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THE CAROLINA TIMES PAGE 2—'THC TRUTH UNMIOLiO" SAT« NOV. 7. 19S9 LXOSt THK ^INK |N AffP LAljy; A|tgRH^ Will, THI^ UWP^TAND President Taure's Visit to Nortli Carolina College "I lit' p-.»j)lc of T>urliani and Ihf I'niversity » Xyrth Oirulina ffot ciose-np view and iie.'ifd ilie vuicf tht* new restless Africa l;i:! wt'ek. Tlii* orcasiiin was the vitit to these IMirts by President Sekou Toure of Guinea, Africa s newest itatioii. If the whites were ania: *'d at the cultured and intelligent manner in which Toure conducted himself many Ne groes were pleasantly surprised. Ahhontiht he extended himself to {jreat le’i; ths. North Carolina's Governor Luther l iodf^es did not score lOO per cent as a host to President TourC'. In the very nature of ,tht ca>e- the chief host to the visiting head of a foreign rintiiiii to any city outside of the Dis trict of ('ohimbia, is the governor of the state. I ikewisp. as guest of the governor, the right ful. if nut the main place, for such a visitor to eat and sleep is at the governor’s mansion, es| ccially if he is f^oin" to he housed over night within 25 miles of the state capital. luMf.id of lieing Iwused in the governor's mansion as the governor's guest, the president of -'luine.i was hustled on over to the conven ient and nearby University of North Carolina. Suffice it til say that this was done acf,ter Ilod;’'! ' met Toure at the airport, greeted him gracefully and turned over car No. 1 and two other state owned cars for use by the presi dent of r,uinca and his party during his entire visit to Chapel Hill and Durham. , It was, therefore, at UNC that President Toure slept and ate. But he didn’t get n#ry a glinipes of the governor’s mansion. It wa* alst. at rXC that the president of a foreign country to this state was banquetted and en tertained. Therefore,-the only logical reason for this unuiual breach of diplomatic etiquette \va» that North Carolina’s governor and its people aren’t yet quite matured enough to get it into their thick heads that colorphobia in this day is more detested in world affairs than hydrophobia. The former poisons the soul while the latter can only poison tli(^' flesh. With the exception of thf governor, con spicuous bj' their absence at the barujuet, given in honor of President Toure, were other state dignitaries. Not nary nary one of the^ showed his putty and lilly white face. Imagine every 'last one of them being absent form, a bam^uet given anywhere in this state in honor of the reddest communist of the reddest nation on this earth. As we see it. President Toure, w'home vve understand requtpted to come South dh ^is visit to this country, got a glimpse of the front room of the Southland but no one dared to open the closet door to let him ^et a pe^p at uncivilized Mississippi, Georgia, South Caro lina, eastern North Carolina and other be nighted sections qf the South. In spite of it all, Toure’s visit to North Carolina was a “,shot-in -the-arm” for the inore than a million Negro citizens of the state. To them he is a living symbol of coming events that are now ca-‘«ting their shadows. His thirst for freedom foj Africa and all oppress ed peoples of the world, his faith in things spiritual rather than things material strike a responsive chord in the hearts of his kinsmen in this country a chord that will never die un til human dignity for all men everywhere in the earth is a reality. No Time For Spli \\'e wish to commend the leaders of the General State Baptist Convention which met in Durham last week for preventing the threatened split in the ranks of the organiza tion from materializing. Thi,s is no time for any organization composed of Negroes to even think of splitting. On th^ other hand this is a time for unity and more of it. It i.s only natural for the losing side in an election dissatisfied. We think, how ever 'thit it is a noble act when both the the losers can forget about their '(flfl'irences and move forward for the good of ;^11 concerned. Evidently that is \vhat those interested in the future of the General State Bajrtist Convention had in mind when they finally voted to make the election of the presi dent of the convention unanimous. The Carolina Times hopes that all officers and members of the General State Baptist Convention will now join hands to make the organization what it should be. By this means they can bring much needed aid to Sh^w' Uni- verstiy and improve the general work of the church. Any course except a united one is conducive to disorder, discord and \veakness. Again wt commend leaders of the cotivetUion for their statesmanship in an hour when it was sorely needed and we pledge them, our full stippert in their efforts to guide the or ganization to