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PAGE FOUR Taking Away Our Rights Las! Monday night, U. S. Senator Kerr Scott, told a Negro audience in Roxboro that the enactment of the proposed Eisenhowei program of Civil Rights would result in taking away the rights of both Negroes and whites. Senator Scott has told all and sundry that he is a candidate to succeed himself in the senate race in 1960, It is a pretty good guess that Mr. Scott’s opponent in the 1960 race will be none other than North Carolina’s present governor, Luther Hodges, There is hardly a Negro in this state who has any doubts concerning the lack of respect that Gov. Hodges has for the aims and aspira tions of this state’s Negroes for full citizenship. Monday night’s speech of Sen. Scott, coupled with other reactionery statements he has been making recently can leave no doubt that it is Tt is recorded in the first book of Kings that the prophet Elijah became so dismayed because of the refusal of his people to obey the law of God that he believed that he was practically left alone to defend truth an d righteousness. In his distress, Elijah cried out unto his God saying, “ And I, even I only am left; and they seek my life to take it away.” God’s answer to Elijah that He had seven thousand in Israel ready to defend the truth gave the prophet the happy assurance that God always has a mighty force ready to rally despite the clamor and ravings of 'the mob. around and support His banner. Biblical history, like all other history, re peats itself, and will continue to do so. Ne groes in North Carolina were crudely shocked when they saw the strength of the forces of prejudice and intolerance, decked out in battle array to prevent compliance with and obedi ence to the school integration edict of the U. S. Supreme Court. They saw their Governor traveling the leng th and breath of the state, uttering threats and stirring up hatred. They heard themselves villified and denounced at a “rump” session of the N. C. General Assembly. A rump session because it was concerned for the express purpose of nuli tying the su preme law of the land. Seeing and hearing all of this evil,, it is conceivable that many Ne groes felt alone, and forsaken and frightened as the prophet Elijah felt because few were the voices raised in their humble behalf. Recently, there has appeared increasing signs that the God who told Elijah that, there What Happens After The Dance? The decision of the Raleigh School Board to allow the Raleigh Recreation department to use some of the school gymnasiums for teen- agt Saturday night dancing parties could prove a most helpful innovation. Just about every one will agre that our boys and girls are sadly in need of additional recreational outlets. There is hardly anything that could be de vised to provide more healthy and wholesome fun than dancing. Properly supervised, thb new feature could go a long way in using up some of the time that seems to hang so heavily on the shoulders of our young people Like just about every other thing d< signed for good, these Saturday night dances could provoke more harm than good. This is not necessarily true and this is not an attempt to Mr. Weimer Jones a former president of the N. C. Press Association has suggested that something be done to prevent our legislators from taking an oath to do something they have no intention of doing. Mr. Weimer had in mind the oath that members of the Genera! Assembly take upon entering upon their du ties that they will uphold and defend th< Constitution of this state. What Mr. Weimer had more particularly in mind was the fact that although the state Constitution says that the General Assembly must be reapportioned after every U, S. Cen sus, that it has now been seven years and three General Assemblies since the last census was taken and nothing has been done yet about reapportiomnent Mr. Weimer feels that something should be done so that the members of the legislature will not be called upon to solemnly swear to do this. We agree with Mr. Weimer wholeheartedly THE CAROLINIAN Published by the Carolinian Publishing Company, 518 E. Martin Street, Raleigh, N. C.. Entered m Second Class Matter, April 6, 1940, at the Post Office at Raleigh, North Carolina, under the Act of March 1879. Additional. Entry at Charlotte, N, C. Subscription Kates? Six Month* $2,75 ..On© Tear $4.50 Payerb!