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PAGS TWa THE CABOLINA TIMES SATURDAY. DEC. 11. 1«S4 NEGOTIATION MORE DESIRABLE THAN WAR Drew Pearson, writing in the Durham SUN, issue of Monday, December 6, says that Pentagon influences in Washington are steadily pushing the nation toward war with ^ed China . In fact Mr. Pearson says that several top officers seriously recom mended war with China af* ter the Chinese announced that 13 Americans now being held by them had been con victed of espionage. Says Mr. Pearson further, “And at a National Security Council Meeting that followed, Adm. Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recommended a naval and air blockade against the Chinese mainland.” It is hard to believe that even military men would want to take any steps that would lead this nation toward war without exhausting av- «ry means possible to avoid it. As important as ths se curity of the 13 Americans now being held by .the Chinese is, we feel that ev ery possible means should be used to secure their relctase without resorting to methods that would precipitate war. As prepared as we think we are in this country, we do not feel that the nation is ready for another war especially when we are the aggressors. If and when America has to fight China it is certain that before the end we will also have to fight Russia. When the vast manpower of China is taken into considera tion, plus that of Russia and her satelites, a war with those two nations is something aw ful to think of. President Eisenhower must have had that in mind when he said no to steps recommended by the joint Chiefs of Staff that might have led to war with Red China. We think that every agency for peace in this coun^ and the world should raise its voice against any action of military or civilian leaders that will engulf the earth in another war. With the many new and modem implements already known to mankind, it is doubtful if the world can withstand an all-out conflict between the free world and communism. It may yet be possible to negotiate with Red China for ^ release of the 13 Americans or to settle all other misunderstandings. Certainly such is more desir able than to again take the flower of our youth and feed it to the sauage mill of war. Life Is Like That! BY H. ALBERT SMITH "Hate Mon^ Must Not Be illowed To ^ Black The Court Decision." MEMBERSHIP DRIVE FOR NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For the first time since its organizations the North Caro lina Symphony Society will open its doors to Negro mem- b^hips in Durham. Accord- ingtoL.B. Frasier, prominent young business man of the city, the campaign to secure at least 300 memberships among Durham Negroes will open Decemb^ 15 and extend through January 15. The Carol^ Times trusts that in terested persons in Durham will rally to the cause and make the campaign a success. Last season the* orchestra played a free concert to over 3,000 Negro children at the North Carolina College gym nasium, which we feel was a distinct opportunity for the youngsters to develop an ap preciation for classical music at a price that would other wise be out of reach of the average parent’s pocketbook. According to an article car ried elsewhere in this issue of the Carolina Times, vol unteer workers will begin soliciting memberships on December 15 for the small price of $3.00 each or $5.00 for two at the same address. Not only will the member ship entitle the holder to at tend the annual concerts which the orchestra gives in Durham, but he may attend any concert given by the or chestra in other cities of the State. Most of the solicitors are well-known to a majority of citizens in Durham and we urge all music lovers as well as others to cooperate with the conunittees and see that the 300 memberahips are sold. Co-chairman with Mr. Frasier is Dr. . E. Boulware of the North Carolina Col lege faculty who has done much to make the North Carolina Symphony concerts in Durham available to Ne gro children. Durham owes to Messrs. Frasier and Boul ware cooperation in their ef forts to make the member ship drive a succesa. CONGRAIULAIIONS, COACH RIDDICK AND NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE CHAMPIONS We congratulate Coach Herman H. Riddick and his coaching staff for bringing to North Carolina College and to Durham the second con secutive CIAA football cham pionship and the first claim on the national championship. We also wish to extend our ers who have given Durham fans a brand of football this year seldom seen in this sec tion’of the country. It is our opinion that football as well basketball at N. C. College is on the way up and that college officials should see to it immediately that bet ter preparations are made to take care of the increased at tendance