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PAGE FOUR I fSirdßiAL 'Jri VICWjgQIMJ Attention Congressman Roosevelt For the part several months, North Caro lina’s senior f Inded Si •. .m, > 1 • making the ■■■;mv <!■ r h< u- ; > it meaningless dmtril -, -, n p : ! ii designed to protect n i notify gr arps in ’’ ' country. This proposed le:.;i km -u vem power any federal judge to hear th evi 1 net and sentence any person or jv.r?r>ns he found guilty of inteferring with or d. n> lug the C n stitutional privilcg: s of an. ",: r. The “distinguished" so. r from NiMh Carolina, The Hon- : . -m 1.1 bo shed oceans of ciorc-hh t< 1 -. r ‘S- un fairness of this sort <ii hr 1 it;: -i. in his most mournful rrwn.ir that it is the inherent right o' ft’.-i v A uk: a m (h; n-d certainly must mean «vry • h Amcricnn) to be tried bv a iurv for his ad-,0-i tm.-d- • meanors to deny then. that right and '* *ve it to s judge to detenu.nr their guilt or inno cence would, according to the pi f Mr. :vio constitute such a blow ng ; f A-net', m judicial system that utter chao*. would re-;:"-. Now that the senate iugjic d rommdi ■ * r ' adopted the proposed previ* on un> • for the Negro is likely if the Commit'.c. is sustained, Mr. Sam has hi - n - w " o 1 -• •vi persistently about tin “cv ’ 1 in", --ni :-- on proposed legislation th-’t -a •. win : l! " ■-' the threshhold of ■ ■"- wu i,; b” genuine and smccrc cone- '"n " "■ • • : J civil rights th-d he v- : hon< try.:-; m protect and dr!: nd ' ’ n • system. Only 'a ! v,-- , t - ; - mn J’■ ' Roosevelt, a Jedic-n-d " ;i 1 ' rights, sent a m f i n ;■ > ’ ■ ; n f*rsl Browne 11, s rr !••• tns* ‘ 1 1 v ’ l ’ h possible to alter tnr- bill 1 o -o •' • jury of suspected cfb-ncic-r;. noo. it sible to obtain juries *h it p ' the interests of all grou■ ; 1 ' • *■- rest, of Mr. Roc - f v •• . 11 quirv to the At n p - ■ 1 M ' 1 his wholehearted ?npp-»rt :• r t l -- at the same time the 1 ■ ' 11 '••civ** nr from North CaroMm U A • • ■ 1 him that a w long ■ failing to dtov uiri; s P r "‘ or innocence of accused v. * Roosevelt’s int-mst wm. gen :v h!:. ! ' : protestations «<cre a’i h-'i Last week in Mori ' m Ai ■ mi a an all white iurv acqnifted two von- ■?, v ■ '•< men of the •* U font ' d n ' rric <•••• ■ ::i '' two Negro rhurrim t’ • : ■ Ph« *■ made written stab m-- ris "on?- .. rg ,l; u part in thesr h-n-r - 1 ‘ ■ ments plus other conch” -ve < ■ ” ’ "■ * u been presented to the ivu-y. v 1 ” as ’ v speech by the defen . he. told the iurv ‘We hnvi to "V to : ■ - Negro agitator- that we ar 1 ‘" give another rich m • * I'fe”. those twelve ‘'good and bur r> 1 >■ - men after a few m'o’"t 1 " rir those confessed bomhft r v : . rt, Well, there you are Mr. R'” rvr ”- rr>n aee now why Mr, .m i ■ T . ■' 1 roof to get trm proop- ’ nvd rights hw changed so that, if it i* ever pa-r.c«l. there wdl fee s orovision in it ' '.vnr th. >t "’t l 1 "" defers, mob-hater-- bomb'"- and otlmr?. whs frequently violate the ru;V of •' d'oe• ryr,i the self confer-red onrs 'be b’-d bv a jury that is certain r- fmd '-m not guilty. Just Plain Ignorance plain ignorance'* ’-vis the way the Rev. Mr. Robert Shirley min' ' r Davie Street Presbyterian Church rfr<rtihed the ac tions of persons who by V ■ Tth-ms -A pub lic gatherings ft a tty di nub b- h the par ticipants opd thar portion of the mid tnc* Who name to see and ivar what is p.oing on Fev. Shirley gave thi; out pow n criticism of the manners and behavior of ; -, ur Fakicit people during the ./ of i . ■ Sundar morn me gem • r • Mr. Shirley. "k the ■:r i - \y. ..hou -i ' represent and reft* t t ivrrte' >■ hen the manner in which ru my -v .or. the aisle, shout, laugh and i hi; end thm ru h out before the gat:■■; - | b< n ct»-.r 1 or the particirr r.f ha >* Hd i farin' file out m an ordr-rlv a- -t nr ! ru mrr not only reflect un<'c>(j{!;<••> bad taste and manner? but just plain, jg.-nr mi * . The Davje Street. pp J? 'r riy ■ d four recent instance; here when th* open rudri <>f the audiences shocked b; vn ..bin! ■ ■ ■ t-> tit. point he felt it his duly to n-••!••.* . p.ihlir denouncement of such fictions '’dr. references included h-> Kmc Horn Day Rdly at Memorial Auditorium that featured Jackie Robinson and the nt F. .< x<~- * of St Augitstine's folk ;;r. r.lvw Univt-T ity and the Ligon school The pastor --aid 1!