PAGE FOUR
Sin hy omission is just as great as sir. by
commission. It is rather singular that our lead -
ers have said very little and done less about
Nehru's visit. It is a known fact that he has
long been disturbed about the treatment of
people of color, throughout the world. He has
continued to fight for the underprivileged
People of color are looking to India and the
best vve could do was to have- made some ges
ture of appreciation upon his arrival.
The churches could have at least had an
hour of prayer or a period of devout media
tion. With President Eisenhower proclaiming
that there shall be no second-class citizens in
America and Nehru making a plea for India,
U seems that such manifestation of faith and
hope in th< if meeting would have h id immeas
urable weight upon the forces of wrong and
tvil.
Durham Rises To The Occasion
Durham, led by Mayor E. J. Evans, turned
out in full force Monday afternoon to honor
two athletes who brought fame to it and to
America by their fine showings m the recently
held Olympics, It was as it should have been,
The two fine athletes competed ns Americans
and were so greeted upon their return.
They rode in the parade together and were
heroes to all of Durham. The festivities start
ed at the Raleigh Durham airport and ended
at the City Hall. The crowd forgot that they
were born on opposite sides of the track. They
forgot that one represented a white college:
and the other represented a so-called Negr ■
college. The triumph that they had so right
fully deserved went beyond the color of tr
skin or the texture of the hair.
The crowd had but one purpose in mind---
to honor two truly grtat athletes What a go <•••
place Durham and North Carolina could be L
the crowd would recognize Joe Shanklt and
Lee Calhoun as true American athletes. Why
is it that every day cannot be a celebration bf
democratic ideals for men and boys, women
and girls who display fine qualities? Why
is it that the crowd cannot exclaim “hosannas”
to all the Joe Shaukles and Lee Calhouns every
Campaign Promises Vs. Consecration
In too many instances ore persons running
for elected offices in both church and state
prone to make campaign promises that are not
even thought about once they have been elect -
ed. This is a bad indictment to bring against
persons who are elected to serve the church.
It is our candid belief that people who aspire
to an office in the church should search them
selves and ascertain whether they have enough
Christ in them to perform the duty that the
office requires.
This brings us to discuss one personage
whom we feel made this examination, Daniel
Carlton Pope, resident bishop of Africa, repre
senting the A. M. F. Zion Church. He relates
how, as a student at Tuskegee he attended a
meeting where a collection was taken to aid
the missionary work. He says he told the col -
lectors that he had no money, but he told God
he would put himself into the plate and would
go to Africa and serve to bring light to the
darkened corners of that vast country.
In 1924 he went as a missionary and has
been identified with it ever since. He lost his
first born son there. His wife contracted an
illness, while there from which she never re
covered. lr. 1948 he was elected as the secre
tary of missions and kept in elose touch with
the work. He told the delegates to the 1952
genera! conference, if they would elect him
a bishop, he would go to Africa and remain
there until he had completed the job which
Negroes, Hungarians 25 Years Hence
We recently read, with deep study and con
rein. of the plight of Hungarian refug* * s 'noth
—those fleeing their native Hungary into Aus
tria, as well as those that landed on these
shores.
Naturally we. like many different peopks
all over the world, had a deep concern for the
Hungarian people, as they were being shot
down, by powerful Red army tanks, according
to various press services. But unlike the other
peoples of the world, our greatest concern is
centered upon the refugees that landed in this
country, amid great fanfare and the like
Specifically Negro Americans are concern
ed with the attitudes and behavior patterns
of Hungarians who sought, and easily found
political asylum here 25 years from this day,
ns regards their feelings and dealing with Ne
gro Americans and other minorities who can
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A Sin By Omission
These two powerful factors of right could
have had the entreaties to God from the Ne
gro church with such a preponderance that
they could have shaken the very forces of
half, be cans* prove? changes things. Indian
peasants havi proved this, Freedom loving
pilgrims carried their troubles upward and
broke the bonds of English rule,
Slave-shackled Americans carried their griefs
a such songs as "Swing Low Sweet Chariot '
.tnd “Nobody Knows the Trouble Fv# Seen”
and tore themselves from the chains. Certainly
lunch leaders could have implored the Al
mighty to m. ',-t with Eisenhower and Nehru
to aid them in giving the world that peace that
was promised with the coming of the Baba
of Bethlehem, more than 1900 hundred years
ago. Yes,’the sin of omission is as great ns thf
sin. of commission.
day in Durham and throughout the south?
