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IMBBiG BACKWARD JtlSID lid0Kni# FOSirAHD
The excu»e ot Govrmor-el^ct J«hn Patter
son of Alabama for not inviting N’egro bauds
to^artici|iate in his inaugural parade certain
ly MMts o«r apiH^val. I'kttvrsoii says, fts tlH-
#M against the N’atiowal As-
jnocKMn for the AdvawrrfwefU o» '»«wel
he feels it \vo«M
•MHriirrs (if Ne^^ro l>aii4s Ut ask them (w )>*r-
t*ei|MMe in a |iar«te that is iii ^etualily a Atl-
Mle •» the new m*vemor. We thirtk the jfov-
'CrMr‘efect of AUbaww is ahsoliitmiy ri;^( »»i
liis^lecisioii. N\) self respecting Nejjroee couW
honestly white a j*erson whose ever>‘ act is
to k^efj thetn in a j)f)sition of secoriid-cfeMS
citirmshij).
We think the time has come when Nejfroes
sho«M stoj) feelinjT tJ>*t they are beir^ rtoire
special honors when they are asked to humili
ate themselves in such events. I'atterson has
proven! conclnsively that he is no triendof the
race, and we sec nti rca.son «hy a of
its members shoiihl In- callt*I njnm to lw>n«ir
him during his inanynration. Certainly, if
Xegroes should partici^)atc .in such a parade.
they eo«iM not do so \tith the same enthusi
asm as members of other bands.
When it is considered further that Ncgroe;
in A(«h&ma have litAe iW *» vwice in I'u
electimvrtf a piverwar, because of the o}»|»osi-
ti«n whic^i thej- tiwet 4ii attempting to vote
they have everj’ p;»nirt reawMi f»r starinR-oni
the xMte's tnatt^^ral fMrades.
There were times in X«rth 3arol«m w hen
it wa.s 0Miai4ered q»*ite 141 nfhfevetneiit foi
Negroeg to Jwve the g»ver«or as the speaker
on onetif their prt^fams. Thanks to the stu
dents of A&T C^leife. several years ago, and
e»»d was put to thi.s era when they had the
c«*rage ho hias Governor lAither Hodges l>e-
cause of his insultiflg remarks 11 ah add! ess.
Since ti»t time, invitations e^ttended the f ov-
emor to address Negro audiences have been
few and far between. In reality, Negro lead
ers are hecowiing of age awl no longer feel
honored to have on their programs a person
who is«bsolt»tely opjxised to their having fttll
citireiijvhip in this coimtry. he he the govern
or or the i^arbage collector.
As we stand upon the threshoU-df'-llie new
j'ear aiKl te»k back over 195S \ve musi aduiH
that atthoogh the adiievemfuts of Nejfroes
in Durham, the state and flic nation could
have lieen nujch better than in Dwrham
least the race has made some strides forwartl.
In one or two instances gains mada by Ne-
grt^es in Durham have been onjy a^’little less
tha .nthose mentioned alwve. In the Duriiam
tributed to the fact th^jTthe Durham Negro
has the highest voting avetTtjje in the nation.
The year 1958 saw a new-4iij»*tation erect
ed in the sautherh seitjon qf Durham, ai)^
staffed entirely by 10 Xegro firemen. This
marked the first time in the^ city’s historj’
that Xeyro firemen have been employed -on a
full time basis the same as white firenJCn, A
few weeks following a Xegro deputy sheriff
was sworn in also the first time in the
county's history that members of the race
have been representwl in the sheriff depart-
mtet. A second jvill be sworn in the early
pan of January. ' - i • ■
Another forward stride was achievjd whei^
city officials agree^l iliat the new inditetrial
center tot»e erected in llufham w^Mld be op
erated «n •arl interracial basis. Because of
this promise the Durharti Committee'on i'fe-'
Affairs threw its full .sttpjjort behind the
iield for the industrial center and I
se^eeodevl in passing the bond issue vhich
f^c^:;Heen opposition dinong the conserva
tive elprnent of Durham.
