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THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH. X. C., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 13. IM2 4 Editorial Vie wpoint WORDS OF WORSHIP ‘ Master, my servant la 111; but la la unneces sary to: you to visit my houae. I understand how .‘uch things are done, for I. too, am an execu tive. I say to this man ‘Oo’ and he goeth; and to another 'Come', and he cometh; and to my aerv ■<tn . Do this,' and he doeth It. Therefore, apeak tne word only, and I know my aervant will be Mississippi Now An Encouraging Sign Mississippi's reputation has been ruined by Governor Barnett's defiance of Federal au thority, but following the rioting there comet a wee note of encouragement. There mas be possibility of the healing of her “hate disease” while yet there is time. We have been waiting for some strong voices from Mississippi’s men of high calling if there be any left. Here and there in publica tions a few white men are speaking out. Nat urally they are concerned about the future for industry in the state, the future of the Univers ity of Mississippi, and away to regain the state's rrsp<mt in the eyes of the world. Naturally the faculty of the University is concerned about the future of the University— There is something that the Negro must do for himself if he is to make himself acceptable in the mw integrated world For one thing, his deportment must be im proved in general A good example of the need for better behavior was cited recently in Fay etteville A young Negro woman was sentenced to six months in prison recently after a Su perior Court found her guilty of resisting ar rest and public drunkenness The woman just cited was accused of threat ening to throw lye on the operatot of a night spot, vagrancy, public nuisance and resisting Educational Leaders Take A Stand While numerous jwilitii imh<i mi nurd Gover nor Ross Barnett for Ins slimiJ against the en rollmmt of James Mrmlitli in tlir University ol Mississippi, the AmoiiMti Council on Edu cation criticised him for "the particularly shocking invasion into the affair* of the Uni versity of Mississippi.” Thr entirism was significant because it was Hacked Hy thr council representing more than 1 f>oo IJ. S colleges and universities. This stand, one of thr toughest it has taken in years on any subject, was included in a resolution passed unanimously at the nrganiaztion's husi Negro Episcopalian Elevated There ate sei many firsts for Negroe* these days that they hardly rate heang called hot nr ws One example of this trend is that of the Venerable John M. Burge-ss, Negro, archdea con of Boston, who was elected, on the first ballot, and the first Ncßro in Massachusetts to become suffragan bishop of Massachusetts. Bishop Burgess is qualified for his new po sition having graduateel from the University of Michigan with bachelor's and master's de grees ,n 19.10 and I‘Ml 11, attended the Epis copal theological school in Cambiidge. Mass Football Players Mar Record In a few moments, a man can do some thing that mars his record for thr rest of his life Often lie cannot rectify his actions if he wants to do it. This was true of three Maryland State Col lege football players who. for some reason, lost all irason and allegedly raped and assault ed a female faculty member in the hallway of a teacher s residence. Thr rrpoit stated that the youths were making noise m the hallway of the teacher's residence hall When the victim opened her door to investigate the trouble, she was en veloped in a blanket and knocked to thr floor. Police investigators described the assault as a "savage attack." We don't know what CHUsrd these young Problems Os Brain Damage The public is becoming nwarr of the prob lem posed bv disorder traceable to brain dam age. Think ot the blighted lives and staggering financial cost of allowing these enemies of mankind to continue unabated. In recent yrars new name* have come to the attention rtf the public as never before: cere bral palsy, muscular dystrophy, mental retar dation. multiple sclerosis are only a few. Some disorders traceable to brain damage or neurological causation have been well-known to the public for many years. Epilespv is one of mankind's oldest afflictions, prevalent in Bibical time* and before. Strokes, brain tum ors. meningitis, and disorders of hearing and tight are among the other commonly-known neurological and sensory disorders. Even today, most of the 200 neurological disorders are unfamiliar to the public. The public is not aware of the meaning of such dis eases as Huntington's Chore* or Freidreich's