(s it only when Lee Calhoun and Jo* Shan*
kle hev starred in athletics that the surging
crowd will honor them as equals? There are
thousands of foe- Shanktes and Lee Calhoun#
who will make greater contributions to race
n lotions :.nri democratic understanding if the
crowd would but look at them with an eye
of fairness and a judgment oi prudence. They
i amt- home to glory because they had won
laurels in foreign fields. We should like, to
say to thi crowd that it. can find a Joe Shan*
kle and « Lee Calhoun every day to be hon
ored. Adi they have to do is to give the Lea
Calhouns a chance to compete with the Joe
Sh,ankles on an equal basis.
All the Lee Calhouns are asking that they
hr given a chance to have their being like Lee
Calhoun had in Australia. There are thousands
iif Joe Shankios who are saying to the crowd,
“Let us work, play and compete with Lee Cal
houn We can. make this world better by hav
ing; had this contact". We say give the Lea
Calhouns a chance and they will join with
the Joe Shanklcs. and make America the land
of the free and the homo of the brave.
hr promised God he would do on that event
ful night, at the missionary meeting.
The delegates elected him and he went to
Africa and remained there for four years. It
was during these four years that he planned
and promoted a program known as “GIVE
GOD A CHANCE”. This program found fa
vor with the natives and they are sharing what
ever monies they may chance to get for the
program. He returned to America in March of
tins year for the general conference. We have,
been told that the appointments of bishops
is done according to seniority. This meaps
that the last bishop elected is sent to Africa.
When asked by members of the episcopal com
mittee what conferences he desired, Bishop
Pope promptly answered, “I want to go back
to Africa to complete the job 1 began in 1924.”
This is a concrete example of being conse
crated to a task. Bishop Pope displayed the
kind of spirit it takes to really serve a cause.
He consecrated himself to work for God and
His kingdom. Office seekers would do well to
make up their minds that they are going to
serve their populace with a devotion not based
on money or prestige,. There are quite a few
church office seekers who would do well to
adopt Bishop Pope’s approach to duty. Un
kept camnaign promises, whether in church
or state are not conducive to a people, nation
or country.
trace their ancestry in America hack several
hundred years.
Will they soon forget the political oppres
sion that they escaped, as so many other for
eigners have done? Will they show their ap
preciation by becoming “indoctrinated" with
“Americanism’’ as manifested through the
southern white supremist or the northern hy
pocrit?
Will they generally become prejudiced
against minorities here and will they prac
tice discrimination against American citizens
of many generations, because of race, color,
religion, creed, etc? If thy are. to become a
party to the abovernentioned undemocratic
principles and practices, then—so far as w*e are
concerned they may as well stay in Hungary
and let the Russians shoot them down.
(.Reprinted from The Colonial Times)
“These Simple Tools Have
Removed The Scar”
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OBSERVATIONS
By Rev. R. Irving Boone
THK INCOMPARABLE CHRIST
AT THIS BLESSED SEASON,
when, once again, the thoughts
of humanity turn in a very spe
cial way to the Babe of Bet.hlc
h- ii seems altogether appro
priate to focus attention on the
fact of the incomparable Christ.
lie came from the bosom of t
woman. He put on humanity
that we might pul on divinity.
He became Son of Man that w->
might become sons of God.
Hr was born contrary to the
hr- .- of nature, lived in povetl/.
was reared in obscurity; only
on i did He cross the boundary
of the land of His Childhood,
In infancy He startled a king;
in boyhood He puzzled the doc
tors; in manhood He ruled the
course of nature. Ho walked
upon the billows and hush, .1
SENTENCE SERMONS
By Rev. Frank Clarence Lowery For AN'P
CHRISTMAS
1. Each year this Day of
Days, is attended with many
happenings out of line with
heavenly praise , , . and in
stead of joy and adoration
they breathe contempt and
humiiauon
2. Indeed, right where the
Blessed Savior once did trod
airplanes and soldiers have
moved in to guard and. where
Peace once did reign, diabolic
hate has entered in to defame.
3. The harbinger of “Peace
on Earh Good Will To Mar,”,
would Hide His face if He
should now- return to this land
and witness the inhumanity of
man to man.