that may be expect ed to follow the type of teams that have represented N. C. College for the past two years. If athletic officials will eliminate several weak teams on the N. C. College schedule, increase the seating capacity of’O’Kelly Field, install lights for night footbfill and do a lit tle pronj^ion, crowds of from 15,000 to 20,000 may be ex pected This ~oi course will depend on keeping the stand ard of football at N. C. Col lege on a level with that play ed for the past two seasons. Also better facilities for rest rooms should be provided than now exist at O’Kelly Field. The Thanksgiving game between A. and T. Col lege and N. C. College proved conclusively that the place is not ready for big-time foot ball when many persons who had paid $2.50 for a seat were forcOT to stand throughout the entire game. While we are on the sub ject we would like to urge the I^ple of the city to give a little more support to all sports events at N. C. College. I^t Saturday night Coach Floyd Brown’s basketball team opened the season against the Virginia State IVojans with far too small a crowd for two of the top rank ing teams of the CIAA. Al though the promotion end of the games at N. C. College ia> misM-ably weak, we do feel that alumni, as well as inter ested citizens, could do much more than they are to sup port the Eagles, especially in basketball since the gym nasium at the college has all of the facilities necessary for big-time basketball and big crowds. In iustlfying man’s eternal queit to understand the mys teries of life and to gain much mastery as possible in the physical universe in which he Uves, 1 stated in this column last week that man’s con tact With the world must have been a most- disconcerting ex perience. This holds true becaiise early man found himsell iri a world of frightening realities with which he was unable adequately to cope. In fact, his first react ion was probably a conscious ness of almost total inadequesy a sense of bewilderment, fear, and impotency. That primitive men l^yed m constant dread and fear is a story told In every record of the past. The world round about him was no friendly universe. He was beset on every hand by fearsome foes both seen and unseen and lived in constant fear. The story is told In the record of his religions and that record deals with the perennial effort to appease a multitude of capricious gods and cope with devils that were everywihere. In the long ages since those dismal pre-historic times, man has come a long, long way up the road of progress. So pheno menal has been this progress that any comparison of modem man with his pre-historic ances tor leaves one wondering how the one could have descended from the other. We, today, however, live in no such world as our primitive ancestors, we have no worries about an unfriendly universe; and devils have long sincef ceased to make our existence a nightmare. The ignorance which lay at the basis of primitive fears is not ours to worry about. Knowledge, if not wisdom, has made us free. But a new fear grips the heart of many men today. In our country which boasts itself to be the greatest industrial em pire on earth, the richest coun try, and among the most en lightened, the citadel of demo cracy, fear runs rampart. In fact, I feel safe in saying that there have been few times in our history when our lead ing men and informed citizens have been as disturbed, if not downright frightened, as they are today. Now, what is the cause of this present fear? We have in vented an instrument of de struction that has struck terror to our souls. We have split the atom, releasing its energy to build atonUc and/ hydrogen bombs.' If only we had the weapons, there probably would be , np fear. But we know other nations have them too^notably Russia with whom we- are at “cold” war. And we don’t know but that China, a once sleeping giant, but now awake, beliger- ant, hungry for conquest and filled with bitter hatred for a western world that once ex ploited its lands, may sq— lysE- THE HEART OF AMERIU IS RIGHT The true Christian and democratic spirit of America was again demonstrated in the state this week when 25,000 baby chicks were flown from the Raleigh-Dur- ham Airport to Haiti by the North Carolina>' Christian Rural Overseas Program or better known as CROP. The chicks will be used by the Haitian Department of Agri culture to assist in upgrad ing chickens of needy farm families in Haiti. The first CROP project to the Haitian government wm completed about ten d^ysj ago when a shipment of cattle was made. Communist nations that never see anything this coun try does to help other weak er countries and insist that America always has designs on other countries, even when it sends aid to them, might take a casual glance at the