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PAGE TWO SATURDAY. JULY 13,19j57 SATURDAY. JULY 20. 1957 THE HYPOCmSY OF SOUTHERN SENATORS V/e gatiier from a siaiement reieast^ by 'Ihoma^i L>. btuKes {ippeaxuig m uie xiJtuiAU) iaiii ouiiuay moriiuig uiat uie biiter lignt agdiii^t uie Civil bui by bouinern bciiuiurs IS as naiuiai as iile iiseu aud is tne oxispriiig 01 an atuiuae as persistent as lus- tory. ‘me bill is a threat to men wuu have prouted lor years, as did their senatorial preaecessors, by robbing Megroes oi the right to vote. And inese senators know that the passage of the present Civil Kights Bill may speu me end ox privilege and preierment en joyed by the Souuiern benatoriai block from very early days. Ihe article reveals the fact that privilege and vested interests don’t give a hoot about rignt and principle, that the men involved in such have only one thing in mind and that is to maintain the stats of obtaining affairs, their present position and privilege and, of course, the means essential for such a main tenance. These men know that as soon as the vicious system that restricts the Negro vote is broken down, their day of glory comes to an end. For voteless Negroes, by whose very exist ence in their district they have gained office and continue therein through long years, to head important committees and exercise undue power in our national legislative chambers, will bring an avalanche of op posing votes that will sweep them out of office and close the doora to such political trash as they have sired as their successors. Eastland, Russell, Talmadge, Ervin, et al, are a sinister pack of political hyenas pos ing before the nati6n as the defenders of constitutional guaranis for all Americans, as they fight the Pre^dent’s Civil Rights bill. But in the face of the means by which they have gained and retained their power, their claims are as phony as a witch doctor’s medicine kit and the credentials of a horse thief posing as an honest man. XJiesc mea are no more interested in preserving the Con stitution than the devil is in preserving the Sermon on the Mount. Self-interest is their one and only interest and when the Con stitution gets in the way of its realization they either by-pass it or establish measures to nullify it. The Constitution gives the Negro the right to vote as well as guarantees to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. In many sections of the South, the Negro no more dares to show up at the polls on voting day than he would to enter a pit filled with rattlesnakes He is the victim of vicious discriminatory and segregation practices. He is often insulted and knows that to open his mouth is likely to re sult in disabling physical assault by some misguided white supremacist who acts without fear bf legal action, or by a group of his “peers.” For such, more often than not there is no legal redress for the Negro. Against such violations of the constitution al rights of the black man, this “sacred” re gard for the constitution breaks down. But the proposal of measures to uphold the con stitution, as regards the civil liberties of Ne groes, where trial by jury (prejudiced white juries) fails to do so, has given rise to the greatest tidal wave of accusations about vio lation of constitutional guarantees we’ve ever heard. An honest man steals from nobody. A pro fessed honest man that respects the property rights of his race and steals from another ia both a thief and a hypocrite. Men claiming to be defenders of the constitution, who in terpret it in such a way as to deny one group of citizens the rights it guarantees all, that they may profit thereby, are hypocrites pure and simple, and are fooling nobody when they cry that Civil Rights advocates are try ing “to take away from us our constitutional rights.” LETTER TO THE EDITOR A SEAT OF EXTREME DIFFICULTY A seat on the City Council of Durham is not far from becoming one of extreme diffi culty if not embarrassment to any Negro of ■elf-respect and manhood who might be elected to that post. The position in time may become similar to that of the State Board of Education. Out of all the oustand- va% and w«U prepared Negro leaders of the atata, the Governor could not find one of them who would allow himself to be ap pointed to the position. The final outcome w' .i the reappointment of Dr. Harold L*. Ttlgg, even though he is net now a resident of North Carolina. Evidently Negro lead- eri who were approached on the matter raa- soned that if they have to stultify their con sciences and compromise with the many wrongs heaped on their own people just to hold the position, they would prefer not hav ing it. It was a stinging rebuke to the entire Coun cil at its last Monday night’s meeting, as well aa a challenge to its lone Negro member, when the Rev. Douglas E. Moore politely re- quested of that august body a motion as to its policy of the city-owned Carolina Theater on the matter of segregated seating