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VOLUME 30 — NUMBER 14
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1953
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NORTH CAROLINA'S PRETENSE AT LIBERALITY
By the time this is read the North Caro
lina General Assembly of 1953 will probably
be tucked away in the archives of history.
Rest to its weary bones. For no session of
the state’s law making body in the past two
or three decades has registered a more dis
graceful record than that of 1953.
Whether it was the fear of the con
sequences of the pending ruling of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court on the matter of
segregation or the lack of ability in those
who composed this year’s legislature, it cer
tainly outdid those of the past 30 years or
more in stupidity and asinine actions.
The autocratic and tyrannical action of the
legislature in barring newspapermen from
certain committee meetings and its establish
ing of rules whereby various committees
could continue to hold secret meetings in
matters j>ertaining to millions of dollars of
the p>eoples’ money is a kind of highhanded
business seldom practiced by democratic in
stitutions of our times.
We think, however, that the 1953 General
Assembly reached its lowest point when
during its last, days it had as its guest the
Fultz quadruplets of Reidsville. On the sur
face the act appeared to be one of great
liberality and interracial goodwill, while at
Qie156ft6m of the whole sclii^e lUTtced a de
liberate attempt to mislead those on the out
side into believing that here in North Caro
lina we have reached that point in race rela
tions where the color of one’s skin does not
matter.
The Carolina Times does not intend to al
low the 1953 General Assembly to get away
with this rabid pretense of liberality, this
diabolical scheme to pull the wool over the
eyes of the people of this state and nation.
The wide pubhcity and acclaim given the
visit of the Fultz quads appears to us to have
been conceived with one motive in mind, and
that was to propagandize the people to the
extent that North Carolina is basically a
liberal state on the race question. The
scheme follows the same pattern as that of
the University of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill, State College in Raleigh, Duke Univer
sity and other southern schools that will
permit their athletic teams to engage in con
tests, even on their home grounds, against
northern colleges and universities having
Negro players on them, while barring Negro
students from their class rooms, and com
petition with Negro colleges right here in
their own state.
It is no secret that Negro players on visit
ing northern teams to UNC, Duke and State
College have eaten and slept at all three of
these schools. It is also no secret that teams
of these same schools play against Negroes
while visiting northern schools without even
the raising of an eyelid. All of this, like the
visit of the Quads to the legislature-, is pure
ly a window dressing designed to impress
ouutsiders that after all North Carolina is
not as bad on the race question as some
would have you believe. See, see what we
have done.
Behind the scenes of all this pretense at
liberality there is going on the most sordid
fight against native North Carolina Negroes
to achieve the respect and dignity granted
them by the laws this land.
Very likely the few Negro athletes who
have visited these schools would even tell
you that Negro newspapers, the National As
sociation for the Advancement of Colored
People, and individuals whose role it is to
stay eternally on guard for the rights of
their people, are all wet about the indignities
and abuses which Negroes suffer in the
South. They, like many fairminded white
persons both North and South, do not know
that behind the scenes the most sordid and
determined fight against every effort of na
tive North Carolina Negroes to secure first-
class citizenahip is going on.
They do not know that while athletic
teams of UNC, State College and Duke were
competing with Negroes of northern schools
at home and abroad and even competing with
Negro teams in national track meetings in
northern cities that those same teams, upon
returning to their native state, were refused
permissfon to compete in track meets at the
University of North Carolina. Here one gets
a birds-eye view of the paradox that some
times attends the tragedy oi segregation in
the South.
Unless 'bi(ie looks behind the scenes and
views with analytical mind and eye what
actually is going on, he will be led to believe
that North Carolina is not only a state of in
dustry and farming but one of great liberal
ity and fair dealing to its more than a million
Negroes, when in reality it is one of the
most backward of all southern states on the
matter of the race question.
So we take.oiir. stand against this pernici
ous ■practice, a^inst this hypocrisy, and call
upon all fairminded citizens of both races in
the state and nation to not desist in their
fight to bring about the full realization of
justice to all its people. With out the achieve
ment of such a goal we cannot hope for peace
in the future.
