began a not-sc
difficult Indoctrination Into
human society and a complete
change of environment.
Somewhere along the line,
the little rabbit acquired a
tustc for human foods, as well
as a liking for an unusual oc
cupation, unlike any his an
cestors ever experienced.
Even Home-Broken
Omar showed an un-rabblt-like
aotitude for human com
panionship. He followed like
a dog, except that he hopped
Instead of walking or running
He liked to be held and en-
Joyed having his ears rubbed.
His eagerness to learn soon
won him a place In the fam
ily circle. He slept In the
house In dog's basket and
lunged on the kitchen door
when ho wanted out.
Omar became a conversa
tion piece among the folks In
the Immediate neighborhood
People came frequently to see
the rabbit that was house
broken and could do Just
about everything except talk.
And Omar, show-off that he
was, glorified In being in the
limelight.
In fact, it was one of the
visitors to the home that first
observed and called to the
owner's attention, the unbe
lievable fact that Omar was
a confirmed TV watcher. sure
enough, every time the TV
was turned on in the evening
the rabbit retired to his bas
ket which was directly op
posite the set. Omar gave his
entire attention to the flicker
ing figures on the screen. Dur
ing the hours he spent In
watching, he never moved a
major muscle except that his
little pink nose kept up its
customary wriggling
he coudn't stop.
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Recognising Gifted Child
It is sad that sometimes a
boy '8 teacher and his mother
decide that the lad is dull
because he
does not get
good marks
in school, or
he does not fit
in well at
school, or he
does not ap-
p 1 y himself.
The teacher
:kj may dislike
Mv.ret me Doy ana
say he is insubordinate, dis
courteous or insolent because,
occasionally, he shows her
that something she had said
am not agree with what ex
perts had written, or he re
marked that the way In which
something was being taught
in the school could easily be
improved.
One of America's most dis
tinguished scientists once told
me how. In high school, he
was punished by being given
low marks because he some
times showed his nrinciDal
how a subject could be taught
mucn more interestingly. The
only reaction of the principal
was to take his name off the
honor roll!
Similarly, In college many
a gutcd lad does not fit in
comfortably, largely because
ne can t see any value in
some of his prescribed cours
es, or he feels that they are
eing taugnt tn a stuDld wav,
i nave been Impressed by the
number of eminent men' in
America who have said they
wouia nave gotten little out
of their college years If It
hadn't been for their vora
cious appetite for reading in
the college -library.
When I was in college I
had excellent marks in all
but one course. That one I
despised because I saw so
clearly that with a change
In the practice of medicine.
physicians no longer made
their medicines out of herbs
they had purchased. Hence,
there was no longer any need
for a course in the recogni
tion of the various dried herbs
obtained from old drug hous
es. The dean of the school.
if he thought for a moment.
would have abolished that
course, and retired the nice
old fuddy-duddy who taught
It.
Should Be Glad
Many parents are annoyed
with a child who is constantly
begging for information or is
constantly trying to find out
how everything works. They
ought to be glad that he is
full of curiosity because he
Is probably very bright, and
likely, some day to be an able
scientist.
As thoughtful psychologists
are now saying, what we need
often is not so much an in
telligence quotient (IQ) as a
creativity quotient (CQ) which
will show us how creative a
child is. We need to know
how much curiosity he has;
or how grimly he will hang
onto It when his teachers in
sist that what he needs Is
only a good memory for what
he reads often the dean of a
school wishes he could tell If
a bright student will ever be
interested In research; also,
will he quickly lose that In
terest as soon as he gets a
good salary.
Actually, a test for cre
ativity has been devised. To
show what he has been study
ing in children. Dr. E. Paul
Mexico Will Sign
Test Ban Treaty
Mexico City - - Mexico
announced Saturday it would
sign the partial nuclear test
ban treaty agreed upon by
the United States, Britain and
the Soviet Union.
Manuel Tello, minister of
foreign affairs, said he hoped
the decision to join the test
ban would "encourage the
great powers to "persist in
their purpose to arrive at a
proscription of the nuclear
tests."
India announced earlier
that it also would sign the
treaty. X
Torrance of the University
points out that to an ordinary
child, an empty tin can is Just
a tin can. But to a creative
child, it may be something
out of which he could make
cookie cutter, a toy
telephone, part of a xylo
phone, a roof-shingle, a stilt
to walk on, a rocket to ex
plode, or something on which
he could paint a picture that
would go all the way around.
After searching for bright
children In a group of 50,000
boys and girls, Dr. Torrance
and his associates concluded
sadly that most children start
in life with some creative po
tential, but most of them have
it knocked out of them before
they reach the fourth grade.
Teachers Disapproved
I can easily see how this
could happen because several
times in my school and col
lege days, teachers disapprov
ed of me because I was full
of questions to which they
did not have answers, or
I wanted to study disease in
patients, while they thought
the correct way was to study
it in books. The big rewards
in school and college went to
the lad with a good memory
and a willingness to let his
brain be stuffed with "book-larnln".
As Dr. Torrance says, the
promising child has great
curiosity, he has flexibility so
that if one approach to a
problem doesn't work, he'll
think of another one. He is
quick to see gaps In informa
tion, exception to a rule, or
contradictions to what he
hears or reads.
Before I was out of college
was beginning to question
the wisdom of some of the
things my professors were
saying and doing. Already, I
was beginning to dislike an
unthinking type of the prac
tice of medicine, and already
I was embarrassing my profes
sors by asking why they did
this or that when they could
not give me a logical answer.
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influence over the integration
effort.
The internal struggle is
bound to have a pronounced
effect on such demonstrations
as the civil rights protest
march planned for Washing
ton in August.
Complicating the struggle
for leadership is the occasion
al animosity among local Ne
gro groups running their own
private civil rights campaign
when larger organizations,
such as those run by King,
move in "and take over."
March Opposed
A number of Negroes have
spoken out against the march.
Some have openly questioned
the massive street demonstra
tions in the south and north.
There has been talk of a
"summit" meeting between
the major organizations, or
even a possible alliance.
One such conference was
held in New York recently.
While the participants agreed
their ultimate goal was the
same - the abolition of dis
crimination - there was no
closing of the ranks or for
mation of one overall group
with a unified high command.
There is no one leader at tna
forefront to pull off the gi
gantic task.
It is not likely this will
happen any time soon and
the struggle for leadership,
the competition for funds and
the rivalry for prestige will
continue.
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