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Ti£ €A|a|.tN4 TlMfi TmOH KNItiOUMr tATv NOV. H, 19H M4i TT CAVSP^ The Luther Hodges NonsMy About th« ouly qu»lificatiou Nocth Caro- hn.i’^ liovcnior L«th«r Hodg«“« li»s for wiy ittajt^r puhlit office is bis ttiiliuiU«l ainoiMit of «'ncr">'. His rc»ur« from his so-called industry- triy in Western Eurojx*, tosether with 67 nrtier North ('.iroJkin hiisiness and govern- ini'iU officials, will prohablj' take its place in hi:.lory niong' side of sucb weird tales as iHHivcr‘s Travels. The governor’s present l^^sition In not unlike that of a (juarterback on a fonthaH team vlu) throws a forward j>asft om hij own five-yard- line. If he succeeds in com- j.'.cting it for 25 or more^yards lie is labeled a hero and a smart field peneral who qualifies for the cajitaincy of his teain. If his fwward pass is iiiferce|)ted and his opjxjnent scores a toifrhdo\wi, he ii labeled a stnj)i»l jack»ss who quaiiUes for the bench. Frotji all appearances Governor Hodg«s is ’-unainjj for vice presiJent or some other ma jor public office. The European trip was timed tv.actly rif^it to place him in the limelight as a most worthy candidate for the vice iwesiden- cy or a prominent state office. If he misses the nomination Qf his party for the vice presi dency he probably will be glad to settle fqr a seat in the U. S. Senate. It will be recalled that lK)th the late J- Melvilie Broughton and the late Kerr Scot^ went on to the Senate after their terms of office had exj)ired as governor. .\s a last resort, Goverivor Hodges uould praL- bably like to.follow in their footsteps. As he has done on numerous other occasions when questioned al)eut race relations in North ciroh'na, Hodges made a complete flop at a luncheon in London when he said that "our North Carolin approach of moderation has oi>erated satisfactorily; several of our cities have voluntarily accepted Negro applicants to white schofjls altliough the vast majority pf the Negro children are voluntarily attending thtir own public schools.” A half-truth is always more vicious thgn a downright lie. Governor Hodges knows the only reason Negroes have not sought entrance into white public schools on a wider scale in Noiih Cv'olina is IjecauBe of the large aninuiit of fwndls inwilved in federal court action plus the itertMcioits I’earsall plaJi- He knows or should have known that all over the state Negroes .ir« dissatisfied and that wherever (Ijey have t»een able to do iw tJicy have sought reJief from tbeir conditMMi' in the federal courts. In each of tfae cities where token integration has been granted, Negroes have iit the fare of it filed suit (or additional integration. Ther.e suits hftve backing of not only Miosc itn- modiateiy involved in the action but every ro- speetaMc Ne^o in North Carolirta. P'or the governor to make statements to the effect that that Negroes faave voluntarily acct.pted North Carolina's ai^roach to the problem is a down right uotruth |ind misleading. iCovejrnoF Hedges and the other state lead ers need oot bury their heads in t^ sand in- ste^iid of facing up to the fact "Negro lead ers are not satisfied with ^le lot t)f their people in this slate and ^e determined that they will stop at notW/igk until they have achieved full citizenship. j Th« HMfe fact that Governor Hodges’ Euro pean trip inclu^d no Negro leaders or busi- ness'men among the 67 who'accompanied him is evidence 'that he is 25 years behind in his thinking:, and tiherefore does not consider the one niillion Nejroes of North Carolin-. worthy of representation in his so-called industry- hunting trip. North Carolina has several Ne gro busir\essnien that could have qualified for Hodges’ European trip. Hod he actually want ed to convey to the peopl# of Western Europe thii truth about racial conditions in North Carolina we are satisfied they could have dt)iie a better job than the governor who only knows and sees Negrcxes from t^jc ivory tower of the governor’s mansion,' We rather think that wiiat Hodges is after is the nomination for the yice presidency of the United States. If h! gets the call from hin i^arty he will be the first in history who evpf went to Ejirope to launch a campaign for a ptibHc office in the Unijjpd States. AW Am a THE B t(At£ lOMOlWMCf -ml ' Wliit s Nid Craotierry Crisis? WATCH ON Tflte i>OTOMAC The Negro Vote h iiie Keitpyiier^oria) Campaign Of all/^he possible candidates for gQv«Tn|or of Nort^ Carolina Terry Sanford at thlj» tiine aj)pea’S to be the one n)ost likely to fee«ive ^I'port from a majority of Negro voters, ^ny of VecaHed that Mf. Satifof4 w»« cb«ipaign manager for the late Seiiatof 5cott who probably had