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'iiM ?il CAROLINA TIME! MAY «. mi nMI TRUTH UNMIDklD** WpmCEM or THE WORLt>*S WOE lojiiBlitoticns for 1^# and iumbeHon The Caroliitt Times congratulates the citi-« •£ Raleigh Lumberton for having joined the i«nks of these having Negro representation \>n the City Council or Board of Aldermen. The successful Xegro candidates of both cities arc the first of their face to win out in a city eU’Ction and are to be commended for having had the courage to allow their names to be placed before the cititens of their respective cities for public office. We also. extend con gratulations to the Xegro candidate of Hills boro. .Mthough iie did not get elected, he made a good run for a first try and gavi- evi dence that it is }>ossible to elect a niembiT of his race to the town's governiiVg board. It is our opinion that the election of Xcjjro candidates to the governing boards of Raleigh and Lumberton and the fine run made by the one in Hillsboro is evidence that a new lead- ship is beginning to assert itself among Negro citizens of the state. Especially is this en couraging for Raleigh and I.iniiberton, both of which are considered in the eastern part ot the state. Raleigh has made repeated tries to elect a Xegro to the City Council over the past fcverti years but just could not seem quite able to make the gr?de. tMt has Xcgrt' representation a better understand-^ ing of certain racial problems confronting ijs^, citizens should be forthcoming. We trust the successes of the candidates in Raleigh and Lumberton will encourage others of the race to allow their names to be en- tered in future |H)litical campaigns for public oflice. not only for i>osts in the city govern ment but the state and national governftients as well. When it is considered fhat no Negro has b'een a member of the General Assembly of the state for approximately three quarters of a century, all fairminded persons will have to agree that it is time for the race to have a new birth of freedom in North Carolina. .\s the old type of Xegro leadership steps off the scene, we sincerely trust that the large number of up and coming young Negro citizens will not only register and Vote but will bccome interested in public office to the 'extent that they will offer their names as candidates, l^t it never be said again that for the lack, of caadidates for public*x)ffice Ne groes in North Carolina are victims of taxa tion without representation. The NAACP Membership Drive For 1961 The annua! membership campaign of the Purham branch of the National Aoscciation for the Advancement of Colored People, nov; .being waged, merits the full support of every worthwhile organization and individual of the Negro community. While one'hundred per cent N.A.^CP membership of a city- the size of Durham will probably not be realized in the present campaign, it is a goal to be sought. In fact we are of the opinion that if property approached no self respecting Negro citizen of Durham will refuse membership in the organization. This newspaper has been informed that a door-to-door canvass of every Negro home in Durham is being planned in the present membership effort. If it is launched, we trust that the occupants of each home will receive the solicitors with courtesy and listen to their pleas for memberships. Certainly, no Negro who is aware of the great work the NAACP has done in thp field of Civil rights can afford not to have at least a $2.00 mem bership in the organization. ,1. p. F^ndft^urg, \t;ho is Again heading that the campaign she ild not be closed iintii a minimum of 5,000 pticons has been securtd .IS members. Certainly Durham. tajces the lead in home ownership, business and voting should' not take a second place in NAACP membership.