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Tfit CAff ecriv/c Tf M ^1 lA>4ATURDAy. NOVIMlllt 11, 1H1 II DURR ' —"Hfc liw BqmI liL': DieiSfVI LIADERIHIP %V THI PIDIUL tOV.IRNMINT WILL INPOHeS THI LAWI \W thittif th«'stinffiBi* defeat which thfe vot> «ri! of North Carolina administered the 1C bond i&MJC proposals on last Tuesday was not as juch. a repudiation of Governor Terry San ford’* effort to push this state to the forefront in its •dticational. indnstrial. health, agricaltu- ral and other developinents. We rather think the d*f#»t can be aitributed to three basic re«»ons, ■amely the food lax. ignorance on the part of the voting masses as to the actual aec4« of the state and race prejmiice. 0 conrs*. there are several small segments of th« population that opposed tlie program for vSirious and sundry' reasons. It so happens tlwt ever\’ in«lividiial in this Mate has to eat. Whether he eats to live or liv«e to eat is irrelevant. One things is certain; a he lives he must eat. When a seemingly unnecessary hardship is placed on the ways and means by which one eats, namely the Afcod tax. resentment follows. That resentment, think, was truthfully expressed by a large segment of voters on last Tuesday. There is another segment of voters composed of those who are downright ignoraat. .‘^uch i>ersons are not fully informed on .such matters and fs^ues as to the cost of education, industry and other improvements that the state must have if it is to keep abreast of other progres- sivf commonwealths of the nation. There is the third and last main segment whose members are so steeped in race pre judice or hatred that they will resort to any ineans or methods to inflict injury on the y«gro. The sentiment of this group was well OKpressed on the morning of the election in a letter to the editor of the Durham Morning ^(rald by a Mr. M. W, Dihvorth of Raleigh, ^id he, In part; ''On* of the State afficiak concerned with Ml Stitt in# tBtm a Stm wmkt ago ilr Hkc^illjr integrated. :4 Ip* HtciiUy intergrated. iote)pat/ed, 9^ UH#«I am *■ 1^% NfliMMa, be- g«> t» thatn. iUNih iiieiii. over IMlUiUhulitiaeoc of clo«. to YoU alraiiut Sanford’s t /li^thor w# \fotUd like t]o admit it or not, this igrioram^ jinri Hate-infested human re- presertt*- rh^ tHlpkltig of a large segment of white people ill Nbrth Carolina. These people, while taxint; Xejfroes the satne as others for the !of. |)Rl'ks. schools an(| other adVaiitajtts. rtbtty thtm the efjual beqe- fits th^ref^rll^ Tjiej- ho^)e by some means to hold back the ilood tide of freedimi that is sweeping the ftarth. To these-fanatics segrega tion is ait olifiitifiioD. a rtligion and a way of life Ni. ttianitaihed at all costs. They see ljul cannot tead the handwriting on the wall, ' i We salut^ the Negro voters of North C;>ro- Una, a majority of whott) voted for the bond issues. They went to the polls on Tuesday with theif eyts wirt^ open iand fully aware that the state had not always been fair to them in job op])ortunities. school facilities and other areas. That they cr)uld restrain the selfish desire to hold back the full benefits which the bond issues would have brought to others is commendable. Their patience and forebearance with the present and their faith in the ftittii^e are things that are most beauti ful to behold. Dr. George and the ^ ef Mm Sensible people of Xorth Carolina *)rere treated last week to the joke of the yeaf when an announcement was made in the pub lic press that the state of .Alabama had em ployed a retired professor of the University of Xbrth Carolina and appropriated several thousand dollars to have him do a study to prove that the white race is intellectually s&perior to the Negro race. The only deplor able thing about the whole matter is that tb( person employed is an educated man who exposed to intelligent and intellect ual pe«ple for a majority of the 72 year# e| liis life. , The entire project sounded so asinine that pf. Weslej- Critz George, who is doing the fttidy, quickly denied that it involved a search imt: taeial inferiority of the Negro. Dr. George. Irlie is an avowed segregationist and a mem- of the executive committee of tHe Patriots pi North Carolina—a pro-segregationist or- g:ainikation—says that his study is even broal- ^ ihtm the “genetic aspect of the problem.’’ Sttid hfc “I am stu«Jying the biology of the t^e problem from a scientific j>oint of view. is a study of the life of sciences which takts into consideration the intellectual ques tion." Negro leaders questioned about the project this week took the whole matter in stride and viewed it as typical of the thinking that goes oh in a deep southern state. The only clement of surprise wag- evidenced in the fact that there could be found in the state of North Carolina a ^highly educated person who woflid participate i(i such a stupid venture or undertaking^ Theif suittniation or version oi man . of Alabama in- raising an i«vUe tha,t was settled by scientists as far back as the early part of thfe 19th century. \Vhen and rf Dr, Georgjr's study is ever made public, it will be no surprise to intelli gent Negroes of this state if he finds what the state of .Alabama, wants him to find. Dr. tlijr pr^ectrjrna from piit^’.for an old in'' his seirjimy to disgus^ the state Rape Deatti Pena^ For Mf CAWTH m LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ' ’ Man Rat Out or^ Issk SPIRITUAL INSIGHT By REV. HAROLD ROl.AND Daily Service to God Lifts Life From the Tedium and Boredom (^orge might even discover that Negroes don't need ’shelters to protect them from fallout and destructi(7^ cawsM by testing of nuclear weapons. We label thi retired 7i-year-ol(l ])ro- fessor thfe nifinher one clown of the year and the peoplfe of .Allabama the nation’s biggest dupes fgr allowinfr |t^^e officials to waste their monfey in stich-i^ fdolish manner. "For my p«rt I am re«Jy fo dit for the Lord Jcjui." Act* 21.13- What is nobler than a Holy Resolve to follow Jesus all the way? Here we have the true thrill of a lifetime. This sounds strange in a time when human beings, bored by living humdrum empty lives, go out in search for a thrill. Many are seeking thrills In pills. Yes, there is a mad rush and search for thrills. >■ Who can blame human beings for wantln" to escape boredom of dead-end and meaningless liv ing. Such living is unbefitting man, the masterpiece of God’s creation. Paul was rescued from the boredom of his shameful past by Jesus at high-noon one day on the highway. In the company of Jesus. Paul's life became a most thrillins adventure?. And now in thp face of daneer he can sav: “I AM READV TO GO ALL THE way:" ^ Jesus offers a life tif thrill in'; advonturo. In Jesus’yHu find thrillin« adventure wi^h the highest and noblest In God’s creation. Where can yiti in all history find a life of motfe thrill ing adventure than th^f’of the Apostle Paul? A true life in Christ calls for courage and dar ing of the highest order. In Christ you go with no army possessing weapons of destruc tion. In Christ you go without a navy or an air force. In Christ you go without wealth and its worldly power. In Christ you go as a soul saved- and redeemed by the Grace of God Almighty. You po with God's gift of the Holy Spirit. In Christ you go armed with the weapon of prayer, love, forgiveness, and the matchless peace of God. Jesui vedeemg and calls us to a thrilling dramatic adventure. Hear Jesus’ call to a thrilling life and escape that'misery and boredom in which you find your self. Self and sin mean boredom and misery. These two lead men to confusion. Jesus calls jwu to escape your boredom. How can it be done? You ask 'wttlr “Wi'odemus—“HOW CAN THESE THINGS BE?” Jesus calls you to the thrill of adventure- .some living through the new birth and holy consecration. You can escape by walking with Jesus in the way of love and service. One of my good friends is At J^Ionrofe last week an all-white jury de liberated onW 15 minutes and rendered a ver- dic^^ot guilty against a Negro on a charge oi a white woman. This week at Charlotte, Uol«d in the adjoining county and only about 21 mUcs from Monroe, a white man has beeh arteslfd and charged with ra[>ing a six-year* •Id N«gro girl. It will be interesting to watch OtWcome of the latter case, which, if it rape charges of the past involving ^’titte men and Negro females, will end up witli ihe whit* man being found not guilty of rapf, being tonvicted of a much lesser charge, or b^tig insane. ' It might be a revelation to many in ti^ls ••at# Mb learn that no white man has evef paid with his life in North Carolina penal hisior}’ for raping a Negro woman. In fact tMrc ie no record in the state that one has been convicted of such a crime, which •tei** with it the death i>enalty. Death for ih North Carolina and a majority of the 9#4tthcrn states is another one of those thjngi iiAMrved “for Negroes only.” TWa newspaper has no brief for a rapist, W It*- white or Negro. We are greatly cori- tifnfd, how’ever, that the d'eath penalty foi ttixat i» only imposed on Negroes. Either for rape in this state should be abolish- ( dr tb* penalty should be ai>i)lied without to race, creed or color. The samo apt to the death penalty in otier sailrtllerNi ||t4* thaf have the tendency to ext^d cy to white men only especially when : MMivicted of raping Negfo wometa. in any form it m iwMt rev9ltiNg;^erimK A# vietia it tlttt of a» ■i»7eap>o!