«.n(vwi.inA TlMl£S
TRUTH UNIIH^Eir UT^ PMHUARY Si tN9
White Sypref!!9cy; Cauie Of Anti-Atnericanism
Discriinination Continues On Lai»r Front
Soovcr or later the A.F.L.-C.I.O. is ffoiitK
to have to (ace up to the question involvinp
the employment of Negro workers in this
cmintry. Ae«irHlnir,t) an article appearing in
Fortune magtzinr this week, the piant labor
orf^iiMtion hai Hone little more than «nact
laws into its constitution anH pass beanlifnlly
■worded resolutions. All over the nation Ne
gro workers are continuously iliscriminatod
against by various local unions in spile of
legislation passed by the A.I‘.I..-(.'.1.0.
I'nder the caption, “1-tbor's Race Prob
lem.” Fortune had the following to say in
part:
Hirec year* after the A^.L.-C>I0.
maryer, it ia apparent that the federa-
tkia'a ambitioaa plana for imprevinf tka
lat af Nagro woricers have been a Jamal
faihire—and not only in the Sovth. T|m
federation’s conatitution atataa that "aD
workers, without regard to race, creedi
color, national origin, or anceatry," ahall
‘'ahare equally in the full benefit* of union
organiattion.” To implement thia policy,
tho AJX^l.0. ruled that aU member.
nioBa m«*t delete diacriminatory prori-
aaoM from tlwir conatitvtions; and it aft
■p a dvil'righta commttee to look into
complumte about discrimination. But tha
ralinr ' H«en violated by some member
oni 'Ve coDomittee has often failed
to g '.Vianoe %vith its demands that
iwfivi . 1 locala stop discriminatiag
against Negroes. Two years ago, in fact,
Jamas B. Carey, president of the Inter-
national Union of Electrical Worker*, r»>
signed aa dteirman of the civil rights •
committee^ charging that its activities
were futile. The National Association »or
the Advancement of Colored People re
cently addressed a tart latter to A.F.L.-
C.IX). PraaUant Oaorga Meany complain
ing abfut tha fadaration’s lack of progress
in aiMling discrimination; Meany’s answer
was sympathetic bat non-committal.
Said the article fiirliicr:
South or north, Negro worker* today
are largely excluded from the Interna
tional Brotherhood of EUectrical Work
er*, tha Plumbers, and the Locomotive
Firenan. In many other unions there is
a mixed pattern: exclusion in some areas,
free acceptance in some, and acceptance
into segregated locals in other*. Some
such mixture characterizes the Bricklay
ers, Painters, Plasterers, Operating Engi-
neera. Sheet Metal Workers, Railway
Clerfcs, Tdegraphers, Maintenance of
Way Employes, Railway Carmen, Tobac
co Workers, Pulp and Sulphite Workers.
It a]>pears to us that such an attitnU> on
the part of local labor unions not f)nly de
stroys confidence in labor per se but encour
ages'Kegroes to become strike breakers, scabs
and enemies of labor in general. We tliink
labor's greatest strength lies in a united front,
including workers of all races, crecds and col
ors. As long as there is one human being who
is qualified to work anl is prevented from
doing so because of his race, creed, or color
the future of labor is not safe. Non-discrim
ination in fact, rather than on paper, should
be the goal of A.1‘M>.-C.1.0. local unions, if
the parent organization hoi)es to continue as
a factor in protecting the rights of workers
in this country.
^bII^
Next Time "Chet Huntley" Sayj
"Too Fast," Asit Him To Give Some
SPIRITUAL IlYSIGHT
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Always On The Outside Looking In
f
ENCOUIiAGING GOOD
IN OTHEeS
The time has come when efTorts to secure
employment as highway patrolmen and mem
bership in the North Carolina National Guard
should be sought by Negroes in this state. In
nearly every city of any size in North Caro
lina Negroes are serving with efficiency as
policemen. In the U. S. Army, Navy and Air
Force, members of the race are drafted or
enter as volunteers as a matter of routine.
We, therefore, can fintl no reason why they
have to be barred frotn holding similar posi
tions within their own state.