a grejiter fioUowjng Along Negro voters than any other gii|>eraa- torial dr senatoral candidates within tjie Ijist 25 years. Because of the love and admiratfon tbey hfd for Scott, both as a goveroof and senator~orf North Carolina, Sanford -f)ot fhid it hard to build a following among Negro Voters of the state. ^ Df course any candidate for a state office in ^rth Carolina at the present time wll| hfve IB wage an entirely different campaign to at- l«fact the Negro vote from that resorted to tflree or four decades ago. Since that time the 5Jegro Vote has grown considerably, and the I960 camjiaign will probably see the largest }jpgro vote cast since Reconstruction days. "Khis m^ns that in a close flection Ndjfro \«ters could be the deciding factor or the balance of power. Prior to the Brou^ton and Scott era, a ^jority of candidates for state offces pa^ UtU(f or no attention to the Negro vote. In fast tl^ny of them disdained the idea and. wou)d t»oaSt of the fact t^at they did not want the Support of Negro voters. Since that tini9 this picttire has changed considerably'antl witb thie emphasis that will be put op Negro voting In no sensible candidate would make the mistfilce of incurring their ill -will. Kegro leaders of the state will watch with mare than kee^ interest every move the pro spective candtdatee make from now until tbeir locmal announcements for will listen or read with more than ordinary in terest their speeches and statements on inihlic issues, especially those affecting them. The srrtart prospective candidate will follow the lead pf the late Governor and Senator Hrougli- totj and the late Governor and Senator Scott and ;^ek the counsel of Negro leaders as to how to attract and hold the Negro vote. Stiiitor Scott never told it but all of his “branch-head" boys were not white. When he tvtht into a political camjjaign he had already consulted the Vbranch-head” boys of both t^es. Hence he was successful in defeating tbt machine • in both his race for governor and senator. Ihe Proposed Durlmi CtpHy School Bond Issue County school officials of Durham have &St closed a mammoth school building program that includes the construction of two $1.2 mil lion high schools for the southwest and north east sections of the county. In addition a ntw $4d9,000 elementary school for the Lowe''ii Grove section is proposed. This, plus the ad dition o( classrooms, auditorium* and other facjlites, will bring the maximum cost up to nearly $5 million the funds, of course, to be rai^d through a special school bond election. Since county schoo] officials have made ab- sol^ely no move toward intergration, it will nut be h^rd to determine just where the Ne- gr« voter will stand in an electioa that je de signed to place on the taxpay^s an additional $5 millicm responsibility. Unless county school officials begin now to show some signs of PubUAed ever^ Saturday at DW^Mi. M, C by UnitMl Ip. L. E. AUSHN, ALnXT E. HART, ^"‘Yr~f tm fMUMMr M. E. JOHNSON, CootiyilUr PHaeipal Oflee located at 06 St Duituua. Nor*h Ciro^ ■Btawd ae WMod class matter at tke !!■« ft WiKiam. CsreUaa. %$ iM ' ■ Mtak 3. 1*7% KATKK: Kpo P0t 1G^ r$L ■rnnqi»iiow matu: ■fiummom officv MQ ■. HsdMt flt complying with the Supreme' Court’s decisions on- the questipn of segregation in public schools, we are afraid that it is going to be a hard mMter to exjilain ti Negro voters just why the) should vote for a bond issue that from all intents and purposes will further )>er- petuate segregation rather than abolish it. According to a survey of the county schools made by state officials in the fall of I9.S8, the total number of elementary and secondary classrooms needed in Durhara county at that time was thirty. The number of classrooms scheduled to be erected for the 1958-59 schoul ye»r was 27, leaving a shortage of classrooms to the county school system of only three. Therefore, the present prpposal of county ofiiciaJs to 80end nearly $5 million for school buildings appears to us to be in excess of the needs now or within a reasonable future lime. ^The Carolina Times is of the opinion that thi mi>«e county officials are now making to ftast a bond issue is designed soley for the purpose of perpetuating the status quo in the county schools system instead of integration. Until a better explanation is forthcoming from county school officials as to their ]>lans of complying with the law of the land regarxling MgMC^ted schools, this newspaper stands sol idly against the proposed school bond issue. Heretofore, we have advocated voting for pro gress and contending later for equal opportun ities. in this instance we reverse our stand and advocate getting a stateippnt