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4 THE CAKOUHIAJ* WE£K ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 35, Editorial Viewpoint The CAMOUNIAm ~ _ WORDS OF WORSHIP It is often said that the church is doing no thing to eradicate the social evils, and that church-membership fails to include many who arc seeking the social welfare of the people through non-religious organizations. There has been some ground for these complaints because the mission of the church in the days of the past was cen tered upon the teaching that by prayer and fast ing end church attendance men might get them selves into heaven when this life is over. Secondary emphasis in the church's teach ing was placed upon life here and now, and that it ih only by giving ihe earthly life to the service ©f others that the future heavenly life may be obtained. The early church laid stress only on the first commandment (love to Csnd), whereas it should have been laid with equal force upon the second commandment love to man. A man who does not love his brother, can not love God; and no man can love his brother without loving his Father. Today, the church is concerned not so much with keeping men out of hell as It, is with keep ing hell out of them; not so much with getting men into heaven by and by as now with getting heaven into them here and now. The present day church is teaching the important truth, that it is only through love and service to man that the love of God can be expressed. On one occasion, the apostle Peter asserted three times his love for Jesus. Christ then bade hire show it. not by fasting, not by self-torture, not hv _ prayers, not, by church attendance, not by vltiidrawal from the world, not by silent medita tion ob the teachings of the Bible, but by service . fte©re®sn.tßbrv9 Aime J. Forend* bill pro thdmg free medical care for those receiving aaeial aecurity benefits has rallied to the flag two opposing camps. State medical associa tion# hav* expressed strong opposition to the plan, while labor forces and “the man farth est down” have hailed the proposal as “the mo*t practical and comprehensive method for meeting seme of the basic health needs of our elder citirens.” And may we add, “Many of our younger citizen*, too.” Arguments in favor of the bill reveal that “the overwhelming preponderance of older citi sens simply do not have sufficient resources to pay for medical services on a current basis, either directly in fees or in premiums for in surance coverage.” These arguments are significant iy!ben we consider that three fifths of all persons A5 and over had less than income in money in 1957, and only one-fifth had more than $2,009 Certainly, no one would argue in the face of present-day high prices that SI,OOO or $2,000 a year income is sufficient to provide proper medical and health care. The Problem Os Migration The migration of the Negro has been both rewarding snd problematic. While liberating himself from economic slavery of the South, he has found also that his migration often be* comes painful. The unseen hand crowded Negroes into ghet to-like districts in New' York’s East Side, Chi cago’s South Side, Detroit’s Hamtramck, etc. Differences of language, culture, and religion set them apart from the native population and mad* their assimilation a slow and painful process. ,Tha simulation of these migrants has treated problems for them as well as for the eirias. Soma of the most acute problems are aegfegetioß, lobe, snd crime • ftiSGSEOATION, Os course, there fs no legs! aggregation in northern cities. Perhaps this is eiei* cf th* reasons why Negroes move there. But there Is often highly effective segregation is t&« matter of housing, enforced by restne &v<k aewsnstnte. Such practice has tended to keep Negro population cooped up in grossly ev«rerewd.ed alum and fringe areas. Foi ex ample, set Harlem of time as many as 12 or 15 pmpli Mvy in. a three-room cold water apart mm:t Jo®#, Many ci Negroos who migrant Nnetfc wasra itSterste and most, of them knew ee!y ee« occupation.—f arming. This educe terns! hmn&eatk, together with discrimination Ist trasshif employment, has prevented tfaasft from movinf into aMfled jobs, paying top Wife#. Our recent ematig shew* that onlv 12 per cent of alt Negro worker* have professional e? “white collar” jobs, compared to 42 per cent for the white worker*. This situation reflects itself in low income for Negroes. The latest Federal labor reports show that Financial Burden Os College - Not long ago, there appeared in tba Greens boro Daily News ar, editorial entitled “Free dom of the Pulpit.” Shortly thereafter an op en-forum letter appeared snd its am tent was to the effect that the minister had better watch what he says, “because we’re paying your sal ary.” Yes, members may be paying the preacher’s salary