IA THE CAROLINA TIMES Sal, Ja. 20. ltTO EDITORIALS & COMMENT NAACP Membership increase TOOK A FIRM STAND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS vl. r The Urgent civil rights organiza tion in the nation. NAACP. has shown PPtkMit increase in its member ip contribution!.. It reports an in crease of nuiv than 21.800 members over the rolls of 1971. Then haa been growth as well in its special contri butions fund. These sue indeed good Mgna. It is especially Mtting that this organization which has been steadily pushing forward for equality and jus tice that is civil rights of all minor ities shows the continuing fiae in its financial structure, by contribu tions from many sector of the pub lic. Perhaps eventfiore. has this watch dog of civil rights been known as 'the lean horse such a long race' that haa garnered much strength and has been guided effectively by those many local leaders who keep pushing for new civil rights'ground no mat ter what the national climate of opinion ia. Certainly as all aigns of this Ad ministration ahow that it is now mov ing from 'benign neglect to overt neglect." this great watchdog of civil rights for minoritiea and others will and can uae even more contributions as the continuing battle gets deeper and more acute. Let ua hope that even more con tributions will come in to aid in the cauae as all American continue to woirjc for equal opportunity and jus tice for all men regardless of race, creed or color. FORMER PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN IN HIS 1943 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN- fc CAME TO HARLEM, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO TELL BLACK AMERICANS HHERBHE STOOD ON CIVIL RIGHTS. f ; A. Memorial For Dr. Martin L. King The introduction of legislation in both houses of Congress by the Con gressional Black Caucus to make Jan uary 15. the birthday of the late Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. a national noli day will pay tribute to one who haa become a symbol of the struggle to realize the American Ideals of equal ity and equal opportunity. Dr. King's program of creative constructive, non violent action to combat the problems of discrimina tion and poverty and to secure equal justice for all Americans attests to His great foresight as well as his Chriatian faith in nil men. His inspi rational leadership of the civil rights movement effected lasting: hjangqs in America and gave new lite to the philosophy which should guide our nation. His tireless activities in both ,the. N'orth and the South were geaijjr; respOtmible for the landmark civil rigwl legislation of the Sntftlftr For example, his campaiign for the guar antees of voting rights in Selma. Ala bama contributed signally to the adoption of corrective legislation in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. En actment of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 were also partially the result of Dr. King's dedicated and selfless efforts. His final great effort the 1968 Poor People's Campaign, helped to bring the neglected plight of millions of Americans into sharp public focus. It was in recognition of his great work that the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964 was awarded to him. This honor is reserved for the great hu manitarian activists of our age. For the Congress of the United States to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King by de claring it a legal public holiday would be a gesture commensurate with the high esteem in which he is held by people the wed ovet. Making Your Vote Count Twenty more Negroes were elected to state legislature in 1972, over and above the 200-odd who had already lieen elected to such positions. Prob ably the most interesting election was John Talbert formerly head of . the Portland. Maine, Branch of the NAA CP. who was elected to the Maine State Legislature from an election district that had only a very few black voters. He was elected on a platform that poor persons needed a representative in the state legisla ture. He had heard a state legislator in the state capitol denouncing poor lople as lazy and unwilling to work without anyone in the state legisla ture contradicting him and decided that poor people needed representa tion. The white workers in his district voted for him and elected him on that platform. His election ia a tribute to the good sense of the white workers in his dis trict. They forgot about race and vot ed for someone to represent their in terest. His election also represents what the NAACP has long advocated namely an effective alliance between the racially underprivileged black peo ple, represented mainly by the NAA CP, and the economically underpri vileged, in this instance overwhelm ingly white, represented mainly by organized labor. Things You Should Know 778-868 i hi mmmm m a mm turn, Mi VMS MN0W9S At TNI fQMUMtVIPf AflOOMOMjUDtV MANY THE tfltATUY V TMt NINTH OtNTURYHE CUJDH mi NUtfOUt KJTAft I, INS NB D ATTNtAtEOrtO ! mm j . v w jpiti.