& in Advance— Address all communications and make, nil checks and money or ders payable to THE CAROLINIAN. Interstate United Newspaper*, toe., 544 Fifth Aee»«e. N. Y. 17, N. f. National Advertising Repre sentative. This newspaper is not responsible for the return of unsolicited news, pictures, or advertising copy unless necessary postage accompanies the copy, P, R. lEHVAY, Publisher | Alexander Bara#» *.,.Advertising & Promotion Chas. Jones ~ News & Circulation E. R, Swain Plant Superintendent J. C. Washington Foreman, Mechanical Department Mrs. A. M. Hinton Office Manager Opinions expressed in by-columns published its ibto newspaper ate not necessarily those of the pah llrat ion. * gmrd VBSWB&OINT Reasons For Hope Protect Our Legislators /Ak Mr. Scott’s intention to get hack into the U. S. Senate by out-Hodging Hodges. Scott knows that the only rights that will be taken away should this proposed Civil Rights bill bt made the law of the land is the “right” now exercised by Southern whites to deprive Negroes of their liberties and legal privileges. He knows that if this bill is al lowed to become law, Negroes can call upon the Federal government for help when they ire deprived of the right to vote, when they are terrorized, intimidated and exposed to the white man’s violence. Yes, Mr, Scott, under the terms of this bill, certain “rights” long cherished and held dear by your race, will certainly be taken from you for that we re joice and say thank God, were thousands who had not bowed then knees to Bad and bade the prophet to stay in the front of the battle, is still able and willing to raise up prophets and leaders in His cause. Men and women in high places are begin ning to speak out against hypocrisy fear and hatred and are urging the people to practice the CChristianity they profess to believe in. The latest to take up the cudgel for the practice of Christianity in this state is ex- Congressman, C. B. Deane. Mr. Deane, who lost his seat in Congress because he refused to sign the so called Southern Manifesto last year, told the 2500 delegates attending the state Convention of the Woman’s Missionary Union in Charlotte, “before we can hope to solve the problems in our Southland, we are going to have to begin to live what we preach in our Baptist Churches”. Mr. Deane has been the recording secretary of the Baptist State Convention, for over 45 years. He has learned that the time has come for all decent mm to stand up and be counted on the side of right. At another point; in his Charlotte- talk, Mr. Deane said this country can not hope to shape the destiny of Africa or our own. Southland until we start living what we preach. When men like Congressman Deane allow God to inspire them to lead His thousands who have not bowed their knees to Bael. there is reason to hope that a new day is about to dawn. A day when men will begin to listen to the voice of God who is not a respecter of persons but made all men in His image, equal and free. throw cold water upon a project that can be beneficial. What v/e arr trying to point out, however, is that unless the fathers and mothers oi these dancing children see that their children come safely borne after leaving these dances, the children can get into trouble. We are assured that the dances will be supervised, but who does the supervising after the dances arc over? We said before that dancing is a wholesome and healthy form of recreation but boys and girls fresh from an evening of dancing are easy prey for other urges and temptations. What happens after these dances will de pend solely upon where the dancers go. The proper place is home, that something should be done about perjury in any form but we certainly can not get steamed up over the failure of the members of the general assembly to uphold their oath regarding reapportioning the membership When for over three decades they have been taking an oath to uphold and defend the Con stitution of the United States as it pertains to free suffrage and other rights and yet they have gone out enacting laws to circumvent those rights. • Two wrongs can never make one right but it would seem here that Mr, Weimer is inte rested in straining out gnats and swallowing camels. Because our legislators apparently have no intention of obeying the oath they •freely take to uphold neither the Constitution of the United States or of their own state, it would seem that either these Constitutions should he changed or the legislators be brought to task for their failure to obey the law. "But They WILL Ask You ‘What About Your Own?”’ dear-its darling -i would jj e^p A c H , NATiQ^M| The Problems of Our Aged And Aging Thanks to the advancement in medical science our life ex pectancy has been greatly in creased. The aged is a larger proportion of our present total population than ever before. According to reliable soured; of information there are current ly 14,000,000 people in our pop ulation over sixty-five. That js four times as many as there were in 1900. and hah the increase has come since 1940. Moreover, the number is increasing every day as medi cal science continues to leng then the American life span. It is estimated, that, by 1975 there will be 20,000,000 men and women in our population over sixty-five years of. age, And, thanks to the Social Security Act of 1935 fewer of the fore going people are on “charity” than otherwise would be. However, there are many so cial problems connected with our aged and aging population. Many of the problems are fin ancial and many of them arc not of such nature. There are those who have reached the retirement age depending en tirely upon their retirement SENTENCE SERIOUS DETERGENTS . 