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4 THE CABOLDfIJUf RALEIGH, N. C- SATURDAY, MARCH 14, IH4 Editorial Viewpoint WORDS OF WORSHIP Before leaving thie earth, Jesus of Nazareth gave his disciples a lesson in humility. Wrapping towel around himself, he poured water into a ; .basin and began to wash their feet Simon Peter, the boastful man, was taken aback. He said, "Lord, thou shall never wadi my feet" Christ an- Are We Ready For Full Integration? As s race, Negroes are demanding full inte gration as quickly as "possible. We have no ob jection to this whatsoever; but should it come tomorrow, would the majority of us be ready to achieve it? 1 Our Slovenly Work Habits : A large num ber of Negroes are custodians, janitors, and maids. Often they do not perform their jobs with great efficiency. They often fail to dust under seats, on seats, in closets, seats of desks, and what-have-you. Too many are content with just getting by. The integration age de mands proficiency and efficiency from the bot tom rung of the ladder to the top. 7. What About Teachers?: A number of our school people, educators, and teachers are more interested in themselves and “feathering their nests” than in meeting the needs of the pupils. In one Florida school district, the officials had to discontinue the home-bound teacher pro grim, because some of the home-bound teach ers stayed at home when they should have been on the job. Because of this mal-practice, this rounty has adopted the practice of paying the regular teacher extra money to go to the home of the home-bound child to teach him his lessons. In some of our colleges, a few teachers have left the campuses without reporting any grades for their students. And when the administra tion examined their record books, there 'ap peared only, tiie students’ names and nothing else. What about grades, the attendance re ports, and so on? Then other teachers come to class when they feel like it And the sad thing about this situa tion is that the students are so glad to miss class that they fail to report the teacher's neg ligence to the administration. These kind of We are of the opinion that more time and thought thould be given to the candidacy of a Negro throughout North Carolina, and eapeci ally here in Raleigh. Too often organized bodice wait until the laat minute to get together and throw some one'* hat into the ring for an office. Last week there wee a meeting to thi* effect called by the political action committee of the Citizens As sociation. There are now more than 9,000 Negroes reg istered in Raleigh and Wake County with a possibility of this figure vastly increasing. This is no small number of vote*. In fact, any one Negro who offer* for office automatically in herit* thi* tremendous impact on a political campaign. Pew politicians would overlook courting whoever might aeem to control these vote*. There had been a great amount of work and money put into awakening this political ele phant in Wake County. We should not take Hospital Bars Come Down The U. 8. Supreme Court recently let stand a decision barring racial segregation in hospit al* built with die help of federal funds. This far-reaching decision, we hope, will put an end to segregation in hospitals aCross the South. The decision hinges on the 19ft4 Hill-Burton Act which supports state hospital construc tion programs with federal funds. Looking at the events which finally led up to the recent decision, we note that in 1962. eleven Negro doctors, dentists and patients in Oreens boro, N C.. filed a suit against two hospitals— Wesley Long Community and Moses H. Con*. The prosecution asked for an antisegregation order along with a rejection of the “separate but equal'' facilities provision that was written into the Hill-Burton Act. For some reason, a federal district judge dismissed the case, but was overruled by the 4th Circuit Court of which ruled that the hospitals would have to admit Negro doctors to staff positions and pro vide unsegregated facilities for Negro patients. The hospitals told the Supreme Court that the Circuit Court decision would have far- Medical Procedures Stride Forward Two recently announced medical advance ments indicate that our men of science an rap idly improving procedures for solving man's health and illness problems. First, a Moscow dentist Dr. Alexander A fanasirv, has developed a new method for re placing a decayed tooth, provided then is a healthy root. He treats the extracted tooth with penicillin, fits on a plastic crown and re plants the root in the jaw. Second, a new method for treating duodenal Ulcer* has been developed by gastroenterologist and chemical professor of medicine at Louisi- AO* State University Medical School in New Orleans. The new therapeutic concept which may prove safer and better than former methods, is “gastric freezing.” by which a liquid coolad to THE NBQRO PRESS—beNarm that America ear* leaf hod the work) away from racial and national antagonism whan ft accords to every mat ragardhm of race, color or creed, hie human and hgal right*. Hating no man haring no man the Nagro Praaa atrirea to ha/p every man on the firm ba th/ that aD man are kart m long m anyone is held hoik. Politics Need Planning •wared him. “If I do not wash thee, thou shall have no part of me." Than Peter Insisted that the Lord wash not only his feet but aJao bis hands and head. By humility Jesus did not mean the thins as we know it. He knew that his kind of humility would exalt men so that they would not be abased. teachers won’t stand a chance in an integrated society. 