^. W'e urge our ministers .and church officials to devote jus? a few minutes of the Sunday morning scrvice for an appeal to their con gregations' to join the N.AACP, an organiza tion that is making it pos.sible for members of the race to enjoy many of the advantages which are enjoyed by other .\merican citi zens. We urge the heads of our fraternities, clubs and other organized groupsi to insist & iniEII TO THE EDITOR All i^ttomcy •ii»r«Kvf on IncivatM N««r« P«r*Mn«t In F«4Wat ^9«nciM Hon. Rob«il F. Kenn^ 'Ebe Attortdiy |9^r4l ' Of .)ie .. Uiiited Sta^ ,«f America Wk8hili«ton.'4S, D. C. Dear Sir: 'I have ref|*tly teiigiied as an AiBistant Uilkad States Attotney far the Eastwn Distriet of K«w York after serving in both Civil and Ciittinal Divisians le^ mere than^ seven years. TldS letter is written request ing tha you use your good offices to obtain inereasad Negro Per- 8nn«l 4n Fe4eral Investigative Agenciet u Investigatars ;and/or Aflatitf. Hay I rn/spect(u||y sub mit the f6ltowing proptraals; «• ('Difl'MlM qualified Ne- gico in appreciable numben )n Federal investigative Ag6Bdes, should be made estab lished p^ey. .• 2 .Toe Agendas should be uri^ed to obtain Non’o Personnel by raeruiilng qualified and dedi- cat«d intJiyi^lMls from Colleges th^ufihoi|t t)ta aowit^. j* V«d«rtil I^TeMigative Agen- ei^ shotM b4 tit>fadi to place qualified Negro InMstigitlve Agents throughout the entire United States. These recommendatiuris are based on the tollowinfi: • The need to provide equal opportunity for Negroes in Fed eral Investigative AgeViciea. • The pre.scnt'lack of an ap preciable numbed of Negro In vestigative Personnel, in Jederal Agencies. • The large number of Negro Defendants apprehended by Fed eral Investigative Ageni'^s, might, with greater understanding be interrogated and handled by Ne gro Investigative Personnel. • The benefits to the Federal Agencies which will result from the hiring of skilled and quali fied Negro Investigative Person nel. The above information is based upon my experience as an Assist ant United States Attorney, and an observation of the acutn shortage of Ne'?ro Investigative Personnel. I trust that these rec ommendations may prove to b" of value to you and yonr Admin istration. Respectfuly yours. Henry Bramwell SPttimJAHNSIGft; By REV. HAROLD ROLAND Nonvioleflce On a N.O. Picket Line Oriiy The True Sovereign>(^d Will Sustain Men in Every Crisis "Tha 9HNt caunt for nathiqg . . tha Biay even ba d*pa*ad." Acts This goddess failed and jtell. This is a symbol of thte fati| of that each nicmbei,become connected with the ' all false deities in whoi# men NAAicr. A stronger national NAACP means a strong- e;" voice for the freedom of all people in our own country. With world conditions as they are now it is of vital importance for the. peo ple of all nations to know that Arrterica has no rights for one group of people that a»e not extended to all its 'If'th^forf,'be- put their trust; We have iiee(i false gods fail and fall W our own time. MiUions have ptA-Aeit hopes in such gods. Ai|d What were the resulttf The falsie gods let them down. 1J» hopBS chored in false gom w " tered.. Utis has hi history of blind nwft thi Uafor^nfliiy, *tl eif shat' the;, tragic irtu 'V is a dramatic illustration of the ■ failure and fall of false gods. Why pursue false gods when they lead only to faiure. Why follow them;when they lead to a dead of. enfiptiness and futility? -The gods of race let some down. The gods of militarism led others to heart-rending juin. The gods qf wealth and their attendant l^ts of pleasure have led others to their tearful, sinful downfall. Let us be safe and build on 'Christ Jesus and the God of sov> ereign, eternal power. He is de pendable. This God is the ulti mate soure of all power. In the power of this God—the true God —you can say with the Psalmist, “l^is God is oUr God and