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THE CAROLINA TIMES
-DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, JUNK 5. 15*5
XiMfcf the Deration Mess Colbps
*» sfate of N'orth Carolina, an.l seviral'
for thru matter, may have to put some
kisidijjbt cpnl-rol or restrictions over tbe estab-
Ji=.!':r®nt and operation of so-called business
cofteß** and schools. To fk/So would remedy
to extent. at least' tl'{e field djkv which
un3c«jipiiloits persons ate this state
i'l t£p operation of institutions thjft »k> not
ev?n pretend tjo turn oat products "or gradu
ates- w!-.i> r.re prepared to meet the minimum
,.{ a secretary. bookkeeper or
dieti-al
tion- would ateo protect thos> wtwi enroll for
!»■. trhi* in the fields of business secretarial
and office wi>#k as well as their
.!•» cootiof. we think, is just tt? tJecissarv
&5 tl*at which the statie throws those
mtcniug the fWdfc of Mvevtcine. nursing, teach
ing and la* wh*r* a stati ex.iiMinatioti is re
rstired. So fa* as enipteyers ar.> concerted,
it world at least give them some Wind of
pcotectrsm IgiwM employing persons who are
»h their respective fields
oily tjjj fwdritit fco that they can-
the Fine! Chapter In the Speaker-ban Law
If now ajipeats that. so far as the North
•
hns been written- in the Cotn
niiinist spt'xker-haii faw. With (Governor Dan
Jlbpre luitig to any e'tange in the
l\l.ich nily person known to he
a or to have |>f*-a«n'> 1 the Fifth
uiU duriai; a loyal! v hearing, from
sepA'lituif 'at state colleges or it i>
Tery doub;ftd that any change nr alwdishment
(fufrjrig the present session if the legislature
will he fr ir'thcotniu;'. 111 the nieaiftime because
O;* rbe bau against free speech'tile ' "niv j rsity
of .North Garotftia (is not • only threatened
wilh'tTie loss of aC'-ruTilatin," but with the loss
oi Sty un inners.
tittnkly t!'« Communis! law is
a ' rr flection 'on tl'.e hifceHi »enc>* of the
and' str.fleiits at our state institutions
in that it imp Ties fhat their faith in. lVmoc
raryts so weak that tliey cannot withstand
exposure to Communist propaganda. Certainly
sucfl' an implication is enough to force the
A Terrific Blow to the Prizefight Game
The lumh'st blgw that was struck in the
heavyweight championship- bout last week,
between 'Carfax j'fSfar' ahl "was"
not the so-eafl#d'kr>iek-ottt ntmrh Clay is sup
posed to have landed on the jaw of I-ision.
The Inmost blow was tfiat which landed on
the prizefight,game as a whole. Already wob
bly from several recent fiascos the fight game
going to hav» a hard time getting up off
the fioofcjrfter .Ike meeting of
Tuesday, May 25.
Ft" the' idS-'^wl 1 -able to recover from
the tewfic
boilt we preflirt it will never look the same
..•7 • v™. * ':>* - •
tl'.at saving money is. a
difficult task. N'o matter how much they,
promise themselves to put something aside on
payday.. it usually turns out that the wages
are spent before anything getj saved.
One proven way of assured savings and
investment U Jibe purchase of U. S. Savings
Bonds, Huving bonils on the pay roll deduc
tion plan oilers three destinct advantages to
i$M purchaser.
First, its R plafinefl prftgfrm. assuring' that
a ; CertkVi, afeicMin-t qi money will be invested
each'pay in* savings 'with no trouble or
wftrrv incttrprd by th. buyer. -
Stxjjnd, savings bonds offer -a chance to
earn interest if held to maturity. They pay
hack for every $.l invested at maturity. \
typical example of interest earned is that .one'
bond, at $J7.50. will bring back $5O at matur
ity.
Third, savings bonds are a safe and practi
cal form of saving that helps the government
keep its economic stability. They are a non
inflationary method oi financing the jHiblic
debt that brae (Lis every American by protect
tiig the value of the dollar.
President Johnson expressed confidence in
fh|t savings hond program when he said, "We
art determined that this invesement shall con
tinue to be the safest, anil the soundest and the
successful iu all the world."
jo-nm.wwvm- JIIL .
PuhUxbtd e*ers Saturday at Durham, N. C.
. Sjf twlid Publishers, Inc.