#' 9 w tlMMT ir convicted tb« gui|ty person, sillmM suffer the full penalty of the law. Wfl prfediiit' that the white man charged with^ the crime will fend up with being tried for a Ifessftr qffi^e than rape, or of behtg. declared insane .% tlie cour^. 'FHG 'snrfttni tiofiMENT Oft pnge G-B^’of this week's jssqe ap))ears a rejwrt ,of a debd'irc at Howard University between a leadfer 6f die Muslim cult and R^yard Rustiii, a believer of. long standing in liberal causes. This item is of especial in terest to us for at leatit two rea.sons. The fijjst is tlie fact the Muslim movement is hj&onnng increasingly a serious one about which all of our citizens- would do well to crtiicern themselveji. The .second is the fact tjtat tlie movement is apparently serious enougli for the leaders of Howard U., the county’s itremier Negro college, to consider (he issut important enough to be debated in thf halls- of that school.. The fact that the Wusliras are with uk is one which all of us should be prepared to ac- cejit, whfether we likfe it or not. How long thKy r«niain depends upon how we react to their presence. RegardltSs of how violently we many dis agree with thfe Muslim belief, it is not enough to simfUy-'ignore the nMvenient or to »a^ to the followt^rg that their btlief is false. ThejF havM to sonMAow be' slK»wn‘ the fruitless and suiiidiF polic^r that they are. pursuing. For ev*n should the movement fail- of its own volition, uniMt. 9«ople wlio awe caught up^ia it Usmm Mt fcs* tKenis«lves how false i* i», thKy vkiit^ to etMy prey for the next •ttcM comes albng. Helping Elderly Persons Is A Vital Part of^^the State Welfare By BERNADETTE W.'{ti)YLE (This Is the 6th of h serlrt oxpUln- ing welfare in North Carolina.) In North Carolina arid' across the nation many elderly'persons have outlived any savingi 'Snd are unable to provide tH'^tnselves with the minimum reqiiirements of daily living. This is' trtie for a number of reasons. Olie is that people are living longer'as the result of improved medical knowledge. Another is that many of these people during ther work ing years held unskilled and poorly paid jobs, so that they were uneble to save enough to provide for their old age. What happens to these old people? They must live, and it is the responsibility of society to see that they are cared for. Old age assistance, one of the major programs of public wel fare, helps many of these elderly persons if they meet the eligi bility requirements for such as sistance. A typical case history from the public welfare files is the story of a 91-year-oId man and his 89-year-old wife. They have no children. He was 65 years of age in 1935 when the Social Security Act was passed. He had worked as a cook and his wife was also a domestic worker; Neither had been able to save for their old -age because of their meager wages. While both worked for about 10 years aftier the SnciaT Security Act went- into effert neither was covered by Social Security. Both have had illnesses that have required expensive medical treatment. These two "aged persons are eligible to re ceive a money payment from old age assistance-^their only means now of providing for their needs. The wife, whose sight |ias been failing for years, is almost tot ally blind and the husband cares for., her himself, although he is very feeble. ‘ This is just one case among the thousands in North Carolina where elderly persons with no income aiid no family are being helped by old age assistance. A person who receives old age assistance must be 65 years ol pje Of older; must be in need because he does not have the essential requirements siich as food, shelter clothing and other necessary items; is not livinf in a public institution; is not a patient in an institution for tu berculosis or. mental. diseases;, is not a patient in a medical insti tution ag the result of having been diagnosed as hsving tuber culosis- or a psychosis; and has been a resident of Nqrth Caro lina for the past year. An ap plicant must also agree that there will be a lien on any real property he owns or may acquire in the. future and that all assis tance paid to. him or in his be half shall constitute a claim against him and- his estate en forceable according to law. Resources that are considered in. datennining need are the in come of the appUeantf savings right when he says that life is love and service. And to walk with Jesus in love and service is the most thrilling adventure in all the wqrld. You don’t have to be bored. 