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4 THE CAROLINIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER fi, 1958 Editorial Viewpoint The CAROLINIAN’S “is it lawfui on the Sabbath day :<> do good 4 w> uo harm? id save a life or to Kill?" —Scripture The enemies of Jesus were ever on the alert to trap Jesus and dispose of Him, for He was to them a dangerous foe. Therefore, on one occasion, the Pharisees set a trap lor Him, One Sabbath day they hunted up a man with a withered hand and placed him in the Temple where Jesus would be sure to pass. Then they waited. If Jesus healed him, it would be a breach of the Law, which for bade any activity on the Sabbath. They would have that to recall when the crisis came. Jesus sensed the test and met it without hesitation. “Standforth," He said to the poor man. The bigoted formalists pushed in close. This was then moment. They had dug the pit cleverly and now Jesus was about to fall in. The soft light went out of Jesus’ eyes, the muscles of His ,io.w gri w h use, He looked "round on them with ancr,’ ns He demanded: ‘ls It lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to kill." He waited for an answer but none cum< What could they say? If they replied that the l,\- to- - bade a good deed, their answer would be repented all over town. The mass of common folk?, who fol lowed Him were His friends, not theirs only too glad to spread a story which would cost chs- Salute To North Carolina Industries The Federal Government’s Committee on Contracts recently, in reporting to Pit :dent Eisenhower, cited several North Carolina in dustries for easing racial discrimination in em ployment practices. Burlington. Industries employes 831 p< sons, of which 47 are Negroes, the report said. A Negro chemist has been hired. The three Western Electric plants in the state employ a total of 11,318 workers, of which 370 are Negroes. A Winston-Plant now employs 20 Negroes in ether than custodial capacities, including an assistant engineer, a tabulating analyst, and person*: in teehnh i! or clerical occupations in jobs formerly limit ed to whites. The Burlington plant has employed six Ne gro clerical workers, (n the Greensboro W st ern Electric Plant, four Negro women are hir ed in clerical positions, while other N> »re< s are working at such jobs as inspectors, g, ar • cutter operators, testers, and layout operators —formerly limited to whites. When we consider the entire working force of Negroes in the state, the few Negroes men tioned here, seems insignificant. But win :■ we think of the hundreds of North Carolina in dustries that have limited Negro worker? menial jobs, the Western Electric plants, the Burlington Industries, and Winston-Salem factory deserve honor,mk ?r. t non : forward the direction cf ikui doc: .- mM iofS^piurtnployrnent. Thus'we see tit at the walls which have tra ditionally hemmed in the Negro to certain ' pesos low-paying jobs are gradually crurn . ng—although not fast enough, This fact offers a challenge to Negro youth to prepare themselves well so that it won't be said they Almost a year ago in these columns, we discussed a logical program of giving to the church. One of the points in the program was the giving of tithes. At the time, we realised that the average church member would regard the saying as a “tinkling cymbal and a sound ing brass.” We know that, by far. the American church member does not tithe. For proof of th wc have only to study labor and wage statistic.'; and figures published by the United States Internal 'Revenue Service. If our res arch scholars were to make extensive studies of th< income and church contributions of Christian members, they would discover that the income of churches does not amount to one-tenth of the actual annual income of the membf / .. Basing their authority on the Bible, church ministers and officials have preached th n God requires that each man should “give on< - tenth of his increase” in any given year. Naturally ministers interpret this to mean that this tenth is appropriated best when it is given, dire *ly to the church for local expenses, home a • i foreign missions. To interpret God’s word in this manner is to miss the principal point of giving God did not say give the tithe to the church, but rather to Him. There are many other ways of pro moting the Kingdom of God through our ste wardship. For example, people may contribute State Subsidy For Private Colleges Not so long ago, the daily newspapers re ported that; there were a total of 30,455 stu dents enrolled in the state-supported colleges and universities in North Carolina. With. the. exception of two institutions, there were con siderably large increases in enrollments Enrollments at the Negro state colleges and the percentages of increase are ns follows for the current academic year: