PAGE FOUR
EDITORIALS
* •
THE VIRTURE OF PATIENCE
KNOWS NO RACE!
*, .Cicero, Illinois might well take a peek
at Gatling and Pettigew Streets in Ral
eigh on which corner a white family re
cently rented a house. As all Raleigh
knows, this is an all-Negro community.
' While there was no alarm when the
white family moved in, the neighbor
hood naturally was aware of the new
family- Os course, when a white family
moves into a Negro neighborhood as
when a Negro family moves into a white
neighborhood, the neighbors are at least
curious.
. , Many reasons can be presented why
people live in different sctions of various
cities, and it may be that this family had
‘ reasons other than that there was no
• other place to be found.
However, theie was no disturbance,
and according to neighbors, there will
* he none, for the family seems quiet ana
of religious temperment In fact, a signi
ficant occurance is that one of the neigh
bors was invited to worship with this
. white family in their church, a Primitive
- /
Baptist Church whose doctrine we un
derstand does not include segregation.
Raleigh may offer Cicero, Illinois this
family and the neighbors to visit with
them, taking along the members of the
Primitive Baptist Church whose hearts
must have faith in a God whose people
do r.ot have to worhip Him with pig
rr.entless faces.
And in Cicero, Illinois and other like
communities, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Clark, in the manner as the white fam
ily living at Raleigh’s Gatling and Petti
grew Streets may have had other rea
sons for selecting that particular loca
tion. They too may have had Primitive
Baptist connections where invitations to
th tit neighbor? to join them in worship
may have been extended if the neigh
bors had been patient enough to know
them.
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LIVED TOO LONG
Nw that, old Marshal Retain is finally
dead and gone, many feel that France
was too harsh with the old fellow who
late in life fell from the pinnacle of hon
or to the fate of one adjudge a traitor to
' his country.
The ''Hero of Verdum,” regarded as
a savior to his country in World War I,
except for the circumstances of an
unusally long life might well have been
enshrined forever as one of his nation’s
greatest heroes instead died in exile af
•t.£r a life spanning nearly a century.
The course Petain took he probably
Ahosfc in good faith, though mistakenly,
in what he thought was the best inter
est of France and her people. He was in
very much the same position and chose
the same way out as some of those de
signated in our country and within our
race as “Uncle Toms”. But he probably
was honest, patriotic and conscientious
in what he did, thinking it was the only
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way out for France.
SLOW RETREAT
The admission of Miss Harrison of
Kinston to the University of North Caro
lina after a suit was filed against the
University is another chapter in tha ’
discreditable story of the University and
North Carolina’s fight against the rights
of its Negro citizens to equal edurat.-
innal opportunity. The story is rendered
more discreditable in that the authori
ties had previously announced m the
name of the State, that the University
was committed to a program providing
graduate and professional educational
facilities at the University when they
were not provided at one of the State's
institutions for Negroes,
The University repudiated its previ
ously announced policy and ? cfused
Miss Harrison’s admission, on no plau
sible ground whatever. The authorities
did not allege that she lacked the quali
fications for admission to the depart
ment she sought to enter; they did not
allege that the course she was seeking
was being offered at N C- College 01
A. & T. They just said, “no,” hoping on
ly- half hoping they could get away with
it. The minute Miss Harrison brought
suit they knew the jig was up so far as
her case was concerned.
i
Present plans seem to call for the of
fering of the doctor's degree and ad
vance graduate work in education at
North Carolina College, so as to be able
to keep the great majority of the Ne
groes who will seek work beyond the
master’s degree out of Chapel Hill.
9o the struggle goes, a needless and
bootless one. The University cannot be
kept closed to Negroes. The only basic
alternative ja the one proposed by Uni
versity board member John Clark of
Franklinville, which would in effect
close down successivelp every depart
ment of the University to which Negroes
would legally have to be admitted, and
it would appear that few in North Caro
lina think that lily-whiteness is worth
more to the state than the existence of
the University of North Carolina.
HOT’ DO YOU FIGURE THIS?
No one has yet come forward with
an explanation of the reasoning of some
members of Congress who seem to have
concluded that since the controls in ef
fect had not prevented price increases,
the thing to do was to weaken price con
trols It would seem elementary that a
tighter set of price control regulations,
■rather than relaxation of those existing,
was indicated. But common sense is
hardly less common in Congress than
anywhere else.
J
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP INCREASES
It may be bad news to the cynics
that church membership in the United
States in 1950 had reached the highest
absolute number and the highest per
centage of the total population in the
history of the country.
Os course we all know that church
membership is not synonymous with re
ligion, and that it is not possible to
measure the amount of real Christian
ity in existence. But where membership
is by free choice it would stand to rea
son, that, other things being equal,
a gain in membership in the Christian
churches should indicate a growth of
religion.