-x J r tin B BUB I BB 111 I .---7;-f " .iIf.J . Negro History Week rpHE IMPORTANT role American Negroes had in the history of the United States will be reviewed and assessed during the annual ob servance of Negro History Week Feb. 11-17. Organizations, public schools, colleges and other groups planning to participate in this event should have already made arrange ments for their part in the celebra tion. Initiated in 1926 by Dr. Car ter G. Woodson, founder of the As sociation For the Study of Negro Life and History, the celebration will be helpful to liberate members of both races from the misconcep tion of the role of races in the de velopment and spread of. civilization among nations. The theme of tfle 'celebration is "Biography Illuminates the Black Experience." The influence of prominent Negro leaders will be studied and stressed. A statement on the theme says "teaching and study with the 1973 kit will be fa cilitated by its presentation in five distinct segments or sections. Ac cording to the teacher's discretion each section can be used for a sep arate day of Negro History Week." The week will see emphasis placed on the influence of "Men of Destiny" like Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association For the Study of Negro Life and History; Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, a founder of the Rational Association For the Advancement, of Colored People, and other outstanding lead ers. Attention black achieve ing black woe and the adva in special fie achievement. of the celebrat to exceptior who have various vocati With some Negro studeh find a wealth Negro's influd tory. The Ci ened the Uni and the future fundamentally a race relations mm rif i also be given to in sports, lead- n racial progress OK black; children I endeavor and personality phase will call attention erican Negroes ed distinction in and careers. and versatility d teachers can Information on the in American his- ar which threat- tes government the Nation was est of harmonious Any study of American history would be amiss without adequate attention to the agony America suffered during the four years of the Civil War. Negro history is an intricate part of Amercian history. No American president has had as difficult a do mestic problem as Abraham Lin coln faced over the threat of the South to destroy the Union over the institution of slavery. The national problem cost him his life and no other American president has had to be sacrificed on the altar of free dom in the history of this Republic. It would be welT during Negro History Week to recall the mostreI- . evant phles of American hTstbfy and the experiences of the black man. It was the role that Frederick Douglass played in the historical drama that led up to the Civil War. Dr. W. E. B. DuBois and Dr. Car ter G. Woodson had an important part in that drama. And another distinguished Negro, Booker T. Washington, who unfortunately seems almost forgotten, played a most vital role in the life and train ing of the early freedmen for their survival and future security. America on parade with its pag eantry and floats often gives the im pression that this is solely a white man's country. A tour of American cities with visits to the museums and the statues in the public parks often gives the same impression.' Until recently, and even now in too many cases, books and materials used in the public schools, colleges and li braries do not give adequate atten tion to the problems, aspirations and ichievements of the Negro people. Failure to know and to appreci ate the problems, achievements and aspirations of a race is not only un fortunate for the race or people ne glected, but for other races as well. As civilization becomes more com plex and interrelated this situation becomes more acute. The study of races and peoples has always been an important project, and this is why Negro History Week is so im portant. It is important for Negroes first because it is a highly valuable pursuit for a people who need pride, aspiration and goals to press onward in the historical march of mankind. Questions And Answers o Start Thinking About Your Income Tax (Editor's note: This col umn of questions and un aware on federal tax mat ters Is provided by the lo cal office of the "U.S. Inter oat Revenue Service and is pubMshed as a public serv ice to taxpayers. The column questions most ire- ' asked by taxpayers.) 