of policy first aitd V^ipg for or against.the bond issue after wards. If I were a voter in 'Montana 1 Woi:ld be a Jittle worMM these days by the implications of a nc^wspaper story which appeared on November 8 in the New York Times. The story was routine enough. It announced that John W. Ma han, 36, a former national com mander of the Veterans of Fore ign Wars, will oppose Sen. James E. Murray, 83, in the state’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate nominaljon. It also said that Wayne Montgomery, 32, a ranchex. had announced his can didacy for the Republican nomi nation. Wliat'K^thers mo is the impli cation in the dispatch that Mur ray’s age automatically disquali fies him from seeking another term in the Senate. Or, eonver- rr that the age- of his two riv- ap necessarily means that they have the qualifications for the job. I intend no disparagement of cither Mr. Mahan or Mr. Montgo mery, neither of whom I know. Either may have the Ifnowledge, experience and talents to rtiake a splendid senator. What does in terest me is that the. battle in Montana apparently is J[]p.> l)e one of Age vs. Youth. ■ If the issue should^ thus be drawn the U.S. Senate may lose one of its ablest meitmeH. The nation would also be fh^ loser just as it was when S^.' George Norris was retired berause of ase; or when Sens. HeifBert Leh man and Ralph Flaifd^ took tliemselves out because' they SPIRITUAL INSIGHT Experience of the Man, Not Age, Is What Determines Mental Freshness could not stand the rigors of modern eamt>aigning. Murray of Montana is in the great liberal tradition. As chair man of the Senate Interior Com mittee he occupies a strategic position, especially important to Westerners because it is this committee which has so much to say about the development and disposition of our natural re sources. He is respected not only as a man and li^wmaker^i^I^ is re spected also for the enemies he has made. At the top of the list is the Power Lobby and all those other special interest lobbies which played so important a part in the natural resources “give nways” in the early years of the Eisenhower Administration. Back in 1954 Murray was a special target or Vice President Nixon who employed all the roughhousc tactics of the Mc Carthy era to defat him. But Mur ray survived and Nixon' now is anxious not to be reminded of the methods he used against this venerable man. ARE THE YOUNG ALWAYS LIBERAL?—Except in practical Politics I think it is frequently true that young people are full of ideas, eager to change the world, idealistic and unafraid of the future. But something hap pens tqo often when these same young people begin to run for public office. Thomas E. Dewey, in a way, was the classic example of the “young fogy." When he ran sn - '.Ihe World is Ever in Need of I IDedicafed, Christian Teachers By ROBERT Sf IVACK A hehihd-thejwienes controver sy between two public agencies is complicatift ^ cranberry sit- T;he DepaitD)cAt gi A0- cultuit b(M encwaw ^ of eantrov«^4 jwoddkiUer affUoairiazole. Hi tM|>nuaeiided tlie poisonous ooqipd^pd as Uic best weapon against • comben> weeda The Food and Drug Ad- minLs^ation, on the other hand, is endeavoring to enfotre strictly the ne«r Mllkr Amendment to the Pood and Drug Act which calls for a zero tolet'ance on pes ticide chemicals until they arc proven Harmless. Secretary FUmming’s action warning tbe public not to eat cranberries was a bitter blow for the tiietKirtihent of Agriculture, it cost fistension Agents serious of facf Iti the cranberry re- ^Dos. Utifdrtuiiately, Uifc Dfpart- meat of ib|ricuUure Is now in the position oi placing profit coasWaMMw shoVs public he>l|i. Tlie -CEaoberty growers to«|c ’jD gamble • gsmble cott- do^ b|r (he 17«p4rtmcat of AirtftuUm'f and aow the Dt- U 'Q^Ugi^ to liel|^ theiti Bitfk JU0 pieeel. tb predict that tiisre will be liufs confUiMa between these t«p fovermtwiit ageacies. Several iMrmlsbes bays ateea^y opoMiaii Mst yeilr the d^art- nteat large areas «f Geoisia Alabama from the air with fUaldrin and heptachlor in a ca^ipaign to 'control or endicate [the imported (ire ant. At ^e tioM and since, there were loud oulcries fronJ wildlife aoO concervaiion groups. Large num- hCiS of dead birds and animals Ntfrc collqctfid >a the sprayed «rea8. Jurt last weak, the Pood aad Drug Administration report ed that heptachlor — the ch^pi^- csl that was sprayed from the air o^cr tliousands of square miles — froms a dangerous de rivative on crops treated with it. According to a UPl dispatch, ttrf new FDA order "partically elim inates” the use of heptachlor on food crops. There is t.cmendous pressure from farmers and their spokes men to