^*Jhat i959 holds in the way of progress is
harS to tell. In the field of employment there
is Ttiuch to be done. Especially is this true in
city, county and state governments where
Negroes have- made little or no gains- other
than those mentioned obove. In the Durham
courthouse, the city hall and the m*ny state
iMiildings in Raleigh there are no Negroes
eitlployeffl as clerJcs or stenographers. The
time has come when the employment of Ne
groes as clertts and stenographers should be
gone after with a determination if we are
to We’Abie to shoulder oflr part of the econo
my in the city, county and state.
.As a Qieans of achieving this end it is go
ing to be necessary for the race to improve
its voting strength and in many instances
more than dowble it. It eannot he r.chieved by
bee|;ing| cringing anti “tmcle toming,” the
oidy language those in power understand is
thftt jf the baliot. With this in mirKl urge
NejfroeS all over this state and the South a?
well to now far intensive fegister and
'* vote eifwrts'leading tip tp the election of 19(50.
m
JTATCH ON THE POTOMiW^
By itOBERT SPIVACK
toSPECT FOR CHILDREN OF^AIiLIiACES
At Evansville. Indiana tvo little rttna^vay
^ hoys, ayee nine a'rtd seven, who left home “be
cause we have been doing wrony ” tinjittent-
' '^oaUy-caused a traifi Ivfeck 6idtr
^.Ifec his little brother >Vh4se fop)tgQt jatiitncd
i' in it.‘Open the kwltcti cauged,il t?3‘cw eoftl
■ train tb run Airto tli^ 'liS,'^-^iles per
.h6«r and crash tnto,? die§el;:jif3^g!*gW |:lTir«^
ircigkt cars. In ofder to ■ayq£d''tbt! trash k
braketfttn and fireman jumped,fr»Hi. tlie ®ri-
ruahm^ freight. The injttries pf.)Bii»e af the
men neces.sitated hosi>italizatioin Avhite t1e
othe received minor injuries.
In «|l six cars and three diesel UiUits wei'e
derdtlcfl, blocking the siding and % neartjy
cotUty road for several ho;-s, after Jppt^slTett-
diijig the boys, “I don’t think they feali^e
what ihey have done.” Ahho«glv^s
will a|)pe«r in juvenile co««4ater, hirfr naares
l^n withheld and a court oi^i^a'} hfs
prjedicted that 110 serious qotrid
"result.' '
EvansyiHe, tndiaiMi incident far
haj»|K5B«d ia-tevo iit^'
six and nine, who #ere1iftsirt)yi
li^«Me|Hte girl while playlAg hf Mohio*,
Ipotth Carolina a few' w eeks ago! To the co»i-
JCHAUJENGS: 1X> HHS
Toe Dixie Classic Hasketball lour,nainent
.played in Raleigh this week again calls our
to the fact that the sjxjns %vorid
is far 'ahead of that of religion in North Ca-
rolirflt. Two of the teams j>artici|>ating in
At Classic, GnciniMti and- ilichi^jaji, hal
Megro ^Members ^bi» played -»with(*»it radMg
»»*n tlie raising iff iu ayelirow. Needless to
«ay no thurdi in this state has, so far
ms we have been able to learn, been able to
use a Negro beyond that of .sexton, maid or
•••f other sarvHe position.
Mere is s4methmg for tho.ic ■of xts ift'ho
claim to possess the love of (^wist iu our
hearts to tllhik aljout. Mere i« « dtiatlen|te
that the Christian church shotild nOt allow
to^o unmet if it is to w^ild the ioflN«nc«
■W.
JBmm
m.
5sr»*
arth ,
trary the‘tittle Ntgro boys were arrested and
slainmei in jail and held there for six days
without (being-allowed to see their parents 01
AVithout even th^ pretense of a hear-
Coicjrt ha s-stotencCd both of then^
to^th^^tate reformatory for an indefinite pfer
iod. 'Ihsteatl of withhdlding their names fron
thefi^ic press, the rtimes of both little boy?
have -Iken heralded from one side of thi
state-io the other.