THE NEW UNCER aiNIC AI
IINCOIN HOSPITAL
The Cancer Clinic recently opened at Lin
coln Hospital this week will no doubt be
greatly patronized by Negro citizens in this
area. Although the one operated at Watts
Hospital for the past several months iqvited
thrai to take advantage of its services, many
Negroes refrained from doing so for fear of
suffering some indignities. Whether such a
fear was justified or not we do not know, and
we have no criticism to offer the personnel
of Watts Hospital which more than likely did
,the best it could to provide protection for
all people against this dreaded disease.
We do hope that every Negro citizen in
Durham will avail hims^f of the opportunity
now being offered at Lincoln to determine
whether or not he is affected with cancer.
An early discovery of this fact may prevent
an untimely death as ihe treatment is more
effective in the early stages than after the
disease gets a foothold.
The Cancer Clinic at Lincoln Hospital is
one more development in the institution to
ward becoming one of the outstanding hos
pitals of the nation. We congratulate the
officials for the fine, work they are Hning
and we trust that the Cancer Clinic is the
beginning of many more improvements at
Lincoln Hospital that has served so well in
preserving the health and lives of the peo
ple of Durhalh and vicinity.
There Can Be No Peace, Until These
Chains Are Broken"
Hi*
■ 'A
Spiritual Insight
"A Teaching: Forgiveness"
'A Teaching: Holy Spirit"—
«. . . They were filled with
the Holy Ghost . . Acts
2:4.
The great incessant struggle
of the human soul involves two
spirits: THE HOLY AND THE
UNHOLY SPIRIT! The Bible
stresses the teaching of the
HOLY SPIRIT. Christ promised
the Holy Spirit for believeia.
The Holy Spirit is the very life
blood of the redeemed soul. Je
sus called it “The Comfo:
“The Spirit of Truth,
Teacher” and “The San^iifier.”
It works in the soul and in the
Church. The Holy Spirit is
needed to carry on for God in a
world of sin and evil. We need
its power to fight the battle ev
ery step of the way.
God’s promise of power holds
good for you and for me. Did it
just happen two thousand years
ago? NO! Peter, Stephen and
Paul could not carry on for God
without this power, neither can
we carry on as God would have
us without this power. We need
it to teach the ways of truth. We
need it to steady the soul in the
battles of life. , We need it for
comfort and strength. We need
it to stand up under the difficult
blows of life. We need it to
change our fears into courage
and faith. We need it to trans
form our hatred into love. Look
how it changed Peter from a
cringing coward that dark night
to a bold and courageous witness
on the day of Pentecost and lat
er in the confines of a prison.
, . This promise still holds good for
The power ^ the Spirit «ama fOT ine after two thou*
mforter,”
i,”/“The
upon the believers In the ear
ly Church as they tarried and
waited In prayer. Left In their
weaknesses they could not
carry out orders of the Great
Commission. They had to have
power to conquer a sinful
world for God. God gave them
the power when they were
“FILLED WITH THE HOLY
GHOST . . .”
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Pastor, Mount Gilead BaptiU Church
the early Christians advancing
slowly but surely through the
storm. With the Spirit of Ood
nothing could stop them. False
accusers, beating, stonlngs,
blood-thirsty mobs, persecu
tions, perils, sufferings. Im
prisonments and death—notfi-
sand years!
This Spirit gives power to
advance through the storm!
With this power you can face
the storms of hardship and
danger. How could the eariy
Christians face and overcome
such odds? There was one an
swer. . . . “They wCre filled
with the Holy Ghost...” 1 see
WASHINGTON AND
"SMALL BUSINESS”
lb* push to repeal U. S. tariff
lam has humorous aspects.
« • «
The slegaB «( woidMe repeal-
ers "Trade, Net Aid" is credit*
ad te Britala’s flaaiiee mlalstef.
