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4 THE CAIOUNIJUf RALEIGH. N. C„ SATURDAY. APRIL 4. ISM Editorial Viewpoint "Do the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is still with them?’' be demanded. "Not a bit of it; they enjoy every monemt of his stay. I am the bridegroom; these my hours of cele bration. Let my friends be happy with me for the little while that we are together There will be Local And State Court Actions Because of the multiplicity of Negro dem onstrations in numerous Southern cities and towns, local and state courts have made rul ings which have held hundreds of so-called vi olators in jail. Naturally, many of these de cisions have been appealed to higher courts The recent decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in the case of Rev. Fred L. Shuttles worth, a Birmingham civil rights leader, is an example of serious breakdown of the due pro cess of law in Alabama—and we hasten to say ether southern states also. It was in 1961 when a group of “Freedom Riders" arrived in Birmingham by bus. At once the city police placed them under “pro tective custody." At the Greyhound depot, Shvttlesworth, although not a member of the group, said he should be arrested if they were. Court evidence indicated that Rev. Shuttles worth stood between the police and the riders for a brief period. He was not boisterous or loud and he made no physical movements Yet the minister was charged with interfer ing with the police. He was sentenced to 180 sdays in jail and fined SIOO. This led Shut Me The Incomparable And Risen Christ The lesson of Easter is the lesson of life, and this lesson became clear again to us last Sun day—Easter. The ressurrcction assures us that from what seems to be the most crushing de feat, victory arises. From despair, hope arises. From the cross the spirit of Christ went out into every comer of the world to live through tinfr, to create the philosophy of human dig nity which still stands as the foremost defen der the individuality and the inviolability of 'The human soul. History tells us that for two years is seemed almost certain that Jesus would prevail. He himself was sure of it. We marked the dramat ic success with which he begun his work; we watched the crowds flock about him in the market place, on the mountain side, or by the shores of the sea. Why wasn't he successful ’ If, by accepting his message, men could be lifted up, transformed into sons of God, heirs of eternity, why should any man be so stubborn or so foolish to oppose? Surely such Truth must conquer. Then suddenly came a change. His home town was the first to turn against him. His brothers deserted him, and his best friend. John the Baptist, died doubting him. Next the people deserted him; and, finally, his eleven disciples forsook him. All who had stood at his aide had gone and left him to face his fate alone. On a barren hill beyond the city walls they nailed his body to the cross. Two robbers were crucified with him. Soon it was over, and the mob had aickened quickly of its revenge nml scattered; his friends were hiding; the soldiers were busy casting lota for his garments. There was nothing left of the external influence which fire men’s imaginations or grip their loyalty. Surely the victory of his enemies was complete: he could do no miracle there hanging on a cross. But let us look again, it was tiie voice of Funeral Terminology Must Be Real We have read hundreds of times newspaper articles containing obituaries and funeral no tices having such terms and expressions as these: "He passed on” or "he has gone to hit reward.* or "he will be laid to rest." There it no way that we can make the news of death sound “unreal” or imaginary. When a person is dead, he is dead and there is no word that aays it quite so well as "Mr. Ralph Smith ia dead.” Let us learn to say "The body of Mrs Brown is in this room." or "The physical re mains of Mr. Street will be buried at Oakwood Cemetery” Whenever language becomes less and less open and more evasive ami devious, it becomes The Philadelphia Story In Negro Jobs When there is continual advocation for more Negro Job*, it is newsworthy to learn that Philadelphia. Pa., ranks at the top of the United States’ five largest cities in the pro portion of municipal jobs held by Negroes ac cording to an ethnic survey released by the New York City Commission on Human Rights. The evaluation standard, which puts New York fat second place after Philadelphia, is a comparison of the percentage of city jobs held by Negroes In the city population. In Philadelphia, where Negroes represent 56.4 per cent of th* population, they held an aafrmafad 40 peroant of Jobs, partly as s result of a spectacular political contribution to the Democratic Party there last November. Statistics from the 1960 census show that while Negroes comprise 