higrher and greater achieve ments. * The iethargy in the Recent Bond Issue Electjon State leaflets and politicians need not be luo. coiiccnicd siboiit the letharg^y that was exhibited in t4ie recent bond issue election. Th^re is a way that they can be assured of engendering interest in the next election, and that is to run a'-Negro for a state office, either real or imaginary. They might even propose soriie kind of legislation to aid Negroes ed ucationally, jK)litically or otherwise if they want to really get out a big vote in th^ next election. Now if they wish to break all past voting records a bill to abolish the law against inter marriage in North Carolina would do the trick. Such a'proposal would bring the red necks,, especially in eastern North Carolina, out of the swamps, the hills, the corn and cotton fields and even away from the bootleg stills operating in the backwoods of the state. There is nothing that inspires a candidate rutjning for public office in the South like prQ-Negro legislation, except a white can didate that is reputed to be liberal; qr pro- CQ.SC in point is thsit of Graham, who even his rankest enemy, .must admit is North Carolina’s most eminent States man. Dr. Graham was defeated in an etpciion for the U, S. Senate in one of the dirtiest race-baiting campaigns ever held in ^1;|orth Carolina. The winner was the lat# ^^Willis ■ Smith. Dr Graham is still living and/his the love, admiration and respect of his fqlo\vmen not only in North Carolina but all oyfr the nation. ' - ^ The issues in the recent bond electron in volving the stupendous sum of over $34 mil- lifln with every daily newspaper in the state beating the bushes and the drums in search of votes could not arouse even a mild repre sentative vote for or against the bond issue To assure a big turn out of voters in tne 1960 election, w'e 'propost a Negro candidate for state dog-cather. • ' ^ condemned. Judicial Depravity in Mississippi (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) nable mob hell-bent on taking the law into As tragic and revolting as ral^e' and '^nch- its own hands. Instead of attempting to strike ing are, both pale into insignificancy ,wften down this kind of tyranny. Judge Dale charg- placed beside the awful crime commi^^ 'by es the U. S. Supreme Court with tyranny. Judge Dale in his charge to the Ps^rl River when in the performance of its duty it stands County grand jury at Poplaville. Even if tj|iere against a lawless state like Mississippi as the had lingered in the heart and mind o^ Single only refuge of the wrongh^^accused and member the intention of hearil5jV|he evi dence with an open mind and following the dictates of hif conscience, such a a6ble and just intention was erased by the utter lacjc of judicial temperment and maturity exhibited by Judge Dale on last Monday. If Parker were actually guilty of the chajrgef brought against him it will never be known for the simple reason that hAvas denied that elementary right of the humblest Anj^ric^n citizen which is the right to be a jury of his peers. If the 378-pa^ r«p^ on the case compiled by the FBI ageril;* »nd turned over^^o state officials put iti- 'gnger' on a single white man in Mississippi, ^{s^.|iajite will probably never be known. Thus, the kind of justice which that state hands op^ stands naked before the fjrtf of the worjtl most Tel BB MHO tr»fic nanpU qi ignorance *nd jtjdi'titl de- - I pravitf. Publidied every at Durham. N. C. by UniM PuUishert, Inc. I* B- AUOTIN, Presideat AI^BFiItT S. HAKT, Airiftint to Hi* PubUdMP M. MUNSON, Controller Mneipal (Mlee ktc^ «t 436 E. Pcttigrtw St Offtiutu, Norris Carriiaa Bitend a* smM daw matter at the Port Ofic* at Dvrbam, Merib CcreUiia, under tb* Aet of Marek 3, 1870. KUBSCBIPTION BATES; $4.00 PKB YBAB 0BCEN8B0B0 OFFICE JMO s. IfailBt Bt I, ■■ '' ’-i ‘ : "■f'* l.-T y*/ . / m Letter to the Editor ^ Again I wish to take this'op- poi’iJunity to congratulate you for a well doue and program in which I Uiink_ oaly you have been chosen by God to enlighten our people as a raee as to their rights, as only yoU have told them the truth through your editorials each week. May God continue to improve you with the faith that never played out but be ever strong. Durham is4» my opinion the most progressiva city op the eastern seaboard. Richmond, Va. G. S. MANLEY Text of President Sekou Toure's Address at North Carolina College SPIRITUAL INSlGHl' By REV. HAROLD ROLAND Telling What God Has Done For You "They d«clare4^sll that God )iad done for them . . "Acts 14i3T. Has God done anythii^ for your soul? Then Why ndit tell men what God Almighty has* done for your soul.- God has saVed your soul. Then why not tell B»en about this goo^ news. Has /God in Christ redeemed your ’ ((oul from sin? Have'your jUifshtjf^Bod- given powers been releawlij Tfe- deemed to be.used-^to the..