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ragi two TMI CAIOLDTA Tims lATUBDAY. WOV. U. MW IHt A. AND T. tfFAK The in^)lioti(ms and re- pocussions of the A. uid T. Affair wo« nataral by-pro ducts of three quarters of a century of flagrant disrespect for the humanity of the Ne gro. T%e press comments, of e^tors of Southern origin or persuasion, are apparently ress concerned with the fact that some pet^le in a pre dominantly Negro audience registoed disapproval of the ranarks at the state’s most controversial governor in modem times, than in the fact that the incident was an other link in a chain of events showing obvious and out spoken Negro dissatisfaction with an unwise and inept public servant who happens to occupy the governor's chair. As this newspapor sees the situation, the white press and articulate white people have been, first, stunned, and in order, horrified, and finally dumbfounded that 1955 var iety Negroes are less “tact ful” thmi their predecessors of a century ago. The fact is that there is a new Negro. We’ve lived more than half a century ourselves and we have seen the transition from the servile, slinking, hat-in- hand house servant and ward of the pseudo-aristrocratic planter class to the resentful winner-take-all image of the 20th century Negro. The transition hasn’t bl^ plea sant, and it hasn’t been easy for white or Negro stand-pat- ters or do-gooders who have contended themselves with mere platitutdes and patron age. On some points we can agTM: courtesy is a desjrable attribute and one’s guest should receive every cour teous consideration, parti cularly if all other factors are equal. This means, from our viewpoint, that today’s world being what it is, factors vary with circumstances. From the viewpoint, then, of disfranchised and literally disinherited Negro persons until May 1, 1954, we believe that the affair last week at A. and T. College really saw the Governor as- the dupe of the brazen white supremacy advocates who are apparently guiding his political destiny whidi. he has-elected to per mit to become a rebellion against the Government of the U. S. A. Around Wednesday of last week we were advia^ at our News Desk that a donon- stration involving teachers and students at A. and T. Col lie would take place on Founder’s Day when the Governor was introduced. A subsequent r^>ort said plans for the demonstration had found their way to A. and T.’s President F. D. Bluford, who reportedly dissuaded the per petrators of the “walkout on Hodges" to modify their course. Some reports say Dr. Blu ford told his staff that Hod ges was invited to A. and T.’s i'ounder’s rites before his in famous "Voluntary Segrega tion” speech of last August 8. Anoth^ account says Blu ford, through white channels available to him in his busi ness office, “suggested” to the Governor* that the chief «- ecutive discuss some non-con^ troversial subject other than race relations at the Found er’s Day program. Whatever Dr. Bluford’s role in the comic opera - and notwithstanding the understandable apologies which he allegedly has bron busy sending Hodges, he has, to the newspaper’s knowl edge, manfully resisted some of the overt threats of the “Henehmen for Hodges.” But, at the same time, and for whatever reasons, profataion- al or p^sonal, Bluford is al so on record as one of the^ate Governor W. B. Umstead’s. appointees to the Adiviory Committee on Education as subscribi^ to the position “integration cannot work and should not 1m aMenrnted.” These are not Dr. Bluford’s personal views, as anyone who knows him oen testify. They are ti\e views, however, of a clique around Blufinrd which controls him as sure ly as the clique around the ^tless Hod|^ manges to control him. To ^e students at A. and T. College and to Negroes generally, Hodges is a symbol of forces dedicated to deny rights and privileges to Ne groes far more fundamental . uvan good maimers and cour tesies. They know that he and ail of his predecessors confess in irrefutable language that they consider A. and T. Col lege and the other state sup ported institutions for Ne groes inferior to white col leges when they refuse to lure graduates from these schools except in jobs tradi tionally reserved for Negroes. The state has never hired an A. and T. College engineer. * They know also.that in spite of all of the Negro teach ers trained at state expense, not one is regarded as quali fied to become superinten dent of even Negro educa tion. To any Negro in this state who hu the sense to know night from day it is evident that Governor Hod ges has done more to galvan Lze the Negro together in this fight for integration than the NAACP could have done in ten years. For the daily press to at tempt to defend Hodges’ mis pronunciation of the word “Negro” on the groimd that “the best-intentioned South ern tongue” does not find it easy is ridiculous. We know that those white pe^e who are accustomed to using thi; term that Negroes resent are the only ones who have any real difficulty with the pro nunciation. This newspaper^Hbnever heard of any instance, in which Southern whites ex perienced difficulty in pro- noundng the wor^ “Nero” or “hero.” Whoever heard .