A. and T, College at Greensboro, 2.39 H-5,4; -5,4; Elizabeth City Teachers College, 418— t.C; Fayetteville State Teachers College, 584 —11.2; and North Carolina College at Dur ham, 1,540 —13.7. The biggest gain, on a percentage basis, was the Indian Pembroke College, which had 490 students compared with 538 last year, an increase of 21 per cent. All of the research authorities and experts predict record-breaking enrollments within the next 10 to 20 years. When this happens North Carolina and other states will discover that the facilities at the state institutions of higher learning cannot house this great in,'lax of ■ Un dents. Then the educational leaders of the state will give serious attention to the idea of giv ing state subsidy and annual grants to private colleges so that they may give considerable assistance in educating youths who have been turned away from state colleges. When the state makes such an offer of financial assist WORDS OF WORSHIP A Second Look At Tithing credit on the proud defenders of the law, The Pharisees had sense enough to recognise that fact, at, least,. They “held their peace” and slip ped away sullenly. Os His triumphs over His enemies, the nar ratives say. "They marveled greatly at Him." and in another place it was written. “And no man after durst ask Him any questions.” Every objection hud been turned back upon the ques tioners; every trap had sprung upon the fingers of those who set it. No argument was left for them except the finai ono which is always a confession of fail ure They had the brute force on their side. They could not stand against His thinking but they could and did, nail Him on the cross. Not in time, however; not until His work was finished on earth. Not until He had trained and equipped a force which would carry on with double power because of the very fact of His death. Each year in this country people hold thousands of political, charitable, and business conventions. Most of them are a waste of time. They are conducted on the false assumption that over-selling and exaggeration are potent forces— that the energies of men respond most powerful ly to promises of easy victory and soft, reward. The great leaders of the world have known bet ter. and so should we. lack certain skills for these technical and skill ed jobs. Would that our city, county and state gov ernment employment agencies would demon strate their high calling by discontinuing their discriminatory practices in hiring qualifi*. d Negroes to fill jobs as clerks, analysts, chem ists, nutritionists, engineers, and managers in our highway department, in our ABC, and in our capitol offices. We are confident that less than one. per cent of this labor force is Negro. We have in this state five state and seven private and church colleges training Negro students, And a few Negroes are attending the University. of North Carolina and North Carolina State College. Surely, from among the hundreds of college and university Negro graduates each year, there must be a long list of qualified persons who could fill some of our county, state, and municipal jobs The* black man must; eat, buy clothes, and pay rent just like the white man. Usually the Negro is placed in lower-paying jobs, but the commodities cf this world carry the same price lag for all races. Kow can be buy these goods? It is indeed encouraging that several North Carolina industries have the “forward look” by offering jobs on a non-discriminator y basis for those who can qualify for them. For the many benefits that such a movement can be stow let us hope and believe that what it rep ■ resents will spread and grow to utmost boun daries of the state. iVe cannot repeat too often our gratefulness for the opportunities that these industries have given to Negroes to become productive and useful citizens. To these industries, we give our salute! directly to individuals in need, to hospitals, and church schools, to educational scholar ships, the United Fund, and so on. The ten per cent principle may at first seem fair and Just. The goods and wealth of this world are not equally divided among people for numerous reasons. For the poor man earn ing $3,000 a year, ten per cent is too much: ' while the tithe, of ten per cent for the billion aire is not enough. Generally, men are not inclined to give gen erously to the church. For example, a man would not hesitate to pay $7.50 for a fifth of Scotch: but he would, on. the other hand, seriously object to paying more than fifty cents or a dollar to the church. We must somehow persuade men to give to the mission of God in proportion as He has prospered them. And their acts and words must be one and the same thing. If e church of 150 members, let us say. was to become imbued with the spirit of giving God a liberal portion of what they earned, easily from $15,000 