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THE CAKOLINA TIMES SATURDAY, MAY 1», 1»56
BRINGTHmUPASAHERiaNS
tin once considered li
beral Raleigh News «nd Ob-
■ervwr made what was appar
ently for it a disheartening
discove:^ last week. It found,
by means of an informal sur
vey, that only six in 21 per
sons were able to identify the
Stars and Bars as it flew over
the Capital rotunda last
lliursday In conunemora-
tion of Confederate Memorial
Day. In considering the im
plications of these findings,
the News and Observer reach
ed the justifiable conclusion
that perhaps the little survey
in^cated a widespread ignor
ance of the Confederate cause.
And, to remedy this situation,
the News and Observer of
fered the following sugges
tion
... no American who does
not know something about
the Confederacy can be fjfi'
garded as educated. Cer
tainly every North Carolina
school child should be able
to recognize the Confeder
ate flag and taught the his
tory of the Confederacy.
We have no objection to
the teaching of the history of
the Confederacy, if it is done
so in the course of teaching
the history of the United
States. For certainly, the
ev«nts and spirit behind the
fo. mation of the Confederacy
h^v^e wrought a profound ef
fect on our national life. Evi
dence of this is not hard to
come by. We haven’t recov
ered from its ill effects even
yet. But if the history of the
Confederacy is to be taught,
as the News and Observer im
plies, solely for the cultiva
tion of an attitude of rever
ence for it, then certainly
such teachings have no place
in a democracy, such as our
nation strives to be.
At this time in our nation
al existence, the exaltation of
the spirit which led to the
formation of the Confederacy
and the terrible war which
reeolted ean net btit help in
still in the minds of our
youngsters a disregard for
the Meral government and
extol the prlhciple of defiance
of its laws. We’ve already
had too many exhibitions of
the spirit of defiance from
southern politicians in the
past few months, from the
most confirmed demagogues
to the most highly esteemed
so-called statesmen.
How the usually courage
ous and straight thinking
News and Observer can f^l
to see the implication of the
j^uurse it proposes escapes us.
We cannot see how it can ad
vocate, in one edition, the
pi'inciples of defiance of ^e
tederal government — which
is what the Confederacy
amounted to—and in another
edition just a few days later,
bemoan the fact that the elec
tion to the U. S. Senate of
herman Talmadge, king of
I ace-baiting demagogues, ap
pears imminent. The effect of
the News and Observer’s pro
posal to teach the cause of the
confederacy would create a
future small army of Tal-
madges and Byrnes, who,
wnenever the federal govern
ment acts to lift the legally
sanctioned oppression from
the necks of the country’s
minorities, would be found
screaming “dictatorship”, “in
vasion of states’ rights,” and
other such nonsense.
We are disappointed be
cause the News and Observer
seems not able or not willing
to face the only real issue in
uie matter. And that is the
awful fact that the South was
morally wrong in the po
sition it took which culmin-
ated in the bloody Civil War.
That is a fact which maiw
southerners, even today, can^H
accept.
Thoughtful persons of both
races have loi^ winked at the
southern custom of making
heroes out of the men who
led the rebellion against the
Union, largely because they
feel it is done out of respect
to the memory of ancestors.
But to capitulate to base an-
cestor-worship, as the News
and Observer advocates, to
make heroes out of near-
triutors is l^ardly worthy of
any American. It is difficult
and unnatural, even, to con
demn one’s foreparents, even
though they might have fol
lowed the wrong light. But
it is an indication of maturity
to realize the mistakes of
foreparents and not try to
make heroes out of them sim
ply because they fought and
died in an unjust cause.
The News and Observer
and the rest of the southern
ers who are possessed with
the Confederate mentality
would do well to follow the
advice of one of their own,
whose counsel and actions
following the defeat of the
Confederacy has done more
to make him a hero and a
great man in the eyes of the
world and posterity than all
the battles he fought. Said
General Robert E. Liee:
Remember that we are
one country now. Do not
bring up your children in
hostility to the government
of the United States. Bring
them up to be Americans
A UNITED STATES SENATOR CALLS
FOR LAWLESSNESS
Recently, Senator Allan J.