. Jlr JL AWBTIN, Publiser
Second CUil Durham, N. C., 27702
HM put (tte tax to N. C.( anywhere In
jM. Vift, —# rjpßWOr ft to servicemen Overseas;
**  y'^ yp * tu * r * w s -
not even rf'eet t'.tc minimum rc.nni enunts
necessary tor >urh rnip'oymeut.
\> it now stands, an employer renwestinff
Ilvc (tnwts v'" a Ivohkwpcr. secretin v-*
office clerk. from one of the so-called business
collides or schools, may discover, ere it is too
late, that the person recownieiided us simply
not even though h? »nr S.m: tunv hold
a diploma or certificate front such college or
school. Thus, the employer is brought face to
lace SS it b th.' unpleasant .task oi iaforming
the i.ew emplwyer that he frr. she does not meet
the requirements'.
Add to the above the fact that in many
instances the employer must meet th;» mini
uuuu wage Nta.t»dard. So. long as a person is
employed, and the problem b. conies even more
perplexing and yoa have some conception of
what one up against when he seeks the
. nipiovment of a graduate oi th* average
bttsinoss coll* J. 1 o* school now operating in
the stat*. k .Ve thiah son** kind of control over
t!U* suavee of s«vb cnlfcejes ainl Schools should
IK* had. if JNSIFET pcotrctifttt B-*o be. given
prospective etnpli&yers. , -
resignation of ev'erv self-respecting member of
the LXC faculty, surprise is that any of
its members' are willing' to continue at the
university under such circumstances.
!n such giant's as the lute Clyde K. Iloev.
K. rr Scott, r.uther Hodges and Terry Sanford
•he people of North Carolina could boast of
governors who furnished progressive and l«»r
--ward looking leadership, tiovcrnor Moore's
apparent surrender to the nltra-conservative
influence >f the state. we think, fs prima facie (
evidence that he dots not have the leadership ,
of such caliber or would prefer to play it safe.
As it now stands, if the speaker- i
ban law in changed OP -abolished it will prob- '
ably take a- special session of the legislature to
(In the job. S«ch a course is both time con
smiting n> well Sn expensive to the taxpayers (
of the state. (Kw tlwu* is certain we do not
believe the tr.mentions influence of the L'NC 1
alumni plus that of other good citizens will 1
stand to see the institution its accredits- j
tion.
again. Already several states- have expressed
the intentiei) as a
paid admission fcport \ #ml w*" -predict others
will follow.
We are at a loss to determine whether the
Clay-Liston bout was fixed or not. What
ever the case, we join with others in proclaim
ing it a sorry show for the money. As far as
we are concerned our readers are welcomed
to view all futttf* prraefigftts to their own de
ligth for their sports entertainment. We will
string along with footbath baseball, tennis
and other sports.,
Sound Savings
Amcrivan have an opportuwrty now to join
a savings;bond program. A person -to-person
U. S. Savings liond drive is underway, mark
ing the 24th veat that savings bonds have been
issued by the Treasury Department.
This annual campaign strives to stimulate
interest in the payroll deduction method of
bond savings a vail ante to everyone.
Last yeiir., piiUions ol dollars were invested
through the pa*r»|t bond de«hiction program.
Such a savings one that not only
helps the person siting but the government
as^CFlfc—should gef careful consideration from
evfryone looking for a good, sound investment
tor their money.
LABOR SAVER
When a macftine is invented that d*>es the
work of twenty men at the wage cost of one,
all are lieneficinries. When a merchandising
plan is invented that clips 5 per cent from the
c«*t (4 'Kstribution. every consumer is a little
hotter off. When electronics bruits first-class
entertainment and instruction into our lvomes
at negligible we jtH Hve'VHttle more
abundantly. ->
We make progress in two ways: First, by
iiuMvidual effort, and second, by efforts of
others, hi the fast thirty years the chiltest and
least enterprising among ns have been lifted
to a standard of living and comfort that could
not be achieved by au.y, except a very few,
two hundred years ago.
Do women reaHy sigh, as the novelists s»y,
when they beboM a stunning man. and what
is the basis of their sighs?
By the time she's ten a girl can manage her
father, amf a bar of ten aHays has his mother
will n* han4.
WfeSi) hMe* HO Uj n
"Fcr what I do is not m
want to d 0.... Rom. 7:IS
How often do we cry oat
with Paul—what I have fiono
is not what I wanted to do.