Afetfot the only thing lefj for state official;
tp do in this sordid case is for Governor Lu-
tKerHodges, the .Attorney‘General, the .Slip-
reme and .Superior Court judges and all ju
;v^role;:court judges of the state to form ;
tn^, ffiaroh on the > state reformatory and
cqrtimtt and outright lynching of the two
lit'tlftJ^ys. Certainly the lynching of thein
oauid.,0nly be a litte worse, if any, td what
ndone to the spirits and personalities
of-^^ise two underaffe children.
all this is going on state officials are
bes^isti^ about North Carolina’s industrial de-
v«I^|lfent and its schools. What this new«-
^^pillpet'iv&iild Kke to stjfe is for those in autho-
Carolijia to dp4lop to thfe‘ exf
"’^rtiift’tliat tWy would have ec^mpn decency
■ ejTbulliito ra^>cct ^hMdhoi|5i without regard
to raecijcrefed'or cdler.' V
. 1 % V:
CHUIICH
among .moaikind k S^houW. Certainly Cliris-
tians oI ^Mfferellt races shouW be able to
worship Gad to gethei^tfc-pe^ggns who migiit
not daitn to be as devout as some of us
Christians can particlfJate ifi contests as hot
as s(Mne of tliose were in Rakigh this week.
We JC»mmend the officials of the Dixie
Classic'Basketball Tournament for being
able to rise «lio»e the horizon of race in
promoting the event. They have set an ex-
ai^ple for those hi oHier fietds to follow and
wt truirt before and.thtr year rolls around
that at least the Oiristian Church in this
state «IH be «ble to (kmonstrate that it too
can en'4oUtage, brotherhood ameiog those of
all races. ^
Whaf Ave would iycfci'to i«c «ow in North
GarMi^li are events itefwcen some of
t1|e tcp*^ranking Ne^ffo and white c«ll6ges
•tatc. Such ^vtints wonld do much to
peiMitotf interracial .goodwill as well be a
fitiatlcitl. MKce*fi. .If Maots r«pre«enting
?9brth 'Canrflna wtihie 'e4iitatioaal inititu-
tlon* eiti ]jhiy teanw'ftom tlHHwr states hav
ing; Nt^roes an tlvetn we can see no reason
why tiiey c'anHot |51ay -tcdms within the
’'••ife-ll^th Negroei dh them.
Of Congress
tr»m An analysis By
Acute Washington
Observer
The holiday mail to
day, brougnt a special" import
from Maurice Rosenblatt, di
rector of the National Commit
tee f6r an Effective Congress,
on what to look for afet' Con
gress reconvenes. Rosenblatt is
one of the sharpest observers 6f
the Washington scenc;,, his
views are always worth kudy-
. > ’ I' i‘4*\ , .
ing. .,
What follows are some pert
inent quotes from the NCEC
report;
“American polities,” writes
Rosenblatt, “are increasingly
dominated by the paradox that
We can spend $80 'billions a
year and still not buy what we
^want. This irritates the people
and puzzles the politicians, but
neither seem to have realized
yet what we want isn’t for sale.
“It is something which must
be created— the dynamic en
thusiasm of a society j going
somewhere. This is a matter of
values, not only personal but na
tional. It is a matter of leader
ship. And it cannot be measur
ed in per capita production or
in dolalrs.”
Looking to the next session of
Congress, he continues:
“If the parties and their lea
ders run true to form, chances
are that by 1960 the vacuum
that the American people vot
ed to fill in the 19.'53 election
will still be there. We will have
had action, and perhaps very
good action, an airport con
struction, housing, urban renew
al, reclamation projects, etc.
But we will stiil not know
where we are going in the
world. . . it doesn’t look as
though much will be done in
terms of history—partly be-,
cause no one is particularly
thinking about hiMery and
partly because Congress isn’t
the best place to deal with it.”
THE :;OLE OF LYKDpN
JOHNSON — The leader of the
NCEC aparently does not (be
lieve Senate Democractic Lead
er Lyndon Johnson has sudden
ly acquired stature. Johnson,
the report says, is the sort of
man “who will not veiUure an
attractive goal unless h6 clear
ly sees the way, or af least the
way back. .
