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PAfl» TWO SAtOTDAT. AOG. It. IW SATURDAY. SKPT. 1>. 1»55 ELEVEN AGAINST IHE WHOU Elev«\ aouthon ktotcs ot South today is front page against a respect^ and ci^- tbese United States have ap- news in the farthest recesses lured Negro couple m t>outo- paraitlv formed themselves of the world tomorrow, affect- ern Fmes of this state and the in battle arrav asainst the ing very lives and destiny msulting of an Indian am- r«8t of the country in a do-or- ot millions of people all over bassador in Houston, Tei^ dH sS P?es^e7he the earth. The United States are some of thej^oly fnuts vicious practice of segrega- is truly living in a glass house of the titrated white peo- tiorOnV one sidrSTto with the eyes of the world pie m th^ souto^ found 37 other states, the focused on her every move, states, that border on ae- Cwistitution and tije Supreme Just how long and how pravity. Court On the side of the much the consciences of the In addition to the em- eleven southern states are to white people of the South barrassment which toe a^ be found outmoded customs can stand the backwash of trns of thew j^ple Me and laws that are not only their love for the Golden Calf causing America in forei^ obnoxious to the more than of segregation remains yet to lands, government ofLci^ 15 million Negroes in the be seen. The lynching of a here at home must eventu^y United States but to the over- 14-year-old Negro *boy in come face to fare with the whebning millions of colored Mississippi, following a reign question of whether or not people aU over the fast of terror in that state, the they are going to allow eleven inking world brutal beating of a respected of the 48 states of this nation What in past years could Negro citizen in Old Fort, to defy the whole national be done in a comer of the North Carolina, the threats government. "NO COMMENT" IS IHE ANSWER We have noted to our dis- them on the spur of the mo- to the editor on questions that may, if not disgust, the ten- ment by some Negro leaders originated in other newspa- dency of many well-thinking on the matter of segregation pers or that have been pub- Negroes to give extemporan- in public schools. lished out of context by them, eous statements to the press, At the best, statements on We think the best thing for especially of the opposite such a momentous question Negro leaders to do when ap- group, on racial matters. On should only be given to the proached by a newspaper man several occasions the state- press in writing and only af- or newspapers known to be ments have either been print- ter careful thought and pre- unfriendly, when they do not ed out of context or twisted paration. As much as the have time to properly pre in such a way as to cause em- Carolina Times delights in pare a written statement, is barrassment to the author giving space to its readers to to say: “No comment.” We and often much criticism. For express themselves, it is not think it far better not the past several weeks this pleasant and as well it is quoted at all than to be mis- newspaper has been bombard- somewhat unethical for this quoted and then have to turn ed with letters to the editor newspaper to furnish space on to a friendly newspaper for attempting to explain letters its editorial page for these space to explain oneself out to editors of white newspa- persons to express them- of a “jam” or an embarrassing pers or statements given selves in the form of a letter situation. A NOTE ON SAVINGS BONDS Life b Like That By H. Al^E&T SMITH Our First Line Of Defense Their Thinking IsAChall^To Our World Leadership" In like these, when knows that. Savings bonds terest every year. If the value nearly everyone has a job and are a brake on inflation. They of other things goes down, a car and an electric refriger- help to keep the value of the buying power of Gov- ator and a television set, money stable. They don’t hold ernment bonds goes up. Ask when wages are going up and out the hope of glittering re- Dad, he knows, the future looks rosier than wards, like some of the com- AnH, if Dad is wise, he it has looked in a generation, mon stocks we have heard of. knows that when the time some of us are likely to get They aren’t for gamblers who conies for the children to go into the “easy come, easy go” are looking for a lot of fast away to school or college, it frame of mind. bucks. Rather, they are for jg pleasant to go to the bank It is a joyous frame of mind the man who is thinlung a- pash a few savings bonds but har(Uy a prudent one. It head, thinking about his wife pay for them. He knows is true the country is prosper- and his family and the uncer- ^^at if iU-fortune strikes — ous. It is true the outlook is tainti^ of the future. say a big hospital bill, or an for a continuance of good Savings bonds are a hedge accident—^it is a great com- tunes. It is true that most of against most foreseeable hard- to know that the bonds us will manage somehow to shipQ. If, as we all hope, the there, in the old sock if pay off the debts we have ac- economy of the country re- yQy nir, cumulated during these days mains stable, they sit there in of easy credit. your desk or in your safe- de- A man we know began buy- But — and there is always posit box, piling up compound ing savings bonds on a sm^ a but. interest for years to come. If, scale back in the early for- In the old days, there used because