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PAGE TEN ' ®i, o|,| Re Juctio Ad Absurdum A recent: week afforded t';. two lows so far in proposals growing out oi the Supreme Court's public school segre gation decision, and both were aimed at the court it self. One of these was a icsolu tion adopted by the Bar As sd'dat-.on of Mississippi en ciorsmg Mississippi Senalot James Eastland’s demand (o: a congressional investigation of ■ the Supreme Court jus tices, No one knows better than Senator Eastland that every member of the United States Supreme Court was subjected to the scrutiny of e senate committee before his ap pointment was confirmed b> the senate, and that every judge’s background is gone over carefully in the investi gation process. The lawyers making up the bar associa tion know almost as much about this as does Senator Eastland himself. The sena tor made the outlandish pro posal to add ammunition to his campaign arsenal the not times he comes up for elec tion in his benighted state, What Is Explosive? The New * and Observer has quest it ned editorially the < wisdom of Governor Hodges < in referring to the school sit- j nation as “explosive,” and quite rightly so, the CARO- i LINIAN believes. ; In the first place, it is quite possible that a wise and car* fully planned implementation of the desegregation deck- < ions will not, be nearly so “ex plosive" as Governor Hodges and others think, or say they think. Just as important is the fact that referring to the situation as “explosive,” as the Governor has done at seast twice recently in public statements, can certainly not lessen the probability of dif ficulties. and might well in crease that probability. Make It Safer, If Possible A famous Italian builder of racing cars, Enzo Ferrari, has issued a statement on automobile races. This ex- ; pert says that automobile races perform an important function in promoting prog ress m solving automotive en gineering problems. But the veteran engineer, himself a race driver in his youth, fur ther declares that more pro tection should be furnished both race car drivers and spectators from the “increas ing hazards” of motor car racing. Ferrari suggested for one thing, that the number of en tries permitted in any race should be reduced. Another Truman Was There Harry Truman did speak at the United Nations tenth anniversary celebration, and received a great ovation. He was not there however, at the behest of the U. S. State De- Go To Church. Monday? It is permitted occasional ly that the editorial writer take & friendly dig at some other department of the pa per when that dig is given in good humor. In a recent issue of the CAROLINIAN a two-eOi umn top-of-the-p&ge line ex horted, “Go to Church Sun day!” Immediately under the streamer was an ad—for Gil bey’s Gin. Which reminds us that a recent report reveals that two THE CAROLINIAN Published by th* Carolinian Publishing Company. 518 E, Martin Street, Raleigh, N C. Entered as Second Claes Matter, April 6, 1340, at the Post Office at Raleigh. North Carolina, under the Act. of March 1879. Subscription ftetess Si* Months $2-75 On® Year $4.50 Payable in Advance—Address all communications and make all checks and money or ders payable to THE CAROLINIAN. Interstate United Newspaper#,, fnc„ 542 Fifth Avenue, N f. 17, N t National Advertising Represen tative- This newspaper is not responsible for the return of unsolicited new#, pictures, or advertising copy unless accessary postage accompanies the ,-opy. P. R. IERVAY, Publisher Alexander Barnes ... . Advertising & Promotion j Cbas. Jones News & Circulation E, R. Swain Plant Superintendent J. C. Washington Foreman, Mechanical Department Mrs, A.. M. Hinton Office Manager Opinions expressed ifi by-columns published in thl* newspaper are not necessarily those of the pub lication. _J.___.__,. and probably would be great ly surprised if anyone out side of Mississippi gave a sin gle serious thought to it. Th Ear was just blowing oft .team, evidently But some ci! izens of Clar rvdon County, South Caro lina, where the first suit to end school discrimination be cause of race originated, went me Mississippi senator and i liar one better. The Oaten donians are circulating a pe tition calling upon the con gressman from their district to initiate impeachment pro , erodings against the entire i court. ft would appear that the drafters of the petition had little technical legal advice, as the petition is worded as follows "Believing the- separate but i equal decision of the Supreme Court of 1896 was a part of i the Constitution which we as citizens swore to defend and protect, and also believing