• * •
Tst Britain, with eoknlas and
dominions allj
over the world,
apparently can-1
Qot succe»tul-[
ly trade in the.
Commonwealth I
family.
• • *
Arecentgire-I
away af papeil
and iralp byl
Mntnal Secnr-I
ity AgencT O. W. H»rd«r
Ughllghti the dtnatloii.
• * «
Oh two tucceisiTe dayi, MSA
approved 16,700,000 In paper and
pulp for England and Francs;
England receiving (4,200,000 of
the total allocation.
• • •
MSA atlpiilatM almost half
of the total may be pniobased
in Canada.
• • •
Thu*, even for trad* between
England and one of her domin
ions; U. S. taxpayeri must toot
the blU.
• * «
American pabllshera forced to
pay extoriionate prices for new»>
print, may take some comfort
that they at least manage to
bny Canadiaii newsprint wiUtesS
tax aid, while home
hearth of British family, oaaaat
bny withont help by V. 8. tax
payers, even thon(h V. B. doDar
la now diaoonnted tn Canada.
• * •
Canadian producers who con
trol the bulk of newsprint need
ed by independent U. S. preu,
have more than tripled price in
a lew yean.
* * *
Se what to all intent* and ap
pearance* i* a Canadian mon
opoly has priced tlM motliar
g) Kusczil rtHaOm.l SmUm
By C, WILSON HARDER
MiMitry e«t e( the market. And
la auay imerinaa tewaa Iks
iMil SWpMlte bMMM if
• •
OoBgrewlonal snmmltteee
yet^ting newsprint priees
w*i« told Iqr former Beeretary
of State to keep hand* off to
avoid antagonixlng Canadlaa
newsprint produeers.
e * •
So far as la tnowa, pee**el
State Departmeat haa ■*« taken
a stand *■ the lasoa.
• * *
But newsprint situation Is cited
a* perfect example \riiy repeal
of the U. S. tariff law* would
accomplish nothing but eventual
oo^pse e( U. S. eccaiomy.
. 1* • •
With Karepeaa system e( men-
opoly ba*lBsin lixtag high prlo-
**, Borepean oeosamMrs oannet
aflord to boy pvedncts *( mem-
ben nnder a oomsMin flag. Trade
between them d^ead*, straBge-
eaoagh, *■ the 'g*n*««alty e(
V. 8. ta^ayer.
« * *
Many elalm basic reason for
hfiMlng im Alaskan statriiood
Is tsaceabie to newsprint cartel
a * *
(oresi* are Tart,
Bat nnder Federal eontr^, pi-
Tata enterprise is hampe^,
erea forbWtan ta develop *1**-
kan reaooroaa. Under statehood,
oontnd *f resooroea would pas*
ta the people resaMIng la almo*t
inunediat* devektpmtat ot an
Alaikan newsprint tndoatry.Thn
Alaaka Is kept from oempethig
with the Canadian newspriat
menopely.
a • a
BISA is also active otherwise,
a a •
la March alone, U persm*
were breoght at taxpayer*’ es-
pu*e from An*trla, Oreeea>
Italy, and Siam ta *tady laher
anlm Unancea, the trada nakn
program, and oonanmer oaeper-
attve aperatiMk Baweyer, nsna
were broniAt arer ta stody V. S.
antitnwt laws.
Ing could halt their advance
for God. With this power you
don’t accept def^t! All the
combined forces of hell and
darkness could not stop them.
How could so few who seem
ed so weak do so much? . . .
“They were filled with the
Holy Ghost . . ."
The Holy Spirit produces rich
fruits. It is the most precious gift
in all the world. An^it rewards
you with the richest fruits . . .
“TO BE SPIRITALLY MINDED
IS LIFE AND PEACE . . .” And
with his Spirit dwelling in us
we have these promised rich
fruits for daily living: . . But
fruit of the Spirit is love, Joy,
peace, long suffering, goodness,
meeicness . . .”