“Nirrer” for Nero? or “hir- ’rer” for “hero”? Quite to the contrary, Southerners’ vocal cords appeared adept enough at “Nee-roh” and “hee-roh. From the cradle to the grave, Southerners see signs on practically everything “For Negroes Only,” and yet, never iMve we seen “For Ni^as Only.” Is it not a sad commen tary on Southern white in telligence when the Governor has not bothered himself enough to leam how to pro- noimce the racial designation of one-third of the state’s population? THE t3th ANNUAL TRADE WEEK The Durham Business and Professional Chain’s 13th an nual Trade Week held here October 29 through November 7 was in many respects the most significant observance of its kind in the Chain’s his- f/>ry observance began witti a cooperatively sponsor ed parade timed with North Carolina College’s Homecom ing celebration. Planning for this event brought together outstanding representatives of the Chsdn and the coU^e. A fruitful result of this con tinued plan of cooperation between town and gown was increased understanding of and respect for the conMbu- tions of eaeh group to the overall community. On Octob^ 30 at Mount Vernon Church, the DBPC presented in its annual pub lic meeting a panel discus sion, “Inte^ation; A Report to the People.” A cross-sec tion of community leaders gave progress reports that highli^ted sudi items as these: (1) Use your vote to keep the enemies of integra tion out of office and use your vote to put friendly public servants in office; (2) ^ Sup port the Durham CommittM on Negro Affairs and the NAACP, for these two or ganizations are working for American democratic ideals; (3) Plan intelligently to use democratic methods to obtain equality of opporttmity at every level in local, county, state, and federal government positions as well a&in private industry; (4) Use your polit ical influence to obtain im mediate integration of the public schools to give our community’s children the'op portunity to share experiences and develop wholesome re spect for members of other racial groups. Such experi ences will be helpful to oth ers also. (5) Remember in to day’s society more and more people are being recognized for the quality of their set tees rather than for th^ racial or religious origins and the color of &eir skin. Then later, the DBPC spon sored its annual Talent Night, while throughout the we» a spirited sales promotion cam paign higWghted 'the serv- icep of businesses in the com munity. A banquet at Hill side High School Monday night climaxed the program. Some $500 in prizes and were given during the week. The real significance of the 1955 ’Trade Week observance lay in the intelligent rec ognition among all parti cipating individuals and or ganizations that we live in a world where the keyword is “Service.” Although occasion al reference was made to the fact that U. S. Nagroes xon>. trol some $15 billion in an nual piurch^ing power» the real emphasis stressed the fact that idle capital is use less. Capital today which has no concern for basic himian needs is both useless and un wanted. When small businesses of the kinds that serve our com- mimity adjust their sights to deal in quality, courtesy, effi ciency, service, and now so cial responsibility, we owe them all the support we can give them. And in their un compromising stand in favor of integration in spite of the financial pressures which some bigots would exert, the businesses managed by groups like those holding membw- ship in DBPC deserve the re spect and active support of their respective communities. We urge Chain members to begin now to plan for their 1956 program. The program deserves a wider hearing than it has received to date. APOLOGIES/' THE "IRON MAJOR" AND "GOVERNOR HODGES" Those of us who remember he once admitted to getting the Hon. R. Gregg Cherry, part of h|s education at what former Governor of North 'was formerlly the North Cturo- Carolina, «^u>fe battlefidd lina CoUege for Negroes. Mr. coura« won him the title Cherry had been invited to “The Iron Btajor” recall that speak to North Carolina Col lege students in the fall be fore his election and the late Dr. J. E. Shepard with that unerring sense of political prophecy which won him the respect of friend and foe allln IntNduoad him at next Gofvnor of the great State of North Carotti " Mr. Cherry avoee to spMk and he discuwed in same da- tail the pfojraaa of oAiaiMiMi in the state. He referred particularly to progreas a- mong the state’s Negro cit izens. He had difficulty pro nouncing the word “Nagro’^ and his proundation eiMled up with something tha^ rhymes with “trig|^.” Stu dents shulfled thm faet^ llie governor realized that mhm- thing was displeasing his audience. After the npwifh, he was approatiikd by two Negroes who knew him and respected him as a man. They ejqplainsd ^t the speaker’s pronunciation had unintentionally offended. Af ter he became governor, Mr. Cherry returned to DHke Auditorium, substitetkig tiie word “coIm^” for ttM vitord Negro in his refaremes to educational progress among Negroes. In effect, the gov ernor said, he was unaware that Jiis pronunciation varied from acc^table usage. He assured all that bo of fense was meant md he ex pressed appreciation to the friends who had infonaed him of that part of his speedi which was di.'