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Adjusting Ourselves To The Change
There are thousands of Negroes in this
country today who have grown impatient
waiting for what they rightfully consider a full
recognition of their rights as American citizens
Doubtless many of them fee! that that dav is;
as far away as it ever was. Without getting'
too opmistic about the matter, we fed that
there are many unmistakable signs of a change
m the c!d status quo. We fcr 1 that what oner
could be called a solid flock of icy resistance
across the river of obstruction has now been
broken to the extent that the calm waters or
justice can be seen through the crevices
Neither by inference or implication would
we intimate that our battle for justice and
equality has been won In fact the signs now
appearing on the horizon indicating the ap
pearance of a change should serve to stiffen
our resolve to see this tiling through, no mat
ter the cost. And we must understand that
from now on. the costs will be greater and
greater, higher and higher. How we react to
the demands that will be made upon us as we
.constantly reach out for the fruits and bene
fits of full citizenship will determine our right
to possess them.
The Congress of the United States has just
passed a Civil Rights bill, a bill that falls far
short of the wishes of those who drafted it.
However the important thing to remember
about this bill is the fact that for the first
time in nearly one hundred years, a bill aimed
directly at those who subjected the Negro to
abuse, has been enacted into law by Congress,
This one act would seem to give the lie to
those who say there are no changes being
made. Another important thing to remember
about this Civil Rights bili is that for the first
time m history, no serious attempt was made
by the Southern members of Congress to de
feat it Not because these Southerners advo
rated it or wanted it. We are compelled to be
lieve that the lack of any real, organized op
position was due to the belief of those South
erners th.at the forces behind this bill were too
strong for them to overcome
The most important provision of this Civil
Fights bill is the guarantee by the Federal
government that every person will be protect
ed m .his right to vote Since every other racial
group in this country already has this pro
tection. this provision must apply exclusively
to Negroes We have tried to point out in
previous editorials mst how important this
provision can become to us as a lever with
which we can pry loose many of the shackles
that now enslave us. What we now want to
doubly emphasize is this: this newly passed
Civil Rights law guarantees us the protection
of the Federal government in our right, to
vote it does not compel us to vote it does not
insure for us any of the advantages naturally
enjoyed bv voters unless we ourselves accept
these advantages by voting. This bill will not
change or help to change in any degree any
of the conditions or circumstances hitherto
faced by us unless we adequately and effect
ively employ the protection of this bill and
VOTE
Helping Your Children In School
Now that the schools are open for another
long nine-months grind, thoughtful parents
might do well to consider ways by which the.',
can help their children to be better students.
Children who are entering school for the
first time this year need a lot of help from
their parents in order to properly prepare for
this transition. There is hardly a parent, par
ticularly a mother, who would send her child
off to school for the first time, without first
having tried to give that child some idea of
what to expect, how to act, and how to get
along with others.
All of these things are helpful and needed
but the problems that will be confronting the
child during his first year in school need at
tention and speciaf parental help all during
the school year
As soon as possible, the parents or the mo
thers of these first-year students should have
a '■onferenre with their teachers The first
conference is a very important affair because
during this meeting the teacher can be given
some insights about the child that she might
not be able to discern for many months.
These insights might show some particular
weaknesses nr some degree of retardation or
other shortcomings that the parents are not
aware of, all of which might possibly be over
come through a program in which both par
ents and teacher assume important roles. Sub
sequent conferences, between parent and teach
er, could be used for comparing notes to see
what gains had been made or to decide if the
right approach was being used.
First year students need a lot of help from
their parents but this help should always be
designed and in cooperation, with the teachers
of these Children. Coddling of the youngsters
by their parents, taking sides with them a-
Itainst their teachers, withholding punishment
of them for violations of school regulations
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It required the prayers and thinking, the
united and organized efforts of many groups
and forces for good to successfully steer this
C.- .01 Rights legislation through Congress.
These forces accepted the final compromise
on this bill because of their faith in us. Faith
that we could and would so adjust our past
and present: thinking about the value of the
ballot to the extent we would seize upon this
important weapon of freedom and use it in
telligently and fully. This will be no small ad
justment. Because of ignorance, lack of un
derstanding. poor leadership and indifference,
mans Negroes, the majority in fact, have no
interest whatever in voting. There are thous
ands of Negroes (many of them in Raleigh)
who will tell you flatly that voting and gov
ernment are the white man’s business Thc
sad fact about that statement is tnat those
who make it really believe it to be true. There
are others who look upon the ballot as a com
modity to be traded for dollars and cents.