Mays Speaks
At UNCF Fund
Kick-Off Meet
NEW YORK
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, presi
dent, Morehouse College, At
lanta, Georgia, speaking at the
national opening meeting of the
United Negr^ College Ftmd's
1953 campaign, Monday, April
13, at the Hotel Plaza, New
York, told an audience of 800
persons that for the first time
in the history tof the nation, men
and womeft of good will, both
from the North and South, have
united in an .effort to help sovle
through education, our most
difficult n^ority problem.
Pointing out that the United
Negro College Fund had raised
to date, $10,000,000 for current
operating expenses of its menu
ber institutions, plus over $10,
000,000 for new buildings. Dr.
Mays said that the total of $21,
336,821 raised in nine years
has resulted in better education
for more Negro youth.
He added that the aid of the
United Negro College Fund
also means that “regardless of
what the future may bring,
many 'of these colleges will be
good enough to survive in any
kind of society whether segrega
ted or integrated, and they will
make their contribution to the
educational life .of the nation.
They will be good colleges
without racial designation”.
WITHIN And
AMONG
AlfredlF. Andersen
E>ear Fellow Seekers ... As a
way Ijtfyietet the moral dllembias
of ourige and of our own lives
we are taking time here to stop!
and to question the basic as
sumptions implicit in our lives.
In all this I realize that there
are those who are already weary
of this dialectic; and if you are
one of those for whom it lias lost
meaning you will, of course, not
waste your time with it. But my
observation has been that there
is a strong tendency among
humans to “go off half cocked,”
“to rush in where angels
fear to tread,” to look for
pat answers and pat ACTION
Into which they can throw them
selves untiiinkingly. For it’s a
lot of trouble to think. They
want a wide and straight path.
But the path we are exploring
here is a narrow and winding
one; and it is understandable
that many will think our efforts
merely, abstract escapism. And
this does constitute a danger.
But there is only one place tills
danger can be met: in our per
sonal lives as judges by our in
dividual consciences and by
those intimate with our consci
ences.
But the cry comes back for
some mass action. Millions of
people in the world are de
sperate for a way to dignify
their lives. Fascism answered
their cries and lured some In
to Its schemes. Naslsm like
wise. Capitalism has worked
more subtly and has played a
role In all other totalitarian
philosophies. Including Marx
ism. We cannot blame desper
ate masses for grasping at
these straws. But we can
blame ourselves for having
only other straws to offer.
Surely we have seen by this
time that no quick and easy
remedy will ease the world
suffering or dignify the spirit
of man. Snrely we have seen
tragic results enough of the
type of action which Is for ac
tion’s sake, which flows es
sentially from Impatience and
the cowardice which dares not
face one’s own conscience In
thronghgoing thought and
meditations.
But do not think that we are
therefore justifying “life as
usual” whe^ that life carries
one more and more into areas
of inadequate moral judgement.
We have tried to make it clear
that the first requirement of the
view being presented here is in
de^s; deeds for which already
enough thought has been given
and for which conscience has
been long ready. The deeds we
have called for is to stop car
rying on morally questionable
activity, to stop feeding those
apetites (and each knows him
self wiiat they are) which are
questionable or oughtrightly
condemned in the light of one’s
own conscience.
The thesis Is that we most
First: Stop contributing to the
moral confusion and Irrespon
sibility .... Second: Take
thought with whatever moral
Judgement we can muster,
questioning all things and con
sidering all our actions in the
light of our Innate moral
sense . .. Thirdly: Take action
insofar as (but only Insofar
as) this Innate moral judge
ment consents.
The word “consents” is used
advisedly. The object is to avoid
the implication that one’s moral
sense dictates what one must do.
For this would leaver no freedom
in the good life. As 'hgainst the
“God’s Will be donjB” view we
offer here the alternative, “God’s
Will be considered and harmon
ized with.” As against the au
thoritarian God we present the
educational God, interested not
so much in our existence as our
development . . . our moral de
velopment, which determines
our ability to live happily and
creatively with other free spir
its in the Overall Spritual Com
munity in which we are all
partial partner with God.
