THE CAROLINIAN
RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. JANUARY 11. 1964
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Editorial Viewpoint
WORDS OF WORSHIP
Jesus knew that though the chidren o: Israel
had been out of captivity of the Babylonians for
five hundred years, they were still unable to
achieve the restoration promised by then proph
ets. He realized nothing moved forward for them
because they were still In spiritual bondage. Cen
turies before. Solomon said. "Where there Is no
vision, the people perish.” Today we know that
both revolution and evolution begin in the minds
It Takes More Than D emonstrations
While-sit-ins, boycotts, and picketing have
wrought many changes for the improvement of
the Negro in this country, he has not seen fit
to use effectively the ballot.
The Negro has let it be known that be wants
better housing, better schools and even attend »
desegregated schools; but while being vocal is
eouunendable. the Negro can get many mu
nicipal. county, and city jobs with govern
ments if he would only exercise wisely the bal
lot. No other technique will achieve this pro
gress as quickly as the power of voting in the
direction where it counts most.
This will be an election year during which
hundreds of political candidates will «eek of
fice. These candidates will be proposing and
later carrying out government programs that
will affect all citizens—black or white Yes.
Negroes want good government, but they also
want eomething more—good jobs with the
government. . •
Politicians are adjrpt at feeling the pulse of
Mia people. They lcnow that the Negro does
not use to the fullest extent their responsibil
ity to cast votes in the various campaigns.
Therefore, they do not pay attention to dis
eussional meetings between local and state
leaders, Negro petitions and resolutions, and
tha like. But they will pay attention to any
The Threat To Free Speech
On# of our great freedom* Is that of speech,
and we saw how effective this could be follow
the death of the late President Kennedy. Thou
sands of cilisens said many wonderful things
■bout a remarkable and spirited man.
The one speaker who perhaps had the most
profound effect on our feelings, if you 'ixteneri
or read his message intently, was Chief Justice
Earl Warren of the Supreme Court.
Ha hit hard at the way in which we ? criticize
and openly downgrade, a person, an adminis
tration, a group or any other body which has
an opinion different to that of our own. Many
of us are guilty of this.
Who knows from what editorial or what free
speech or what letter to a newspaper or other
means can sow seeds of hatred in the heart
of some peopla to the extent of infuriating
them to kill?
A new and ominous menace threatens our
freedom of speech. It is the very extreme per
aoo who harbors extreme hate in his heart and
Let Others Follow Trailways’ Example
Safeway Trailways, a unit of National
Trailways operating between New York and
Washington, will soon employ nine Negro
drivers, six ticket agrnts, six mechanics, and
five information girls from minority racial
groups in New York City by next sprinp.
This specific first step was spelled out in an
agreement negotiated between Norman Hill.
Allan Hoffman and Velma Hill of CORF,, and
Marvin Walsh, executive vice- president of •
•hr company. At the same time the company
agreed to take similar steps a*, its terminals
outside of New York Citv.
Another provision of the agreement Is for
Immediate upgrading and promotion for pre
sent minority group employees in the New
York Terminal.
Other units of the • National Trailways
Where Golc|water Stands - Take Note
Recently Senator Barry M Gold water an
nounced to the nation that he is in the inec for
the Republican nomination to rpn for the of
fice of Pr<xuirnt of the United Stages We
don't know whether or not you are a Repnbli
can; hut if you arr. d retxamine
Goldwater* stand on civil rights
There is no better way to analyse' the man
on this issuer tlian to reflect upon his s’and on
the de-segregation of schools In 19b(V accord
ing to Cortgressioha/ Quarterly, Goldwater
wrote that the lUS) Supreme Court school de
cision was not the law of the land because
the Constitution gives the Federal Govern
tnent.no specific authority over schools, and
the Constitution "is what its authors intended
it to be" and "not what the Supreme Court
Mvs it is"
What is morf. in « 1963 CotttfprsvonV Ou/ir
terly interview. Goldwater said that as Presi
Addition To Tranquilizers
Scveral well-known trnnquilirrr pilK have
been branded as addictive by Or Carl F F.**-g
of the Addication Research Center at " e U S
Public Health Service Hospital located in Lex
ington, Kentucky.