Strangely do we find oursel
ves in the grip of a compul
sive, irresistible power \ybich
drives us, as it were, to do thfr
very thing we did not w?nt
to do. This great truth applies
not only to the Alcoholic' or
drug addict but its truth!|ul
ress is seen in many of pur
lives. There Is a terrifying str
uggle in the soul. We want to
walk the high way with Christ
the Master but there is a com
pulsive pull in the other dir
ection. I repeat again we all
know this inner pull of the
blind persistent power of the'
evil inclination in us all. All
too often when we have acted
we must say regretfully this
is not WHAT I WANT TO DO
"What I do is not what I want
to d 0..."
We can break the vicious
ness of this inner compulsive
power. Yes, it can be done.
It calls for great disciplinary
efforts on our part. We alone
cannot break Its power. Left
to our strenght we must con
tinue to be a slave of this com
Sunflower County, Mississippi -A Southern Preview
INDIANOLA, Missj—A Fed
eral Court injunction is allow
ing people of Sunflower Coun
ty to register to vote without
any literacy tests except for
copying down four lines of the
Constitution and fulfilling the
age and residence require*
ments.
Soon President Johnson's
1965 voting legislation will be
passed. What is happing naw
in Sunflower County, Miss,
may be a preview of events to
ccme throughout the South
when the legislation is law'.
Sunflower County lies,, to
the heart of the Mississippi
Delta cotton country. The to
tal population of the county
in 1960 was 45.79ft—13'.370
white, 30,894 black. The vot
ing age population is
cent black ~
Thirteen percent of
groes and 8.5 percent ofMhb
whites 25 years or over
no schooling. Fffty»nlne 1
cent of the Negroes and 1* Mr
cent of the whites s9
years have between
one and six years of scbooK
Sunflower is the SeoonA
Mississippi Congressional Dist
rict represented by congress*
man Jamie Whilten.
Whitten Is the Chalrmifo ol
the Agriculture Subcomnfritte®
of th e House Appropriation;
Committee.
The county is represented 'W
the Mississippi Houso ; jfry.
Fred J. Jones of Inverness and 1
John H. Hough of Indlanola.
Hough Identifies himself a
member of the White Cltiiens'
Council.
Tha county compris— tht 12th.
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT Dy REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Jrj Jesus Christ We Can Find the
Spiritual Power to Combat Evil
pulsive power about which
Paul talks with such agony
and struggle. Go"l has premis
ed us a helper to overcome
this blind, complusive force in
our lives. What and who is
the helper? The helper is i ho
Holy Spirit. This promised;
l'l elp e r indwells, teanhas.
guides and strengthens us to
oveircome this blind, inner
cimpulsion of the power of
evil in our lives. Yes. with
God's help we can break this
power in our lives. God and
man represent the power to
subdue this ruthless force of
evil in our lives.
In Jesus we can find the
spiritual resources to break
the compulsiveness of sin and
evil. Many who have been en
slaved by blind compulsion
have found through surrender
to Christ the power to over
come. He who becomes the
slave of Christ will find that
he will no longer be the slave
of blind inner compulsion. So
until you give yourself to a
yeat power you will be un
der that blind compulsion.
Freedom comes in a shift of
allegiance. In the Truth of
Christ you will find freedom
Senatorial district end sends
Robert L. Crook of Ruleville
to the State Senate.
Sunflower is the o"
Senator James O. Eastland,
and also a state representative
from Carrol County. In 1964
Pierce introduced into the Mis
sissippi House a bill providing
for mandatory sterilization of
unwed mothers. n.
' ") On April 10. in the United
States' District Court for the
Northern District of Mississippi
»n injunction was issued or
dering that: Cecil C. Clark, the
registrar of Sunflower County,
or persons acting for him or
taking his place as registrar
were enjoined from m-king
spy distinction based on race
in the process of regist3ring
voters in Sunflower.
Por one year after thi3 or
der anv person connected with
registering voters in Sunflow
er County is ordered not to
use any qualifications for reg
istering Negroes which is more
difficult th?n that used for
whites.
The Sunflower County Free
dom Democratic Patty and the
Student Nonviolent Coordinat
ing Committee then, began a
county-wide voter registration
drive. In a period of three
weeks over 450 people were
registered a n d an additional
JSO had tried the test and fail
ed.
Reaction to the injunction
in the white community was
voiced by the Enterprise-Tos
cln. Tndianola's newspaper, in
an April 29th front p*"> col
uion called CITY NQTBS By
CITY MEDDLER: "A hint to
And ha who learns this great
truth of Christ the Savior
shall ba free. In Christ you
can sing the shout of victory,
thank God I am free as last.
In Christ the compulsion loser:
its power and you can do what
you want to do. ..
Man must have a master.
The simple question is what
and who will be your Master?