Ataxia, and yet these diseases claim lives by the thousands. The following facts will highlight the prob lem of disorders arising from brain damage or other neurological causes: I. Five million Americans have serious hear ing problems. J. More than a million are disabled by stroke*; another half million suffer from cere THE NEGRO PRESS —b*W*r*» that America can baat had the world away from racial and national antagonism* whan it accords to every mar regardl*** of raea. color or creed his human and legal rights Hating no man fllkl tearing no man the Negro Pram strives to help every man on the firm be - «UAfflk Re/that all mam are hurt a* long a* anyone fc held back. Things That Hurt Us healed.” Jesus' face kindled with admiration. "I have not found such as this." he exclaimed. This man understood him. Both were executives. They had the same problems; they talked the same lan guage. that is, freeing it from political control, and especially control of segregationist demago gues. The American Association of Univers ity Professors deplore attempts by state poli ticians to put all the blame for the campus ri ots on United States marshals. Meredith may never be accepted by the state of Mississippi but he can still get an edu cation even if he has to be escorted every day by U. S. marshals. Meredith may stand alone and yet be surrounded by thousands of stu dents. In his loneliness, we hope he keeps his courage high and never falters. It may come late, but the Negro’s cause is bound to win in Mississippi. arrest If she must drink, would it not have been better that she remained at home in priv acy? Nothing is more disgusting than to see a woman drunk in public, and surely our schools and churches can exert an influence which will discourage this sort of behavior. The Negro must bathe, keep himself clean and attire himself in clean clothes if he is to be accepted in large numbers. Good behavior in public will help us just as much as demonsetrating at some chain store or restaurant. ness meeting An outbreak of applause follow ed the vote. Thr council did not single out the University of Mississippi itself for censure. Implied, how ever. was criticism of the board of trustees of the Mississippi institutions of higher learning Education cannot be the best whenever the re is the threat of political interference. We com mend the American Council on Education for this forthright stand on what it believed was an imposition on the functioning of university devoted to higher learning and the public in terest. Not only this, hut Bishop Burgess served parishes in Michigan and Ohio, and was canon of the Washington Cathedral and chaplain at Howard University before coming to Boston in 1956. Only 53 years old, Bishop Burgess should have strength to render service many more years. The rase of Bishop Burgess is another ex ample of how the Negro with training and dili gence can move up the ladder of church de nominational success. And may God be with him as he goes about his new duties. men to commit the crime they did. but their actions were characterized by savage and beastly instincts. Yet the game of football is reputed to develop leaders out of young men. If so, then these youths failed to live up to the code expected of them. By now, the youths have had time for seri ous reflections while in the hands of the law. What has been done has been done, and their deed cannot be made good They will be pun ished, and they will be forced to live with this memory for the rest of their lives Let this be a lesson to other college youths who invade upon the privacy of faculty citi sena in their own residence. No one should do anything that will mar his good name, or the name of the football team on any campus. bral palsy. 3. A million or more cases of Parkinson's diseases have claimed the eyesight of almost a half million persons in the United States 4. Glaucoma cataracts, and other blinding diseases have claimed the eyesight of almost a half million persons in the United States 5. One in every sixteen babies bom in the United States suffer from some form of neu rological disease. 