4. He would not only see it
on Desert, Hill and Plain, bet
in some Southern Grammar
and High Schools of this land
where unholy treatment is met
ed out. to one certain dark
race that is trying again*!
The Perennial Headache
At this season of the year
many people begin to search
their heads and in general be
come . extremely upset and
frustrated over the perennial
problem of Christmas presents.
What to give the darling wife
or the sweet husband is not an
easy problem to solve, and most
especially if the good wife and
gallant husband have rubbed
their heads together for sev
eral or more years. Or what to
give the children Jr equally as
puzling.
The foregoing problems are
nil the more difficult when the
“where -with-all” is somewhat
limited. Young people, regard
less of age, apparently believe
that Brother Santa Claus act
ually gives away articles. Now
when one starts down the list
as to what to get parents,
grandparents, sisters, brothers,
children, uncles, aunts, nieces,
nephews, etc the task reallv
becomes the “sixty-four dollar”
question. Moreover, it. must al
ways be remembered and never
forgotten that it take.-, time,
intelligence and some cash nr
credit to do business with San
ta Claus.
the sea !o sleep. He heeled tiu
multitudes without medicine
and made no charges ror He.
services. He never wrote a book,
v* -1 not Vtl i i libra iu,
world could hold the books the;
could be written about Him. He
never wrote a song, yet He fc ,
furnished the- theme of mo:--
songs than all the song writers
combined. He never founded a
college, yet all the schools to
gether cannot, boast of as man',
students as He has. He nev>
practiced medicine, yet He has
healed more broken hearts aim
wounded spirits than all
doctors together.
He never marshalled nn a, a
drafted a soldier, nor filed a
dim. yet no leader he, rv. ,
made as many volunteers who
have, under His orders nia -!
rebth stack arms and surrehrl-.r
odds to uphold His precious
name, in accord with His
Grace. '
5. What a, travesty upon the
sacredness of human life here
at home where such things as
lynchings and Race hatred
should Scarcely be known.
fi. But in these benighted
regions love seems at a premi
um despite the teachings of the
loving Christ Child and Peace
maker to all Nations.
7 The Christ Mass cannot
be sea redly celebrated when up
from the ground are hoard the
cries of innocent souls inhu
manly tormented; no. not th--
light of justice under God':-
blue canopy anywhere should
thii be tolearted.
*h “God is not. mocked, what
soever u man soweth tjf ho
does not truly repent > that
shall he also reap”; and with
out true repentance it all adds
up to bare faced deceit.
9. Nations being nothing
IN THIS OUR DRV
By Dr. C. A. Chick, Sr.
Being a “pedogaßtie” and
having been one for several
years and thus am paid to give
advice to the youngsters under
ray care, 1 quite often find my
self giving unsolicited advice
for which I receive no compen
sation.
Thus, I am suggesting as a
partial solution at least, to the
perennial problem of what to
give whom for Christmas, that
a good book is always in order.
Therefore, I most sincerely
recommend the giving of good
books. By and large, we like
for our gifts to last a long time
And by the same token, those
receiving gifts like for them to
last a long time. I cannot think,
of anything that would cost a
little as a good book and would
last as long. Furthermore, I
have a strong belief that there
are few articles that would do
our parents, relatives and fri
ends as much good as a good
book. A good book never tires
of giving its readers Informa
tion, inspiration, hope and cou
laixe.
One writer has said that a
book is the only Immortality.
Another has said that, bonks
aie lighthouses erected in the
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without a. ?hr>t being fired.
He is the Star astronomy, tire
Rir’k of geology, the Lion and
the Lamb of '/oology, "he He; *
rnoTtizer of all discords and the
Hc.tlcr of all diseases
Croat men have come and
gone, yet He lives on and on,
iiuiod could riot kill Him; Se
could seduce Him; Death
could not destroy Him; the.
grave could no* hold him.
fie laid aside His purple robe
for a peasant’s gown. He was
rich, ye! for our sake He be*
<anie poor. Ask Mary! Ask the
wise mm' He slept in another’s
manager; He cruised the lake in
another's boat; Ho was buried
in another man’s tomb. All fail.
%j bul He never. The Perfect,
the infinite, the Incomparable
i Inc. I P i* the Chief among tea
thousand; the One altogether
lovely.
more or less than srrgeraiioos
of individuals, should make
clearly to you and me, that we
are responsible for what w<«
sec; for if Christ’s Corning, t.n
us fails to count, then nice
hatred and wars will continue
to mount.