^ of God? Have you bein spiritually?*!! youi' ibul has ^eij freed from the dark prison cel} of sin, then you ought to t«Ul.tl|e good news of what God taafi iiow for you. Why would youtukt^p such a blessing to yourself, ^e salvation of a- soul,is soq Worth sharing. Wf redeemed souls now, times, ta say with tliaw by God in the ancient “They declared sU that done for them ...” Will you be a witness and hia rich spiritual You say God savtd you, it. Why keep ttjii good nl WATCH ON T is not to be kept or hoarded. We are to carry the saving mes sage to others. Some lost soul awaits your personal message of God's salvation in Christ Jesus, our Savior. All you have to do is just tell lost souls what God in Christ has done for your soul. Jusi tell the simple story of what Chris( has done for your soul. Tell the lost souls of a living, redeeming Savior. Tell the-m simply: I Ipow that He lives for He lives iii my soul. Why keep this good news to yourself? Will you tfU some lost aoul today what God has done for you? Just t«U a lost soul what Christ has done for you. Has Christ doRe ani^hing for you? Then go on an^ te}l what God has done for you. What are you afraid of? -1)0 Attd t#U goip# l4Mlt l«ilt what Qod has done for you. All you hkve to do is just find |ooi« lest, neMy soul, and tell thf |ood news of salvation in Christ. Jest» needs anotb- K tfller (d tlie good news. Will you rtiOlTf to bvcome a teller MAC The "Rocky" Road To The White House Gov. Nelson' Rockefeller^' i» learning the hard way ^v^tbujifa and demanding national ^Utics can'be. His" recent trip'’across the country was not a tremendous success according to reports coming to national party head quarters here. Leading Republi cans, still fearful that Vice Presi dent Njxon might by a stroke of fate become President before th^ national conventions, put on the big freeze. They were curioui about Rockefeller, liut not curi ous enough to risk Nixon’s wrath by giving Rocky a big welconie. Rockefeller’s managerk, of course, sense what is going on. So they, and he, apparently have decided the course of wisdom is to draw Nixon, out ea a nutnbr of issues in those ^eas where 'they feel the Viee Ptefldent con tinues to live up ta hls reputa tion as “Trick Di*^” Their efforts along these lines have not been tremendously sue- cessfdl either. 1*be ' results has been that a somewhat {H'emature sense of desperati(|i seems to have afflicted • the^‘ Rockefeller . camp. It is causing the New York governor to perform in a manner that seeriis out of character. Rockefeller is without quei- tion an earnest, dedicated, eseefl- tially liberal buiincmBan ^ vU* ion aad iterigbt. While he it a hA^d wqr^r for the causes in whi«h be ^lieves, he is not a “touiijl” p^itieian any sense of the' YWd. ^jiidOsi his first act on becom- ini (overijor was to hike Certain New York taxes, which hit the average citizen quite hard. The question of whether the h.igher taxet were or were not needed will probably be argued for some time. But one thing Rockefeller forgot was promptly to squeeze some qf the fat out of -the state budget, le|ig inflated by the de mands'of corrupt politicians. His failure bsought criticism from organize^ labor and hia program was called a “soak the poor” tax. A really teugh politi«fian would have handled the situation differ ently. WHO'S THE CONSERVATIVE? .... Rockefeller aoW ^ms deter- minM to eonvinck. the local Re publican politicians that he is more conservative than the Vice lh:erideht. lliat will take some doing, beeaue Nixoa is not so much coitfervative as lie is "re silient"; or,-to put it leas politely, he’a tricky. The way Rockefeller is going about tlie imhappy task he has Set for Uinself is neither effect- Iv* not eewineisg. When the So viet exhibit opened, at the New YoHi iMrtliaiir Beekefdler stayed tuai efforts, sacrifices. What we must see in people is their con tribution to the world, ta the V of the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ? If you fall to be a teller of the message of salva tion, then it will be lield up to day. In the early church they were not bashful nor hesitant. "They declared all that God had done for them ..." Tell men about the blessings of salvation. It is not hard to be gin to tell what Christ has done for me. He has "been all the wortd te me. He has Kppl^ the scales in my life. He is the joy of my salvation. He is the peace of my soul. Without Christ I shudder to think what might have come of my life. He has been healing in times of sick ness. He has been light in dark places. He has been power in times of weakness. He gives the viotory over sin. And-finally 4Ie gives the hope of Eternal life beyond this vale of