When this type is asked to vote the question
conies, "How much am I going to get out of
it?” Many times the accusation is made. “If
! were getting what you are getting I'd be
voting too.” Os course all of that is plain,
undiluted ignorance but it is this ignorance
that must be recognized, understood and over
rome The stumbling blocks in our path to
freedom are being removed one by one. the
road is slowly but surely being made safe for
passage but if we refuse to embark upon this
road, if we refuse to lend a hand to help clear
this path of road blocks and obstructions, who
are we going to blame?
There is hardly a day that passes that you
do not run across a group of Negroes bemoan
ing their oppression and citing the wrongs in-’
flirted upon them by the white man They
vocally express hope that the day will soon
arrive when they are treated like other people
There are many reasons whv we just do not be
lieve that many of those who make that state
ment are ready to receive and use the things
they say they want “Crying the blue?,'' talk
ing about their wrong, blaming their misfor
tunes on their lack of opportunities have be
come a habit with too many of us. It is a
well known medieval fact that many affected
persons do not want to be cured. They have
come to enjoy the sympathy and attention
their ills receive
They have no desire to get well and assume
the responsibilities of life. We do not believe
that the Negroes who talk the loudest and the
longest are necessarily fakers and pretenders
about their wrongs The wrongs long inflicted
upon Negroes are too real for any one to pre
tend they don’t, exist What we are saying is
that too many of us are willing to talk about
these things but are unwilling to do the smip'v
and easy things we can do to help change
them. Which means, regardless to our protest? -
non* to the contrary, that we are satisfied with
them
and misconduct, will all prevent these children
from getting the type of start in school that
will insure them future progress and success.
Teachers are not infallable. They arc human
and make many mistakes, hut they are train
ed in the art of detecting and destroying ignor -
ance. This training enables them to put their
fingers on things that will handicap the men
tal development of their students. Because of
this fact, many defects that might remain
hidden from parents often come to light
through the evolutionary process of education
under the ministration of these teachers who
have spent many years preparing themselves
for this task. If parents who are sending their
children to school for the first time this year
will only stop and consider these important
facts and strive in every possible manner to
cooperate with the school and the teachers
ihey will find the benefits from these efforts
to be in direct proportion to their earnestness
and sincerity.
Parents can also be of great help to tbdr
older children, children who have nkeedy had
one or more yean in school. These children
need more parental help during the first one
or two months of the school year than pos
sibly at any other time during the year This
is true because during the three month# of the
summer recess, the minds of these children are
apt to stray a long ways from the conformity,
meaning and regulations of school life. Months
of freedom, relaxation of mind and body can,
or often does, require » lot of time and effort
on the pari: of both teacher and student to
overcome.
During th* summer, parents are apt to re
lax their vigilence and allow their children
freedoms and privileges they would not allow
or would frown upon during the months that
school is in session.
SMlWo[Sffleßy
NEW^ORK
rA s EXPERTS TAKE
GIANT STEP
Tan expert* in their respec
tive fields have taken a giant,
step professionally and are he
me thoroughly recognized on
a global scale. The colorful Al
thea Gibson, tennis champ
made the cover of the famous
TIME MAGAZINE in a strife
mg portrait. She. follows her
mentor Jackie Robinson who it.
is believed was the first tan.
sportsman to grace the cover
of TIME. Another sportsman
track star, Lee Calhoun was
featured in articles in the
weekly.
A. Philip Randolph, lahorite
who recently completed con
ferences in Africa follows Dr.
Ralph Bunche and other lead
ers to be honored with the
famed Elk Lovejoy Award
which was. conferred in Phila
delphia at the fraternal orders
Grand Lodge Convention.
Judge Jonah J. Goldstein,
General Session judge has an
nounced his acceptance of the
campaign chairmanship of the
Citizens Committee for the re
election of Borough President,
Hulan E. Jack, Democratic-
Libera'! Party candidate. Mr.
Jack is the first Negro in the
country to hold such a high
elective post.
Jane White, brilliant actress
daughter of the late Walter
White of NAACP fame is chair
man of the Magazine Sub
committee. which revised the
format of the Equity Maga
zine, official organ of Actor’s
Equity Association. Miss
White’s article THE NEW
EQUITY MAGAZINE is an ex -
cellent feature in the first, re
vamped edited of Equity. Fred
erick O’Neil is 3rd vice presi
dent of Equity and he has pi
oneered in informational writ
ing on the Negro actor and
his contribution from time to
time in prior issues.