1. These times demand many ways of destroying dirt, and manufacturers in this direction have been constantly alert, for serious and. most harmful would be the result if no ef fort were made to stem Its on slaught. 2. Thus every manufacturer claims his product the best arid urges a trial above all the rest -stating the hidden qualities that work like a charm, and on the things ia claims, it does no harm. 3. They tell one thing for sure, “that detergents will al ways be, while man lives on earth or upon Hie Sea, that dirt and grind just won’t let him alone as long as it clings to a tree or a stone. 4. But alas, there Is another destructive matter that no ma terial detergent can even scat ter that spring from St&tnic sources and leaves the victim In distress, and remorse. THE PULPIT ¥CiCE It had been a long day for the Reverend Mr, Very Good. The last of an long list of ap pointments had just, come to an end. As the .Reverend Mr. Very Good put on his coat, he could not but reflect over the experiences of the day. He stopped for a moment, as he remembered, the stranger, who had poured out a tale of grief and burden about’ his past. Actually the man was so laden with guilt memories of the past until his preoccupied mind could not be receptive to anything else, THE CAROLINIAN SI THIS OUR DAY By Dr. C. A Chick, Sr. payments for support after re tirement and discovered that they are not sufficient for a decent level of living. This leads me to offer a little bit of unsolicited advice, to those who are still employed, namely, do not rely solely upon your retirements to support you. Start now saving a little of your income each pay day and having saved it, make a few wise investments with the same. Another serious social pro blem connected with our re tired aged workers is that many of them have sufficient energy to continue work and desire to work, to be active. It is not a financial problem so much with this class of our aged as it is a problem of being lonesome, a problem of what to do with themselves and their time. The foregoing leads me to offer another bit of unsolic ited advice to those who are approaching that Dreadful Day of retirement, namely, do not wait until you are re tired before making plans as to what to do after that time Any good librarian can refer one to am abundance of read ing material pertaining to how to "live happily after retire By Rev. Frank Clarence Lowery For ANP 5. Jesus only has the deter gent that can cleanse these leopard spots, and bring new life to the dying patient vic timized. by Satan's devastating, blood clots. 6. It Is because the efficacy of Christ's blood is beyond all human substitution, and Christ the giver as the lamb of God is the one and only source oi Absolution. 7. Thus we to Him mu&: humbly bow in the shadow of the Cross that saves us even now, and out from these hands fits head, His feet our fouls are cleansed beneath this Eter nal Mercy Seat. t) Buy my: what troubles man must face if this match less love he fails to embrace, for fear and destruction is Sa tan's deadly portion that will befall everyone guilty of heav enly desertion. 9. Sick and unhappy we now find our world, a victim of thi polution that ha* things In a By HAMILTON T. BOSWELL Today was to him still yes terday. Every moment it seem ed of the present, became a re flection of Ins miserable past, The Reverend Mr. Very Good paused, captivated by the in sight which tlit> man’s past opened before him. Yes, lu thought, there are millions of people just like thus poor fel low. They are strickencd in spirit and conscience by deeds Os the past, and they don't know how to be nd of them. It is said that in ancient China, a murderer, was com pelled by law to strap trie body merit.'’ For those who do no' need any activities for the pur pose of receiving financial in comes, there are numerous sug gestions to be found in suet books. There are various hob bies in which one might en gage. Moreover, there are mans religious, social, civic, and wel fare organizations in which such people might put then time to useful and con. ’ruciivi purposes. M-i ;/l re reused ptqg’.i wh will need work to suppleme: their retirement payments there arc many non-tcchnicu position;-; that con and do em ploy aged people. For those who do not have the strengti tor full-time employment, then are many part-time positions Also there are many full-timi positions which do not rcquiri a great deal of energy anr strength. Let's consult our i.bi'u'ig and other social agencies anc get ready to retire gracefully and live- happy afterwards re yardlcss of which class of th< aged of the foregoing wc maj fail in: aged who heed u« in come; aged with an abundan* of energy and strength; anc the aged feeble! spiritual is fast fadtxu; out, and scarcely can be found a man or woman devout. 