but how much do they pay the average pastor? We would be amazed at the srssl! pittance‘that a large number of ministers re ceive. Yet the members have the audacity to cal! it c salary. In order to clanfy this point, we want to re fer you to some factual data. The Minister* Life and Casuality Union hired a group of pro fessionally trained experts to study the prac tical personal problems of ministers. From statistics furnished it was shewn, that two thirds of the more than 200,000 ministers in this country are more or less seriously in debt. Much of this can be attributed to the fact that the churches are in arrears :n pastor’s salary. The bankers’ study reveals that ministers, in spite of their high calling, are not particular ly good credit risks. Fifty per cent of our min isters receive one-third less salary than start garbage collectors- How do we expect ths Medical Care For Aged to his fellow men. “Feed my lamb” "toed my sheep” were the injunctions given by Christ. Charity apart from religion it of but slight avail, for without religion charity la but the out come of a passing mood, & tender impulse, or an act of vanity. Charity is applied religion. Charity is the fruit grown on the tree of religion, and it is the result of a religious life. A religion not expressed in charitable acts is a religion not worthy of the name. “By their fruits ye shall know them.” Love is the greatest force in the world; it is the only solvent which can melt tbs stony heart; if. is the only power which can transform & hu man life. Lov« for mankind should not be postponed until fortunes are made, or power or placet ob tained. A captain of industry who starves and maims and crushes humanity in hi* industrial war connot find redemption by providing am bulances and hospitals to take care of the wrecks of humanity lying stricken on the fields of in dustrial battle. Christ -aid; “Is not the life more than meat, and the body more than raiment?” Although Jesus directed the alieviatio® of physical suffering and disease, he placed hi® main emphasis on the command of brother line** and neighborliness, the evidence of which would be in the removing of all causes which produce miser* and suffering to humanity. Christ did not carry the leper's bed. but gave the man strength to cany hi® own bed. To help one to help himself was Christ's way of serving mankind. “Whatsoever ye would the* men should do. to you. do ye even so to them,” commanded Jesus. If older people, and thousands of young ones too, do not have adequate funds t» p*v for medical services, they must rely on wel fare assistance And we know that services paid for from welfare charity are woefully inade quate. We art in agreement that the right answer to the health problem for aged people is through an extension of the social security problem as proposed so that these health’ serv ices ran be acquired as an earned righc, paid for in advance by the recipient during his ac tive working years. The present cost of medical services ha* ris en. beyond the ability of the average person to pay for them, ff it were not for the fact that people want to live longer, and that they scrape to pay for health service, the medical profession would price itself out of business The time has come when the United States must provide a system of free medical care for everyone (who needs it) at pubufc expense, or through some form of compulsory health insurance. The Forand’s Bill is one of the answers. the median income of full-time Negro work ers is $2,661 ( year, compared with $4,37? for whites. Crime, The mass migrations to certain northern cities on the part of ill-prepared im migrants have created severe problem*, Washington, D. C., has a ‘“staggering” rate of illegitimate birth* to teenage girls. Os tfc* 185 public school girls who became pregnant in 1957-1958, one-hundred and sixty nine were Negroes. New York's welfare budget rose to S2OO million a year, with non-whites accounting for 70 per cent of the k*ad, Social disorganise ties has is ken place as a result of the migration of huge populations from the southern farms to big-dty slums This is reflected in the rising crime rate. For example, muggings have become common m Washington; banditry plagues Baltimore; while New York’s public schools nave been plagued by rapes, robfcerir tad assaults. “Educational dspriv&woti, job discrimina tion, low income levels, ewirsr&wded housing, broken hornet and juvenile delinquency ar* all mutually related, parts d th* »am# picture.” says the National Urban League. “Each phase of the problem feeds on the other ” In his book, Marching Stack#, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, as solution, to the ra cial problem, urges Negroes to migmto from the South art mmse (4 mill.es of fttss) to tfes North and West, This, he feels, wmiH