EUender of Louisiana pro
vided the country and the
world with another example
of how destitute the South is
of courageous, statesmanlike
and san leadership. The Hon
orable lawmaker, a veteran
of many years service in the
Senate and chairman of that
body’s Forestry Committee,
predicted that there would be
“bloodshed” in the South if
the region is made to comply
with the recent Supreme
Court ruling against segrega
tion in pubUc education. The
Senator was speaking on a
major radio network forum.
Now Senator EUender car
ries considerable weight in
the Senate in view of his loi^
term of service. He is prob
ably regarded in his own
state of Louisiana with respect
because of his tenure in that
lawmaking body. But the
tenor of his statements on in
tegration recently certainly
shows to us that he must be
contemptuous of the laws of
the land, and to adopt such an
attitude toward the law is
sufficient in our estimation to
remove him from respect and
lionor which he inay have
earned by his long years as a
Congressman.
We can forgive the Sen
ator, perhaps, if he doesn’t
like the law, but we cannof
forgive his veiled advocacy of
outright flouting of that law.
I'he Senator did not only pre
dict that there would be
“bloodshed” if compliance
with the Supreme Court rul
ing is attempted in the South,
he almost promised that there
would be “bloodshed.” Ac
cording to United Press re
ports of his remarks, the Sen
ator was quoted as saying:
I can assure you that
there will be bloodshed ...
in ail of the southern
states, if integration of the
schools is attempted.
Now that lets the cat out
of the bag. The Senator is
calling on the lawless ele
ments of^the Soutii to break
the law by resisting with
force any attempts at com
pliance with tiie Supreme
Court’s decision. And, you
can be certain, that there are
those who are ready and
waiting for the signal to be
gin the blood-letting.
That a United States Sen
ator, an individual whose
main responsibility is that of
making good laws by which
our countrymen can live,
could call for a disregard of
those laws and even invite
outlaws to nm rampant is al
most incredible. But, in the
South on the issue of desegre
gation, the sanction of vio
lence done-, in the name of
maintfiining the pure white
race has consistently come
from our elective officials and
ones who have set the tone of
lawlessness which has eniptr
ed into such scandalous cap
ers as the Mississippi murders
and the Alabama riots. It is
not the law-abiding NAACP
nor its followers who are re
sponsible for the racial ten
sions where they exist. The
responsibility lies directly on
such irresponsible public ser
vants as Senator EUender
who besmirch the mantle of
their office and betray the
trust of their constituents by
lending their voices to the
chant for violence.
RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP
In a recently published
book entitled “The American
Presidency,” Clinton Ros-
siter makes the foUowing
comment on the responsibiU-
ty for leadership of the
American president.
The President is now in
a position to be one of the
most potent forces behind
our progress in civil rights
and our defense of civil
liberties. From this time
forward, the President will
have no choice but to serve
as the conscience and strong
right arm of American
Democracy.
Mr. Rossiter, whose work
was published by the- Har-
court. Brace and Company,
has squarely placed the re
sponsibility for moral leader
ship in government where it
should be, on the shoulders of
chief executive. If the Pres
ident cannot escape the moral
responsibility w!',ich his office
places on ki.'*i of rsing its in
fluence t'.' persuade his coun
trymen of need for accepting
the democratic principles on
which the republic was found
ed, so it is incumbent on ev
ery elected official to do the
same.
And that is the crux of the
discussions on political lead
ership and statesmanship,
words which are bandied a-
round in great abundance
these dajrs. -The measure ef a
leader or statesman should be
his awareness of the right
ness and justice of the laws
which govern his fellowmeh
and his willingness to per
suade them to an acceptance
of justice ^md fair play, even
in the face of popular op
position.
