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4 THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, APRS. %. M*l Editorial Viewpoint The CAROLINIAN’S WORDS OF WORSHIP Whom shall I release unto you, Christ or Barabbas? We have always had some Pilate* or crooks hi offices, and there will always be a new one in some form a* long as the sun shines and Desegregation And The Law Racial segregation has long been s problem in the United States. Prestntly it is an arute topic of public discussion because of the Su preme Court’* two histone decree* in the esse erf Brown vs. Board of Education: one in May, M>s4, outlawing segregation in the public aehnals; and the second, spelling out the im plementation of the first. Since that time newspaper* have published •ocounts of the steps taken by various com munities to comply with, to delay, and even to resist with violence the law a* the United States Court haw declared tt to be. In hundred* of way* the problem* of deseg fegation affects the reader* of this newspaper. The response to the problem involves political, social, and moral attitudes. But regardless of individual personal feelings about racial seg regation. tiiere 1* no discounting the fact that the Supreme Court has spoken and that the basac law ha* been determined. Whatever may The central figure in Christendom this week more than nineteen hundred years ago was Jesu* of Nazareth. A 22-year study of the Ho ly Shroud of Turin by the siulptor Loren ro Eem described Jesu* m about 6 feet 2 inches tell, with a ma jestic face and athletic build. Let us review history and look at him as He entered the last week of His life. By this time it was evident that the Master’s tone and man ner grew in confidence. In hours of exalted communion he stood face to face with God, felt his own sonship. knew that He could lift the hearts of men as no other had ever lifted them. Following hi* popaterfty, there came e change, Jcsue hometown turned against Him, Hi* best friend John the Baptist died doubt ing Him. Finally the people deserted Him and He faced the cross alone. Why did the Jewish'rulers wish to put Jemts te death? During Jesus’ day, the Jewish nation and church was in continual danger, retaining «ueh independence a* they still had only by sufferance from the Romans and by a compro mise which was liable to break at any moment. W# may answer the question briefly by saying that the new movement started by Christ was * real danger to the Jewish church and the rul «r», and Jesus' action in Jeruaalem beginning with Palm Sunday brought matters to a head. Why did the Jewish ruler fail to arrest Jesus ki pifhlic? During the Passover Week tens of thousands of Jews all inspired with the fiercest religious fervor flocked to the courts of Herod’s Temple, To arrest Jesu* from among such en thusiasts who had formerly cried “Hossonnah to the King” would haw incited a riot which would have no doubt resulted in terrible bloodshed in spite of th« Roman guard* on duty. Why dfd Jewish authorities hold two tri&b without inflicting punishment? One trial can not be considered wthout the other, for one has no real meaning without the other. The key to the understanding of what follows is the fact that the High Priest. Caiaphas. and the Sanredrin were not at this time allowed to put anyone to death: yet it claimed the right under the Jewish law'. This was the political, position in Palestine when Jesus made His last journey So Jerusalem. The Gospel writer* give the following ac count of what happened while Jesus was there: On Palm Sunday as Jesus passed through Jeri ©o, enthusiasm of those pilgrim* who journey ®ith Him broke out in * demonstration in which He was acclaimed the Messiah. Yet the account of the Gospels show that Jesus was so acclaimed only by those pilgrims no doubt mostly Galileans, who had accompanied Him in the last stage of His journey, while to the far larger number of Jews, who were already ie Jerusalem, he was in all probability either Teach Foreign Ideologies Perhaps one of the greatest mistakes we A mericans arc making is found in oor suppress ing all discussion and instruction of pupils and student* in the ideology of the Communistic forms of government, We learn that 400 high school students in Richmond. Va., have begun a six-week study of communism' as part of a standard course in government. The object is to “teach the facts about communism and to deepen the convic tion of students about their own government and ideals.” The course is based primarily on an outline drawn by