10. Isn't ft time we were be
ginning to take the admoni
tions of the Prince of Peace
seriously, and honestly blot out
of our hearts every iota of pre
judice and hate, that our de
sired blessings may not come
too late/
U, Our Heavenly Father still
looks down below, to see if yet
He can set our hearts aglow:
H/h holy Spirit pleads to anoint
everyone who draws near His
Holy Front.
11 CHRISTMAS then impii
cs far more than wreaths and
■•ref’s at every doer; but the re
newal of love for all mankind,
with a Ombre *o f id them to
heights sublime.
great sea of time Bartholini
said that without books God js
silent, justice dormant, natural
science at a standstill, philoso
phy lame, letters dumb, and all
things involved in darkness.
.Jeemy Collier said that books
are a guide to youth and an
entertainment for age. They
support us under solitude, and
keep us from becoming a bur
den to ourselves They help us
to forget the crosses of men
and things, compose our cares,
and our passions and lay our
diuapp<ftr>tme»t,a asleep. When
we are weary of the living we
may repair to the dead, who
have nothing of peevishness,
pride nr design in their con
versation.
I'fit's give rood books for
Christmas presents!
There were fewer milk cows
on U. S. farms in June of this
year than at any lime since re
cords were started back in 10.10.
The number of animals in June
was 20,09<1.0{(0 compared 10 21.
220/100 a year ago June. This is a
crop <si -in'’ per cent from last
year, and it is 19 per cent below
the .ill-time high of 2,">,GOO,firm cows
in June, 1944.
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1*556
' ALICE A. DUNNIGAn"^
WASHINGTON (ANP) --
Brown American;;, who rejoic
'd at the recent Supreme
Court decision killing iim crow
if, intrastate travel, got a com
plete let-down this week .’it. the
position taken on this matter
by Attorney Geneva! Herbert
Brownell. Following a day
long conference held at the
Justice Department,, Monday,
by the Attorney General and
H -southern District Aitmr.e* s ,
Iti-il vail' .1111 -A , *
ment that 1 toe United Stans
would -stress “voluntary com
pliance" in descgtcaauor. of
bus travel. 7 ids v.us com
plete “about- Lice'' front a.
strong statement, he but made
a few weeks earlier that any at
tempts to enforce seycgutitiii
laws on public transportation
aould vOiv.tltUte a "tv uvy- a
gainst the United HtaLv."
When questioned on why t<»c
Attorney General bad mn-s.sd
■
man for the Justice Doysu’t-*
rnent -cud, that, it was; not a.
complete reversal. That it, wh->
only natural to expect “volur!-
tmy compliance’ of any law.
The- Attorney General has only
said ho would stress' volun
tary compliance, continued me
spokesman, implying Hud h;
had net said ho would rely en
tirely on voluntary coroplUir.c”
This inference invoked the
question as to what the At
torney General expects to dr- if
the law is not complied with
voluntarily. “This Is a hypothe
tical question", replied the
spokesman, “and we nev-r
comment on questions hue
that.” And furthermore-, the
spokesman continued, the court
has not decided on a petition
to reconsider the bus segtegn
tion decision
This decision by the Justice
Department, seems to be •
ting up a bad precedent for the
law enforcement of tilts land.
If state officials are permi Hod
to obey the lew only when they
feel that the law meets lh;
own approval, what will pre
vent a speeding motorist from
doing the same. Why should a
driver making 75 miles an hour
voluntarily slow down in a zone
which says 40 miles, if there is
no enforcement of such, a law '
Why should, an employee vol
untarily comply with that pain*.
V* fio St ci s t@ci ife yiifsinias ,*
By Rev. F. X. Wefg*r, authoi
A MINIATURE ZOO hanging j
from a Christmas tree may be
a striking sight, but actually Is
out of place there. Like many
other Christmas symbols and
customs, the Christmas tree has
a deep and spiritual sign liic&llvw, j
When and where did Christ- j
mas trees begin? Some say the. i
Christmas tree comes from the j
ancient Yuie tree and pagan |
file customs. But this is mere j
guessing and
doesn't fit the
facts.
THE CHRIST-
MAS TREE is a
combination of •**3|s§L
two religions v
symbols from
medieval days,
the Paradise tree and the
Christmas light, and H began in j
Germany.