4) My sob earned nearly last year. Does he to file a Federal in leSM tax return? A) If your son is single, you are not claiming him ss a dependent and he did not hgve self-employment earn gs of $400 or more, he does mot have to file a re turn because his gross in come is less than $2050. However, If you or some one else could claim your son as a dependent and he had income from dividends, Interest or other types of unearned income, he must file a return if bis gross in come was at least $750. He must also file a return if he had net self-employment earaiags of $400 or more. Of course, he should file a return to claim any re fund due him for income tax withheld. Q) I have an ay roe cords Can I fife without my Form W-ST A) No. A withholding statement, Form W-J, for each job held during 1971 must be attached to your return. " The President's Power The relief that millions in the United sutes and other nation felt over President Nixon's decision to halt, or rather to suspend, the terror raids against Hanoi and Haiphong hat an ironic overtone Its implication is that the more indiscriminate the weapons, the greater will be the appreciation when they are stilled. It is a policy of so escalating the pain that any let-up gives the appear ance of moderation and mercy. , The truth behind that illusion is different. When the President dispatched the B 52's against Hanoi, he changed more than the tactics in an undeclared and, many be lieve, unconstitutional War. He established a terrifying precedent. Mr. Nixon has used the instruments of terror, not to defend the United States or its troops against stuck but to. force an opponent to accept his terms at the negoti ating table. The President took this step without seeking authority from Congress or the American people. He ignored the fact that the majority that re-elected mm did so with the clear expectation that a negotiated peace was "at hand." . Throughout the long course df this war, each previous stage of escalation has been accompanied by efforts, however minimal, to gain the consent of Congress and the people. This time, however, there was no Tonkin Gulf rationalization nor any explanation about enemy sanctuaries in Ciunbodia. There was only the Presiden tial silence which thus proclaimed the concept of an unlimited Presidential power requiring no explanation. The doctrine of the President's right to turn terror bombing on and off at wilt comes close to a kind of absolutism that is irreconcilable with the principle of constitutional government. It approaches the point of unacceptable risk in the nuclear age when the unilateral use of force let alone the use of it at the discretion of one man-becomes a direct affront to the world's safety and sanity. Such an absolutist doctrine too easily flows from Mr. Nixon's .interpretation of America's role as Number One. It is an interpretation with which neither the United States nor the world could live in equanimity. The Presi dent's promise of "a generation of peace" will come to naught if it is to be based on the vision of a Pax Ameri cana imposed and maintained by one man's power to launch the bombers and to recall them as his peace making scenario dictates. This is the nature -of the constitutional crisis to which Congress must address itself. In resolving it, the ques tion goes beyond whether the B-52's will or will not again fly against Hanoi. The question now is how to assure the country and the world that the power of the United States will not in future be placed, lightly and unchecked, Into the hands of this or any other President , THE NEW YORK TIME 'Where Lies Tomorrow?' Throughout history men have come to believe, from time to time, that they have mastered the world, are the possessors of this earth and the rulers of the life upon it. And repeatedly the artificial world of their own making has reached a point of arrogance and alienation where it became necessary to find some way back, some answers to the questions "Where are we? and "Where lies tomorrow?" One way or another, whether civilizations collapsed, were overthrown or were victims of disaster or failure, the answerTilways iias1 beer 1 1 i source of all life, was the eventual reality and the place to find certainty and ultimate truth. The one inevita bility was a return to some understanding of and respect for the basic values of life itself. Nature has no lessons to teach, no moralities to ex pound. Nature is not. in the teaching business. But there it much to be learned from a mountain, a river, a wood land. Nature's purpose, so far as we understand purpose at all, is to perpetuate life, not to destroy it, to strengthen life, not to weaken It, to garland and fructify the earth, not blight and devastate it These are not lessons. They are basic truths of fife, and every time we reach for certainties, there they stand, undeniable as sunrise. As undeniable as the tomorrows already established in the seed, the root and the fertile egg. THE NEW YORK TIMES. Do's And Don'tsi I 9 OMTIM6NTAL EeATbtteg CfoCaMaCimg Editor-Publisher 1927-1971 L. E. AUSTIN Published every Saturday at Durham, N. C.' by United Publishers. Inc. MRS. VIVIAN AUSTIN EDMONDS, Publisher CLARENCE BONNETTE Business Manager J. ELWOCD CARTER Advertisins Manager Second Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 27702 SUBSCRIPTION RATES United States and Canada . 