unselfish work being done by CROP. Certainly they cannot say that this country has tenritorial as pirations in Haiti or wishes otherwise to exploit that coimtry. This newspaper has never contended that every act of the United States is right. We are not unmindful of the fact that there are many short comings which the nation has. We believe» however, that the heart of America is right and that the people of this country only want to live in peace and harmony with other peoplaa of the world. Certainly we have made no attempt to make satelites out of weaker nations near our territoiy. Generally speaking none of those nations live in fear of such. The Haitian republic which is one of the few Negro free countries of the world is con fident that America means only to help her rise to a higher level economically where her people may have more of the good things of life. That is all this country seeks in any part of the globe which is certainly more than Commuinists nations, can truthfully say, that have gobbled up territory after' territory of weaker nations. SATVRDAY C DEC. 11, 1934 L. B. CXJinUM ML BiM, mmtm 5 R ALBMIT ^ 1 PuMUM ■••ry ■a«ur«r OMtTBn t intJTunms t WS K. t 4 fn'rrto K «^rono fSfff 2 .. Nnrtti C»«»ltii» oikdar d«« Act of 1 J 4 R* mt vuMlMttoB at uawilatM mate ria). Lattm •• MM ttftar ftr >iimwwi mast b* •Ifncd to SOO f IMtaMl AlinrWilat Bu11 iMHIt—i Iniantaia * i>nUM ifrwoaSMx mn j j 11 r rrrrrr~"~~'^ aubaartpNOD Kataa: 10c par copy; ete moaflia, turn Itaar, ts«e (ftMlva ftrnnMw. M.M sess those weapons. Twice during the last war we experimented with atomic weapons (then in early develoj^ ment). An A-bomb was drop ped' on each of two Japanese cities-Hiroshlma and Nagasaki. The effect was horrible l>^yond imagination. Six tenths of Hlro' shima was destroyed. Total casualties were probably more than 100,000. Steel in great plants turned _to vaix>r and sand to glass. Over a radius of two mUes every living thing perished. The results were even more tragic and frightful in Nagasaki. If we had the assurance that our diplomats could make peacci arrangements with other gov ernments which would make war-Impossible; or if war should come, they would not use atomic or hydrogen weapons, we could breathe more easily. But there is no such assurance in sight. And we can get no assurance of this because we cannot depend on men. An unknown world inhabited by multitudinous devils was the greatest fear of primitive men. Man himself is the greatest fear of modern men. That which primitive men regarded as a threat to their security was the imagination of abysmal ignor ance. That which modem men regard as a threat to their se curity-is very real. They know that threat is man. Our problem, then, the prob lem of /war, the problem of peac'b and security lies with ourselves. We know that we can solve no' problem on the outside of us until we solve the one big problem which is our selves. In fact, all our problems flow oiit of one problem, the problem of greedy, covetous, selfish, dishonest, suspicious, lying, deceitful human nature. Man is man’s biggest problem, man is man’s greatest handicap; man is man's chief difficulty; and man is man’s most danger ous enemy. Men fear men today more than any other force on earth or in the universe. Men have little fear of earth quakes, and winds and storms today. A way of protection haS been found. Men can't control the weather, but they build shelters to f)rotect themselves against both cold and heat. F^ods and droughts may lift themselves up m destructive fury, but men have found a way to turn that fury back. No lon ger arc famine and pestilence a major human problem, not in highly civilized areas, at least Beasts„of the field and forest are_ no terror to us. Some have been domesticated; others have be come our sport. Nature was once a terrifying thing to men. But we modem men have found nature predic table, operating accoording to law and not caprice; moving with design and not arbitarily, without cunning and malice, and because nature operates by fixed immutable laws which (Please turn to Page Seven) WASHINGTON AND ■ SMALL BUSINESS” On* curicxu tipact of Waih- iDftaa Ufa is ab\indaDca of politi- •al pwuUtt and prophets who al- aoit as aoon ■■ tha polls close nuh ta axplain tha ranilti. • • • laMnitfllaltlT attar recent aleo- liaa, tfeera wsi oawU rtiah sf con- aictlBf p«bUA-| aatiaaa ra-{ aalta. Sama •aid it wsa daa ta aati-Me-j CMihy, aaaia pro-HeCartkr, aama asid It waa Cbarlaa Wilaaa ra-j marks, aaaia aaii It v^aa mid-term tri^ C.W.Hartfar dlthm, acme said It waa pobllo p«war va. privata power, aome aaid latMT, loma aaid farmera. If aomeona had Interpreted re- aolta on (ronnda public reaents Private ScUne haa not been pro moted to feneral yet It wonld haTa made »a mnch