6. Several hundred thousand deaths occur each year from brain damage and sensory dis orders—almost 190.000 from strokes alone 7. More than eight million persons are dis abled by diseases affecting the brain or spinal cord. No other group of diseases present such an economic loss to the nation. The tragedy is compounded, since a large percentage of crip pled or retarded individuals have their dis abilities at birth or in early infancy and must endure them for life. Medically speaking this adds to one of our gravest problems. How can you help to combat the diseases that cause these disorders? Simply by making financial contributions to the agencies and or ganisations that carry on research to discover the canses and various ways of curing these maladies. ■m . Just For Fun Bt MARCXS a ttOLLWAKt REAL MCCOY We've heard the expresaon, he real McCoy, but few of us know the exact meaning of the phrase or how It originated. The story ia told that William McCoy, was a rum runner, back in the old days when lawlessness, accom panied by piracy, murder and other acts of violence, held swsy. Most desperadoes who engage in illegal activities would )ust as soon cheat, rob and steal from t'neir own fellows as from oth ers In other words, there was no such thing ss honor among thieves to them. William McCoy was a notable exception Al though a crook and illegal trad er bv profession, he was honest in his dealingz: and his word was as good ad that of an honest . man. The rum that McCoy smuggled into this country was of the best, and thus the expression for good rum came to be the real McCoy, for McCoy could be depended to bring in the real stuff. Now the exu.:t meaning of the real McCoy has been lost but the phrase still lingers on. SHARP AXE “Ti< a «*iarp medi cine, biit a sound cure for all diseases'' is a quotation ascrib ed to Sir Walter Raleigh. When this dashing cavalier was brought to the scaffold in 1618, he was without fear of death, and as a show of bravado he asked to be allowed to examine the ax which would end his life. As he raise'd the weapon to his lips to kiss it. he pronounc ed these words. "Tis a sharp me dicine, but a aound cure for all diseases." IN ROME: Another oddity Is the expression, "When in Rome Other Editors Say STRONGER HOUSING LAW The need for an extension of state housing laws to forbid discrimination In the sale or rental of all housing has been forced on public attention these days by the sit-in demonstra tions at various housing devel opments The sit-inners are trying to persuade builders and devel opers to sell their products to all persons who want to buy without dlstlnctloon as to race or color or nationality or relig ion. Houses are about the only articles Negroes can’t buy In the open market. They can buy everything else from Cadillacs to pornographic literature on the same terms as whites but the moment they try to buy a home they are denied the right to compete on terms of equal ity with other Americans. Os course, housing Is a ne cessity of life and no man Is free In a free enterprise econ omy. such as ours, unless he has free access to the market place. Denied that free access he Is overcharged for inferior products. He must take what he can get at whatever price the seller demands. California will soon be the largest state in the union and as It becomes the nation's num ber one state In population It ought also become the nation's number one state In protecting Its citizens against discrimina tion of all kinds We need a state fair housing law to keep company with our fair employment statute. Until we get such a law Negroes won't be free In California —CALIFORNIA EAOLE RIGHT WILL PREVAIL "To destroy a house of wor ship Is indicative of a dement ed mind." In these word* Gov Fmest Vandiver of Georgia condemn ed the burning of four Negro churrhi-s wtthln recent weeks In thit state At his order and Editorial Opinions Here are exeertps fre*m editorial* appearing in some at the nation'* outstanding newspnper* on subleet* of current internal to onr read ers: Cft IMS IN MISSISSIPPI JOURNAL. Milwaukee "The whirlwind that Oov Ro<* B.srnett invited hi* ream'd trag edy Mr Mississippi, it* universi ty. the whole nation Barnett, for alt that he finallv hacked down before federal po» er and called upon hts people to nhov the law made rerijtance a"d vi olence inevitable Hi* defian-e of rcurt nrde-r». his demagogic defm«e* of v hat he called "our hcrt'agr" and hi* flouting of the federal government gave the ra cists and the fanatic* time to gather and build their passion*" POST. Denver "Barrett and Mississippi can not be allowed to set themselves apart from and above the United State** of America "Althugh we would profound ly r'vnt the use of fedei.il force in Mississippi we would infinitely prefer that to allowing Barnett to ignore the law of the land and to defy the fe*deral au thority constituted to enforce that law Barnett must and will lew hi* senseless battle " TIMES New York City “Governor Barnett and hi* fol lower* and abettor* will lose Their ca-.i*e lack* the *tuff of victory It injure* us, not oc.’