•«,— Nov. 15, 1»68
Tiie Challenge Of Hie HiiKiiims
The djnamitc bombins of an integrated
ricmcntary junior high Kchf»ol in Morgan
town, West Virginia, heretofore considered
a,'‘modicl d«-scgrtgatcd c-oniniunity,” presents
a chaflcngc to law abiding citizens of this
country that Khould be jnet with certainty
and iwiftneas. Kvery agency of the lederal
government and the state of West Virginia
should be etnjiloyed to track down ihe per
son or persons responsible for the dasiardly
crime, spread of bombings to communi
ties in whicfi the citizens are endeavoring to
abide by the law on the question of desegre
gation cl adiools must be halted now if law
and order are to be the rule rather than
hoodlutnian.
AtfCOnfltag to reports and a statement from
the superintendent of schools of the county,
there has been no difficulty in the desegre-
gatioh projfram. The bombing, he said, “is
th6 laiit filing we could expect." It thus ap-
^ealrs outsiders have deliberately gone
into ihis peaceful ccunmunity with the cole
purppi^ in mirai of stirring up trouble. This,
we thinkj is a r*sort to the very lowest .ind
vifect act Uiat it is possible for a depraved
nin^ to concoct. The culprits responsible
for it should and must bo Ijrought to justice
Thete bombings of schools, churches ant
synagogue.? arc beginning to arouse the irt
of decent cHa^ens of the Soulh as well a
other Ee^tions of the country. They ar
beginning to see that they cannot be con
fined to conununities where sentiment fav
ors such action. To the contrary, a commun
ity in which the schools have been descgre
gated for five years becomes the scene of th
came type of vile act as any of the deey
South. Again and again, we have warnec
in these coltfmns that such would be the re
suits. It doth now appear that t!h* most
peaceful community is not safe.
Give the culprits a few more months o:
encouragement and city halls will be bomb
ed, then state capitol buildings aftd finally
the White House. When that hour arrives,
law and order will be entirely broken down
and anarchy will reign all ove;^,,the land. The
challenge of the hoodlum is now being hurled
in the face of every law abiding citizen of
this nation. It is ours to meet or cringe life
a coward. It is Our hour of decision for f
country of lawlessness or a courjtry of law
and order.
Hie Power Of Tlie CliriSilin Churclr
From the North Carolina Pastor’s Confer
ence, wliich precedes the 128th annual meet
ing of tihe North Carolina Baptist State Con
vention in session in Durham this week,
com«s an encouraging note that another
large and j^werful segment of the Christian
Church will take a stand for the equality of
all miankind. The Rev. Clarence Patrick of
Wake Foi^t College told the conference
Monday that now is the time for “us to make
up our minds once and for all that men are
equal, not only in the sight of God, but also
iA the sigl^t of men.”
ihiese Me strong words. They come at a
timi^ when the forces of hate are v/aging a
detf^iMoined battle to hold back the onWard
nuui^.pf hUiMan dignity for all mankind all
over the world. With the bombing of schools,
chuBches,'synagogues and threats of bo^b-
ingi, the ti^ is iHpe for the church ta sieak
tyranny, anarchy and hatred as a way oJ
life, not only in the South but all over Amer
ica.
The Rev. Patrick noted that “these art
difficult days for many ministers of the gos
pel.” He went on to state that “it takes more
courage to be a hero in the moral and spirit
ual realm than on the battlefield.” This, wc
think, is true. Such crises bring out the
power of the Christian Church. It provef
conclusively that the church at bay is alway;
more powerful than the church at ease or in
a state of complacency.