If this yardstick were ap
plied to some of our so-called*
present-day political leaders,
few of them could measure
up. The average elective offi
cial feels the “pulse” of his
constitutency, discovers what
the majority wants and pro
ceeds to act on that basis.
This they call foUowing the
“wiU” or the “mandate” of
the people.
But history has proven that
numbers do not necessarily
make a right. And in a de
mocracy Uke ours where the
majority rules, this principle
can hardly' be more crucial.
On hardly any current issue
can you find real leadership
among bur elective officials,
the kind of leadership that
spurns a majority opinion
just because it happens to be
a majority one for a right and
jxist opinion. This is parti
cularly true in the South.
If our nation is to continue
to advance as a world pow
er, our elective officials must
somehow recapture the tra
dition of true leadership
which seems to have been re
jected for something caUed
expediency. Otherwise, our
noble concepts of the land of
the free will turn into some
thing far less inspiring.
SATURDAY
L. E. Austin
Clathan Ross
H. Albert Smith
Che CatSilU Clt8e0
MAY 19, 1956
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WHEN TO SELECT A CAREER
j^Uilor's Mote:
mu 18 toe first at a series of
four articled deaiinif wi.n \oc>-
Uopai ana educational guioance
prepared tor tftis newspaper by
[he career Uei^itment of the
xiobjones Company, Vonlcers,
x^ew York
"My Jotxn will graduate irom
nigh school next month and stlU
doesn’t Know what be wants to
oe. "What can 1 do?'' said Mrs.
vViiUams with deep concern.
This question i^ very common
and one heard from parents on
all sides ot the traciu. it invol
ves questions ranging trom
lamily income to the type ol
nome the Williamses provideo
lur their cbildien.
Sketchily analyzing it, one
must ask whether John is iu-
lerested in continuing his educa
tion? It the answer is detiniteiy
110, outside o( helping him to
t;et a job, tnere is little Mrs.
wiUialhs can do in one month
except to wait imtil the army
acts. Service In the armed for
ces often instills ambition lor a
career. Tliis might happen to
John particularly if money is
tiie factor for liis confusion and
ne knows that the p. 1. BiU will
pay for the education necessary
...ur a career. >
if John is interested in higher
education and there is no finan
cial problem in the lamily, it
may be advisable for him to
select a liberal arts college.
vVhile in his case it is a little
late to apply, if lie is lucky and
is accepted by a coUege, dur
ing Ws four years at such an in
stitution his chances of select
ing a definite vocation are con
siderably better because in his
junior and senior years he will
major in a coursc of his choice.
At the present time, the de
mands of industry are such as
10 make majors the basis ol
entry to careers.
To counteract this retarding
influence, it becomes doubly
important that the Negro parent
read the Negro press and publi
cations which show that Ne
groes have made the grade in
hundreds of different occupa-
lions'.
The time to worry about a
child selecting a career is not
when he is about to graduate
from high school and has no
definite choice .'n mind, but
when he, at the age of four, de
cides he wants to be cowtwy as
a result of some television pro
gram with a cowboy hero. Then
is when you begin to surround
him with the material that will
inspire and enable him to make
choice of his own when'he is
older. Whether a Ihild wffl de
velop vocationally depends,
in most instances on how alert
you, as a parent are to Ills fu
ture.
In a previous article. Youth
Career Clubs, chartered by Bpb-
jones Company, were suggested
as a Help. TF also menffoned
the community. Other iiuorma-
tion on what you can do will be
furnished if you send your
questions with a self-addressed
stamped envelope to the Career
Department, iiobjones Com
pany, Box 36, S. Station, Yon
kers, N. Y.