of unwise economic ties. As his income improved, to be a saying, “Keep some- policies, there should come a he increased his investment thing in the sock.” In more recession or even a depres- in the payroll savings plan, genteel circles, its form was sion, the savingS bonds would Before he knew it he had sev- “T jy something aside for a be the salvation of the man eral thousand dollars .... rainy day.” However you de- who owned them. Stocks go enough for the down pay- HbSE^to say it, it is good ad- -down at such times; even real sasot on a pretty iiouss in th& vice. property, like farms and suburbs and some left over to The best stock of all is a houses, declines in value be- buy into a business run by a Unit^ States Savings Bond, cause few have the money to trusted friend. Today, he is Of course, it is patriotic to buy it. But savings bonds sitting pretty, if anyone is. buy savings bonds. Everybody stand firm, gathering their in- "I^ISE THE LEVEL OF OUR ECONOMY" ^ In his greetings to the Sec- two particular states to raise erything in our power to help ond Annual Leadership Con- their economic level even im- bring a speedy end to segre- ference of the North Carolina der adverse circumstances, gation in this country through Association held at Shaw and challenges Negroes in the courts, it is our canUd University, August 26-27, W. states like New York and opinion that the end of segre- J. Kennedy, Jr., president of Pennsylvania to do likewise, gation and a higher economic North Carolina Mutual Life . level are interdependent. For Insurance Company, told his ^hile Mr Kennedy was .^^en Negroes can control listeners that here in North little t^ modest „(jore of the wealth of the na- Carolina six corporations con- J? corpora- many of the problems trolled by Negroes and op- ^o^.menUoned as operating confront the race erating under the supervision „ si^r- disappear. The fight, of the Banking and insurance vision of the mnking and In- therefore, must not only departments of the state have dep^mente are lo- the field bf eauca- combined assets of over $58 ‘^Jed m Durian and have as- in that of business miUion. He also pointed out sets of over $55 milhon. This, «nd industry as well, that there are two credit un- i That Is what Mr. Kennedy ions in the state that have leadership of ^leant when he told the Lead- ccmibined assets of $700,000. ership Conference, “T^e fif- Only Georgia, with six Ne- ? u teen million Negroes in the gro corporations having total " United States of America assets of over $83 million and S"® ? would do well to foBow the operating under the banking Greens- example of the five million and insurance departmente ° J*®ve none, jg^g country. I rather of that state, outstrip North ? appreciate the advice offered Carolina Negroes in corporate ^ by many of our pioneers: wealth, according to Mr. Ken- ‘that when our enemies strike nedy. The picture presenta at us and attempt to block our an interesting view of what “ ^ raised. progress, don’t get mad get Negroes have done in these While we intend doing ev- smart.’ ” SEPT. 10, 1955 Ck SATURDAY L. E. AUSTIN PnbUaher CLATHAN M. BOSS, Editor H. ALBERT SMim ^a^ Editor M. E. JOHNSON, Bnsinesa Manager JES^E COFIELD, Circwtatioa Manager Erarr tatuctfar by th« DMITKD Mo cumatM ot pubUcMtoo ot uaaMMtd irnr- ^Bu.HEa.,i«»n»,.ud...i...F.«imwst t,ml u, m, to, ■Mated M aand la« BMir at the Pwi OCOm nd eaaflaed to MW votte •t Dartiam. Morih CaiwUna undtr the At ot tUret • ** '*** lilmwlpMuu mm*m: l§c NattoMl ~rf imill i Imwmbw >>• Tear, SMS (I UatiM Mmtbtr. pm ram.t An advertisement that ffe- quenUy attracted our atten tion In the days before the great depression of a quarter century or so ago bore the cap- tion-Men Wanted. Even during the crest of that terrible de pression when 13,000,000 men were walking the streets of America in a vain quest for work, one only had to look at the advertising pages of the daily newspapers to find the same iwo words-Men Wanted. And I dare to predict that we ahaii never see a time, whe ther in aepresslon or prosperi ty, when the cry for men shall cease. For men being what they are will always be look ing for men who can meet some deep seated need or ful- fUl some long cherished dream. Prayer Of Millions The year 1832 saw the de pression in full swing. Banks were failing by the hundreds^ and thousands of persons lost overnight the savii^s of a life time. Property losses were ap palling. The entire country was in the cruel grip of fear and on the verge of panic and dispair. The Republican ad ministration then in power seemed unable to cope with the situation. In the face of all this, the prayer of millions was for a man who could stem the tide of the depression and bring prosperity back to the land. The Answer The answer to those hopes and frantic appeals was the late Franklin Delano Roose velt who, in the election of 1932, rode into the White House on the same tides that swept Herbert Hoover out, and, as well, swept from pow er the Republican party whom the American people held re sponsible for their miserable plight. Moot Question A more favorable tiurn of affairs followed Mr. Roose velt’s elevation to the presi dency. Public confidence was restored in the government. People began to regard him as a sort of political messiah who had liberated the nation from the depression’s economic bon dage. Others were not sure of this, for some students of eco nomics