Christ's redemption is free
dom. Salvation Is. the inner
wholeness that comes with un
ion and communion with God
in Christ Jesus. And where
Christ dwells there Is no room
for this blind compulsive pow
er. Christ puts your life back
into your hands. Yes, Christ
takes your life out o.f the
hands of the evil cne. Christ
offers ma pardon and forgive
ness. In Christ I find peace
for I am no longer warring
gainst myself. Christ is the
gateway to the rare peace of
God. Then my soul cries out
peace, peace wonderful peace.
Lord Jesus come into my
soul so that the blind, cruel
power of evil compulsion may
lose its grip and I can do what
may be pleasing in the sight
of God.
the White people of Indlanola
and Sunflower County: Many
nsgroes arc registering over
the county without being re
quired to pass any sort of ex"
animation... .that is a Court
Order, we understand. Now,
are we going to allow apathy
on our part to turn this decis
ion of electing our City and
County Officials over to the
colored race because they are
more interested in who will
run Cities and counties in
the future? Well if you don't
open your eyes as to what is
going on, that Is exactly what
in going to happen, and much
sooner than you think. If you
are qualified to vote and don't
accept this responsibility, then
you have only yourselves to
blame for what happens in
the future elections. DON'T
LET THIS HAPPEN Go and
register yourself and protect
YOUR RIGHT as a GOOD
ciHzen"
Some "GOOD" citizens of
Sunflower County were al
ready preparing themselves.
On May Ist beginning at
2:24 a. m. four places in India
nola were fire bombed. The
fir.®t place to he hit was the
SNCC freedom house. There
were two SNCC workers
asleep when two fire bom be
were thrown through the win
dow. Only one of the bombs
went off, and the people in
the house were able to extin
guish the lire immediately
Within minutes after the free
dom house was bombed, the
home of Mrs. Matfuader, a Ne
gro woman whe waa the first
person to Indlanola to houa
To Be Equal
By Whitn*r M. Young
Q: ' Who speaks for the Ne
gro?"
A: Nobody. The Negro does ,
not exist. There «ire 20,000
(JOO Negro citizens each of
thei.i different, and no one
eon speak for all of them.
Q: Who comes closest?
A: President, to the extent
that he speaks for "all Ameri
cans."
Q: What about civil rights
groups?
A: No one group can ipeak
for all of thrm any more tlnn
the Sons of Italy or the
American Jewish Congresr.
can claim to spoalc for all
lUHans or all Jews.
But some groups like
the NAACP, CORE, Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence the Student Non-Violen*.
Coordinating Committee and
the Urban League can claim
to spe~k for their member
ship. In addition, most cf
third programs enjoy wide sup
port among Negroes and many
sympathetic while citizens
ross the nation.
A: What about entertainers
and film stars?
A: Nothing is more exasper
oting to Negro rights leaders,
and to many Negro entertain-
ers, than for them to be re
garded a s "social scientists"
by the press. Mo?t do a bang
up job when asked to com
ment on rights because of
their deep concern but like
asking Frank Sinairn to com
ment on foreign r>olicy.
Q: Ho w much influence do
the Black Nationalist groups
have?.
A: Not much, by and large.
Their influence is greatest
where dispair is deepest. I
doubt that they speak for one
tenth of one percent of Ncero
citizens when they call for the
creation of a separata state
Q: Then many Negroes d o
not share their views?
A: The typical Negro wantr
to integrate. The Black Nat
ionalists want a separate,
segregated world. Most of
them have dispaired of getting
equality. They are lost souls
Q: How can white citizens
Negro Wins In
Shaw, Miss.
Freedom Race
SHAW, Miss—Andrew Hawk
ins, a 40 year old Negro carpen
ter from Shaw won the Free
dom Election over two white
candidate,
His opponents were P. M. Ben
net, owner of # local furiniture
store and Mrs. Chiz, the wife of
the Dixie Tobacco and Candy
Company.
The Freedom Election had
been delayed a week because
the candidate SNNC workers
and memfoers of the Negro
community were jailed for par
ticipating in a support march
for Hawkins, who is Chairman
of the Shaw Branch of the Miss
issippi Freedom Democratic
Party and Vice-Chairman of the
state party.
People in Shaw, a town of
2,700, feel that the age requir"
ments for voting should be 16
years and over, but in the
Freedom Election, everyone, re
ggardless of age was allowed to
vote. The results were; 187
over 21 years of age and 158
under 21 for Hawkins, 3 for
P. M. Bennet, and 2 for Mrs.
Chiz.
