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THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, IMS 4 Editorial Viewpoint WORDS OF WORSHIP "Suffer little children to come to me!” Jesus commanded. And he added one of those sayings which should make so clear the message of his Kospel. “They are the very essence of the King* dom of Heaven." he said, “unless you become like them you shall In no wise enter in.” Like them. An Opportunity To Speak We are happy that the Chamber of Com merce invited Councilman John W. Winters It is a sign that Raleigh is growing up and that the Chamber of Commerce recognizes that all segments of its citizenry need to be heard. We are also happy that the councilman ac cepted the invitation. He had a great oppor tunity to represent all the people of Raleigh and certainly those who voted for him. Mr. Winters had a great opportunity to awaken Raleigh to the thinking of a number of people and also had an opportunity to challenge the policy makers of Raleigh to a mammoth sense of their duty. The city father could have told his host that the time had come to stop appointing per sons to represent the Negroes of Raleigh who are out of step with the tempo of Raleigh. It would have been a fine thing if he had told them that Negroes want their leaders selected, on merit, and not favoritism, or to suit the fancy of the selector. This would have been a fine time to trll the Chamber of Commerce that Negroes are now qualified to help evaluatr the policy of Raleigh and that failure to recognize this fact is hold ing Raleigh back He could have very easily said that Raleigh's economy will never reach its peak until Ne groes are paid salaries that will show up in the tables of commerce and business as near equit- The Governor Sanford Ideal North Carolina's Gov. Terry Sanford re cently uiged equal employment of Negroes, thereby becoming the first Southern governor to take this stand. The time has come for American citizens to give up this reluctance (to hire Negroes), to quit unfair discrimination, and to give the Ne gro a full chance to earn a decent living for his family and to contribute to higher stan dards for himself and all men," the Governor said. In 1959. Gov. Sanford announced the for mation of a 2 t-member North Carolina Good Neighbor Council which is concerned with bringing about equal employment for Negroes. Coming from many quarters of the state, we have heard much criticism of Governor San ford by Negroes who feel that he should do more than just talk. They argue that the Gov ernor should set an example for industry by seeng that Negroes get jobs in state offices Tribute To Mrs. Lucy Fort Week before last two women almost a hun dred years old each passed on to their rewards —namely Miss Mary Alice Burwell and Mrs. Lucy Fort, a resident of the Method'Commun ity. A eulogy was given for Miss Burwell in the last issue of this newspaper, and now we want to pay tribute to a woman who was 96 yean •Id-—just short of the century mark. Considering her generation and time. Mrs Fort was blessed with an unusually long life; but, in the years ahead, it will become com men for people to live to be 100 years old. It Happened In South Carolina Ws were surprised recently whers\South Carolina Governor Donald S. Russell fulfilled a campaign promise to thousands—both Ne groes and whites—by holding a public barbe cue where they could break bread on the grounds of the Governor's Mansion. Guests streamed past creaking tables to par take of barbecue, cole slaw, ice cream and cof fee served up by the ton. It was the first time in many years—possibly since Reconstruction Days that Negroes were entertained at the South Carolina governor’s house Jessie L. Jones of Newberry, a Negro who Write-Offs Not Worrying Negroes Because so few Negroes have jobs that re quire expense accounts, they are generally not worried very much about Internal Revenue Service ruling on substantiating income tax write-offs by requiring vouchers for each out lay of $25 or more claimed as a deductible business expense. Whse this may be true there are a sufficient number of Negroes using expense accounts to warrant our saying something about this mat tar. Formerly, vouchers were to be made for all expenara of $lO or more. The figure was set so low, that Die $25 limit looks like a big conces sion. As a matter of fact, we have had some testimony to the effect that some congressmen have D pay $37.50 a day to stay in Washing ton, Moreover salesmen could cite similar coats, hod perhaps prove them. We jknow full well that lodging, travel and meals -have increased in costa a great deal in the la ft few yean. When Die coat of entertain ing is Added, the $25 is simply a bookkeeping figurei Above that amount, die taxpayer must TjBB NEGRO PRESS —btffrw that America can beat had the world away from racial and national antagoniama whan it accord* to arary mar ragardhaa at race, color at creed hie human and h§al right* Hanoi no man taarinj no man tha Negro Ptaaa strives to hatp arary man on the firm be- Rat dm aB atan ate hurtaa long aa anyone h holdback. like little children, laughing, joyous, unaffected, trusting Implicitly, and with time to be kind. Children are brutally frank, but they soon forgive their friends with whom they have dis agreed. They do not hold old grudges nor do they retain hates. That Is why their hearts are pure. able, if not equitable. We