arrange ments. Not a single member "dared” or “de sired” to make the motion. Thus the matter was left on the consciences of the City Fathers to roll and tumble over in their sleep —provided they have any consciences. Sooner or later the question of right and wrong of segregation on all fronts must be faced, whether it is fought in the courts or hot. Men cannot run away from the courts of their consciences once there has been laid on them a i^oral issu^ of such magnitude. In the end our white brethren must look them selves in the face and answer as to whether God ever intended for one group of His chil dren to look down their noses at the other. Such an act is within itself disturbing when on^ must continual^ haffimer It Inta hlffown mind and soul that his flesh is so much better than another’s he cannot : sit beside him in a theater. Men worthy of sitting on the Council ought not be expected to hold their peace when faced with a question that challenges their integrity or just to be called a good fellow. Under such circumstances the body as a whole would become of little service to the community 4Nd a lone Negro member a mere rubber stamp which in the end would make him of no service to his constituency or the citizenry as a whole. I was very glad to see that your newspaper bellave* that exploited workari hava a justiliabla cauie for itriking. The list of grievances pre sented by Holly Farms Poul try Company of Winston- Salem are true I am sure be cause‘these same grievances have been presented to the Durtiam Central Labor Un ion by employees in the Poultry Plant at Farmers Exchange, and that includes the one about foremen enter ing the Ladies Room when ever they felt like it. 1 would like to disagree with you in reference to your “finest example of man agement employee relation- siiip” to be found at the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Compa ny. I am a tobacco worker myself at the American To bacco Company and have talked to many employees of the R. J. Reynolds Company during meetings in Winston- Salem and other places. The fear that the company has installed in many of its employees in not what 1 call a fine example of manage ment employee relationship. This is particularly true of the many workers who are over 40 and would find it next to impossible to get an other job. I am aware that the Negro is given equal economic op portunity there, but I am equally sure tliat tliis is done to exploit both the wiiite and Negro employees of the Com pany. The R. J. Reynolds Com pany is the only cigarette firm in the U. S. tliat is not organized and the worlUng conditions of that plant have been brougt about In a pa ternalistic attitude designed to keep the union out in or der tiiat it may continue to exploit all employees. Yes, Unions are responsible foi;, good conditions that exist in some non-union plants as well as union plants. The un ion if given an opportunity by the G. O. P. dominated NLBR will bring decent wag es, worldng conditions, and dignity to the employees of the Holly Farms Poultry Company of Winston-Salem. With kindest regards, I am Sincerely yours, Wiibur Hobby Durham, N. C. 'Southern Anti-Civil Rights Senators Would Hold Back Growth Of Democracy." Life IS^Like That By H. ALBERT SMITH ON BEING TOUCH SMALL BUT IMPORTANT EXAMPLE The decision by the city of Greensboro to open its library to persons of all races is small but welcome comfort in a time and area where efforts of Negroes to obtain the bene fits of their status as American citizens are being met with increasing resistance. The action in Greensboro opening the li brary was taken in the aftermath of a long legal battle fought out on the stage of a fed eral court where an injunction was finally obtained to restrain the city from denying use of public facilities to persons on account of race. Although the city has appealed the decision, its action opening the library be tokens an apparent acceptance of the federal court ruling, which itself was simply an echo of the law df the land. Greensboro's decision to abide by the law should be an example to cities all over the state. In Durham, where the city officialdom is seemingly paralyzed by the imagined “ten sion and terror” which white supremacists have promised as the result of lowering the segregation barrier, Greensboro’s action should serve as a lesson in moral courage and for^rightnesa. Cbf Ca i«IAlN OFFICE — 436 EAST PETTIGREW STREET Phones 5-1671 and 2-291S — Durham, Nortli Carolina Publiahed At Durham, North Carolina Every Saturday By THE UNITED PUBLISHERS, Inc. There are Justifiable rea sons at times undoubtedly lor a father to do sonOething when his child is taken to a party against ills wishes. But we doubt tiuit it includes gun play. It may be that noy/ he is in Jail awaiting trial lor murder, Johnnie King of Cas tle Hayne lias readied that conclusion. The same conclusion seems to have been reached by a Chicago wliite lad, 17 years of