PAGE FOUR VIRWg>OtWJ Leadership [ La -' wet’; a group of Negro ministers from Several areas of this slate, met at a local church for the purpose of organizing and setting into motion an organization d« cheated to leading the Negroes in North Carolina to tht achieve - meut of equality and full citizenship. The per ■ fee ted. organization will be herded by the Rev. ' Mr S. F. Daly of Rah igh. I Rev. Daly is a veteran in the fight for civil | liberties in this stall and ht realizes full Well that the fight he is n-engaging himself n is one fought With many dangers and disappoint Iptnts. both from, within and without, flu un dertaking. on a state-wide basis, of a campaign 1 to awoken tin million plus Negr-as m North I Carolina to tr..:V an all cut effort to -reu: f. r f them rives end tla ir posit rdv. tb« bn '•■•in. liberty toward ivh - h i : u % h iv. m.- se sc :■ : contributions is ■ 1 uk:b!c nm It is an 1 - that should 1 *vc ‘rie v.he.lr ncartea support : sill men itri woiru nos goodwill, rcganlk to feet'. It is altogether fitting and proper tor a vnov> f merit of this kind to be initiated and led P ministers of the Gospel, mm who hav-. con secrated their lives to the bringing of O- Kingdoms of justice and liberty to all mankind, i It is possible that too long haw the rank and file of Negro ministers neglected their full du ties of leadership, of leading dietr flocks in' a the present green pastures of the abundant lm Salvation that ultimates only in equality and »nd freedom after death is not the saluation More Serious Than It Appears j? Recently a newspaper out in Missouri ask jf «d ten mule and ten female students at iht 1 State University if they would sign a statement i carrying the following words: "We hold the--e , truths to be -elf i vdent, that ail men au f created equal; that they art: endowed by ’ - | Creator with certain inalienable rights: that j among these rights arc lift. liberty and the qur j suit of happiness; that to secure trusc nri..« | governments are in'.tiUited run on? im n. * •- •• ' Os the 20 ask'd to sign a statement coni -lining s those words which are a part or the s > nd ! paragraph of th. D< i motion ot m-'U t>en,v. n > { only seven of the group, all males, agreed m i *lgn , , ) There are one or two otb* r row nriy record- >; Instances v, !•••.< - .ns h.iv< :• * ■ r ‘ '■ ?'•* this statement, m v« nt e. t.-.ini< nt.. The refusal of this group < f students m*l J of others to subscribe to tin bash imd fundi i mental doctrine, upon which tins country r founded should cause men th m : ng .. ;- corn. Among other things, tin < n fur-rds s<. rn , to indicate that the thinking in this country ■ lias veered so strongly awnv in m evert the concept of equality for all men that the aver - age American docs not know th:.t this t ounti \ j. Was founded upon that rone: pt. ?• When “Mr. Average American" -■ • - ’! a . round him tb dr nand of elemr ntary iusticc to millions of other American:-:, how can he b< - ; Iteve that those v, ho conceiv' d the American Ideal, conceived it on the “proposition that Moderate Approach ‘f In expressing his approval of the rm asurc to fcnodify the North Carolina statute on n gistra tion. Gov. Hodges has been quoted as saving that such modification was the moderate type of approach to civil rights legislation that “wc believe in.” Even with this so-called “mod* r : etc approach,” does this nif nn that our gov wtior is really admitting that there is a no 1 for such legislation. & Viewing his statement from any angl. the Contentment | : When in th< time of trouble, call upon the i i tord; but be certain you have put something ]'■ ht the storehouse so that he might answer you. i This is important in vour daily living and i L t l#? 1 "”I—i' 1 —i' ' “ ° ‘ ’ ~ * ! THE CAROLINIAN | Published bv the Carolinian Publishing Company, 518 E. Martin Street, Raleigh. N. C. i Entered as Second Class Matter, April 6, 19-10, at the Post Office at Raleigh, North • Carolina, under the Act of March 1879. Additional Entry at Charlotte, N. C. 1 Subscription Ratos: Six Month* $2.75 Ono Year $4.50 | Payable in Advance—Address all communications erne? mat--. f u cherfe* and money or , dors payable to THE CAROLINIAN. j Interstate United Newspapers, Inc., 544 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. I". N. Y. National Advertising R«*pre i tentative. Tliis newspaper Is not responsible for the return of un#Qiloit«d news, picture*, or advertising copy fcnlcss necessary postage accompenies the Cory, P. R. JERVAY. Publisher i A,©xand n i Barne* Adwrtlaincr Promotion CHuo. Jones News «S Circulation E. R, owciln Plant Superintendent J. C. Washington Foreman, Mechanical Department Mrs. A. M. Hinton .Office Manager Opinions expres*cd