.v at home but w herever news of what we do i» rpoken or print ed The authority of the Govern ment of the United States u at stake Hie proclamation of e mergency Prea.dent Kennedy t» reported about to sing will make clear the irrevocable nature of the Federal commitment It shor 'd be heeded without the need for a senseless clash of arris in a hopeless and benight ed cause DAII V OKLAHOMAN Okla homa City "In a M-nar Gov Barrett u> War He » leading Mississippi do as the Romans do." History tells us that St. Augustina was in the habit of dining upon Sat urday. but In Rome it had be come the custom* to fast on Sat urdays. However, in Milan the people dined on Saturday, toe. and when St. Augustine went to St Ambrose to ask his advice. St Ambrose told him in the fol lowing words how he met this problem: “When I am here at Milan." he said, *1 do not fast on Saturday: when at Rome I do fast on Saturday.” or In othar words, when in Rome do as the Romans do. MAKE WAY: “I will And a way or make one.” This historic expression is generally credited to Hannibal. Hannibal was plan ning to take his army acroaa the Alps to Italy, but many persons criticized his plan and asked how he would find away. He remarked. "I will find away or make one.” He accomplish ad the feat, although he lost 20,000 men, representing half of his army. TALLER MEN: Americana are growrinr taller and right out of beds. <1 know that this is true, because my feet stick out from under the cover every night I am six feet three inches tell) One of the results of the phy icai progress of the stretching American: The difference be tween the length of a man and his mattress is decreasing. Anyone over five feet eight In ches in height ia a misfit on conventional mattressea. I want to add that the tall man has difficulty sitting In busses, in church pews, etc. Manufactu rers ought to conduct surveys In order to meet the requirement* of the growing man. on the Initiative of the local sheriff energetic Investigation was begun. This followed announcement by the Federal Bureau of In vestigation that It was turning over to the local authorities in formation Identifying four men who are said to have set one of the fires after a beer-drinking bout. Such acts of vandalism will bring home to sensible South erners the consequences of In flammatory talk by political ex tremists opposed to school in tegration and civil rights. Three of the churches des troyed had been used for voter registration activities, but this was not true of the fourth. Oovernor Vandiver took office as an avowed lifelong segrega tionist. He still disagrees with school Integration as a policy but, unhke Oov. Barnett of Mississippi. Vandiver respects the authority of the Federal courts to require it He has used the power of the state to help keep order in At lanta at the Introduction of pupil placement laws. This seems to be the mood in most of the Southern states, as re flected by the gradual but stea dy spread of school desegrega tion there. only two other states which Beside Mississippi, there are have not yet complied with the 1054 school desegregation rul ing of the U. 8. Supreme Court. They may delay, but cannot escape the Inevitable. Nomination flt the moderate C&rl former Oov. Marvin OriyMtn Georgia's re cent signifies, in our view, that segregation as an all-out. fire-eating Issue for a politician Is beginning to wear a little thin. It will wear thinner as the reaction of responsible citizens to churohbumlngs has time to register. Right shall ultimately prevail. —CHICAOO DEFENDER Into symbolic if not factual se cession. m South Carolina, did in trying to nullify a federal tariff In I*3l That wa* follow ed eventually by actual seces sion which, more than the issue of slavery, made the conflict a gainst the federal union inevi table.” NEWS. Detroit “It will not be President Ken nedy who calls out United States toops to uphold the nation's laws should It come to that. It will be Gov. Roes Barnett, of Mississip pi. lawleaa demagog'* VIRGINIAN-PILOT, Norfolk "What really is happening it as sad as It is terrible. Men who are anxious to test their power men who stand to profit po litically from the cheers of the heckling mot have fashioned a national cri*.