aenae. • • • But cold uahurried fact l&idiiig reveals real reason for results. * • * Truth appear* to be oampai(na lacked poaltiveneaa with m»t«- rlal based on aide ahowa. Aa car nival men know, aldeahaws soon wear ont their Interest. • « • For example, much was made of U. S. help In settling Trieste dispute. Average citizen was never concerned over Trieste. In fact, wonder Is expressed why all the fuas over city of 296,000 population. In the U. S. there are more than 35 cities of com parable aiza and Trieste’s popu lation* probably does not equal II. S. population in coal mining areas in diitress because of im ports of cheap torein fuel oil. Others wonder, as U. 8. did with Louisian|LTerTltory or Alaska, ovpMe many years Italy or Yugoslavia did not buy the other out. Many feel both nations C stti—I.FltintriB tt Tlflipinilwt BnilMM BvC. WI.SON HARDER havo been given enough U. S. cash through foreign aid to swing a deal. • • • Bat with an tha tolk abMl Trleato, notidng was said abont one of the greatest •ooompUab^ meats of paat two years, the creation of the Small BnalBats Adminlatratlaa new maMng great strides la breathing new life loto battered hulk at Amott can Independent enterprls*. e • • Great campaign stress was a^ so made that administration has not hired any communists. Ihe people are still concerned, about communists, but In 10S3 wb«n they felt that there was laxness toward communists, they hired new bunch of boys to handle sita>- atlon. Naturally, they expect that job to continue. But communities don’t organize Uain Street pa* rades e-very time jwlice Jail a criminal. They rather expect po lice to do the obvious. «( « * Tet no mention was nsado at fact Stanley Bamee, head aaU trust divlslim at JnsUo* De partment has shown In recent steel merger sitnatlon, other la- atanoes, toll understanding of antl-tnui lawa, latentloaa to en force them. e • * Concentration on sideshowt, failure to accent the poaltive, created many voter doubts, even fearsT post-electlon study ^ows. • • • There was feelinf that with re* loctanoe to campaign oa Small Bnsinesa Admtnlatratloa benellta plans are la wind to bow to de mands at big flaanclnl laterests to abolish 8BA. Beloctaao* to talk abont Stanley Baraes was taken as alga that perhaps as was done la previons admlalstra- tlon when able B. Qraham Mor- rlaan was “resicned,’’ similar plans are afoot. After aU, a foot ball team Is not lodged liy the fumble* It didn’t make, rsthar by yardage gained, polata scored. r't J -/f-*' FREEDOM ^INE55 UTERALLY Spiritual Insight ''GOD LIVES ON'' BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptitt Church “In the year that King Uzziah Died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne..” Iso.6:l. A beloved king, a great hero dies. A young man is thrown into a state of troubled despair. And in a flash of spiritual in sight, he realizes i&at “God Lives On”. With suddeness the tide of time sweeps away men and things. Man is mortal! God is etemall Tne young man built his hopes on the King. The King died as all men must die. We^should- not build our hopes on this fading, peridiable scene. Build your hopes on God and things Eternal. Out of this dark personal crisis there dawns up on the soul of young Isaiah a comforting vision and insight: THE KUJG-ia. J2EAD^ ‘iGQD LIVES ON”. Some things must be moved sometimes before we can see God in the wonder and majesty of his eternal power. Yes, men and things block our view of God. We get lost in our fasci nation of men and things. The result: we fail to see God. The King having been moved the young man saw a glarious vis ion of God. Job saw God In his true light and nature when be was stripped of everything and left in the dark depths and lone liness. The King was moved from the scene and Isaiah reali zed that there was an Eternal and ever-living God reigning above the perishable human scene. In a dark hour he could say...“Mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of Host...”The King died! God lives on! How true that something must be moved sometimes be fore we can see God the Al- mighty and the Immortal One. Men fail. Kingdoms fall. Wealth takes wings and flies. Powei es capes our grasp. God lives on! A troubled hour becomes a great spiritual experience. It is turned into something creative Can you turn your troubles in to something beautiful and helpful? Can you honor God with your trials and. tribula- tionsT Can you wait in your troubles for the glory that siiall be revealed? This young man reaped a harvest of faith and spiritual Insight when all seem ed lost. Paul did it in a prison cell. John did it on Patmos. Bunyan did it to an English Jail. Out of It all a soul is purg ed. And above all^ life was sur rendered and dedicated to God. Let us have the wisdom tojtum our suffering eatperiapoas ....tor the welfare of man and the" glory of God. How wonderful if we too can stand above the suffering and heart ache and say “GOD LIVES ON.” Let’s find a faith that we too can look above ruins and decay and say...