Mark Ethridge Jr. and Carl
Rowan, Negro staff writer for
the Minneapolis Tribunte have
collaborated on views in the
Deep South “Integration—Now
Or Never?" Mr. Rowan ad
vised this writer sometime ago
that he is doing a series on
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt a.nd
Jackie Robinson while In resi
dence in New York.
Marion F Croson the Na
tional Council of Negro Wom
en representative In the Unit
ed Nations Is serving a# (un
official' a laison official of
the Stab* Department In sr
Along The Colonial Front
BV A. J. SIGGINS
IjONDOR England ''ANT'
While the Prime Minister, Mr.
MacMillan was defending Brit
ish colonialism in an address
to the American Bar Associa
tion < naturally introducing
himself as “we of the Free
World) news came of the ces
sation of operation by the R.
A. F. against the “rebels'’ in
Oman.
Some British newspapers
claimed that the red flay of
the Sultan was fiown over the
fort of Izki replacing the white
'one paper said black; flag of
the "rebels.”
Only an old woman was soon
on the aforesaid fort, said a
British dispatcN and after she
was buzzed olx by the R..A.F.
the fort was attacked by roc
kets and cannon fire.
The Times thinks that this
air attack paves the way for
lend operations.
The United States hopes for
a quick settlement. Naturally.
Just like the Jordan affair. But
not like Suez.
British reports gay there
were no casualties. The Inman
of Oman appeals through his
THE CAROLINIAN
ranging for foreign rue’- to
see and learn of what ls go.ng
on in Negro America In human
and race relations, Mrs. Cros
on is the author of United Na
tions Highlights which appears
in TELEFACT, the news organ
of NCNW. The Harlemite
among planners readying for
the organization's mammoth
conference project of a stu
dent United Nations group
modeled on regular UN set-up,
AFRICA CONTINUES IN
THE SPOTLIGHT
Africa continues its place !n
the sun which is over promi
nent. South Africans here are
keeping their ears to the
ground on the mass treason
of some 158 of their coun
trymen being held in Johan
nesburg. The .state is trying to
prove that the accused, as
members of groups ’working for
non-white liberation advocat
ed the establishment of a Com
munist. state and revolution.
Unionizing of Africa is being
pushed by United States labor
leaders who are geared to spend
some 550,000 to expedite labor
union developmnt, in Africa
Eyebrows are being lifted over
the alleged denial of entry of
George Houser into several Af
rican areas. Mr. Houser who is
on the editorial board of AFRI
CA TODAY and executive sec -
retary of the American Com
mittee on Africa, has launched
a protest over the denial of
visas to him.
The former editor of Africa
Today, Keith Irvine, now edits
and publishes AFRICA WEEK
LY. a newsletter from 336 Ea t
43rd Street. Mr. Irvine has spin,
with ACA and is on his oivn.
The United Nations Commis
sion io Togoland whose Chair
man is the Liberian born Am
bassador C. T. O. King has re
ported the people of French
Togoland have attained a wide
measure of self-government.
The findings of the six-memb*
commission which were indi
cated in a 160-page report nos
ed some restri uons on the
Togolanders in the territory
administered by France und .
the United Nations trusteeship
agreement. Ambassador Kmc
who was recently inducted in
to the Elks flew to Philadel
phia this week for their Grand
session. The West African
plans to organize the Elks in
the Republic of Liberia.
Katherine Dunham, expert
on the African dance and oili
er terpeichorean art, took ill
deputy iii Ca.ro for lif-ip for
the injured and homeless.
How reminiscent of Sin. I
British reports said there were
100 casualties then and lb •
Egyptian claidcm 3,000.
Oman has a population of
around 600,000, a thousand
mile coastline. There is a small
fertile strip anti a vast area
of desert and mountains.
But what is on top does not
matter to Britain or USA -
it is what is and what might,
be underneath that they are
worrying about.
The Sultan of Muscat, has
been recognized as the political
head of Oman and the Inun
is the spiritual leader. Until
oil became the God ot the Wert,
and In turn attracted worldly
princes and sheiks of Araby
hardly an adult much less an;
school child outside the coun
try had heard of Oman. Today
the name appears on newspa
per headlines and has been
read by scores of millions of
people for most the first time
in their lives.
But. tt may be as pregnant'
with fate for Britain as the
word Suest if the pi!-happy lads
in Kuala Lumpur Malays. a
trouper to the core the Chicago
dancer - teacher carried on
with her company until the
performance was complete be
fore being flown out of the
area for medical care. Miss
Dunham was last seen in Am
erica at the Broadway Theatre
where she was presented under
the aegis of S. Hurok who had
her for many years,'
*N;serian? here are shaking
their heads over the disap
pointment of home rule recent
ly granted by Queen Elizabeth
which fails to satisfy their
yearnings for independence.