3. The Social Graces: We talk about living in fine hotels and motels, dining at quality res taurants, going to first-elaas theatres, etc. But does the majority of our race have the proper social graces to deport themselves with dignity in these situations? Yea, we might a my the uncouth elements of the race won’t have the money to go to these places anyway. This may be true, but a larger number than we think will find the money somehow to eat at these placet. And if they deport themselves as they do in some Negro eating places, they will disgrace not only them selves but the entire race as well. Certainly profanity, loud talking, and intoxication have no place in a quality restaurant. 4. The Lack of Technical Training : In most southern cities, and some of the nothem ones too, the street corners are crowded with unem ployed individuals of our race. One of the rea sons why they must stand on comers looking for work is that they have no special skills to sell to the employer. The common laborer can be hired for “a dime a thousand.” We could cite conditions in other areas, but the four points we have emphasised stresses our point. Then, what are we going to do about it? We’ll have to depend mostly upon our min isters, guidance counselors, and classroom tea chers. These individuals will have to inaugu rate a “crash program” to get the majority of us ready to take our places in an an integrat ed society. _ , . The Negro leaders who would undartake this “crash program” must be willing to walk the second undemanded mile, to begin at the bot tom to help Negroes reach the top, and to teach that success comes to those who render gfenfservice. ' lightly thi* accomplishment. It could be the difference in practically every office sought in the forthcoming city and county elections. As much planning and preparation should be made for an election to try to place in office the right candidate as was exercised in placing so many registrants on the books. It is late, real late to begin a campaign to sort out who's who among Negro political as pirants. Nonetheless, we, are aure our people will demand that some one of them offers if the greatest number is to respond to the call to the polls. The Carolinian urge* the public to aend in some of their choices for office so that we may print them, thereby at leaat showing aome tan gible public regard for the many qualified per sons who would acquaint himaelf or herself well in a public office. Let us hear from you now. We are aure the Political Action Committe of The Citizens As sociation would welcome your suggestions. reaching consequences in North Carolina. We know whet the hoepitale meant by "far-reach ing effects or consequences.’' They had refer ence to the fact that the segregation apple-cart would be upset in some 132 North Carolina voluntary* nonprofit hospitals receiving Hill- Burton fund*. Other southern hospitals joined in the appeal. An official of the NAACP said the eourt de cision could open hospital doora to Nerfoe* all across the South. Surely it can. but will it? Southerners have away of defying eourt orders with flagrant violations. If the Supreme Court ruling ia to become effective, the U. 8. Gov ernment must see to it that the hoapitale com ply with the provisions of the court ruling, or else the words of the court will become a sounding brass and tinkling cymbal. We ere hopeful that southern state officials will search their consciences, if they have any, and carry out the wishes of the court srithout further resistance. Only in this way can the men of high calling in the South maintain their self-respect and integrity. .17 decrees is introduced into the stomach through a balloon, circulated 50 minutes, then withdrawn. With the uae of thia technique cer tain cells are damaged, lower the amount of acid produced and thus allowing the stomach to heal. At present, surgical removal of part or all of tha stomach ia often necessary if a person with an ulcer doe* not respond satisfactorily to efforts to control acid production with drugs. We should welcome any and all of the new procedures for treating our complicated ill neaeea and diseases. And the men of science who are devoting their time to make men's health better deserve praise and rewards. A number of people say they wish they were living in the good old days; but. so far as we era concerned, see prefer the good new days. A Jnsi For Fnn BY MARCUS H. BOULWARE LOCATION OP PETS: The Miami Herald reoentty stated that It has bad so many re quests to help people locate lost pets that it “doesn't use them aIL If it did, it would be running a lost add found eolumn. But here U a note the paper got from a little girl, Carole Glat ter: He Calico Cat strayed. “I miss her very much,” Carols says, “She Is a she.” (That's eute loot’ It?) OLD COFFEE CANS: Don’t throw away those old coffee cans with the plastic covers. You can make cannlster sets by painting