While we are on tlie subject of employ
ment of Negroes in state agencies, we may
as well call the attention of our readers who
are so loyal to the IJemocratic Party in North
Carolina to the fact that in J957 there were
63 governmental board* in thi.s state, l>oth re-
rr^u^erative and non-remunerative, employing
the services^f over 600 persons. On all these
boards and agencies Negroes held only four
positions, those of members of the State
Board of Education, the State Board of High
er Education, the State Recreation Comniis-
sion and the State Meiiical Care Commission.
In spite of the fast that Negro voters in
North Carolina have overwhelmingly a|^ain
and again voted the Democratic ticket in state
and county elections they are most alWay.s
left on the outside lookings in when it comes
to appointments by the governor or other-
wise. '
Here are wmc of(the ^t^te (fev^rninentai'
Board! and Commissions on v\hich Negroes^
have never had any representation, altholigh
most of the positions are filled by guberna
torial appointment:
Advisory Budget Commission, Agricul
tural Hall of rtime, Board of Agriculture,
Board of .Alcoholic Control, l)ei)artment of
.Archives atid History, Art Commission, .State
Art Society, Board of Assessment, Hanking
Commission, State Bar Council, Coniniission
for the Blind, Board of Boiler Hules, Huild-
and ^rounds, Turnpike .Authority, (jovernor
ing Code Council, Board of I'ublic Buildings
Richarr Caswell Memorial Commission, Civil
ian Air Patrol, Council of Civil Defense, Board
of Conservation and Development, Board of
Correction and Training, Board of Mlections,
Employment .Security Commission, liugenics
Board, Gasoline and Oil Inspection Board,
General .Statutes Commission. Board of
Health, Highway Commission, State Hospital
Advisory Council, Hospital Board of Control,
Industrial Commission, Insurance Advisory
Board, Judicial Council, Board of Commis
sioners of the l.aw Enforcement (tfiicers’
Benefit and Retirement Fund, 1-lbrary Htjard,
Local Government Conmnission, Local
"Barnabas went to Tarsus to
look for Saul . . —Acts 11:25
Barnabas had the gift of en
couraging the goodness in oth
ers. He .saw the great powers of
Paul and harnessed them for
the Church at Antioch. This
quality is essential for all great
leadership. It* should, be found
in mothers, teachers and preach
ers. It is also an essential qual
ity in business execullves. Many
great souls would have been
lost in obscurity without the
magic touch of some rare soul
with this quality. Even Paul’s
religious genius might have been
wasted without the encourage
ment of a Barnabas . . Barna
bas went to Tarsus to look for
Paul . .
It is a blessed tliins to find
and bring out the rich treasures
of good in others.. This calls for
a big-hearted spirit and keen in
sight. All loo often we are
tempted to overlook the good in
others. Many limes this spirit is
rooted in fear and envy. Thus,
those who see and give en
couragement to the good in oth
ers are noble souls.
We need more people with the
spirit of Barnabas. Many rich
treasures of human talent are
lost for no one speaks that
word of encouragement. O, the
tragedy of lost gifts. Many with
great gifts “arc born to waste
their fragrance on the desert
air . . .” Do you see and en
courage the good in others?
Let us take every opportuni
ty to encourage the good in oth
ers. Your word of encourage
ment can mean so much. Help
someone with a word of en
couragement to make the most
of that gift from God.
An article appeared recently
in a magazine and the tragedy
of it was that a woman did not
giw tha proper e.ncouraeement
Government Employe.s Retirement System.
Merit-.System Cotmcil, Milk Commission, Mu
nicipal Board of Control, Board of I’arolcs,
Board of Pensions, State I’ersonnel Council,
State Ports Authority, Prison Advisory Coun
cil, State Prison Commission, .State Probation WATCH ON THE POTOMAC
Commission, .State Board of Public Welfare, '■
Division of Purchase and Contracts, Roanoke
Island Historical Commission, Rural Electri
fication Authority, State .Stream Sanitation
Xj^mittee, N. C. Symphony .Society, Teach-
ahd Stat^ Employees’ Retirement Systeui,
Xextbook Commission, Turnpike Authority,
Utilities (iMmmission, Veterans Commission,
Board of Water Commisson an(J Wildlife Re
sources Commission.
to her husband who had great
gifts. All he needed was that
word of encouragement. A lit
tle child stopped by the other
day to show me her report card.