teachers of the Richmond schools because there was no satisfactory up-to-date textbook. A leading criticism makes one say, “Imagine Grasp The Opportunity ha* been announced that qualified Negro applicants will he favorably considered by C ARE (Cooperative for American Relief. Inc.). CARE operates 30 missions overseas in Eu fope, the Near and Middle East, Far East and Latin America. The average is for two years, *nd area experts are usually promoted from THE NEGRO PRESS — better** that America e an best lead the world immv from racial and national antagonism when it accords to every man regardless of race, color or creed, his human and legal rights. Hating no man, jf|| II £JS% toarnig no man—the Negro Press strives to help every man on the firm be - mlptHjkW Bes that all men are hurt as Jong as anyone is held back. Jesus, Man Os The Hour so long a* men and women m offices are willing to accept, favors. Whether in or out of office, wc cannot afford to be like the narrow-minded and selfish Pilate in his choice between Christ and Barabbas, the robber. he done in the future to advance or to delay the course of integration must be done within the framework of the 1954 Supreme Court de cision. In ooonection with desegregation and the law. every citizen should read the book De segregation and the Law by Albert P. B!eu •tein and Clarence Ferguson, printed by Rut ger* University Free*. New Brunswick New Jersey. This book i* written for laymen, explaining the law which emphasizes the desegregation problem—today* troublespot in this country. It constitutes an explanation of America's court-orientated constitutional system and show* how that system transcribes human problems into definable legal issues that can be and are decided by judges We wonder how many of our Southern law makers have read this book. quite unknown, or known only as a teacher of unauthorized and dangerous doctrine. There is no reason at all to suppose that any of those who acclaimed Him the Messiah on Palm Sunday clamored for His condemnation on the following Friday. These were two dis tinct groups of Jews. On the next day, Monday. Jesus challenged His opponents by driving the money changers from the outer courts of the Temple. It. must be remembered that the money changer and sellers of doves and lamb for sacrifice- were lic ensed by the Jewish officials. No wonder, they questioned his authority at the time. St. Mark said, ‘The chief Priest sought how they might destroy Him.” During Tuesday Jesus remained in the Temple Courts all day, answering opponents, suggesting parables that God was about to re ject the Jewish people and, according to Mat thew. finally uttered* against the Scribe* and Pharisees the most scalding denunciations. But they found themselves in a considerable difficulty, for Pilate alone could condemn to death. And it was likely* he would not execute anyone for what was violation under Jewish law. To indict Jesu* for having committed an offence against the Roman state would have lead the people to regard the Jewish leaders as traitor* in the Jewish world, because all ortho dox Jews hoped for deliverance from Rome. On Wednesday, Jesus did not enter Jerusa lem., but on Thursday evening He celebrated the Passover with His disciples. Judas’ treach ery enabled the High Priest, Caiaphas. to ar rest Jesus quietly* at a fixed time and He was brought before a group of prominent Jews at midnight for trial. In the first trial, several charges were brought against Jesus, but no serious offense was prov ed against Him. At the second trial it was de cided to accuse Jesus before Pilate on some charge. First, Caiaphas charged Jesus with be ing a dangerous person politically and later said Jesu* claimed the title of King of the Jews. Pilate, realizing that Jesus had not headed any movement for Jewish independenc from Rome, wished even then to dismiss the case. But the minimum expected from a Messiah was deliverance from the rule of Rome. This implied hostility toward Rome. Technically, therefore, the final charge against Jesus was that He committed an offense which under Roman law Is translated to mean ‘‘treason ” So Jesus was condemned to death. Sunday we celebrate the death and ressurec tion of Jesus. This is a symbol of how men have placed new values upon human life. Christ conquered death, hell, and the grave. He died that we might have eternal life*—im mortality of the soul. Christ tiie Lord is risen as He said' it.” No textbook for instructing our youth in the advantages of free enterprise democracy over