age, recently given fifty years in prison for killing a Negro youth Just liecause “I had to get myself a nigger.” A face distorted by tearful anguish eloquently bespeaks the fact. A Change Of Policy These two incidents call to mind a series of articles ap pearing weelUy in a local daily. They reveal an about- face principle of action in dMiUng with ofclmlnala, fpUu whose anti-8o6ial behavior borders on the criminal, and persons who succeed in mak ing life miserable for those around them. Questioning the effective ness of dealing with such per- iSHs as sick ToUT, the psycBP~ atrists, according to the- ar ticles, are recommending a get-tough policy. Becomes Manhfeable Yours truly has watehed over the course of the years, the reactions of children, both Juvenile and adult, to parental discipline. “Mom my’s” darling, hugged and kissed and spared from the application of the rod, goes right on “throwing fits,” slamming doors, brealdng dishes, acting as if his will is the highest law of life and brooking no restrictions. But when faced with a realistic toughness, that deals with his behavior as symtomatic of meanness and stubborness, the same child usually be comes manageable. Leada To Ruin When this thing we call parental love becomes so In terwoven with indulgence and becomes a mushy senti mentality that cannot bear to see Junior denied the gratifi cation ol ius every whim, or to hear the lash of strap or switch upon tils pants, or even his bare anatomy, that love becomes the best possi ble road builder paving the way to ruined manhood for adult Junior and the tragedy of inevitable heart-ache and bitter sorrow for Junior’s parents. A Switch In Time “A stitch in time saves nine.” This is good sense, al though dubious poetry, it in tended as such. But a switch in time can save a household money, sorrow and siiame, the development of an Irre sponsible Monstrositjy, a Fam ily Headache and a Social Pain-In-The-Neck, This certainly is not poewy, byt in my judgment, feeble or otherwise, it'is plain un varnished truth, untinted and undiluted fact, a part of that eternal stuff called reality, the very substance of Ufa it self. Spiritual Insight 'The Commands Of The Holy Spirit" By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pa$tor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church [Pa. Minister New Dean Of Methodist Body GREENSBORO, N. C. With the election of the Rev. Howard A. Bailey of Yeadon, Pa., as its dean for next year, Leadersiiip School of the Meth odist Church came to a close at Bennett College here on Sun day. The Rev. Mr. Bailey succeeds the Rev. Levi B. Miller, Jr., of Baltimore. Dates for the 1958 school will be June 24-29 and Bennett will again be host. Tills year’s school was attended by 94 persons — men and wom en — representing laymen and (Continued on Page 7) INVITING THE UNDBRTAKER- Men ha«( *it4 and ihttki hOYt *»Ui thtu {or(M«7 I on« of bitnif of "He had given command ment through the Holy spir it to the apostles. . . ” Acts 1:2. The followers of Christ Jesus are given the gracious commands of the Holy Spir it. Following repentance — the turning away from our sins—we are given the amaz ing gift of the Holy Spirit. The spirit worics in the soul to give us the life of God. The Holy Spirit l>ecomes a teacher or guide for us in the new life of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. The spirit sanctifies the soul and makes possible the life of ho liness. Thus the redeemed soul is indwelt by a Divine power. Thus, we have the gentle, gracious and loving commands of the Holy Spirit to guide and lead us in the ways of” spiritual Messedness. The Holy Spirit in His gra cious demands leads us in the way of peace. The commands of the spirit do lead us into the way of peace. We all need to follow the peaceful com mands of the Holy Spirit. In ol>eying the commands of the spirit we can. . . “Live peace ably with all men. . . ” By the spirit dwelling within us we are urged to move in the ways and the paths of peace. It gives peace in the soul. Under the blessed conunands of the Holy Spirit we become instruments of God’s peace. The spirit guides and calls us into the ways of peace. The spirit of God is a motivator and a promoter of peace. Let the spirit lead you and you wiU become one of God’s peacemakers in a world of turmoil and conflict. The world needs peacemaiters under the gracious commands Of the Holy Spirit. Jesus call ed such peacemakers . . . “The children of God ...” The loving commands of the SPIRIT make for the In clusiveness of real fellow ship. There is a growing lack of a sense ot community and fellowship in our world. The spirit Is the tie tiiat binds hu manity in a real community of fellowship. The spirit breaks down barriers and bridges chasms. It heals the breaches. The Holy Spirit unifies. It overcomes pride and selfishness, the great en emies of fellowship. Pride tions, groups, races and even the Church itself. A church in mars the