We gave her a word of encour
agement and she went joyously
on her way. That word of en
couragement could mean the
difference between success and
failure. Barnabas brought Saul
from Tarsus and gave him a
chance to use his great gifts
in the Church at Antioch.
There is great joy in awaken
ing the good in others. Here
we have one of the joys of the
ministry. Inspirational teachers
do a great job at this point, too.
Motherhood, loo,, is richly re
warding in nurturing and bring
ing out the good in children.
Even the business executive can
do great wonders in discover
ing and utilizing the good in
others. Why would you miss the
great joy that comes from see
ing and encouraging the good
to be found in others?
Let us always be alert and
gracious enough to see and en
courage the good in those around
us. There is a rare joy in know
ing you have helped .someone
along life’s way.
By CMAS. P. HOWARD, SR.
(HNS) UN C*ff**pondtnt
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. —
The General Awambly of the
United Nations resumeel its 13tli
Session here at UN Headquarter*
Friday, February 20 to consider
the question of the imlependence
of the trust territories of the
Cameroons. The Session having
recessed Dec. IS, 1M8.
Since 1914, when s Dritish and
French invasion team conquered
them , the Csmeroons have been
divided into the French Csme-
and the Britigh Cameroon*. That
division is going to be important
in this session of the UN.
french camiroon
INDIRRnURNCK
iXPKCTRO
There seems little doubt that
the independence of the French
Cameroons on January I. 1900
will be agreed to by the General
Assembly. Frsnce has foraierly
placed before the grant indepen
dence to the French Cameroons
January 1 I960.
On Friday, Louis Jackquinot,
Minister of State for France asked
for a unanimous vote granting in
dependence to the French t-’ame-
roons. Actually little opposition to
this independence is expected.
The Trusteeship Council on
Tuesday last, recommended it by
a vote of 12 to I (The Soviet Un
ion) . With the United Arab Re-
pblic abstaining.
abit-of-thisand-that
The first time a "Chet Huntley”
tells you, that ‘you, the NAACP,
the Urban League, The Mont
gomery Improvement Association,
The Tuskegee Civic Association,
The Negro Ministers are pushing
too hard, too fast’ — Ask him to
write down what rights guaranteed
by the Constitution of the United
States, he is willing to give up
for himself, his wife and his chil
dren, tell him don’t tell you about
it just write it down ... It is in
teresting to watch the Negro
who’s always talking about “we’re
not ready” Ask him to list the
people who are ready, and be sure
and find out what he means by
“we.”
It’s Interesting how uften the
Guy putting out that noi.sc hopes
it will get back to the w'hite folks
he’s trying to impress .... WaUh
out fur the ‘segregationists’ to try
to make capital oMt “f the ‘tech
nique of 'white children’ staying
away frcm integrated schools.
Thai’s just a facet of ‘no public
schools.’ Thai’s their problem
there.. Thai’s their slumblin"
block .... Senator Lyndon (f.ying-
down). Johnson’s Integrity ,'is go
ing lo rise or fall on wiiether or
not his ‘filibuster legislation,’
pushed thru the Scrtale at the
openini of the Senate ‘was gen
uine’ or just a slick politicians
trick.’ ,
I keep reminding you, the Guy
is running for President like mad.
We don’t want a ‘slicker’ tor the
l.«ader of this Great Nation ....
So I^ui.siana is trying to tighten
up her election laws so .she can
erase more than 100,000 Ne
groes front voler registration
rolls. Says Sen. Hainach, Chairman
of the Ix!gislative “Watch Dog”
Committee on segregation — “A
lai’ge numlier of Negroes just
can’t pass the tests for registra
tion. The tests are based on in
telligence, not education, and in
telligence is something bred into
people through long generations.”
Senator, you really don’t want
ta sUnd on that one do you? An
awful lot of Negroes in Louisiana
can qualify under your ‘breeding
test’ and a lot of the others will
meet you coming back under your
other rules. All we ask is that you
make ycur rules apply to every
body and enforce them fairly,
we’ll go for ourselves from there
. . . When an indigenous people
are in the midst of the effort to
throw out their Colonial Over
lords, they often find their great
est roadblock to be members of
their own group, who arc the re
cipients of ‘special favors’ from
the colonial powers. We wish it
weren’t so but that is why there
is so much fighting within the
African Family in Africa at this
time.