in hj .o(d»ss3.ui in ifats newspaper ar* not o<*xMM.rl aven here and now. It is most fitting that Negro ministers in this st&te undertake a cam paign of this nature because the Negro church is the best organized and largest forum the Negro has. Through his church, the N< gro minister can reach and touch the hearts and the minds of trie Negro masses. Another fact that should bieic; and further this new ministerial trsovc • - > t th- reverence and allegiance Nceroes. as a whole give their m:n:ster3. If the Negro in misters in this state will enter into this camnaign with the willingness to make the necessary sacrifices and the faith that Christ said would move mountains, they will find a n ndy response among a down-trodden but still hopeful people. .And what is far more important, they will find in their efforts the rewards and joys of ac complishment Fortunately for us and for our ministers, the pattern and the achievements of such efforts have already been established, Snccssful movemnts of this type have been and are being led by Negro ministers in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida. We are confident that our own ministers, by the help of God. can be equally as successful. all men are crested equal.’ By taking just a casual glance at the greed, ruthlessness, ex ploitation of the poor by the rich, it can easi ly be seen why “Mr. Average American" would nevet dream than any where in the American heritage was there ever a provision for equal-,- iiv life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. At first glance those few who happen to re member, that those immortal words are. in the D; duration of Independence and that the essence of those words are in the Preamble to the Am< i wan Constitution, might scoff and laugh at the millions of Americans who do not have this information or who, having seen those words in their history textbooks during their childhood school days, have long since forgotten them in the wild scramble for sur vive! and the never ending scramble to get the jump on the other fellow. But this is really no laughing matter. It is a deadly, serious state of affairs, when the daily happenings in any country are no more at variance with the principles upon which that country was concerned and brought into be ing. that the average citizen of that, country can not recognize even the words which spell out those principles. It: is high time for America to take notice, of the impression its own citizens have formed and are forming about their country. It should no' or cause surprise because the average A rne riean does not. know that his country was formed upon the bed-rock of justice and lib erty. with equality for ail men the corner-stone of this formation. The average American citizen has never seen those ideals in practice, why then should he believe in them or be willing to sign a state ment attesting to them. impression remains, that Mr, Hodges lias made just, such an admission. Now, if he will only communicate his discovery that maybe, after all, there is a little something lacking in this state's civil rights set up, to jyorth Carolina’s senior senator, Mr. Sam Ervin it might stop Mr. Ervin from beating his breast and tearing Ins hair out in his futile attempt to make everybody believe that North Carolina is a civil liberties paradise. life on this earth. Therefore, remember to do good for evil; help where you can: hold not an evil thought against thy brother; but face all with truth and the love of God in thy heart, for then you shall be free. “Only Strong Leadership Will Protect Our Heritage, Mr. President” BY DR C A CHICK SR. Africa Conscious Anyone who peruses the newspapers and magazines must certainly has the prominent place the continent of Africa is currently occupy ing In such literacure. In fact, at the present time, Africa seems to be in the spotlight of world news. Politicians, diplo mats, financiers, and investors all have their eyes on Africa. The United States at least is realizing that Africa must be seriously considered in the pro blems of world affairs —politi- cally and economically Vice- President- Mixon’s recent visit to Africa was not the begin ning of our gore,-ninerit’s be coming Africa conscious. But rather it was an open declara tion of a long time behind-the dour planning. , There is an increasing will ingness on the part of world powers to realize pat the na tions of Africa and their peo BY REV, FRANK CLARENCE LOWER'/ F •>. ANE WHAT TIME IT IT? 1. When one hurriedly sets his clock by mistake an hour slow over night he is going to awake in the morning in a very sad plight 2. And unless one is fortu nate in making up the time, things throughout the day will appear out of line, and some of them odd and very difficult to define. S Someth mg simila r to train wreck that throw* schedules out of kelter and plans for the uay begin to wilter; but out of u all, new beginnings can be attempted, and with a persever ing spirit, new ways and means invented. 