1 Year $6.00 United States and Canada 2 Yprs $11.00 Foreign Countries l Year S7.50 Single Copy .... 20 Cento Principal Of fire Located t fist Pttisrew Street Durham, North Carolina 27702 aVaMal "REFLECTIONS" noN iccu . BUT IbVUM iiiiltiinii The contributors are mem bers of the Creative Writing Class of North Carolina Cen tral University, under the tu telege of Miss Mary Bohannon whose talents she considers worth developing. The students range from the freshman level thro ugh t the graduate level. A Russian writer. Ozhegov gave an example of "creative upsurge" as comparable to that of.: "an inspired poet". All of the students have been crea tive which is not to convey the connotation that their ideas are original, but the disposition of their ideas have ei-hoed Pascal's (17th Century French writer) dictum. There are so many variables that the present day writer must keep in mind: g 1. The avant-garde approach deletes form. 2. The publishers are more interested in contemporary icti' it;;;. be that activity va lid or superficial. It sells. 3. The new writer must learn to accept rejection slips on stride -- that is. when the publisher decides to lake his time in return ing manuscripts: and the very formality or "coldness' of printed rejection slips. If the above variables must be ever in mind softening rejection then what is the prerequisite to the longevity of good poetry? 1 must characterize that literary attribute as "Universality" which means "present every where or are in all". This defi nition encompasses the feelings innate in all mankind. The feel ing defies misunderstanding of the writer's purpose rather it enhances that feeling through mutual understanding. We, after reading the pieces sit back and say: "I know, because I too have been there." This is my crede. Mary Bohanon LISTEN, ALICE Why don't you slio into a body shirt. Alice? laces and frills, oh so girl ish, just don't become you anymore . Knock-kneed, sweet Alice, without her sashes. Arc you ready to burn moth-ball-scented ribbons on gowns, tulles and petti coats-royal illusions? come back to reality . . . Oh dear, dear Alice. v without a fantasy. Can you feel the drag of clinging to old fads? strip off in front of wall mirror, look closely to find true beauty . . . Why don't you slip into a body shirt. Alice? Linda McGloin -r GIVE MEANING On hearing oi the slaying of a student: What harmony bred such contempt as to so griev ously permit the annihila tion of God's most precious gift A flower in this Garden. A BOY LIES DEAD! ia rupture defying repair) As we stand astrid the wretehing chasm Thoughtless, Voiceless. Pas sionless, no utterances of pain, sorrow, or outrage have dented the quiet from so vast a lot. A deafening pause which complicity bares, hollow commentary from paupers of compassion. Our pleas of "nolo contende re," permeating airtight compartments of self-indulgence, (emanating from so ciety's dementia), will not adjudicate this breech. Weep not your tears of de ceit. Give meaning to Death Give meaning to life' Give meaning LOVE, HATE, DIVINITY Love, Hate and Divinity These are the harmonies Sustaining man's living But after thought and search ing my soul. Not Love, Hate and Divinity But Love, Hate and Complacency. Does not refer to God fut rather to 'To err is human, to forgive is divine." Morris W. Barrier Slowly resigning dusk I '''! m ' Gives way to night. Solids evaporate Leaving vague gaseous mass es. Somber mists. I dissolve Into a drifting patch of vapor. An omnipresent base, Capturing desperaU- anony mity. Dreams dart up. Dancing bubbles. An exaggerated existence. No longer The child of memories Not yet The man of expectations. What more hell. Toby Jones PSALM She appeared Vacant No hope Without a smile Lacking something Came to me Desperate chance I gave a moment Perhaps more Fulfilled Went away Took the moment. Toby I am accused Of living in a world of ab stractions. I busy myself with my daily rounds. There I find certitude. All the rest hangs ( ii mere threads And trivial contingencies. I cannot waste my time on things. Ellis D. Jones, III Gas and heartburn? Di-Gel contains a unique anti gas ingredient, Simethicone. This unique discovery breaks up and removes painful gas bubbles. Your relief ia more complete because Di-Gel takes the acid and the gas out of acid indigestion. Get Di-Gel tablets or liquid today. Prod uct of Plough, Inc. Former Mason Grand Master Passes -at, Jul, 20, 171 THE CAROLINA TIMES 3A STATEMENT OF CONDITION MUTUAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA, AS OF DECEMBER 29, 