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1 .1 fagetwo’ THE CAttOLtA^ TIMES ■AWttPAY, K6V. >, 1954 CAMUAC PREACHERS AND HOIiSE AND BUC6Y CONGREGATIONS, Several years ago we wrote an editorial about “Parked Cars Under Rented Trees.” We attempted then to call the attention of our readers to the fact that there were too many members of the race parking high powered automobiles under trees they did not own! In short we tried to show some of the less thoughtful of the race that they ought to buy a home before they spent too much money for auto mobiles. Whether the editor ial did any good or not we do not know. The only thing do know we did our duty in a matter we felt was of great importance to the welfare of the entire race. This week we wish to call your attention to another serious matter that is con fronting the race at this time and that is the tendency of some preachers we know to ride around in Cadillac auto mobiles while the poverty- stricken members of their congregation are unable to pay their house rent or life insurance premiums. In oth er words, the race is getting too many Cadillac preachers pastoring or preaching to horse and buggy congrega tions. Here in Durham a cult leader who calls himself a bishop rides into town in two Cadillacs. He has rented a building for about $60 per month in which he is sup posed to be preaching the gos pel of Jesus Christ to some of the most poverty-stricken Ne groes in the city. Jesus never owned a jackass to say noth ing about a chariot which was the equivalent to a Cadillac in our day. The Bible tells us that at the height of his popularity he rode into Jeru salem on a borrowed colt. He too might have made suck^s out of the poor people by fleecing their rent and gro cery money out of them but he chose to minister to them rather than have them min ister to him. Before his triumphant entry into Jeru salem he walked. After this event we find him walking again. The ride into Jerusa lem was probably the second He had ever had; the first be ing when He was a babe and His mother and Joseph es caped with Him intp Egypt. This newspaper does not object to ministers owning automobiles. Any man who has work to do in our times whether it be preaching, teaching or farming needs faster and more comifortable transportation than was need ed when Jesus was on earth among men. This newspa per does frown on Cadillac preachers who pastor and preach to horse and buggy congregations. In our book they are no better than any other crook or flimflammer who lives off the sweat and blood of the ignorant and the poor. Sometimes freedom of worship can be abused to the point Vhere it means freedom to exploit and take advantage. A WORTHY BUT MOST DIFFICULT TASK From the Brotherhood of their faces when the oft half- Negro porter stooges go to Sleeping Car Porters comps a coach-and-baggage car pro- extra trouble to help a con- report that the membership vided for them could hold no ductor humiliate members , of “is greatly concerned about more. This inspite of the fact their rac^ jjist to" hold their the increased competition be- that the white coach was not jobs. Iiy fact ^is hard for us ing experienced daily by the even half full. to determineC^mo was ’the railroads from airlines, buses , most revolting the conductor and private automobiles for We have seen the Ne^o the American traveling pUb- women s to^ete used by dining /car waiters, lie.” The Brotherhood is now crewmen. Prior to he - whom have gone out studying “methods of cooper- **^8 diesel of their way to help humiliate ati„|w1th the PuUmanU gSit“eSto SeSjLwS Negro pasingers/ s^i^UninT*”pKTn and the smoke, cinders and If the Brotherhood of coach services ” The report soot played havoc with any Sleeping Car Porters is suc- which was issued by the pLi- Negro passenger who dar^ cesssful in their efforts to re dent of the organization, A. travel oyer railroads in the gam even some of the lost Philin Randoloh savs that South. We have seen railroad Negro patronage for the rail, “♦ho ?inrt»r! niit tn renan Pullman ticket agents roads in the South, whereover “II “■>'1* «' •“ "“P seventy-five, pet cent of the We think the Brotherhood Uves.itsmembersarego- Of Sleeping Car Porters has modations to Negroes. We mg to have to get the coopera- iinHprtaken a worthv but ® Negro, who tion of railroad management /liffimiit fncir nnH ^y hook or crook, got hold of in providing a better class of nf tS a Pullman ticket, Lstled in- service thin that afforded efforts are a little too late to ^ a drawing room to prevent Negroes in the p^t Even be most effective. Certainly it is too lato for the Negro of the car occupied by meet the high standard set by traveling public that suffer- '^hite people. air lines that in most in- ed such horrible indignities We have seen one end of a ®ta”ces have no segregat^ and abuses prior to the com- dining