The report notes that . his
“program” for the 80lh Con
gress Johnson “sigiilfieantty
omitted” civil rigifts and "oveh
failed to mention education
which would have reminded
people that" schools elmte-
ed in Arkansas and Vir^nia.”
While Johnson spok« at the.
“new heights” to whicit tfcie
country must rise, the N'CfetJ di
rector described his pro|bint in
these terms: , -
“Reduced to its essentials,
Johnson’s program is Varied-
over New Deal and Fair Deal
with missiles flying overhead.’’
So far as Rosenblatt’is toii-
cerned Johnson and Vice Presi
dent Nixon are both “political
stylists”. Johnson is diKrfi>eH
as the “short range taiitfoibn’'
and Nixon as the “lonjg ‘jfattge
operator”. _
The Rosen'^iatt repprt ,js
important political doeujneot
It underscores the historiie im
portunity that the Demoeratk
leaders in Congress have to
make a real record for 'thtjf
party. But if the party's
er men rely on Johnson,
er Rayburn and the other yrt-
eran politicians to mak^ .th^t
record, then theh* fight will be
lost before it has begun. The
first and earliest tests come
with moves to end the filibuster
and to curb the power of the
Dixie - dominated House Rules
Committee. 'Vfrhat happens in
these crucial battles will be the
measure of the Democratic con
gressional leadership, as well as
an indicator of the party j.
chances two years fron" now.
“THAT MAN” IN ALBANY—
It will be difficult, the report
continues, for Nixon to resume
the role in which he cast him
self before the 1958 election.
His return to the “old Nixon of
the fang and clawjschool” pro
bably damaged Nixon’s careful
ly contrived image of himself
as a modem Republican.
on Nixon fw victory in ’60 be
cause “a new spectre is haunt
ing Washington.”
“Already the political exis
tence of Nelson Rockefeller has
had a visible impact on both
parties, and many see the new
Governor of New York setting
the pace for the coming Con
gress. The fact is that politici
ans, with gleeful encourarge-
ment by the press, will be con
tinuously casting furtive looks
over their shoulders at ‘that
man’ in Albany.
. . . The first man to be
pulled out of orbit was the
Vice-President. . . Rockefeller's
emergence has had a liberaliz
ing effedt on everybody. The
Vi(*e President can again ven-
-turp into- progressive positions
sinte Taft Republiijans must
clole ranks behind him or ac-
ce^ the terrifying liberal New
Yorker.”
‘Yoo're A Ref S. 0. B.
Bat A White
By EUGtNfe GORDON tern people; rcmsmbrr. that “tho
West’s” atom bombs have not
It toad to haj)|ren leventually: been dropped on Wtstcrn
“the West”—^that te, the hon- people; rcme.mber that “the
colored cc^pnlal ipewers which West’s” nuclear experiments ara
have made- a cold-war slogan of niadc not in the proximity
this geographical term-being islands in the Atlantic.
^neither willing nor able longer jhus “tho West’s” jumpinos.i
to hide its fear and resentment could indicate a manic-dopros-
of non-Whites’ emergenoe to in- give condition. For there’s au
dependence and statehood, is obvious difference between a
getting set openly to promdte 1955/New York Times editorial
race war as au in«*rument of in- suggastion that Egypt’s Prim >
ternational relations, llie frenay Ministsr Nasser'could b; cut
with which “the West” assaulted (jown to a size that would com-
the historic 1955 Bandung Afri- pg^ jjjg looking up to secretary
can Conference was a danger of State Dulles, on the one hand,
signal. and the increasingly ura'nt
Events have moved so swiftly current that tno So-
Jince that meeting of predoml- viet Union join tlie rest of I13
nantly Asian governments— folks again^'tho rising;
brown Africa ’ was noticeably color, on tlie other. _
present; black Africa was bare- Sp^sancn for *‘the froo,
ly seen or heard-that United trick'.