autocratic communism! This is a chal lenge to our eduaators, publishers and patriots to produce such a book immediately. But mind you, if we write such a book, let it not be blacklisted from approved textbook rolls to satisfy those officials who are so much against communism that they don’t want to learn about its principles. How can we success fully fight communism if we don’t really know what is is? Democracy i« not afraid to be evaluated s long with communism. Wt can make Ameri ca and freedom stronger by comparing our government with those behind the iron cur tain. within the CARE organization. CARE field representatives salaries range from $3,500 to $4,000 per annum plus per diem; assistant mission chief, $4,000 to $5,000; mission chief, from $5,000 to SB,OOO. The per diem allowances range from $lO to sls por day. Equator Guilty In Hie Worid IT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK COLUMNIST KNOCKED OUT BV FLU The flue and old man virus did a nasty piece of work to this columnist and others re cently. Jimmy Hicks's wife, Dal sev, was able to roll out of bed after three weeks of virus in fection. Many of Jimmy's staff at the New York Amsterdam News had their activities curb id but managed to aid Dr C. B. Powell, publisher, in his adver tising campaign with 125th Street merchants. COLE SET FOE TREK TO JAP YN AND MANILA Nat King Cole is breaking all records at the Copacabana. Cap itol Records feted him at Savoy Plaza with a host of press ad vertising arm record experts on hand to greet him. Cole is set for Japan for his first visit and then to Manila before hitting the states again. A song composed by Bill Mc- Creary WWR Negro announcer, has met the favor of King Cole who invited the musician-disc jockey to send the sheet to Cap itol Records for future possibili ties. Penelope Johnson Ruffin, ha* returned to her violin after suf fering the loss of her mother and dad and more recently Eu genia Holmes Asburn, noted au thor. Penelope Johnson will be heard on Good Friday in Jo What Other Editors Say The withdrawal, under with ering criticism, ot the Union of South Africa from the British Commonwealth of nations, is a in nor triumph over racialism. Nothing could have been more inconsistent and distasteful then ilie continued association of the Union with nations whose con cepts of human equality is the touchstone of their existence. The rebuke administered to Prime Minister Hendrik Ver woerd. South Africa's belliger ent apostie of white supremacy, may not convert him to the Christian ideal of brotherhood toward which men of good will have been striving for genera -1 ions, but it will certain less> n the influence and the political power of the present South Af frican government, perhaps has ten its demise. Even m South Africa there are forces, other than the sup pressed African National Con gress, fighting the odious prac tices of Apartheid. Dr. Ver woerd's own throat boars the scars of a would-be assassin* bullet fired riot by a black man, but by a white patriot who re sented the Prime Minister's im moral race policy. The abortive assassination fol lowed iti the wake of the Shsrpviil.c riots m which thou sands of unarmed African men, women and children were mow ed down like grasshoppers, in a murderous act that shocked the conscience of the civilized world into open condemnation. South Africa, however, neither atoned nor apologized for its mortal sin. Belief in segregation, for n confirmed racist of Dr. Ver woerd's type, has the urgency ol religious fanaticism. The epic lesson to be drawn from this eventful episode in London, is that racial segrega tion—whether in Cape Town or Mississippi whose state legisla ture passed a resolution cham pioning South African Apnrt heid—has no place in a civilized world. South Africa's departure from kba Commonwealth circle is BY GLADYS GRAHAM hannes Brahm’s “Requism ’ fea tured with the Senior Choir of Abyssinian Baptist Church un der the direction of Howard T Dodson. Following this she will participate in a presentation of Ray Crabtree's Varieties at Car negie Recital Hall. Maggie Cleveland will present the Floral Club of Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church at the chcurch s 6t.h Annual Fellowship Tea at Connies Ball Room. ROBERT PRITCHARD, PIANIST. BACK FROM AFRICA Robert Pritchard young pi anist who participated in the State Department's Cultural Ex change Program has returned from Africa with the manu script for his book “Black Yan kee in Africa”. Pritchard is set for his Town Hall recital spon sored by