14 per cent of the New York population, thay had 23 per cent of city Jobs in agencies covered by the survey. Ranking in third place was Detroit, where the Negro population eras 28 per cent; Negroes' job porportkm was 35.4 par cent. The survey explained it was not possible to rank Chicago and Los Angeles as to fourth and fifth places because Chicago's figures were admittedly only guesses. If we recall the facta, in Los Angeles the Mexican-Americans constitute the largest mi* nority group but held only 3 per cent of federal jobs. This does not speak well for a supposed ly-liberal city like Lot Angeles. All along Negro leaden have urged their fol lower!, “never to underestimate the power of the bsfflot* In Philadelphia where Negroes , ( beld, according to the survgjr, the highest per WORDS OF WORSHIP plenty of time for solemn thoughts after I am gone." This was his own picture of himself bridegroom! The center and soul of s glorious existence; a bringer of news so wonderful that those who received It should be marked by tneir radiance as by a badge. Os course ha disregarded the narrow code of the Pharisees. worth to appeal to the Alabama Court of Ap peals which upheld the conviction, not for in terfering with the police, but for assault "He could clearly have been convicted of asaault" the appeals court said, thus affirming tl\f orig inal sentence. As the next step, Shuttlesworth appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court which dismissed the appeal because the minister’s attorney wrote it on the wrong kind of paper, not the “tranacript paper (ridiculous) required by court rules. After two years of this type of justice, the U. S. Supreme Court recently set matter* straight by revenini the Alabama courts in s manner that emphasised the weak grounds up on which Shuttlesworth’a conviction rested. Finally, the significant question about the courts of Alabama (and may we add other southern states too) acting in civil rights cases to trouble the conscience of most 'A mericans, if not the segregationists. In the long run, it will take the federal courts to settle the civil rights isssue forever. one of the robbers. ‘ Jesus.” he says painfully, "remember me. when thou comest into thy kingdom." After reading about Christ’s crucifixion, we condem the Jews for it. But Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, writing in the Pittsburg Courier says if Jesus Christ were here in person today he would be crucified just as he was before. Why? "The government didn’t like the influence he had with the common people. Governments are likely to suspect a man who attracts large crowds especially if he holds views at variance with those of the government. Jesus was finally labi led a traitor. In religion, he was not ortho dox. "He was always associating with the wrong people, eating with the publicans and sinners, talking with Samaritans and showing mercy and tenderness toward peoples whose cha racters were questionable . . . He believed that a man could keep the letter of the law, be in good standing in the church or synagogue, and still be a very bad man. “He even violated their sacred custom by doing deeds of mercy on the Sabbath Day. Re ligiously, he was a heretic and didn’t stand well with the radicals who wanted to get their freedom through violence." Following crucifixion, he arose on Easter Sunday, and this event placed new values upon human life. His resurrection gave Christians eternal life if they followed him truly and sin cerely. Symbolically, let us remember the Master as the Star of astronomy, the Rock of geology, the Lion and Lamb of zoology, the Harmonizer of all discords, and the Healer of all diseases. Herod could not kill him; Satan could not se duce him. Death could not destroy him: the grove could not hold him, for he lives on and on! a part of conspiracy to avoid facing circum stances as they really are. To call the room where the body lies a "slumber room” is to participate in deception pretending that a dead person is merely asleep. Everyone knows that he is not sleep, but dead ’ "Deceased" it a legal term for death, and it may also refer to a person who has recently died. Yet. how often in books have we read the late Booker T Washington who died in 1915. "Demise" is the term we used when speaking of the death of a sovereign, royal, or princely person: while "departed" aimply refers to ■ dead person. No term, however, expresses the matter as well as ' death" or "dead." cent of municipal and federal jobs, the Negroes cast 231,000 vote* in the last election. With thiz ballot power. Negroes claim credit for the vic tory of the Democrats; and, evidently, they were rewarded in jobs accordingly. Being a ware of this trend, Negroes in Philadelphia have been applying for non-skilled and semi skilled jobs at a ratio of 9 to 1. This job survey aimply