4 The time left, though short, is not lor complaint, but to re build with the salvage at hand: just remember early and not too late there is more in the man than there is in the land. 5 You have God's time in which to understand that He made this world especially for man, and when man forgets, God His great Mercy and Grace, then things begin to THE PULPIT MICE BY REV. HAMILTON T BOSWELL It would appear that the meanest, thing ever attributed to oud Lord, is the cursing of the fig tree. It just doesn't seem to fit the personality ot Jesus, that with lus reverence for all life, that in anger or concern over his own impend ing crisis, would blast as it were, this little fig tree from life. But this is what the gospel of Mark reports, the "... see ing a fig tree ... in leal, he went to see if he could find anything on it . . he found nothing but, leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he sand to it, “May no one ever fruit from vr>u again.” Mk It: 12, 14. First of all, before we can see Jn correct prospective, this cursing of the fig tree, Its back ground Is absolutely necessary for any real Understanding. Fig trees are very common in Pal atine, and th* fruit which THE CAROLINIAN pics must be admitted to the tables of diplomats discussing world affairs. And. moreover, and tins is the most important point in the entire situation, the African peoples as rising up and demanding more and more recognition in the eco nomic and political affairs of the world. The foregoing is a* it should be. Our much used slogans "free P ■.» “fv. ■ -o\, rim.-'—; *** srif-d- :■ : - i‘nation trust be made to mean in reality just what they say The slogans must not be allowed to moon free dom and self-determination for certain peoples and certain areas of the world. But they must be interpreted to mean all tne peoples in ad arcus. The natural resources of Af rica are abundant. And most certainly they should be devcT • beneficial to all the world. But it must not be forgotten turn toward dost ruction and waste. 6. This is the tima for men to ask “What Time Is It'”’, when things as they now are seemed to Stave leaped into a wild fit, and only the power of God can set things straight, but the one great question is, will the appeal to Him lie made too late. 7. The time is now far past, due for man to return to Him, for without His aid and guid ance he cannot hope to win; for with deception, avarice hate and greed running in rapid order, confidence and faith seem hardly to exist, and fic tions must seek refuge under military cover. 3. All the while the weight of this task Is becoming most fatiguing, and life is losing its real depth of meaning . . the majority of men are beginning to faint, but against their own evil doings are building up no , restraint. 8. Time marches on and men grow weaker and wiser, giving they bear is one of the essen tial foods oi the nation s diet. What is not commonly known, however, is the unusual way in which the Palestinian fig tree bears its fruit. The gospel of Mark clearly states that "lor it was not the season for figs'. it is suggested by the late Dr. James Hasting, in his well known, "Dietion ary of the Bible", that Lie fig tree produces along with its leaves what is called "tukshs these are inmmature figs, or as the Book of Revelations says, "untimely figs”. It, Is not until the summer months that the lurger figs ap pear Jesus therefore, knew that there were no full grown figs on that tree, but he also krif'v that any fig t rp ° which had such a healthy foliage of leaves should also have a crop of “tukshs or untimely figs.'’ These would have been enough to aliened the hunger of Icouk, that Africa and her peoples have the fit'll claim on the nat ural resources there. Past evi dences would seem fco indicate that the piopie of Afr ica have not received fvom the rest of the world a fair rate of ex change neither for their labor nor their natural resources. Negro churches along with white churches have been pri marily concerned with the gouts of the people of Africa. Isi the future we must concern our selves not only with endeavor in'! to save the souls of the people in Africa but Negro churches must also become con cerned with saving the peoples of Africa along with the vast si mount of natural resources there. Negro churches would oo well to put on courses of study pertaining fco lhe wealth in Af rica. and, thus, her economic, .v.euit. and pubtleal impox tunes to vv c» id at f*m all Satan a %‘ii < e to take over as chief Advisor; the very ifififg he deslrot to kwocs men out of 31m;, so hs can woo rim to forget the value of lime. 30. This Satan finds not a difticult thing to do, for men generally do not care to think, things through, and while tii> J'emig him a variety of easy pastimes, lie is certain he can fell him with a lot of dollar signs 1!. Then it is easy for man to forget that Ilia time is far spent and it is time to R< - PENT; but Satan, his satisfy ing and agreeable undertaker, at tins time proves he is a Master Faker, and if one can wiggle away from him then, he is one among a million upon whom Satan can’t depend. 