^leasing to his host audience. TIm out bittaniM, partly, hm becawMF a govemarlft. Oidiry had tie patriotMni, the sane, the comawn ftaMcy, a»l Ihe statMaan- •hip to face racial situations with the same courage which on the field of battle won for him the title “the Iron Major.” It has been said that com parisons are odious and in the eaae of the “Irm Major” and “VouiiAary Sagmgi^n” Hod- aoiiUng oaiud be tmer. Thes^ are bitter times and much hoatillty may be en- gehdeccd beC^ we eiq[>eri- ence any real stability in racial relations. But alter all the arguments are in for traditional reqiect for the office of governor, the social responsibmty of hosts to be courteous to guests, one fact sriU remain only p«tly considered by the oonunen- tators who have been so. out raged at Negroes’ indignation with the racial relations stupidity of Hodges’ and his advisers. The fact-is that as Americans, Negroes will continue to be disrespeetful to Mr. Hodges and all that he represents as long aftd until he gets himself in tune with the Constitution of the Unit ed States. SATURDAY I. fOaWMN ew NOV. 12. 19SS L. m. AVBtm. raklMw CLATHAN M. BOSS, KdlUr H. ALBKBT SMm Haaariac MitUr PfBWl|ifS. Ik* Act *(1 N* (aanatM tt i CtrealatfaB Mnasw iMm t omMMM aMto- te iiemniia mmt ka $MM; Om Tmt, «sm (Wtnlgm ptjm Life Is Ldce That Bj H. ALB^ SMITH A WORD about titles , I know some men of the cloth who would be highly re- aentlul ii addressed by any title other than Reverend; Tliey make use ol the title under any ■nd all 'circumstances. To ad- dreM them as Mr. Jones or Mr. Smith would be to insult them. And Uutt in spite of tiie fact that here In the South tte average white man will call a Negro Reveread, Professor, Doctor or anjrthing n^er than to honor him with the title erf Mister. IN THK NCMRH In the Ifcnrth, people, wttite people particularly, frequently refer to their minister as Mr. even when he carries a formid able array of degrees behind his name. But, here in ths South, the people I have con tacted seldom do. The clergy* man is either Rev. or Doctor. Among certain groups, he Is Bishop and Elder. And among white people, he is often Parson or Preacher. NOT RESTRICTID Some people have the im pression that this application of Parson and Preacher is ~made only in the case of Negro minis ters. But, so far as my experi ence goes, this is hardly true. Quite often white people in con versation with me refer to their minister as Preacher too. They' might quote him saying. Preacher Jones said tliis or that last Sunday.” CLAIM OF SOME. There are some pe^e of. a certain denomination that re fuse to call any minister Rev. They say that the term ean ap ply only to God. The use of the term to designate a clergyman to put that person on an equality with God'. It implies attributes of character unat tained and unattainable by man. Therefore, to use it in that fashion, if not sacrellgious, cer tainly is on the bordei* line of sacrilege. MY REACTION So far as 1 am concerned, I like the term Revered. When ever any one uses the term in addressing me, it nev«r oecurs tb me that somehow be is> idsn- tifying me With deity. And, esr-' tainly, it .gives me no idee of be ing in possession of a peculiar quality of being which repre sents deity toned down. NeitlMr do 1 feel that I am taking or ac cepting that which baloegs to God. SECONDARY IMPORTANCK Speaking of such titles, it oc curs to me that they are of secondary importance. Their use is not to dsaoribe the char acter or the nature of the man. but to designate his office. All of which nisans Oat s uialstar is a man set apart to do religi ous wqrk—^to devote his life; to Inurias lor the sptritaal needr ef man and serving as a leader in the church whose mission it is to evangelize the earth. SIGNIFICANCE OF TITLE So far as the term Doctor is concerned, that tells somethlag about the gentlonan whom people call Reverend, Elder, etc. Sometimes, it is honorsry designating that the minister has done some outstanding work, made some significant contribution through his labors, or it represents a degree given for his intellectural achieve ments, the recognition of«him as a learned man or scholar. QUITE CONFUSING New, Dector as indicative of scholarriiip mif be alright al