'You give up your selfish ways and come and walk with Jesus in Ife’s most thrilling ■ adventure. These found life thrilling with Jesus. Jesus rescued Augustine from sensuous self indulgence to become 'a Christian, theologian and philosopher. Huss and Sava- ronola found thrilling misery as a thrilling adventure with Jesus in Burma. Jesus thrilled and fascinated Horace Pitkin as s younsster as he gave un his wealth and position to follow him tn r-n early untimely death in China sixty years aco. Yes, these escaped the bore dom of human existence and found the greatest thrills with Jesus. You, too, can find life’s thrills by walkms 4n~ the -hi4h, thrillin? adventure of loving service. Take and follow .lesus serious- Iv' ri»ht where von are and you c?n find life thrilling and ad venturesome. Yes,WeAlllalk By MARCUS H. BOULWARE A numb'CT’^of • inquires have been made as to whether or not the writer of this column writes speeches. Yes, he does in re sponse to requests for speeches of welcome and response, speech es of introduction, and speeches for special occasions. For busy individuals who do not always have the time to pre pare their speeches, the writer has established a group plan offering life membership for sev en'dollars. This entitles the mem ber to get his speeches writter for half price whenever he needs them.. A fee schedule is avail able upon request. THANKSGIVING SPEECH: It has been traditional to speak of the Pilgrims during the Thanks giving address. A more modern approach is to thank God for molding the forces that have in stigated the advances of the Ne gro during the past two years. Emphasize that the Great God of the universe moves in mys terious ways. READE31S: For my free pam phlet on public speaking, send a self-addressed long business en velope to Dr. Marcus H. Boul- ware, Florida A. and M. Univer sity, Box 310-A, Tallahassee, Fla. in the form of cash, cash sur render value of life insurance or bonds; real property, in. ex cess of that used as a home, non-essential personal property; and income in the home in whieb the applicant or recipient livas; 4fbout> two jKars agof Roberlt Williams of North Carolina at tacked thft NAACP fpi not being, revolutionary enough' and called uppiti that organisation to pro- vidb arnif fot^ it»^ members and tt> fifhta violence n*ith violence. He did this jusf at the time when Anti-NAACP Bills before the North CMoHna State Legislature. If vhe NAA£^ had adopted his policy (as distinguished from supporttlg the Hght of self-de- fanse, which the NAACP has al ways don^, the Anti-NAACP Bills would have been passed easily. Inrtead, Williams was suspended fhim his position as Chairman of a local branch of the NAACP. His suspension was almost unani mously endonsed, after full hear ings and arguments by the NAACP’s National Concention, and Antl-NAACP’s Bills were de feated in North Carolina, the Only case where a Southern Legisalture failed tt> pass such measures. Since then, Mr. Wil- lirms hat continued his attack on the NA^l* and has been made a hero tty various communist in- fluenc*d orasninatlons and by a few other misguided people. Hrsrin#, somewhat wronelv, that he was a great fl?hter for Civil Rights, but was no averse to violence, some of the students who participated in the Freedom Rides decided to 'stop off in his home town and see if they could not convert him to non-violence; instead, he apparently converted one them who was not well grounded in his principles. John Lowry was apparently per suaded. into driving the car in which a white couple was kidnap ped and held for a time as host- a"es for release of the Freedom Riders. Kidnapping, of course is not in accord with non-violence. Williams and Lowry were in dicated for kidnapping, a grave offense which might bring a sentence of life imprisonment in North Carolina. Mr. Williams, the great revolutionary shipped to safety in Cuba, running out on his fellow defendant, John Lowry. From Cuba, he is said to be broadcasting attacks on the NAAGP and' on America s^d urging others to come to Cuba; but poor .Iphn Lowry is left be hind in jail, while Mr. Williams makes it difficult, if not impowi- blo to get bail for him. For ^h the State of North Carolina aid those who might put up bail (eat not face his accusers with courage that if Lowry is released he ma)r and with unflinching