think Mr. Winters could have told them that there is a reservoir of man power in and around Raleigh that could be used by the city government in offices, in supervisory positions and even as administrators. The councilman had an opportunity to tell the Chamber of Commerce what the vast Ne gro market represents in buying power. He would have been doing the Chamber of Com merce a big favor by telling them that the Negro market is a selective market and that those who do business with it, in order to get their share of the purchasing dollar, must not take the Negro market for granted. Mr. Winters would have done well to have told the Chamber of Commerce that the Ra leigh Negro fight is not tied up in social gains but in economic advantages. He could have told his host that the educational system is so entwined in politics and personal aggrandize ment that Negroes must seek better schools, in order to compete with those who do attend the better schools. It might have been good had Mr. Winters told the Chamber of Commerce that the Ne gro served 100 years of apprenticeship and he is ready to take his place in Raleigh’s full life. He could have told them that the Negro is asking no favors nor granting any failure to be accepted into the full flow of Raleigh's life above the menial level. They feel that if the right example is set, it will encourage industry to do likwise. > The Governor may not have taken concrete action: but, at least, by his statements he re cognizes the problem. Most Southern Gover nors have seen fit to ignore the problem oi pretend that it does not exist. Surely our state government which is ope rated by taxes from all of the people can af ford to employ qualified Negroes in many white-collar jobs which pay better-than-ave rage salaries. The Negro race cannot progress very far on wages paid to custodians, maids and menials; but through good-paying jobs the Tarheel economy will blossom like a rose. The citizens who run the industrial, politi cal, and educational wheels of the state can implement the Govmor’s idea by their sense of fair play. Mrs. Fort, while she lived, was an ardent worker of Oak City Baptist Church. She was dutiful as long as her health permitted; and perhaps her consuming energy in the work of the church may have given her the satisfaction and peace needed to help her meet the frustra tion of life successfully and reach a ripe old age. Like Miss Burwell. and in her own way. Mrs. Fort has made the world a better place in which to live. She worked wholeheartedly for improvng her church and community. works for the Civil Service, said the affair was "a wonderful experience.” Several groups of Negro students from Mor ris College of Sumter and Allen University of Columbia attended the affair. They agreed unanimously they had a grand time. The officials of the state of South Carolina may have been apprehensive at first, but they soon learned that if Negroes attend affairs of this kind they will not turn “the world upside down." If it happened in South Carolina, it can hap pen anywhere else. We hope other governors will be» encouraged to try similar experiments. justify it with vouchers. Below, if his firm al lows him that much for his travel expense, it will be allowed by the Internal Revenue Serv ice. so long as he reports his expenditures and lumps all expenses by categories, instead of detailing them down to dime telephone call. Th IRS wants to tighten down on what ap pears to be extravagance or padding of ex pense account. But what is controversial is what constitutes a business meal as it is direct ly related to a business purpose. The most controversial of all is. what constitutes lavish or extravagant expenditures which Congress hopes to ban. This includes luxury cruisers, hunting lodges, girlie shows and the like. If 0 taxpayer wants to hr honest about his expense account deductions he. and Uncle Sam will have no trouble reaching a common ground. But if one tries to stretch the mean ing. or the other to hem it in. we expect them to differ. Remember that moat of us won’t have this worry! Here are excerpta from edi torial* compiled by Associated Negro. Press appearing in some of the nation’s leading newspa pers on subjects of current in terest to our readers: MFREDITH DILEMMA THE POST. Denver “We would hope that Mere dith would attempt to stick It out. but we would hardly advise him to do this if he feels in capable under the circumstan ces. of actively and effectively pursuing his education. “We would hate to see Mere dith drop out of Ole Miss, pri marily because such action would prompt the segregation ists of Mississippi and the rest of the South to gloat Jhat they had lost the battle but won the war. “They will sav that while they have learned that they cannot effectively resist the federal government’s forcing Negro stu dents upon them, they have also learned that they can make life so miserable for the Negro that • he will quit. “This is a tough argument to counter, except by telling the regationists that the color bar rier at Ole Mias has been breached and that through thia breach other Negroes will sure ly come, less publicised, better prepared and with even greater determination.