claimed thfit Mr. Hoov er had already set in motion forces of recovery that were to bring prosperity again to the land. People's Conviction Well, whether Mr. Roose velt was the man the people were looking for or not, one thing is certain: they thought so at the time. And they ex pressed that conviction in 1936 in terms of votes—a land slide that swept the president back into office. That land slide labled Roosevelt as the man sent by Destiny as the answer to the prayers of a des perate people. Our Present Need Today, we face the need of men, and have always faced it. And as long as there are wrong and injustice, we shall always face it. As long as there are inequalities apd op pression in the earth, we shall face that need. As long as hu man stubbornness and wilful! rejection of God’s way of life for mankind reinains an ideal some men dream about^ others talk about and the^vast nut' Jority do notliing about, that need wUl be with us. Only when God’s ideal of a social order of brotherhood and peace has been accepted and translated into reality will the call for men no longer be heard in the earth. A Deficit Back in Jeremiah’s day, the Hebrew nation laced such deficit in good men. God, therefore, purposed captivity for his people and the destruc tion of their capital city, Jeru salem. God made this known to Jeremiah'.and it grieved him deeply. A profoundly disturb ed prophet evidently pleaded with God to spare the city. God was willing, but only on one condition-the discovery of a good man. Challenge And Promise Thus God challenged Jere miah to find one good man in the city promising that, if he should be successful, the city would be spared. Said God, "Run ye to and fro tlirough the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and seek in the broad places thereof, if there be any that executeth judgement, that seeketh the truth, and 1 will pardon it.” • In other words, God pro mised liis prophet that if, among the thousands of Jeru salem citizens, especially a- mong those constituting the nation’s leadership and for ging its destiny, he could find one good man, he (God) would withhold the fire of-liis wrath and spare the city. What To Do Now, the big tiling to con sider here is this: God needed men of good will and moral uprightness to save ancient Is- rael. He needs such to save us today, and the world. We are constantly talking about our civilization being at the cross roads, and asking wliat can be done to avert a tlireatening de struction. What do we lack the supplying of which is essential to security? Onlif One Answer I luiow only one answer- good men. 1 mean just that- good men. Good men are the hope of our times. Without good men, we are a doomed nation. With good men, the salvation of the Lord will be ours until the end of time; and, in every storm of threat ening destruction, God will hide us beneath the feathers of his wings. He will lie our shel ter in the time of storm and the rock of our defense. Good Men Essential Some think our first line of defense is mighty gims, battle ships, jet planes, atom and hy drogen bombs. How wrong they are! How utterly in error! Let them consider the words sung by angels the night Jesus was bom: "Peace on earth among men of good will.” And considering, let them leam that Our First Line Of Defen se Is Good Men. THiirs n fiicT „ GOLDEN TIME „ FINE TIME wiwww IN P»-*EVOlUTION*«V BOCroN/ AMMTMWCVICI/Kium BUVIN* aKMnry MM tOim/MMM.V ANP WK V0ur tmmmmt Spiritual Insight “Calmness, Quietness Of Soul” By Reverend Harold Roland PASTOR, MOmT GILEAD BAPTIST CHVRCH "I have calmned and quieted my soul...Hope in the Lord from this time forth and for- evermore...P*a. 131:2,3. Here we have the secret of the calmness and quietness ot soul we are in search of. This is a hunger, a tlirist and an imquenchable longing or de sire of man. The writer iias found it. But millions in our day ai;e searcliing, but have not yet found it. What a bles sing to find calmness and quietness of soul amid tliis mad rush called life in our day My friend, have you found tiiis secret of inner calmness of soul? Why not? Are you in the right path? Are you tailing the right steps to find steadfast ness and calnmess of soul? The Psalmist had found the path. What was the path? It is the path that leads to God...“I have calmed and quieted my soul..” HowT The answer is for X have...“Hope In The Lord From Tills Time Forth And Forevermore...” Here we have inner quiet ness at the deepest level. It is not surface inner quietness that so many are trying to find. No, peace of mind is not enough for one made in the image and likeness of God.' Man, with the Uving soul, longs for quietness in the dep- tlis of ills beiag-in liis soul. And this deeper calmness of soul comes when man finds union and communion with the Creator. It is the power and strength of the soul which has found and rests in God. It is the blessedness of the soul at peace with God. ■ Tills calmness of soul comes when the soul has satisfied its hungers, thirsts and deepest longings in God. The Soul must be reconciled *^ith God. before it can share in tliis iiigher Divine peace. In God, our hungers are satisfied and there steals over our souls a matchless inner calmness of soul. In God our souls find quietness and calmness. Look at the soul estranged, separat ed from God: There Is No Peace Nor Rest For Such A Soul. Many of. us are caught in the vicious circle of the izmer restlessness of our souls. You are weary of this painful innT agony. You long for what the Psalmist is talking. about here. Noyf don’t you? Yes, you do! What can I do tlien to find tills state of spiritual blessed ness? You can draw a little closer, be reunited and peace with God and man. Make peace, rest in God and you too can say with the Psal mist..."I have Cdlxnned and quieted my soui...