to $30,000 could be in the treasury of the church, Then the church wouldn't have to give raffles, bingo parties, chicken suppers, nor would it have to conduct rallies and make special assessments Are you giving a liberal portion of your ‘annual increase to God? anee. many church and private colleges may turn down the offer for various reasons. Wc hope, however, that not a single Negro college will do such a foolish thing. As we wrote almost a month ago in our editorial, many of our Negro colleges will have to close unless hundreds of thousands of dollars are forthcoming from some source to kec-p them "in the competition.” Governmental subsidy both state and federal—is the only salvation for many of these institutions. There should be no fear on tire part of the trustees that private colleges will lose their religious identity if they accept “government handouts.” We believe that if and when the states offer financial grants to private colleges to help in the great undertaking of educating the youth of the land, they will in no way at tempt to r strict the religious influence of these institutions. Our trustees will have to. put emphasis on the “forward look” and lay aside the “backward look.” The educational demands of the years ahead will require a new educational philoso phy in matters of collegiate finance. To sur vive, most private and church-related col leges must accept government and state sub sidies or go out of business. This will be their only salvation, unless the national church gives ten to twenty-fold more generously than it has in the past—and especially is this true of the Negro church. How Long Can The Government Remain On The Sidelines? S'; A§||gg SEiTENCE SERMO3S "FOR I KNOW THAT MY RE DEEMER UVUTH' 1. If all men today could be as sure of their way. with Christ their Redeemer, as was Job. with God his Father, there would not be this jittery world. with so many things to boi her. 2. But. it N the uncertainly with which we follow Him who came to earth to redeem us from sin, that makes our road difficult to travel and daily problems hard to unravel. 3. While Job was certain of his Father’s exisetnee and liv ed to satisfy his claim, men now living in this Christian dispen sation don’t seem to have so definite an aim. 4. There are exceptions to this rule, but the tcndancy for the most part, is to evade moral issues and our brother out smart; regardless as to how this might hurt the cause of Christ, selfish interests must be met... though falsely appearing to act nice. ft. Job knew nothing about such hypocritical actions, or What Other Editors Say PROBLEM 3 OF MANKIND How to keep the aged physi cally fit and happy is one of the problems widely discussed nowadays More people are liv ing longer now, and they have all the norma! needs of young er persons. They must eat They must wear clothes They must have .somewhere to sleep. Means roust be found to make their experience available to their juniors. The contribution of modern medical science to longer liv nw was mentioned In a recent address by competent to express an opinion as a factor to he corxuiereci in future re visions of suci.i! security and the many pension and retire ment plans in vegue. The speaker saw longevity as a threat to these plans, as new administered, and a factor in possible national bankruptcy. Many diseases hitherto de vastating have either been con cluded or else brought under reasonable control. Others are (Ik- const;.tit object of dedi cated research on tire it causes and cures. And the end of this kind of research is not yet in sight. Familiar aliments such us cancer, heart disease, and tuberculosis have not yielded completely to treatment. There are others —muscular dystro phy and nephrosis, to mention just two —whose mysteries are now being probed. Evidently, mankind is des tined to have problems of some kind as long as the human race exists. Statisticians tel! us there will be 272,000.000 people in the United States in less than 25 years. Despite birth control, le gal and otherwise, the popula tion of the world b increasing. The n new mouths must be fed and their other bodily wants provided for. We are sanguine enough to believe, however, that new discoveries in the nu tritive value of food now being wasted, plus the introduction of modern agricultural meth ods' in agriculturally backward countries, will enable the sup ply of food to be adequate for Ore foreseeable future. Wot so 1 ng ago rnen and wd mc'n locked forward to retire ment with happy thoughts. Now, despite pensions arid oth er kinds of. payments to retired workers, retirement has lost some of its glamour and tire cry BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP mixing up with Satanic fac tions; he only spoke the lan guage of his God, and was will ing to sulfec, rather than sub nut to chicanery and fraud, 6. There are, however, some distant followers of Christ who like Satan's soup, who lor ap peasement, a song-and-dance will quickly wink and stoop; but Job when even Intimidated by his own household, contin ued to remain faithful, trust worthy and bold. 7. To be sure, he was not of the half-and-half kind who would bow and scrape before a dollar sign; but a. true-hearted, whole-hearted, faithful .soldier, whose actions at all times would make Satan a liar. 8. Not like those characters who desire to be rated as hon orable men, but on whom the God of Heaven can never de pend; who will take everything that is not nailed down, yet feel by all means they should be granted a crown. 