“ THE DAILY NEWS. Chicago "In a senser Meredith Invited the stepped-up program of ha rassment He recently declared he would withdraw from the university unless the situation quieted down. ’Under the circumstances, he can hardly be blamed for thia error in strategy. It is doubtful that any Negro crusader for civ il rights hat ever been subjected to a greater emotional ordeal. “So the nation and the world may be witnessing the eloee at the first set of the bloody and disgraceful Ole Mias drama. 'lf Meredith leaves, the stu dents who drove him out will probehy chortle over their •vic tory.'* Some day. however, any temporary triumph wUI be ren dered meaningless. Ole Mias cannot buck the rising tide at yegrsn tm civil rights forever.* 4k Just For Fan BY MARCUS H. BOULWARE "GOT R IN ME" At an after-church congrega tional meeting recently, my pas tor was urging the members to join in vigorously In the singing of the hymns. But almost im mediately many of the members indicated that they could not sing at least "tunefully” and with a sonorous voice. But our pastor said I know you “got it in you to sing;” now don’t let God down. And to em phasize this point, he told a sto ry about a bullfrog. It seems that a lowly bull frog (although delicious for eat ing) happened daily to hear a bird sing hear him at a foun tain. It was a beautiful reson ant, and melodious voice. In fact, the bullfrog was somewhat jealous of the bird's singing a bility as compared with his harsh croak. Ater a while the rog decided that he would ensnare the bird, eat it, and thereby have its me lodious voice. The bullfrog plan ned his strategy with great de tail and cunning; there could be no “slipup." because if he failed to catch the bird the first time there would be no second chance. The plan of the bullfrog was put into execution and it suc ceeded far more quickly than he had hoped it would. At any rate, he ate the bird and swal lowed it. After eating the bird, the frog thought now I can have a beau tiful voice like that of the bird I ate. A’a;' when he opened his In This Onr Day BY C. A. CHICK. SR. KEEPING UP WITH THE ECONOMY Economic forecasting and ana lizing have become a highly or ganized and scientific profes sion There are now highly fi nanced and well organized busi ness concerns which sell eco nomic advice in the same man ner. automobiles, or televisions, or s medical doctor’s services arc sold. And, even though these economic forecasters and ana lyst are seldom, if ever, one hundred per cent correct, they are seldom, ft ever, one hundred per cent incorrect. Another way of saying, of course, that what they say with reference to the possible behavior of the econo my is good food for thought. For example, the forecasters painted glorious pictures for our economy during 1962. The pictures did not turn out as glo riously as they had bean paint ed But the fact remains that 19- 62 was a very good year for bu siness. That the forecasters and ana lysts are not always absolutely correct is not the least surpris ing to the well-informed. The economy of the United States is too vast »nd too complex for anyone to be able to tell exactly what it will do over any given period of time Not only is our economy affected by unpredict able domestic factors but it is al so tremendously affected by In ternational affairs. Currently the economic fore casters and economic analysta are what our econ omy will do during 1963. And, even though as stated in the foregoing, they will not be one hundred per cent correct, those Editorial Opinions mouth to sing, out came the usu al bullfrog’s croak. The frog was surprised and aboekad to learn that his voice had not im proved through eating Sw bird. Finally, in desperation, the bullfrog said, "I don’t sing any better, but I know I got it in me!” OH KNOW At the age of St yean, an Au stralian man has grown a third set of teeth. Bazzo, who Uvea at Pomona, ” M miles north of Brisbane, said: These six new teeth are very efficient; I can eat and hold asy pipe with them. I loft my sec ond teeth at 80 and I hate falee teeth.” Dentists mid the Basso east Is a freak of nature. The man’s new teeth are sttn crowing. He says he has quite a sweet tooth and no food fade. BELIEVE ITT A football coach at Pheenix Junior College ten* this alary. He asked aU of his fraatimmi players to fill out cards in cam of serious injury. The card lists whom to notify and such infor mation. One blank la for religi on, and one player wrote, “Bhaptizz.’’ Hogan, the coach, chuckled and then asked the lad. Now son, what religion are you?” The boy answered, “Preahy terian." "But you wrote Baptist,” the coach mid. “1 know.” the player mid, “hut I can’t spell Presbyterian.” The coach says that this la the truth. who expect to keep up with and even stay ahead of our ever changing and growing economy, will heed their propheaiee. For to be successful In any endeavor you must base your actions on sound information. Currently Standard and Poor’s corporation, a corporation whose business is economic forecasting, is painting some glorious pic tures for the 1913 economy. This writer has very high regards for the economic opinions of Standard and Poor's. Standard and Poor's believe that personal income In 1963 will reach a hew high of $453 billion. Will your personal in come be higher in 1963 than it was in 1962? If It will not, then you are not keeping uo with the national economy. They be lieve that disposable income will reach a new high of ISM billion in 1963. Will you have more money to spend In 1963 than you had in 1962? If not, you most certainly are falling behind In the economic