The Center reports that the confused mental
stat£ of persons addicted to these new drugs is
akin to alcoholic drunkenness. Dr. Essig said.
While they can only be bought on prescrip
Ttiß NEGRO PRESS— baffawss that America can best /rad the worla iIUIV
away from radii and national antagon . s.-ns when if accord* fc e err mar Jlitfjl|.
regardless of race, color or cnod hn human arid /ego/ rtghfs Haring no mar A||
flaring no man—the Negro Prase itnrw to help fieri- man on the firm be-
Bd that all man are h-Mt am long at anyone it held back.
r V' :s , i
and hearts of men. and faith is their progenitor
Prom the nature of aJI he said. It Is evident
Jesus believed It impossible for either nations or
individuals to rtd themselves of objective pres
sure while their subjective powers were frtieied.
Nor can even a miracle bring a man or
to true, mental health as long as any form of
negativity is in control of consciousness.
group that can deliver a vote which can defeat
them in the campaign.
It is gratifying to know that Negro parents
are sending their children to colleges and uni
versities in larger numbers each year, and
youths are graduating by the thousands. These
Negro graduates cannot all be teachers, law
yers, doctors, and ministers. They shouldn’t
have to move North to find suitable careers.
It would be no more than right that some of
them should get jobs with Southern city, coun
ty and state governments, because their par
ents are taxpayers, too.
We have seen that our scattered voting gains
very little, and thus we are forced to unite our
vote for the candidates and issues that count
most, that will make available employment
opportunities to every man without discrimi
nation.
The Citizens Association is presently at
tempting to increase registration in Raleigh
and Wake County. Be a part of their cam
paign. If you are not registered, by all means
register NOW! Friendly information or in
struction may be obtained at Operation Regis
tration headquarters, located at Cabarrus and
Bloodworth Sts. in the Capehart Building
If there be any virture, if there be and
praise, think on these things.
who only needs a little spark to set off a vio
lent chain reaction.
Our country is in a position of serious un
eertanity. fylany domestic problems and in
ternational relationships arc now larpcr than
ever. No one is expected to give up his free
dom of spee.ch, but we can ease the situation
and help our cause by using moderation in our
words of rriticism of others and issues.
We should stop and think before we speak
or write about others, then ask ourselv, would
we want these same words said to us, or about
us.
Americans have a very powerful weapon in
the words they use to wirld on pohbcarad
versaries, as well as with their vote®. If we
have anger and hate in our hearts toward a
certain politician, let us not spread anger and
hale to others who may not be stabl® as our*
selves; but rather go to the polls and b>kr out
our anger on the voting machine bv pulling
the tab for the other man. Then he done with
it.
should follow the example set by the Safe
way Trailways in the New York area. Com
pany officials should keep in mind that hun
dreds of thousands of Negro passengers ride
the buses each year, bringing in millions of
dollars of income to the treasury of the com
pany. It is only fair that minority groups
should receive some high-level employment
and up-grading.
A keen observer will note that all employ
ment gains made by the Negro has had to be
• won by legislation or minority group pressure.
Wouldn't it be a splendid thing,if white lead
ers and high-salaried executives of the great
and powerful corporations would voluntar
ionaly give employment to Negroes who can
nullify for these jobs?
dent lie would use Federal authority to obtain
compliance with Federal Court school inte
gration orders, although he would "first try
moral persuasion." Senator Goldwater said:
"There is nothing in the Constitution that
says a |irrsoii (or a state) can violate the law."
Replying to accusations that he was a seg
regationist Goldwater on August .V lOh.t said:
"1 ani utterly opjxised to discrimination in
any form."
Brfore Nrgro Republicans consider Gold
watei* seriously, they should seek and read
what he has said on the issues of education,
labor, health and medicare, debt and taxes,
farm policy, defense and foreign policy. Pay
attention to what leading columnists, like
Drew Prarson. have to say about the man. As
tir you have done this, then make up your
mind atmut the beset candidate to vote for.
Then >ou will have done your duty
tion. renewal orders keep the patient in sup
ple: and the customers grt their kicks legally.