though, at times, 1 wish the term could be confined or re stricted to men of the medical profession and allied services. Because this Doctor business has become very confusing. It is applied to mescal men, legal men, school men, veterinarians- root doctors. An example hard ly classical is a Doctor Buzsard whom I have met on a few oc- (Please turn to Page Seven) nfmr LeadenMp in The Fight At Home Would Be A Help'' I Spiritual Insight By,REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND PaatOTf Mmmt Gilmd Baptiat Church “NO VICTORY WITHOUT SCARS” LETTER TO THE EDITOR The Editor Carolina Times Durham, N. C. Dear Sir: Appreciation by the readers of your pape^for the manner in which it is edited, giving facts which one vainly searches for in the dally newspapers who consider at all times what their readers want to read and what the advertisers want to see printed or omitted, is really due to you. Consequently, all who are convinced that all humans are God’s creatures without dis crimination, superiority or In feriority, should read your pa per in order to be informed about what is going on in our ^te and elsewhere that vio lates the Commandment of brotherly love. In tte edition of October 20, your informative illustrated ar ticle about the persecution of the Baha’is injran by the fana tic Mohammedans who rule that country at presmit drew the attention of our Durtiam Baha’i group and it is instruct ed me to thank you sineertiy. The Baha’is all i^er the world are working for better underrtanding among all peo ples everywhere, for anlty and lusdce. Many sacrifices have' been made to- promote the knowledge of the Oneness of God, the Oneness of the Pro phets, and the Oneness of man kind. nie Baha'i World Faith has followers in every land, people in high places and In every walk of life. We are grieved about the cruelties committed and still going on, and are grateful tor accurate news and friends everywhere. In your November Bth edl-' tion we find articles that prove bow much there is wrong in the tfeataMnt of mtaor^ty groupa (hteiag out of eolored mental patlmts), dismissal of a white woman from a church organiza tion because her raelal views are unconventionally broad; al so your cartoons-“Missionary Work at Home” Ust week and “BmbrasslBg ' Mnnents” this week are Illuminating and must impress everyone who is tree from all kinds of prejudice and believes in God, the FaUter ot all His children. We wish for yon added suc cess oh your ftoe efforts and' express our warmest thanks, fklthtully yows, G. Van SoesbeA '..Jknd plaithig a crown of thonu they put it on him..." Mark 15:17. The sonless brow of the Son of God was thom-croWned In mockery of bis 'loving minis try. This cruel act in a shame-r ful scenes carries a great mes sage of spiritual 'and moral truth; There Are No Great Vic tories In This World Without Scars. Few of the world’s great victories In the realm of th«i true, the just, the decent and the itree have bee|L>#on without visible and invl^le scars. Yes, there are visible and invisible scars of body, mind and souL. This is the price of man’s hard, uphill struggle for the reellsa- tion of the Divine Dreant of the Kingdom of God among men. A cruel world aaacts its price from those of us who would dare dedicate auiSBlves to ad vance the Kingdom of God.. “And plaiting a crown ol thorns they put it on him...’’ This great moral and spirit ual truth stands out in every realm of human'endeavor. Ask the great refommm ot the afsa and they will tell you “No Vic tory Without Scars”. Ask that noble company of graet seuls who fought so couragrausly for the abolition ot the vicious sys tem of slavM'y one hundred years ago. And Lovejoy, Garri son, Tubman, Phillips, Smith, Truth, and Douglass would say, "No victory without scari.” They became battle-acarred veterans for truth and righte- dusness. Ask labor hi strxiggle for statua and decency in this land and labor will tell you, “No victory without scars.” Many laborers were wouaded and scarred in battle against greed and ocploltatlon. Ask those who have fought end won the great battles of truth and Justice to redeem huTtMTitty tram- its misses of ignorance, ill-heali th and injustice and they will say..