9. No, not one who would usurp the God-given rights of others, but only too glad to to remove the age limits on employment is being heard. What does ail this mean? Simply tills: That there are and will he enough problems to tax the best brains of the nations of the world for years to come Out of the brains and imagina tion of the gifted will come discoveries that will not only lengthen the life spam, but himulfcaneously provide means ro make this lengthened life profitable to mankind. —Philadelphia Tribune '•SELLING” SEGREGATION The news from Florida is that the State Legislature will be sked to appropriate one mil lion dollars of the money of taxpayers, white and Negro, to “sell” the viewpoint, of the South to northern residents. Tfc will be interesting io see whether the Legislature ac cedes to such a request and how the money will be used. We don’t say the money will be wasted altogether because there are always those whose thinking is done for them and who are ready to agree to any thing they hear. We do sny it is rather expensive effort to ’’sell” a commodity which is going out of style and which marks its wearers as men and women who are out of step with progress. The Florida proposal Is not the only method being proposed to ’'sell” and outmoded “way of life ” In West Philadelphia, “The Birth of A Nation,” which treats the KuKlux Kian rym pathetctally, is being shown at a moving picture theatre. The KKK is without a doubt the leading purveyor of racial hat red In the United States has known and the fore runner of the more “respectable” White Citizens Councils now engaged in defying a ruling of the na tion's highest, court. The theatre Is in a neighbor hood into which Negro families have been moving in increas ing numbers in the last two or three years. The picture, des cribed as an “immortal spec tacle," is a cheap way to Indoc trinate the unthinking neigh bors withwith a false idea. —Philadelphia Tribune SURPRISES IN NORFOLK OESEGRKG ATION VOTE The Norfolk referendum on petitioning Governor Almond or Virginia to return schools of that city to local control brought three surprises: first, treat all as brothers and val iantly stand when others run, to prove that God's new Pay has already begun, 10. To qualify as a member of this new Kingdom, one must truly have no pari, in Satan's Gangdom . . . he must break down every idol, cast out every foe, and patiently live like Job, and finally be cleansed whiter than snow. 11. About some tilings in life, we may not be so sure, but here is .something one must know' if to him eternal ages are to be secure; he mast be rooted and grounded in Jesus Christ his Savior, to enjoy for ever Heaven’s highest favor. 12. This FAVOR is eternal life, with which Job. of Old Testiment days was so famili ar, and is now our rich legacy through Jesus Christ, our De liverer, let us all continue until death, to repeat this, JOBs happy refrain. “FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVE TH”, until in Heaven with HIM we shall share His ETERNAL REIGN. that 12,700 people in a modern urban community would vote to keep public secondary schools closed; second, that 8,- 800 people in a Virginia muni - cipality would vote to permit desegregation in the public schools; and third, that no more than 21,500 people in a city of almost a quarter-mil lion population would turn out to vote in a referendum involv ing the continuation of the pub lic school system. One would be hard put to say which of the three sur prising And if the three sur * prises appear to bo contradic tory. that stems from the com plexity of the issue and the mix ‘d emotions with which peo ple must approach a choice be tween a thoroughly embedded social custom and public school education. No doubt many in Norfolk did not bother to vote because they knew the referendum would settle nothing. At best it was only a, reflection of pop ular sentiment The Virginia laws under which the schools were closed are being challeng ed in both state and federal courts. The word*in 1 of the ballot, particularly the footnote ad vising thud reopening of schools on a local and desegre gated