10. And, when real family life begins to wane, the whole wide world is set aflame with juvenile Delinquency, broken homes and crime, then follows the Nations in moral decline, 11. For this, there is no ear thy detergent that can fill the crying need, hut only the Lamb of God before whom all men must plead; then comes the change by miraculous birth that no force can parallel in this whole earth 12. This one and only Eter nal Detergent bears the Insig nia of the Fattier, son and HOLY GHOST, and all v;h< have tested its power, in its favor are happy to boast. fw one day in dirt and :q. Jo: they washed in this: heuliu« stream, and now not only them bodies, but their souls have been made clean. of his victim to his back, and carry his crime ever with him. Many of us today arc so strap ped to our sine. The .jargon of dope addiction speaks of a “monkey on my back.’’. The addict unfortunate hab it which so enslaves him, i. c-omparabe to the tenacity of sin to remain In the conscience as a tragic reminder of th< past. Then, there was the portly gentleman, well-off. a . good job. secure it appeared, in worldly goods. Yet this man had, it seemed, a preocctypa- WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 19. V Along The Colonial Front BY A. J. SIGfcINS, British Journalist THOSE MISGUIDED MISSILES LONDON, England CANPi—- We have been reading lately about guided missiles fired in U. 8. A. which went astray. Fortunately the strays wen without atomic warheads. i do not know how many batteries of these missile-;, ashore and afloat have been established up to date or how many have been fired and re turned to base or completed their course according to plan, but the number of batteries is increasing almost daily as U. S. A.. Britain, the N.A.T.O Powers and all the Communist Powers enter the Genocide Stakes. Ail are now convinced that by “spreading death and deso lation and calling it peace” is the only way security can be obtained. And the mission of the most misguided U.S.A. has launched for many years- -Mr, Dulles — seems to have been devoted to winding suitable sites for bat teries. Today's news tells us that Chang Kai-Shek says he will attack the People’s Republic of China. He will, of course, use U.S.A. arms and ships, includ ing guided missiles. Recently we were assured by U.S.A,, Government spokesmen that arms were given to Chians Kat Shek to defend Formosa. Perhaps Chiang is just another misguided missile. But if in his flight he happens to strike the mainland of China within 24 hours U. S. A. and all its allies will be bombed by missiles of many kind ?. Japan launched some very misguided missies on Sunday morning in December 1941 on Pearl Harbor. That “incredible stupidity” lost her the war. Britain. Israel and France launched some mi, ."aided mis siles lately cn Egypt. Those missiles cost the throe nations the goodwill of hundreds of millions of people and the cost has only started to mount up. U. S. Sixth Fleet, armed with guided missiles of various kinds, plus the latest develop ments in naval weapons, has taken over the Mediterranean. Obviously Vice-Admiral Charles It. Brown would act on orders from his Commander-In-Chief, President Eisenhower, and not await- orders from N.A.T.O. Atfcualiy, when seconds count— as they do in modern warfare, that, would be an advantage— either for getting away or for offensive action. But just ima gine the- number of guided, misguided and aircraft-borne missiles that would be flying about within 24 hours of the first button being pressed. What hope would scores of millions of inocent people have of taking shelter then? It is undoubtedly what would tion with the future. With all of ids earthly security, he was still afraid, “I wouldn’t go to ray own mother’s funeral’', the man I don’t like anything widen re minds -me of der-th”, Tho Rev erend Mr. Very Good smiled humorously, as he recalled the agitation with which the man had asked him, "Why do peo ple have to die anyway?” Neither of the two, reflected the Reverend Mr. Very Good, were aw are of the- present. Thy Ch'i-it w.'ir. behind time, the se cond was a-,head of time. This they had in edgunon, both were miserable and despaired -it We. iiiHt is -life as both saw it. the ruse ab-h.iv'ion by the past, the other colored by the false con ception of the h.ittmi. Moat mi the tunc when peo ple seek advice irom an ex perienced spiritual leader, they are really seeking not advice so much as agreement. The Rev erend Mr. Very Good knew the U er.ipuetic value i» just be in a good listener. It is not help as it is atten tion wilier? people want so sore ly, But these men stood out a.-: be-in.' 1 , different. It was not so much agreement- with them, as it appeared that they sincerely wanted to be released, the one from the sins of the past, the other from his morbid fear of the future. The Reverend had asked both of them to mum next week for further consulta- Tie 8-Hour Day for Women by Belly Bisst»ll rt W! Horn,.* B®rric« InwOtut* Pity the Over Worked House-Wife What this country really needs is a good 8-hour day for Hour* wire*. Now, for the first, time in history, an organized campaign (s»?n gored by The Bisiwtl Home Service Institute! is underway to bring about “The 8-Hour Day for Wo- • men,'* < , -iainly, its time the country conaidf red the ? plight of«he Tver age housewife. t|§g; w| Today's woman no Join.