that the .justices by then May > 17, 1954 edict violated their oath to defend and protect the Constitution, we the un dersigned , . . request that Th< : Negroes of North Car olina and the country in gen - oral are reasonable and tem per ate. They know as well as anybody, and probably better than some, that no good end can be served by being cantankerous and in transigent just for the fun of it. Thar, luxury is one that can Ik indulged in with pro fit only by those who have something to gain by exploit ing prejudice people like Mr. Talmadge. of Georgia, for instance, or others nearer home who might be named. Negroes who arc articulate at all ask only what they have been asking in the past —that the law be obeyed and enforced. This goes for the National Association, for the Advancement of Colored Peo recommendation was that the race tracks be made wider. Evidently both of these sug gested improvements would reduce the crowding on the tracks v/h'ch encourages col lisions and promotes loss of control of the vehicles on the turns. Physical examination for drivers prior to the races was another sensible recommen dation by the noted Italian expert, The casual observer would think that such a pre caution would have been a regular and routine matter, but apparently this has not been so. Also suggested was the setting up and enforce ment of certain “international requirements” for the racing partment, but by invitation of Dag Hammarskjold, UN secretary general. It. would have been too bad had the man who was chief executive of the United States or three large distilleries rank among the top ten U. 8. firms of all kinds in the size of their advertising budgets last: year, The writer is no prohibit ionist. and has never signed the pledge: but he believes there is something slightly askew in the economy of a country and the buying ha bits of a nation in which the producers of hard liquor find it worth while to spend so much money to bring their you offer a resolution of im peachment of said justices.’’ A lawyer could have point ed out that neither the 1896 decision nor the 1954 decision is a part of the text of the Constitution, but that the 14h Amendment, is. The .195-1 decision represented o rein terpretation, of the 11th A rnendment. It was net by any means the. first time the Supreme Court has reinter preted a constitutional pro vision. Os course the idea of im peachment here represent the height, or the depth, rath er, of absurdity, and will b recognized as such by near!’ everybody. Even iesp i a tine, should not lead to such pi ten t nonsense. Except for the signers -\ the petition who arc or hav been officeholders or hav been in the arm- ci force probably none hav< sworn t defend and protect the Con stitution. The so who hav arc obligat'd to support th 14th Amendment and the St. preme Court’s unanimous in terpretation of it in ‘hr “Mm. 17. 1954 edit pie, which has officially s dopted a po. y urging c. operation with local s-.hooi boards and authorities taking steps toward integration willing to do so. The. practi ce! problems and difficulties involved arc known and ae knowledged by Negro, citi zens generally. But that does not mean that they think oi that they sec any reason why others should think that these problems car; be faced only with attitudes dominated h.y pessimism and appn-nht n - si on. It is not wise to dwell on the “explosive’’ aspects u any of the s- nation wr be lieve; ; and we especially dr plore the tendency of high state officials to do so. cars. Reducing the power or cyj inder capacity of the cars would not necessarily solve the problem, said the engin eer, pointing out that the worst racing tragedy ever to happen in Italy occurred 18 years ago when the cars were considerably less powerful than those of today, and of course, capable of less speed Certainly ,t is turn for something to be done. If our national game of baseball took the life of one player on the average for each game, as the Indianapolis Speedway exacts for each race, the game would not last long one may be sure. at the time the United Na tions came into being and who helped launch the first session in San Francisco ten years ago had been ignore;: at the. birthday celebration. wares to the attention of the public; and he confesses a secret admiration for those few newspapers which refuse to accept liquor ads. It is still true that the amount of social harm caus ed by intoxicating liquors is sufficient to make the indus try one to be tolerated at best, and certainly not en couraged. The industry might do itself a favor by publi - cizing itself less widely in the advertising columns. I’HK t AROLJNIAN “But No Such Enthusiasm To lismove lias From The National Guar >f * - ..