points up the fact that Negroes can get more municipal, state and federal jobs, if they make the "ballot" powerful at the polla in ejections. Nowhere can this be done better than in some areas of the South, but we know what is happening because South with reference to registering and voting Fact is they have the attitude that "my vote won't count, so what’s the use?" This "my vote won’t count” attitude makes it possible for whites to get more than 95 per cent of the municipal and state and federal jobs most area* of the South. If you doubt the veracity of this truth, then stand outside the Raleigh City Hall and the various state buil dings at lunch time. Only white employees e merge from these doors. Think of the state and private colleges for Negroes ia this state. We certainly are prepar ing a much larger number of Negro youth than are being employed by municipal and state agencies. For obvious reasons, we have not in cluded the teaching profession. Instead of so much demonstrating, we ought to make a survey of our Negro qualified work ers and professionals; then outline a program for helping them get a larger percentage of city and state jobs. There are more fronts on which to fight than the demonstration battle lia*. Just For Fun BY MARCUS R. BOULWAER fEX MET An Irish witness wss being examined as to his knowledge of a shooting affair. "Did you see shot fired??” the magistrate said. "No, fir, I only hoard it," wee the evasive reply. “The evidence it not satisfac tory" replied the magistrate sternly. "Stand down!” The witness turned round to leave the boa and as soon as his back wss turned he laughed derisively. The magistrate, indignant at his contempt of court, celled him back end asked him how he dared to laugh in court Replied the offender, "Did you see me laugh. Your Honor?” (Ha-ha-ha—hhhaaasa) SOME BUYER: In Oerebro, Sweden, not so long ago, a 14- year-old boy identified himself as a representative of a wealthy executive and purchased 14 cars, an apartment house and other p. operty worth $30,000 without having a cent in his pockot ONLY IN AMERICA BY HARRY GOLDEN THE GREAT LADIES Wnen Sigmund Freud left uk University to go home to :rma, be "remarked that the . rst American experiment was i liberation of women. He did n think it would work, though. Os course there were occasions when Herr Dr. Freud was dour and pessimistic to say the least. But I wonder if he is nqt right. England produced an Elizabeth I and a Victoria. It is trua both were queens and were drafted Into greatneaa as it were, yet they gave their name* to en age respectively and indeed they were great ages. During their resigns, poets and mechanics, scientists and philosophers flour ished. Certainly Florence Nightingale is one of history’s great women! Singlehanded she won her own career in the days when women succumbed more often than not to vapors and she won reforma in that most hidebound of Brit ish institutions, the British Ar my. Though Florence Nightin gale lived to a ripe old age, somewhere in the 80a, I think, woman suffrage was still a dream unrealized and unsuspect ed. Russia had Catherine the Great who, libertine and reac tionary though she was, still set up the Russian bureaucracy, • system so complex it luted until 1917. Jeanne d’Arc unified France and became its patron Mint Madame Curie was inetrtimental in the early understanding of radium and radioactivity. Egypt had ita Cleopatra, a creature each age worships and glamor izes in Its own image. Only Greece. Rome and Amer ica'come to mind as societies which did not produce historical women of destiny and the Greeks and the Romans never theless created Aphodite and Athena, Diane and Venus. In Editorial Opinions Here are excerpts from edi torials compiled by the Asso ciated Negro Press from some of the nations leading daily newspapers on subjects of cur rent Interest to our readers. VIOLENCE LN OCR SCHOOLS THE DENVER POST One of the most tragic and arnaelras by-products of New York Citys Civil Rights upheav als la the beating of teachers. In two weeks. 15 teachers have been beaterv--elght of them In a single day. The emotionalism of 'his great struggle can be blamed for part of the problem. The unrest at home Is corned into the classrooms. But It is appar ent, also, that assaults md dis turbances are being deliberate ly encouraged. A sharp increase In beatings began a year ago. Since then 75 New York Cl’y teachers have been assaulted Obviously, with several tcartv-rs being assault ed dally this month, the cam aptgn now has been stepped up. To the extent that Civil Rights organisations are Involv ed. we think they are making a terribly pool argument on Uielr behalf. The incidents. In themselves, aren’t necessarily racial: white and colored have been Involved, often Indiscrim inately < But the matter Is going to be misinterpreted And it