* out of the er roa of the past" ADVERTISER Montgomery. Ala. "Nobody has treated the U S Supreme Court with more con tempt than Bamctt since Abe Lincoln went Ms laxvles* war in the war rear* Even Andrew Jackson finally bowed to the au thority of the federal Judge ir. New Orleans and John L. Lewis likewise bent "1* is plain, a* we suspected from Bgmett's first declaration, that he meant to play out fee "never” string as none before him Almond. Vandiver Fau bua. et al had to resolution to la -In the end. as we have said. Barnett will be toiled by federal FOdrr DISPATCH. St Louis -We regret this aad state of It weakens our country at h—« and tfiamea it In the eyas ot the world But w« have no doubt whatever that tbe Pre aidant is Justified In callirc cut troop s as a last resort to en ters the order of the court, and that It la his clear duty to an- Strong Government Action Will Make Mississippi It’s Burial Place I sSsSsSi Cordon B. Hancock BETWEEN THE LINES HURRAH FOR SONNY LISTONS Someone wisely Mid that a fool and his mon ey are soon parted. Another has just as wisely asked, bow they ever got together In the first place? When Sonny Liston finished off our champ ion Floyd Patterson the other night in less than one round, we began to wonder how Patterson had ever become champion in the first place. Patterson carried into the ring ever so much sentiment of the people; Liston carried the lethal punch and that was what decided the champion ship. Sentiment is one thing and the knock-out punch is another. When tender champions are not in the ring, sentiment is a wonderful thing, but once they enter the ring with a real man. the knock-out punch is the thing. The Irishman who allegedly told his son upon the latter's leaving for the army. "Son trust in the Lord but keep your powder dry,” had some thing. Patterson carried into the ring the senti ment and good wishes of this column. Patterson had made a fine champion so far as public re lations are concerned; and above all he had de meaned himself with all becoming grace. When he entered the ring with a erstwhile malefactor, it Is not surprising that the sentiment of the “upper world” was with him and it is here that the fundamental issue emerges. How far should society go in encouraging malefactors m their later aspiration? . The narrow conception would throw a stumb ling block In the path of one who would follow the comeback trail. There are “holier-than-thous” who would deny the Prodigal the chance of a re turn. and frown upon the processes of rehabilita tion. The writer once had a long talk with the superintendent of Virginia's sty e penitentiary and he made it clear that "rehabilitation" was often a wrongly used word, for in far too many Instances the objects of our rehabilitation efforts had not been “habilitated” in the first place If this is true of society in general it is doub ly true of the underprivileged Negroes. Therefore Instances of wondering why our society would allow a Sonny Liston to enter the ring with Floyd Pat Focus On Africa BY EDDIE L. MADISON. JR., for ANP CHICAOO ' ANP)—Report* of alleged plots to a&slsslnate African leaders, over throw the re gimes in power, bombings or bomb threats con tinued to attract great attention In Africa, with a new independent state. Somalia, entering the picture. Already, a series of bombings have hit Ghana, including one actual attempt on the life of President Kwame Nkrumah. And. In Nigeria, a plot to destroy principal government buildings and kill several top government officials was un covered .. . In the ease of Somalia, that government’s ministry of information had charged Ethiopia of complicity In a plot to assassinate Aden Ahdullahi Osman. President of the Somali Republic, on a proposed visit to northern Somalia. According to the charges, the Ethiopian Government had or ganized a plot to assassinate tht Somali President on a visit which he was to make to Hargelssa In the near future. It a a.- stated that several in dividuals. armed with grenades and lnflamatory pamphlets, supposedly supplied to them by the Ethiopian Government, have been arrested . . . The ministry of Information of the Imperial Ethiopian Government. In an official news re lease. denied the charges. It stated: “The Im perial Ethiopian Government repeats Its earlier categorical denial of these charges and brands them as utterly false, baseless and without foun dation." The statement further challenged the Somalis Government to produce “the evidence which substantiates its charges’’ “None exists, for the simple reason that there has never been any plot involving the Republic of Somalia with which Ethiopia has been even remotely connect ed." stated the release . . David A. Talbot. ANP correspondent in Addis Ababa, reported a charge by Ethiopia that those who have followed the development of relations between Ethiopia and the Republic of Somalia could easily see that this is an attempt to con tinue a systematic and deliberate program to create misunderstandings. Inflame passions and whip up