—THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1987
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About Better Hospital Facilities
Recent action and maneuvers of
the Durham County Commissioners
in the matter of providing more and
better hospital facilities for the city
and county have done little to im
prove the confidence of Negro citi
zen* in the board's honor and inte
grity. Instead it appears that the
Durham County Commissioners are
still "doing business at the safne fld I
stand."
The board's belated move in finally
agreeing to assume the responsibility
of providing a better hospital situa
tion for the city and county and its
insistence that the properties of
Watts and Lincoln hospitals be
turned over to the county, "officially
and legally," raises, once again, the ..
suspicion of Negro leaders that there
is an ulterior motive behind the
board's actions.
In the case of Watts Hospital it
might be within the bounds of com
mon sense for it to turn over, offi
cially and legally, its properties to
the county commissioners. With
every member of the board being of
the white race, the white citizens
cannot lose in whatever action the
Board may take for what it deems is
for the betterment of the city and
county of Durham.
In the case of Negro citizens, how
ever, representing a third of the total
population of the city and county, of
Durham, and through no fault of
theirs, they have absolutely no repre
sentation on the Board of County
Commissioners. Thus in the exec
utive sessions of the Board on the
matter of Watts and Lincoln hos-
Powell's Black Power Movement
Try as we may we are unable to
engender any enthusiasm for Adam
Clayton Powell's recent move to or
ganize a black political third party
in the United States. The dethroned
New York congressman's most recent
and desperate effort to keep his head
above the onrushing waters of his
diminishing personal importance,
from a national standpoint, bespeaks
the dismal and ultimate failure of any
move Powell may make outside of
Harlem.
The mere fact that there was so
much secrecy surrounding the names
of a majority of those who attended
Powell's meeting held in the British
resort island of the Bahamas is posi
tive evidence that once the chips are
down Adam will be left to carry the
ball by himself in his silly proposal to
organize a third political party in this
country composed principally of Ne
groes.
Any gathering in this country of
such magnitude as laying the ground
work for the organization of a third
political party should by all means
disclose the names of its supporting
leaders. With the exception of
CORE'S Floyd McKissick there was
Where do We go from Here Politically?
We accept with a grain of salt the
statement made by Governor Moore
during a recent press conference
that Negroes will be hired for ser
vice in the State Highway Patrol.
The mere fact that the governor
stated or implied that several Ne
groes have applied for jobs as high
way patrolmen but none qualified
bespeaks the trickery behind the en
tire matter of employing Negroes in
this particular department of the
state.
It may be that those who are re
sponsible for passing on the qualifica
tions of Negro applicants for employ
ment as highway patrolmen are ex
pecting such men to have a Ph.D. de
gree in social science or some other
allied field. If such be the case we
doubt seriously if the same yard
stick is being used in measuring the
qualifications of all the white ap
plicants. Certainly an encounter with
the average highway patrolman >of '
the state will reveal in short order
that he is by no means a /dollefei 1
professor. ' , #,
THE CAROLINA TIMES is thoroughly
convinced that until Negro leaders
and citizens at large have the cour
age or the wisdom to stop being "in
the bag" for one party—the Demo
crtic Party—that Negroes will never
be accorded the respect positions
or employment in state offices to
which they are entitled as taxpaying
citisens. t
The stupid custom of voting the
Democratic ticket, be if right or
wroog, for the welfare of Negroes or
•gainst it, has resulted in the total
pitals, Negroes will be entirely on
the outside looking in and its mem
bers will have no firsthand knowl
edge of the desires, hopes, wishes and
aspirations of the 30,000 or more Ne
gro citizens and taxpayers of the city
and county.
One only needs to pay a visit to the
Durham County courthouse and ob
i sefVe the lack of Negro employees in
clerical positions and otherwise to
realize that the county commissioners
fiave not yet awaken to the demands
Jof Negroes of the present day that
they be accorded firstclass citizen
ship in which they will have a part
in the total picture of city, county,
state and national government.