disrupt the economy of th* iouth sea shocking man ner. Thk directive Je not prwrtkt'!, became wham would these four million people Svs, and where would ell of them find jobs? There must be ways of solving this problem. preacher to be a credit to his community, dree! “like a prince snd live like # saint on earth” but board in heaven? The white minister, especially at this time, finds himself in the “middle of a fix.” He finds that ha must “wafer down his religion” on the integration question beesuss the members arc waving dollar bills before his eyes. A Greensboro pastor has aptly put it when he says that “according to present-day logic, the pastor is to be, at best, a second-rate en tertainer who preaches that which tickles the fancies of his hearers” simply because they are paying his salary. Many church members want to put the words into the preacher's mouth instead of letting the sermon be inspired by th* Holy Spirit. We are thankful that we have so many white ministers who have the courage to speak out for the right even though they may be forced to resign their parishes. These servants of God. need have no fear, because the Almighty will eventually “lead them to greener pastures” where there is less hatred and prejudice to erode the quality of men’s souls. Yes, the members, are paying “the preacher’s salary”, but he is net obliged to preach a wat ered-down and weak Christian gospel, Only Strong Civil Rights Legislation Can Do The Job BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANF WHEN DO MEN COUNT? 1. This is just another way of asking, are men singled out, above the rank and file, as be ing obviously different, because of their work and style? I. This is quit© the answer ... for if all men were alike In spirit, temperament and deed, there would be no incen tive for any of m to anxiously struggle to achieve. 3. But in that this Is a com petitive world, offering gifts to evert ambitious and alert contestant every man can es tablish his own bulls eye, and with patience and precision hit it, 4. Here is where lines of de markation and every other dis - turbing force, may contrive to impede such progress and make mattes's worse; but indomitable will and courage upon the part of persevering men, will not give up in any crisis, their ob jectives to defend 5. Thus, in defense of their titles they refuse to take the count . . . and naturally the What. Other Editors Say YIEGENHA’S VICTORY FOR SCHOOLS The outcome of Tuesday* Democratic primary in Virginia indicates that the Old Domini on has come to its senses, that it realizes it* children cannot be brought up in ignorance and that it has decided to follow North Carolina’s way of trying to maintain its public .school system with a minimum of dis ruption under'the U. S. Su preme Court's desegregation decision. This cannot be taken to mean that the average Virgini an is any happier about the school situation that is the ave rage Tar Heel, that the hard core of “massive resistance” has been eliminated or that trouble spots will not remain for no on* knows hew many years to some. Yet It Is obvious Shat Gover nor Almond’s moderate local option approach, to which he switched leaf Winter when the futility of “massive resistance” was demonstrated in the clos ing; of nine public schools, will not be upset to the next Virgi nia General Assembly. The Governor not- only held his own in th® closely divided senate but picked up a supporting vote of two. His key supporters came through with unexpected ease. Election of moderates in Nor folk, Portsmouth, Hampton and Newport News must be tak en as corroborative evidence that the public support reopen ing of Norfolk’s schools. Other Tidewater cities, extending on up to Richmond, where “free dom of choice” candidates won out. do not. wish to <ake any chance that what happened In Norfolk might happen to them. How Virginia’s new approach will work out, only time will tell. Readjustment will, we sur mises, come slowly, just as it has in North Carolina. There will largely be token integra tion. That, however, is under- Virginia is now attempting to standaMe; too fast or exten sive shifts could bring' on a re do, plsy into the hands of ex tremist* and make the public school system and Virginia’s children the sufferers. As the Old Dominion charts its course and contemplates ths problems ahead, it should draw' some consulation from the knowledge that North Carolina, groping its way along in the same troubled field, has not dbfcod a single school and does esteem already held for them by others automatically con tinues to higher mount 6. Does it then take a Prophet to toll, who among other men has learned to excel!, and has become a champion and a. poor, ruling without misgivings and bereft of fear? 7. There is yet another stop that makes life complete . anything less can cause sure defeat; it is acquaintance with Christ, God’s only begotten Son . . , and when this is accom plished. real and eternal living at once is begun. 