IS Os R MAILBAG
Dr William Howard. Pro
fessor of Political Science at.
1 orida A&M University, ipffio,
is attending the Alpha PliPAi
pha Convention in Los Angeles
will plane back in time to at
tend the American Political
Science Association Conference
at Hotel Henry Hudson. An ex
pert on Ethiopia Dr Howard
was among twenty-five experts
in attendance at the Western
Michigan University, Division
of Field Services seminar on
Rising Influences in Tropica!
A tinea.
Honorable William H. Jones
of Liberia, who was host to
this writer on a recent visit to
tiie Consulate has indicated he
plans a visit to New York with
his family. Hon. Jones is a na
ture of Liberia. He and this col
umnist met in the Republic
when Hon. Jones was home af
ter forty years absence. He and
his wife. Ola (a Chicago hous
ing official) were decorated by
His Excellency President Tub
man and publicly feted by Edi
tor C. C. Dennis of Listener
during their visit.
Conferences galore are in the
offing and delegates from the
American Psychological Asso
ciation will be here en masse
for their confab at Hotel Stat
in. The 132nd national meet
ing of the American Chemical
So doty in which some 14.000
chemists and chemical engin
eers will participate is slated
for Hotel StSatler September 8
through n. Dr. Clarence T.
Mason of Tuskegee is expected
among other tnn scientists for
the meeting. Gibert Hampton
and his spouse took separate,
roads for vacation Mrs. Hamp
ton is visiting her sister, Beers
Mann of Cincinnati while Mail
man and Legionnaire Chaplain
Gilbert. Hampton hopped off to
Charleston, West Virginia for
a trek,
mu Uicir political stooges have
their way.
Arabs have started to reply
to Force with a much stronger
weapon- the weapon of inac
tion. They have boycotted the
Shell and British Petroleum
companies In Israd and forced
tiicm to close down.
A small thing perhaps. iud«-
ed by greater events in the
world. But the Arab boycott,
movement may be, as the Je
rusalem Post declares, the start
of an Arab war. It, could be
a Ichad— a Holy war,
iritish rockets and cannons
have blasted an ancient Arab
fort Izki, But British rockets
and cannons and bombs blast
ed Port Said without beating
Egypt.
Now that the Iman and his
advisors know what they have
to face they will assuredly seek
help to meet the threat. And
no doubt there aie far more
men outside Britain who will
b# willing to risk their money
end their lives—or the lives ot
missionaries —for the same
prize that Britain and Ameri
ca think worthwhile n.-klng
money and lives for,
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1957
BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANF
WE OFTEN GIVE 01 R
PROBLEMS TO GOD
1. When approaching God
about our problems, we at lea-it
learn two things well worth re
view . . . to turn them over to
Him absolutely, or. face the
unhappy circumstances of our
own making, in choosing the
course we prefer to pursue.
2 We are perfectly justified
in approaching God for Divine
assistance, but certainly in
competent to interpose the
slightest resistance; for the
finite mind cannot fully com
prehend the mind of Him who
has no end.
3 Man does not seem to un
derstand that God super-run
all Heaven and Earth. au<l that
wc. pigmies of the earth are
only at our best when rehabili
tated through His Son s second
birth
4. Even then, some folio,
m* stumble and fall. and. fail
to hear their Master's call, and
turning toward some worldly
attraction, adhere minutely to
their own reaction, to the ex
clusion of full and compute
hr aw nly satisfaction,
Is this not our prone to
sinning, instead of letting God
our Alpha and Omega be '
we le our beads defeat God's
high purposes and cheat- our
selves of rapturous joy and lib
erty,
fi. Our clumsy hands on Hr
machinery don't work . , .in
fact when they interfere, dan
ger is sure to lurk, for the av
erage touch is far too heavy
and spiritual training incom
plete for one to fumble in the
darkness in close proximity m
the Mercy Seat.
WASHINGTON AND "SMAĹ BUSINESS By C.WILSON HARD
Ever since the Supreme Court,
decision ordering a divorcee ent
between General .' :o?and Hu
Pont, many read . s have written
asking ques* r.'
* * *
Jt. Is small woo '. t that siub !r- }
quirics have come in. Obviously. I
both of theses
organizations} jagL^.. ,
have huge pub-i 4
lie relations oc-t ;
gani zations who ivJy§> A
have been
spiring publics-! ’
tion of many Jikjjf
■. i • - r<- ' .--u-. '-w.
odd -V tb UwffjPjtjjK. ' y *
court's dect-i Wgg®F
sion. Other wris-SAwf
■ , C. W. Harder
ers ii-. l ' e v.tu
ten along the same lines
* * *
But fact remains there wa- »
big ism? involved here best re
viewed with strict objectivity.