, In the face of the sit-ins, March on
Washington, demonstrations, violent
and non-violent efforts of Negroes
over the past several years to achieve
full citizenship, the county com
missioners of Durham have failed to
get the message or to realize that
they are now dealing with a new
Negro who intends to be heard and
have a part in all phases of the na
tion.
We warn the trustees of Lincoln
Hospital to approach the matter of
turning over the properties of that
facility, "officially and legally," with
out obtaining official and legal com
mitments of what in the final out
come will be the future of Lincoln
Hospital. We caution them to tread
carefully the path before them lest
unborn generations curse the day
they were born and the hour they
betrayed the sacred trust that has
been placed into their keeping.
entirely too much secrecy surround
ing the names of other outstanding
Negro leaders who participated in
Powell's yellow pipe dream about or
ganizing a "black political power" or
party in the United States.
We are opposed to any and all
strictly black power movements, the
same as we are opposed to any and
all strictly white power movements.
We believe in the power of the
majority, without regard to race,
creed or color. Certainly no Negro
who has opposed segregated schools,
churches, employment and other
such public accommodations can hon
estly be an advocate of a third party
movement composed entirely of Ne
groes or whites.
Powell's idea of black power or a
black party sounds entirely too much
like the talk of poor whites in the
deep South who advocate white pow
er or a political party that refuses to
admit the participation of Negroes.
We predict, therefore, the ultimate
failure of Powell's effort and advise
Negro leaders to seek the power to
be found in a majority ballot com
posed fit .any and all citizens of this
country.
bypassing of Negroes when the
choice jobs in state employment are
being handed out as well as employ
ment as highway patrolmen.
We think the time has arrived
when Negro leaders ought to call a
meeting and sit down together to dis
cuss and consider frankly the serious
question of where do we go from
here politically? Governor Moore
has his position by virtue of the
loyalty of the Negro vote to the
Democratic Party in the last guber
natorial election. In gratitude for
such, the governor and other high
officials of the state continue to
thumb their noses at Negroes on the
matter of employment in state offices
and elsewhere. Therefore, we ask
again, where do we go from here
politically?
'-pHE STRATEGY being employed
* by civil fights advocates in the
to obtain passage of the 1967
iill which President JOHNSON recent
y asked the Congress to enact in
/olves a calculated risk.
What the President submitted is a
r.lx-title bill to prohibit discrimina
tion In the selection of federal, state
or local juries; to give the Equal Em
ployment Opportunity Commission
oower to order the end of discrimi
natory practices in hiring, promotion,
and other asnects of employment; to
ban discrimination in the sale or
rental of private housing; to make it
a federal offense to interfere with
anyone exercising civil rights guar
anteed by federal law, and to extend
for five years the life of the U, S.
Commission on Civil Rights.
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Shoe Fits . . . Will
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
"If the root is cwnKttd, so
•rt Hw branches."
Rom. 11:16.
The right rootage U most es
sential for rich growth and
fruitage. Naturally, poor soil
and poor rootage will make for
defective fruitage. And this
principle applies to natural as
well as the spiritual facts of
life. The question then, is what
is the right spiritual rootage
for the life and destiny of roan?
What rootage spiritually will
briqg forth the best possible
results in terms of fruits? Man
must be rooted and pounded
in the loving gracious way of
life of God as revealed in
Christ to produce the best
possible fruits. Man's life to
produce the best possible fruit,
age must rest in God the ulti
mate ground of our being.
Word, then, says that with our
rootage in God we can hope
to bring forth the best fruits.
To bear fruits we must have
the right rootage. The rootage
determines the fruits we shall
bear. We must simply conclude
that improper roots will pro-
-Workshop
Continued from front page
provide "technical infor
mation and inspiration" and
he indicated that it could be
the biggest such gathering
ever held in Eastern North
Carolina.