is add ing one more type of violence to the already-dangerous Dur den of civil unrest the city Is beaming New York City school princi pals have asked Civil Rights groups to ton-* down their at tacks on teachers and school officials. The constant down grading at authority, they said, is dearly encouraging young sters to defy thst authorltv We believe Civil Rignts groups ought to recognise that when they send out Immature young people to do physical mischief ths. they ere not helping their cause. They azw hurting it THE DAILY NEWS. Chicago School Supt. Benjamin C. Willis has acted wisely tn re quiring that all acts of oupU violence be reported. Teachers are to notify their principles when such incidents occur. Tie principals will report to the district superintendents. wn<> tn turn will relay the information to the central office. In this war. administrators at an levels will be able to obtain They Mid be ns big for his age. (People ere gullible, aren’t •ley?) THOSE POCKETBOOKS: Men may laugh at the big, heavy pursues that women carry but sometimes they come in handy. Mrs. J. C. Harvey of Blooming ton, Tlllnois, found this out She told police she hit a youth with her pocketbook when he at tempted to grab It and the hefty weapon knocked him off bit feet. (The article does not My whether tbs youth tan off or not.) HENPECKED CLUB; In Tai pet, Formosa, the Henpecked Husbands Club recently dis banded two weeks after It «u formed. Chairmen Lin Yen-lu Mid the charter specified that members must absolutely and unconditionally obey their wives. The club broke up when wives complained that husbands were making fools of themselv es (Well, at least the elub brought the wives to their sen ses, eh?) their way. these mythical quan tities have larger proportions than any woman who aver liv ed. The nearest we Americans have come to a great woman, suppose, is Eleanor Roosevelt who was a worldwide figure. Her greatness lay in her hu manity and advocacy of reforms and her humanity end advocacy were significant becauM she was the wife of Franklin D. Roose velt. * We could My Abraham Lin coln’s beloved stepmother Sarah Bush was great in that she had a hand in shaping greatneM, but I suspect what we really mean about Mrs. Roosevelt and Sarah Bush is that they were heroic, they were women with steel spines, and this is different than greatne.w Though Elizabeth Taylor Is known more widely and admir ed more intensely than Aphro dite. I hesitate to My she is great. She Is doing no more then a dozen other girl* who have become famous in the movies. If Elizabeth Taylor and other Hol lywood starr. are great, they are great because they never heard of discretion, an ignorance w hich can, on occasion, prove a disability. Though we have liberated wo men, allowed them to puriue their own aapirations, given them the ballot and elevated them to political office, made many of them millionairesses by virtue of their face or legs or fortune, we do not have great women because we cannot sep arate the girl from her natural functions. And apparently very few girls want to be separated. 1 mean this in no jest. And before her ‘‘liberation’* the American woman produced some great writers. But there has been no one as good as Ellen Glasgow since, and none has come within a million mile* of Willa Cather. a clear picture of whatever problems demand attention Principals, In particular, have been known to hush up vio lence. usually because they feared honest reports might cast doubt on their own capa bilities. Willis' let's-get-the-faets atti tude, plus the recent public ex posure of the problem, should make It dear that such frars are baseless. A principal in a troubled neighborhood is bound to have trouble—at least occasionally. And no one wtth any real com prehension of the problem's complexities can put the b’.time on any single person In a given area. CIVIL RIGTB DEBATE POST DISPATCH. St Louis A point by Senator Ellender On the third day of the Sen ate’s civil rights debate. Sena tor Ellender of Louisiana act ually Illuminated the purpose of Title I of the proposed legisla tion, though that may not have been his purpose. The Senator argued It would be unconstitutional for the Fed eral Government to require states to provide the same lit eracy and other voting wets for whites and Negroes Senator Ellender said the Constitution three the states the right to es tablish voter qualifications. Al most incidentally he acknowl edged that I*. some Sou"* m areas officials had kept Negro es off the voting rolls by dis criminatory use of tests be cause the whites feared they might be out voted. It is true that the Constitu tion allows the states to pro vide for voter qualifications— but the Constitution does not permit states to provide one qualification foi another. The Fourteenth Amendmen* requir es equal protection of the ’aws