the Karma Club Sun day. April 9th. Carrie Fuller, who describes IBM as nothing more than simplified bookkeeping, was the first, of her race to receive the Superior Accomplishment A ward for maintaining high ef ficiency in her work. She is card punch supervisor at Mili tary Sea Transportation service, Atlantic Area, and received her award from Rear Admiral Janies C. Dempsey IJSN, Commander, MSTS. HELENE MOOS. NURSE, AIDS INDIA Helen* Moos, R. N. former good riddance. Its preesnre uas wholly incompatible with the enlightened concept of civilized men. Our only regret t* that. Dr. Verwoerd was not actually boot ed out. —THE CHICAGO DEFENDER HOW MANY DAYS TO MAY 1? We were very much interested in an editorial called “The 3954 Supreme Court Decision and You” which appears in the cur rent Atlanta Public Schools newsleitcr Focus over the in itials at Superintendent John W. Lfison. Warning that the tragic mis takes made in other cities must not be marie in Atlanta. Dr. Let aon urges that pupils be given an opportunity to discuss the is sues involved in achool desegre gation (though the term is never Used'. He indicates his faith in the maturity of Atlanta's high school pupils and in the "cli mat* of good will" which is felt to exist in Atlanta, but suggests that these not be taken for granted. We are particularly in agree ment with the Superintendent when he holds that not only should students be encouraged in responsible attitudes related to their “conduct standards,” but that parent* and citizen*., too, must realize what key roles they in list play in creating the proper dimate. With May 1 steadily drawing nearer and a state of almost to tal ignorance in relation to the pupil placement plan existing in many segments of the Negio community, we have been hear ing persistent questions which will now perhaps begin to be answered. One question has to do with pupil applicants. Who. in other words, will or should apply? Another has focused on whether any Negroes will he Involved in toe screening of applicant* ac» cording to the criteria set forth tn the placement plan Still an other has turned on the degree to which Negro pupils, teachers, principals, parents and citizens public health nurse of New York City has dedicated her sell to welfare work among villag ers, through Shri Mourn Vidya peeth Medical Health Unit at Gargeti-District Kelhapup. in India. She was presented an ambu lance-health unit through the aid of Grace Gohagan. an Ame rican social worker assisted by Church World Sendee. The am bulance health unit was formal ly put into service by the Ma haraslra State Minister for Health, Torism and Small Sav ings and Mr. Homi J. H. Talcy axkhan with Robert. M. Carr, U. S. Counsul general in Bombay attending the ceremonies. Nurse Moos is a graduate of Columbia and New York University, Rev. Donald Harrington, Minister Community Church who recent ly returned from three month* extensive tour in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, presents lectures on Sunday afternoons. The New School for Social Re search is presenting three noted Africans in a series of lectures, they are Dr. Mohammed Keita, a native of Senegal, professor at University of Cairo; Remi An driamahare, permanent repre sentative of Madagascar in the United Nations, and Mungai Mbayah, of Kenya. Dr. Sanfotd Griffith, director. Center for Af rica Studies, is serving as chair man and moderator. are initialing or becoming in volved m the kind of inter change and thinking together which would best guarantee the effective solution of the prob lems involved September is still s little way off, but May 1 is onl.v slightly more than a month away. And May is the month of decision. There Is no need for discussion and preparation in an atmos phere of spotlights and feverish drub-beating, But it is impor tant that, some calm, forthright —and certainly not token ’ discussion and preparation be gin. —THE ATLANTA INQUIRER W HAT ARE YOU DOING WITH LIFE? Every citizen should ask him* sr-if. from time to time, where he is headed and exactly what he is doing with his life. We do not pose as one who knows it all. or as a great moralizer who can tell everyone else how io * live his life or her life On the other hand, we are ad mittedly idealistic enough to feel that the human race was put on the earth for some purpose. And. likewise, we believe that every citizen has an obligation to con tribute something as he travels the road of life. In small town*, large town*, and in rural areas, there are many who spend one hundred per