tears. Let every redeemed soul tell the good news of what God in Christ has done fer your soul. No one eU« can do this. It is a job for you to do. By ROBERT SPIVACK away. When Mikoyan came to New York, Rockefeller was among, the absentees. When Mr. K came to town, Rockefeller managed to avoid the limelight, although he did say a few words about the American way of life being “free dom” rather than “capitalism.” Nixon, on the other hand, sometimes acts as if he is con vinced the public Is tired of “eold war” aHittidee, fio he jour neys -to Moscow, helps pave the way for Khrushchev to come here, and then gets Into a debate with Mr. K which convinces all Nixon's tory friends that he real ly fights for the Red, White and Blue even inside Rossia. Rockefeller, the liberal, acts as if he is afraid of contact with the big bad Russian bear; Nixon, the right-winger, acta as if noth ing about contact Swith the Com munists scares hiip. The latest of Rockefeller’s “copservative” moves, is causing real anxiety among his liberal friends and it mi^t even disaf- fect those man^ independent voters who have found the New York governor so attractive. IVhat he proposes is that the U. & unilaterally resume nuclear testing (underground, to avoid f^ll-out). Some people wonder if thia is merely a means of disso ciating hiiuelf froMi tho EIm*- SEKOU TOURE Editor's Note: Following is a ♦ext of the address delivered at North Carolina College Thursday by President Sekou Toure of the Republic of Guinea following the conferring upon him of the de gree of Honorary Doctor of Laws. Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Mayor, my sisters and brothers, in addition to the fact that I have already expressei;. i should lixe to say that we will be faithful interpre ters of the sentiment of com panionship and friendship which you have expressed to us when we return to Guinea to make these same tributes to the Guin ean people. The longer our friendship con tinues, the more confident we are of the need for direct con tact for the various peoples of the world. God has given all power to man, except that of knowing the inner thoughts of iiis fellows. God has made -us men and given magnificent pow er. It is only love and friendship that benefits us to know the in ner thoughts of man. The science has permitted us to make use of our powers, but .It is only friendship that permits us to benefit. It is for this reason that 1 should like to tell you that the African continent has suffered greatly and has suffered long. This suffering accumulated over the years have now converted themselves into moral and spirit ual values which will help to transcend and to make a better and more unified world. Again, today as I said yester- d^, it is^uite obvious. uu; tfich-- nical means have gone quite far beyond the spiritual resources of man—the same man wlu> has created these means. The effects of the imbalance has made~ nu merous gaps among men. There are itian and women who statid in admiration for these marve lous technical achievements.' But we should gain even more if men and women stand in admiration of the efforts which would unite people in human charity. And it is with a very high conception of his role that man should look upon himself for humanity with humility. Nowhere will he feel a stranger, because everywhere he goes he will feel only one re‘ sponsibility, that of doing What he can to span the differences which divide us now. Men, whatever may be their state or title and whatever be their wealth, will die. The peo ple, however, will live, and it IS only through the progress of these people, by helping them along their way that the indivi dual has a future across the cen turies. In coming here we find our selves in a familiar, friendly atmosphere. And we are in com- mimication with the American people. But our great desire is to consolidate the foundations of cooperation between our two countries. The differences of cli mate, color, positions in live have nothing to do with our com mon responsibility of cooperation to make a more firm basis for the harmonious development of this friendship. Often one thinks of countries in terms of size of population and the number of people who make them up. We, for our part, prefer to think of other nations In terms of their human senti ments. What lasts and what en dures is that which we do for men. • * * Rather she must act as a posi tive factor to strengthen so the human being may be consolidat ed in place upon a peaceful foun dation. Some say that inequality of man will be with us until the end of time. That is true as long as men do not understand one an other; but once men are able to understand one anotjpr better inequality will give place to mu- the world. Africa is a very large