Nations General Assembly Presi-
dent Malik of Lebanon could China. Premier l^nis-
truthfully say. on the eve of tho ^hev was objyin^ ordoi-E from
session’s December 12 adjourn- P«mier Mao. Mao was taking
ment, it had been “an African Khrusihev, Russia
session ” ' furious at Chma’s attack on
Quemoy and Matsu, lied .Qhina
Black Guinea had become the was rebuffed in her request for
82nd UN member that night, Soviet nudleSr weapons. Ru.ssia
The Africans had demonstrated was only rebuffed in her reqiicst
their sense of statesmanship and for Soviet nuclear weapons,
their diplomatic skill a few days Russia was only pretending io
earlier in leading the proponentc desire a seat for Chiiui in ntlie
of a February meeting to bebate UN. And so on.
Britain’s and France’s steward- Then came the rumor that
ship in the Cameroons and to “white” Soviet Russia was
decide whether those trust terri- secretly alarmed at colorid
tories could govern themselves. China’s “threat” to whit? hii-
The United States had op- manity. Adlai Stevenson gave
posed the meeting. Everyone, the rumor substance when he
,meanwhile, must have been sub- said in the Timss that Khrushov,
consciously aware of the All- asked to comment, was glumly
African Peoples Conference then silent. Stevenson was touring
in seBsitm at Accra (Ghana) and the USSR. A CBS radio com-
the Afro-Aslan Economic Con- mentator on the night of Dec. 18
ference at Cairo Though time treated the rumor as , veAi{i,ed
had been short since the Ban- fact. He showed its State Depar'^
dung Conference, Asian-African ment origin when he doclarofi
social and political progress by that, though the government
December 12, 1958, had bridged would deny r, the USA had a
decades. "plan” for an “alliance” with
As the Africans and 'the the USSR to, slop “Rod’S. Chna’s
Asians grow “sophisticated” in “tfafeht'’''|6^,Sit)ei‘ia. ■ t |
the way “tl|p West” admires -'Suhh'afi’ annoUnccntent'iroma
sophistication in itself, its en- Washington ^0 rrespond ent
trenched Anglo-Saxon leadeir- means>>eithjer|‘ tbat ^ it ^
ship, nervous at being forced weath^ baUopn set'»fl6at ;n tho
always to walk the narrow ledgs cold-war atmosplierc to test
of diplomatic finesse, sometimes Soviet or Chineg; reaction on a
stumbles, grasps out wildly and, serious propaglT^da gif'iirr^c^-in-
falling on its embarrassed face, tended both to hurt relations be-
yells obscenities and threats. tween,the Sovies and he Cliinese
Africans and Asians take such (and he rest of tlio colored
lapses seriously, despite the world) and to be prepared, in-
You-know-I-didn’t mean it that deed, with such a “plan" if th6
way apologies. They remember USSR seonred .interested. Tho
that “the West’s”' atom bombs
have not been dropped on Wes- (Please turn to )ki|;c /)
REPIY10 ONE FINAL WORD
’By HAROLD ROLAND
This
Go WilJi God
“GOING WITH GOD”
Fear not...I a^ with thee, 'I
am thy God..'.I will uphold
thee. Isa. 41:10.
We come again to an un
known New Year with its
many hidden secrets. No one
knows what this new year
holds for him or her^What
Will 1959 bring for you as it
mysteriously unfolds to ^e-.
come the living present? No
.human being is wise enough
to answer this great mystery.
We are unfable to fathom the
unknown future with our
weak, finite minds. Some will
have tear*, hurts, brokjen
hearts, failures, disappoict-
ments, discouragements, sIIk-
nefis,,afflictions and trout>|es.
And then others will have jAy,
peace, success, heaith, and in-
n'tim'ei'able rich bleisings from
God.
For some, dreams^JUl
true. Some Others Will see
their fondest dreams shat
tered. May I suggest that as
you enter this new 7C|ff, as
a blessing from Ctod Al
mighty, THAT YOU PUT
GOD IN YOUR Buswaas.
Let us all say,” I amvQOUtfG
WITH GOD.”
In goitvg with -Ood then , you
will be ready for whatever'
may lie your lot durinf thik
year. Yes, let us pvit'Gdd M
our, business durtjoc this yeax.
It^is dan^erDUs to leave God
out' of jioar llt« antJ j^r!
business durioc this atw'year.
