THE CAIOLBVUUf RALEIGH. N. C- SATURDAY, JUNE «. IM4 4 Editorial Viewpoint Arc Chriattsn* endowered with tht authority la Judge good and evil? Thia question la admirably anawered In one portion of the Sermon on the Mount oontained In St. Matthew, Chapter 7. A - alnner accuses himself of sin. and thereby makes the confession which can lead to forgiveness. Ood That Raleigh can get excited or enthused over its politics was forcibly pointed out last Wednesday night at the Blood worth Street YMCA where the Political Action Committee was having a session when a fist fight marred the meeting. The two principals in the brawl hold choice positions in the religious, civic, political and social life of the Capital City. One, the Rev. John W. Fleming, is president of the Ra leigh Citizens Association, and the other. Ralph Campbell, is president of the Raleigh Branch of the NAACP. Both are well-known here, and over the state, in these and other organizations There are many debatable factors sur rounding such a display of temper. Who was rifcht in the debate over the subject is not as as the need to give and take; the ability to get along with others if it means peace and harmony for an organization; the sober, spontaneous judgment that restrains sudden anger; the respect for ladies and gentle man; and the regard for proper decorum. We admire courage and expect a man to tike a firm position on that in which he be litow. But few individuals, if any, will find thdjr can disregard the best tenets of society and ihV6k« their individual code or action and re mibt voluble where ethics, respect and restraint ate requisites to continued growth and progress We believe both men would take a second thought before inflicting scars upon the minds of their friends and associates should such an occasion arise again. Those present, who took charge, are to be commended for their imme diate action in stepping in and putting an end to what could have been a more tragic occasion There are those who say. “hush up" tht incident, that it will hurt the race. This think ing is entirely prejudiced. It breeds the same thoughts that are expressed when all Negroes are placed in the same position by white Ameri ca when one Negro commits a heinous crime Negro Church Statesmen Two Negro ministers were recently elected 9* high church officeo to aaume the role of statesmen. The Rev. Elder O. Hawkins was recently elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church at its Oeneral Assembly which con vened in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This of fice will call for a knowldge of church law and parlimentary procedure, effective oral Com mu nication, and tact to maintain goodwill during the deliberation sessions. Following shortly after the election of the Reverend Hawkins, the Dallas Pastor's Asso- Macon, Atlanta, Negroes Win rt was a long historical fight to enter poli tics in Macon County, Alabama: but. during the recent primary, four Negro candidates seek ing office led the ticket. One candidate faced posaiblr runoff against a white incumbent, but there were enough uncounted votes—mostly in predomi nantly Negro precincts—to win. With only four boxes tabulated out of 20 in the county. Rev. V. A. Edwards led the run ner-up by 200 votes in the race for a seat on the county governing body. He was shy of ■ ma jority. however. Edwards, religious extension director at Tuakcge* Institute, had 1.229 votes: Incumbent Virgil Outhrie had 1.020; Hoyt Sheppard re crivad SOS. South Carolina Colleges Step Ahead It la almost unbelievable, and yet It la true that sis private and church colleges in South Carolina eliminated their racial barriera but only too Negro atudenta have enrolled—ad mitted under court order*. The two Negro atudenta are enrolled at Clemaon College. Harvey Qantt. a Charleeton reel dent enrolled during February. 1963. Laat fan. a aaoend Charleeton atudent, Lucinda Braodey. waa admitted. Although no atudenta have enrolled at the pdoata collages. the doom have been opened at WWhid, Preebyterian, Lender. Newberry, Fur '' 1. Wofford haa announced recently it will not deny admittance to any qualified male ap plicant on account of race or religion. At Pree hytorian College. Preeident Marc Weeraing aaid the eoOege haa not refuted admittance to any qualified atudent ft aaama unbelievable that “bloc" voting, by Ndgrean would be tingled out and painted as au outrage. We ahould aeek the aource of the hM and cry, who woo hurt and how. The para des of thb poat-mortem poiiticing it that the acouatra are practicing the tame thing* that thay are accusing Nagro