car reserved for Ne- jc ’ohiY ing of bus, air and private groes and a curtain stretched ° automobile transportation. In across it to the humiliation of those dark arid dismal days the Negro passengers w« the type of humilation pro- when the railroads reigned have seen Negro supreme in the matter of standing up in a travel facilities, we saw Ne- car. when th^e was no . gro passengers left standing room left in the half coach of tlo In at the station with tickets provided for their race, while case «f the latter, the ac- in their hands after commodations may nnt Life Is Like That BY H. ALBERT SMITH "HAS IT PROVEN TO BE THE ANSWERr We vided on the railroads. Oth- ers who are not able will ei ther make the sacrifice and • being at the same time only two abruptly told “we don’t have white passengers ^ere oc- fv, any room for you.” We have cupying another entire coach. seen car doors slammed in Most of all we have seen NATIONAL EDUCATION WBK For the last two weeks, this column has had room only tor Hazel, but Hazel is dead, at least that is our hope, although memories o( her still linger. This conclusion la not an as sumption based on personal grounds, but arrived at by actual experience, the confes sion and the conversation of many persons with whom I have had contact. Such unhappy memories can best be forgotten by turning attention to matters more important. A theme of perennial ln-( terest to me, and maybe to all of us, is the part that fate plays in our lives by determining our behavior and our destiny. By “fate”, I mean' our appointed lot, a predetermined destiny, against which we can do noting or little. It is a philoso phy ol life, a point of view,, that holds whatever happens to uS has been decreed by something outside of ourselves whethet we will it or not, like it or not. Some people call this pre destination. What ever hap pens to one, they say, had to( happen. If it is death, whatever, the cause may be, these people have the ready explanation; ‘His time had come,” It matters not whether the person be six or sixty-six, nine or nlnety-i nine. Neither does it make any; difference whether he ^es in bed or out, falls out of a tree or the tree falls on him, neglects treating a dog bite or overeats, drinks himself to death or takes the more direct and quicker method of using^a gun. Some people might say that folks holding such a view are crazy, eeccentric, weak in the head, or jUSt plain fools. If he does, he will find himself in cluding some peeople who are well educated and thoughtful, Some of these people can argue their point with remarkably skill and amazing effectiveness. They can amass evidence and cite instances that make their arguments both p^usible and convincing. Now, to question a person’s sanity because we dislike his philosophy of life or to dismiss that philosophy as foolish may be good for the individual who has to resort to such brusque and . direct means to keep his peace of mind and^ spiritual footing, but to me it U not the most satisfactory way. A way more satisfactory is to examine this position and the premises upon which it rests. It is to see how many of the facts of life it really covers, how it ^acks up against the thinking and teaching of the Neatest of our spiritual teacli^ ers, especially, that Mastei/ Thinker, Jesus, the Incompara-t ble Teacher from the Hills of Galilee. So far as I am concerned, whatever does not fit into his scheme of destiny, his philoso phy of life is null and void. His teaching is the only authori tative word on life I mean the only word' that ii final, and beyond which there is no be' With a theme “Good public schools. When this is responsibility of providing Schools Are Your Responsi- done with an open mind the funds for that purpose is that people will become more con- o* tjlf Pfoplf; Such a respon- H ^M cerned about the type of peo- “ °ften looked upon Lll n ’ pie who constitute the school lightly by the most of us un- wiU be celebrated all over employment of til a serious situation arises teachers and the construction when the necessary money SlhLi f T of proper and adequate school n^ded is ataost prohibitive, debted America is to its buildincs ^t is then that the average schools. Without good schools ^ ' citizen will rush to the polls it is utterly impossible for a National Education Week to vote against school bond democracy to work as the should also call to mind that issues and resort to other government of a people. For an occasional visit to our pub- means to prevent himself m the end the people, not be- lie schools is a duty of every from being taxed for the ing properly informed be- well thinking citizen. There maintenance of good schools, cause of their lack of intelli- are many parents who, al- A day-to-day interest in our gence, would'soon become the though much concerned about public schools will keep us in- foot mat of a