fellowship of na- court to settle a dispute is a Church which has lost THE FELLOWSHIP - MAKING POWER OF THE HOLY SPl!SlT. The UNHOLY sphrit produces warring factional ism. The Holy Spirit builds the inclusiveness of a loving fellowship. The Holy Spirit makes the ideal man. How? The Holy Spirit restores the lost Divin ity of man. It works in the soul to remove the stain of sin. It makes' man what God would have him be: A TRUE CHILD OF GOD. All human schems fall short of achiev ing this In man. It is the spe cial, peculiar work of tha Ho ly Spirit. What is this work ing of the spirit in man? It is God at work in the re deemed man raising liim to the level of true dignity. To be what we ought to be and to find life at its best we must be redeemed by Christ and follow the com mands of the Holy Spirit. By Robert Spivack Watch on the Poto] 11 dtiWrfii' 4'li ^•*1 ioTMti «f . I 1hi« figkS M«rtf l l«"8*ron tod. • 10&7 by Ntwi e^odlMU Op., Im Bntm-ml as second ela$$ matter mt the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina ci«r the Act mf March 3,1879. L. E. AUSTIN, PublUher CLATHAN ROSS, Editor JESSE GRAY, Advertising Mgr. If. M. JOHNSON, Controller WINMON-SALEM OFFICE — M4 N. CHURCH ST. — PMONE 5-08U Mns. Dorothy M. Robimsoh, Manaou 8UB8CBIPTION RATES Ob« Year Ten C««ta Single Copy Six Meatha M-OO — Foreign Conntrlea CaurlMy af ■. p. OmM* M» Bifvw Umw WASHINGTON THE RIGHT - TO - VOTE BILL — From inside The White Housec omes word tliat President Eisenhower is now firmly opposed to all talk of "compromise” — at least for now — on the civil rights bill. According to the Capitol grapevine he is annoyed with the personal attacks made by several Southern lawmakers who insinuate that Mr. Eisen hower is none • too - bright, that Attorney General Brow nell Is leading him arotmd by the nose and has sold iiim a bill of goods. One of these attacica was made by normally good hu mored Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (D. N. C.) and the President reportedly did not like it one bit. “I have repeatedly asserted during recent weeks that President Eisenhower would not favor the Civil Rights bill if he imderstood its pro visions and implications,” Er vin said the other day. The Administration, ac cording to the t>est informed sources, ia prepared to make one “minor” concession to the South. It will seek to “clari fy” language in the House- passed Celler bill. The clari fication will aim to allay Dix ie fears that federal troops will come marching dovm ' South to enforce the right- to-vote law and also the Su preme Court achool Integra-. tion decision. Some Southern Senators have worked themselves into a frenzy on this issue. But, as Sen. Dlrksen (R. UL) pointed out, the President al ready has the power to call out the armed forces in the event of civil disobedience {ind has not shown the slight est inclination to do so during recent racial violence. Ervin suggested that Dirk- sen put in an amendment, re stricting troops "to the use of bayonets and (that they) not be allowed to use nuclear weapons.” THE SOUTH’S "WHIP PING BOY'* — Next to the words "Supreme Court” there is nothing that infuriates the Dixie Democrats these days like the name Herbert Brow nell. They blame hHi> for all their woes. They insiat that for the first time there ia^a chance that even a filibuster won't prevent passage of a civil rights bill. And they are right, at least in believing that the bill ia Brownell'a iMby. There are Iota of other Republicans who are taking bowa for It, but the (act ia that it waa Brownell who persuaded the Preaident, Vice President Nixon and Senate Republican Leader Knowland that this should be “civil rights year’’. The llt>eral Damocrata did n't need any perauading. Sens. Paul Douglaa, Hubert Humphrey and Houae Judi ciary Committee Ciiainnan Emanuel Celler have been fighting this battle for years. But they couldn’t get any where until Brownell became convinced that the Republi cans ought to line up solidly behind it. The Southerners claim their real argument with Brownell is not over the "right-to-vote” but with the ambigous language of the bill wiiich would give the Attor ney General authority to in tervene in school integration cases. He was questioned closely alK>ut tills in hearings of the House Judiciary Com mittee. He was asked bow ht would act if a Negro said he was entittled to attend an In tegrated school but was be ing denied that right by the’ authorities. “Would you ini tiate an injunction against the school board. ... 7” a questioner wanted to Imow. HisTepiy^did'‘^t~Teassure the Dixie Democrats. “I don’t want to mldead you,” Brownell answered. "I am not trying to avoid an swering your question. I have found in my own experience that it is very unwise to give answers to a hyjiothetical case of that kind ii^use there are always special cir cumstances.” This ia the answer that haa ‘the Southern lawmakeia iq> in anna.
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