• ev< n though eve• y one. present kn- w that the meeting was not ©ver more than ?0 pre-on no-, -i- cot up and paraded onto tin- Aijdthoiiuir. ai-ues at. THE CAROLINIAN Published by the Carolinian Publishing Company, 518 E. Martin Street. Raleigh, N. C. Entered as 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 Bates: Sb 'tenths $2,75 On* Year S4,M Payable in Advance—Address all eominunicalions and tnoV* Ml rVmrlcs and money or ders payoblo to IKE CAROLINIAN. Interstate United Newspapers, Ine„ 344 Fifth Avenue, S. f, 17, N, I. National Advertising Repre sentative. This newspaper 5s not r.y on-iblc for Ihe return of unselirited news, picture#, or advertising copy unless necessary postage acs mpnr f 's the copy. F, H. fEBVAY, Publisher Alexander sarnos Advertising A 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.oolurnns published in thi* newspaper are not necessarily those of the yak. llcation. The concern you have manifsted over Mr. b :m .. hypocritical interest in protecting the American judicial system has in this Ala bama instance proven to he useless Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Brownell nor any one else <w d to tell you anything else. You can un dimatm now that it is not the American judicial system thal Mr. Sam is making a lr * sr ditch fight to save, it is the rotten pri;udic<d and hatred inspired Southern sy i.i which says that the Negro is fair game ha who.c man to mistreat in any manner ' m : fit and farther than that, no one ii.. anything to do with it You can also now understand Mr. Roosevelt another reason wav Mr Sam has fought so hard for this jury trial provision, He (Mr. Sam) does not h ive one constructive thing to offer his con --toiicnts in the wav of legislation or ideas that will benefit them such as raising their mrome lev?; from next to the bottom, their Sl itools fiom about the same position, or other beneficial measures. During the several years hr has occupied a seat in the senate, he has not had one bit of beneficial legisla tion credited s o him But he can tell his misguided constituents how hard he has fough' to help to keep the "N m his pbv he can tell them how he has led ‘he mob of Southern Congressmen in the !■ bit to block every move made by other congressmen working for even a semblance of equal rights now, he can tell them he was one of the proud co-authors and co-signers of that infamous Southern Manifesto and be cause they. Mr Sam's constituents have had the wool pulled over their benighted eyes so !• or;, they will just conclude that is what thrj are sending Mr Sam to the U. 3 Senate for. •So now. Mr. Roosevelt, now that the anti freedom bloc on the Senate judiciary Com rnitter- has succeeded in getting the jury pro vision through that Committee, if the whole senate hould become so blinded by Mr. - urn nnd Co.’s judicial system, ideas its members will adopt the Judicial Committees jury provision We implore you Mr Roosevelt., now' that you have the Ala -1 rna example before you as a guirk md an ill-. , mce for jury trials, please when this matter gets before- the House of Representa i pr.se of what is real! y behind this great * .-f u of which you arc a distinguished mem ber. use all of your valuable influence in having this jury provision deleted. There is absolutely no reason to make a nickering of this matter. The recent Alabama case is not the only in~tance of the type of result* to he e Apected when a white Southern jury is railed upon to dispense justice where Ne groes =>rd whites are concerned No one has forgotten the Emmett Till Case or the hun dreds of other cases where white men have, been found “innocent” by Southern white juries of crimes every one knew they com mitted against Negroes We believe, Mr, Roosevelt that you are far *on wise, too far sighted to be fooled b\ the carrying ms. of Mr Sam and his cohorts who seemingly are willing' to dedi cate their lives to the damnable practice of suppressing the rights and aspirations of the Negro citizens of this country. the conclusion of Jackies speech. All of this noise and confusion was so distracting that the activities of the. meeting had to be su spended until order could be restored This of course prolonged the affair, creating re sentment and a certain amount of ill feeling. Although mentioning both the St. Au gustine's and Shaw Commencement exercises ns examples of had manners displayed by the audiences, Rev. Shirley appeared to hold more contempt for the rudeness of the au dience at the close of the Lrgon High School • Commencement exercises. Rev. Shirley -aid it w-.t; both disgusting and embarrassing the way the Ligon graduates were pushed and shoved. “Seemingly", said the minister, “the audience thought the recessional meant for the graduates to follow it down the aisle". “These were not children who were showing surh a 'ark of manners” continued Rev. Shirley, “if adults act this way what do you < -pert the children to do", asked the minister. Mr, Shirley said that apparently Raleigh pen, pie do not know when a program is over he feels that they go to affairs to see and h< ir only what interests them most and then regardless whether the program is over or not, regardless of the inconvenience, discom fort and annoyance, they cause others, they get moving when their interests have been satisfied Rev. Shirley plans to present this troublesome matter to the ministerial alii ■ a nee in an effort to enlist its support in a campaign of education in deportment and good manners. "Civil Rights Legislation Will Remove ‘ The Filth In Our Own Back Yard” , L u» ’t. A Ayd, * ''•* 4 _y- * v ‘ ■oa..