Why is all this important In
concrete living? Is there any
other foundation upon which
to stand in judging the mod
ern military state or the status
quo in general? Is there any
other foundation from which
to Judge presumptuous re
ligious Institutions and other
bodies who are “messing op
the works” by “playing Ood”?
Have we anywhere to turn in
the last analysis but to our own
moral sense, individually and
group wise, in times such as
these? Concretely this view
leadly to conscientious objection
not only to war, to possible im
prisonment not only for refusing
to do military duty and pay mili
tary taxes, but to countless otlier
“crosses” by virtue of rejecting
the presumed supreme authority
of the modern territorial state.
Gandhi has shown us some of
the ^concrete implications of
committment to a Moral Order
and Orderer. But there are
many others which we must
find . . . and live! They lie dor
mant WITHipi crying to be im
plemented AMONG.
THf DEEP SOUTtI 1PEAKS
By Robert Durr
(FOB CALVIN NEWS SEBVICE)
“SEE HOW THEY EDN"
An Interview With The Author
Recently the Women’s Chris
tian Fellowsiiip Coimcil of the
Magic City of Alabama present
ed as their Women’s Day speak
er Mrs. Mary E. Vronan—a four
th grade teacher whose story
was featured in the Ladies Home
Journal magazine and who lives
at 2301 Mill Street, Montgomery,
Ala. Upon' her arrival I was ask
ed to interview her for the Cal
vin News Service and the John
son Publications, t>oth for whom
I am correspondent.
I had been told that a motion
picture based on the charming
and wholesome story of vivaci
ous Mrs. Vronan was to be pre
sented this spring. I knew that
she had won the Christopher
Award for 1952 for her story
and is the first Negro woman to
be extended an invitation to join
the Screen Writers Guild. And
having read several times “See
How They Run,” I was anxious
to dig in for the background of
this remarkable young woman
whose job was so well done.
I found that she was brought
up by a wonderful aunt who
lavished affection upon her and
this gave her an abundance of
emotional security. , Plus she
came from high spiritually
evolved parents. Thus she was
enabled to see children as they
run to meet, survive, grow and
endure in a hostile world and to
want to help those who yearn to
be helped.
When asked if she had ever
known fear, she admitted being
well acquainted with fear but
had found that through faith and
prayer, she was able to over
come fear.
Mrs. Vronan’s heart iias been
broken but she never allowed
that to destroy her desire to live
fully and richly in the knowl
edge that there is no substitute
for hard work and that only out
of fire comes the goal of success.
“See How They Run” was
Mrs. Vronan’s first writing ef
fort. She had had no fbrmal
writing gaining. She had only a
story which she believed needed
telling for the children who live
in the Deep South and are not
far from the heart of the not
yet-dead Confederacey.
It’s a good story superbly told
(Please turn to Page Seven)
Nearly 900 At
Senior Day At
Shaw University
RALEIGH
The first Annual Senior High
School Day at Shaw University
was observed Saturday, April
11. Approximately 900 seniors
of North Carolina were present.
Members of the administrative
staff were on hand to welcome
the students, which included
President W. R. Strassner, Dean
Foster P. Payne, Mrs. Martha
W. Wheeler, Acting Registrar;
Dr. Nelson H. Harris, Director
of the Division of Bklucation;
Miss Carrie L. Harrison, Dean
of Women; John H. Brown, Dean
of Men, and other members of
the faculty and staff.
John H. Rascoe of Ossining,
New York, president of the
Student Coimcil greeted the
Visitors on behalf of the student
body. This was followed with a
special message of welcome to
the students and their teachers
by President Strassner.
A film, “Shaw University in
Action,” made by Dr. M. D.
Williams, who is in charge of
Audio Visual Education, was
shown. A regulation C.I.A.A.
baseball game between Shaw
and North Carolina College
was played with Shaw winning
16-14.
Otiier features for the day
were a tour of the east and
West campus, lunch and a aodal
to conclude the observance.