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2A -THE CAROLINA TIMES . SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1967 A Prayer for Writers and Newspaper Men "0 THOU GREAT SOURCE of truth and knowledge, we remember be fore thee all whose calling it is to gather a window of facts for Inform ing the people. Inspire them with a determined love for honest work and a staunch hatred for the making of lies, lest the judgements of our nation be perverted and we be taught to call light darkness and darkness light. Since the sanity and wisdom of a nation are in their charge, may they count it shame to set the baser passions of men on fire for the sake of gain. May they never suffer them selves to be used in drugging the minds of the people with falsehood and prejudice. Grant them boldness to turn the unwelcome light on those who love A Bombshell Explodes in Wilmington Tom Jervay, publisher of the Wil mington Journal, exploded a bomb shell in his newspaper last week by exposing the damnable situation of the United Fund of Wilmington in refusing to accept a donation of SIOO from Mr. Jervay on condition that his son, Tom. Jr . will be able to use his membership card in the Wil mington Y. To get straight to the point in the matter we are publishing below the exact contents of the exchange of letters between Mr. Jervay and the president of the United Fund in Wilmington. UNITED FUND CI Iv Sirs: Attached is my check for SIOO. tit be accepted on condition that my son, Tom Jervay, Jr.. who en ters business with us this coining June, 19*>8. when he finishes N. C. College in Durham, will be able to use his Y.MCA card here as he ■night other places. He Is a Christ ian. Sincerely yours. T. C. Jervay Publisher October 31, 1967 Mr. Thoinjis C. Jervay 412 South Seventh Street Wilmington, North Carolina Dear Mr. Jervay: The United Fund of New Han over County received a check from you for 8100.00 and attached to it was a condition with which we are unable to comply. The United Fund cannot control nor change the internal policy of any of its Member Agencies as we The Attempt to Close Lincoln Hospital We have observed with great con cern, as well as amusement, the ap parent efforts on the part of the power structure of Durham to cloee Lincoln Hospital. The present sinister and subtle move against Lincoln Hoe pital is in tune with that of the re cent hospital bond issue here, when rhe .same white power structure had the brass, the gall and tihe guts to ;vsk the Negro citizens of Durham to vote a sls million Hospital Bond fue, sl4 million of which would be handed over to Watts Hospital, while only $1 million would be given Lin coln Hospital. I*t the Negro citizens of Durham, their children and unborn generations never forget the awesome and ungod ly plot that was only halted when the present generation of Negro voters had the self respect to rise up en masse and defeat the Hospital Bond fssue by voting against it. Let thoee in the future read the record and understand that their forebears, along with a segment of fairminded .vhite citizens, took such an avers* action only after the proposal, on the part of Negro citizens, to ac cept H measly W* million of the ltond Issue had been flatly refused Again we warn the Negro citizen* of Durham and vicinity that the ef, fiirt M to clone Lincoln Hospital have not let up. They need only to look MIKI lUten to the local news media> to understand that the enemies of Lin coln Hospital are still up and doing We. wam-tIUCT thai it will be a black hour in Durham and the surround ing territory when their sick, their lame, their aged, their unborn and their newly born are solely depend ent upon segregated hospital fadli ties and all the vicious practices that ir». with any part and parcel of such. That 1 Jncnbi Hospital, in the face of receiving only the crumbs that have fallen from the table of the city and county of Durham, haa been able npain and again to maintain an A the darkness because their deeds are evil. Put into their hands the shin ing sword of truth, and make them worthy successors of the great cham pions of the people who held truth to be a holy thing by which nations live and for which men should die. Cause them to realize that they have a public function in the Common wealth, and that their country may be saved by their courage or undone by their cowardice and silence. Grant them the heart of manhood to cast their mighty influence with the forces that make the people strong and free, and if they suffer loss, may they rejoice in that as proof to their souls that they have fought a good fight and have been servants of the higher law." would have to do in order to ac cept your gift. The United Fund needs your support and the support of every one in the community but we can not accept it wih the condition put