will be our God forever and ever.” This God will never iail nor let you down. We can never go wrong in jfiv- ing ourselves to the God who is the Creator and sustainer of. all things. th» kcal fwipfcership dHve, is anxious for ^ comes tjhe patriotic d,uty '^9f;_^ach ,A>pjerjfp H Durham to a( least double its achievement of' citizen to support the one organization that IndkiduliM doi(n by thaaei Wf |j«t* seen so many;.p^tlM|iifi in last y^ar'V'hen a total of over 1,500 persons took mfioberships. The Carolina Times feels is doing most to i«eep the tqcch of democracy burning in this country. If The President Means Business our own timei ayflf^exiiAtiaacys. We have seen,those have Ch^ng image of Negro is Theme OfNew YorkCity Meeting for UNCF Tht request made to labor leaders of this country Wednesday bjf Pre.sident Kennedy to end aniop restrictions that discriminate against Negoes. may be expected to meet > Veiled arid unveiled oppostion. Behind the stenel there will be-much shuffling of cards top labor Kiaders, especially in the South, make a liut ditch stand to keep Negroes from becoming eihployed in skilled jobs in "’Jjere the big money is made. Of pse there have been no signs on the doors . thotie |onnd on. segregated rest rooms i fffljla'are no^ to fcif |oy«a ^ a^iried* ^obs; Lal^ ^retary .Arthur J. Goldberg sa^-s “the pre^de^t means business.” If he does add he ^ al>l|p-to open the doors to certain that have'eonsistently baired ittpun mean an economic ;boon as a boom.tj^ thjB- S^uth. Tfa keep t|ife Ke- Ifio in economic iM>nd^gc the southern ^ lead- «ri in industry have been cutting off thVir own noses to spite their faces by preventing Negro«s from earning the kind of salaries that will make them an asset rather than a lia bility to the southern economy. Tlw C^olina Ti^es has definite informa tion thatone of the nation’s largest industries, ■locatad ia.oae of the state's largest cities, has , NEW YOi|K — “The Changing and currently a*Student at Yale given themselves'the godl ^^fjlntage of the Negro” was discussed University Law School, wealth. Then godj jbavt a sociologist, a student and a Dr. Buell G. Gallagher, president failed them. • These godi naVe ' tiouthern editor at a meeting of of the City Ccrflege of New York tham atnpty.^saa^ tha-United -Negro GoHege Fund recently appolnted chancellor, Jhere w^re thlh^ and huigirs hare \yednesday evening, April 26. California State Colleges, chaired that the gods ccilQd ^nqt Aatis^. ^ The malting was sponsored by the meeting, employment of Negroes in its plant on the As yas true with thfe god*8 A-^ the Cbllegi. Fund’s New York City * t«mus, wie find toQ 1»^ th*t f^^ Woin«n’f Committee as part of McGill described the views gods count for hqtl^g. We h'e|t ukcF’s canipaign activities in the southerners toward th^m speaking the’truth of hi|-' New ,%>rk ;ajjea. Negro today. He said, “As the tory and humane*t«ri«Jpf.J‘Tlk fhe.jpeakers'were; Ralph Me- southerner secs the imige gi^at! goddesi ^ay eouiit ..f^;bill, Mitzer prize-winning editor Negro changing, he sodden- Inothing.” They'f^iulUy ^d 4fp to ai^ publisher of The Atlanta Con- realizes his own image also is the illusion ^ nothingness, - stitirtien; br! Whitney M. Young, changing. And he finds this is a Natifins, l^i a perildus l^lind^'J|-., deatt of the Atlanta Univer- ''®*'y disturbing thought.” nirey have rested; ^ieir h^ on sity School of Social Work and Mr. McGill added, “The Negro the National college students have contributed Ifarian Wtigbt, more to changing fhese ^ASes than any other single iroup.' objected strenuously to ^the discrirninatory policy endorsed by that 'city's Chaifiber of Commerce, which objects strenuously to the ba.sjs of merit. Organized labor; southern chambers of commerce, merchants associations and other organizations that have to do with etnploy- ment policies have knowiiigly forged an un holy alliance to forever keep Negroes at the very bottorti of the economic ladder in this 1. i i- I , |ounttv. When local, state or njitiopal lead- gp^te.that led-ifljem tn etnp^ness director-deeignate «f tl dirigf?rddbd(ife*t«are qS/sr tltersa^?