race of life. A very important forecast is that Stand ard and Poor’* believe that divi dends will reach a new high of $16.5 billion in 1163. Will a part of your Income for 1963 be in dividends? If it will not then it means that you are not part owner of the basic economy of the United States. It further means that under those condi tions you will never keep up with the national economy. Those of my readers who have not in vested in the basic econo my of the United States, make haste and hurry up and contact a broker and aak his advice a bout becoming part owner of the Greet American Economy. Letter to the Editor THE GOVERNOR ACTS Dear editor: AbrshSm Lneoln. one of the immortal presidents of the Unit ed States, through his courage ous deed was Instrumental in obtaining freedom far the Negro staves. This freedom came at a time whan the Negro was large-,, ly Ignorant and financially hi-’ competent without much ci tizenship status. From this dark picture however, the Negro has forged his way through In such away as to command the ra wed of fair-minded, citterns. At a moment of the Negro’s greatest crisis In this respect, a young man in the person of John F. Kennedy determined to open greater opportunities sot the Negro and other minority groups in education. Job place ment and citizenahip activities —became the president of the United States. Following in this gnat trend, on Friday after noon. January IS, 1963. Dm Hon orable Terry Sanford, the great Governor of North Carolina, challenged every citizen busi ness enterprise and local gov ernment agency with his an nounced plans for North Caro lina to lead the nation in the ef fective utilization of the Negro potential in the labor market: thus, supplying the money with which an approved standard of living and achievement can be experienced by the Negro as a vital part of American life. Lincoln will be credited for Lincoln will be credited for the freedom of the Negro—igno rant Jobless and without citi zenship status but Governor Sanford will be credited for that may kdMHki accaSSrtc emancipation of the American Metre. As wlaiaea. Sara sight. oat mjmt <?*evyTriSan'"^'^ If s Now Up To The Federal Government, Mr. President Cordon B. Hancock BETWEEN THE LINES OVERFED DOGS AND UNDERFED BABIES The Carolinian of Raleigh, North Carolina, carried in its current edition an editorial entitled “Our Sense of Values”. Thia thought-provoking editorial pointed out the unsavory Implications of what the public will pay for its entertainment and what it pays for entertainment. Said the editorial tat part: "Hie scientist, let us say, works from sunup to sundown for an ave rage of $12,000 annually, while some well-known entertalners-singers, dancers, actresses earn $12,000 to $15,000 weekly for from 30 to 45 minutes appearances dally. In short they make In a week what it takes a beginning teacher three years to earn, and they can earn in a week what It takes the average scientist a year to make ”. What the Carolinian points out here amounts to a sad commentary on our so-called ‘‘civiliza tion’* and reveals as nothing else possibly could reveal our degraded and debased sense of values. Add to what the Carolinian points out the fact that according to LUb magazine of December 23, 1962 thia country of ours spends $360,000,000 for dog food annually, we get another insight in to the “tastes" of our current “civilization”. When dogs fare so Bumptiously while babies are dying of poor nutrition or no nutrition at all, we are again shanked at our current sense of val ues. There is something decadent about a nation that would rather feed dogs than babies. Now the dog Is a favorite everywhere and that he has worked himself Into the hearts of men is to his credit The writer onoe boasted of a fine pet dog who was dearly beloved In the household and woe would have been unto one daring to Hurt the dog. I once Interceded for a man who had slain an other because of troubles over a dog and succeed ed In getting a pardon for the slayer; and my strongest argument was “Mr. Governor, you know a man loves his dog" and his honor agreed and professed to his profound love for his dog. The fact remains, ths dog has driven a great bargain with man. He has bartend his freedom for his master's support It Is a great arrangement wherein the Fouii s On Africa BY EDDIE L MADISON, JR., for ANP STUDENTS TIT MAT BE KET TO MOUNTING UNREST AND ASSASSINATIONS IN AFRIC\ BT EDDIE L. MADISON. JR. For The AaocMcd Negro Press CHICAOO (ANP> Political unrest, mush rooming across the African continent since the independence of some 30 nations, has resulted In plots to overthrow at least 17 of these govern ments and four assassinations, the most recent being the brutal slaying of Sylvanus Olympic. President of Togo. With but three exceptions these have occurred In countries that have be come independent since 1957 when Ghana was born. In weighing the circumstances surrounding this tragic chain of events, this question arises: Are these plots, murders and attempted mur ders solely the work of politically ambitious op ponents. Africans dissatisfied with their leaders, or are the fledgling governments being plagued by the designs of some outside force or forces? Most observers of the African scene agree that interests outside the continent played no small part in the death in 1961 of Patrice Lum umba. deposed premier of the troubled Congo (Leopoldville'. The