We repeat, “we wish it weren’t
so.” It seems to be a wholely
unnecessary part of the price for
freedom. So long as selfishness is
a part of man’s makeup we will
probably have this problem, no
matter what the “system.”
A Half Century Of Achievement
By ROBERT SPIVACK
ANOTHER TEAPOT
Another Challenge For The DCNA
The city election to be held here oh Satur-
Uy, May 16 will present the greatest chal
lenge to the Durham Committee on Negro
Affairs it has faced since itq beginning. Be
cause of the splitting tip of the Pearson »nd
Hillside School precincts, an entirely new
registration has been called for by the Dur
ham Comity Board of Elections. Thus, the
Conitnittee is faced with the task of grouting
enotigh interest in the forthcoming election
the number of registered voters up
to w%«re it was prior to the changes.
NeeUfS5 to say, an intense registration
c«m^ign must be conducted from th?
opeti for registration until they arc
closed. Every church, club, fraternity, busl-
M. 1. JOHN^. Coninlyr
MAimS: $4M ntt JW4M
sonal responsibility to register himself and
ness and school should see to it that all of
their members and employes register during
the three weeks or more the books will be
open. Every individual should feel it his per-
get every other person around him to reg
ister.
We urge the officers of the Committee on
Negro Affairs to begin organizing their forces
now so that when the books are opened they
will be ready to begin work and continue
to do so until they are closed. The nutnber
of registered Negro voters must be brought
up to where it was prior to the precinct
changes but cannot be done by merely talking
about the matter. It is going to take hard
work and careful planning.
It would be a fine tiling if some of the stu
dents in political science at N. C. College
would volunteer to aid in i}iaking a door to
dflor survey of homes in the three precincts
where the new registration will have to be
made. Students in government in our high
schools could also help in boosting the regis-
trftion. Whatever it takes the Committee
should t»p tt> -dnJm# Negre^ltleem-to
portance qf entering their names on the reg
istration books.
Another Teapot Dema?
Every professional politician is
likely to agree wii.h a remark
attributed to President Harding’s
Secretary of the Navy, Edwin
Denby, that “You cannot touch
oil without getting dirty.”
There is something faboul the
black gold—I suppose.,, jj.’s the
easy money—that makes men do
things they wouldn’t do under
ordinary circumstances. Ameri
can history and world history,
too, are full of the tales of men
and governments falling apart
because of oil politics. There is
not much doubt any longer that
il was the realization that Alas
ka is a potential source of great
oil wealth that helped pave the
way for her becoming the 4flth
state.
Where petroleum is concerned
men tend to become compulsive
and sometimes they seem unable
to account for their own behav
ior. The vigor.':^ith which re
sponsible politicians put them
selves on the chopping block in
order to pass the Natural Gas
bill, with its bonanza for the oil
interests, is testimony to this pat
tern of behavior.
* * ♦
Now once again, while public
attention is focused on the ill-
'TWSS’flr^ei'reiary'oyStSie 'C (11168
and diverted from other matters,
the oilmen are busy at work.
They are trying to get their
hands on the huge Naval oil re
serves on the West Coast.
There are three of these re
serves: No, 1 is at Hk Hills,
Kern County, Calif, and consists
of 38,969 acres of land; No. 2 at
Buena Vista Hills, Calif, consists
of 29,341 acres;.and No. 3 is at
Teapot Dome, Natrona County,
Wyoming and consists of 9,481
acres.
No one is exactly sure how
much oil there is undergrond.
Hut the most conservative esti
mates indicate that Reserve No.
1 is worth at least one billion
dollars worth. This is the prize
that Standard Oil of California
is now eyeing.
»» U O
HUMPHREY VS. KENNEDY—
The Democratic battle lines for
1960 are beginning to take form,
although it is far too early to
make predictions about how
they will finally turn out. Sev
eral of the Democratic hopefuls
are beginning to move into the
open with obvious political ap
peals but they are all advanc
ing warily.
Vice President Nixon apprais
ed the possible Democratic can
didates the ether das^ in a speech
at Los Angeles. He was singular
lyfaet, Trvm*
out of his way to ssy nice things
about several men who might
become possible rivals.