--yt ' ewe: ' -e- .-jv-v—-'- '* ,ev ,y-,-,., rsvy'. . r- fc>. ■ --.w'w-sw— I '■> ' -1 SNjtflVSbft - **-•- ' V ‘Hr - f ’ j" J"' j - J’* - * s.’*' _ ST ' ,_-tuC3» ""'*>■ - .-:r~ „ j- ISSfe (rJtXSrt***, Pvl “ C D- Halliburton's SECOND THOUGHTS (^8 Con grew; man C! ayt on Pow ell i-v as fioGOiuvi to k>sc ft is valiant Ouht to have an anti-segre gation clause included in the Eisenhower-sponsored military reserve bill The President bad his way. but Clayton Powell was right. President Eisor.hr.v. • er followed tin; conventional practice of expect my the Amei - lean Nr.-j.-ro to accommodate bun seif to southern prejudices. Hi- vcok the position that the bill was too important c\ cn to • be delayed by consideration of an Hinendinent to the bill which would have protected the rights of all Americans internally while providing for greater se curity for all from outside rne " Mr. Ei.----.-nhowv; seemed to have got peeved WPlf Clayton Powell for proposing the a- Riundmcnt which would have provided a check against the w; : nn r i’t of Negro reservists under the proposed reserve law tor service in s< gregated Na tional Guard units. As it stands now, Negroes are not members of the National Guard in any state in the real South. They are at present segregated com pletely out of the National Guard in some fifteen or more states, in that no provision at. present is made for Negroes to serve in the National Guard within those states at all- The Along The Colonial Front By A. j. SIGGINS. British Journalist (for ANP) FIGHTING POVERTY IN FAST AFRICA LONDON < ANP}- The suc cess of a war on poverty de pends upon ta > centralization of command which has com plete confidence of all support ers, cb< the extent of knowl edge of the enemy possessed by those responsible for the di rection and stau gy of the war, (ci the attention given to de tails of a stategy and all opera tions, arid id) the morale and physical strength and capacity for endurance at the belliger ent forces. In the war against want—m the fullest sense of that term, and, of course, Including want of knowledge—we can have (a> centralization of command and confidence of a majority of supporters by creating a Pa cific and Indian Oceans’ Peo ples’ federation with a central authority, <‘b) more knowledge of the enemy than any western power could have by the cre ation of a PIOFF central au thority, ‘d more competent minds working out details of strategy and all operations than any western group of nations could pa : • ibsy 1 1 a ve. a nd <d > lor better morale, physical strength and capacity for en durance than that possessed by Western nations because a far greater proportion of our fol lowers want a victory more than life Itself. Western nations' morale and capacity for endurance in a war against want ha've proved to be remote and perfunctory, while Eastern nations have shown in recent years that their war against the want, they have suf fered for centuries occupies most of their time and energy. As regards (lie United States of A£) ica framework, this is es sential to give form and sub stance to the ideal of African unity and to give cohesion to the movements and wishes of a majority of Africans towards a share in the responsibilities and benefits of world affairs. The word “Africa” is of Eu ropean origin, and it to only In comparatively recent times that Africans have begun to associate themselves with the President, said that Powell's n and that ‘'c:\ii rights" meas ures ought to stand on their o’-vu and not be i,sorer! to -se er proposed legisiaSion. Congressman Powell wa« un abashed. He knew his stond was right, .end that President Eisenhower's was the old one the Negro is so acca : -:;omod to, which is essentially this: Sou thern members of Congress op pose on principle any attempt whatever to get legislation on civil rights enacted on its mer its atone. Yet when an attempt is made to relate an important measure .to the discrimination which will be practiced under the mens are if passed. a -suir.