When it comes to stopping Fssig says the
withdrawal symptom*' can be more severe
than heroin. That is a danger they do not
count on
In order to reduce tensions and the need for
tranquthrers. men and women must learn to
take their time, relax and live longer
Just For Fnn
BY MARCUS a BOULWARS
ON THE JOB
Well, we at Florida A&M
University have started our
second trimester which will end
on April 20. At this time, we
hold our regular session grad
uation.
In December, one of my
speech correction majors grad
uated; and when I looked over
her grades. I was very proud
for she earned "A” in five cour
ses. Another one of our speech
correction majors, a sophomore,
earned all “A’s" in six courses.
This makes the second trimes
ter In which she earned all
“A'i": and she Is now getting
one of the University tuition
scholarships.
This semester I am teaching
the course "Observation and
PraeMcum in Public School
Speech Correction" for 6 hours
credit; and "Advanced Clinical
Practice" for three hours of
credit.
We have only two young men
among our majors In speech
correction.
THE WEATHER: Here in
this area, we are having the
most peculiar weather. For two
days, the temperature may
drop down to 20 or 22 degress;
ONLY IX AMERICA
BY HARRY GOLDEN
THE BIBLE AND OTHER
THOUGHTS
World Publishing Company
Cleveland and New Yorx, is one
of the big Bible publishers In
the country. It also produces
many books on the history of
the Bible and more particular
ly on the history of the printing
of of the Bible.
tn one of these books I came
across some interestlnp errors
made by the printers of the
past:
The Place-Makers Bible. A
printer's error In rendering
Matt. 5:9: “Blessed are the
place - makers (peace -makers i
for they shall be called the
children of God.” (A.D 1562).
The Treacle Bible from the
rendering t>f Jeremiah 8:22;.
"Is there no treacle (meaning
balm) in Gilead?” <AD 15 B'.
The Rosin Bible from the same
text, translated “rosin" Un
stead of balm> In the Douay
version 'A.D. 1609).
The He and She Bible. The
error in respective rendering
of Ruth 3:15. one reading that,
"she went into the city.’ The
other that “he went.' <A. D.
1611).
The wicked Bible. Prom the
fact that the negative had
been left out of the Seventh
Commandment < Exodus 20:
14' It was printed in 1632. The
printer was fined 300 pounds.
lii This-Our Daw
BY C. A. CHICK. SR.
•RESOLUTIONS"
It Is * general practice of a
large,, number of people to
“make New Year's resolutions.''
Such people say that the mak
ing of resolutions makes them
stronger in their efforts to do.
or not to do, a certain thing.
In other words by making res
olutions they set a goal or goals
for themselves for a given year.
On the other hand, there is
a large number of people who
do not make resolutions. Peo
ple who do not make resolu
tions give for their it irons for
not making them that they
know they are not polng to
keep them And, thus they say
that by making thorn they
simply falsify to the general
public as well ns to themselves
Hence they will not make
them.
Even though we may not
keep our resolution* one-hun
dred per rent, this writer Is on
the side of those who moke an
nua! resolutions. Our resolu
tions express ideals. And.
Editorial Opinions
Here are excerpt* from edi
torial* compiled by Associated
Negro Press appearing in some
of the nation's leading daily
newspapers on subject* of cui -
rent Interest to our readers
THK LAW AS A WEAPON
THE AMERICAN. Chicago
"By a 2-to-one decision Fri
day. a federal court in Amerl
cus. Ob . released five pro-in
tegrsUon demonstrators from
jail and struck down two state
laws under which the nad been
hold laws under which four of
the defendants. Incredible ns it
" seems, faced a possible death
penalty
" The demonstrators, three
laws under which they nad been
jailed for nearly three months
without access, to bond In
freeing them and setting max
imum limits fc*r their bond the
court voided two Georgia laws
on insurrection and unlawful
assembly, both dating back to
the Reconstruction days of
1871 The msuireetion statue
provide* a maximum death
penalty.
"It seems fantastic that any
state should stall consider it a
capital crime to demotewtrate
in favor of constitutional
rights. But that illustrates sn
old southern theory about law-:
Any crane becomes infinitely
worse if it s committed on be
half of Negro rights Converse
ly. of course, enmity to Negro
rights can make the same crime
practically legal."