- 'a SMHBaSiK! ■ . - - v k r ' ' ' sJ *=isaasK ! 'Jr j: jH"-’... % f why don \mrf $ ,> ;! > m YOU CLEAN UP} ~Ln ~ 5 i/fiL,} ‘N 'W ,oV / v .- ?P?§ g %** By REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY For ANP WHAT IS LITE FOR? 1. This is s question to which only a few men give thought, while countless others do things t-hev know the*-' should not. and while away a lot oi precious time that could he utilized in improving the many things they find. 2. God has given every man sufficient equipment to suc cessfully overcome every im - pediment, and defeat the many consequences of .sin. that a more glorified life he might eventually win. 3. If men would delight to know how t,o live, and what things ■hest to adore they would seek the riches of God's Divine Grace and His holy word ex plore. i For this is the secret of a well balanced life, unfettered by the ravages of sin, and youth is the time to mold the proper pattern if one means to conquer and win 5 Life is a one-wav drive with signals that must, be on served ... to make a success- IN THIS OU3 DAY BY DR. C. A. CHICK, SR. Our Tax Structure The individual citizen does not need to stand in awe of the •si.se of the problems represent ed taxes. Tax policies are made by people: they can be chang ed by people. The most power ful ■ and constructive presure for less government spending and for tax reforms begins with individuals who are in formed on ne«d for action and who work actively to inform others in their neighborhood and in their communities. A large number of people who are competent to speak on such matters feel that present gov ernment. spending and taxes are inflationary, are larger than they need be. and are larger than Is good for the country now and in the future Many people have been led to believe that all that is neces sary to prevent inflation from government spending is to off set it with similar increases IT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK Bli GLADYS P. GRAHAM for Associated Negro Ptfr-a Artists Steal Spotlight The artists came Into focus here this week and contributed to the scene thfir cultural achievements, Lorame E. Gossln, holder of several scholarships and her degree from New York Uni versity, was heard at the 56th Street Burton Cornwall Studio in a program of songs with Eu gene Broadnax at the piano. The. four part program feat ured works of Handel, Bach, Schubert,, Charpentiar, Broad nax and other masters sung by the young soprano who receiv ed a tumultous ovation on com pletion of tier program Miriam Burton, winner of Marian Anderson and Whitney scholarships Cast seen In House of Flower;, Por^y and Bess.' was heard in her first program since her return from Europe. THE CAROLINIAN ful journey, one’s perspective must not oe blurred: one must, not trust his own simple judge ment, but lean on a stronger arm if he warns to be success* lul and rto himself no harm ?. That arm is the ever lasting Savior who fijl.-s all heaven and space, and whose mysteries are past findmr out. for He rules Hi? world with Al mighty power, infinite spirit, truth and Grace 7. Any individual then who wants to know what life u real ly for, will seek will duviosp untold treasurers and open many a door, 8. Christ came for the pur pose of showing man a saxe and certain way . . . Faith, Hope and Love comprise the only Key, and heaven is the reward for all of those who humbly bow the 'knee. 9 This is what LIFE IF FOR, to take sides nnlv with ‘■RIGHT", -and for such your patience will be tried, but don't expect any ease in the fisht, MORE - for the conquest in which you in taxes. Experience has now taught us that this is not so, for a number of reasons. For example, befoie tares can do anything about it, pric es are affected by the sheer rate of government ..pending and the number of points at which private bu.vei s find themselves competing with government for goods and services on which government becomes the pattern-setter of the prices This is partially due to government's tendency to rely on political rather than just economic gulden in its, buying It is also due to the intentionally increased costs of the labor content of govern ment purchases arising from such legislation as the Walsh- Healey and the Bacon-Davis Acts. To be deflationary taxes must not only take away the extra buying power that re sults In higher prices through Pear! Primus, was seen in her first all Calypso program along with her leading male dancer Percy Bord* 1 and a gal axy of ar'isfca in the field at the Apollo Theatre. Beautiful costuming, singing and danc ing and a. new drum number hv Miss Primus gamed her an enthusiastic following in Har lem in her first appearance