forth with your check. Regretfully we must return your donation. Respectfully, Allan T. Strange President The Carolina Times, along with the help of the late R. L. McDougald. succeeded in throwing a block in the way of efforts to establish a Jim Crow YMCA in Durham several years ago the same as the YMCA has in Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte and several other cities. We thought >it the time, and still hold, that no sincere Christian can square his con science with the ungodly practice of segregation, especially in the church, or any other Christian institution. We, therefore, take our stand be side Tom Jervay, in opposing the United Fund, or any other public agency, in the soliciting of funds from all the people that are not go ing to be used or administered on an equal basis for all the people. Tom Jervay and his newspaper, the Wilmington Journal, are making a distinct contribution to the people of Wilmington, the state and the nation that only those possessed with prophetic vision will presently be able to see or understand. History is on their side and one day will '■read their titles clear to mansion in the sky," in their support of the eternal truth that "God is no re spector of person." rating with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, is an achievement worthy of the praise and admiration of every intelligent per son of Durham and vicinity. We think it might not be a bad idea to give some of the persons, connected with the management of other hos pitals operating in this area, an op portunity to find ut just how the management of Lincoln was able to achieve such Instead of criticism we think the time has arrived for the Negro citi 7jens of Durham and vicinity to rally to the cause of Lincoln Hospital, which for more than a half century has stood as one source to which they could turn for hospitalization without fear or favor. We, therefore, call up on our churches, fraternities, busi ness institutions, the Committee on Negro Affairs, and individuate in all walks of life to come together and organize a mammoth financial cam iwicm in behalf of Lincoln Hospital Progress In Mississippi, Democratic Con gressman JOHN BELL WILLIAMS, a hardline segregationist, defeated a more moderate Republican opponent for the governor's chair. But the picture in the Magnolia State had its brighter spots. ROBEBT G. CLABK, 37-year-old Negro, became the first of his race to win a seat in the Mis sissippi Legislature, defeating state Rep. JAMES P. LOVE in Holmes County. Six other Negroes won local gov ernmental posts in five Mississippi counties, bringing to 22 the total number of Negroes elected to va rious offices this year. Fifteen Ne groes were chosen to county offices in the Democratic primaries last Au gust and had no opposition in the general election. At Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Gicrf.ci'. DAVIS, a housewife and real estate broker, was the winner of the first Kentucky Senate seat ever captured by a Negro. Rising Crime...A Community Concern V- X ' ljm tfjffiTjlk V. rW. jrd 13; TELL IT LIKE IT IS mLL By KENT R. AUTOR ——— b t kent r. autor 4 - There appears to be some con fusion at this time as to just what the American Negro's position should be with respect to President Johnson. This derives from the fact that the President is an important and powerful friend of the Negro, and simultaneously, the person mainly responsible for JUT country's involvement in a war that threatens all his liberal and progressive domes tic programs, including the advance ment of the Negro in America. The impact of the war in Viet nam on the national and local scene cannot be questioned by anyone with the eyes to see. Sargent Shriver Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, stated flatly last week that he would resign if Congress does not allocate the money re quired to support the anti-poverty program. He pointed out that 75£ out of every dollar is allocated to defense - mainly to support the war in Vietnam which is costing over one hundred million dollars a day —while rmty of the budge day - while only \V*i of the budge tary dollar is spent on the war on poverty. It does not make sense, he said, to cut such a meagre amount in our budget that supports a pro gram of critical importance to the health of our nation. According to the National Asso ciation for Community Develop ment, community action programs throughout the country are closing shop because they are not being funded. The President told Americans that this country could afford both guns and butter; that we could prosecute the war in Vietnam and still support the vigorous develop -Meet (Continued from front page) tribute to a very fine Christian woman of distinction and character. The Progressive National Baptist Convention is becoming a powerful