From the eleventh century on,!
religious plays used to be p r~
farmed in churches or out; - ?e
in front of churches. One ot the
most popular of these “mystery j
plays” as they were called, was j
the Paradise play, it told of the!
creation of man, the sin of Adam j
and Eve, and their expulsion!
from Paradise This play closed |:
with the consoling promise of j <
the coming Saviour. For this! I
reason the Paradise play was h j
favorite in Advent,, the prepam- f ,
tory season for the coming ofi <
Chris I. !
IN THE PLAY the garden of!;
Eden was indicated by a fir tree j i
hung with apples, from which J <
Fve broke the fruit and gave Up
to Adam to eat This “Paradise !i
tree” attracted the attention of 1 3
all onlookers, especially thej<
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Tevc Simple Tools Have Removed the Scar.’*
ful law of dishing out his hard
earned dollars for income (ax
it there is to be no enforce
ment or punishment - If volur,-
I.o ry compliance is applied to
the white suprcmlsls of the
south, why shouldn't it be ap
plied to any citizen? What
would Aire.-trun citizens fcava
robbery, and any other unci; -
robboryy. and any either unde
ssvnble practices? It there is no
enforcement of laws, there will
.!>■■ no need tor, policemen
courts, lawyers and judges, not
even a Department of Justice.
Tht Attorney General’s de
cision raises another question
m the minds of 12 percent, of
tlio American population—that
of sincerity of enacting and en
fovcimr legisletion affecting
the minorities of this country.
How ca.i Negroes feel that the
Administration is really serious
about protecting their rights
when it consistently appease
their -nemies -the white su
preme ts of this country? How
cun they maintain confidence
i mi government, who refuses to
take £ firm stand nr. compli
ance with the law of the land?
Where cun Negroes tuna for
sincerity of purpose and gen
uine interest in their welfare?
l ooking over at the other poli
tical party, bow can they trust
their “good-friend" Senator
Hubert Humphrey who is wag
ing an outspoken war for a cio
t-ure rule at the beginning of
this congress to pave the way
for civil rights legislation,
while out of the other side of
his mouth hr is supporting an
anti-civil right er Lyndon
Johnson for democratic Floor
Lender?
Minorities who once had
great faith in Humphrey can
ned help but wondei why lie
refuse;! to support Sent* toy
Lehman, Douglas, Henning and
a few others attempting to er>f.
-
parsed before congress ad
journed.
Amsji'CfD vrec.TM minor.S' -
wonders why a handful of
.southern racists ran hold such
tighr reins oh the northern!’!
of both political parties, wh
cun the Nr .ro turn foi. i-r - ,
and equality guaran>y-;cj nit
vi towns by me Constitution c
the United States.
>r, THE CHRISTMAS BOOK
| children, since is wag the cr;...
object on tii<) stage.
After a white the mysteiy
phiv; stopped, but people warn
ed the Paradise tree and brought
: it into their homes on December
- - the feast, day in hOflOi o.
! Adam and Fve,
I HUT DECEMBER 24 was also
j Chr:nmas eve. From early time s,
! a beautiful custom was rir.v
! treed on this day in all Christian
! nmtries. A candle called the
“Christmas light" was burned as
I symbol for Jesus Christ, the
• ht of the world that started
shining at Bethlehem. *
m Germany the Christmas
' Uidie used to be placed on ton
. a wooden pyrarold-iike struc
ture, adorned with glass and
tinsel. But seen the people
L’.'ved that the Faradise tree
' elf was a beautiful and live
ivramidy The next stop was to
lake the lights, glass balis and
tinsel from the wooden pyramid
end put tnom on the Paradise
“ *’e. The Christmas crib which
-Lid stood at the foot of the
pyramid, was now put under the
nee, The “star of Bethlehem"
fsorn the top of ‘he pyramid war
now fastened the tree. Thus
'-err modern Christmas tree was
born.
UNDERSTANDING the origin
of the Christmas tree should
give parents a chance to get m
sot,: religious teaching amidst
a;i the Christmas preparations.
No child should have to spend
Christmas without learning the
religious meaning of his Christ
mas tree, a reminder that Our
lord is his f-.vht and the Light
of all the world.
< ,‘j.rti l->,Mr- lOTtct, WstMsfton H, f>. f\