Such men as the Rev^ Patriek give hope tc
Negro Christians in the Soutli th^t all is not
lost in the warfare for respMtabili'ty and
the right of citizenship. It increases their
faith in the church and the ultimate triumph
of right. It is Our hope that the North Caro
lina Baptist 6tate C6^ention will support
We FeliM Hdme Security
Negro citbwns of Durham arc happy to
join with othersr of the community in felic
itating the Home Security Life Insurance
Cd^fMuyf on, the event of occupation of its
dojlar home office build
ing. The^ew ftructoe, which is located oh
the end* of Chapel Hill Street, is one
of the most beautiful buildings of the city
and a Wt pf ip^jestic beauty to that
particidv section of Durham. Every local
Duriiiiin^ is comjielled to feel a kind of
hotoie^?i[)jti^r^e in the Home Security which
is hjdme^Vli^ and homiermanaged.
AmOOS ^e many.fipe men who h^jid.the
com^BMy It it( presideiit, Bikscom Baynes,
who has served as a member and chairman
of the Tfoard oT Trustees~of NoiflljrJ^aroIinfi
College for eight years. Hei*e he has made
a distinct and unselfish contribution in itf
growth and development. This alone is suf
ficient to cause Negro citizens tO h&vfe ar( un
usual interest in I^ohie Security or any other
enterprise headed by Mr. Baynes.
As Horae Security continuies tO grow and
make its contribution to the ecohorrtic and
cultural life of Durham, Negro cifiz^ns will
wish it a bountiful amount of success, not
only on the occasion of entry into its new
beautiful home office building but through
out its entire toistehce.
Tllle O^rats Have The laff
The crushing di^eat handed Republicans
in the Nttv^ber 4*,elMtion may in the end
turn out to be equally as devastating a blow
to s^e^Aonists fn Congress. At l^ast this
is the befi^ef shared by Roy Wilkins and oth
er ofecials of the National A^ciation for
the A^ancement of Colored PTOple. Now
that m Democratic Party has been handed
a decisive majority in both the Senate and
th6 ^use of Representative Negro voters
wiD be watching with keen interest every
mov^ ^t^^ess will make in the matter of
civil rij^ts legislation.
If ill a ^long time between now and the
prtyi^dMintiwI el^ion of 1960 and many things
to change the attitude of Negro
in states like New York, Pennsyl-
Jeney, California, Ohio and
Democratic Party has the ball
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and it can ruti with it, so far as civil rights
’legislation is concerned. Or it can allow it
self to be thrown for a loss by stumbling
over southerii members of its own party
who are deteiroihed to hold the line against
advances in the field of civil rights. ‘
As we now see it, thie 1960 cai^^aign will
find a similar situation as existed in the 1956
campaign when the personal chai^m Of Eisen
hower gave the nati6n a Republican pfesi
dent but a Democratic congress. This cer
tainly will be the calse if Nelson ROOke-
feller’s popularity continues and he is the'
GOP nominee for president. The voters have'
proved concltisively, here of late, that, so'
far as party affiliation is concerned, with
out a populai^ candidate a majority of them
will cling to the Democratic,Party. Rocke
feller’s sweeping GOP victory for governor
of New York,in the midst of oVerwhtelmihg'
Democratic victory all, around is poidtive
proof that he has thd kihd oi pi&i^nal ^a'rm
that sent Eisenhower to the WWte House
while Congress remluned' in the Democratic
fold.
The political developments Of the next two
years will be interesting to watch. They will
1)e watched by Negro vibier^ .iA ^h6 North,
West and even in the South where ttelr vote
in a natjpnal election will probably be the
heavimt sincM Rseons&ucfton day*.
Schooler Tourim Syprirtnrope
ith Images,
Looks ForwardTo Voyage Home
RONALD SCHOOLER
Editor’s Note: Tbii la^t in /i
series of letfers forn|jBi:
WorM’a f'alr OuiiU;
Schooler to hb iiaren|h ’ tlie
J. M. Schoolers o! L#v/a);B
avenue in D«rham, d(;i»rAi(^
his experiences' in settioi oat
cn r. tour of Southwest StlVop«
following idh>|tletIoa of his
duties in Brussels.