cent of their time seeking pleasure, self-indulgence and self-entertainment. Too often, money and a good time are the only goals that amount to much in the lives of many of u*. If you can show nothing tor your life, if you have dedicated it to nothing in particular, and if you have not sincerely tried to leave just a little mark on your community, to create just a little good, to help your fel low-men in some small way. then we suspect that the life hereafter will be an empty one The happiest, people we have known, and the richest, are those who have done something for their fellow-men, and who JUST FOR FUN B? MARCUS EL BOULWAS2 In Society The Florida State University Theater, last Wednesday at 8 00 p m,, presented the passion play ' Assignment in Judea'’ by Pat rick Welch. Eddie Dowling and four other Broadway professional actors took part in the show which was given in the Charles Winter Wood Theater of Florida A&M University where 1 am employ ed. The play gives an account of the happenings in Jerusalem, under Roman domination, dur ing the last week of Jesus Christ In Jerusalem, It carried the au dience up to the crucifixion of Jesus (which the audience did not see,* and the play with Christ hangm on the cross, Mr. Com,yard and I donned our full dress to see this drama. Yes sir, Mr, Cornyard, my friend, was the acme of a gen tleman. He rose and assisted the ladies in removing their coats and wraps before being seated. “Such a nice man,” quoted &wo ladies sitting in front of us. Cornyard applauded with gen tle claps silently. There's was none of that, “raise the rafters’* applause and guffaw he has of ten used in the burlesque houses of Pro agio Bottom. I tell you he has gone strictly cultural and gentlemanly. (I'm right proud of Gordon B. Hancock 9 s BETWEEN THE UNES VIRGINIA GIVES NAZISM BEACHHEAD The anti-Negro movement of the South as now constituted was conceived by Ben Tillman s native of South Carolina and mighty man in his day. He coiUd easily be called the South's orig inal Negrophobe and for his Ne grophobia South Carolina re warded him with tts governor ship and sent him to the United States Senate until his death. Then Georgia took the lead In producing Negrophobes such as Hoke Smith and Tom Watson. Georgia became known as the anti-Negro Capitol of the na tion, a dubious distinction which she held for quite two generations. But within recent years Vir ginia is seriously threatening to displace Georgia as the nation s Anti-Negro Capitol. When Dr. Weaver was ap pointed to high office by Presi dent Kennedy, it was Virginia Senators who led the opposition with a kind of persecution ap proach. Civil rights has no more stubborn opposers than the Con gressman from Virginia. Virginia's great Harry Flood Byrd, is the father and sponsor of the massive resistance doe have stood for something m their community. We are here for a purpose, and we must answer the test and decide what we will do with our lives. Idleness, self indulgence complete disinterest in our community government, life and the events around us. a refusal to try to be informed on civic and current issues, do not add up to a good contribution to our society. It is so easy to make no contribution at all. That is why one must constantly ask himself. “What is my con tribution on this earth? ’’ —THE SHREVEPORT SUN WAS „, NGTO ™ "SMALL BUSINESS” By C. WILSON HARDER Much has been written, un doubtedly much more will con tinue to be written, on the suc cessful conclusion of the ease of the anti trust division of the U S. Justice Dept, against the nation's major manufacturers of heavy electrical equipment. * * * Vwrrir*[to. . w taxes. corporation* rers Involved c. W, Harder totalled almost S? million, while several of the corporate officer* were handed out jail sentence*. * * * There »re. reports that some labor leaders are gleeful over the discomfiture of the big bosses. If true, this is unfor tunate. There ere also “sob sisters” who are weeping tears in print over the jailing of these officials who are "really very nice men.” This 1* un- ■ fortunate. Both of these atti tudes fail to recognize the prin ciple involved here/ t * # Rather, instead, the success- i to! conclusion o< this case : should be observed, as a mile- 1 stone in American march hack I to road of free enterprise. 