THE TW GOES CHRISTIAN
THE POST. Washington
"The Alexandria < V.- » YM«
CA confer* an extremely valu
able benefit upon Its commu
nity. and that benefit will now
be broadened by its wise de-
and the next Mine or tour
days, it might be in the SO’a
and 70'a One catches cold
easily.
I am also registered to one
course at Florida State Uni
versity for two houn credit.
The title of the course is “Stu
tering.”
OUR LANGUAGE: One of
the worst stumbling Mocks in
the English language is pro
nouncing of words ending in
“ough". For instance, here is a
sentence which illustrates how
the same “ough” is pronoun
ced differently:
“A rough-coated dough-fac
ed ploughman strode through
the streets of Scarborough
coughing and hiccoughing
thoughtfully.”
Here is a poem which should
straighten out the language:
The wind eras rough
And cold and bknigh
She kept her hands within her
mough.
It chilled her through.
Her nose grew Mough.
And still the squall the fas
ter slough.
And yet, although
There was enough
The weather was a cruel
tough. (Exchange)
The Thumb Bible, so eaUed
because it was one inch square
and one-half inch thick, pub
lished in Aberdeen, Scotland in
1670.
The Unrighteous Bible, Cam
bridge Press in 1632. The prin
ter’s error: "Know ye not that
ye unrighteous shall Inherit
the kingdom of GIB?” (1 Cor.
6:9).
The Vinegar Bible, so called
because the heading to Luke 20
is given as the “Parable of the
Vinegar" <lnstead of vineyard).
Printed at Clarendon Press in
1717.
HOW TO TELL A
HYPROCRITE
How can you tell a hypocrite?
The Spaniards have a saying,
"A hypocrite has the words of
a saint and the claws of a cat.”
"He must have his finger In
the pie," sayes an English pro
verb, matched by the Yiddish.
"He sticks his nose In every
thing.”
"La una mano a la olra lava,
ginal Spanish is flmiliar to us
ginsl Spanish Is flmiltar to us
all. "One hand washes the oth
er and both the face."
A bit of "white" Southern
folklore goes like this. "When
a Negro gets property he stops
singing." And the most fam
ous of all bits of Southern Ne
gro folklore: "Last hired,
first fired.”
but few. if any. of us live up
to our Ideals. But I think we
are better Just the same by
having ideals. Ideals give us
a goal or goals toward which
to strive—no goals—most like
ly no striving. This writer
shares very much the opinions
of Tyron Edwards who says:
“He that resolves upon any
great and good end. has. by
that very resolution scaled the
chief barrier to It. He will find
such resolutions removing dif
ficulties, searching out for or
making means, giving courage
for despondency, and strength
for weakness and like the star
to the wise men of old, ever
guiding him nearer and nearer
to perfection."
All of us < Negroes t should
resolve now. henceforth and
forever more to stop, cease,
quit, and refuse to tell any
more jokes which reflect dis
paragingly on us—Negores.
j Every time we tall such jokes
we further enhance the deep
aeated Inferiority complex we
already have.
piston to admit Negro mem
bers. Segregation In social ser
vice has become an anachron
ism. pratlcularly in a city like
Alexandria where all the pub
lic recreational facilities are
desegregated, as well as the
YMCA. the Boys Club and. In
creasingly. the schools.
"By this rote of its Board
of Management, the Alexandria
YMCA joins every other YMCA
in the Washington metropoli
tan area in a policy of healthy
color blindness.' The vote also
qualifies the Alexandria YM
CA to rejoin the United Oiv
ers Funds, to the benefit of
both It mean* that eovry one
of the 143 UGF agcn'ie* is now
operating without racial dis
crimination. and the money
collected this fall will be spent
wholly on unsegreaatod serr
tces. It brings the UCJF’sAown
campaign against segregation
to the happiest possible con
clusion. and reflects credit up
on the entire metropolitan
area.
A GREAT TEACHER
NEWS AND COURIER. Char
leston. S C.