them. In our Speech and Hearing Clinic, we found out that we could paint the cans, and make a drum for a rhythm band, it has a clever beat too, and it la cheaper than what you buy commercially. Os the home-made cannlster seta, one housewife said, “I cov er them with adhesive-backed paper in a pattern to match my kitchen colors. Each can Is lab eled with a marker to show what it contains. “These make an attractive addition to your kitchen shelv ea. I use them for rice, grits, brown sugar, macaroni, starch, ONLY IN AMERICA BY HARRY GOLDEN - SENATOR (AM ERVIN’S SENSE OP HUMOR Democratic u. 8. Senates Sam Ervin of North Carolina Is not only tha beat story teller In the Senate, but he is also an authority on the Constitution of the United Statee. The Senator, a member of the Senate Committee bolding hearings on the Civil Rights Bill mibmltted by the President, has been questioning Attorney Robert P. Kennedy, and the North Carolina hometown pa pers proclaim: “Ervin Instructs Attorney General on the Con stitution,” “Senator Ervin Gives Robert Kennedy a Les son In Law,’* “Senator Ervin Having a Ball with Bobby,” etc., etc. On certain features of the proposed legislation, particu larly obnoxious to the Senator Ervin, the Attorney General usually asks: “Senator. If we changed that part of the bill would you vote for It?” to which Ervin replies, with neith er ado nor humor, “No, I love my country too much to vote for this bill.” After the third go-round, 4 “No. I Jove my country too much . . .” it seemd pertinent for the Attorney Oeneral to ask: “Senator, do you imply" that I do not love my country as much as you love your coun try?" but the question never came. The Attorney Oeneral is polite. Someone has to be the Southern gentleman. The main reason that Sena tor Ervin Is oonsidered an au thority on the Constitution of the United States Is that he doas not use the word "Nigra” as often as Senator Strom Thurmond, nor does he say with Senator Eastland: “Our Nlgrse back home are very happy.” Senator Ervin sticks to the Constitution. The Senator says that the Pounding Fathers did not an In This Our Day BT C. A. CHICK. SR. "OVIB CRITICAL" It sometimes happens that “every other half doaen leap yean.'' a alvan bustnees that has not in the peat employed Negroes In a certain type of work, change* Its policies and begins hiring Neeroee. And. it generally happens, and that should be expected, that a Ne gro or Negroea cannot be found capable of doing tha particular type of work. And. when such aa the fore going does happen, it give* Ne gro “Leaders'?? and Negro “Bdueetori'f? an opportunity until Noah's Ark lands again on ML Ararat to brow-beat the mataaa of us Negroea that we era not "pared" (prepared) for what we are making. Such state manta an beard aa: "Let us get “pared" for Job* and we shall gat them." "We are demanding mors than ere are “pared to handle. “A white man asked me to find him a Negro for this ot that Job” “I could not find one.” Now It most oertainly is not the purpose of this article to *P#ak slightly of preparedness But tha point ia. we are not as Letter To The Editor TO THB EDITOR On bahaU of the entire Saint August! ns's Col leg* family. I sincerely thank you for remem bering this Institution In terms of a sift Tour shook for ttt.oo added impetus to our Annual Founder*’ Say Development FUnd Drive. We certainly mug that oth ers will be similarly motivated to aasiat what w* oonuder to ba a worthy causa, a program of Christian aduaatton. We are Indeed grateful for this annual assistance and we Shan strive to merit tha eon ttnued active and aonerete con cern for the ooilaga by you and other Wards. mi wiiniß Very truly your*. JAMjp A. BOTRR. • MM* etc. My shelves look lovely, neat and orderly now that all my •containers match. "After you have A good sup* ply of these cans fixed up, save the extra plastic lids to put on the bottom of each cannlster from rusting on your shelves!" MONEY. MATTER OP TASTE: A Florida State Uni versity professor is conducting an experiment to determine the reasons for taste preferences of humans. Dr. Lloyd Beidler developed a machine to dispense his teste bearing liquids and gave his youthful tasters Incentive by remarding them with a nickel each time they selected the sweetest, bitterest or saltiest liquid. He started with pennies but found they did little to boost motivation. Later, even the lure of shiny nickels dimmed and the prafeswr was forced to dis play toys—with price tags. One lad of six found away to beat the machine and got a good start on a bicycle bank roll. The boy discovered a pat tern In the machine that mix ed the solutions. (Professors, can you Imagine that?) tlcipate the use of the com merce clause for such a pur pose as Insuring open accom modations in hotels, restaurants and stores. Os course they did not Nei ther did they anticipate the discovery of the Mesabl Range which made us Into a Industrial nation. But the miracle of the Constitution Is that the Found ing Fathers visualized a cen tral government to deal with nation'll problems and they provided the commerce clause as one of the means of han dling such national problems. And we have Indeed used the commerce clause many times to solve national problem of a