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THE CAROLINA TIMES ~ 2^—OUKNAM. N. C. SATURDAY. MAY 1963 STRUCK AGAIN IN ALABAMA, FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE, MR. PRESIDENT A Serious Blow to the Promotion of Democracy W’iintfvcr thip fmnro htild' f>r tlti iinlii>n'> I’ffurt t«i put an end t.i the ('a'ilrn roL'iino in ( nl >a. as well as its proqfiain ti imttnotc rlcmiKTary anionir other natinns if tlic wurlil. it win havf i«> lie alniillol that mn' own siato oi Xorth ('arolina dolivored a serious Idnw xn cfi'Drts on last 'rnc‘«l;iy. Tlicrr was a lime when an incident surli as insitltinir n d'liUinini of another omnnrv conld he dune ill corner awnv from lhe |iii'rcintf n) others. e'ipecialU if tlic di)>linnat was front n Wpro coinitrv or a nntiuii not in the cate- !’or\- of a world power. The insnlt handed ;i l.ihcrian wownn dij'hi- inal in Ualeijjh cannot he ju.-’lified in this day mu' time and will not Ive >o ea>i!y disiniss-d \sialic and African itations uf the w-irld a>> thi' m.nnayers of the iiotel .-ind cafoie- riii \\ onld , It.'ivc it. ^^ld'rn inventions liave dtnin): th«- world to sncli an evtenl that an ai-4, vliethcr trood or had, !one in one corner of he earth is front paye news in the far- ihesi corner tile next day. 'I'he conimnnist 1 mills will lie sure to make th’ most ot the J'lah iKh insult * to the Xe^ro dii»loniaf of I iiu-ria a'nnn" the hlack. hrtjwn and yellow people* of the earth. The notion that a person enpa'jed in a pnhh'c hnsine.ss has a ritrltt to kick anodier hnnian hein;; in the teeth, solely on accottnl of his race or color, is so sltipid that only the weak and flepraved would raise snch as a defense. The license issued an indivirtnal or a fironp of inlividnnls to operate a puhlic )ilac^ of linsiness entitles the holder or hold- ‘rs to the ri"ht to use the ptihlic owne.tl streets, sidewalks, police department, fire department and other facilities, owned anti operated at the expense of all the taxpayers, when need ed. Coniinrni .sense would dictate, therefore, that to deny a person the same service offered to others on account of his race is question able if nfit technically unlawful. If appears to us that the managers of the hotel and cafeteria in Raleigh, atid all other worshii)|»ers of the ijod of sej’^re?atitn, are out of joint with the times. Their refusal to serve the l.il»erian diplomat has focnsed the attention o{ the nation a'nd the world that in spite of what Carolina’s povernnr says ahont improving the lot' «t the Xe'^ro he is nnahle to do ahything 4h6ut it. In the end the course thi'y-'fiillo.wed ■tyiH du. more, to |)ut an end to sCfiretration than'if ttiey had acted otherwise. ' ' ' Ttie Case of Preston Trice-Wlio is to Blame? We do not know the answer to it nor do we have the remedy for the nipht of terror causcd hy yonuR Preston Trice on last Wed nesday wlten he went on a ratnjjace and set tire to the l!ast Fnd elementary school, hroke into a local t'rocerv store anl set fire to an .'lutoinohile. The fire at the school resulted in a total loss of over $.^00,000 before it was halted h\ firemen. The antfnnohile. we un derstand, was a total loss. Alonjj with the three, incidents mentioned ahove. Trice has al.-i.) admitted starting; several grass fires the sanu- nijLiht. Most any day you read in the newspapers of stirh wanton crimes committed hy hoth fortunate aiul nnfortunate youths until one is forced to wonder what or who is to hlame for the total break down of the moral stan- dnrds fince cherished and ijuarded so care fully hy the leaders of onr social order? ( harfz'e it. von sav. to broken homes, ir- respon'iible jiarents, the failure of onr church- e-. t^ie failure of our schoofs, the failure of (itir police departments. Or von tnav even jdacp the blame on the kind of entertainirrent being furnished by our theatres, radio and television programs. ■ Tn the case of Preston Trice oiir investi cation discloses that he never in his entire life nctnally had a hoin'e. the lovinp' care atid pttidance of parents or frienls. The yonng-- est of ,T family of 12 children, lie ha.s been shifted from pillar to post almost the entire 16 years of his life. Tints, finall\’ as a ward of the county, lie has been allowed to rrow' np in the midst of otir so-ca11el highly civilized sociefA- in a fashion that is more becotniiij? a wild animal than a 'humati bei'n'ef. So. they will try Pre^on Trice for arson in a few days, probably before a jury of 12 men of .his peers, “tried and true,.'