few rather than the education of their chil- formed as to the funds need- a “government of the people, dren, never take time out to ed for their proper operation for the people and by the peo- visit the school to which they before the sum becomes stag- ple.” are going, nor join the Par- gering. eut-Teachers Association, to , Sometunes in the rourse of nothing about takine an We urge our readers to be- events a majority of us ac- f Such nrrS in ”*°re interested in our cept toe benefits ^ weU or- ^ . ^ell-meaning PU^Hc schools, to visit them gam^ ^lety, g^ govern- P ^ ^ ® from time to time and to join ment ^ good schools with- .. ® “P to toeir lull parent-teacher associa- out the full realization of ^ood citi- tions. In this manner will they what these things mean to us. become more intelligent as to During National Education The actual matter of oper- their needs in the way of Week it might not be a bad ating a good school is the teachers, buildings and other idea to call to mind how de- direct responsibility of those things without which a good pendent America is on its trained in that field, but the school cannot be maintained. SATURDAY flBQHBHKQI L. E. AUSTIN Pablislur CLATHAN M. BOSS, Iditor NOV. 6, 1954 H. ALBERT SMITH, Muafiaf Editor M. £. JOHNSON, BusinaM Manuar JESSE COFIELD, Cireiilation Manafcr Bvwt Bstvvtej by «ha UNTl'BL) fvaummms. tecMporaM «t »• e. at Mo cuanatM ot puMleatloB of ubioU«UmI ouu- ilal. L*tt«n to Ow aditar (or pubUMtion miut b* ttgaai aad mnfliiad to MO wardi. tm. MIlMFMtOaiM tke,A«t mt Mwrek ■ubwTlptlo^ Batos; lOe par aopr; Viz «««»•■■ fSM; On* Yaar, ^.00 (ForalCB Cpuntrlaa, M.M par Taar.) yond. Now, Jesus was not a be liever in fate or predestination. He was no believer in a de creed destiny unless the decree was that of the individual whose destiny on the physical side was something over which he had no control. A few days ago, I argued this matter of predestination with a &dy who is charming and able. She cited a number of il lustrations to bolster her point of view. She also quoted scrip ture, notably the words, “It is appointed unto men once to die.” Others have juoted that passage to me In similar dis-i cussions. I, Let us examine the passage briefly. Certainly the words “it is appointed” points to a de cree outside of men. But it does not say the age must be ten, twenty, sixty, ninety or one- hundred. It simply says death is inevitable. It does not say one m)ist die with shoes> off or on, in bed or out of bed, by violence or naturally. Neither does the “once” say anything atx)ut either the time or the manner. It only says that dying is something we have to experi ence one time only. Jesus died when he didn’t; have to die, despite the fact that he was the Lamb, slain from the) foundations of the world. Hei said himself, that he had the power to save his life, but he witheld use of the power that the ideal he brought to man-i kind might live. He pr^cted wars and ru mors of wars, but his predic tion was based'on a foreknow ledge of what man would do and not on the konwledge of anj omnipotence (an all powerful force that compels men to fight against their will. Jesus told Peter that he would deny him. Peter did. But Jesus didn’t consult a horo scope or a Zodiac sign before he spoke. Jesus knew Peter. Con duct is always predictable to the extent we know individuals, their thmking, emotional, and overt actions, and the way they respond to given stimuli. Some men die at forty, be cause that is their life’s span; others because they shorten their days. Neither God, fate, as a force outside of men, o controlling star compels predetermines it. God permits the gun man to kill. He doesn’t prompt or compel him to do so God permits an innocent by stander to fall a victim as two vicious men “shoot it out”, but he didn’t decree that fate for the victim. I read a few days ago aboui^ a man who was shot by the same bullet with which he shot another. The man who fired the shot diediion the spot. The man he shot was taken to the hospi tal critically wounded. When saw that in the head line, like Nicodemus, I wondered how such a thing could happen. For the sake of some who might not have read the story (Continued on Page Seven) WASHINGTON AND SMALL BTlSINESS Among many items unflniihed by lait Congreii, was report filed by Paul Kameritk, chief Investi gator for Senate Appropriations Committee, headed by Sen. Stylet Bridges. • * • This report, charges that (hrongh Foreiga Aid programs, V. 8. ta payer Is ing Brltls: aircraft In-i d n s t r y great com] Itlre edge vantage ori domestic In-^ dnstry. • • Serlousnesi ^ of charge is aW.Hariop best judged by fact economy of many American cities, such as Seattle, Baltimore, Wichita, Los Angeles depends largely on air craft industry, not to mention already hard hit New England industrial area. • * * The Bewit*-Committee report siatea in 