basis, as they would have to l>e, would require payment of a “substantial tuition ’ fee by each pupil, was calculated to weigh in favor oi a vote against transfer of the school system to the city. Another factor is the favorable reaction of many Nor folk parents to the quality of the education their children are getting in the tutoring classes, i About 4,000 children are at tending these class?!.. l While the vote favoring the reopening of the schools was impressive, the fact that three out of five voters perfer closed •schools to desegregated schools reflects the depth and the strength of popular oppositon to the desegregation decision and orders Norfolk is as cosmo politan a city as there is in the South. That a referendum there has shown preference for clos ing school* to avoid desegrega tion gives some popular idea of the volume of popular resis tance which must be overcome before racial desegregation in the public schools will be ac cepted. —Durham Morning Herald JUST FOR FUN- AN ABC SCENE Passing an East Cabarrus ABC store, I noticed that a Salvation Army worker had taken a scut near the door. The customers were covered and they dished out handsome contributions for the Lord’s purpose. Not a single man’s conscience ’would permit him to tell the lie that he didn't have any money. Some of the customers were church members. I wonder what the - would have done h their pastors had taken a seat along with tire Salvation Army work er? At least it would have been embarrassing for. Mr. Corn yard. Mr. Dee-Jay took Miss Joy Brandon to the Antigua Casa Sobrino de Botin (Cafei locat ed along the street ol the Knifenmkers in Froggie Bot tom This eatery deals in cook ing and serving roast suckling pig. To prove it is really ten der, the waitress won’t cut' it with a knife. They use the side of a plate. Dee-Jay gulped down a large order of this delicious pork; but Miss Brandon was in an other mood. She Just ,• - watching her friend inane an epicure of himself. He blushed his shame when she noticed him, but the feeling was mu ted. You should visit the Sobrino sometimes. It was founded in ,1825. MERRY CHRISTMAS; Gu s what Co.rn.yard is giving me for Christmas! A new automatic pencil for chalk. It is BAND CHTNIC—it ends forever messy chalk dust on the hands and clothes. It is scientifically bal writing or drawing a smooth pleasure. The price is $2,00 a piece, (Mr. Cornyard, the cheap skate. Just for that I'm going to give him 51.75 ball point pen.) I. might add that I'll put it in a box marked for articles costing $6.00. SIGN OF THE TIME: A UPI story states that an ex-boot legger advertised that he waffs a steady job in maintenance or sales, Write Box L-CB, Co to ol the Knoxville News-Senti nel. So far the results of that ad vertisement hasn't be eneeu raging. Cordon B. Hancock’s fdgfg SUPREMACY OR SURVIVAL*.’ Kruschev the Russian dicta tor, has just made Iris boast that within a decade Russia will take the lead in all spheres of human endeavor. Os course she has already apparently taken over the scientific sphere, if we ure to judge by her suc cess in orbiting Sputnik I. It is high time that we take the Russians and their exploits seriously. We have been wont to minimize Russian achieve ments under communism. For a long Lime we hoped and wait ed for Russia to go to pieces from internal'pressures and re sentments. Americans who have travelled in Russia, tell us that a counter-revolution in Russia is one of the remotest possi bilities imaginable. We disparaged Russia’s sci entific possibilities and soon Russia had a satellite in orbit and when we compare the size of Russia's satellite with our own, ours suffers in compart .son. So when Kruschev boasts that within a decade that Rus sia will take world lead in all spheres of human pm snip, wo had better sit up and Like no tice. The time is at hand when we must lake Russian tw.: !s seriously. The tact that strikes this writer with greatest force in that Russia, is striving tor supremacy when our fight ss for survival. Just as it was a question in the noddle of the last century as to whether or not our lo - tion, of government of the peo ple and by the people and for the people would p ish the earth, so today that same question is being raised b? the resurgence of prejudice, in our country. We are divided by ugly hu man hatreds- tor the Catholics ami Jews and Negroes. With the problem of prejudice be coming more and more acute, and wilii rave prejudice threat ening to get out of hand at- is being manifested by the mas sive resistanco movement, our fight is not one of supremacy but of survival. Wc here reiterate what we have said herein before that race prejudice is a threat to survival and unless it is some how counteracted we arc lost in the race for survival The current campaign pf massive resistance is calculat ed so