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" N^ro Leaders Warn Jowi Hounting Platitudes" and Act in Defeiw of C-R CfflCAOO, Illinois — TWO na- M^gro leaders both scor- M and warned Jewisli audiences iit the Conrad Hilton Hotel last Mifht and today to “stop mouth- ing platitudes" and to begin ac in defense of civil rights hot only lor the Negro, but for nuakind. Whitney Young, Executive Di- lector of the National Urban ti|>a(ue, spoke today (Noveml^i $1} at a meeting of the Conunis- |loD on Sacial Action of Reform ■hidiism, a joint body of the Union of American Hebrew Con trfgations and the Central Con- farance of American Rabbis ^bbi Martin Luther King, Jr., last night addressed rabbinic ^4 lay delegates to the UAHC’s 47ft Biennial General Assembly it a Joint banquet with the Na tional Federation of Temple Sis terhoods. The Federation is making it* SOth year with the concurrent convention at the ho tel. VKOES PASSAGE OR BILL Utf ing passage of the Admin- l^atlon’s Civil Rights bill, \9V1kg wondered why it was gen «rkiy fell that here was a /^dical and revolutionary" bill- ij^aals with things all Ameri- should be able to take for mK)(ed -r- the right to vote, to (et a. hot dog at a restaurant, lO’ ilwp in a hotel.’’ THF TAR^TINA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1963 DURHAIM, N. -1-S Young stressed common bonds and said “Since you havg alM known oppression and suffer- ing, you know what silence and inaction can do." But he was Im patient with Jews for using “phony arguments," such ai “why can’t the Negro be like the Jew?” The Negro leader was frank ly impatient with Jews on sever al points. He denied that there was growing anti-Semitism a- mong Negroes. He declared that what is mistaken for anti-Semi tism is an anti-while feeling. “The Jewish storekeeper be comes a symbol.- The Negro may attack the Jews just as he attacks his own leadership —but only because he expects more from them.” He castigated those Jews who go to great lengths to voice sympathy, but never to prove their feelirtgs. Young also loosed a barb at rabbis who, he said “moUth platitudes and salve peoples’ consciences.’ “They should keep their eye* on the moral teachings of thetr faith and not on the faces of their largest contributors,’’ he observed. If Jews and white people. In general, are to get along with Negroes, he said, they would have to learn to work with Ne groes and not just for them. ^fesbyterians Pledge Support to IBJ asHe5eeks to Carry Out C-R Polices of the Late President NBW YORK, N. Y.—The United Presbyterian Commission on Reli fiotr 'and R*ce has pledged its “un fUg|ii^ support" to Presiden' jDtmm ai he seeks to carry ou‘ the civil TighJ^ policies of ti)" kennedy Administ/TnonT ^ This pledge was made in a tele grim to President Johnso'' from Dr. Marshal L. Scott, commissior chairman, tnd Rev. Gayrauc" IJ.-Wilmore. jr., iis executive di The telegram .'.^.pressed sym pathy to the Kennedy family an asitir^d the new Chief Executiv'' eti the commission’s “most sincer' wishes and spiritual bless \t4" .The telegram said furthfr; (,“The hate that struck down oui Mlovefl President WlNn.^ecome to (citpratteristic of th» tdunperamen' br our people whei^fvej: we vie iritb ^dne_ another in ’•thf. arena oi public affairs. “Out late PresiH^pt recognized Ihe role of both the Church and the government ' in woricing for concord and brotherhood amons all peoples by safeguarding the right to lifr, liberty ness for all men. “May we pledge to you our un flagging support as you continu'" his great worlt of reconciliatiotf and justice among our people in these times of strife, Thi.'! com mi.'ision stands ready to cooperate with you in the continuation and implementation oi the policle' which you have helped to formu late in th. ieK of ciivl right* and human rektion; | - “May God f’ e vC Mstrengtli wisdom and courage in this >rer of our national life as in ail Ibors as the leader of this naion and the free peoples of th» world.” “l^ey might even bava to agree to werk un4ir N«froe* or to follow them, aince it ii time (ox the Niafro to l*ad hla own cause. The Wiiltc c^nmuirity, the buai- neea coinunUBlty, the religious community, liad thalr opportu nity tor leaditnhip, and they lost it.” Dr. King, who received a stand ing ovaton last nlcht, pleaded with his maaaed audience to write,, telegraph afld telephone congressmen And others of na tional influence, urging them to vote for strong civil rights legls lation, “and to do It now.” “It men of good will do that, he declared, “we will be able to get our bill.” He said that it was rumored that not until the next session of Congress would the bill be brought to a vote. “I say to you,” Dr. King declared, “that if this fails ta pass, our nation naay well be faced with an in curable cancic that will destory our moral force — and it is ur gent for people all over the na tion to see and to (ace the issue." Dr. King.ranged over the en tire field of human aspiration and enlightenmt^t, touching up on the character of America, the morality of JOth century life, and the proapects for universal brotherhood In our time. "America has an almost schi- 3sophre|Uc .ptrs6nallty. It is tra gically against itaelf. On one hand, it a'miouncea grand ideals and principl^ii aAd on the other practices thaijr antithesis.’’ Refer ring to “Ju4ai«i» and the Pur suit of Exeellence,'* the theme of thie six-lny”' UAHC eonven- Uon, Dr. King hurled at his au dience the dullenge that: “What man muit do Is achieve this mor al excellence If democracy is to be a relaity.ln Atnerica, and brotherhood a re^iUty throughout the world.” “I. cannot what I ought to be until you are what you ought to k>e,’’ Dr. Kind aald. “You can not tte what you nu^ht to be un til I am what I ought to be. Hiis is the secret of our Interdepen dence.'’ Dr. W, C. Somerville, Lott Carey Executives Vote For Aid to Haiti PROSPECTIVE SCIENTIST — James Murrell, left, a North Ca- zolina College senior, listens in tently a s Robert Lee, a repre- sentatiTe of the National Aeio- nautlcs and Space Administra- PINT 13.60 4/5 QT, DISTILLED LondonDry Gin DISmifD* B0TTIE0I«M0.$.A.BY THE DISTIUERS COMPANY, LIMITED ItMDIN, NIW JirSiT Attainment of '63 tion, explains features of 1 h • NASA. Lee, who viiited Durham from the Goddard Space Flight Cen ter, Greenbelt, Md.. interviewed NCC teniort lor prospeclir, em ployment during a otve-day visii to the campus. Murrell, a native of New Bern, is completing a mathema- lict-phyiics major and minor at NCC. Reporters Descend Upon NAACP National Office In Quest of Wilkins' Views on Kennedy Tragedy I WASHINGTON, D. C.—On Wed ne.sday, November 20. the Execu tive of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreisn Mission Conven tion. aftrr hearing a detailed re- Dort and vIo'A'ing pictorial scpnof of the i)o-rih'p (|pitnif'tion bronchi Ion lh> Island of Haiti by the re |opnt Hurricane. Flora, unanimous ly votnd to launch an intensivf 1 effort to "ather funds to restore and rebuild several of the destroy led srhnols ,'ind churches on that I dampsed land. Accor'Hnff to the Fvecutive Sec rotary. Pr Wendell C. Somerville who had recently return from an on-the-.spot investication. sonK ■sections of Haiti, p.irtlonlaiiy such communities of I.eocone. I’etii Goave, Miragoane. I’ond dcs Ne Crcs, I.aGonave anH Petit-lilve. de Nippes. all buildincs were destroy ed and thousands of Haitians were left homeless a n d scatter.;'! throuRhoiit the mountainsides Numerous iives were lost and there is a large number of cases of .sickne.ss. Dr. Somerville displayed sove ral photographs of shattered school and church buildings Ivinp ilfi ruim>. The Committee voted to assist Goal'in SisNt Series and' H .^pnd sales in North Cirollna during Octobei amounted to $S4M,837, an in crease of IS.fl per cent over the same month t rear ago. Cumulative sales for the first 10 mobths of 1963 amounted t $42,653,242, Whith 1> *4.3 per ten' of the fetate'l limUal Quotf of S50.- 600,dbO. iTils'H neirly 1.9 million dollars shead of the ^anuary-Oclo her sales Ikst year, tiid ret>resents the bast tales tor the. period sinC" 1986. W. H. Anderws, Jr., Slate Voi unteer Chairman, said. “Prospect' for attaining the 1963 Saving- Bonds goal are better than they have been for aevpral years. In the short time remaining in 1963 we sre asking that all North Car olinians put forth extra effort :• help put oar State in the ‘o»e: 100 per cent’ group.” Twelve counties have reach;'' quota for thii year. They are 100 per cent or better of their Graham, 206.2%; Watauga, 160. 8%; Richmond, 13.4%; Hoke, 124. 9%; Caldwell, 112.5%; Currituck 111.7%; Durham, 110 1%; Wake 109.6%; Alexander, 108.4%; Ire dell, 104.0%; Guilford, 103.6% • and Haywood, 103.6%. Bond sales during October ir Durham County were $173,733 ac cording to Winston Poole, Durban County Volunteer Savings Bond*- Chairman. For the year, sale^ totaled $1,606,7«2, which is 110.1 per cent of the County’s quota foi this year. l^EW YORK—Indicative of tne importance of the civil rights is sue was the demand of newspap ers, radio and television for com ment! by NAACP Executive Sec retary Roy Wilkins on the imnac' I of ''the assassination of Presidei*' | Kennedy on the anti-bias drive Within an hgur after the death of. the President was announced rai^, television and ne'A'spapei repftrters descended upon the NAACP national office in eager quest of Mr. Wilkins’ views. In a statement he issued at the time, the NAACP leader said: the assassination of Presiden' Kennedy is a grim tragedy remind ing ii« anew of the doptli of hatred that some Americans are capable" of harboring. The President’s .