In the regular election Ben
net received 150 votes and Mrs.
civil rights workers war
bombed. There were six peo
ple asleep in the house at the
ttime. They managed to ge t
out unhurt. A fire engine ar
rived within five minutes, but
it took the crew 20-30 minutes
to set up the hoses, and by
then the bouse was destroyed.
Third target for the fire-bemb
ers was the store of Oscar
Giles, a membe of the State
Freedom Democratic Ex ecu
tive Committee, and the first
person in Indianola to be as
sociated with the movement.
With the help of his neighbors
Giles, a member of the State
fire before the store was a to
tal loss. The fourth target for
the morning was the home of
Doug Wilder, another Negro
active with the . movement.
Hta home totally destroyed.
These axe only four of the
almost daily "incidents." which
have been taking place since
the injunction was put into
effect.
Th« Mlatiaslppl Freedom
give Negroes Hwir
when many of th#m flr»- #>t
yet ready for tllam?
A: Nobody ran give nnoth»r
human being his right,i. not Jn
America. Rights arc "God
given" and conferred by the
Constitution. «» «>
'• itl
Negro citizens, howeypp,
should not be penalty p.
denied because of a
apples in the barrel. Some
whites are "not ready," either
Negroes don't condemn
all whites because an Qs\ypid
murdered President Kni^fyyly;
because whJta persons
enMv shot and burrted .civil
r : ghts workers; blew up,, four
firis in church, or killed Aprs.
Viola Liuzzo. A
Q: Why do Neuro Vjjvll
rights leaders insist on using
direct action tactics? ,
A: They didn't {,'et ajjjy
where writing letters
Q: Aren't such tactics r.y Ji
bing people the wrong ay
and making enemies
*cos?
A: Most "rubbed the
wav" were hostile to t)j^ n
with. Negroes have more'siip
port among white AmeWfans
(3 to 2 for the voting tfgnta
bil) than ever before. •
Besides. flev. Martin Te
ther King didn't invent "clfril
{'isobedience." The tea dtirrijv
cd into the Boston harbor 1 \&»s
an act of passive resistance
arainst an iniauitous law. *Wie
suffragetts and the labor
movement have also resorted
to th" sit-in and the picket
lino. Neffroes are just
tried-and-lruc American tac
tics. •
Q: Don't you feel Negroes
are moving too fast?
A: On the contrary. We
aren't moving fnst enouph.
tt retrain yourself for a good
job, to get off a relief roll, to
got your child into a decent
school and move out of a slum.
That's all we want: the
right to raise our children in a
s~ne world without suffering
the hatred heaped on their
parents.
Q: I have nothing against
Negroes and I would welcome
them in my block, but—
A: Let's stop there.
Chiz 77. Hawkin's name did not
appear on the regular ballot be
cause he is not a regist»#*d
VDter. He has taken the regis
tration test and failed severed
i'.mes. . fiv"
The canvassing for the Free
dom Election was done by- tMe
Striking members of the Miss
issippi Freedom Labor UnJoh,
which was officially formed
April 9, 1985 to gain bettor
weges and working conditions
for Mississippi workers, rl:
TWO NEGRO K,!J
POSTAL
GET TOP POSITIONS
WASH., D. C— Postm&tor
John A. Gronouski,
ing the promotion of two 'We
gro postal officials to top P6fet
Office Department jobs
D. C., said : UxWy
the move will "improve l 'arid
strengthen" the Department's
personnel operations. 'i't-uaV
jlliif'
Elmer McLain, a member of
the Department's Board o4Ap
peals and Review, was njojed
chairman of th e Board, yrja d
George R. Harrod, an employ
ee relations official, w a
vated to be director of the jppi
plnyment and placement tafn
ch of the Department's V&Vsh
in g Region, embraring M«ry-
I nd, West Virginia and m
District of Columbia.
Democratic Party attempted to
have municipal elections delay
ed so that newly registered Ne
groes could vote in the May
elections. Suit was filed in
federal court but was turned
down by U. S District Jfcdge
Claude Clayton.
In a statement about the
situation in Sunflower County
the MFDP said: "We think it
is important that all these
things be considered In con
nection with the President'*
voting bill. What good doea it
do for Negroes to have the
right to vote when there l«
no police protection from the
people who harrass and Intimi
date them? What good does it
do to register if you can't
vote in an election?
"Is what Is happening. to
Sunflower County, Mississippi,
the same thing we can Mtpbct
to hap*>en in the rest at tM
black belt when the Wing
bill i. P.-dr ~
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