-or bakes lier own bread, or ■ soap, but she docs ?ervc as family .'jßßtrri chauffeur, den .Ta-u mother, part-time ® D,ty ih U handyman and gardener. The American homemaker puts jn a vigorous 12 to 16 hours a day of work which would make the most able-bodied executive blanch wdh fear. The young mother rises around 6 a.m. daily and often fin ishes her chores 03 late as 9 p.m. if all goes well. Through the efficient use of the myriad of modern devices, mech anical and electrical, if is now pos sible to make the 8-hour day a reality in the home. The automatic happen under present systems of national control of foreign and colonial policies. War is merely ‘"policy transferred to another more active i rid. To day the transfer must be quick; too quick for politicians and too serious for soldiers to de cide. So. we are now at the stage when President Eisen hower and lus Communist op posite numbers have the power to spread death and destruc tion over a world as big as that Tacitus knew by just pressing a button. ONE TINY BXJI’T ON, PRESSED BY ONE OR THREE MEN, COULD DE STROY WHOLE NATIONS. AND ONE MISGUIDED MISSILE COULD BE THE MISTAKE THAT CAUSED BUTTONS TO BE PRESSED. There are many kinds of missiles and the most, dany,t r ous of these are words. U.S.A. politicians and service chiefs have launched many gravely misguided verbal miss iles, both from the "Bomb- China' Lobby’’ and from the Pentagon. Let us suppose that the Chi nese now start a verbal fusi lade demanding the bombing of Taiwan while, at the same time, the Soviets and all their allies in Europe, Arabia and Africa, demanded the evacua tion of Liu; Mediterranean by the British and American for ces. including the U. S. Sixth Fleet, as these have publicly threatened the security of the peoples of the area. U. N. was completely dom inated by U.S.A. and her as sociate.;. Today the Asian and African Powers are gaining strength. <And if nations had votes at UN. councils accord ing to democratic practice of one man who voted. Coloured nations would dominate those councils. This is certain to come unless u.N. disintegrates and gives place to a supra-na tional body with clearly defin ed physical aims and with teeth.) But U. N. like N.A.T.O. and 8.E.A.T.0, were regarded in U. SA by average citizens as screens between U.S.A. and the feuding peoples of Europe and Asia. U, a. citizens wanted to insulate themselves from trou ble and get on with their Jobs. It didn't work out. That does not mean, however, that the average citizen of U.S.A. does not want to fight battles in Europe, Korea, Africa or any where else. He wants an Ann 11- can way of life that he under stands, and what be firmly be lieves should be an example to the rest of the world. What the rest of the world thinks does not very much mai ler. although he is a little of fend'd when foreigners criti cize his ideals and hi? way oi life, tion. What answer does Chris tianity have for such people their presold impaired by both memory and expectation, ah aao.it to the point of annihala liotvi T hr R\ v* rend Very (food remembered, the book “Faith, Hope and Love" recently pub lished, written by Emit Brun ner. one of today’s greatest liv-. ingr theologians, and Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology the University of Z uri ch, S w i tzerian d. The Professor gives a very practical system in which Christian nußi, c.»n be utilized to weak the spall winch ill* guilt of rh‘- past- ana the an xiety of the ft)lure has about us. It nothing new. and any one who has mastered the se cret of Christian faith ha? done this, whether aware of it m this form or not. The New Testament suggest* the author, affirms that Jesus Christ m his death on the cross, died for our sifts. By faith in Christ, all guilt memories, eve ry unrepeuted sin can be buri ed at the foot of the cross in God's eternal sacrifice. The cross of Christ, therefore be comes the instrument through which the love of God forgives cleans up every sin or guilt of the past. This is justification by faith The Christian Ims found this release of guilt for the past, and can now live in the pie sent ! home laundry and drier, the auto- 1 malic dishwasher, homo freezers, carpet sweepers, electric broilers and pressure cookers, arc all keys to happiness . . . and more free tone lor a decent day light social life. . , . Many women are mu-reslon m politics and really want to attend the local League of Women Voters , meeting, or take a greater interest ' in junior's school and I’d' A. af fairs - but have nov r had the time. How a complete housedean ing plan has been devised to give them time. It shows women how to schedule houscwuik, enlist, the aid of their youngsters and deal with the little dilemmas that an noy them daily. The plan and many other house hold hints, can he found in my booklet “The 8-Hdur Day for W > men”. Free copies can bo obtained by writing me directly, at the Bis . I sell Home Service Institute, Grand i i Hap ids, 2, Michigan.