Youths interested in a higher
education, whether technical or
liberal arts, should select three
schools of advanced learning
during their high school Junior
year. In this number it is also
advisable to include a free or
land grant college (usuaUy go
vernment supported) since one
never knows what might iiap-
pen between graduation from
high school and entrance to col
lege. ^
Action towards getting accep
tance should .start early in the
year in which one intends to
enter. Thus if a student plans to
enter college in September, he
should have liis application in
no later than the previous
March. Since colleges choose
meinbers of the freshman class
from those candidates present
ing the best high school grades,
it is wise to apply to more than
one college.
Technical schools, institu
tions which turn out perwns in
occupations related to the pro
fessions as x-ray tecimicians,
plasma technicians, junior engi
neers, electronics workers, etc.
have courses which can be com
pleted in less than four ye&rs.
However, one should follow the
same procedure used for col
lege entrance in atteihpting to
attend these schools.
Scholarship information and
advice on work opportunities
should be. sought at the same
time one makes application lor
entrance to institutions of high
er learning. Hooka are available
which give the amount and
types of scholarsnips at almost
every college' in the United
States. !
Mrs. Williams' question open
ing this article makes one in the
field of guidance wonder what
was done when John was in
elementary school to give him
an incentive to ‘ be somebody.”
Were there books and periodi
cals brought into the home
regularly showing Negroes
working in occupations other
than the sterotype?
Even today, when Negroes
are found working in large
numbers of occupations in the
professional, semi-professional,
skilled and semi-skilled fields
and on managerial and super
visory levels, thera are Negro
And, imfortunately, even in
place like New York City, there
are still teachers who do not
know of the changed employ
ment picture for the Negro
worker and pas.i this lack of in
formation on to the Negro
youths by suggestion that they
pi'e^re theniselves for occupa-
what part you as an adult must tions not of their choice and far
play, in the problem as it affects below their ability.
LEHERS TO THE EDITOR
To The Editor:
My Fellow Comrades—^Lend
me your ears for a few minutes.
I come to you not for Glory or
with a Command.
I speak to you as a friend and
lover of the American Legion
and Veteran. I base iny request
from the preamble to the Con
stitution, which you have said
in your obligation.—“For God
and Country we associate our
selves toge^er for the follow
ing purposes. To preserve the
memories and incidents of our
association In the great wars.
To inculate a sense of Individual
obligation to the Community
State and Nations.” Lastly but
not least, these lasting words.
“To Consecrate and sanctify our
Comr^eship by our Devotion
to mutual helpfulness.’’
The American Legion Maga
zine of May 1956 reported that
it is very necessary for every
Legionnaire and Veteran of all
Wars to stand up and be cotmt-
ed.
~ Tiie Vets Security Bill, which
designed to amend the present
structure of veterans pension
for general improvement along
the line and with special atten
tions to needy Veterans over the
age of 65 need your cooperation.
I shall give to you at this time
one of the/fhany, v^o have ex
pressed theiiNdeshe in ■ this
worthwhile cause. Mr. Law
rence Hensley stated in the
American Legion May 19S6,
page 55, these words, t quote,
subject—“In the Fight” Sir Fel
lows; “The American Legion is
now in one of its greatese fights
since the victorious fight for
the GI Bill of Rights, This time
the fight is lor th eWar Vete
rans Security Bill. This time
the boys who gaye the Veterans
of World War II and Korea
their greatest chance now need
your support. The bojrs of WW
_ 1 are getting up In years and
many are disabled and the ma
jority are in need of financial
help. I know yOu will not let
them down in their time of need.
If you want to help first read
the letter from the National
Commander in the March issue
of the American Legion' Maga
zine, and do as he has asked you
to do.
If you are now a Legionaire,
get over to your nearest Legion
Post and sign up.”
These words of Mr. Lawrence
Hensley of Kansas speaks my
full sympathy toward the War
Veterans Security Bill (HR
7886). , I
1 am hoping every Legion
naire or Veteran will consider
what has been said.