"Few people Ure 133 years,
and not all of those hare con
tributed much In the long span
a'kitted them. One who did
perform noteworthy service
was Jane Edwards. She taught
school until she was 84 and
complained bitterly that she
was being retired before her
time. She lived for 18 more
years, and died last week fun
of yean and the respect and
gratitude of both races
"A public school was nam
ed for "Miss Jane" on Bdlsto
Island. As Dr. Creighton
Enunpton. Charleston County
superintendent of education.
Wil There Be A Civil Rights Law To Ease
His Task In 1964?
Gordon B, Hancock «
~~ BETWEEN THE LINES
GOD’S MYSTERIOUS WAY
When William Cowper, the great English poet,
was at the height of his poetical powers, we are
told that he was prone to moody spells and once
In the throes of these spells, he had suicidal In
clinations.
Once, one of these spells seised him, and he
decided to end it all by drowning himeelf In the
River Thames. He called a cab-man and set out
for the river, and the cab-man and Cowper were
soon lost in one of those thick London fogs. They
drove and drove, but failed to find the river.
The driver decided to stop and peep through
the fog at the house numbers, and to his great
surprise, he found himself and his fare at their
starting address. So Cowper called off the suicide
attempt and set himself down and wrote: “God
moves In a mysterious way. His wonders to per
form."
The performance of Ood's wonders Is the only
explanation of our being alive or the earth's sur
vival. The plagues that God sent upon Egypt's
land explain why Phaoroah'a heart eras softened.
The East wind that blew at the Red Sea was one
of God's mysterions ways. <?
When Artaxerxes in Babylon saw Nehetniah's
sad countenance and questioned him and found
that he was troubled at what waa happening in
Jerusalem, he permitted him to return to rebuild
the walls of Jerusalem—another of God’s mys
terious ways,—and so on, across the years of his
tory.
Great men have had their place, but God had
to handle them In one or more of his mysterious
ways. Washington at Valley Forge, and Lincoln
with immortal pen in hand to sign the Emanci
pation Proclamation, were men being used In one
of God'B mysterious ways.
To be frank, I see ho hope for peace among the
nations unless Ood moves in one more of His
mysterious ways. God has an Infinity of such
ways. When I see how Communism, like a con
tagion threatening to over-run the nations and
how democracy is fighting to keep its head above
the waters, unable to buy friends for democracy.
I feel like Jeremiah felt when he waa God’s weep
ing prophet: The world outlook leaves me troubl
ISSUES: GOOD AND BAD
BY F. L. PRATTIS Tot ANP
What and where is the secret of business suc
cess which men and women of African descent or
orgln fail to find or to understand? When one
deplores the paucity and lack of success of Negro
operated businesses 'businesses which should
create jobs, one needs must be admitting the
failure 9t the Negro business community.
If one enters any Negro community of sine.
North or South, with the possible exoeptlon of
Atlanta and Durham. N. C.. it will soon be dis
closed that whites own all the principal busi
nesses that they want
They don’t operate the funeral parlors because
they don't want to handle Negro oorpaes. They
don't run the barber shops because, in the kind
of segregated society we hare, they are not in
terested in cutting Negro hair This leaves the
beauty shops to us. because they either don't
know how. or care to learn, to make the hair
of Negro women beautiful. They even leave the
restaurant business to us. especially in the South.
There Is a minority of Negroes who will rail
against the Jews. They don't hate Jews they sim
ply envy them. They are jealous of the Jew be
cause he enters the Negro community, conducts a
successful enterprise, then moves out from be
hind or above his store to a more attractive neigh
borhood. Negroes, some of them, then claim that
the Jew has taken the Negro's money and grown
fat with it.
It never seems to occur to this captious minor
iy that the maney was waiting there for anybody
to take. Jew or Gentile. Mack or white. Nor does
this minority want to recognise that any man. or
group, in business has only two things to sell:
products and service.
If the Negro entrepreneur enters business with
sufficient capital, his failure must be attributed
to service, to himself and to his customers There
can be no difference so far as products are con
cerned. because most products arc standard and
sxpre— d it: "in giving, dm
made herself great." Scores of
her- former pupils, and many
other ci turns have reason to
praise Jans Edwards and sher-
Wi her memory."