voter* of. % tingling out tho Negro and by paaaing all hahaf ®bloe" voting for different candi date, the accusers are guilty of purposeful as sault on • oagmant of the population which is fdl If BORO that America can haat kai the worla , ilfdLJn W rate, onto* or orttd. Me human wad *4»i right* Hating no man fdyiguypon' ftiFyv Paasajfrtea to Mmutt mar an the firm ha* WORDS OF WORSHIP What Next? Who Is Hollering ? condemns sin snd enables the sinner to be peni tent. But Christians are not given the right to Judge each other’s sins. Instead of condemning. Christians should preach the gospel of God’s Love and forgiveness. We must become our brother's keeper. In fact, the grapevine has “covered" the story in many of its parts. The grapevine has also written quite a few editorials, pro and con. Not to be forgotten in such incidents is the fact that the NAACP and the Citizens As sociations belong to the people. The story is theirs to know. The job of a newspaper is to get the facts and all sides possible of a story for its readers. Who is involved makes the story even larger. The fact that the presidents of two of Raleigh's most forward and most looked to organizations got into s fist fight Is the Raleigh news story of 1964. The CAROLINIAN would ask the execu tive boards of both these bodies to seek an apology of both Rev. Fleming and Mr. Camp bell to their respective organizations and ap prise the public of same inasmuch as the gen eral public has such a great stake in both. Such an apology could already have been made to the persons present or to the organizations. If so, we do not know. In the future, meetings of such organiza tions, especially where so many people are jockeying for power positions in polities, it would save some hard feelings as well as some jaws should the parliamentarian snd ser geant-at-arms step in at the least discord by anyone as a preventive measure against dis ruption. Possibly what happened was inevitable. Some good could be passed on to future meet ings through such an experience. We hope so. Too much is at stake everywhere in this coun try for us to find discord snd disdain for egch other and his right to opinion snd expression, to the point of fist fighting among organiza tional heads or. for that matter, any of its membership. The “bigness” of both men will be known in the future more through their gentileness and dignity rather than through physical force. ciation has its first Negro president in a period of 40 years. Again Texas leads the way. The president-elect Rev. Zan Wesley Hol mes. Jr., 29, pastor of the 050 member Hamil ton Park Methodist Church, "roMed” into of fice by a unanimous vote. We take this occasion to salute theae two pastors who have been articulate in the organi ratjpns’ deliberations. Evidently, effective pub lic speaking, accompained by good parlimen tary procedure decorum, caught the attention of their associates. These men will represent us in a high-class manner and statesmen-like. Dr. C. C. Oomillion. professor of soci ology at Tuakegee Institute, drew 1,493 votes for a scat on the county school board now held by Emerson Outhrie. The incumbent had 949 votes. Two Negroe business men, William J. Childs and William C. Allen, campaigned for justice of peace in separate races Childs, a service station owner, had 989 votes to 710 for Kyle Freeman. Allen, who operates a merchan dising atore. led James R. Petty. Sr.. 970 to 654. Without doubt the majority of the Tuske gee Negroes will be elected to local political offices. With the Negro's political strength in Wake County we could do likewise. 2. Newberry College. • Lutheran institu tion at Newberry, is coeducational The Rev. Fred Dufford. board chairman, says “Qualified students will be received regardleas of race or religion.” 3. Landers is a Methodist college but the county took over the institution and made it coeducational several years ago, Landers is at preeant processing the application of a Negro girl who is graduating from the Negro high school at Greenwood. 