In Nixon’s opinion Sen. John
Kennedy of Massachusetts is by
far the front-runner. With this
appraisal there is not much dis
agreement among Washington
correspondents. Some of Ken
nedy’s Democratic rivals arc de
lighted that he seems to be so
far out front now. That means,
they say, that he will be the
major target of brick-bats while
they can all seek cover, without
•seeming to be trying to get out
of the line of fire.
1 t ^
Unless Adlai Stevenson should
suddenly emerge as a compro
mise choice—a not too likely
prospect—the liberal Democrats
are sure to cluster around Sea
Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota.
So what Humphrey does and
says now becomes quite import
ant, both for his own prospects
and for the possible direction
the party will take.
^ Just to keep the record up to
date, here in short form are the
two lines of approach now be
ing employed by Humphrey and
Kennedy:
KENNEDY—He is trying to
get his name attached to a labor
reform bill that seems to end
some of the abuses disclosed by
out being anti-union. He is also
determined to remove the so-
Congratulations to the NAACP
on its 50th anniversary-! They
have been 50 years of real ac
complishment. No one—not even
its bitterest enemies — can say
that the NAACP has been a
‘■paper” organization or one
whose greatest achievement is
it has existed over a long period
of years.
The NAACP has been a fight
ing, performng organization dur
ing all of its 50 years. Carrying
on its struggle for full citizenship
rights for the Negro through the
courts, the NAACP has won more
than 30 ca.ses in the United
Slate Supreme Court, establish-
. ing; Hghit 80?r rigjit fo^ Amer-
i ica’s tenl^ citizen. '
Now that the NAACP is 50,
it is not yet ready to sit back
^ on its laurels. It is not ready to
give up. It plans to fight on
and on for first-class ciUaenship
until the United Slates is free of
all distinctions and discrimina
tions based upon race or religion.
Appropriately, the NAACP
was born on Abraham Lincoln’s
birthday in the year 1909. It has
always been an interracial or
ganization, founded by a group
of 53 men and women, white and
Negro, who believed in the prin
ciples upon which this country
was founded and who believed
that they should be carried out
not only on paper but in every
day life. The goal set then is still
the goal today. ■
We are pleased that Missouri’s
governor, James T. Blair Jr., is
sued a proclamation designating
February 12 as “NAACP Golden
called “Catholic issue” from
the campaign by asserting, first,
that he opposes federal aid for
parochial schools and, seqond,
he would not send an American
ambassador to the Vatican.
HUMPHREY—Right now he is
concentrating on the neglect of
American education. Only 8%
of the national income goes for
schools and, this he says, is
“foolhardy, indefensible, a na
tional disgrace.’’
0
A man will «o a lofifl way to
T» '•nitnari
lust sll down at the dretsini
table.
Anniversary Day.”
In his proclamation, Governor
Blair recognized the NAACP as
an organization dcsignel “lo pro
mote equality of rights and lo
eradicatiFcaste and race pi'c
among the citizens of the Unit
ed Stales, to advance the in
terest of colored citizens, lo se
cure for them impartial suffrage
and to increase their opportuni
ties for securing justice in the
courts, education for their chil
dren, employment lo Ihcir abil
ity and complete -equality be
fore the law.”
These words in Gov. Rlalr’s
proclamation form as good a
statement on the principles and
obi.ecliyes y ol; the NAACP as wo
have .seen anywhere.* ■
In signing the proclamation
and affixing lo it the great seal
of the slate of Missouri, Gr»\er-
nor Blair was sincere in wish
ing the NAACP “many happy
returns of the day.” The gov
ernor’s family, one of the most
distinguished ones in the stale
of Missouri, is known for its
belief in equality and fairness
for all people regardless of
race, creed or color. The gov
ernor is proud, and justly so, of
the record along this line made
by mend)crs of his family.
The NAACP has wrought well
during its first 50 years. May
it continue to live and lo pros
per until America is really the
“land of the free and the home
of the brave” and there will bo
no further need for any organi
zation to protect the rights of
any segment of our population.
—Kantas City Call
The eyes of the Lord are In
everr place, beholding the
evil and the good.
—(Proverbs 15:3.)
Ever present and envelop-
iufr ua as the air we breathe
ia tha Holy Spirit of God. He
knows the good and helpful
things we do for others, and
bJesMd. He also knows
1 Wljr al^esife
I we hide, but In Hla mercy will
i help ua overcome them.