12. “WHAT THEN IS ITT- - it is your time to get ready and prove to God that you can re main steady, and with Him form a union and make Sa tan quake as you definitely say to Jesus, “And the all Hell should endeavor to shake, I will not, no never forsake. for he ate the fare of the 'com mon man. The tragedy of the tree is that with all of Us leaves, an announcement of much fruit to come, the little tree was completely barren. In the hour of Our Lord's great need, the tree failed. Such trees are de ceptive, their leaves are car riers of false tidings. This little incident is an ex ample of a truth to b>' seen in a wider area. There are peo ple whose lives arc comparable to the little fig tree which grew on a Palestinian hill side. Outwardly they seem to ex ude a spirit of love which Is goodwill. Their first appear ances are impressive and cap tivating . People whom they meet are left with a good l'eel ini', us complete acceptance and security. And it is good and inspiring as we go in and out to meet such persons who ex ternally appear to ho so grac ious, loving and kind. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1957 Gordon B. Hancock *$ BETWEEN the LINES TWO GREAT MISTAKES On October 20, 1042, it group of Southern Negroes met at Durham. N, €., in what turned out to be a historic meeting. The writer, who was director of the conference, spoke as for* lows in his opening statement: “We are proposing to set forth in certain Articles of Co operation just what the Negro wants tuui is expecting of the post-war Smith and nation. '■'lnstead of letting the dema gogues guess what we want, we an* proposing to make ou r wants and aspirations a mat ter of record, so clear that he who ions may read. We are hoping in this way to chal lenge the constructive coopera tion of that element of the white South, wh o express themselves as desirous of a New Deal for the .Negroes of the South. “In our Articles of Coopera tion. we a.-e .seeking for a com mon CtCTiOiiViii-vbUi. or construe live actions tor Negroes aid this group of whhes, who are doing many of the things we want done, and cannot do our selves In other words, v.e are proposing to draft a new Char ter of Dace Relation* in the South.’ " the old charter is petema li/e: and traditions!; we want a'new charter That is fra tern - alistic and scientific.' for the old charter is not compatible with the manhood and security of the Negro, neither is it com patible with the dignity and self-respect of the South. It leaves the South morally on the defensive I The Negro lias paid the lull price of citizen ship in the South and the na tion, and the Negro wants to enjoy the full exercise of this citizenship, no more and no i, 5.” Tliß foregoing statement was of course, addresred to the whit South and although only 72 Negroes met in Durham, more than 200 whiter, met- in Atlanta, to reply to our peti tion. After discussing our ma - jor propositions, they decided to cooperate. Had the South kept faith with its Negro leader:-., much of the stress and ft rain and litigation of the present nilyhfc being accomplished by revolu ph.dud by evolution. But the It might have fkn in reflec tion that our lord tbinteht e hoe re moval of Geer:-:)! Jiijuj’ias Mss* Arthur from the Fur East. * £ $ Since then, the nation's people have been arbitrarily deprived of tlm leader ship and conn- agjgL \ sol of one of flsPfef the most out el.meting men A developed bv ;4 •*#£• *-t the Kip ill) lie. fyf*§ - ' . ’ While Mae- vgjf Arthur is ;£f known publjkiy■■■. IV.i i: achieve- c xv. Hl.rciir meats which earned him inter national recognition as the out standing military leader of the war, his greatest work was per haps in building free enterprise in Japan. * * » In comparatively short time Mae Arthur changed a centuries old rigid monopoly system of business in Japan into a working free enterprise system. ♦ me If is a mtttt r of history that following his removal, Japanese economy reverted to old stran gling feudal-monopoly system. * * * Rut it puzzles many in Wash ington, why (Ins great clearly demonstrated