Those who are sure that America is
constantly becoming more pagan and
less religious year after year, should at
lease be brought to a pause when they
learn that 55.9 per rent of the nation’s
population wore church members in 19-
50, as compared to 84.7 per cent fifty
years ago.
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“AN UNA MERIC AN ALLIANCE”
secone
j|| THOUGHTS
l! has been some rears since
T have reported in this column
on the problems and hazards
of eating faced by the sojour
ner away fiom home These re
ports began during the war
years, when sugar was sta, it.
and other abnormal conditions
prevailed, and had to do large
with the difficulty of getting a
decent euo of coffee in com
mercial eating places This dif
ficulty was increased by the fact
'that the alleged coffee was
fcweetened according to the *»s
te of the dispenser rather than
that of the drinkes
/ a'ii sorry to iav that
i** quality o' the not tee an
of iqsl ;y no better than it
«•>.** in 1942 An. a 'natter nf
iart. for name »i t/f terioun
rertsou, the vricp of roffe.e
i„> h'ljhei ■!ow than it •••«*
. the. war years id th the
«?f that there i? even
'.reatr r tr o> nfutiun to eort-e
ave ,i novni} of Java go
for the now than there , r on
then The only improve
ment. I ■entity report, is that
tf.r ‘.'year boat j , (J! ’liiqlae
to the cuntomcr
What has Impressed me
mere of late is the relative dis
appearance of the old-fashion
ed restaurant which served a
robust meal to any and all
comers at practically any time
of day There used to be lots of
them in every city But todav
it difficult for a stranger,
even in a big city, to find a
place where he can get. tvhat
ttsed to he described as a ' re
gular dinner." You iust have
to know where such places,
the few in town, are.
There e,'r plenty 0 f pbire*
vh'—e yon ottn get a snnfl
vi'-h. oi a "light inrieli "■
ii f cowriHpt^^C
.■V. -Tr L: '"L ~ -r t -r e * X T‘trr W ”*7rrr \
“DON’T BE A MOCHER. IF YOU HAVE MADE IT A
HABIT OF SMOKING, MAKE IT A HABIT TO HAVE
YOUR OWN.”
Throe institution? tr" nery;n US .
ti in, tc l ar?, whirl serve ns
. t ' . pic'-f tie resistance the
hot ring o>- the hamburger,
or the hotel Os chili, are
I ~-a r,r three to the hloch.
Drug stores have their lun
ch counters, where breakfasts
of toast and coffee, and even
an agg if demanded may he
had, and where lunch i« built
around the staples of a lettuce
leaf and 3 slice of tomato, ac
companied by one of thoes soda
fountain concoctions favored
by high school students and fe
male office workess. none of
which answer the needs of a
man brought up under the ham
and-two-eggs with grits break
fast tradition, and for whom
there is no such thing as a din
ner without a good hunk of
meat with at least ’wo veget
ables (one starchv). with good
hones' bread and none 04 Vi 'ur
fhiu id.aehfne-.rnadr toast, an<l
sying h ear tv dEssuut Ilk*? a sluer
of hegvv piu instead of so*n a
god a win 1 thing caliud a frap
pe.
’Th rre are n foie places
Jr ft chore a wan get
a square weal \n most citi
es. J suppo -V e , hits one h<j .<? so
know or be shown or told
II beep fn find then, ; Otli er
>r is e be trill find h. i m self
feed in a standing up a*
vnru-k bars, or sitting on f?
stool in sovie emporium
)/■ here the s-tofde article is
fj In ft s r> f ivir e r/ 11 d yhe re
fond, in small quant i ties
sad von rpC'fitinq of
variety is only av ad hint
ir icorfit o f all, eating a
series; i)f left nee, baron e/nd
t f ni<ato sanihv tehee i/» a
drug si ore. a man a the pills,
trusses and [fa rho d.
SENTENCE
SERMON
BY
REV FRANK CLARENCE
LOWRY FOR ANP
THE IRON CURTAIN -
1. Fixture of many kinds
throughout the years, hare been
employed as curtains . . .the old
sash blinds, lace adornments
and drapes of various assort
ments and designs; and no 1 *:
venitian Winds
2. But now we hear of a
people in a far away latid.
whose landers are trying to
gain power, but hiding their
hand, and for their secrecy to
be made most certain, they have
invented an iron curtain.
.1 All of these things are no
thing now, for when Adam and
E v e sinned they tried to aide
behind a curtain, too
4. In fact, their posterity to
date have a populiar faculty for
evading the Father In Heaven,
and trv to fool their security
behind their own improvised
curtain
5 To 6c a«r«. they can
even take folks like them
stives behind th is parti
tion: bus to ep'oy the pre
sence of God. they must
step out >■ front ansi sign
His petition
6. This iwplie* n closer
walk ici ti God, unhindered
hy Satan's obstructive
screen, c'erir and out i>: the
open n;i*h nothing between
7. Curtains, hy countries
are not ytiHed os by house
vibes, to shed ivy and re
gulate light: but *0 aggra
vate and perturb all out
side countries and keep
things hidden from sight.