8. Truly, it is only at this point that a man or woman begins to count, and earthly and spiritual blessings begin to mount ... for a holy unction makes old tilings new, keeping high objectives ever in view. ft Thus the world around be gins to look new to those re vived. souis who once found so little to do , , . and now to make up for loss time, they are witling to work hard and per form tasks sublime. slot have a single school under court order to integrate. Prom the strictly political aspect, It ii evident that Gov ernor Almond properly eaus ed public opinion in his state. The outcome of Tuesday’s pri mary may well prove to be a steppmgstone to his doning of the senatorial toga of the re cognized author of the demon strably ineffective and now dis carded “massive, resistance” plan which would have brought Virginia’s public school system tumbling down upon its past greatness and its future hopes —GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS * 4 « * THE MARRYING AGE The most unsurprising news to come out of Washington in recent day£ noted that brides and bridegrooms, in this coun try are getting younger all the time. After poring over statistics for 1958, the Population Refer ence Bureau reported, “The average age of first time mar riages in the United States last year was 23 for men, 20 for women. Mors girls married at. 18 than any other age.” The average U. S. marriage age today, the bureau said, is probably the lowest of any in dustrialized society. One look at Chape! Hill par ticularly in the direction of Victory Village and the new married students’ housing un der construction—gives ample ■support to the bureau’s find ings. A generation ago, the marri ed coed was a, rarity, the mar ried high school student un heard of. While there is still no noticeable stampede of high school students to the altar, a coed with an armful of diapers is no more cause for comment than a ooed with an armful of books, sometimes even less cause. In away, this is a good sign. It indicates a continuing belief in marriage and family as worthwhile institutions. At the same time, whatever good is to be found in this trend toward early marriages must be tempered with doubt, About a quarter of all mar riages last, year were re-mar riages. One of every 20 divorc ed women re-marrying was a teenager In marriage, as in the 100- yaxd dac-h. it is good to get off to * fart start but a waste of 10. Look at, Pa'il who one* gave vent to every sinful emo tion to defeat Christ's labors in the spread! of Salvation . , . but finally subdued by the Mas ter's great love and power, he became a matchless worker for Ood every passing hour. 11. It. is certainly profitable to man to turn away from sin, when definitely he finds he cannot win ... and willingly take ‘ Heaven's Referee'’ count in order to be refreshed at God's eternal-life-giving fount. 12. This indeed is when men really count, when at last they drink from this everlasting fount and are imbued with the spirit of poets Cowper and Ma son. who have thrilled the world with the following unfor gettable, inspiring and entran cing strains— “ There, is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Immanuel s veins; And sinners, plunged beneath that, flood. Lose ail their guilty stains , . time and effort to tump the gun. —CH/PEL HILL WEKELY * * * w now TO LOSE THE COLD WAR The most effective for the United States to lose the cold war with the Iron Curtain countries for the uncommitted nations of the world is to broadcast incidents proving that our pretentions of democ racy and freedom are a fraud and delusion, The iynchings, the color dis criminations, the race preju dice, and the brutalities that disgrace us, and are. periodical ly reported by the world's press, make difficult ar.d almost im possible the so-called free world propaganda of the U S. Information Agency and the Voice of America After reading of the rejection of the membership of Dr Ralph J. Bunches son by the exclusive West, Side Tennis Club of New York City because he is colored; and of the re fusal of two beach clubs in the Maryland area to admit to membership a distinguished Chinese family planning to take out American citizenship, it will be most difficult to con vince people abroad that A mericans practice what they preach. These incidents, along with the social tragedies in the South, confirm and strengthen the anti-American propagnda emanating from behind the Iron Curtain, and represent a, grave defeat for the United States in the cold war. This bad news is gleefully broadcasts to the world by news agencies, both Communist and non-Communist,; and unaccom panied by the far more nume rous