force among Negro Baptists as she shares leadership responsibility through the process of tenure for her officers. The Convention will hear a re port from the National Executive Secretary, Dr. L. Venchael Booth, whose sponsorship of the Volun tary Monthly Support Plan for chur ches of the Progressive Nation al Baptist Convention is revolut ches of the Progressive National Baptist Convention is revolution izing Convention support Dr. Booth has led Zion Baptist Church in Cincinnati in building one of the few Federally sponsored Nursing Homes for the aged and infirm in America. His leadership in the Pro gressive Convention is a challenge to greater Christian stewardship among Negro Baptists. All roads toad-to Onrtiam fai members of me Southern Region and their friends. A royal welcome awaits everyone who is concerned with meeting the challenge of the picaent age. The pubßc is invited. -Foreman (Continued from front page) dty and county with an appeal to these citizens for support of the Christmas Seal Campaign. ment of the Great Society. He has come to admit what he has been told all along - it can't be done! His solution to the problem is to raise taxes which he rationalizes as an attempt to curb inflation. Congress is reluctant to do this. Rather, the Congress has seen fit to hold up and lor cut back on domestic spending. Locally, the consequences of Congressional actions the past three months have been felt by the Low Income Housing Corporation, the N. C. Fund's Manpower and Mobi lity programs, the Multi-purpose Training Center, the Education Im provement Program, the Regional Education Laboratory, Duke Uni versity and UNC scientific research programs, and many others. Even the North Carolina water and air pollution program has been placed in jeapardv. Every program design ed for the betterment of our own people is threatened. Neither the President nor the Congress seems willing to put an immediate end to this cosily war in southeast Asia. Aside from the hu manitarian and moral questions in volved in the war, our government is sacrificing more than the lives of our youth, more than our pres tige in the community of nations, more than our resources - it is sacrificing our own country. And we are feeling it Now, the Negro has a vested interest in improving his own situa tion as a citizen and human being in this land of ours. If the war in Vietnam continues unabated - and it might very well, if the Admini stration's present policies are-pur sued - we can expect the wheels of progress to slow down and even -Leaders (Continued from front page) tunity there may be for a share in a larger future. More than ever before, the Negro youth has the opportuni ty and the responsibility to establish his goals in education, economics, and politics at new breakthrough levels." "The call for separatism strikes a responsive chord in an undeter mined number of Negroes," Wil liams said, "particularly the Negro youth. Clearly the slogans for sepa ratism hold an appeal, too, for the middle class Negro who has seen his high hopes crumpled against the brick walls of racial prejudice." Sociologists tell us what we already suspect is the truth-that the new desire for separatism grows out od despair," Williams said. He quoted an estimate by the President's Council of Economic Advisors that racial discrimination costs the country S2O bilHon a year. "We are talking about the Nation's oldest treasure hunt-thc seared of * pwplt for equality of opportunity-cducationally, politica lly" -Game (Continued from front pace) Pearson and Aaron Patterson and fUUback Richard Armstrong. In upsetting Virginia State last week, the Aggies showed they have a lot of potential Defen sively, AAT will be led by EMn Bethea, Henry Frye, Dennis slip into reverse. This is a distinct possibility if President Johnson is relected to office, or if a Republican "hawk" gets into the White House. There can be no doubt that the improvements in the condition of American citizens generally, and Ne groes specifically, are due to Presi dent Johnson's administration. But he is embroiled in a course of ac tion abroad that could emasculate what he has done at home. However grateful the American Negro may be for what Johnson has done for him, he must not permit this to lead him into blind loyalty. (After all, he only did what should have been done long ago.) The Negro must leave open the question of whom he will support in the up-coming pre sidential election. It is conceivable that a liberal Republican, friendly to the Negro and a "dove" with re gard to the war, might be more de serving of support in terms of the long range interests of this minority group. To say that some people will use the war in Vietnam as an excuse to cut Mr. Johnson down because of what he has done for the Negro ig nores the valid point