“How? By ceasing my restless wandering ar.d resting in Go^. In God you have everything, so YOUR RESTLESSNESS CEASES. O Lord teach us in tliis anxious, '4e8tles sand material istic day the wisdom of mak- hig peace with thee. Why? That we too may have "Calmed And Quieted Souls.” Lose yourself in Jove, kind* ness, comiwssion, peace, right eousness, and Justice and bro-. therhood-take these steps in God, and he will bring you to calmness and quietness ot soul. Capital Close-Up By CONSTANCE DANBLS School Desegregation in the Capital Dr. Harry J. Walker of [Howard University’s Depart ment of Sociology, and Dr. Ro bert T. -Bower, Social Science Director at American Univer sity, presented an analysis of the Capital’s first year of school desegregation, at a joint meeting of the Society tor the Study ot Social Problems and the American Anthropological Society, at the Shoreliam Ho tel, here, last week. Cityward movements fol lowing World War One, with consequent wider contacts and the rise ot large Negro com munities witiiin cities, increas ing the effectiveness ot organi zed protest, developing new leadership and political pow er, important in national poli- i)ics and affecting national policy on race relations, were presented ^ as the pre-l#90 iMckground tor school deseg regation, here. Survey High-Lights High-lighting the siunrey team’s findings were sampling ot integration attitudes In the Capital^ covering 891 Jndivi- duali, wliich showed: ^ofes- sional and wliite collar wor kers, younger, better-educated and financially secure white citizens leading one-tiiird responses from this group which were favorable to the Supreme Court’s school deseg regation ruling, fully or with qualifications. Ninety-four per cent ot all Negroes questioned in favor ot the ruling; three/ percent in favor with qualifi cations; none disapproving. Jews, Catholics and Protes tants approving, in that order. Adults with children under i£ more favorable than those without them. Pupil Performawse On the appreciably lower performance score of predomi nantly Negro schools. Walker and Bower' found tliat expla nations for the differential in cluded: (1.) lack of'equal fa cilities for teaching. In the for mer Negro schools; (2) over crowding and larger classes; (3.) "and as a tew Negro teachers have privately stated, poor quality of teaching stem ming from low morale and lack of interest resulting from dissatisfaction « with interior facilities and segregation, it self. Discussion ot tiie adjustment of white and Negro pupils, three-fourtiis ipixed by the end of the first school year, with 122 out ot 163 schools in tegrated, pointed to betiavior problems of Negro pupils, ap parently ignored under segre gation, now i)elng brought to light by desegratlon; Negro teacher adjustment was foimd to reflect differences in Ne- gro-wliite social-status values, as applied to teachers, with tlie greater “authoritarian” attitudes of Negro teachers re flecting the same phenomenon. The whole survey, presented on two days as “The Merger ot White and Negro School Sys tems ot the District of Co lumbia” is a tactual and pow erful docum^tatlon wiiich, we tiiink, should be at hand of all concerned wltli. desegre gation, in and out of schools. Pilot Study on Maladjustment A pilot study on the type of individuals reflecting malad justment due to desegregation experience, and related social factors, will l)e undertaken, tills fall, by the same team of sociologists, under a grant from the National Institute for Mental Health. The Elks Westtoard Grand Secretary William C. Hueston, Grand Legal Ad viser Perry H. Howard and other big EIIes were back in the Capital, last weak, alter wiiat Perry Howard called “the finest convention in tliir- ty years,” at Atlantic City. The Trezz Anderson commo tion fizzled out, as we predic ted montiis ago. Dark Horse Hobson Reynolds did not run- since Old Schoolmaster "Bill” Hueston did not bow out. Looldng toward next yeaj^s Grand Lodge, wliich will meet in Los Angeles, Grand Exalted Ruler Rol)ert H. Joimson will soon make a wiiirlwind cam paign for new membersiilps, in the West. Expansion into Af rica is also l>eing considered. South Africa vg South United States Economic development and job distribution among black and white hi South Artcia. was paralleled here, last week, by Antiiropologist Otto Raum, a professor at Hare College tor native Africans, in Cape Pro^ vince. South Airica. Raum, son o|. German mia-> sionary par^ts,vwho was borok at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and ^s lived in Africa all tiis life, reviewed South African development from 1830, cover ing economic jMittems ot tba trli)es, the coming of EuiO> peans, and present economis patterns on the reserves, plan tations, and In urban empltqr* ment, including minlng-the lo- ‘cus of South African urban velopment Following the forum at tb* Wasiiington Post’s Community Room, the speaker attended • (Continued on Page Seven) j \
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