"Interest is running ex
tremely high over a wide
area," he said, "and we
frankly expect a huge turn
out."
Top authorities will be
on hand, Salter said, to
deal with such subjects as
community organization and
politics, farm wages, labor
unions, anti-poverty tech
niques, Federal civil rights
laws and administrative
provisions, and freedom
songs. He said that people
would have ample oppor
tunity to ask questions and
talk privately with the work
shop leaders.
The major address in the
evening will be given by
Miss Ella J. Baker, a
nationally known civil
rights leader. Miss Baker,
who comes originally from
Halifax County, N.C., and
who was valedictorian of
her class at Shaw Univer
sity, has served as national
director of branches of the
NAACP and as executive
director of the Southern
Christian Leadership Con
ference. She was a founder
and advisor to the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee, has worked
closely with the Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party,
and is a consultant to the
Southern Conference Edu
cational Fund.
Salter said that thousands
of pieces of pertinent litera
ture would be distributed
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture lifts 18 basic types of
cheese with at least 20 varieties
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Man Must be Rooted in God
To Produce a Richer Harvest
duce undesirable fruits. Man
cut off from the Divine ground
of his being—God—must pro
duce undesirable fruits. If hu
man life is to have a rich, satis
fying fulfillment it must rest
securely in God. And with this
foundation or rootage we can
hope to come into the fullest
bloom and produce the best
fruits.
Our spiritual roots must be
cultivated to give us a rich har
vest of fruits. Fruits call for
nurture, cultivation and ferti
lization. Put the seed in unpre
pared souls and the fruits will
be scanty. Leave the seed un
atteded, generally, and you
will have no roots nor fruits.
And for strong, vital roots you
must have vital, life-giving nu
trients; and withou these nu
trients the roots and the fruits
will suffer from serious limita
tions. The strogest roots and
best fruits will be seen in the
horvest when the right care
and nurture are given. Then to
be planted in God through
Christ the Savior is not enough.
We must have good seed plant-
free of charge to those in
charge.
The workshop conference
is being made possible by
a financial grant from the
Highlander Research & Edu
cational Center, Knaxville,
Tennessee. The Highlander
organization, which in
cludes among its, national
sponsors such men as Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Mr. A. Philip Randolph, has
functioned for over thirty
years in the South.
-Wilkins
Continued from front page
boundries of both time and
territory.
"Under his vigorous
guidance, the National
Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
has grown in size and in
fluence. It has waged an
effective and tenacious
battle to help our country
set a true course on the
path of liberty and of
justice. And the seal of
Roy Wilkins on all these
efforts has become the
symbol of promise and of
fulfillment for millions of
Americans.
"Unflinching in freedom's
progress, unyielding to
momentary shifts of public
fashion, uncompromising in
the defense of righteous
ness, Roy Wilkins is one
of the true leaders, not
only of our time, but of all
time. He has truly counseled
wisely, guided firmly, with
stood the storms of many
seasons in the struggle for
human rights.
"May God continue to
assist him in his mission,
and may America continue
to reap rich harvests from
his achievements."
Secretary of State Dean
Rusk, who made the pre
sentation to Mr. Wilkins,
read the text of President
Johnson's message
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Ed in good soil to produce rich
roots and fruits.
Human life will give the
best possible results when it
finds spiritual rootage in God
the Creator and Preserver of
all things. Thus a commitment
to God in Christ gives life its
proper rootage. And with this
kind of rootage the fruitage is
assured. Good rootage brings
forth bountiful harvest of
fruits. What are the fruits ot
life in Christ Jesus? First and
foremost there is the fruit
needed by every human being.
"Hie fruit of healing and sal
vation for the sin-sick soul.
There are additionally the
blessed fruits of peace, joy,
patience, generosity, kindness,
self-control, uderstanding and
love. These rich spiritual fruits
must come from God. They are
the gift of God's amazing
Grace.
Then must we all realize that
grounded in God and the
man must be rooted and
age and produce a rich harvest
Creator to have the right root
of spiritual fruits.