tra ditional. commercial nature such as transporting a woman for Immoral purposes, or using narcotic drugs or taking a stol en automobile across a state line, or robbing a national bank. The United States is Justi fied in using the commerce clause to the fullest extent to solve the problem of racial In justice. To oppose the Adminis tration’s proposal, as does Sen. Ervin, on the grounds that the need to eliminate racial Injus tice Is not great enough to Jus tify Interference with a man’s use of his own property, in a smoke screen. It Is an attempt to create the Illusion that Sou thern Senators are going down fighting to the last for a status quo, which commlttlee of citi zens back home are handling with Increasing wisdom. There Is no humor In Senator Ervins' narrow argument on the technicalities, Ignoring as he does, the moralities, and the Innate decencies Involved In the problem of racial Injustice. There Is no humor In a cam paign which would deny the use of every possible legal in strument to protect American citizens against Insult and abuse In traversing our high ways and engaging In Interstate commerce. poorly prepared as we often are made to believe we are In those fields of labor which over a long period ot years have not employed Negroes, it can hard ly be expected that. Negroes prepared to do those jobs could be found Immediately. It Is this writer's serious and considered opinion that con demning ourselves In such mat ter! as the foregoing, may well serve to Increase our Inferiority feeling for which we already have too much. In type* of work where Negroes may normally expect employment, they are generally well prepared and in sufficient numbers to fill a giv en demand for their labor. Moreover, according to news media of reliable tourers, there are Jobe to be filled for which white people cannot be found. Mind you theac are positions in which white people have found employment for a long time. My serious guess it they do not humiliate themselves with auch statements that they are not "pared" <prepared'. Further more, in this rapid ly changing world with new labor-saving machinery being Invented almost daily, it shou'd not be surprising to an individ ual with the thinking ability oi a fifth grade student that there are constantly Jobs to be filled for which no one can be found to fUI them. Seemingly the. leaders and educators whose business it I* to study and aea the future should foresee these change* and would provide ad rice aa well aa ways and meana by wMoh the me seas of the people as all raosa. might kaap abreast of theae great changes. That there are Job* to ba filled and no on# oapaMe to fill them ts amt the **■■■»« of the Isadora than R la tha Bo far at we Negroes are eon oeraeC let's hurry up and make heads and nrt M time In for not being prepared tor ton* An Abundance Os Poverty Gordon B. Hancock’s BETWEEN TH E LINES The Beatles from London have ootne and gong and the teen-agers here, as those In England, have had the time of their young lives. When the Beatles returned to London amid the acclaim of thousands, they called the beetle fans of America "fabulous" meaning of course, that the screech ing and screaming and scrambling that attended their brief American visit, was Just grand. It ia Just difficult to believe that in this land of fine schools and colleges and fine living, could pro duce a generation of youngster* that could carry on as our beetle fans carried on. But our surprise tomes of a superficial observation only. Those beatles gave our teen-agers something they were longing for and that was the oocaston to express the animal nature that is still lurking in-us all; old and young, believe it or not Those beatles gave the youngsters a chance to revert mo mentarily to those primitive instincts, out of which our civilization has sprung. What went on among our youngsters, should remind*us sadly, that our animality in both the long and short run, far outweighs our humanity. We are animals first and humans second: and our humanity rube off very quickly and leaves us the mean animals that we are. Our civilization and its concomitant* suppress the animal that ia in us; and when that animal finds occasion to ex press Itaelf, it does so In a big way. We happen to live In a "thou shalt hot" society and thi* keeps the animal in us “pent up" as it were, and there is something in us always wanting to “get loose” and what the beatles had gave to those screeching, screaming and scrambling youngsters their oc casion to get loose and be themselves. And it Is just as well for the oldsters to remem ber much of that same stuff Is In us all. The bee tles gave to the emotions of the youngster* their day. So many of us so soon forget or have never known, that tha emotions are more fundamental than reason. Our emotions are older by far than our reason and It Is unfortuned that we have thorn who try to decry the emotions which constitute the finer part of life Love is an expression of the emotion, and what is life without love? Unfortunately we ISSUES: GOOD AND BAD BT F. L. PRATTIS Far ANF Although tha so-called Negro revolution In the United States was long overdue and will yield In valuable results, It seems a pity that Negroea and their leaders have