/ What the out come will be. none of ns can tell. W’hatever it is. there will always linjrer with this tiews- pa|>er the question as to who is to beanie for the plipht of Prestoii Trjce. P;rob;(hly in the not too distant future mankind will be able to put its finirer on the cause of such cases and. finally, the remedy. Until that hour cotnes, eveW intelHgent persoii tnnst feel to some extent that i.'? pe’rsonalK responsible for the let down in the morals of mtr present social order. A "Whipping Boy" for Durham County Health Dept. » "I Thf—nttrhnni Conntr—Health -Dejwrtment : r took another side swipe at T.incoin hospital ; ^ last week when it eniphasized' throitjjh the I * daily pres.s that the institution was fjiven a i ; “P>" ratin" for tin- quarter endintr March 31. • > To our recollecttf)n. this is the second time I a that the local Xejjro hosj)ital has felt the • I lash of the Durham County Health Depart- • t inent. It thus a]»[)ears that Lincoln has be- ! ' come the "whipjiinff boy" of the local agency ( [ and raises a suspicion in our minds that there J J is a .sinister move or objective behind the J J c^)ntimiitts and sometimes tmwarranted maul ing of this particular ho.sjntal. that is not al- IrM tugellKV^ h^lft 't|e j i^dne pnbhV lity tie'^attV^«Yi^ll'further suspicion "that there is a ‘‘dead cat" up the line some where. V Certainly this newspaper would give its full siipjM»rt to every effort of the local health department to safeguanl the health and lives of all Dtirhani citizens in niukiuif its inspec tion of the v.iriotis establishitients that come untk-r its'-jup.Htliction. The res])onsibility of .snch afl. agency is of grave importance that o’dv tlu^higliest •-liber of officials, employees and service should be tolerated, h'or that very reason we are of the opinion there might be times when .sonie in.specting of tlie inspector or inspectors is in order to guaran tee that the same yardstick of grading all hosi>itals. eating jdaces. hotels and other in- stUutions is used. It seems rather nnusnal to us that the man agement of Lincoln hospital would request an in*jH-ction of its facilities and not I " pre- . i*ared for it. Mad the representatives of the ^ health department not l»ei-n expected we might not have been suspicious of the motive in niaifiiifying the findinj^s of the inspection. LANGSTON HUGt^ SPIRITUAL INSIGHT REV. HAROLD ROLANi) The Message of God in Our Times Has A Critical Urgency We are of • the-wpwon-tlrtt-’tlwrr-ijrir-sejy- ment in Durham Coitnty ofFfciaHom that for financial or other reasons would' take "delight in seeing Lincoln HospitaL closed. We are alsrt \'ell" a^vare ■th'att;^ilncc>lil ITos- |)ital is no pierfect ianjjtiiti(^;'^There are many iini)rovenrents thrft are n^idftd. ald we sus))ect the sairie trotild hi trtithftiUy said of similar institution.s in Durhaiti. lu .spite of wha’t the Dtirhani ■ County ’Heahh T)epart- ment says or'reports, \ve ai'e df the opinion that under the circi'imstaUces/Hb'spi- tal is doing a fine job ip. tiiedical care for the Xegro ctizens of Diirliam County and vicinity. Our faith in its ■iii'anagenient. its physicians, its nursis,s‘ilnd, :its 'en^tti per- sonTtel is unshaken. We would like to suggest to the Durham County Health Dei)artnient that on its next insj)ection tour of I.incoln it ins'pect tlf|e conn- ty's reconl of not providing adequalf financial.