-Anniversary
Continued from front page
native, now a resident of
Milano, Italy. She is to be
presented in recital op Fri
day evening, April 28.
Other events scheduled
for the week, all evening
programs, include: Monday,
April 24-concert by the
A&T College Symphony
Band: Tuesday, April 25-
recital by Geoffrey Holder,
dancer, painter, author, cho
reographer and singer; Wed
nesday, April 26-"Guys
and Dolls", a musical
drama by the A&T College
Department of Music; Thurs
day, April 27-"God's Trom
bones", a dramatic presen
tation by the Richard B.
Harrison Players.
Programs scheduled for
Saturday morning, all of
special interest to visiting
alumni, call for a meeting
of the Mideast Region of
the A&T College General
Alumni Association at 9:00
a.m.; the annual Alumni
Lecture Series with Dr.
Darwin T. Turner, professor
of English and dean of the
A&T College Graduate
School, and the Awards
Luncheon, at which A&T
College Graduate School,
and the Awards Luncheon,
at which A&T alumni who
have made outstanding
records in the field of ed
ucation are to be honored.
A review by the ROTC
Cadet Corps is scheduled
for 1:15 p.m. on the front
campus lawn.
An art exhibit, featuring
productions by A&Tgtudenta
and professionala will be
held during the entire week
at the Taylor Art Gallery.
Many can play a aeon; few
can orchestrate.
—Stebbins
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Job Opportun
THE OUTLOOK FOR employment opportunities for Negro citizens
is still bad. Unemployment continues at more than double th«
rate for white workers and the unemployment rates for youni
people looking for their first jobs is catastrophically high; one out of
every three Negro teenage boys who want jobs cannot find them. Cor
responding figures for white workers and white youngsters have been
improving at the same time that the figures for Negroes have been
getting worse.
This is, of course, one of the great problems
■ facing American democracy. A nation whosa
S gross national product this year is expected to
I be in the neighborhood of S7BO billion should
be able to include all of its citizens in its pros
gH perity, and it certainly should not let race or
■ color be the decisive element in determining
l|| whether a man works or not.
In the face of an otherwise grim situation
|h however, some progress is being made. More
■ than ever before, the thousands of Negro college
MR. YOUNG graduates are finding acceptance in professional
and managerial jobs long close to them. They are opening doors in
government, business and industry through which many others will
follow.
Education Begins To Pay Off
The proportion of non-whites holding professional jobs has in
creased from 3.9 percent in 1955 to 5.9 percent in 1965, the last
year for which there are figures. This indicates that the expanded
educational opportunities of recent years have begun to pay off in
better jobs for the determined pace-setters of the new generation.
It also indicates that employers are beginning to learn how to b«
color-blind in their hiring practices.
But there is such s long way to go. Much of the new hiring
was done by government agencies, and a lot of the improved job
status of many Negro workers is due to upgrading and training on
llicir government jobs. Although the government's employment poli
cy leaves much to be desired, private industry is still the follower, not
the leader, in hiring Negroes for managerial positions and in training
and upgrading their present Negro employees.
A look at some government agencies reveals the wealth of talent
lost to business through its short-sighted hiring practices. The three
largest post offices in the nation—Chicago, New York, and Los
Angeles—are run by postmasters who are Negro.
Taken together, these three offices handle 11 billion pieces of
mail, have receipts of $650 million per year, and hava 77,000 em
ployees. Few corporations are larger than these offices; few man
agers in private industry have anywhere near that many employees
to supervise. The management capabilities needed to run these offices
are the same* as those needed to run a large corporation, yet very
few Negroes are anywhere near the corporate hierarchy in industry.