1 * a * It is » strong indicator that j i the demand which has been j i growing the past few years at 11 the grass roots level for en- j > forcement of the anti-trust laws j I to preserve free enterprise is j) bearing fruit. The work of I i independent businessmen, con- j t corned over the shrinking of j * free enterprise, which resulted | i | Mafclogß* f>riar«iton of Iwbtz-mtiwe ftßrtWjg him, we South Carolinian, would say*. I was especially intrigued by the performance of King Anti pas Herod of Galilee. He had such suavity and decorum, perfect tuning of his movements, and master of the use of imp'ic l suggestions. He was no fool, but punning and shrewd. Wise Saying: No man's credit is as good as his money. You can say that again. Cornyard attended a local rat tler’s roundup. Cash prizes wr r 9 awarded for the largest and the most rattlesnakes captured. My friend reported to the roundup with three rattle snakes. (Did I go? I wasn’t interested in the least.) Wallasey, England: A launder ette here advertised today a* follows: "Leave all your clothe* here end go out and enjoy youraeJl'* 'Nouf Said, My Boy: A couple of small boys were lagging cw the way home from school and one of them said to the otfiar “Won’t your father gbrm you a Spanking soar staying cast m late?" “No.” replied the roangsfcgf whose 'father wee a lewyer, “Tt get an injunction from my mo ther ponstponing the spanking, and then I’ll, appeal to m/r grandmother and shell have it made permanent" (Ha-ha-ha-*. trine and movement and the fu tile interpositionist movement which did not get started was Virginia's contribution to the cause of rebellion against the laws of the land. It is in Virginia that we find the nations only county with closed schools as a means of defiance against the nation urn der whose flag she is protected It. was Virginia who bolted th< Democratic Party in the la.* two presidential elections in it attempt to bring to the presi dency a man who would soft pedal civil rights issues. And now comes Virginia giv Ing charter to the Nazi politica organization and movement And it must be remembered the these are the same aperies o! Nazis that arose lo Germany and slaughtered 8,000,000 Jews ... a slaughter and masaers that easily become* mankind's greatest shame and disgrace The mob that crucifed the Son of God was tm unorganized blood-thirsty motley array swept on by the excitement of the hour. But the horrible slaughter of the Jews was a coldly calcu lated and deliberate effort to exterminate a group that has been the world’s greatest bene factor. The Nazis who slaughtered tlm Jews were motivated by the disastrous notion of a master race, in other words the Natzism which destroyed six million •lews was motivated by the ideals of white supremacy. And the ideals which motivated the Nazis of Germany are the same ideals which are motivating the Nazis to whom Virginia is grant ing a beach-head here in this land of the free and the horn* of the brave. The American Nazis are fol lowing the line of the Nazis who persecuted the Jews. They set forth as their objectives to op pose anybody and anything that sought “to destroy th* nation and the white race.” in the formation of the House and Senate Small Business Committees, ha* focused at tention on what has too long been a national disgrace. * * * On the other band, this ease should not be taken »« a blan ket indictment of big besfness. The nationwide membership of the National Federation of In dependent Susineg* has always maintained there is nothing wrong with bigness Jims* be | cause of pure bigness. The evil i mines in when big business ; torgeU morality to use the ! power for evil inherent bn big ness to destroy freedom In the market place. * * * It is indeed, interesting, to note that some of the cor porations immediately issued “there’* nobody here but us chickens, boss” type of state ments, disclaiming all knowl edge of what the convicted ex ecutives had been up to. * * * The sentencing judge. .1. Cul len Ga.ney, of the U. 8. District Court commented, “One would be naive. Indeed, to believe that such vast conspiracies Involv ing; *o much money and eoufp ment, were not known t® those hi cbarge.” • • s No corporation eon violate the laws. The laws can only be broken when executives with sufficient authority take ac tions which move the corpora tion into law-breaking. * * % Thu*, a eorptratfun •meottve may b® guilty of hit and no driving while driving a e*r owned by the corporaWob, O# course, the corporation te Bate!* for any reuniting damages to person m property, but tt»i* fact does not relieve the cipwb five of his personal guftt fee operating oorporatton uiupM'tp in violation of law, — «»»ra»a i MiMHTMci»an.Miiiiii nwaia—iWY \
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