N. A. Dunn
Over 250 Will
«
Be Graduated
At Va. State
PETERSBURG, Va,
More than 250 students will
receive degrees in course at the
Seventy-first Annual Com
mencement at Virginia State
College on Monday, May 28, it
was annoimced today by college
officials.
Dr. Mordecal W, Johnson,
President of Howard Univer
sity, will deliver the Com
mencement address at the exer
cises which will begin at 10:30
a.m., and will receive the honor
ary degree of doctor of laws.
An honorary degree of doctor of
laws will be ' conferred
Booker T. Bradshaw, President,
Virginia Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company, Incorpo
rated of Richmond and member
of the Board of the Richmond
Public School rystem.
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"Envy, A Deadly Sin"
"Why this waste? This oint
ment might have been sold
for a large siim and given to
the poor...” Matt. 26:8,9.
A compassionate woman per
formed a gracious act of kind
ness towards Jesus. What was
the reaction among the disci
ples? Some went into a rage at
indignant envy. Instead of a
word of praise to her for this
beautiful act they were filled
with resentful envy. Too often
us human beings are filled with
grudges when others try to do
Spiritual Insight
“ENVY: A DEADLY SIN”
By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND
Pastor, MoUnt Gilead Baptist Church
gifts. Use what God has given
you, and stop worrying your-
little acts of kindness. The Mas-
parant^ who do not know this, iler 'praised' her highly. The cRs-
ciples, however, were resentful
because she did a little ac^ for
Jesus as he faced Calvary’s
Cross. Yes, envy kept them
from rejoicing. Kr|vy made them
unhappy when they should have
been rejoicing. After all, what
is^his deadly sin of envy? Envy
resentment towards others for
what they may do or have.
Envy is that unholy feeling
which grips us *n the presence
of the good fortune of another.
The feeling ot envy keeps
many of us from being happy,
joyous persons among our
friends, acquaintances or neigh
bors. Why should we be so
miserable through envy at the
good fortune or success of
others? ^
TVhy should you be resentful
of the thoughtfulness of others?
The woman wfco anointed Jesus
just performed i gracious act
of thoughtfulness. Why were
they so envious? Envy always
seems so unreasonable and
senseless. They tjo could have
been thoughtful. Why begrudge
the thoughtfulness of others?
You too can cultivate the habit
of thoughtfulness and kindness.
Why worry yourself sick in re
senting the tlioughtfuiness ol
your neighbor or friend? You
can go ai>out doing acts of kind
ness in the midst of human need.
The woman in tWs story had »
noble impulse and followed it
No, so many ot us won’t do and
is a feeling oT grudgefiflness orf**^ we are of^ those p^ple are literally eaten
who will do. Envy is a little
narrow, ugly spirit. You gain
nothing but misery by going
around being resentful of the
kindness and thoughtfulness of
others.
Many of us are envious of
how people use their God-given
selves sick about how your
friends use their gifts. What
does it profit you to be resent
ful of what your neighbor may
have. It will p"oflt you nothing
but misery and unhappiness.
Use wliat God has given you.
Tiie other disciples could have
done something ior Jesus. No^
they did nothing and thgn be
came envious' of the one^ho
did something for the Master.
Let us not be envious of the
good fortune or success of
others. I know a person who is
a great soul except one thing—
the person is ar> unfortunate
victim of envy.
Too many otherwise fine peo
ple have become the sad victims
of envy with its fruits of grud
ges, spite and resentments.
up by the monster of envy. En
vy is senseless! Envy does not
help you nor anybody else. It is
only wasteful and destructive of
some of the finer human quali
ties. Let’s beware of envy for
it will rob us of the joy and
sweetness of life.
Capital Close Up
D. C. Bar D>segTegates
Jim-Crow went down to de
feat in a voice-vote at the D. C.
Bar Association, here, last week,
amidst shouts of “Naye” from
die-hard segregationists—large
ly Southern.