Standings of Contestants
Mrs. J. A. Cartwrl)«b«m t>3. 255,000
Mrs. Aline Baldwin, Chapel Hill .225,000
Mrs. Oneida McGhee, Durham 210,000
Mrs. J. L. Connor, Sr., Concord 210,000
Mrs. Deloise Boyd, High Point 180,000
Mrs. Willie B. Chapman, Grifton .. 150,000
Benjamin Williams, Oxford 150,000
Miss Geraldine Alston, Chapel Hill 150,000
Miss Delores A. Coward, Kinston 120,000
Miss Rosa OUella Bass, Rougemont 90,000
Mrs. Doris J. Hopkins, Kinston 90,000
Mrs. Pearline M. Lennon, Durham 60,000
Paul Mason, Durham 60,000
Miss lola Allen, Durham 45,000
Mrs. Daisy Kizzie, Durham 45,000
Mrs. Mary H. Clifton, Winston-Salem 30,000
Mrs. Ruth Worley, Greensboro 30,000
Miss Mary Curry, Smlthfield 30,000
Mrs. Nancy G. Wilson, Rocky Mount 15,000
Mrs. Agnes Lee, Burlington 15,000
Mrs. Addie Turner, Statesville 15,000
Mrs. Mary Bodrfie, Tarboro 15,000
Mrs. Fannie Dunlap, Winston-Salem 15,000
Mrs. Bradsher, Roxboro 15,000
Mrs. Hattie Wilkerson .Virgilina, Va 15,000
-Professor
Continued from front page
ors Day observance. Her sub
ject will be, "The Inquiring
Mind and New Destinies."
-Alumni
Continued from front page
Adrian Freeman, chairman of
the National Alumni Centen
nial Campaign. The banquet
address will be delivered by
Dr. Jerome H. Holland, presi
dent of Hampton. A final fea
ture of the banquet will be the
presentation of the award by
J. J. Henderson, alumi.l trustee
and treasurer of N, C. Mutual
life Insurance Company.
Bunday morning a breakfast
business meeting will be held
at 9:30. Mrs. Beuna Peace, vice
president, will preside. Notes
from the president's office will
be given by Miss Martha Rid
dick.
Final item on the program
will be reports of the various
committees.
Officers of the North Caro
lina Region of the Alumni As
sociation an: Miss Martha Rid
dlck, president; James Rogers,
•vice president, Northern Dis
trict; Mr*. Beuna Peace, vice
president, Piedmont District;
Chatrlch Haithman, vice presi
dent, Southeastern District;
Albert W«M>, vice president,
Western District; Mrs. C. T.
Tucker, Recording Secretary;
Mrs. Laura M. 800 ton, Corres
ponding Secretary; R. Kelly
Bryant, Treasurer; Sherman
Par ham, parliamentarian; H,
Thomas Tucker, Chaplain and
Maurice W. Coleman, Sergeant
st Arms.
Holder of the Ed.D. degree
from Cornell, Professor New
kirk returned to NCC in Sep
tember from a two-year leave
of absence as a Fulbright lec
turer at the Winneba Training
College in Ghana.
-Highway
Continued from front page
ton, April 14 and 15; Win
ston
18; Greensboro, April 19
and 20; ' Salisbury, April
24 and 25; Charlotte,
April 26 and 27; Waynes;
ville, May 1 and 2; and
Asheville, May 3 and 4.
The recruiting sessions
are scheduled \to be held
from 12:00 noon to 9:00
p.m., and the mobile unit
generally will be stationed
near a shopping center or
some other area where
there is normally a heavy
concentration of people.
Basic requi • *rits for
Patrol candidates are: 21
to 30 years of age; at least
5'9!4" in height; physically
sound; unblemished charac
ter and moral background;
weight at lea st 160 pounds;
possess a High School
Diploma or certificate in
lieu thereof; be a Citizen
of the United States and a
North Carolina resident;
must be mobile (willing to
accept assignment any
where in the State) must
be mobile (willing to accept
assignment anywhere in the
State;) must pass rigid
written mental examina
tions; and must attend a
14 week training session
if successful with the fore
going basic requirements.