“'No Victory Wlthoul Scars”. Just go tortt in a worU like this as a wanlor for God And Truth And You May Ex pect To Be Thom-Crowned. He who is afraid to be scared In body, mind and soul had bet ter not walk the highway of Truth, Justice And Righteous ness. The sinless Son of Godt was thom-crowned. You, too, may expect to be treated in like manner in a world like this. The two-thousand-year strug gle of the Church says to us aa leaders and witnesses for Jesus there is.."No Victory Without Sci^.." There are visible and invisi ble scars that we must bear to walk in the master's way of righteousness. Th»e are those invisible scars of the hurt and the wounded spirit-the scars ot mind and soul. Jesus must have carried an invisible scar to Cal vary following the rejection of the people of his home -town. And then above all there are the wounds and scars of Cal- vary-the price of our redemp tion and our salvdtion..."No Victory Without Scars.” Cap^l Clote-Up George Holland to Formosa George Holland, hard-work ing Special Assistant to the Veteran’s Administrator, has ~transferred to International Co operation Administration and is now in Formosa on an ICA Mis sion-one of a team of ten high- level Veteran's. Affairs special ists which will aid in setting up a veteran’s system for Chlang Kai-^tek’s Nationalist forces. The grotq>, financed by ICA, will undertake to plan and ini tiate an organisation through whieh Chlaag’s torees, now hamcNced with “ineftectlves,” can be sereenad, and proviaion made in a veteran’s aet-up tor soldtars w1k> are ill, eser^e, or in aaed of i^haMUtation, ma king ^aee tor effective troops needad to stnngtiMn the Na tionalist amy. ■Hespttals, cUaics and raha- bilitatien centers are ezpaetad. to be hicludad in plannlag ler the Chinsae. InaMaatives, mart of tham matalaadsri, >May ot whoai are without nlallrss and withaut vocatloas to sappect themaelvcs. It is hoped that me dical and vocational rahabUita- tlon will enable theae veterans to eatabUah ties In Foimosa, and eater the ialand’s eeanomy. The lotamational Oeepara- tlon'Hlssion will work In ottHa- boratlon with Oeaice Fry and Assoeiatas, Chiw(o oaaaul- tants, who have centractad with the MatlMumst Onvertinniit te a two-year proiram to tormu- late the plan and put it inte operation. Mr. Holland, a native ot San Antonio, has been with the Veteran’s Admlnlstratian tor ten yews, first as llalaon repre- aentathre In the office ot special Assistant Joaeph Albright, and later as Mr. AlM^’s succes sor. He was accompanied to Formosa by his wife, Mrs. Cora Kaufman Holland. John Hope Franklin on the "Hist^ of Jim-Crow" We are sorry that John Hope Franklin, Professor of History at Howard, will be speaking to the Press Club on the “History of Jim-Crow” after we go to press. The talk'‘will be in the nature ot a “dry. run” for Dr. Franklin, as he Is preparing an exhaustive article on the sub ject for March publication. John Hope Franklin not only delivers his history straight, but speaks and writes easily ud clearly, using the simple words that are so difficult for many to achieve. We’ll report on hhn later. , Who Wm Be NCItWS Ntxt Pr»sU*ntT There is some conjecture about the presidency ot the Na- 'tloMl Council ot Negro Wo- asen. Any anawer would proba bly depend on the extent to whhdi poUtlcal implications, erhich appear to have played a rather important part in Coun cil actlvltlas in the past, prevail in the coming oonvmtlons and tiectlona-not to mention -the primaries. It is understood that that CouncU’s present head, Mrs. Vi vian Carter Mason, of Norfolk, U a wlUlng eaadidate to suc ceed hanalt, that Mrs. Jane ^euldiag ot Weat Vlrgtola la campaigning in her own hahilt, and that dlsitdant factions in New York and Chicago have tiieir own candidates. Peraonally, we woaM Uke to see the ladlea taka an annual eonvoitlon out Into Hu hlnter- landa—away from the Govern ment propa>-end aae what h^^ pena. Aa we have mentioned be tide, the annual fantase, up here at the Capital, is too much like trying to climb up a moun tain of lemon pie meringue. The most impressive NCNW meet ing that we ever attended was out in the wide open spaces ot Texas, where three hundred members met at a “regional” and got busy on down-to-earth business. Soviet Know-How’s Not N»u> Recurrent Jitters over whe ther and how far the Soviets have surpassed the West tech nologically, with reference to weapons and heavy machinery, reminds us ot our surprise on discovering, in an obscure Brit ish publication of 1933, an an nouncement of six-row Soviet cotton-picker that was at work in the fields three before the Rust brothers tried out their one and two-row pickers in 1BS6. The column-inch an nouncement was In six-point type. "*d” Henderson—CieU Rights Triple Threat We have long Intended to pay this column’s respects to Ed win Bancroft Henderaon of Falls Church, Va., recently elected president of the Virgi nia State Contei^ce of the NAACP. This Is not a Virginia colunm, but neither does Dr. “Kc}” Hen derson, who retired The Year ot Integration, as head of the Physical Edticaton D^wrtment of Division Two, in the now- daMgrated public schools of the District, belong solely to Virginia. His home Is in Falls Church—^Just over the District Line, and almost a suburb of Waahington-and be has served tbr years as Board mamber ai^d Vice-Preaident of the NAACP’s District of Columbia Branch, while working with equal seal for that organization, In Vir ginia. And what, to our mind, if ot equal importance is his (nease turn to Page Sevan)
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