hopeful and encouraging incidents, are the criteria by which the United States are judged. Thus it happens that some of those; who are helping this nation toward defeat in the cold war are “good" Americans who apparently would rather align the whole world against the United States than to stop the practice of color discrimi nation here. Our racial bigots are by then actions making a mockery of our pretentions of superiority and thus performing yoeman service in loos in for us the war for men's minds everywhere —PITTSBURGH COURIER JUST FOR FUN , BT MARCUS H. BOULWARE SHOES, SHOES President Eisenhower's doc tors have advised him that three changes of shoes a day would benefit his circulation. This led a Nashville shoemaker, Maxey Jarman, to say that every man should own at least 32 pairs of shoes. Jarman says a. man should possess several pairs of brown shoes including suedes, several uairs of black shoes, two pairs of evening pumps, and a vast assortment for sports and leis ure. He told reporters he owns 75 pairs. (He should, because he controls 62 companies man ufacturing shoes. They tell me that he's got “moo-la” galore.) When Cornyard asked, “What about it. Doc?" I re plied: “I’ll do well to own three pairs of shoes Just for infor mation, Mr Cornyard has eight pairs of shoes. * Mr Jarman’s wife recently carried 12 pairs of shoes with her to Europe, but she told re porters that she left 75 pairs at home. 'More women would like to be married to men like Mr Jarman, I am sure). IN TROUBLE Just, read about- a 42-year old Georgia, truck driver who was jailed in Clinton. Tennes see, with his sixth bride 'now pregnanti as a result of a hon eymoon financed on credit (another man's credit card), The charge is forgery, - As far as his six wives were concerned, he told officers, I’ll let the court decide. Ain't no use worrying about it” he laughed, (He'd better worry, he's in home real trouble ) A. MAN CELEBRATES his birthday by taking a, day off, a. woman by taking a, year off, THE RIGHT REVEREND Gordon B. Hancock's BETWEEN the LINES THE TWO SOUTHS The lumping theory and practice is iniquitous and some times brutal: Too long has the Negro race suffered from this matter of lumping Negroes, and such lumping has consign ed the worthy Negro citizens to share the fate of the worst of the race. It is easier to lump propies than to differentiate and dis tinguish the differenceh, for differences there always are When the racial identity of criminals is set forth in the news, it is a subtle manner of lumping the Negroes in such way as to use the shortcomings of one sector of the race to dis qualify Negroes all along the line. Lumping all Negroes is an appeal to race prejudice When a Negro goes into the squared circle and comes out victorious, he is played up as an exception to the assumed general rule that the Negro is an inferior race. When Jackie Robinson made the big leagues and made it possible for other Negroes to enter, he was treat ed as a. great exception to the rule. Today, one Hank Aaron is tearing the boards off the fences of the big league with bis tre mendous batting splurge This is never played up as a racial exploit. But, let some Negro commit some heinous crime and the press is ready to play it up in such way as to make it rac ial. The lumping theory and pro cess is so old in this country that, it is fastened upon the minds of the people in such subtle ways that ve are too of ten unconscious of it. The men tion of race along with crime w-as chiefly designed to lump Negroes into one criminal class. It has succeeded in far too many cases. There is great, danger of Ne groes yielding to a like temp tation to lump, which would be iusf as iniquitous and wicked as in the case of whites who use the same prejudiced tactics. To day the South is waging a cold war on the Negroes of the South unmatched by anything that has come to pass since sla - very. This cold war is merciless and sinister by reason of the fact that it is at times so subtle. But it is just as well for the Negroes to know that 3. thing if never settled until it is set SI HAPPENED IN NEW YORK SMOULDERING HARLEM NEW YORK (ANP)-—Harl em has been smouldering for years. It is smouldering now. Whether it will continue to smoulder and erupt into the wild rioting which occurred back in 1943 depends on many factors. This week was a good exam ple of what ill-tempered and poorly trained policemen can do to spark an eruption. Evidence of police brutality toward a woman prisoner, Mrs. Camela Caviglione, arrested reportedly for disturbing the the peace, brought forth strong protests from a threatening mob of Harlemites who went as a, body to the 123rd Street police station. CALL ON NEGRO LEADERS Immediately police had to call on Negro leaders. They sought NAACP officials, but key officials were at the