there in over a decade. Mrs, Morgan Smith, gifted, singer whose last recite,] was m her native West Indies, has given birth to a second child, another daughter. She is the wife of Morgan Smith, photo grapher, audio-visual expert Lou LuTour 'Swartz' former St. Louis school marm, actress, radio and television expert, was given an orchid for her splendid einr.ee rendition of Mary Cardwell Dawson's Ope i program in the Skyline room chase to engage v ill reveal many a dark spat on your his torical page 10. Bid (his is only proof of your credits in heaven, re presenting good deeds like the Master's Wen, giving spiritual nourishment to the underfed has fought a courageous fight, and unfortunate ones of earth until finally they become a warn of a glorious new birth. 11, And this, is "what Life ip For”— a. spiritual conquest go as to enter God s door, where only the true in heart ran en te.i in, and be away from all heartaches, sickness and sin; for whoever is fortunate to get up there it won’t be by "the skin of his teeth nor an im morional scare. 12 But the whole of the spiritual man without mental reservation or spot or blemish a "id fearless of ill-fate; for here on this ever battle ground he has fought a coruageous fisht, and now joyfully he marches m where there is all day and no night. / too much money bidding for too few goods but must also be collected dueetty and prompt ly without- first, getting into the price structure Moreover, it, can he seen clearly that Mr. Jr hr, Q Taxpayer must srruti nif- more closely the rapidly inr: car-'ng *■ ■ipenditnres of gov ernments outside regular bud gets. Seek urt: out non-essential’ and wasteful expenditures is even more imperative in the face of the tremendous cost to the nation of fulfilling its required role m the world to ri? v, while at the same time trying to live as well as pos sible here at home. < Our governments local, ] state, and national— need a sounder tax structure But let us remember, continously be i mindful of. and never forget I that such a structure can he j brought to past only by Us the People! of Hotel Theresa Miss LuTour jj will fly to Ohio next month for | a concert tour beginning Jn 1 D;? y ton. Ohio | Picasso's 75th Anniversary f exhibition has opened at. the it ft iitl Street Museum of Modern f AO. It will continue until g September 8 Persons interest- 8 eii in ills work should purchase 8 the catalog edited by Earr and I Penrose at the Museum. Mary Bruce's Starbuds con- | sldored the most stupendous I allow of youthful talent m the p states will feature as guest nr* .1 tint ttene Holmes Liberia p ( born ;■ f. tel dancer-author when | the show hits the Carnegie 8 Hall stage June fi Mrs. Holmes 3 who is truest of Penelope John- i son Ruffin, distinguished vio linist received a spec al in vita- * tto« to appear on the Starbuds j| Show from La Bruce, terpM- choiesn export- and maker of WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1957 Gordon B. Hancock s PREJUDICE AND PRESTIGE Our area!, nation is learning, much to its chagrin, that ac quitting a white man in the slaying of a Chinaman is not the tame as acquitting a. white man in the slaying of a de fenseless Negro. The tragic Em mett Till episodes are quite routine, in some sections of this country, where it is the excep tion rather than the rule when a white man is convicted of shifting a Negro. in this country the Negro is forced to hide his resentment when injustice is done to Ne groes; but in China resentmest shows in dangerous and de structive riots. The recent riots in Taipei. Formosa are signifi cant, as t hey directed attention to the contempt and hatred the Formosans feel for the country that has put bread into their hungry mouths, When note have as many as 30.000 participants things are preftv serious, and they are pretty ominous for the pres tige of our count ry in Formosa, the last toe-hold of Chiang Kai-shek in China The court decision is but a part of the picture There must have been smoldering feelings of resent ment toward Americans even before- th® court episode The great, flare up was but a climax of a growing feeling of resentment, that has been developing over perhaps a long period of time. After all the Formosa riots may have been a blessing m disguise, letting us know just where we stand in the estimation, of Formosan-:., in spite of our extended grants of foreign aid to that unhappy people If the riots did no more than demonstrate to us the futility of trying to huv good will. they served a useful purpose. It must be borne m mind i f is not the financial asistance that Lx doing the damage, but it- is the American way of life in China The gverape white American carries arh him to the utter most. p*irts of the eatth his race prejudice arid he has car lied it to Formosa But the Formosans arc not taking prej udice and prejudiced proce dure- jvinn