-t that attempt is unfair- un sportsmanlike, unpatriotic, or The real selfishness. lack of ism, if any. should be placed where they belong -- at the doors oi the South and those non-southern members of Con gress who regularly yield to the wishes, or threats, if nec essary, of the southern con tingent in Congress. The vote again;-!: Mr. Per- - ell’s amendment, wh.cn it cam-? to a showdown, of course from southern Democrats, prac tically unanimously, stud from consciousness "of nationhood of a motherland —implied by it. African lead-* rs among the intellectuals have experienced greater difficulties in getting the notion Into the heads oi their followers wtih'sfong tri bal and other ties that their aim must be focused on the unity of all Africans, end y, is evident today that only a few intellectuals in the whole con tinent have been constant in that aim. But it is also becom ing more evident every day that unless Africans do con centrate upon African unity throughout the whole continent, they will be kept divided and ruled. And in that condition, not only Africans but the rest of mankind will be prejudiced. Tribalism, trades unionism, organizations to further trade and commerce throughout Af rica would gain strength and cohesion by making a United States of Africa their objec tive. Such a state would have an economically sound founda tion. guarantee law and order and equality in world affairs. SENTEKPF SERMONS REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY for ANR GOD’S RADAR Science, beyond a doubt has made some .rapid strides . . . but only with the things God alone provides; man only dis covers what already ha; been, in God's abundant store in this world of sin. A God Omnipotent, Omr.Sc lent and Omnipresent, gavs birth to the elements so diver sified and prevalent; with a magic stroke made nature’s in tricate laws, and those wholly perfect without any flaws. Nothing man can make can approximate His wisdom. Hr, power and matchless precision the sun, moon and stars move' by His baton, and Hit choir of celestial glory sings hallelujahs around His throne. The Creator of ail. the Giver of peace, knows when and how t Republicans, who, of course, wcujti ai-pie that they had to support tl:c PnMdan'. on this security measure. Congressman Powell's support was from northern Democrats. It may be that President Ei senhower has in mind away to solve the problem of dis crimination against Negro re servists tav some executive treatment of the matter. We lit>pe .-sc lie has established a good record for dealing with : oo:,; discrimination in mot fas coming under the juris* cicisoil of the executive or ad ministrative branch. The dis crimination will be very real ami very prejudicial to the ovists of Negroes subject to ini hr j; y service unless some very po,#Bve federal measure taken to protect them. The pica-’nt status of the National Gu.usj in southern states is .such that there is not only no guarantee of justice; there is no basis for expecting that the present pattern of the rankest kind of discrimination will not be continued unless there is 'mine kind of federal interven tion. Congressman Powell knows that If Eisenhower does not also, be is even move naive or unobservant than they used to say lie was. and permit the African peoples to concentrate upon a system of education which can be uni form and satisfactory from the paint of view of African dig nity as well as fitting Africans for world citizenship. One saw, during the Italo- Ethiopian war, a sense of Pan- Africanism pervading the Af rica race in all parts of the world. But today the Negus of Ethiopia is moving away from Africa, and in the various co lonial possessions. Africans are practically forced into the ed ucational channels devised by their masters: and as their masters are Europeans, it fol lows that European values will be enhanced and African val ues depreciated. Inside the framework of a United States of Africa between the Tropics, African basic values would be fostered and Africans would be free to take what they wished from Asian and other values as veil as from European. That would be the first stop toward emancipation of African minds and towards peace instead of wars, being started in class rooms. His mysteries to release, and that which is beyond all hu man understand ng is but com mon knowledge in His match less handling. Man. to cope with wars’ de struction, has mastered an in strument long under construc tion; .it can detect the enemy’s plane movements from afar, this split-second detector known as Radar. For this worthy credit we be.',tow - but man seemingly fails to sense or to know of the Almighty power of His Triune God. who has control of every inanimate or living thing un derneath or above the sod. The conscience of man is that delicate part of God's Di vine Radar attached to roan's heart, that clicks when old Sa tan is about ready to take off, WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 0, in S'. Gordon Hancock’s BETWEEN the LINES INTEGRATION: CURSE OK CURE? Under a regime- of segrega tion cne cannot gi’ e nor get the best. Even a casual study of the history cf segregation in this country will reveal (hat the Negro has neither gotten the best the country had to offer nor has he given hit best and this is doubly true of tnc white man. When we cop id ” what has been done, t-o hoist -r a regime of segregation by the white man we must be con vinced that so much of the white man’s energies have gone into the sordid business of stn regation that his iisghci pos sibilities have been slighted gi ea tly. Not lea, si among his losstr was the loss ol not beins brought into helpful contact with the unfortunate N.