hatred between the peoples of the two African ooun tries. This was a referenot to the still unsettled border dispute between EUdop.a and Somalia. Emperer Halle Selatte sent a tele gram to the Somali President in which be said We would not permit the action charged which is contrary to the principles of both the Christian and Moslem religions to be taken against a Head terson, we would wonder how it could be other wise. Such a manner of handling Us problems is in accord with Christianity and in aceord with our vaunted democracy. This manner of randling Its problem explains why Abraham Lincoln, the backwo is rail splitter, could become the nation's greates president; and why Booker T. Washing ton coi Id make the long, long Journey from log cabin to the Hall of Fame. When we captioned this article “Hurrah for Liston" we had in mind Liston's fine statement in the earliest moments of his world champion ship. He spoke to the effect that if the world would let by-gones be by-gone* and give him a chance, he would be a good champion. All he was asking was a good ohanoe and no man could ask less. So he, who in the past was numbered among the malefactors, is now our new champion and with thoughtful arid Christian men he will carry the best wishes of a Christ-centered world. Let him be ashamed who would throw a stumbling block In the path of one whose feet have taken hold on the path to fame and fortune. May his best w ishes come true even as the dreams of those who wish him well. Patterson showed a peculiar bigness when he intimated to Liston that the latter might be even a better champion than himself. The big test of whether Sonny Liston is worthy of the confidence the nation has reposed in him lies ahead. Almost any lean semi-hungry man would talk as Liston talk.* and could have as high resolves; but the test will come when he basks In the spot light of fame and lives In luxuries and rides in hifih-ppwered cars and is raised upon the pedes tal of fleeting fame. In other words when, as our new champion, ha becomes "spoiled ’ by the world’s plaudits, can he remain the same Sonny Liston who is current ly begging for a chance to come back. We repeat, the test of Liston’s worthiness to be a champion lies ahead. In other words the justification of the great thing the world has done for h.m is a matter for Sonny Liston. Pv We regard Patterson as a wise man in getting knocked out in the first round. He doubt less save himself from a terrible beating. In Ghana, bombs have already killed II Ghanaians and injured 256 resulting from at least six separate incidents since the August 1, attempt on the president's life following the series of anti government bombings, the Ghana government de clared a state of emergency and a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Accra area. Also, processions and public meetings were banned in the capital city and Tena township “to insure public safety,” a Ghana News Agency release stated. Most of ths bombing incidents have occurred amidst large gatherings. The attempt on the life of President Nkrumab came when he was returning from a visit to neighboring Upper Volta. He had stopped to greet a crowd of well-wiahera in the village of Kulung ugu, 500 miles north of Accra. A grenade exploded just after Nkrumah had stepped from his car. Only the quick action of a bodyguard saved his life. Other explosions included one about 300 yards from the mam gate of Flagstaff House, the official Presidential residence, and two incidents during a mass torchlight procession to mark the celebration of the 53rd birthday of President Nkrumah At least three Ghana officials have aii'd under Ghana's Preventive Detention Act. accused of complicity in the attempt on N krumah's life. STUDENT BODY TOKYO. Japan 1 ANPi—Seventeen countries are represented among the non-Japanese students attending the In emational Christian University m Japan during the current semester. The coun tries are Hong Kong. Nationalist China. Australia. United States. Indonesia, Korea. Germany. Aus tria. Brazil. Great Britain. India. Netherlanda, Perue. Philippines. Poland. Tanganyika and West New Guinea. CONGO ON TV NEW YORK 1 ANP'—The continuing strug gle to prevent the subversion of Congo 'Leopold ville' was the subject of a television documentary produced last week by the Columbia Broadcasting Service television network. Entitled “Showdown la the Congo.' the program presented Prime Min ister Cyrtlie Adoula. Robert K. A Gardiner. Ghanaian .chief of UN operations in Congo: Mon signor Luc GiUon. rector. University of Louvanl um: and Edmund Gullkm. U. 8. -'nTumartnr I* the Congo.