degree of foreign tnvolvement in many of the other countries has been debat able. since most of the reported plots would ap pear to have stemmed from discord within the boundaries of the respective countries, sometimes coupled with charges of support from neighbor ing African states. Countries in which charges of plots to over throw the government have been made, including sssaislnstion attempts in some cases, in addition to Togo and the Congo, include: Obana. Nigeria. Ethiopia. Liberia. Urundi now Burundi). Ouinea. Mali. Chad. Somalia. Tu nisia. Igypt. Sierra Leone. Cameroun. Senegal and the Ivory Coast. An unsuceemful and bloodless coup d’etat in Senegal pneeded Oiympto's assassination by only a taw vesta, with Prime Minister Mamadou Dia and throe aMee being placed under arrest by President Leopold tangfccr. On the heels of (be iota over of the TOgo gee era ms id by military insurgents, there was a report from Abidjan. Ivory Cbaat. that unideott hed elements coup on the capital dog will flatter his master and wag his tail and make the master feel Important, if in turn the master will guarantee for the dog “a life of Kt ley”. The dog is famed in song and story for h'i undying loyalty to man, but the dogs loyalty - based like so many men’s loyalty to God— f -what they get out of it With far too many humans who call the-: selves Christians, the main point in serving C is what they get out of the alignment. The c has learned man’s lesson and worships man man in turn will give the dog a high living. X a wonderful bargain tor the dog. It infl? man's ego and makes him feel Important and i a often against the facts In the case. Too often the dog knows his master is no thing but for the sake of support will won ■ him. Then too the responsibilities at raising a c'' are not comparable to those of rearing a chi This great love for the dog satisfies our hung, for petting and being petted without the con quent sacred responsibilities entailed in the u;: bringing of children. But there is something radically wrong in spending $36,000,000 for dog food while children are starving. When we consider the possibilities of a dog and the possibilities of a child we get some idea of the monstrous implications of such lavish outlays for our friend the dog. Every child is a potential Plato or Einstein with master intellect that can bless mankind. Suppose Plato’s mother had brought up a dog or that Einstein’s mother had shunned the respon sibilities of motherhood while pampering and coddling a dog. Who knows but that the creator and deviser of a cure for cancer might have perished In in fancy from malnutrition while some dog lived on the fat of the land! When we consider the acme of the dogs de velopment and the zenith of man’s, we begin to see how debased are the ideals of a nation that will spend annually $360,000,000 for dog food while babies die of hunger. This matter of our sense of value is a press ing problem. All is not well with a nation of overfed dogs and underfed babies! Most of the earlier attempts occurred in 1961 and 1962. Wide attention was given to the series of bombings in Ghana, one officially described as an attempt on the life of President Kwame Nkrumah, and the discovery of a plot to over throw the Nigerian government. The Ghana bombings started Aug. 1,1962 when the attempt on Nkrumah took place and have continued through January of this year. The Nigerian charges were the outgrowth of charges of corrup tion in the Western Region Development corpo ration and a political clash within the Ac’ion Group Party, which controlled the Western Re gion. Ghana had been Mamed by the Togo Govern ment for a plot against Olympio in December, 1961. At least three attempts had been made rn Olympio's life prior to his assassination. Pre r '- dent Nkrumah. on the other hand. blam?d t’-» Togo government for harboring Ghanaian refu ges who it said were responsible for part of th? trouble in Ghana. Another sister state. Nigeria, pointed the fin ger at Ghana during 1962, saying the Nkrumn l government was interfering in Nigerian affair- Later in the year, during the treason trial of Ac tion Group leader Chief Obafemi Awolowo and 21 others, a major prosecution witness said he w~s the go-between in an agreement to have Nigeri" i youths trained in the use of arms in Ghana, with the aim of overthrowing the Nigerian governmen* Ghana emohatically denied the charges. Liberia linked a plot to overthrow the govern ment of President William V. S. Tubman to al leged Soviet interests. Guinea, often regarded £« friendly to Russia, made a similar charge. Presi dent Sekou Toure mid "an eastern bloc country* was responsible tar disturbances in Ouinea. The Liberia ancj Ouinea charges seemed to fit a scheme reported in August. 1961. .before the Ni gerian crisis) by Nigerlsn students Anthony O. Okotcha. who said Russia had "a ghastly plan" tor revolution in Africa. Okotcha told London and African newsmen that the Russian master plan called for the overthrow of the Nigerian govern ment and the "physical elimination" of thm principal government officials. His charges wen largely ignored by Nigerian leaden, including Ni gerian Ambassador to the U. 8.. Julius Memo Odochi. who said Okotcha. 27. probably was mere ly seeking publicity. Udochi also told ANP that (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
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