1942, while still engaged in war, British government spon- tored and subsidised develop ment of jet aircraft. This was done, it Is stated, I>ecsnse British realised American designing and engineering had captnred world market for type of commercial planes then in use, and that to get this market, British would have to lead In development of commercial Jet airliners, a * * In 19S1 EGA stripped tlie then short American supply of 3,800 machine tools valued at |7S mil lion giving them to Britain where they are being used both for mili tary and commercial aviation, « • • Hie report farther charges that In 1953, the year British reduced their Income tax, U. 8> gave them $409 million to be as«d primarily to modernise Royal Air Force, a • • Yet, whUe British get U. S. funds on grounds they cannot af- e WMlMMl it IlKlHMililit BwtMU Bv C. WILSON HARDER ford to finance their air defense undisputed estimates are British government by end of 19S0 had granted subsidies of around $400 million for development of com mercial Jet aircraft Subsidies continue to be paid. • a a It seems wen established Bri tain Mid Bnssla soma time after war, jet aircraft engines that were presumably forenmners of present day Soviet Jet engines, a a a Perhaps these engines were outcome of developments in com mercial aviation, or perhaps de velopments in military aviation a a a Bat fact seeint to loom large that aircraft Inonstry geared to tom ont large nambers ot Jet en gines, Is in fine position whether It be military or oommercial orders. a a a Ulus, British aircraft industry, which already has orders from U. S. airlines, occupies an unusu ally fine tompetiUve position be ing subsidized ix>th by its own and U. S. taxpayers. a a a Tkis report conid trigger probe of entire U. 8. foreign aid pro. gram stroctore. Although report deals only with the bniiding up of the foreign aircraft bnsiness to a competitive disadvantage to U. 8. industry, the same result Is being created In practically all fields in which American com merce and employment depends, a a a Tiiis partly explains drive to knock down American protective tarifl system by both European interests and U. S, firms with plants in Europe. a a a Doe to taxes paid by American bnsiaess and labor the prodno- Uve capacity of Eorope hM been bnlH np by foreigB Md programs to a point when Enropean 1d- dostry, with lower tax and labor rates, conld If permitted, flood this nation with goods te wreck entire American economy. Spiritual Insiglil "BEWARE OF ANGER" BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLANu Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church "Let everyone be slow to- be angry...for human anger does nbt promote divine righteous ness..” James 1:20 Anger is a very dangerous enemy of man’s highest hopes and aspirations. That uncon trolled temper has got many people in trouble. Anger is dan gerous! Beware of it! It will waste your God-given powers. It will impair your usefulness. Just the other day, I came across a tragic story of a man whose anger got him in serious troubW. Thus, the Holy Writer rightl5»i admonished us..“Let Everyone Be Slow to Be Angry...” Why? He gives a very beautiful answer as to the wisdom ol slowness to anger . . . “For hu man anger does viot promote divine righteousness . . .” Anger will defeat you in your highest ambitions and hopes. I know a man in a big position. but he belittles himself by his frequent outbursts of anger. It is a millstone aroimd his neck. I know another man whose easy anger got him into trouble everywhere he worked. He had great gifts, and was brilliant it> his chosen line of endeavor. His gifts were cancelled by his an gry outbursts. Too often he blew off and blew up!' The dy namite of his anger blasted him out of several good positions. BEWARE OF ANGER! It’s dan gerous! We have seen people who get angry with the dropping of a hat. Beware of anger....“Let everyone be slow to be angry..” Very little good, If any, comes from anger. Usually it is very harmful. It wastes our powers and interferes with our useful ness; it upsets reason, and blinds you. It makes you temporarily, insane. Yes anger throws you off the BEAM! Often the results are bitterness and regret. Fin ally, anger imprisons us in the dark walls of regret, guilt, littleness and uselessness. Be ware of the perils of anger! Your own inner well being, II you want to l>e selfish, demands that you try to curb your anger, because it does more haiYn to you than anybody else. It is a sign of littleness rather than big-hearted graciousness. We all desire the inn^ beauty of the fruits of the spirit. They make us feel good on the inside. Therefore, to cultivate the blessed fruits of the Spirit, we must guard a^inst anger... “FOR HUMAN ANGER DOES NOT PROMOTE DIVINE) RIGHTEOUSNESS...” It will blight your soul—and your life. It will spoil good relations, andi it will destroy your home. Be-i ware of anger..