-yre.-f at his doors. The blrsan, , : helping the helples*- has bern denied him. Then tin blessin; that would have gone with an unsegreg&teti Negro race ■ us also been denied him. Tbc-e oe nied blessings have causen. do now cause, a social . .ckm** 'hat only integration prornic:, to cure. But -Just as our Scuth ern friends often urge , any as a policy in race : ' datiovw, forgetting that changes do not come of themselves., but rin be brought about by men, » integration will fall she: t o‘ curing what ails us socialiy and economically, unless h ... *-visc • ly appropriated. When viewed constructively it pcs,r-. a cur: for many of our social ills but viewed selfishly it may easily become a. curse. Here and there about the country we find white minis ters advocating the opening of church membership v> Neuroes: this is as it should b n in less Negroes open their doers to whites it means th..:,a Negro churches will decline? ;.nd be bereaved of their intelligent constituents. A3; eady th re is a movement well-defmed, wnet e. th Negro lntelligentia are h-uv irig the "auvh denominatnn for the *‘c!a::‘h’ denominations, and the fear i- here expressed that instead of continuin' th movement withm the race, a, may turn to the white chin ches. But we must confess that the outlook is not propitlou when the Negro intellt entri looks upon integration as a means of escaping to a more intellectual religious atmos phere. IN THIS OUR DAY By C. A. Chick CHRISTIAN OH it (If) -t AM) THE COURTS History poi::U out that ah religions always have been con servative and averse to change. And. even today we find t. 3it established churches and or ganized religion are amour our most comervative ins t-i ll jt ions, It is not the purpose of this ar ticle to "rake ehurchi" and or ganized religions over the coals.” It must be admitted th;-.; the conservatism of the Church in many, ma n y instances throughout the ages of civiliza tion has been the saving grace of civilization. During such times of decadance civilizations and-or of revolutions, bv and large, it has been the Church that came forward and con served the best there war- of civilization at the time. More over. it should he pointed tat that the foregoing has not al ways been an easy task for the Church. For the Church to do the foregoing. a y indiv iduals sacrificed their lives. However, with due respect to the foregoing, it is Mis writer's considered opinion that all too often the Church has been too conservative--lags too for be hind secular or civic institu tions • in matters pertaining to moral righteousness and justice for ail mankind. As my read ers well know, there are a mul tiplicity of religions. However, this article has reference only to the Christian religion and the Christian church wall its many auxiliary organizations. Organized Christianity has been, and is today, tremendnu! - ly interested in the souls of the so-called backward races. It. has spent, and is spending today, large sums of money in con nections with its efforts to con vert the so-called backward races to the Christian religion. However, organized Christian ity has said all too little about imperialism and colonization and economic exploitation of s the weaker races by the mas ter races. In the matter of rac ial segregation in our own i with bold intention to intimi “ date, laugh and scoff. But here its where that Heav enly Choir by spiritual elec tronics to the tempted rings true and angelic voices, seem to whisper “ask the Saviour to help you comfort strengthen and keep you; He is willing to aid you, He will carry you through.” The enemy then can do no harm while the Christian leans on the Everlasting Arm, for the I God of Heaven with Hi? eter nal Radar protects His children wherever they are. In Darkest Africa or on Greenland's icy mountains, the true child of God ran have peaceful surroundings, for his Master's Radar keeps him in i the clear, where Satan’s fiery darts cannot come near. When a man or woman has fought hard to maintain a high . standard of living and life be gins its narrow stretch toward > the end, it is then confidence . is strengthened for God’s Ra dar has never failed to defend. Then with joy and gladness surrounding God’s throne, and 5 reservations made for all who to Him are well known- the Hallelujah Chorus will get un derway, and all Christian sol , dins enter'Heaven to stay. The ia' t. r t: m »• rus. th e N masses need our intelligent!