down. They are striking hack in no uncertain way and thry may be further expected to Vnke back; In tins column some weeks aco we named a lone Use of countries which have been ben eficiaries of our foreign aid program. Onlj a fe» evebings EDITORIAL OF THE WEEK The following editorial appeared to The New York Times. Mav 19 1957: WASHINGTON PILGRIMAGE. The third anniversary of the ■■tars. The African artist, is the wife of Rev Ash burn Holmes of Sandusky Ohio and author of "Dark Gods," a book of po ems. She j? an educational pro duct of Hampton and New York tTHuverstey Charleston Wilson, who is painting a series of pastels of linquist-manager Charles Clay bourn will be among artists opening in the Village Art Show along with Joseph De laney and some 300 other arti sans and craftsmen next. week. Mr Wilson is a- native of Mem phis, veteran of World War II and holder of many prizes for the beauty of his portria-ts In oil and pastel. In Our Mailbag Dr William Howard- profes sor of Political Science at, Flori da A&M U, Tallahassee, will address several high school commencement audiences be fore flying to Fort Valiev, Ga., to attend the commencement exercises of his former bos-. Di Fletcher Dr Fletcher and 3> Howard were colleagues when both were employed by the Minister of Education in Ethiopia Leßoy Clinton. Sr. of New York will join the edu cate! s of Fort Valley for the June commencement. Do’s And Oon'ts v . l all <>p usees s' 'j® ■ '‘Do Make It A Point To Be Considerate. 1 * ago President Eisenhower took his foreign aid policy to the air. seeking to justify our pres ent program. And to be fair, he was con vinclng. and many cf the listening millions were con vinced of the wisdom ana ex pediency of the current foreign aid politics, for in no other way can we wage a cold war so as to prevent it from becom ing a hot war, than by helping the destitute peoples who are willing to embrace coramun ism or any other kind of "ism” that promises relief from their present woes, chiefly economic It is not, therefore, the in herent weakness of the foreign iid policy that counts so heav ily against us; but it is rather the American race prejudice that jeopardizes our program. So when we appraise our for eign aid program we must do so in the light of the race prej udice that accompanies it. In other words race prejudice like a mighty stone hangs heavily about the nation s neck a:- it would sail the se.v of peace and international pres tige. T* is unbelievable that t nation so generous to the weaker 1 peoples of the earth would lose so heavily in na tional prestige. We know' of no other parallel n»her® a nation has done so much and is respected so little. The matter is becoming serious and the Formosa riots call at tention to it as nothing else could• So Tvhi!* ate about our, mission of helping the less for tunate peoples of the world, we had better do something about the race prejudice that ts jeopardizing: and nullifying our supremest efforts to play the good Samaritan in a tough world Regardless of what we pre fers to the world, what we if doing daily is being published throughout the world and our proclamation of civil rights for other peoples. White waging a terrible fight in Congress to k®ep Negro Americans Jr est of their civil rights, teite it. 3 own r-t-ory to the world and to the Formosans, The Formosans are propos ing to do something about it— throw the Americans out of Taipei Just how; widespread is the Formosa feeling is an im portant question and one that demands an immediate answer. National prestige and race pre judice do not go together. Supreme Court; 1 * decision out lawing racial segregation in the public, schools was observ ed in a "prayer pilgrimage" to- Washington by many thousand Negroes They assembled at the Lincoln Memorial to pray not only for more speedy im plementation of the court de rision but. also for more action bv the Congress in the field of civil rights. There is ground for their impatience in the mattsj of school segregation but- there is also ground for hope. Much progress has been made, albeit slowly, and the principle has been firmly established In the general civil-rights field there is again good ground for ap prehension because of develop ments in Congress. This dem onstration will serve a good purpose if it makes plain the obstruction that has been *0 evident in Congress is becom ing increasingly intolerable. The character of this demon stration was noteworthy When a march on Washington was first proposed there was much justifiable anxiety among those who remembered Coxey’s Ar my and the Bonus March. There was also the reasonable fear that, Communist agents might, tak* 5 advantage of the occasion to promote disorder. Fortunately, these anxieties proved groundless The meet ing was. in the mam, thought ful and orderly
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