develop poisons that wjH be capable of keeping crops' 100 per cent free of harmful insects. Since insecis have shown thht they can become immune to many poisons in only a few years, the chemical companies Oiust produce new materials of greater and greater potencj(. Farmers are so anxious to get the new materials that with the encouragement of the Depart- ment of Agriculture — they Uke chances that a decade aflo would be considered foolhardy. While farmers are using more powerful chemicals in more ways, the Food and Drug Administration is following iU order froai Con gress to keep our food Vupply more free ot poisons. The- two agencies, therefore, ’are working toward opposite goals, and the cranberry CTisis of November, 1950, is likely to be duplicated In years to come wilh diffeceftt plants and different poisons. ' HEALTH HINTS against Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dewey’s rigidity and Iqck of hu mor, made him an easy mark for the self-assured, poised man in The White House. Another young man who burn ed himself out was the late Sen. Rush Holt of West Virginia. He reached the senate at the age of 29, had to wait six months be fore he could take his seat, and when he finally made it bis short career was a parody ot all tin hopes vo^;^ by h^suppot^eOk Uo was 4lni{ily an 1‘aginer” and of his publk speech it was one* said: “He unloosed a harangue reminiscent of the late Huey Long on one of his off-days.” It would not, on the other hand, be difficult to draw up a list of “old men” in the Senate who hfli/A grown rigid, i««* *ni^^ with modern problems and been too lame to attend to their duties. But the point is that it is THE MAN, not his age, that should be the determining factor. During the McCarthy era all the young men and the middle- aged men in the Senate were silent. It was an old man, Flan ders of Vermont, who finally set the machinery in motion against the Wisconsin wtnd-bag. Speaking as a fairly young man myself (age; 44) I thin|c voters these days want to 'knotr what a man stands for and with whom he sta^s, not merely that a candidate is young and amW- tious. Against this background the primary in Montana assumes special significance. •y BLDH L, BKOWN, D.d YOU* FIET, '^here is nothing which so visi bly iffects a human as painful feef. They affect the nerves, dis position, ^nd looks. foot troubles may contribute to Incorrect posture and may also be the results of poorly fitted shoes. But those people who can never get shoes to fit them usu ally ji^ye some spinal maladjust ment which may be affected by a pedal abnormality, whieh in turn affects their walking. Many shoe stores have learned to inform customers who can never be fitt ed properly to seek chiropractic advice and -treatment. Women are subject to foot trouble more than men. They wear shoes with higb> stilt-like heels. These tip the sacrum for ward and out/of balance and pro mote spinal distortions. They de velop foot troubles, and because the spinal distortion the high heels create is often ignored, many develop other physical dif ficulties, in addition to foot ills. rians'Plight Said Sad One - By REV. HAROLD ROLAND 'V Carolina Times “1 have just come from the frontier visiting the encamp ments there while cannon were boomine op the Algerian aide of the border, The condition of the people is so pitiful that I can. find no words to tell you . . . Many wlH surety dir:" . We have just received this re- 06rt of the desperate need ot Algerian refugees in Tunisia frotti our representative In Tu nis. Ihe and other Quaker field vorkkrs, long acquainted with shoek of refugee conditions, de- KHbe 4he Algerians’ nfeed as perhaps the gravest they have ever seen. Many of the 260,^00 homeless persons face the com- ih| wlniir without certainty of survivsL The p^ifht of these refugees («ho already njimber more than thi Hungarian I refugees during their crisis) is ilrtually unknown t« the American public. I We are deeply concerned for the lives • ot these suffering people most of them «^omen and children. In response we have launched a $500|000 relief program. Eight ^shipm'lnts clothing, beddiAg, and drugs have already gone to Tunisia an^ Morocco. Further material aid will be sent as rapidly as it be comes available. Staff are in the field organizing special relief ser vices, including self-help sewing canters in refugee camps. l^hile this work is progressing) messages of utmost urgency are appealing specifically for blan kets. With the swift approach of winter a contribution of a new or used blanket, or money for their purchase, will almost cer tainly make the difference b^ twcca life or death for a hontf> less refugee on the