*, more ihart the white intelHgeri tia need them. It is not going to be reassu ing if our mre hi :h --ly educated utc! circumstanced Nc,:.r,",e-, ail uv them. Ives to be skimmed off from the masses o' Negroes There a one feat ure of .•■■eel eg,n? lon hat prevent ed its being a total lost on* that was it forced Negroes ji great advantages to return win: these advent ages to their own race. Tn other words,, heretofore the Negro masse:; have been bit sued by then highly educated by force of a regime of segre gation. WD! these classes still cast their lot voluntarily with iI eh underprivileged masses? Will they, like Moses, refuse the Measures of he court of privtle; e and cast their lots with their still afflicted broth er of whom there are mil lions? The time may be at hand when our proffered race loyalty rm.y be severely tested. Our ins'’hit,inns of learning are annually turning a host of well-irahied Negroes into the current? of affairs in this coun try and just whether these young people will look upon rnte-vf :on ar. an opportunity to serve with greater facility th ei r d; sad va n taped fellow men: or whether they will use inte rn .ifion as a means of escap ing into the n.ia race to avoid 11 1; o t ai i; san<lst; gm a h er*lo ? sre encountered by trie Hesrr* rnarses, remains to be seen, Integration must not be mad# ryunonmous with getting away as- far as practicable from the Negro race. It must rather con note added opportunities to more effectively serve those Nei;rore who today are undev sf-rved It is no; now a healthy u;n to see the more highly ed ucat!Negroes siphoned off In to t;i.ch n ■ church affiliations, and it is even more unhealthy to see our most highly educat ed Nee. , s turn to white ohur h:s for membership, as many arc ■' unerjily doing. Wha, is true of church affil iation is equally true of the i ace’s business and professional to o ana >h the Negro press. In •spite of th? finer possibilities a;a oau-d by integration, the Mon: cannot yet stand alone oUhoui that hvlp that is baser upon ir-tui-racial loyalty, inte : Mai: that separates the Ne iTO n. t " and the Negro class es could be a cuise! country. it Is real, pitiful and discouraging to see organise Christianity trailing the court: a;'d far behind at that. It i disturbing to say the least. t ■ ; cad in the newspapers that i many Christian bodies, eonfei once.'-, associations, etc., wht the Supreme Courts’ decisis pertaining to racial segregatin' in public schools is brought u • Mnn ■!, disrupts the entire eiceUn*. And. whereas son; ClaisU'u; gatherings have been .; i> to pass strong anti-rac ial fi'Tregation resolutions oth er have made such weak plat hud s as follows; "Do the Christian thing in the matter.” f oot ail people like humans.” "Obey the law.” And. one OUouan body decided to ;dy the question until 1960,” :: ::o iTiigious bodies have not ' the courage to even men ■r ?w Courts' decision in their meetings. We preach and. teach that •’ nil the exception of the Chris tian homes the Christian chut eu i. the highest, most Ideal and th • best organization that human beings have been able to bring forth. Let up hope the lorcgning j;; true. I, for one, be hcvi: n However, it' must be admitted that in more than one instance the Christian church Dus to live up to its ideals. And it 'Mould be pointed out to the Christian church that when jt fails to live up to its high ide- Is j» loses some of tin; best minds as well as some of the most righteous souls that the human race has; Poet's Comer UTW JUDAS (A Calypso) Bv RICARDO WEEKS tor ANT y n @mT nothin' but a little Ju das, Nuthiu more than a lowdown Ju ans, ■' mse v.-e break up, you pet so mad And make me husband beat me bad. 1 always had an eye for you. Treat you fine and loved you. too. C<»ok you food when me husband was out, M'ide sure you never went with out. You ain't nothin’ but a little Ju das, Nothin’ more than a lowdown Ju das. Just ta:,va o I say good-bye You make me husband black m« eye. You tell him how we kiss and hug It; places we would go. Believe me. man. I never thought Thai you would betray me so. You ain't nothin but a little Ju das, Nothin' more than a lowdown Ju das I musta had big rocks In me head. Mo husband almost kill me dead. Bui. I am through with you for good, Cross me heart and knock on wood. I'll never fool with you again, 'Cause since be beat me 1 gave up inftnj