Many in yride and Mlilthness
are tempted to Jaave Ood «ut
of their business. And then
when ■ the wiay jiets tf^rd' #e
just cabnpt i^e ft. ”,
Without God we are crushed
and overwhelmed by the bur
densome demands of this life.
In. going with God you will be
ready when the high waters
of life come. In going with
God you will be ready when
the fires of tffliction strike.
In 'going with God you cart
weather the mighty storms of
life. Yes, in going with God
YOU WILL BE READY FOR
WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN
TO YOU DURING THIS
imAR.
■ Haw can you make is with
out God in a rough and diffi
cult world Mke this? Man’s
strength is not enough in this
rough aad difficult world.
Man in his weakness needs Di
vine help. God prbmises his
he^. Then, why not avail
yAunitll of God’s offer of help
. I see in your issue for Decem
ber 27 another letter from Mr.
O. R. Gallagher in .'•eply to my
last in our series of letters in
your columns.
Mr. Gallagher says, “The only
reason I wrote in the first place
was to correct some misinforma
tion that Mr. Miller had in his
first letter.” This letter of his,
in your issue of October 25, says
that “It is very apparent that
Mr. Miller does not know what
the Davidians teach”, but he
fails to direct the readers’ at
tention to a single point of mis
information. Therefore he fail
ed to carry out his purpose.
Then, Mr. Qallagher acuused
me of “misrepresentation, such
as Mr. Miller resorted to by in
serting a word of his own in a
quotation, giving it an entirely
different meaning”. li is true
that in my letter of Nov. 29, in
reply to his in your issue of
that date, I “misqooted” him
by inserting the word "merely”
in parentheses as given in the
followng: “no man, not even a
priest or ruler has a right to
say you will not give publicity
to your opinion (merely)) be
cause I do not believe them.” I
added this word, - - in paren
theses - - merely because 1
thought that it might make his
meaning clearer, as is so often
done in giving quotations. I
challenge Mr. Gallagher to ex
plain how this interpolation did
any violence to hi.s statement.
If he can do so, 1 will l>e mo.st
glad to hasten to ;i;)oli),'4ize for „
it.
And, if this is tho only* thing
in all my hundreds and' hun
dreds of words in several Ict-
tftri, to which Mr. Gallagher can
take excepton (he has not tried
to refute any of my many
statements), thcii I feel thtit his
arguments and; statements liave ^
not stood, except tho.se to which
I have specifically agreoil,; as in
the casi of the right to {;ive
publicity to your opinions,—my
only objecion to Mr. (ialla'ihcr’s
thesis on that point boin" as to ^
his rifiht to declaim hostile
opinions in a forum not his
own.
A s to Mr. Gallagher’s la.'it in
ference that the Scventli day
Adventist Church smugly be
lieves that it “has all the light
there is (to be had before The
close pf probation”, - - if he
will permit me this interpola
tion), I refuted this in closing
my letter which you priiitcd
November 8th.
Since^^ly yours
R. R. MUler
during this year. Just put God
in your business and you will
be ready for whatever hap
pen.
Truly tiie poet is right..“The
ARM OF FLESH WILL FAIL
YOU...YOU DARE NO'T.
TRUST YOUR OWN...” The
ship gets its anchor before the
storm strikes. Put God in
your business and you will be
■" ready for whatever may hap
pen.
Truly the poet is right..“THE
ARM OF FLESH WILL FAIL
YOU...Y0U DARE NOT
TRUST YOUR OWN...” The
ship getfi Its anchor before the
storm strikes. in
your business and when the
itonn cmwei y»u wUl -if
ready. Listen , to God’s pro
mise...“I AM WITH THEE...I
WILL UPHOLD THEE...”
In going with God you have
a guarantee of. VICTORY
WHATEVER MAY BE YOUR
LOT- . Anchored in the
strength of the Almighty God
you can carfy on, whatever
may happen to you. In sick
ness he will be your health
and healing; in the darkness
l^e ^ill bp your light; in the
stonn he gives strength and
courage; he will be your help
in time'of'troub|e; and in
death he will be your hope of
fod in our busi
ness and everytlfing Will turn
out ri£ht during this year.