assertion of his belief in inter-r.acial Just ice to be achieved by non-vio lent methods, but will run out at Mr. Wlllisms did. Meanwhile, the NAACP hit gone on to win the case of Boynton vs. Virginia, which da dared that sepiregated facilities in travel terminals were un- conftitutional. On the basis Of thjs case, it got the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue an order banning racial segrega tion in bus and railroad termin als end requiring that copies of their order be posted in the ter minals. The NAACP's Youth Council in North Carolina, freed of Mr. Wiliam’s presence h| forced tha airline terminal there to do the same thing and take down the racial signs over ronms. The Civil Rights Commission, with a former NAACP lawyer, at a m)’mb''r. has ur?ed that a Presi dential E’cecutivn Order he issued hannint’ racial segregation in all hni.sing pro,lPC*s aided by Federal Funds or mortsage '’uaranteei. Such an order is likely to be issued farily soon. Nesro-'s are getting jobr or h''in" np-eraded in companies havini Federal contracts bficause of a recent Presidential Order. All of this is the result of steady and persi.stent lefal and political prns'^iire mainly from the NAACP^ backed bv non-violent method!, such as Sit-Ins, Wade- Iris. Picket- in". Bovrotts, etc. Mr. William'l contributions to these changes, each small, but cumulative and important in their total eff>n:t, is nothing. Instead, he has left his fellow defendant in a kidnapping charge to take the rap. Frank R. Crosswaith New York City 'rm Gonna Do Him In' Cop Tells CORE Member NEW ORLEANS—“1 want one of those Nigger boys to get off I’m gonna do him in.” was the one pnn^m.t»n^ nt one policeman in Krat Spring, IjOulsiama as one group of CORE testers arrived on a Trailways bus. The comment was made to Ftartk Nelson, a white member of the CORE group. There was no violence. In Hollingsworth, the Trailways driver refused to let Negroes off the bus though he did let the white passengers off. He said there wasn’t “enough time.” Nel son reports that the waiting room and restaurant had a “white only” sign and the the L Q. C. signs banning discriniination were not posted. , Oretha Cdttle, acting chairman of New Of leans CORE cepottt,that the restaurants In' thtT.6aton Rouge terminal were closed and even the coda cola machines bore “out of order” signs. In Crowley, Louisiana state and local poUoe- bearing sawed ofi shotguns and' tear gas guns met the bus and barred the CORE members from entering the wait ing rooms. On the return to New Orleans the CORE teams were served in the terminal restaurants. However, New Qrleana police questioned them asking for names and ad dresses and whether they belong ed to any organizations other than CORE. Ip addition to New Orleans the group was served in several smaller Louisiana communities. They met no difficulties in Texas. White House Maid's Story Now Available MY THIRTY YEARS BACS- STAIBS AT THE WHITE HOUSl, by Lillian Rogers Parks—on thk New Yoijt Times Bestseller list for twenty-five weeks—is no# available as an AVON $6dil, complete and unabridged. In collaboration with Francfet Spatz Leighton, Lillian Rogers Parks—who servel as maid and seamstress at the Executive Man- , sioh f^r thirty-years — sizfes up Fffie’First Ladies from Mrs. 'i’aft to Mrs. Eisenhower as hostessel, fashion plates, collectors, interior decorators and managers of tka world’s most famous mansion. The author examines every thing pertaining to ISOO Penn sylvania Avenue, from the vpri- ous rooms and their callectioni to the stil) active ghosts of At^ Lincoln, Dolley Madispn and Abi> gail Adams. She details the more amusing headaches of the secret servic*' in dealing with crahks, crack pots and would-be assassins, and describes some of the more ex traordinary gifts that the Preii- dents have received. MY THIRTY YEARS BACI^ STAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSX comprises a half-century of priea> lesa anecdotes of the PresidentI and First Ladies; their friends, relatives and famous visitor*; their children and pets; and the tragedies and scandals that h«tt always plagued the First fami lies. Publiahed every Saturdsjr at Durham, N. C. by United Publishers, Inc. U B. AUSTIN, Ptiblisher Telephone: 6K-2913 and 6M-8B13 DBtarad as sMtond class mstter st the Post Ollo» at'- Bwham. Ndvth Ckrolina. under th» Aet of UaxAi 3, 187t Durham, North Caroina prlnetpal office located at 430* Pettigrew It: M, 9. JPHNSON, Controller QOifPiii^oN UTU; 1100 m ruM
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