“LET EVERYi ONE BE SLOW TO BE ANGRY..” STRAIGHT AHEAD -By Olive A. Adana NEW YORK A young man seats himself at the piano, with the air of the musician devoted to his art, and gives a performance which reveals clearly that he has spent many hours a day over a period of years, perft^ting his techni-i que and dev;loping his inter pretive sense. The television studio audience applauds him warmly, not having really un derstood it, they are sure it must have been “good music” he was playing. Next, a young lady slides up to the microphone, dressed or perhaps overdressed for the oc casion. She gestures alternately with palms upward, then down ward, and finally with hands outstreched, mouth open, and head back. Oh yes. In the mean time, she has been “singing” A hit tune. It doesn’t seem to mat* ter too much whether she is singing a sad or sentimental song, or a “hot” one. She sings them all slightly off key, defl-4 nitely off-beat, weears the same pained expression and uses the same gestures. Only the tempo is different. Now, who -wins the contest? The fellow ^who worked hard and passed up a lot of fun In the proceaa, in the belief that he was golni; to malce good? Nope, the winner was the little bit of fluff who “really knew how to put a song over.” There seems to be more than the mere fact that people “go” for familiar melodies. Perhaps .here we have en example of the problem a group of parents and teachers were discussing last week. They d&plored the very low level of our cultural stand ards, and Wondered what could be done about it. One teacher suggested that in making a pitch for the “com mon man” in the past few years, all of the emphasis had been laid on securing rights and privileges,^ with very little stress on the attendant respon sibility. She contenj^s that we encouraged a certain have amount of disdnln for “high art” and “long-hair” music. We have learned to tolerate a lowering of our standards of conduct in public; we have approved of a certain contempt for education and we have even allowed reli gion to be scoffed at. We have, therefore, not elevated the “conunon man” at all, but rather brought our culture down to a lower level. ' This may be putting it a little too strong, but the fact remains that we have a job to do in re establishing some sort of ap preciation for solid achievement as against the flash-in-the-pan performance by a ‘fly-by-night’ who has picked up all he knows in ten easy lessons. We have air hand the greatest possible facilities for giving our child ren the best in literature, music, and the arts. If their taste is poor, there is no excuse we can offer. • From V/here I Sit IJEW YORK As this is written. Prime Sdin- Ister Nehru of India Is com pleting a trip during which he has conferred with Communist leaders in China and Indo china. We may assure that these conferences were friendlyi Events like this have caused considerable resentment ancl suspicion in the United States. India is accused ol being pro- Russian at worst and neutralist or Isolationist at best. Here is a nation of three- hundred million people, stirate- glcally situated, iwssessing great influence In Asia and be yond, led ^y Intelligent and dedicated men, which Amerl-| cans would do well to undeer- stand. India’s leaders do not believe that they are following isolationist jiolicles. They point to the fact that India supervised the Panmimjom truce arrange ments regarding prisoners of war—a difficult task. They do not consider them selves neutralist amid world crises. They point to their vote In favor of UN intervention In Korea. Nor can the Nehru government be considered “fel low travelers” in relation to Con>munists within India's bor ders. Nehru himself has said that the positions taken by them on public qquestions” are con ditioned by considerations ol extra - territorial allegiance.” (That is to say, allegiance to a foreign powef.). Yet, India and the United States are frequently at odds. What is India’s position? India will judge issues and make de cisions on their merits, as she sees them, not on the basis of being in this or that camp. She refuses to be placed, as the United States was on the Tu nisian question, in the position of doing the wrong thing to please the “right” people. The United States voted to keep the question of this French colony off of the UN agenda to avoid offending France. India chooses (Continued on T*age Seven) OnBiUa I have set before thee a door opened.—(Revelations 33-) There ao closed doors be-' tween you and God, l^is love, forgiveness, and great tender ness Always, ever, tiie door stands open—you need only to go forward in faith to enter into the good life It m we who need to open the doors of our mind» and souIh. cleunsed of ■vvil and selfishneBs. to recci'-e God's hlpMsinifs
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