“l SAW THE LORD SITTING UPON A THRONE...” STRAIGHT AHEAD NEW YORK Ever since the tiny 10-inch TV screen made its debut into the American home, television has been the subject of many a warm discussion. Parents, teachers, church leaders, aud social workers have pondered the Influence of the medium upon our cultural standards and upon the tastes of our children. Some people have been ‘critical to the extreme. But even talevision's most se vere critics support the old adage that picture is' worth 10,000 words, and admit that the keen eye of the television camera can focus on a scene and summarize for its viewers a whole idea, or teach a valu able lesson. This has been force fully demonstrated in the jpot coverage of special events, when the public has been “present” at conventions, hearings, and in terviews, and the people have had a chance to formulate their own'opinions on the goings-ron The merciless and impartial camera lense has revealed flaws in the character or behavior of many a “hero” wbose record and recommendations looked good on paper. Under Its focus, many a bigot has squirmed and many a phony liberal has hedged, and all have suffered some loss of prestige t^cause of It. It appears, then, that in its operation in just this one area, television has jurtifled its exis tence; and the industry has therefore proved that it can be of invaluable assistance in set ting an example and in ‘Taring- Ing out the pattern” of Ameri can life. There have been notable oc casions upon which certain pro grams have shown the way, and they are to be commended. Two Sundays ago, for instance, on NBC’s “The Loretta Young Show” (time out for plug: Sponsored by Proctor and Gam ble's “Tide”) there was present ed a story which had to do with school life. It revolved around tlie school’s football team, a teem which boasted a Negro player. It was a minor role in terms of lines spoken—a ma jor one in terms of the lesson it taught. Ainong Negroes the re sponse was immediate. Hereto fore, Negroes have played many minor roles on television. They By OLIVE A, ADAMS have been porters, elevator boys, and maids, and Negroes tolerated the sterotype again and again feeling that, after all, a Negro actor did get a day’s pay for the performance. But here was an entirely dif ferent picture, A Negro player was a part of a team—young people working together with a common goal In mind. This is actually much more true to A- merican life, in those areas where there is integrated liv- (Please turn to Page Seven) ‘ Night Hcucvfb Do yon use colored glasses whan driving at nlghtT Or is yo«r ear equipped with a green windshleldt If your answer Is .I^es” te either question—and especially If it is "Yes” to both—you are making night driving more dangerous, rather than safer, according to Dr. Paul W. MUea, an eye specialist of the Washington University Seheol at Medicine. Color CuH Vlflea At night, with clear glass, nor mal vision is reduced from 20/20 to 20/32—that is, only H as good as usual, simply because of dark ness. In practical terms, this means you will have to get 12 feet closer to an object, to see it at night. Even the slightest tint produces further reductions. Dr. Miles him self was surprised to find tliat light-yellow driving glasses had any effect, though it was small (20/34). Pink glasses gave vision of only 20/40, and green tinted windahleld glass 20/46. J*articu- larly dangerous, he found, was the combination of pink glasses and green windshield, which reduced vision to 20/60—or 1/3 of normal I If you ever played with red and green celluloid glasses as a child, ! you can see why: although indi- ; viduaiiy transparent, together these colors become apaque. Leu TIim for Recognlilon Even more dangerous is the ef'^ feet of tinted glass on “resolving. power” at night. This is the term ophthalmologists use for the abil- uy of tha eyas to form dlstiagolsh- able images, rather than vague masses. Ordinarily, at night, it takes about^10 seconds for your eyes to mak^thia adjustment. With a green windshield, the reactioa is stowed to 42 seconds—and that's pretty 'significant when you're traveling at high speed. Dr. Miles illustrates it this way; “A pair of objects would appear separate at 100 ft. through a clear windstiield, [but] would appear^ngie through a green windshield untU the dis tance had decreased te ft”—la ether words, until you’re right "on top of them.” With yellow or pink glasses recognition takes thro* or i*ar thns* as long as asoal, Im.
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