Three Rejerehdvmi Failed
Three times within the past
five years, Bar Association
membership, predominantly in
favor of desegregation, but lack
ing the necessary two-thirds
vote, had attempted to level the
color barrier by written referen
dum. Each time they failed,
once by 18 votes and once by a
frustrating three. This time it
was determined to bring the
issue on the floor at a regular
meeting. To our knowledge, one
member, at least, left a sick
bed to .help vote down the
"wholly illogical position” in
wiiich the group was being held
by “a. vociferous minority ”
“I’ve been called everything,”
said this member, ‘‘but I’m very
happy over the outcome.” As
sociation President Charles S.
Rhyne, who presided over the
near-sectional hassle, ruled that
the voice-vote showed that two-
tiiirds of the 600 present had
voted “Yea.” A member calling
for a point of order was voted
down—likewise a proposal for
more written balloting.
Said Raymond R. Dickey, a
long-time leader for desegrega
tion,' ‘If colleagues are suf-|
ficiently well-educated to be the Howard University School
members of the bar, it is pro- of Law, and a member of the
BY CONSTANCE DANIEL
with men like Judge Cobb, Bar
rington Parker, George Hayes
and many others. Also, as an In
tegrated tx>dy we now can be
come a greater disciplinary
force.”
Member Edward Williams,
speaking briefly to the point of
delayed action, reminded his
colleagues that the Bar Associa
tion of Sunflower Count^,,Miss.,
(home of Senator Earaand),
had admitted Negro lawyers to
membership five years ago.
"Very Glad — Fitting — Long
Overdue”
Reaction among Negro mem
bers of the bar to the Associa
tion's elimination of race barri
ers, here in the Nation’s Capi
tal, was generally subdued. “I’m
very glad that desegregation
haji taken place, and that the
Bar Association has fallen in
line, at last, with racial ad
vance all over the country,”
said former Judge James A.
Cobb.
Val Washington, Minorities
Director at National GOP Head
quarters, pointed out that Dic
key and D. C. Commissioner
Robert McLaughlin were lead
ing pre-convention Eisenhower
men. “It shows the changes that
have taken place in thinking at
titudes, here, in the last three
years,” he said
Youth Helped
Dean George M. Johnson of
per to admit them to member-
ship in a professional society^
where there should be no place
for racial distinctions. This is no
country club! We practice be
fore the courts, here, every day,”
parent body, the American Bar
Association, gave credit to im-
tiring efforts of many within
the Association for “this sifDl-
ficant step, long overdue.” He
noted that the,Student Bar As
sociation, here, nominally im-
der the jurisdiction of the segre
gating group, has, in fact, been
integrated from its bej^nnlng,
with youth Influencing its elders
to more enlightened action.
Hayes Sums It Up
George E. C. Hayes, hard
working champion of integra
tion, now Chairnian of the Pub
lic Utilities Commission, com
mented soberly:
“It is certainly fitting that
the Bar Association has let
down its color barrier—a little
anomalous that of all organiza
tions, it should have retained
racial exclusion in its member
ship in view of the President’s
fiat and the Commissioners’ ac
tions.”
"Below the Deep South"
"Below the Deep South,” in
the past ten months, a beauti
fully designed modem structure
of glass, steel a.ad polished gra
nite has risen in the midst of de
segregation tensions, to house
the Afro-American Life Insur
ance Company of Jacksonville,
Florida, on its original homeslte,
fifty-five years after the grant
ing of its Secretary of Defense,
and MIT alumnus, who chaired
his firm’s building committee,
points with quiet pride to the
thousand feet of granite, miles
of copper wiring, thousands of
square feet of glass, and 100 tons
of steel that went into the mil
lion and a quarter dollar struc
ture, along with Caribbean ma
hogany portable walls, piped
music, air-conditioning and au
tomatic elevators, In its 25
thousand feet of floor space.
Dr. James H. Lewis,' Chalr-
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