conti nent, larger than the Europoim and American continents. But it is a continent which today is underpopulated. It is a continent which includes many natural riches, many of which have not yet been identified. It includes mapy ethnic groups; many differ ent languages, and qn accoupt of the system of coloniamatiofl Africans are closer to Britain and France than to oither Africans. The 'aspirations a( the Afritan people, their higKier aspirations today in the direction of inde pendence and in the direction of a full exercise of their righU to govern, so that out of this diversity they may create a uni fied Africa which will make a great contribution to Africa and the rest of the world. Some people think this is a gigantic endeavor. Some think tiiat it will never be realized. There are others full of confi dence. They know that it will be realized even if they have to die in the process. And after tills passing, they are full of confidence that those who come after them will realize that this movement which is going in the direction of African freedom and unity does not carry with it any hWred toward other people of the world because we have un- deratood this ignorance and this lack of understanding and we wish to work in such a way that people may understand and over come these difficulties. It is said that it is easier to destroy than to create. The work of hatred is. easier to do than the work of love for lien. Thp^ is why we are confident here tnat the American people will take the extended hand of friendship that Africa offers and that to gether we may cooperate in shar ing a unified and better world for tomorrow. We have come to ask for noth ing. We come with a political aim. We have come to express to the American people and to the American government out wish for cooperation and we have seen that the same wish fof cooperation is shared by the American government and the American people. I should like to thank the mem bers of the faculty and the stu dents of this great institution of learning for the very warm, fraternal reception which we have received and the honor you have just done me. Among the various cereal grains, there are those which nave certain qualities of grain Which others do not have. Let us take a grain of rice or a pea nut. Let us say that I will pre pare myself a very nice dish of rice and say I also eat some of the peanuts. These things which I have eaten will certainly help me to live. But the portion of these two grains which I do not eat, I sow and the returns will be even greater because a single peanut will |ive birth to tens of others. A single grain of rice will ^ive birth to dozens of graiiu of riCe, which is to say that al though there are many men of goodwill, those who prepare; the spirit of youth have the great fortune of having the feeling that they will benefit from the qiulity of those who will carry on in the future. A man may take 10 or 20 years to build a bridge. If the bridge collapses and water carries it away, his work will nevertheless have ac complished something. But cul ture shall never cease. Culture not only permits man tp under stand himself but also to under stand other men. The University which frees the spirit of man by preparing men for total liberty and also teaches him to defend his liberty. W^ should like to especially address those men who are working for' the future of men through work they do for these young men and women in front of us. And as one says that the future belongs to youth, we should like that the African movement to ^eedom is under stood by them also. And if I may allow myself once again to express my appre ciation to the American govern ment for the invitation that it has extended to us, I should like to very particularly to thank the youth of America upon whom will depend the future and for whom we extend the bridge which we have thrown across the ocean^ which separates our two conti nents. That is why, even though you may forget our facial char acteristics, our dress, we should like for you to keep intact the friendship which will be the ba sis for futiure understanding and future cooperation and peace. Mr. President, I should like then to thank you most sincerely in the name of our delegation. hower-Nixon “let’s not he beast ly to the bear” approach. Or is '’there more to it? Until he develops his position more fully I think it would bf wise to withhold judgment on Rockefeller’s tactics. But his mpn- agers ought to kaew tb*e are many people besides ''local Republican politicians who have yet to make up their mind about Rockefeller. They would be hap py if something so important •• nuclear testing were regarded merely ai a political gimmick tor' UN.
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