|^e^|wh fr-if T ~ faces the Negro wdrK^f; they i tifvry Saturday at Durham, N. C. ai^2B13 and 681-8912 br United Publishers, Inc. L. C. AUSTIN, Publisher Mcond dass nutter at the Post Office tt Doriiaa, North Carolina, ynder tha Act of March 9. 1879 North Caroina Friacipal OCet located at 436 E. Pettigrew St. u. r TOHNSON, CoptroUer SAIliS: $4i00 FEB YEAR IlmntU ^ Mt be responsible for the re- iNlt^ographs and articles. It cah- tt* poMication at tacb (insoUcited a well organized, well planried pfocedtjre; :i ^ ' , •, u -• ' i. cortjtents of a We trust the president means business. . ■ • . If he does and is successful in abolishing the discriminatory practices of organized laboi and other organizations, it will mean tht greatest bl'essing the South has fexperienced since the aboli«hment of slavery, nftt'oijly 'lo the Negro but to the poor whites as well. Learning to l^ead li I were suddenly asked what subjects a youngster should try to master, my quick answer would be: reading and writing. Without ability to read .easily and with coniprehensiim, where can one go or get? W'ithout ability to compose one’s thought, how can one communicate? . ' .Somewhere along the line in my lifetime, reading and writing, as primary and funda mental subjects, were belittled and djor.-n- graded. How this happened don’t know, but I do know that the consequence is shocking to our foremost educators, including Dr. James P. Conant, former president of IJaryard. ' The^ assumption today among far too many parents and school superintendents seems to i be that the abilit yto read and write comes naturally, like berathing. Ane needs onl yto look around to perceiye the fallacy of such shallow thinkit^. Seated j at desks in offices across the land aw thou- ^ itt ys|ieti» an ' ''•hi' f*' "They are stuck with mediocre jobs and fheir is stuck with then). ;ftrfde . .i ‘ir „. " ■ ' ■ _ ■ -Selectfd SMfd Know GJLPII ..Jlcil^'ANOWINtCROF'mE , /HE VWS WORLD- nn*- R^OUjS raRNIS PORmm’ALOFTNE Wtoor ELOREOOE PARI^ N.Jj mmt ’5f / Continental Fcaivu’vf. (CoKMt SrnHerd—* whit# 17 y**f ^ sophomor* at SopM^ Nvwcodiiti CoIlH** was arrMlvd on Hm S4mt picfcot iln* two days aftor this ^oio .wfes writton. Mm wM charytd «(Mi "olMtruct* Ing trsHIc" irncl Is owt on $I|0M ball.) I I On Saturday, April IB, about noon, I was picketing close to the outside edge of the sidewalk in front of IfcCrory’s on Canal Street when a white lady about BO years of gge, stopped and asked me if I was a member of “that nigger” organisation (i.e. CORE). I answered, “Yes ma’am” and continued waking. She fol lowed close beside and at times behind me for about three lengths of the store, shouting questions and accusations at me. I remem ber her asking tne U I knew what I was doiac, and'if I knew what Jaiaa,'' Chinla, SuUa and Cuba w^re^oing. ^ My f^jlial to answer must have anQo^red^ber. because, she began shovii^ an^ pulhing m«. She ttied tp kii9ek >ny s|gn down, but I llft^ It, up a|ain and tried to keep talking. Then she pushed me ag^iiist a parkied ear, kicked Ut >pe tiritiilnd the shoul- dafa and b«dy "witii her purse artd b^ hands. IJijiB time I relin- quj^,8if ^1^. SHe put it on, tpe roo^ ef.,tH[e ,(:ar and before I cojild i^ain ntV balance, she beit^ piiship^ jiM hiUing me agAML ".Ml" the ^tiiiie she was scMfiJliiiig insflHil 4t me. JWnitp siife rtaitcad she w«s not makiiil hitich hWitay, she took the 4gn f|r«nt aU^ the car and, rUshidl ’latd the stt'eet,^she thre'w it'in ironl of a moving car. The cat st«M^ and' the bewildered drived kat' out. ptiriag this time the 1A« hM ll>icUy and prudent ly; towa the I^M#e coul4 ifet^cvl^oh tl f!iiiu«ie>'*f actian, hiit .pty picket ntete, Pat Sjotfth)! tbW me tb take h^ sign wl^U'SkeVrecov^ed aihie. iShe dM 4P> aw^we MntiaMisd picket- IM.' cirwwd. t, had fon;i^ .