Octobcr 2C
Vezelay, Prance
?4y dear parents, brothers, and
sisters:
How are you all? I was so
happy to gSt yoiir letter,
I will take care or havs taken
core of all tjio things of which
you nminded mo. I hope you
received my lact lottsr and
contents.
I'iic last few daysbf the Fair
Were exciting but rather regt-
less ones. The last day, which
was on Sunday, was expected
to break all attendance
lecords, but it came in third
with a nVeasly 610,000. I saw
quite a bit of Brussels the
three days following the clos
ing with B3v Benders and
ECme of my Brussels friends.
FlnaUy, Bev and I said good-
Daddy, before I left Biruasels. ^ bye Thursday morning at the
Turn The Glasses South - Yoo Might See Little Rock
INSIGHT
SPIRITUAL
By REV. HABOLDROLAND
Caiiiiet
Given By God
“BRING HIM BACK”
“Send men to Joppa, and
bring Simon Peter..” Acts 10:6
Sihion Peter was dodging a
supreme responsibility. Simon
Peter had gone off to the sea
shore. Simon was running
from an unpleasant duty that
God had for him to do. We
like Peter dodge un^easant
duties. We run off to pie sea
shore when God wants us to
go some other place |o do a
great job for him. (*d had
urgent business for P^r and
he was lolling.arouni oh the
seashore. Peter Gotp-want's
y,ou. Where are you? is in
Joppa when God wanl^him in
Caesare. So often we '•are out
of place when God wants us to
do a job for him. Peter is rest
ing at the seashore when the
work of opening the door to
the Gentiles is being held up.
Too many of us go off and sit
down when God’s got a big
job for us to do. Tlius God in
a vision deputizes Cornelius to
I send ana zrmg Simon Peter
for tlie great momentous event
in the history of tli'6 Church.
Men often play around, while
great momenta in God’( pro?
gram must wait. A great hour
has come and Where is Simon
Peter? The cause must wait
while God sends for Peter.
Many ara sitting in idleness
while God has work for us to
do. Many of us on off and
leave our God-giv*h iasfcs jin-
finislied. l^Iany of us are in
Joppa and God needs him for
the work in another place. Are
you where God wants you to
be today? Are you doing what
God wants you to do today?
If you are in Joppa and he
wants you to go some other
place why not arisfe and be
about your father’s business.
We all need the sense of ur
gency that the Master had at
twelve...“I must be about my
father’s bushiess...”
Do you think you can hide
from God? Run where you
will but you cannot hide from
God. Men are sent to bring
Peter back to do his God-as
signed task. Remember, too,
that Jonah ran away but God
found him. And there was no
rest for liim until he went on
See SPIRITUAL, page 7
WATCH ON *FHE POTOMAC
By ROBERT SPIVACK
Mood
(K American Voters
epu^ticw
thf^o(^
luOTc —
The best clue to Repjj
misunder^hding of th
of the Artferican pubftc on
Election Day came in Presi
dent ISlsenhowef's press con-
tirencf of Nov. 5. The big
issuCi he saw it, was “this
money spending^’ by the fede
ral ifoverttaeht. He inveighed
against the “spender wing” of
the pimocratic Party.
AsidQ frpm the mattey of the
FvesMent not having liis facts
straight . and even putting
asid4 the historical’ tei>^ncy
to vote against the party in
p6wer & niid-term elections,
cottt at goWmmertlWKftHr^
was ttie \At issue in Me
public mind. ' ,
When the President, says the
GOP is goit>g to fi|ht to win
the 1960 campaign from “this
very day” forward he may
find the results somewhat ap
proximate to 1932—if the Re
publicans follow old Herbert
Hoover’s political philosophy.
Did national issues play any
part in the election? The
answer obviously is “yes”,
although personalities, local
problems, tactical erirors, and
the awkwardness of some
public ..figures oh television
also swayed votes.