na tional convention at the Coli seum. Sugar Ray Robinson, as was the case in 1943 with Joe Louis, was called upon to Investigate the tension and to reassure the crowd. Sugar Ray fold reporters that Mrs. Caviglione. who had been handcuffed, was beaten by po lice and that her lip was bleed ing. Bichop read a telegram Iron one of his ministers “My wif passed away Wednesday Ple«s> send substitute for over tlv week end " TENDER HUMOR They call it "legal tender that green and crackling stuff It is tender when you havi it, but when you don’t, if: tough. MESS OF VIDDLES When I was a boy, old folks talked about a “mess oi rid dles,’ meaning of comes, food A mesh of something hums a degree of quantity that lnry vary from a whole ’neap to none hardly. A mess of beans fer l.i.e people, for example, v.'UU oe roughly a gallon but., toll squeebed in and piled up. wh. > ordinrriiy would be reckoner, plenty for the noon meal and enough left to go a right sharp little bit at supper. I remember back when on the first Sundav in June at old Mount Carmel Church with dinner on the grounds, four preachers, and everybody was expected to turn out—especial ly " hen the sisters have a rep utation for cooking good beaus For an occasion like this, a mess might well hr seven gal lon bucketsful with the side boards raised and beans stood up around the sides. In times of plenty, a neigh bor might carry a friend a mess of cabbage, mess of roasnears, and so on. Most of the time, a mess will mean a half-dozen sun perch the size of your hand. but. once in awhile a. neighbor will meet yon with a. starved school o? raffish and then » mess will mean ankle-deep on your kit- 4 chen table. tied right, and so the tempta tion to throw rail for rail win never profit Negroes any more than lumping of Negroes will profit whites in the long run There are today two distinct Souths.—the Oid and the New 'The 014 South is fighting gal lantly to preserve the status quo and to hold toe Negro in perpetual subjugation. It n composed of toe Old Southern Pharaohs who axe resolved not to let the Negroes go. They are still fighting the war of Rebel lion which the astute Old South historians have succeeded in having called the “War Be tween The States’’—just an other way of making the South's rebellion respectable in the eyes of history. History tells us that, when internal uprisings against the homeland are successful, they are called revolutions, when they are not, successful the:, are called rebellions. Ybt his torian*, speaking toe language of the Old South call our re bellion, “The Wax Between The States.” The Old South wants to re duce the Negro to a. kind of serfdom that will incapacitate him forever for full citizenship. Ths Old South worships segre gation as its golden calf and prefers the traditions of the segregated south to toe Golden Rule of Jesus Christ, The Old South makes southern tradition first and God second, if at all The Old South opnosed and still opposes, Negro suffrage and will oppose it until dooms day. It opposes the Supreme Court’s decision on segregat.ioß and every other question toSt promises relief for Negroes from the rigors of segregation and race prejudice. It is oppos ed to Negroes sitting on juries. It was opposed to toe “equal” m the "separate but equal” clause of a. former decision of the Supreme Court. It was opposed to Negroes having accommodations on to« dining cars and pullmans. It, was opposed to toe equalization of teachers salaries. It. is op posed to single standard of le gal justice before the law. It favors lynching and vio lence and toe Ku Klux Klan methods In other words the Old South opposes anything that remotely promises full Ci izenship for Negroes. The 21-year-old woman told Sugar Ray that she had bam mistreated by the police. Police Patrolman N6rSS#fl Hammes sought to disperse the crowd by firing a shot into the air, so the police said However, eye witnesses con tend that he was about to shoot Charles Samuels, 30, a. postal worker. They scuffled and the gun went off and wounded Hammes and Police Lt. Jack Angrlst. Later, it was learned that Lt. Angrist had pleaded with Ham mes not to threaten the crowd with the gun. Reportedly Sugar Ray, Man hattan Borough President Bu lan E. Jack, State Senator James L. Watson, and Assem blyman Lloyd E. Dickens are scheduled to meet with Acting Mayor O’Keefe on the tension in Harlem. As for the police, their pat tern is clear: they have rein forced the areas with 88 more police officers. DR GARDNER C TAYLOR TRIP AROUND THE WORLD NEW YORK (ANP) Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, pastor and President of the New York Pro testant Council will fly to Auo trails July 27. from Idlewiid Airport on a two-months trip which will take him around the world.
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