to weaken our moral de fenscs and undermine faith in democracy, that when Russia is at its strongest wc shall be at our weakest. When race prejudice takes precedence of national security we are in. for great tribulation, if not actual humiliation. The threat that race preju dice poses is serious, not alone for the Negroes but for the na tion. If the Negrophobrs have their way, they will deliver to Russia our nation on a platter: they will do it indirectly by so dividing our nation that our defenses will crumble Iw-fute the onward sweep of commu nism. And let io not be forgotten, that there are Nogrophobes who will receive communism with open arms, if they can BY MARCUS H, BOULWARE But at least, he got a letter from an unknown ex-bootleg ger which said; “1 hope your ad gives you re sults. I am also an ex-bootleg err and too b v oke to run an ad so if you set too many jobs for ward some of them to me. I could sure use some cash for X-mas.’' Mr. Cornyard wanted to know why did lie quit bootlegging. “Well,'' I said, “the man was forced out of businessa nuisance bill which claimed that he and his partner were doing more than selling dogs at their kennel.” The man admitted that the whiskey was a separate busi ness hut he said, “We sold some chihuahuas!” Cornyard says, “He should nor have given up without a fight i’" 1 hot back, “But he wants to make a decent and honest living.” “And remain poor like me,” replied Cornyard. INCOME TAX FORMS: The Internal Revenue Service will .■toil, maiiin out a record 60 million individual individual income tax return forms short ly after Christmas. Why couldn't the newspapers have waited until after Christ mas to make this announce ment, AH the joy is gone out of Christmas now! AN EXECUTIVE: Mr. Corn yard informs me that he wants an executive position (perhaps :n the white-corn business). I asked, "Tell me, sir. why do you want to be an executive?” Cornyard said, “Because I would be employed to talk to visitors so that the other em ploy res will have a chance to work.” IT'3 A RECORD: A Golds boro white man -was recently ai rested his 199th time for public drunkenness, and the P ' i'-; •: . it may be a stab. *• record. The man's record also in cludes an arrest for public nui sance and another for trespass. When the man was asked to give his home address, he said. •'Anywhere I bans my hat •• Police said that is apt to bo in city hall. Mr. Cornyard thinks that the story is amusing and in trivumg. thereby hold the Negro down and nu writer is not too e; • - i tain that Russia will not play ball with the Negrophobia. When democracy loses its moral strength it has boon merely sounding brass and u tinkling cymbal. Race prejudicj weakens the moral fibre of de - mootac y and already the very < ' mention of American democ racy is an occasion of cynical reaction in far too many parts of the earth. At the end of World War I, our United States was an idol among the nations. Today in far too many instances it is a by-word and object of jest among the peoples. The low estate of our prestige among the nations can be directly traced to the work of the No grophobes who have placed race prejudice above national security. During World 11, the spirit wo ; o conquer the Negro first and the Germans later; today the spirit of the massive re- KiruuK in to hold the Negro down first ;md then turn on the communists. Ou! Hr mi bomb piles will,nut. suv • us, if we lose the spirit of d.-t ■» is, \ that has made our y nation great and our civilian t ion splendid. Wc have here a 'and of glorious liberties and benr'<n in:,, huHons, a land that is literally flowing with, milk and liourv, a land where our fathers died, land of the pil grim’s pride. But wo aw letttlng race pm .« udinc undermine its founda tions. Happily we cannot close this lamentation without pay in'; tribute to that great army of Americans who have not bowed the knee to the Baa! of race prejudice. Wc are fighting for survival and woe unto us, if our defenses arc mo deeply weakened by race prejudice. It Happened In New York By GLADYS P. Git AH AM WARREN MARK WITH MAYOR. INSTRUMENT HOUSE Pittsburgh-born and globally educated Warren Marr is as sistant fiend of the Marine di vision of the famed Nisonger corporation Marr demonstraU ed at the huge New York Coli seum the new Amanda Water Scooter (British manufactur ed) An artist, of distinction and head of his own firm the House of Marr, trie ten expert de signed and constructed the 40- foot display at the Interna tional Auto show which featur ed numerous instruments ban died by Nisunger corporation He has pioneered In interracial and industrial relations foi many years. The first young musician in Americas to earn the title ol We.st.inghou.se recitalist is Cleveland-born Buckner Gam by. I OK AM*
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