hi each state. Where voting 'eats remain unequal, the Gov ernment has the right and the authorltv to order equality tn voting law and its application. That Is the precise purpose of Title I. and Its supoprteis may thank ths Louisiana Senator for making .he point so clear. THE NEWS At COURIER. Charleston 8 C The prsssutlons taken by the Rev. Martin Luther King and his associates in session at Frogmen included segregation at the pres*. Reporters were “Even In The Space Age” * ***** Gordon B. Hancock ’* BETWEEN THE LINES THE LOGIC OF PERFORMANCE Many months ago I made bold to assert that our fight for desegregation was but a mlpor aspect of the greater general fight for integration. It takes more than desegregation to land the Negro in his longed-for Promised Land of full Ameri can citizenship. Desegregation is a means to an end. but not the end lteelf. Desegregation la largely a matter of law. Integration Is largely a matter of morals. Court decisions and victories are fine In them selves so long as we know they are but skirmishes in. the great battle for full citizenship. The op ponents of Negro full citizenship are quick to say that men s hearts and minds cannot be changed by legislation. This is a trite saying with which even fools can agree, but legislation can help re move from tiie Negroes’ hands the manacles that handicap him In his fight for fuller freedom. The white lines upon our highways do not change men’s hearts and mlnde but they save a precious lot of lives. So our laws conceived in Justice for justice render a great help In saving the hapless struggling Negroes from the rigors and humiliation and degradation of the course of segregation . The basic cause of all our racial troubles la root ed In race prejudice which today Is receiving lit tle or no attention. The basic trouble of race pre judice must be faced and tackled before we have full integration, desegregation by law notwith standing. Logical arguments, sit-ins, kneel-lns. marches on Washington. Supreme Court decis ions, full-scale demonstrations have their right ful place tn our common fight but it must be re membered that these do not reach the seat of our trouble. These are only preparatory maneuvers getting us in position to make a successful attack on the reel problem which Is color prejudice. The late historian and philosopher H. O Wells said that race prejudice Is the worst thing in the life of mankind today and only by Its removal can there ever be a brotherhood of man. There is only one thing that will destroy race ISSUES: GOOD AND BAD BE F. L. FKATTIS For ANP One must delve far bock Into history (the poli tical history of the United Stater) to find a can didate for the presidential nomination who enjoy ed such unanimous opposition from Negro voters as Senator Barry Oold water. This writer can re member back throuh many campaigns and the only candidate he can recall who left such a had taste in the mouth of the Negro voter was Wood row Wilson when he aspired for » second term. This was after the second Mr*. Wilson had re planted segregation In the government office.; in Washington A few days ago. I enjoyed watching and hear ing David Susskind'* program “Open End” when Mr Susskind interviewed aix successful Negroes. One wax a brilliant Negro lawyer, the first Negro woman to earn a Ph.D. Another, a scientist, was from the Douglas Aircraft Corporation. Another was the president of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine Another, a doctor and the owner of a hospital in Atlanta. Another *aa a successful businessman from the West and. finally, a well known man who is an assistant to Adlal Steven son at the United Nations. It had been advertised that Mr Susskind would try to learn from this distinguished group whether there Is a Negro aristocracy, based perhaps on achievement and the accumulaUon of wealth. This group seemed to deny that there is the rigid class association among Negroes tnsed upon a mu tual tiy of interests However. Mr. Susskind did not stick to one sub ject and ultimately got around to politics. The only unanimous answer he seemed to get was in regard to Senator Gold water. Not a single one ol the six had a favorable word to say about the Senator. In fact, the entire group seemed to recoil when the name of Ooldwater was mentioned. In fact, the entire group seemed to recoil when the name of Ooldwater was mentioned. Os course, there are going to be some Negrees anybody attending the meet ing. They were treated like sec ond class citizens. These prtvlltges are shril right* that we are powerless to contest, and wouldn’t I* we ooukl. THE WAR ON POVERTY CHICAGO AMERICAN Poverty ia America meant, first at all. poverty 1 ns mi nority group, the Negroes. Pres ident Johnson recognised that tact in his message to Congress prejudice and that Is high and noble performance. High