You could not have a P^o-
oratici sweep,.extended
from the Atbintie'> to the
Pacific and even affected the
State of Vermont without it
having deeper significance
than mere .mid-term restless-
neM. Commenting on the coitt-
pletd reversal from 1956 thfe
President added:
“...I do not see w'here there
Is anytlung thaf these people
(yoy and me—RGS) consci
ously want the AdministratiOh
to do differently. And, if I’m
wrong, I’d like to know what
it is...”
The results would indicate
rather clearly that the Presi
dent is wrong. In what way?
from the manner in whicb
one liberal after another was
s\^ept to victory Irt Wfaiconsin,
Minnesota, yai, and In New
North Station. She headod far
Geneva, 1 for Parish.
One of the guides—the other
boy flew from New York with
us—has ^een in Paris since the
beginning of Octobear. He bad
to break his guide contra(St to
get orientation for, a year of
study on a Fulbright scholar
ship in Aix-en-Provence. Fol
lowing the suggestion of one
of the other guides, I went to
Paris,, looked him UP, and got
a ride with him on the 24th
from Paris to ,Aix.
I had so many ^rrands to run
during my one day in Paris
that I didn’t get a single
gllmpsje of the Eiffel tower.
After my third trip there, I’m
quite adept at using the metro
politan (subwa]^). Most of my
luggage was taken to Le
Havre where it will stay until
I get there on the 28th.
Jack had already promised a
girl who was goihg to Aix a
ride, but since I had such little
luggage, he was able to
squeeze me ih, and t was glad
to have the company. We left
Paris Friday affernoon and
fitayed oveniight at Vezelay,
a little medieval town which
sjts on a hill at whose 11th
century cathedral has som3
dgnificance with Richard i.he
Lion-Hearted. When we drove
into town, the moonlight and
the absolute quite of the town,
as well as the middle-age as
pect were rather frightening.
The next morning, after a
not-too-good sleep, we got on
a very foggy road. We had
eaten a picnic lunch In the
middle of the road which ran.
along a canal just outside a
very charmihg town called
Monret-sur-Loing. The girl,
Betty, had bought a bottle of
50 cents wine in Fontaine
bleau. Then, at Vezelay, she
insisted that we try some Bur
gundy wine slttce we were in
the heart of Burgundy. But
Saturday morning we all felt
so bad we decided to stay
away from le vita (wine) for a
while.
After Lyon, the fog lifted as
we trweled alqpg tile Rhone
'’Ito' ifdll^iikpe chan^e^.
"Vfe had reached the land of
cedars and. cyprcsscs, aun-
bakcd stucco houses and red
tile roofs. We stopped in Avigs
non, saw the popo’s palace and
the famous bridge, and the
\valls of tile old city. Not long
after dark we rolled into Aix,
which we all liked very much.
We took Betty to a beautiful
villa where siie will live, then
Jack and I found a hotel.
Today, he looked for a place
to live while he studied here,
while I walked around the
town. I love it. The houses are
mostly old and beaten-looking,
with red or orange tile roofj.
The people are mixed—from
Arabs and Negroes across the
seas to pale and blond types
from the North. They hav^a
strange accent oi. Proveiwe,
for Aix is only fifty, i^es
from Marseilles and tl:^ s^a.
They all seem friendly and
easy-going.
The streets are lined with
sycamores, the town is Sur
rounded by beautiful vfltes
perched on rolling green hiUs-
It is sunny and mild, and' ra-i
minds me very much «f oaf
climate at home. I like it so
much here, with companion*
ship and the reassuring feelijig
that 1 can spaali the tongi-VSW
of the people, I alnwft difead
goin" alicad to Sp:un. I have
peopic to_ meet m V.a|cncii
Malaga, and MpKtrid, so I
won’t be too much alone.
I have to be back in Paris on
November 2 to catch a boat
train au Havre. I .should bo in
Madrid the days surrounding
my birthday. You’ll bo abW to
reach me tiiere at: American
Express, Plaza de las Cortes,
No. 2, Casteilana Hilton Hotel',
Caslcllana No. 55.