5. Individual in like manner
inflict personal and wde-spread
injury who shut God out; for
He is the only strength and
life-giver who can bring mir
aculous changes about
9 Men with God, do not have
to close themselves in, to-keep
stn out; God's Almighty pow
er and dominion takes cave of
everything, bevond a doubt.
tfi God can take care of His
own in e. fiery furnace, a lion’s
fion or a raging stem; none
in Hi® rare need have the slight
test misgivings or fear of harm,
11. it is only when man take*
his eyes off of God, and allows
cunning Satan to deciev* and
defraud, that he mistakes the
counterfeit for the Everlasting
arm and exposes himself to ®-
ternal harm.
12. Let us all then in common
accord, serve notice on Satan
that his schemes are ignored;
‘and that God performs all
thir.es out in the open, with
plipolntelv no place for an IRON
CURTAIN.
POETICS THANKS
Bv WILLIAM HENRY STUFF
FOB ANT
He {hanks you for that fragrant
rose.
How sw<\t of you to bring it;
A thousand thanks to you he owes
Your praise—he’ll ever sing it;
He thanks you for those words of
cheer,
How kind of you to speak them;
Such helpful words he loves to
hear
He thanks you for that smile you
brought,
You'd make a dungeon sunny
And take this as an after thought
You’re sweeter far than honey.
T'jiroT "*ti'
fiv OF AN B HAHCOCtY rat) ANP
DEAN GORDON R. HANCOCK
FOR ANP
WHAT PRICE HARMONY
A few days ago the country
> v as startled to note the racial
outbreak at Cjsero, 111., Such,
outbreaks in the north always
elicit enthused reporting in the
southern press.
In subtle ways these out
breaks are always played
up as a kind of Justifica
tion of the unjust treat
ment the Negroes receive
in the south. They are al
ways used to show that the
north is no bed of roses for
the Negro. Nobody ever
faintly supposed it was such
a bed of roses ;but it must
ever be borne in tnind that
these outbreaks are pat
terned after the southern
mores and are most cer
tainly the south’s contri
bution to the nation’s pat
tern of lawlessness.
If a* the late H. G. Wells
asserted race prejudice is
the worst thing in the life
of mankind todav, the south
may he credited with doing
more than any other part of
the world to perpetuate and
propagate this moral
scourage. Fortunately for
the old south, a new south
ts in the offing, and there
ts abundant reason for hope
The south is the nation’s
west of tomorrow, and bles
sed are they who get in on
the ground floor-
It does not take riots In the
north to prove to the Negro that
♦he north is no bed of loses
!♦ does not take lawlessness in
The north to ‘prove that paradise
does not begin at the Mason
Dixon line
These riots only prove that
♦eh lynch spirit of the south
travels north tut is more firmly
dealt with and therefore not as
dangerous. Riots and lynch
mgs are due to the same basic
cause and motivations. In either
sse they are a shame and dis
grace to the communities where
in they occur, and they repre
sent a reversion to a primitive
ness in human behavior that we
must speedily outgrow.
The southerners of divicratie
persuasion were quick to cal!
attention to the Ciecro riots A
Virginian running for office
used the riots as justification of
segregation. He said that seg
regation is more conducive to
harmcm- between the races
The tragic thing about this er
roneous assumption is. some
body might believe it. even the
candidate- 'ho make the asser
IN THIS OUR DAY
BY C. A. CHICK
The rumor of an armistice
with Northern Korea and China
had hardly begun before the
American people, true to their
tradition began to show- signs
of belnfe ini patent with econo
mic control? If the Congress is
to he taken as an index of the
public pulse in the matter. 1? is
very apparent that the minute
sist on returning to “economic
the American people wilt in
,* u cease-Urc order is given,
(normalcy"- a minimum of gov
ermentai regulations of econo
mic activities. Even before an.
armistice is signed, the two dif
ferent Defense Production Acts
passed by the two Houses of the
Congress each has far less eco
nomic than the Defene Produc
tion Act lhai will expire July
31.
You see the trouble with
the American people is that
qV of them vent economic
controls, but none of them
want their particular busi
ness contracted. Koch one
wants economic controls for
the Other fellow but loissrz
faireism for himself, finch
a policy as flic foregoing,
of course, lends to n stale
mate, economy, and politic
,ai confusion.