and noble performance as matters of fine character. We can therefore deduce the theoieni that character Is the only antjoote against the scourge that is race prejudice. We have her: in this country eloquent evidence of the honors >.nd heinousness of prejudice. The South arrayed tar a fight unto death to perpetuate prejudice a id with our Congress arrayed for a fight over tr. il rights, we get some idea how deep-seated is the evil and scourge that is race prejudice. The Ngro who performs gives prejudice a mor tal blow. Whether on the stare, the clasero : l or the cinder path and sports crena. the K ~ o who performs is thereby delivering a mortal *' > to race prejudice. Or harking back to the >e lngs of Jesus Christ the Negro who can t\:.r a helping hand to a needy fellowman or who o i return good for evil Is dealing to prejudice a.: . - tal blow. This may not be the easiest way ncr rh-j most popular way but It Is the only way to r r: h race prejudice at its roots and banish it from the hearts and lives of mankind. This method in-y be too slow and discouraging,but there is no oth er way to Integration. The current Negro press has It that fifteen. Ne gro big leaguers pull down a yearly salary of n» .r --ly 5800,000 with Willie Mays leading with $105.- 000, this year. With all the salaries of Negroes throughout the leagues. It Is safe to say that the Negro athletes are pulling down. In salaries, mon ey In the millions. Os the fifteen Negroes, Elston Howard of the Yankees Is the only American League representative. Something to think about. Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves Is second to Mays, the first. But Aaron onoe played In the Sally League for Columbia, South Carolina and It warmed the heart to hear those Southerners whooping for Hank. Hank was performing. Hear the thousands rooting for the only Willis Maya Mays performs. Hear the music lover* of this country rooting for Leontyne Price of Opera fame. She performs. The logic of performance la the only argument to reach the prejudiced heart ana mind. It is the only means of Integration. who will support Ooldwater If be is nominated But they will carry on with s question mark be hind their names. The Negro public will wonder what inducements such spokesmen may have had to support the Senator. The hostility to Goldwater among Negroes 1* so strong and pervasive that one wonders what the Senator may have done to earn such spontaneous and deep-rooted opposition. I would venture to suggest that if the record of the epator were add ed up, it would be discovered that he had been FOR the Negro as much as he has been AQAINBT him. Thus Negroes must be moved Instinctively by something other than the man’s political record In Arizona or Washington. I would venture to suggest that Ooldwater stock with Negroes plummeted downward when he be gan to flirt with the Bouth. Os course, such flir tations are not always bad, but Ooldwater made his look bad For example, he made himself .nto an exponent for states’ rights. Negroes know that states' rights among southerners is equivalent to the denial of civil rights to Negroes. The South cares nothing about states' rights except as they may be wickedly used to cover up the denial of any rights to Negroes. Further. Mr. Goldwater's association with ia - - right extremists, much of whoso extremism is ;m --ti-Negro. has caused Negroes to steer clear oft: Senator. As a matter of fact, the 20 per cem < Negro voters who try to remain loyal to the Hc publlcan party are greviously pained by the com pany Ooldwater keeps and by what that m’-’ht mean to them if he ever won his way to the Whi " House. The worn elements in American soc>’ty wou’d have elected him Negroes need have r.c second thoughts to come to such e conclusion They woud take a chance with Nixon. Scranton. Rommry. and by all means with Rockefeller, but they'd vote for Goldwa>r as soon as Khruseh r v would vote for democracy. titn In tbe war on poverty Chi na (*o't American has recognized the some truth in our editorial of Sunday. Feb. 23. headed "Goal for a Nation.” Johnson told Congress; “The years of high school and college ore the most critical stage of - person'* life. If they ore not : rlped then, many will be condemned to a life of poverty - which they, in turn, will pass on to their children." Johnson therefore planned tb " atari the war an poverty off with an attack on the probl m' of youngsters 16 to 20, creatin' * job corps for them similar to the civilian conservation corp s of thST deep depression days of the T93os. In this Job corps would be enlisted 100,000 or so ycur.e men rejected for the draft or young men who bad dropped out of kOsooL It would consist said Johnson, of “thoae back ground. education, and health make« them least fit tor useful WOTk."
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