4. Furman University, a coed Baptist col lege. announced months ago that it would ad mit Negroes: but the State Baptist Convention asked the school to await further study of the matter. This information should encourage pro perly-qualified Negro students to seek admis sion to theae South Carolina college*, for they issued these statements in good faith. indeed fortunate to even have courageous can didates, openly seek their vote, without being tagged in some way. with a hope-for “kiss of death.” If North Carolina is to take its place in the forefront of justice and right there ia no room for such bigoted outrageous accusations. We commend media that has taken its stand a gainat such attempts at trampling down our efforts, in behalf of those seeking office, whe would be at least a political friend or ally. Just For Fan BT MARCUS 1 BOULWARE STOPS THE MONEY Down in Mobile, Alabama, a determined female cardinal v, rd la holding up sals ot more than S4OO worth of young oak trees by s nursery. The cardinal built a nest in one of the trees in a lath house, snd the nurseryman mid that the entire shipment of oaks couldn’t be moved until the cardinal’s eggs are hatched and the young birds learn to fly. The process is expected to take more than two wasks. The nurseryman said that he loved birds. (By Jove. I do too!) MY! MY! MY! A Jacksonville, Fla, lady heard her dog barking and barking. Oueaa what? When she went to the door, she saw a big alligator stretched out on her wetoome mat, the screen dot r. Corky, the dog, kept barking until the policeman arrived The officers trussed up the Si foot “gator” snd relocated him in the intercoastal Waterway. Let's hope that the alligator ONLY’ IN AMERICA WANTING TO BE PBMDENT Let’s take a certain little boy ■ge S. He is one of forty million other little boys who may be come President, provided he sur vives measles, mumps, scarlet fever, and the public school sys tem. When this Uttlo boy fin ishes college or law eehool he is perhaps one of a million other lawyers or graduates who m»y become President When at 27 he gets hie first ap pointment as a member of the State Highway Commission. It flickers across hie mind that maybe he might not Only be come Lieutenant-Governor one day, but go from there to the Governor's chair and from there to the Presidency. This flicker ie not an all-con suming flicker; certainly not the kind of flicker you describe to colleagues, but it is an interest ing flicker all the aame. After all now he la one of a hundred thousand men who can became President. The flicker occurs much more frequently when Indeed our he ro becomes Lieutenant-Oover ner. In fact, avan his law part ner and his wlfa and perhaps ona astute procinet-chairman have tha aame flicker. When he goes to Washington as a Congressman, the flicker is as continuous aa a technicolor movie. Now he can see the White House, shake hands with its prepent occupant, get the lay at tbq land as It were. And, ot count, when he goes back to hie home state as Gover nor. not only Is he talking about that flicker which ia a flicker oo longer but a Michelangelo or Da Vinci vision, but the party proa are also limning the out lines After his first term he is Editorial Opinions Hsrs are excerpts of editorials, selected by The Associated Ne gro Press from some of the Na tion's leading daily newspapers. A PLACE IN THE SUN THE SUN. Baltimore Hie Negro movement toward hill participation in American life frequently is referred ta as a ‘‘revolution,” and acts of civil disobedience from time to time are compared with the Boston Tea Party. The analogy is a weak one. leading to frequent misunderstandings. American Negroes are net seeking to break away tram their existing Government and to establish a separate, indepen dent nation, as was the case of the early American rev olution ists. They are not attempting to overthrow the governmental structure, as is the case with the conventional “revolution.” On the contrary, with the exception, perhaps, of the Black Muslima. American Negroes are trying to work through the existing Gov ernment and the existing power structure to obtain an equal toot ing with other Americana in the enjoyment of the opportunities which this country affords. The distinction la important because the tactics of those who want “In” are not necessarily the same as of those who want “our. Far from a revolution in the conventional aeasc. the civil rights movement ts a striving toward acceptance, an effort to win over the hearts and minds of the dominant white group to an application of the principle of equality on wtiich our nation was founded In this effort the Negroes are not alone by any means. Many white Americana also are strong supporter* of the civil rights movement, and their concern, along with the Negro concern, has brought ’ ibetantial changes in law and m custom* in the past two decade*. CHICACO AMERICAN THE ELECTION BY THE Uni ted Presbyterian Church of the U S. A. of a Negro moderator (chief executive officer) may have been partly due to desire of the delegatee to the meeting to honor a Negro—the man who Horn matted the Rev Elder O Hawkins declared that “to elect him would be more eloquent than any sermon ~ But the Rev. Mr Hawkins had earned special recognition for hu solid accom ph.