Can we blame the Congress
tor the apparent lack of a
strong Defense Production Act.
giving the Government, at least
as much economic control a? it
already has' 1 t. for one. sav we
cannot blame the Congress. The
masses o* us seldom think in
terms of the Government and
our elected representatives un
til near election time. And
then a large per centage of us
who register and vote do so on
ly because some candidate for
election arranges to get us to
Facts Briefly Stated
World trade in sugar increased
suit of war fears brought about
sharply in 1950, largely as a rt
by the hostilities in Korea, A.
began stockpiles, and consumers
generally Increased their purchas
anumber of importing countries
es. except in a few countries rat
ioning sugar.
•Setter fameproof cotton fabrics
fire the goal of a new chemical
research program started recently
by the tJ, S. Department of Agri
culture at the request of the Army
Ouariermaster Corps.
Cook’s Imperial champagne has
won a number of gold medals for
its quality. But two most prized
by its makers are those won in
1867 end 1899--at the Paris inter
national expositions.
Modern man's hand ip so highly
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 4, 1921
tion
me assumption is, in the.
south there is segregation there
are fewer and less severe riots,
'that is true, but it is not due
to any harmony between the
races. The reason there are few
er riots in the south is because
the Negro is overpowered. In
other words riots are signs that
the Negro is being emancipated
whereas the absence of such
riots show a more complete
subjugation of the Negroes If
they want to cal! this harmony
very well, but it must be borne,
in mind that the hamony tha
exists under segregation is the
harmony that exists between
the master and the slave, be
tween the prisoner and his
guard and between the orphan
and his heartless oppressor
The harmony therefore that
exists under segregation is not
a compliment but a reflection
on the south. The sooner tins
fact is realized the better. The.
high cost of such harmony
makes it dangerous indeed As
a native born southerner, this
writer knows of some as fin*
interracial relations in the south
as are to be found in all the
world. There are some genuine
friendships and displays of
Christian brotherhood He
knows that the pattern of seg
regation is just as repulsive to
some southern whites as it is
to the Negroes. He further
knows that many of the
southern whites who abhor seg
regation are afraid to speak
their minds
This Is the reason that
for the last ten years this
writer has stubbornly em
phasized the role «f moral
courage in the interracial
drama daily unfolding in
the south. The whole south
is not segregationist at
heart by a long sight; f«*
more and more the better
south is realizing haw im
possible it is, and will ‘..fr
to pertpetuate the snhjuga
tion. of the Negroes.
They know the moral virus
that will destroy the Negro will
destroy the south itself They
are therefore covertly com
mitted to nonsegregation. Bur
these same valiant souls know
the danger of supposing that the
harmony that, prevails under
segregation is desirable as a
solution of the race problem
Far better disharmony among
equals than harmony among uh
equals. The harmony of segre
gation is no substitute for thA
harmony of brotherhood. \Thai
price harmony?
the polls in a 'Buiilt' idd i!W
treats u s to a barbecue sand
wich and a 'coca cola. The
voters of coufsS have uc re&i
interest in government or
gets in office. Proof of the fore
,Soins: statement can rad Ur b*
seen in the fact that w*
! ia ms, after the election, and
stay there so far as government
is concerned. We do not stay
in touch with our elected re
presentatives letting them know
how we feel regarding grave
public issues. But while ths
masses of the American people
go home and go to steep atter
the election is over, the expert
lobbyist bestir themselves a
fresh. Regardless of whom is
elected, the lobbyists begin to
high pressure them for legis
lation favorable to their (the
lobbyist’s! clients.
Moreover. ,f should ?■*
pointed nut to the. Ameri
can people that aside troin
oil ergen-y economic- con
trols, the United gto-tds t*
no longer primarily an ag
ricultural. village. and a
-mail-scale business coun
try. But that it is primari
ly an industrial, urban and
lame-scaled business coun
try. And the foregoing
means that in the future
ire must be prepared to
aece.pt more and more e
(‘on.om.ic control; by 0K r
Government .4» urban anri
large-scale business socie
ty needs more government
controls than d'-es a rural
and small-scue business so
ciety. Therefore, in the fto
ryre, hack t.o ■•normalcy''
trill not mean relatively
free from governmental
coni role.
developed and intricately construct,
ed that to properly reconstruct it
after injury or infection reyuiSMt
the highest skill on part of ortho
pedic, plastic and nerve specialists,
it is revealed u the July sue of
the Journal of the National Medi
cal Association.
The big problem for the physi
cian with the midi*.aged patient)
with heart disease is treating the
patient, not the heart. The patient;
stubbornly refuses to accept the
fact that be is older and has to
slow down and take things easier,
it is revealed in the July issue of
the Journal of the National Medi
cal Association.
Negro mmHcol students number
ed 661 in 1950.51, it is revealed in
the July issue of the Journal of
the National Medical Association.
Howard University bad 574. ATehav
ry Medical Poilegp 244. 4hd other
schools 143.