STILL the South

The NAACP sent an agent to Alabama to check the progress in integration of churches. After a few weeks of checking around, he called head-quarters to file his report.

"How about the Catholics?" asks his boss.

"The Catholics are doing okay; they got the right idea."

"What about the Methodists?"

"They've come a long way," says the agent. "They're doing just fine."

"And the Baptists?" asks the boss.

"I just want to know one thing," he says... "When they baptize you, how long are they supposed to hold you under?"