* * *
Perhaps this issue was best
expressed by Sen. ©’Mahoney
when be said. “A handful of
stockholders 115 T major holders
of 33 r ! of all GM common
stocki are rulers of an economic
state with revenues greater than
the revenues of ail but five of our
political states. Sm h power as
this is changin’; our entire r< an
omie system; changing our rela
tions with one another, our rela
tions with government.
* » *
Another sidelight of the issue
was given about a year ago at
the time of the now f or hi : "JM
dealer revolt " when the inden e
dent dealers who actually 1.■
the automobile businer; revolted
again, t autocratic powers used
against them.
* * *
Much has been marie of the
fact that for a mere S',4 million,
DuPont secured J3T of tIM stock
which has netted them billions
in profits over the years. Yet that
Is not the real tsr-uf After all.
there is no vice in bigness nor
in gro, ’!>. t ar in profits.
(?> s»lt’..-al I ■ ■ ' , -_rs ;,.a
Do’s And Pon’te
"lip '''
LAwOMCMTtM. «£-' V ‘ ';
» 1
“Being Cute, To Other Folk, Can Be Offensive, Not Funny.”
7 Thus one must follow most,
cautiously his natural reason
ing faculties, but at no tine
must, fail to listen to the still
small voice, for when steppin x
aside to satisfy personal long
mss too often is forfeit ?i
Hraver: s choice.
8. One who has contact with
I he God of ail Creation needs
no supplement: or substitute . .
(or when human problems iv. ••»
brought to Hi'- attention His
is the final word, and non"
can refute.
•-! Man's wanton spirit to do
things his way. only leads io
destruction, ruin and dew
and Instead of rccognizms God
wiih His all-seeing-eye and
power, he allows Satan to con
fuse him from hour to hour.
lfi. inert with trembling
hands and feet. Satan further
steps in, God's plans to defeat,
find finding a weakne&o LUui,
appeals to man's piide. he de
ceitfully entices him to mov»
further from God's side.
U. And this is how tamper
ing gets its start, when m n
allow Satan, from God to be
torn apart, and instead of H '-
lowing God simply by faith
all Christians should do. (tw
succumb to his chicanery and
i.ail to go all the way.
13 Yes. men falter, yea th*y
tamper with the precious wort;.*
of God interfering, with His
progress when their feet are
not, properly shod render
my Christianity less attractive
to some soul that might lAve.-r
on account of seine week
Christlan whom Satan already
has dispossessed
The real issue ts i.:a rnisnt of |
* * fi I
A* paint mans j-turers. ’M \
j makers of other materials n*v -
rd in making cars and ether i ’-
j hides, through this stock r -
chase which delivered »v>:‘ is
j tantamount to controlling i
• cut, ft was desired to sew ij- lh.-
| business on all exclusive bash.
* * *
Thus, when one -orporry *n
ran secure an exclusive market
for i's products to another c ••
porauon which makes about 'J -
of ell curs sold. 80 ~ of fill l->r •
motives, controls largest taxi
t ;"!■■■; in the nr.'.on. srd o
until Justice Dept, forced c ; :
of 3 consent decree, controlling |
the use, sale, and re sale of c- uy- i
r. ■ J :■ ■(-d ,i bu: hr, a
i bad situation develops.
* * *
Ihcrp has long been an Am- • -
i Scan proverb against patting all
the eggs in one basket. Obvious
ly, this DuPont-GM empire h 1 1
become so big, and so vital to th-
American economy, that in event
of a national economic emergen
cy, it could be necessary for gov
ernment to spend t \ money in
keep it from eollap Ing.
♦
Tn addition, ?iwh wptrrj,
i wb.cn they control so much, rue
i a constant threat to mvirtsnance
1 of free political institutions.
* * *
In other words, aspiring riirta
tors never get to first has”, if
1 eeonomv of a nation is spread
among many Independent entrr
p;i s. They can only get to po
liltca! power when economic pow
er is concentrated in a few hands,
# * *
There is no doubt DuPont.
I makes fine automotive finishes.
* * *
But if rompeting brains and
skills are given an equal oppor
tunity to bid for the business,
I perhaps even finer paints will be
developed. Only free and above
j board competition keeps prog
gress from stagnation. No one
has a monopoly on brains.