-on sistant commitment to and esnou sal of basic human rights for all earned the undying emnity of fa natic and ioathesome bigots. . . The shocking and terrib/e death of\Mr. Kennedy deprives the na tion and the world of stalwart and coaseerated leadership in the age less struggle for human advsnce m^t, . Peoples everywhere who value humanity, liberty and jus tied mourn his passing. On the day of the assassination Wilkins appeared on ABC-TV NBC-TV and was filmed by UPI for distribution to local television stations. He also appeared on a spccial program on WNDT de vo^ed to an assessmenit of Presi dent Kennedy’s 'aflministrai'.on. Also on Friday he spoke ovei this facilities of CBS radio anU several local radio stations in N^W" York, Philadelphia and in California. On Saturday he ap peared on Canadian television. _ Wilkins returned to NBC-TV twice again that fateful week-end On Menday, Nov, 24 he appeared with NBC ne'Asman Frank McGhcr on a special program on the new President Lyndon B. Johnson. Wilkins expressed confidence tha' President Johnson would proceed with the civil rights program ini tiated by President Kennedy. In a special article in the New York Herald-Tribune on Sunday he paid high tribute to the late Chief B^xecutive. "In their 'ong, soul-testing and often heartbreak ing trek toward first-class citizen ship, John F. Kennedy gave Negn Americans all too briefly a lift onward, lighted by nerve and cour age and guided by a love of coun try above and beyond the petty divisions of region, race or reli gion," he said. , Wilkins spcech at the annual Freedom House dinner on Nov. 26 was covered by CBS and ABC TV networks and also by network and local radio stations. On Nov 27 he appeared on CBS-TV an on Sunday. Dec. 1 he was sched uled to appear on ABC TV. A taped radio broadcasf" by a syndicated news service ’^^as also scheduled to appear on Sunday in several cities throughout the country. JFK Greatest Rights President of in rebuilding these buildings. The Committee members also pledged to forward other supplies such as clothing and other articles to these impoverished people. In addition to the above action, the Fxecutivo Committee appoint ed the Rev Dr. L. J. Shipmon, Charlotte, as Superintendent of its Haitian Missions. The Rev. Ship mon is the builder and former pastor of the University Park Bap ti.st Churrh of Charlotte. This edi fice is one of the most modern and attractive edificies in North Carolina Reverend Sihipmon re reived his A B. and B D. from Shaw University Friendship Col lege honored him. with a Doctor of Divinity Degree in 1959. Mrs Shipmon is a teacher in the pub lie .schonls of Charlotte. They have line (laughter. Krishmu, who if a brilliant i.iusic stu'd?.it. The Executive Committee also heard the report of its Personnel Committee. This Personnel Com mittee recommended the appoint mrnt of the following missionary candidates: Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Kay. Baltimore, Maryland, Mrs Mary Shaw Gibbs, New York, Ne.v York, and Miss Inez Alexander, Continued on page 5B Baha'i Prayers Said for Kennedy The Baha’is of Durham met for prayers Sunday, November 24 at the home of Mrs. Ludmila Van Sombeek with special focus on *h- memory of President John F. Ken- ndy and on the future of America Prayers and selected passages oi death sod the high spiritual de., tiny of this couatry were read with spproprtate musical back ground. The Baha’i writings contain ex tensive passages on eternal life the slgntfiraAca of earthly life in creatiqn to lUe hoarafter, and on the progreea oi tha soul. Hie tu tuK role of America to lead the world liflritually toward a lutlnf peace Is ilw anuociated In the wrltlllfs. 5 DURHAM USHERS ATTEND MEETING There was a sffecial session of the Interdenominational associa tion of N. C. Ushers at their ho|n^ near Franklinton Sunday Dec. 1 Members attending from Durham were: Mrs. Sarah Cates, Burch Coley, J. R. Mitchell, J, M. Husband and L. E. Austin. Century: Constance B. Motley NEW YORK — The loss of John Fitzgerald Kennedy has'‘de prived American Negroes of the greatest presidential advocate of equal rights this century has yet heard. " So spoke Constance Baker Motley, history making civil rights attorney and associate counsel of the NAACP Legal De- fen.se and Educational Fund. Mrs. Motley’s statement was the highpoint of a two day Worn en of Conscience Civil Rights Conference sponsored by the Na tional Council of Womea of tiie United States, her*, (lite l^k. inThe atlrdc^lv^ attoAiiJ^ added that the nation’s loss, “has not deprived us of the vision which he, (President Kennedy) encour aged, of a truly desegregated society . . .” The NCW was founded in 1888 by Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, IMizabelh Cady Stanton and others. Since then it has grown to include 56 Coun cils throughout the free world. It serves as a clearing house for women organizational activities. Mrs. Motley said that “offi cial resistance’’ to ending segre gation has led the widespread disrespect tor law and order. Moreover, "it has stimulated white citizen resistance in form of economic retaliation against Negroes,” seeking freedom, she continued. In conclusion, Mrs. Motlef told NCW members and their' Presi- Her mother or her sister? 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