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
THK BO6T DISPATCH. EL
t«ii.
"What can Chou Befl in Af
rica?
"Like any other tomtt tat
ed In mind.
My friends, for many years, have dubbed me
the “Gloomy Dean” but when I see Communism
taking 600 million Chinese at one fell swoop and
see Russia digging in at our very door, I let those
who will feel funny about It; but I admit most
candidly that I am “Gloomy.” In fact, I see no
way out except through one of God’s mysterious
ways.
The tragedy of it all lies In oar IndeffSrence to
the will of God to whom we look for deliverance
Can a nation or nations place color prejudice be
fore God and expect God to deliver? The greater
trouble is that the white powered nations trust
in their power and feel satisfied in putting other
gods before our God.
But the greatest puzzle la to see the drowja
trodden Negro imitate the white man even In his
godlessness. Negroes are not going to be the
righteous remntfnt to save the earth from destruc
tion. Can Ood trust Negroes to bufkl an Ark to
bargain with mankind, as he did with Abraham
who made such wonderful pleas before the gates
of Sodom and Gomorroh, will he find among the,
sons of men-a Negro who, like Abraham, can
plead mankind s cause?
Just as Ood can serve in one of his mysterious
ways, so can he destroy. I'took with hope and
great anticipation at the rift between the Com
municts of Russia and of China, The hopes, for
peace in the reasonably near future is bound up
most surely with this rift between Russia and
China. Already between these two powers, the
differences have resolved themselves into a mat
ter of race.
Already China sees the rift as a racial one and
down deep in Russia's heart, Russia sees it the
same way. Even some far-sighted prognosticators
see Russia and the U. S. coming to terms of un
derstanding in order to defend themselves against
Chinese—whites against non-whites. It is harldy
thinkable that Russia and the U. S. will kill off
each other and leave the yellow Chinese to lord
it over creation. Will the meek really inherit the
earth after all? In the current rift between Red
Russia and Red China, is God about to move in
one of His mysterious ways?
no sensible businessman, over the long pull, would
attempt to sell inferior products.
The Negro businessman may do himself a dis
service by not knowing how to manage, how to
buy. how to stock, how to serve the special needs
in this community. There are many ways in which
he may fail to give his custodiers sprvire. Lack of
courtesy is only one of the ways. Lack of attract
iveness of the business establishment is another.
Lack of competitive prices is another. Lack of
credit, with a reasonable loss counted in. is an
other.
S. B. Fuller, publisher of the Pittsburgh Cour
rier. and head of a number of cosmetics compa
nies, was recently criticised because of what he
said in a speech before members of the National
Manufacturers Association.
When Mr. Fuller flatly states that there are no
handicaps which the Negro suffers which he could
not have removed by going into business he is
leaving room for wide difference of opinion li
the national Negro community. But when he in
sists that If more Negroes were operating success
ful business and creating Jobs, some of the han
dicaps would vanish, he is on solid ground
Mr. Fuller is not the first to take this position
pere have been voices crying in the wilderness ot
Negro self-help over the last two generations. It is
basic truth that the “beat mousetrap” will se"
no matter who has it for sale.
If there were five times as many Negro busi
nesses as there are now. offering five or ten tim s
as many jobs, the Negro would win a respect from
U* outside community which he does not now en
joy and he would be on the way toward generat
ing his own self-support.
There is no reason, once the chrfl righto’ or
ganiaattons have won their present battle, vhy
they should not employ their extraordinary tal
ents in extraordinary help and encouragement to
Negro business.
Egypt. Chinese Communist
Premier Chou En-tau visited
the pyramids. What eras said
hi his dosed-door talk with
Prmidi lit Newer, sn the other
band, may have been more sig
nificant.
"Bight seeing obviously is
not the prime purpose of this
ME- Since their relations with
the Soviet Union are strained
aMmrt to the breaking point.
the Chinese would be glad to
make friends in Africa. The
tried that, especially
in The Congo, with scant sue
oeaa- The Chinese may harp
more on skin pigmentation and
neo-ooioniaJiam, but may do no
bettor. After all, in a material
they have leas to offer
than the Russians.