that the war is a distinct and demonstrated threat to Negro interests. To touch up difficult areas of a garment such as pleats, collars and cuffs, there's a small, portable hand presser that plugs into an electric outlet. By inserting the gar ni en t between the flat pres sing irons, ties or handker chiefs and such cam be touch ed up. ft also works to speed up drying of lingerie. T e presser comes in zippered travel case. Homesley, Daryle Cherry and Lo renso Pearson. The Eagles, coached by James Stevens, have three very talented quarterbacks in sophomore Herman Matthews, junior Terry Cole and senior Walt Funderburk. Matthews is an excellent passer and runner who has sparkled in North Carolina's attack all season. Matthews' targest are sophomore end Julian Martin and Gilbert Smith. Other veteran Eagje players are fullback Roger Foust and Gilbert Smith, Willie Ray Taylor and Thurman Jones. Making their final appearance fof AJkT will be seniors Henry Hipps, Homesley, Cramie Elmore, Bethea, Tom Alston and Willie Vautfin. -Clement (Continued from front page) til 1937. He also served as a rural pastor of A.M.E. Zion churches in North Carolina from 1924 until 1931, during which time he received his Ph. D. in History from North western University. Dr. Clement was married to the former Pearl Ann Johnson of Su mer, Mississippi, and is survived by her and his daughter, Mrs. Robert Foster of Los Angeles, California; three granddaughters. Miss Alberta Foster of lowa City, Mrs. Alfred Moss of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Miss Joy Foster of Los Angeles; three brothers, Fred of Institute, i West Virginia, George of Louisville, I Kentucky, and James of Philadel phia, Pennsylvania; and three sisters, Abbie Clement Jackson of Louis- THE WAY I SEE IT ! By DAVID W. STITH An editorial entitled "Wake Selec tion A Sign Of Rising Trend" in the Durham Sun of Thursday, November 9, while commenting on the appoint ment of Mitchell as assistant judge in Raleigh, makes some pleasant state ments that "an increasing number of qualified responsible Negroes have been elected or appointed to position of public trust in this and other states." The editorial goes on to call this a "normal, trend" but "one whose tempo will not be speeded by arrogant pressures or disruptive tac tics..." This is certainly true. But what is not clear all is the source of the "arrogant pressures" and "diwptive tactics." The token Negro represen tation on the boards and commission cited by the Durham Sun has con tinued relatively unchanged for some time, and always has been representa tive only of a certain element within the Negro community. And, in a very clear example of blatant prejudice, J. J. Henderson, a member of the Durham Housing Authority, has twice been passed over as chairman of the Housing Authority, on the other hand, was a relative newcomer to the Housing Authority with little experience. Here is a "qualified, re sponsible Negro" (whatever that means) and yet this still does not mean that he has access to the posi tion of public trust to which his training, knowledge, competence, skill and honesty entitle him. Several years ago the city admini stration passed over its most quali fied and experienced individual in the recreation Department in the person of I. R. Holmes and instead selected a Younger, less experienced white man for the job. Mr. Holme* in his many years of service to the Department of Recreation, had cle arly shown himself to be both "qua lified and responsible" as he con tinues to do in his present position with the Durham Neighborhood Youth Corps. The prejudice of the city administration here again refus ed a man simply because of his race and despite his obvious qualifica tions. If there are any "arrogant pres ville, Ruth Clement Bond of Wash ington, D. C., and Emma Clement Sanders of Fort Valley, Georgia. In 1953, a year before the 1954 Supreme Court ruling on segregated schools, Dr. Clement was elected to the Atlanta Board of Education, thus becoming the first Negro to be elected to a public office in the City of Atlanta. He was re-elected to the Board for his fourth consecutive term in 1966. The Editor of TIME (February, 1966) named Dr. Cle ment as one of the fourteen most influential University presidents in the country. He was elected to Phi " Beta Kappa by Brown University in 1957. The late president was a member of several civic and educational or ganizations, including the board of directors and executive committee of the Southern Regional Council, the national Board of the United Nations Association of the United States of America, and of the At lanta Urban League, the Citizens Trust Company, the United Negro -King (Continued from front pige) gree awarded to the civil rights lea der, clergyman and author, and the second he has received