-hments. too, In SS year* ha had built up the membership in his church in New York * Bronx from 9 to mode than 1000. with mixed racial backgrounds. The Presbyterian group has a’ membership of U million in the Proiartnt cßufoßat will not make a aoooad vMt to the tody** porch. POOR BOOGIES! An animal oolumnlot says that at preeent dope eat better and live longer than they did a generation ago, but they have leas fun out of Ufa—Just like people. Dogs have the aaaa probieena, too—for example, boredom. The quickest way to core a human being at boredom is to give him an ailment ot aame kind, even if it ia only a stom ach-ache. The quickest way to cure a dog of boredom la to put a single flea on him. It may keep him busy for days. CIGARETTES, ETC. The worst braggart to pot qp with ia the guy who not only kicked the habit of amoklng— but boasts that be did it with out losing a single pound. And finally, they Ml me ttret most pickpockets are skinny, (I hadn’t noticed). On the other hand, confidence men tend to be fat or overweight—perhaps, because most people nnoonsd oualy trust Sat man. BY HARRY GOLDEN one ot ona hundred and fifty men who eaa harems Itedint and after Ms resend, ha Is ans of twenty. He says ha has no political ambition*. Ha says ha would on ly respond to a genuine draft He says he didn’t eater the Ohio primary, friends entered his name unknown to him. If friends entered hie name at a betel blot ter with another woman he’d knew about it and (Hareads them but he oen do nothing with them when they put his name ea a ballot or put it before toe con vention. Apparently, everyone but I understands why potential nomi nees don't declare themselves. 1 understand why Shakespeare's Caster waved away the crown three time*, because the Roman folk* didn’t want a king though Shakespeare makes it plain King was what Caesar wanted. But I cannot understand why Henry Cabot Lodga and William Scran ton and George Romney and Richard Nixon all pretend the White House is a place of which they've never heard. William Tecumeeh Sherman said if nominated he would Sot run and if elected he would not serve but he is about the only American who never played it coy with the country'* highest office. More than once Fm sure the coyness has redounded to a can didate’s misfortune. Calvin CooL idge at the end of his second term told reporters, "I do not choose to run,” but there ia con siderable opinion among profes sionals that he did not mean he didn't want to succeed himaelf. But everyone thought tout's what he meant In its 176-year history, this was the first time it had chosen a Negro as moderator. We hope the election of the Rev. Mr. Hawkins will lead to bettar understanding between tha races throughout the United States. It should. It shows that millions of Americans are able and ready to recognize ability and reward it regardless of race NEWS AND COURIER. Charles ton. S. C. When people ere wrought up. advice to be calm is not always soothing. It is natural to ques tion who gives the advice. Today we cemmend the coun sel offered by Arthur J. H. Cle ment Jr, a Charlestonian, to fallow townsmen of his race. De livering the baccalaureate ad dress at Charles A. Brown High School In Columbus Street he said that Negroes should not lone their dignity and self re ject in spite of obstacles. Dem onstration in the street he said, ia a lorn of dignity." The News and Courier's ac count of this speech, delivered within sight at the scene of a riot last summer outside our of fice in which six policemen wore injured, said Mr. Clement's address "drew several bursts of applause from the audience." We too applaud the calm coun sel of Mr. dement We recog nise that his voice carries more weight than our* before an au dience of 1400 colored Charles tomans He speaks with under standing as one of them. In his own person he illustrate* both the aspiration* of a Negro citi aen and the material rewards available to one who seizes op portunities. An executive of the North Carolina Mutual Life In surance Co., a Southern concern founded and managed by South ern Negroes. Mr. Clement has pursued a business career in both the South and the North. No Uncle Tom. he has been a leader in racial causes. But be recognizee also the futility of despair and the evils of violence THEY DWELL IN DARKNESS IRE DENVER POST In a speech in Los Angeles this week. Sen. Barry Goidwater again proclaimed his opposition to the civil rights bill which so many leaden nr his own Re publican Party as well as many