Algerian bor der. Gifts may be sent to the AFSC Clothing Center, 1818 S. Main Street, High Point, N., C. We are prepared to ship up to 100,000 blankets as quickly as we can collect them. We beseech the American press and the American public to sup port this intensified effort to save lives. Wilton E. Hartzler Executive Secretary American Friends Ser vice Committee Urges Devekpient of Minds to "Some came and wai^ta^ehing th« brethren ..." AfcaVtl. Tho .great truths of salvatioh must be taught. Thi^. we are ever in need of Christian teach ers. A crying need of the Chris tian Church is trained,‘*^|igecrat- ed persons to teach tife' life-giv ing truths of the rf|iglon of Jesus. A great teacbf^ in any fmporlant line is a great and rare gift. And a great teacher of the truths of the gospel is doubly im portant. Christian teachings have to do with the salvation of the soul and its eternal desUny. This is serious business, and is not, therefore, to be taken lightly. Teaching is' indispensable to the mission of tiie Church, so “some came and were teaching the brethren . . ” Tlie effective Christian teach- ,er must be one Who has ^peri> enced the redeeming love of God in Christ Jesus. A Christian teacher must know Jesus as a Saving Power in his soul. If you would truly and really tell others about the saving power of Christ, you must know this power per sonally'. So, one ot the great, noble and often unappreciated groups in the chureb now is that great crowd which comes into our churches Sunday after Sunday to teach the word of God. They come, God bless them, in the sunshine and in the rain. They are found generally at their posts of duty in the summer and in the winter. Hiese teachers of the word of God preform a great ser vice for the mission of the church. The effective Christian teacher must be a santified person. What is a sanctified person? A sancti fied person is one who is set apart through the gift of the Holjr Spirit for the services of God. Punctuality and faithfulness are wonderful qualities, but the spirit of God is indispensable for the Christian teachei. Great mental gifts are all well and good, but the spirit of God is most impor tant U is wonderful for the teach er to be skilled in the delicata art of human relations—getting along with people—but there is no sub stitute for the Holy Spirit to sanc tify and really make a noble teacher. The idea is that only God can make a true teacher Of the Word. God, working through His Holy Spirit, must prepare s teacher of the Word of God. The really effective teacher of the Word must be a winner of lost souls for Christ. The ulti mate aim of Biblical teaching Is to save souls and lead buinan beings into lives of righteousness. The rffective teacher of tiie Word of. God must shoot for this impor tant goal. So, when teachers gat ready to assess the success of their Because “Negro” jote have gone out of existence,” students at North Carolina College have been challenged to develop tbeir minds to the extent they can compete on a basis ot intellectual equality for Jobs ot the “new day.’’ Former West Virginia State Col lege President John W. Davis de livered the challenge Monday in a forum speech. “Enjoy life,” Dr. Davis said, but, g AFSSC MEMBERS he added, “Remember that your ■m.r ^ ^ central purpose in coming to col- TO VIqIT N. G. C. lege should be to davelop your nunds so that you can compete equally in this challenging and changing new world.” ,"Negro jobs“ have virtually dis appeared he said. “If some one else has not taken the job, then the Job went out of existence with the changing world. “You have got lo get ready, and you had better begm to think now In terms of which way you are going to go” “It will take brains to survive in this changing world.” 0 work as teachcrs, they may ask themSelves ~e e r t a I n questions: hew nuny souls have 1 led to Christ and newness of lUet; how many have I balped to find Ihe spiritual resources of better Uv- inf Its revealed in the blessed tescliings of the Vford of God? &emeo>b«l' the blessed signifi cance of the work of a God-sanc tified teacher of truth. Three representatives of the American Friends Service Commit tee (AFSC) will visit North Caro lina College November 22^4. Robert Hyatt will address the Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. in tbe Commerce Building on Sunday, November 2?. Miss Ann Queen will deliver a vesper sermon at 3:00 p.m. Sunday and Max Heirich will talk to the upperclassmen's, as sembly in Duke Auditorium at 10:30 a.m. on November 23; Heirich will be available for special class sessions on Monday ind Tuesday. '
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