* support for the large nurnbfr 6f‘ indigent patients it dmnps on Lincolji ho.sj)(ta.l. Once this is remedied it H onr opinion that it will go a long way toward eliminating many of the shortcomings that may exist, at the in stitution. ■ ' ■ ; . ' "H* tpok* vrgvntly of th* King*, of God.'’ Act* 2t;23. message of the Kingdom of God in our timojj .has 6 /criti cal urgency. Are we sufficiently aware. of this urgency of the Kmsfdorn in this year of rttir Lord ninteen sixty-three? What is the idea of the Kingdom of God? It involves the idea of Ged’s having the priority or su . premaev in our hearts anrf souls. Tbfl ri»hteou*' loving .and mer eifid rti*A of"P^'??i Ijparts, this is the pswntisl idea of the Itinsrdnm of God. Who can donht that this Is the uroent need of ottr times. Yes, God’s rule in our hearts is our one hope of escunine complete di.saster. God, in Chri.'t, is our hope. Perilous tides of eodlessness and sinful ness sweep the. world" iRfld the nation? HofiV can we esca«*e this tidal wave of destructiott? We can escape through the recogni tion of thft urgency of thft,King doth of God in our heart® Eath individual who fllaims the one true God as revcifled'in Christ must face up to the tir Hericy of the Kfn?dom. God;s rtile must save us in a. hurrs, from inan’s greedy and sinful r^ie. We ■ -9* ■ »..k have deserted the old eternal truths. And the ones we are run ready failed many in the past his tory of mankind; What shall we histry of mankind. What shall we do then? We mtist stop our mad headlone rush down the broad road that leads to failure and di.saster. We must search for and find aeain the fundamental prin- cinles of the Kingdom of God What are the principles of the ’Kifi'jdom of God. They are love, !Vrtercy, rep’erifence, rlchtediVsness. (ruth, regeneration, honesty and justice. If is a simple return to God. ^ Ansrt from God we are lost, j'n Gnrt we nre sav»d and made trhim^hant. Let us have a spirit ual hniise-eleanin®. Wit> mu.st clear ''’But all of the accumulated iunk and-I«t God FAitfA •our Uvea God must have the first place. If we five Go*! the .second place we are lost. If we are to be sav ed from failure and disaster then second place for God just won’t do. The Old Testament ri"ht reminds us—“Have No Other God Before Mo.*’ Anti the New Testament reaffirms this proat sniritual-mriral truth.” Seek first the Kingdoin of God and Jackie JAC^/£ /ZOfi/A'SOA/ T • f Publiitaed every Satardar at Durliam, N. C. bjf Uaitad PHMiihera, Inc. L. B. AUSTIN. Fliblidier Tclapkon* mmi» uti 681-8612 Steoad Clatt Foitate PM at Ouriuun, N. C. suBgcnnmoN sates $4.00 per rea^ (jto He tax in N. C.) anywhere la tfae V. S., aa^ Ceiuida ind to aenrieeaten Overaeaa; Sis rnontiu, VM (plua 8e ndes tax in N, C.); Forrtltn. 87.00 per year. Single copy l5c. Priat^ om«0 foeaiM atWK. Pettigrf# K. Bmktm. Noetk Qwoliaa East End School Problem There are entirely too many unanswered l«estions in the solution to the situation createl by the receut fire at East End ICle- nientary .School. While the parents of the jmpils attending the school, and interested citizens iif the community and city, are per fcctly willing to put up witli certain disadvan tages that cannot b«f avoided on accomit ol the fire they will not be satisfied with see ing a .substandard rtplacenient of the destroy eI structure. Add to this the already over crowded condition that existed at the school and its lack 6f suffitienf : ground area and the ((uestion naturally arises as to what is the wisest course to pursue in the matter? We think the t)urhanj City Board of Eldii- cation would take a wise stej) if if invites the Durham Committte on N^gro Affairs to as sist it in working out a satisfactory .soiutioil to the problem. After all the schools belong to the people and at least when an emergency arise* it] one,of them they sliotthi be heard. 8m Plage 4-A ■ JiN OPEN LETTER r.: Oh my desk at Chock Full ■p’NutS, there is a beautiful ' bronze memento i n scribed ^‘frOm Pat and Dick.’ You will Wair that you and your eharrhiijg- wife- gave me this gift alter I had taken a leave of absence to campaign for you when you ran for the Presidency in 1960. When the political battle over and the returns werq in, you will recall that> Robert Kennedy attributed t\is bro ther’s election to the fact that he had won heavy Nejiro sup port in large cities. The Re publican Ntational Gotrrmittee post-scripted that had you made a bold play for the Ne gro vote, you might have won. You yourself have admittd6 this. I am not one of those peo ple who regrets having been with the loser. I supported you on principle. I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. 1 votfe for people who I believe in, regardless of their party attiliationi. I fought for you because 1, believed you to be sincere o)i the racial question and because I believed SenS"- tor Kennedy to be insincere. I think events have proven that I was correct about the President, I |i^gard Kfm as persoiially cotfce?ned about ^uman rights, I believe he is a clever tokenist. I be lieve that he wishes to sub stitute a few fine job appoint ments and social flattery in the form of White House re ceptions for genuine strong civil rights action. The Presi dent evidently believes that weak executive orders, luke warm civil rights proposals and phone calls to Mrs. Mar tin Luther King will again pull the wool over the eyes of the Negro. Personally, I would again oppose Mr. Kennedy in a po litical campaign. I have to say sorrowfully, however, that there is a stronf! question in my mind as to whether I would again sup port you or a candidate with your blessing. I say this because I am deepl.v disturbed about a United Press International dis patch which quotes you as saying that yoii believe civil rijthts will not be the prime 1864 political issue in the South. I know that you have said you will not be a candi date but that you Intend to exert some influence over party policy, platform and choice of candidate. If quoted correctly, ,you are counselling the 1984 front runner to take it easy on civil rights and to attempt to carry the South on a platform all other Ihintjs '.vill be added un to." Tragically, wo have changed this great truth. We now sa.v, if if I have any time left I’ll give God a little. This is the pathway to failure and defeat for man kind. If wc are to be saved, God must have the first place. You, the individual, inust face the urgency of the Kingdom where you are this day. You do not have to wait for .some great awakening in the Church or the nation. Jesus says the “KinKdom of God is in you. It is in you the humble Christian. You, there fore, must take seriously the ur ?ency of the Kingdom of God You must stand for truth, justice and mercy. You will witness foi Jesus this day. Y6u must b« right and holy where you arc today,, .you must be loving and truthful for God. Yes, in simple daily Godly living you as an in- di\idual will be a cPll or center of the Kingdom of God. And "with enough such individuals God can bring the Kingdom and Save the World in this Critical Hour. O, God. give' us an urgent sense of the Kingdom of God so that thy great redeeming love may rule in our hearts. of economic conservatism. If quoted correctly, you reveal that you have learned noth ing from your experien(9 in the last Presidential campaign. Evidently you are not per suaded, as many others are, that no man will become Pre sident of the United Stages in this day and time, who does not have the confidence of the Negro voter and the millions of decent, Americans who be lieve in our democracy. This is iS lesson of which your fellow-Republican, Sena tor Barry Goldwater, is not aware. The Senator seems to think that he or someone else who embraces his pTiilosophy can win the Presidency on a platform of conservatism and writing off the Neero vote in the North. He has been quoted as saving that when someone ouestions him about integra tion, he counter - questions with: “Where are you from?” I think the Negro knows where Goldwater is from. 1 don't mean where he lives. 