found no way to organize aa much zeal and sacrifice for other objectives aa they have for civil rights. And. strangely enough, the fruits of these other objectives would be Just as at tractive and essential as civil rights and might make civil rights easier to attain. During one hun dred year* of freedom the white man has held back on the Negro and cheated him. However, the Negro has also held back on himaelf and cheated himself.. Not long ago. there was a story published in Time magizine about a Japanese piano maker This industralist has invested substantial capital in automatic machinery which is used in the man ufacture of pianos. He is putting American man ufacturers to shame. The Japanese piano* are selling in the United States. Despite the obvious handicaps under which the Japanese work, they are manufacturing commodities of many kinds, and especially to the field of electronics, which are selling an osar the world. Japan is a very for midable competitor to the field of manufactur ed items. This expert trade makes wealth for Jap anese tnduetrialieU and Jobs for Japanese work er*. One should remember the* the Japanese out into toe great Mg world Just a little more than one hundred yean ago. to the one hundred years feat feey horn been fra*, what have Negroes manufactured to be sold to an American* and to aB the reel of th~ world? j. rw h£h Natrroee wnaT * cturt have a supposed ‘Teamed" suit that tries to die parage the emotions. Os course the emotions may be suppressed her* but they will express themselves there. It Is esj>e cially in the Negro church where because of a lit tle learning, the emotion* are frowned upon. But those emotions not expressed in the church are expressed at the athletic contests such as football and baseball and the race track and in the dance hall. Wherever we hear applause we've heard an expression of the emotion*. The loud “Amens" we used to hear in the Negro church were so much applause, given to the powerful preaching of the GoepeL The younger generations of preachers in too many Instances do not by prayer and fasting have the preaching power to evoke applause for tire Gospel, so they decry emotionalised In the church. The Greeks went into the temple of Zeus at Ath ens and we are told that the tide of the emotions ran high. The women often swooned and fainted. The men were often moved to tears even as the curtains before the statue of Zeus swung open. What Is behind Grand Opera and symphony and poetry and all song and singing, and art ana sculpture and painting and architecture, In short behind all art? The answer is an appeal to the e motions. Even those who for the time being can control and even hide their emotions are just waiting far the opportunity and the occasion to express to the full their much pent up emotions. Intelligent men and women do not disparage the emotions that are older than reason, and may have different ways to express the emotions: but let us not forget that the emotions are there wait ing to be expressed. Some of these times when tha so called “stiff” people have nothing els# to thank God for, let them thank God for the emotions. Extend your sympathy to the por human animal who fools himaelf into bellevetng that the mo tions are somehow a disgraceful part of our na ture. Civilization and culture are a veneer that will quickly rub off. How easy it Is for so-called cult ured people to get “hot In the collar." I wonder sometimes if we do not need some old beetles for the grouchy oldsters) ers of cosmetic* grew wealthy. This was true even though they did not service a white market. But the Japanese do not use their skills In man ufacture to produce goods for the Japanese alone. The Nigerians have just had to take steps to see that a limit is put on the Importation of Japan ese textiles. What products are Negroes making which serve a need which everybody has? What products are Negroes making which are better than anybody else can make and ean be purch&s ed more cheaply? These are honest questions. This writer does not know. A few years ago. some Negroes In Swains boro, Georgia, started making . shirts. We think that ship foundered. Earlier, there was a group In Roanoke. Va.. which decided to make dresses. Little or nothing has been heard of it of late. Skill and management know-how are just as important In manufacture as capital. If you have the skill and the management know-how, you can always get the capital. There are thousands o. people always on the look-out for a good Invest ment. Any Negro who might start m»nng some thing that everybody needed and wanted abd who could show that his product was selling and his business making money, even on a small sea e, could get all the capital needed for expansion »«« whites. Profit seekers ignore the color line. What would happen if just ten peroent of the •MTOgeneroted for sit-ins. the wade-ins, “a and various other ins and outs, to ""y “°* t JoatfflaMy by students yjy o ! **“ w»rtd. behind a search for t^m** 1 *? I * t *dd enable Negroes to get a foot hoM tn lndustry and create their own Jobs? This a the quaaUoft pr. Martin Lsither King baa not ■lWlinl I| a the question ho should try to an *B<l tnfluenM **•
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