talent and ability has been allowed to remain un used by government especially when there is so much lip serv ice to restoring full free econ omy in America. * 'i * Since his i< i.rcmcnt, Amer ican leadership seemingly has lucked anyone who can give both nation and world cioarcut state , mottt of American aims and ob jectives. No one was ever in doubt on MacArthur'J position. M * That position was perhaps best summed up liy him several years before World War I! when he stated that free enterprise (c) Nation*! Kedarttfon of JndeD«nd?nt Buslnof.it {c) iNanonhi r ruiT inon ui ;miei>om\ in nu hiiimi DRIVE SAFELY!! SAVE A LIFE found out that the Southern Regional Council was not to displace the NAACP. The writer made it plain in one of our sessions that the Southern Regional Council was in no way opposed to the N, A. A- C. P.. for as a matter of record all the Negroes who composed the Southern Hi - atonal council were members ol the NAACP and would not relinquish this membership as a price for cooperation. A few tried and true South erners stood by their guns, but the masses of Southerners who ut first were enthusiastic at the coming of the Southern Regional council, fell away, ft was a great mistake on the part of the white South not to keep faith with the South ern Regional council and by cooperation, ’accomplish our desired goals. The worsened state of race relations in the South can be attributed to this failure of the white South to keep its first, high resolves. Jus!, as it was a mistake to break faith with the Southern Regional council, if is a mis take on the part of the white South, to concentrate today on holding the Negro down rath er than holding the comma nists back. A large part of the vocal white South is quite willing to turn the nation and its destinilies over to the com munists if the Negro can be kepu in ins place. , In other words, jf the tri umph of communism is thr price of keeping the Negro down, the Old South is willing' to pay it. it. is a great mistake, as it. weakens our nation in a vital moment of its- struggle aga uvst. com mu ll ism. Democra cy is fighting for its very life and the time and enemies ! the Negroes back are sorely needed to stem the tide of on rushing communism. A nation as badly divided as our nation is on the color question will be a poor match for the Kremlin with their solid front. What does it prof it the nation to keep the Ne gro down while the commu nists tak n over? The two grcal nu ' ter The fiv.-.t, vor ip r. r R - second is trying to hold the Negro the'ciumimnist.- back with the Oti VCw ; "‘nd C U’l'"' in’C'pi ■ . v .,. and decorum arc- no oven ex clian i nch looks* out at all men for kH # e and of * t iin Eel i in u ooc* w i il. ti iat v e too .so m o t 1 ) nes cl is c o ver a ■ Ji'£ u.s aid about tis tree. their fruit, and not bv their te&vt - pjjoint m- fit, the surprise and inner hurt. wheti .‘ham and pvetcnce is uncovered which frustrates hope* .and jams the mechanism which registers faith in people, had developed in America a treasure storehouse any conntry m the world would plunder given the opportunity He also said no one. no s.. stem, can guarantee .security, hut opportunity c3.it he kept tree. * « * Tims, he ha.- long recognized the one big fundamental differ ence tx tween Amc-ica .n/i nil other nations. And undoubtedly he recognized America need not be plundered by the sword alone it c«u!d be done by international blackmail railed foreign aid or sonic oUu-i- faygy name. * ~4 * No one could have ever black mailed MacArthur. iie it indi vidual, or nation Neither did he hold any ftuzy ideas America , should apohiplic for the fruits of i it;, free cute line system. | | In fart, in Japan, he labored to I help the Japanese emulate the I American system. Probably nev er has surer si been trailed re ignobly; or so quickly destroyed. # + * But while he could overcome centuries of Japanese feudal customs, he could not prevail against the moony machinations of the Achcson-liulies clique in its mad postwar rush to build ! some global eontvaptioh with bil lions of American tax dollars to fulfill seme purpose that even they cannot etciine. * * 4 Thus, there is substantial spec I ulation on wh." his clear horded I talents ire no* .••gain being used in the service of the Republic, # * * And in past few weeks or months this speculation Is in creased bv fact that apparently no one, whether it be British Prime Miniuter, or head of Israel, seems inclined to place much confidence in the direction of American policy. Thus, say these commentators, if Mae. A rthur were In government, Ho rn ; would be no doubt at home or j abroad as to whether the T S. | lias a policy, and precisely what i that policy comprised.