from a Euro pean institution. In 1965 Dr. King accepted a Doctorate of Social Science at the Amsterdam Free Uni versity in Holland. The president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference earned his doctorate in Systematic Theology at Boston University in 1955. He went on to lead the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955-56 and hrlped found SCLC in 1957. In addition to the honor ary degrees, Dr. King has received more than 250 citations and awards for his work, including the 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace. He will be accompanied to Lon don and Newcastle Upon Tyne by Rev. Andrew J. Young, Executive Director of SCLC. Sir Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1&53- Published every Saturday at Durham. X. (•'. Ity United Publisher*, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher SAMUEL L. HRIGCS blauaginf, Editor ELWOOD CARTER Adoertitmg Managtr Second Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 27702 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per yeur plus (15c tax in N. C. ) anywhere in the U.S.. and Canada and to servicemen Oversea*; Foreign. 97.50 per year. Single copy 20c. PRINCIPAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 436 E. PETTICMW Siwr, DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA 27702 jures or disruptive tactics by poups or factions with goals in mind other than the best interests of the commu nities, states or country as a whole," being exerted in Durham they are certainly those pressures exerted and tactics used when men such as these are pushed aside for reasons that are clearly racial. Instead of slyly intimating that there are few, if any, "qualified-and responsible-Negroes" who have emerged of recognized, ability and with a willingness for public service, the Durham Sun should direct its attention towards seeing that those many who have emerged are recog nized and are given the opportunity to serve their community. THE NEXT FOCAL POINT The local daily papers asked edi torially last week "what will the next focal point be?" referring to action being taken by Negroes in quest of their rights as American citizesn. Two points of concern are raised by this question. First,; why should the Negroes be satified with the so called progress they have made when all they have done is simply to pro test another attempt to deprive them of their rights by imposing an under sirable housing project on them. Secondly, the question is raised as if any new "focal point" will sim ply be a matter of making noise about nothing of real meaning. So many are the injustices daily prac ticed against the Negro in Durham that he needs only to "stick his hand into the bag" and he can pull out any number of legitimate points of con cern where he is being segregated and abused. Any time the Negro community expressed itself the whites try to pre tend that it is nothing worth really talking about. But the Negro knows better and so do the whites and that that is why they try to hide behind a smoke screen of ridicule as in this editorial. In answer to the ridiculous ques tion this editorial asks, we must ans wer that the next focal point may be any given injustice at any given time that the Negro's patience runs out. College Fund, Inc. and the National Science Board. Funeral services were held at Sisters Chapel, Spelman College campus, at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 11, with the Reverend Samuel W. Williams officiating. Interment was in Louisville, Ken tucky, on Monday, November 13, and short services were held at the Broadway Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, 13th and Broadway, Louis ville, at 11:00 a.m. -Peace Corps (Continued from front page) As Coordinator of Training and Quality Control in the Division of Programming, Planning and Train ing the Peace Corps will be able to use the wealth of knowledge and background which Dr. Walker brings to Peace Corps Washington experi ence from his long years of service at North Carolina College. Giant Yule Card Set For Vietnam About the whoppingest Christ mas card of all time is going to the men in Vietnam. It is billed as "one of th • largest, heaviest, and most indestructible" cards in h 1 »- tory. On it are nearly 100,000 signatures of Phoenix resi dents and Arizona visitors from many states. THE CARD weighs in at 736 pounds and is to be flown to Vietnam. It is made from two four by 40-foot pieces of three-quarter inch plywood, each piece five times the size of the normal foi* by s i x foot panel. It was donated by the man ufacturing firm of Georgia- Pacific and the Salt Rive r Valley Hoo Hoo Club, a Phoe nix group of forest products dealers and wholesalers. 1,- 000 thronged the Chri»-Towa shopping mall for a week to sign the gaily painted greet ing.