1972 ASSETS THE ASSOCIATION OWNS: Cash on Hand and in Banks . i State of North Carolina and U. S. Government Bonds Stock in Federal Home Loan Bank Mortgage Loans Money loaned to shareholders for the purpose of enabling them to own their homes. Each loan secured by first mortgage on local improved real estate. Share Loans Advanes made to our shareholders against their shares. Advances for Insurance, Taxes, Etc. Office Furniture and Fixtures . Office Building Other Assets ; 647,418.84 198,968.75 150,900.00 11,699,594.03 TOTAL 114,012.51 1,922.12 19,706.28 156,397.04 205,727.90 $13,194647.47 LIABILITIES THE ASSOCIATION OWES: To Shareholders Shares Outstanding $ Notes Payable, Federal Home Loan Bank Money borrowed for use in making loans to members. Each note approved by at least two-thirds of entire Board of Directors as required by law. Accounts Payable Loans in Process Undivided Profits Federal Insurance Reserve Reserve for Bad Debts To be used for the payment of any losses, if substaincd. This reserve increases the safety and strength of the As sociation. Other Liabilities 9,802,854.9f. 1,460,000.00 176.980.31 701,066.88 284,884.49 380,093.00 331,692.89 TOTAL 57,074.94 $13,194,647.47 State of North Carolina County of Durham, ss. F V ALLISON, JR., Secretary of the above named Association per sonally appeared before me this day, and being duly sworn, says that the foregoing statement is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. F. V. ALLISON. JR. Secretary Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 10th day of January, 1973. VIVIAN R. PATTERSON, Notary Public My commission expires July 21, 1975. OFFICERS AND STAFF W. J. J. s. F. V. C. W A. T. MRS. MISS MISS M'RS MPS. MRS. KENNEDY. JR STEWART . ALLISON, JR. LOGAN SPAULDING JOSEPHINE S. ANNIE M. ANDERSON MARGARET A. HAMMIE VALERIA J. JARMAN PEGGY M. MORGAN CARRIE A. VEREEN .... Chairman of the Board President Vice President-Secretary Vice President . . , j Vice President STRAYHORNE . . Treasurer Assistant Secretary . . Asst. Secretary DIRECTORS V. V. Allison, Jr. .1. W. Goodloc J.J. Henderson William Jones W. J. Kennedy, Jr. G. W. Logan II. M. Michaux A. T. Spaulding C. C. Spaulding, Jr. J. S. Stewart Mrs. Josephine S. Strayhomc J. II. Wheeler V It. White V8w B Junior Psst Grand Master NORFOLK. "Va James E. Fulford, the senior past grand master of the Most Worship ful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia. Free and Ac cepted Masons, Incorporated, died recently in Norfolk. He was funcralizcd from Saint John's AME Church. Bute Street, with the Rev. Brother Dr. A. R. Powell, pas tor, officiating. Burial was in Calvary cem etery. Norfolk, with final ma sonic rites being performed nl graveside by 'James V. Washington, the right wor shipful senior grand warden, MWPIIGL. acting for the hon orable J. Luvellc Taylor, Most Worshipful Grand Master, who was unable to attend due to a prior committment. Masonic leaders from around the state were present to nay silent tributes to Ful ford and to hear Dr. Powell cite him as a "Man who had done his work, a brother who had kept the faith, and as a Christian and fratcrnial lead er who now had gone on to receive his just reward in great beyond." Fulford was loved and re spected by all who knew him. He was repeatedly referred to in tributes as a man of God, a Christian gentleman and a masonic scholar in every sense of the word. Some said that many of the active pro grams of the Prince Hall gfand lodge being carried on today were started by Fulford when he served as MWGM in Virginia from 1936 to 1938. At the time of his death Christmas day Fulford had held or was presently hold ing top leadership positions in all branches of Prince Hall masonry, including Most Worshipful Grand Master, MWPHGL of Va and grand lodge offices in the Elks, Frontiers of America, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Order of the Arrow, National Brotherhood of. Scouts, and a member of the Sons of Nor folk, Boy Scouts of America, NAACP and YMCA. He was a member of Ebenezer Prince Hall Lodge 86 in Berkeley, and a past grand officer in the grand chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Virginia, Prince Hall affiliated Fulford was born in Nor folk in 1888, the son of the late Walter and Eliit-U"' Archer Fulford. He was mar ried to the late Miss Annie Brehon. Two sons survive this union. His church member ship was with Saint John A. M E. Church. NOW PiAYM BLACK UNLDVHTED FILMS . . . INTERVIEWS!. . SPECIAL EVENTS ... WITH YOUR HOSTESS, WANftA GARRETT. FRANK DISCUS SION OF BLACK EVENTS IN THE DURHAM AREA; SATURDAYS AT SIX ON TV ELEVEN!!! Raleigh-Durham mm m J. IT IS A MISSING CHAPTER FROM THE GRAPES OF WRATH AND OF EQUAL f w -Judith Crist, New York Magazine j MATTtt 'SOUNDER' A Robert B R.dn,H M.rtir. 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