1 mean that he is strictly from hunger on the race issue. I believe Barry Goldwater, or does, wo'dd be trounced hand- anyone who thinks as he .somelv if his party made the the fatal error of giving him the baton to carry in 1964. Let’s set the record straight. I have no illusions about my ability to sway masses of peo ple Dolitically. I have no pr^ tensions to leadership. Yet, t would exert every ounce of whatever influence I misht have in order to help defeat Goldwater or anyone of his Jlk. I have great faith In Rov- T Nelson Rockefeller. I find DON'T BE SIMPLE “NabodJ' in this world almost ever does everything right” said Simple, "iso everybody ou.gh! to have the right to sometimes do things wrong—including Adam Powell, who should also have tha* right." “What did Powell do wrong?”' I asked. “I do net know,’’ said Simple, '^mt he is accused. Since white folks are usually making the ac ctislngs. 1 doubt if there i.s anj truth in theni. According to the BIWe, Chri.«!t was accused ot do ing wrong, too.” “Surely, you do not compare Coneressntan I’r/.vell to Chri.st, do you?” I a.sked. “No, but Christ was a Christ ian, and ,flO is Adam Powell. Powell ’is also a Baptist. When Wi^re a chilfl In Virginij, the Baptists could do no wrong. Al so, down ^vth if you was not a Baptist, your soul wos lost. To be sprinkled a Methodi.st. your .soul wa.s just not saved. You had to be dipped—with water ■■►in your ears Bapist-style—to be saved WMer I was baptised, I '.vas almost near drowned. That Sunday when I come up out ol that holy water, the niini.stcr said, Ves'se B. Semple, what have you to say?’ “I said, “Reverend, all I can say "is, you are tryin" to drown me.’ I “Ole Rev. said, ‘Has the Stririt entered into your soul this morn ing?’ ” ‘ “I said, 'all I know is, I an. full of water this morning.’" “Rev! ‘Siidr 'you are one of thPse hardened slnne'rs. YOu must go and come' ag.iln.’ I went—btit I hava not hwn baptisad aga*i. But, since 1 have heen having a toothaehe lately, I think I wHl be a ChHstiim Setentisft Mice ihy wife, Joyce, Who has lately We- com* interested in Seiewee. sa.vs toothache is all lAitM.” “i thought you told we yftti went in for gosprt •nsrigs.” I siid “There is no (rincinj in the Chfistian Sci«»W CUttW*- Ci." “Wh.'it?” askH Sirtifde. “Ihh^n I will tfo to Brother Drodfe’s eiSe Bishop Chnrle^' tei*nple Xrhete theie is' a fine choir. 1 was just Irvin" to save dettlisl’s bill.s ami follow my wife’.'#, advice." “Keligion is dtsi-'ned to save your .soul.” I said “nci your pofUetbooU." *■ "Neither does .eli.gion help you on your income tax," .saM Simple. "I.ook at Adam Powell pastor of the hi'Sgest Bantist rtiurch in the world, and irtey got him in the income tax Wring er. 1 asked Joyce what the Chris tian SrientisLs would say about that. Joyce said Science would .say, ‘It is ail mind. Nothin"’i"i but thinking makes its So.’ ” ■ “I said^to my wife, ‘Joyce, ii that be .so. what about our bud get for food, house and upkeep^ Some weeks you tell me you cannot balance our budget un- l.^'w-^ give you all my salary that A'eek. Why don’t you just Think that I have ^ave it all to you— then our budget would be bal- eneed and everything would he O. K.?’ ” “Joyce .said, ‘Jess Semple,’ she said, ‘now don’t bo simple*.’ ’’ Letter to the Editor EDITOR CAROLINA TIMES CAH IT HAPPOf HERE? . On the.evening of March 23, election day in Statesville, Frank C- Shuford was arrest ed for being drunk on a public street. The action thus far is a compnon occurence in most cities, but with Shuford, he ended up with a broken le?. Sltufordi states that two offi cers oame up to him on Bristol Road hertr in Statesville, and on? of thsm satd, “Frank you are a littW . drutik, ain’t yon? He said no I am not drunk, though he admits he had been drinking.. The officer then saM yes, you letter .tohie with us. They got out ol the car to put him in. He insisted that he was riot drunk. They pushed him in to the car, and one of the offi cers hit him on the leg. His lee immediately became pain ful and inactive. They managed 1o get him In the car except this particulair leg which was allowed to hang outside of the door until theA* drove to the jail which was about a mile away from the spot where thev art^ted hiin. Upon arrival at the inil. he was Orderfedf by the officers to get out oi the ear and walk up stairs. He told them that he could not' get biit. becau.se his Ipr was broken. The offi cers dragged Vtim out and un stairs whtre' he was to be im prisoned and when the cell was opened they allowed him to fall on the floor and leh him. He could not get up. His fellow inmate took a mattress and put it on the floor and helped him on it, and that U where he stayod until the next day, and they then helped hirti to a bunk. Shuford complained of a hurting leg and asked fof medical aid, but none was giv en him. not even an aspirin. The following Monday the doctor CTme and looked at his leo but did not render medical aid. Later ]n the morning, he was helped to trial where judge ordered him sent to the hosr)itnl. and it was here that they discovered his leg was broken. The officers sav that they did not brak" his leg: Shuford savs one of them did. We'hone that justice through the will of the better thinking people will soon decide thLs. But there ean never be any justification for nutting a man in Jail on Sntnrr’av. with a broken leK pnd nllowin® him to sta.y until Mofdpv V’lthont giving him medical aid. Shuford was not given an pj!nirin, thoneh he a'ilred fnr aid, and other in* mates loined him in an anpeal for .nH. Can it happen here? IT DID W'lson Lee Statesville it hard , io ^lieve ' that he would compromise what I know to be his strong princi ple on tfie issue' of human rights in order to wrest from Goldwater the mantle of fav or with the extreme rightists and consarvatives. But. if it should happen that Rockefell er allowed advisors to steer him away from the unequivoe al championship which he has been consistently giving to civil rights, I would not only withdraw my personal sun- port from him but I would al so onpose him vigorously. Rockefeller knows this t>eenu»e I have toid him. so and I think be respects my conviction on the matter. You are aware that often during your campaign, I atr tempted to 1st you know that you were choosing the road to defeat by allowing your ad visors to persuade you to soft- pedal the civil rights issue. It • InMncelvablfc to me that you ifcould now seek to il^ fltiens your party to fresh' disastm It seenu to me t’oat, if yoiawish to make a con struct^ contribution, you will tIHnk more deeply about the kid of Mviee you are offerinBand you will be hon est yourself and your party - honest enough to aft- mit that, at this hour, reac tion means ruin for the R f- publicans; the kind of reac tion which is labelled Barry Goldwater; the kind of reac tion which is labelled Everett Dirksen. Personally, as little as I be lieve in President Kenned.v, I’ll take him for another term again.st a Republican conserva tive. At least I know what to exoect from President Ken nedy. Miihing — unless he can be put under the same tremendous pressure by the Negro masses as is applied by Southern Congressmen. I believe that the Negro In America is increasingly awafe of what Dr. Martin Luther King caHs his "some-body- ne.ss.” He knows that his bal lot can win a national election. He knows that the withdrawal of his dollar can cripple a htiite cornoration, I submit Ml". Nixon, that something seems 0 have happened either to your .sense of history or cur rent events. I hone that you were mis understood and that M ymi were not, you will revise your thinking. I invite you to an swer thi* open letter in tWi columv. _
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