Even though I expect to en
joy my voyage during the
coming month, I’ll bo su
premely liappy to board tiie
U.S. on the 28th so inebriated
with images and experiences.
I’ll pray, that you aii will keep
well and spread the word that
I wisii the same for all our
good neighbors. So long ?io«v.
Jack is hungry and wants to
cat. Bye.
Ronny *
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Writer Niiti Oiit Discrepancy
1a Of CMcs
i
The paper recently announced
the election of one Angello
Giuseppe Ronealli as the 262nd
pope, who will reign as Pope
John XXIII.
Is there not some slip-up here?
The Catholic Encyclopedia lists
a John XXip as having reigned
from May 17, 1410, to May 29,
York, it would seem to me the
American public still wants
“government with a heart”.
They are not looking for a
tighter purse String on Penna.
Avenue.
Whd Gets All That Sough?
The President bemoans go
vernment spending without
noting that it. was in his peace
time Republican Administra
tion that the cost of govem-
meht climbed to an all-time
high. The fhreildent even tells
us that $50. billions long-term
government bonds have to be
paid off this year plus $23
billion In short term notes.
We also have to raise another
$12 billion in federal revenue.
He forgot to say the national
debt lias achieved a new
record.
But even more important he
did not mention one of the
principal reasons for the high
cost of government bonds: his
Administration’s policy of
payinlg high interest fates to
the cdmmerclal bankers. This
is the so-call^ “tight money
policy”. Some economists
think the policy may be a pri
mary factor in tlie high cost
of living Instead of the re-
j straining factoi* on inAation it
is supposed tb be.
The general public may not
know all the ins and outs of
this intricate government ope-
rallion.-But they sensed that
something was wrong. They
felt sure of it when sutldenly
In the midst of tremendous
prosperity we are in a “reces
sion”. There' are' still a lot of
people mad alx>ut being unem-'
ployed, even if only lor a short
tf^e. Those 4,000,ODO jobless
whp havf usfd up most, or all
See WATCH, page 7
1415. This period overlapped the
greater part of the reign of
Gregory XII, in .some way. In
this official list of the popes,
there are some “anti-popes”
listed in italaccs, but the name
of John XXIII is not italicised.
However, this Gregory XII
was declared to have be^ a
haretic by th'?kCouncil of Pisa, as
stated on page 230 of the Catho
lic historians’ (Loeffler 'and
Seppelt) volume,'' “A short .His
tory of the Popes”.
At any rate, it lias been abofit
540 years .^ince any of the Pon
tiffs have cliosen to take- the
name John. Perhaps the church
is now disowning the former
John XXIII. Tile Catholic I^cy-
elopedia says of him that he was
ordained n priest on May 24,
1410, and was consycrated and
crowned pope the following .day.
It also .says that John XXlIl’was
“utterly worldly mindrd, 6nibl-
tious, crafty, unscrupulous, and
immoral, algood soldier but no
churchman”.
01 another John (XXII),'the
Encyclopedia say? tliat he was
electrd after Peter’s Chair had
been vacant for two years and
three and one-half months, and
that the cardinals were divided
“into two violent factions”, .and
tiiat dufing his reign there was
much disacnsion in the church,
and that “Tiiose who refused to
yield were treated al heretics:
many were burr.:d at th"; stake”.
Another .John (XII) is said by
this encyclopedia to have been
but 18 years of age when elected
pope, and that he was "a coarse,
immoral man, whose life was
such that, the Lateran was
stkiken of as a brothel, and the
moral corruption in Rome (be
came the subject of ger^ral
odium”, and that he “was ac
cused of, sacrilege, simony, per
jury, murder, adultry, and in
cest” by a synod of fifty Italian
and German bishops convened in
St. Peter’s and that he died, ac
cording to rumor, “stricken by
paralysis in the act of adultry”.
Let this John be better! 4
R. R. Miller
Durham, N. C.