‘)o‘Watchj the incident dispflheii^'^nd the traffic cleared. No 0^0 in.^ eco«vd, had offer ed ..aaii^nee to tjhe lady or .to us, ‘probably because the action YaWtJIalk By MAKCtiS,H. •OULWAftI of the word “conclave”?—Mrs. Question: What is the origin L. p. Answer; We use the word to indicate any type of private meeting. The word, literally, metns “ a looked room” from cbn, “with,” ai^ clavis, “key.” In 1820, the populace, incensed over a delay of nearly three years in electing, a successor to the Pope, locked the Cardinals in the Epis copal palace and kfpt them there in seclusion until they came to a decision. Our firaterniUes and sororities nuke use of this word frequetly today. 'fUlflW iBAMKiiLat-as note the^gin of the word “baok." The humble tWtPBlc w.oi^ banc, aaan^ng ‘a 'l(e«chi'’ VMiithe oricin of our word “bank.",lt IMS adopMl in Italian as bsnca, to,describe a jmiim irn^t tbt fon- had taken place so quickly. The incident must not have taken over three or four minutes. I had first picketed only a^. week b«fore and, although I h.nd be«>n hit on one occasion and had taken many insults and accu!a- tions. I had not vpt had a chance to annlv the t»>chniaiie of non violence. I had hfard mnch about it and thon^ht it would be vrrv difficult to bp nonviolent in such ' a situation. Howovf>r, all I had time to think ahnut was keepins; on my feet and k^oninf! my arms down. I had no time to strike hark, either in aneer or in self- defense. I was hclP'''d bv the knowelde»’p that mv Dick^t rfiatn Pat was with me and would rnme to mv a.ssistanc". in a nonviol»'nt wav, if nerefiSBrv. I hnno th.^t the neoole in the crowd were nf- focted in .snmp wa^ hv th'> sif’ht nf a nonviolent CORE member bein'* rouehed-un bv a screamini?, nearlv hv«terieal woman of the tvn« familiarised to the i entim pountrv bv the TV covei^pgp nf the s^'honl desecrreffatinn crisis here. Fortunately, her blows wen mostl.v ineffectual and T was able to continue picketing that after noon. Least und/^rstandable part of the epi.sode was the behavior of the police. A policeman awl a policewoman were stationed across the street, apparently to direct traffic. It is difficult to believe that they did not notice the activity on the opposie side walk. However, whether th.“y saw the incident or mt, they failed to investigate, even aft'^r they, had been informed of it about fifteen minutes later by Bob Hel ler, another CORE member Lat er in the day, I was routinely questioned by a policemen about picketing. This was not a re.sult •of tlie incident; th4i police de partment questions all pickets nearly every day. This policeman asked me if I was awar? of the regulations concerning picketing —do not stop walking, do not speak to anyone, and do not mo lest anyone. He then stated the ironic remark that if we obeyed these regulations, “the police de partment would be right with us all the way.” runner of modern banking. When these benches broke, they were banca rotta — in French, banque route—resulting in our word bankrupt. READERS For my free pamphlet on panel discussion, send a self-addressed long business envelope and two stamps to Dr. Marcus H, Boul- ware, Florida A. and M. Univer sity, Box 156, Tallahassee, Fla. All ^hlnga ate poaalhla foi klm thM helieveth. —(Ma^ •:23). When you follow the per fect Chriat pattern for living, you naturally overcome thlnga that herotofore you have thought of aa obstacles. Yoh overcome thoughts of ill- boalth, poverty, disorder, in- harmony and.injuatice.
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