Dsmocrreu are now eaeking to past in the U. S Senate. OoM water, in taking this stand, la at odds with the GOP majority leader. Sen. Everett Dtrksen. and a large company of determined Republicans m both houses who have labored valiantly to improve the bill sad Head Cook Needed.... PULPIT AND PEW BT EMORY G. DAVIS, D.D. (For the Associated Negro Prere) "LET THERE BE LIGHT* Thara IB more light in this dark world, thanks to Teamwork Foundation, Inc. Aimed at eradicating illiteracy, which accord ing to national statistics strikes one out of every throe persons. Teamwork Foundation. Inc., has dona and ia doing the greatest job in the least possible time with amazing benefits and results, teaching tha basic literary reading and spalling skills. In Loo Angelas, over 400 students, one a 79- year-old woman, received "diplomas''—Certifi cates of Completion—denoting they had com pleted 100 hours of elaaa room instruction in reading and spelling. In Chicago, so tar, over 300 have received those certificates, including a 69- year-etd man who could only read "Stop" and “Go” signs, but now reads and writes at the sth grade level. A non-sectarian, non-political private group crusade of jghich Ralph E. Leper is President. A. j. MiacDimakl. national Executive Director and MOrt Levi, national Educational Director, the Foundation recently closed 9 classes in Chicago, held four nights par week, three hours each night for persons ranging in age from 7 to 79 with an average of 43. J. Leo Ash. regional director, form er Navy Commander mid that over 600 requaete have come to the Foundation since then few more classes. "Teamwork Foundation is not to supplant pub lic education," stated Ash, “but rather to supple ment it” He explained that that drop-outs, non readers. poor readers and waller* and delinquents exist, among other reasons, because theae persons lack tha basic reading and spalling skills. “Tlie schools do not take the time,” ha added, “and so these persons lose interest in learning, brooming unemployable, not even able to fill out an em ployment application." Hallelujah: The light now shineth in dark placet and there's something the people of the pulpit and pew oan do about it ISSUES: GOOD AND BAD Right or wrong, Z do not believe that those two Republican congressmen (one from Nebraska, the other from Kentucky) who traveled all tha way to Alabama for material (pictures principally) for the build-up of a smear against President and Mrs. Johnson, did themselves or tha Repbuliean party any good. However, they acted out only me feature of the smear. Even prior to their de parture a brochure was completed, ready for mailing to thousands of Americans, to show how Indifferent the President and his wife are about tha welfare of tenants on Mrs. Johnson’s prop erty in Alabama. One must oonfeas that whoever thought up this attack on the President's “war on poverty,” was convinced he rad a good one. There must have been loud guffaws in Republican circles when the idea was first presented by its creative spon sor. This indeed would be a good one. This would put Lyndon in his place. His “war on poverty” is embarrassing to us Republicans. There are an awful lot of poor people in this country and If the President gets it over to them that be is not merely oonoerned about their welfare, but is going to do something about it. that will lock up mil lions of votes for him. Lyndon may be dumb in some things, but he's real astute when it comes to thinking up politically rewarding “deals” to get to the people. However, if we Republicans can show that Lyndon has some poverty right at his back door and that he lent doing anything about it. the people may be encouraged to believe that he actually isn't interested in bettering condi tions for the poor and then the poor people will conclude that the “war on poverty” is only a po litical gimmick Disillusioned, the millions of pooi people would swarm to the voting booths and oast their ballots for the Republican party and Barry Goldw*ter However, those traveling congressmen went too books The major argument Gold wa ter offered in Los Angeles a- Sainst a civil rights law could be used against any law. “I don’t believe. - he said, "that laws can stamp out a problem which is basically a problem of the mind* and hearts and morals of men ' Murder, rape, arson, embezzle ment and other crimes alas in volve the “mind* and heart* aac morals at men. - hut the senator would hardly appaee lave a cainat those crimes mw*v be cause the laws can iter be completely successful in ataaap- Teamwork Foundation furnishes tha teachers (State qualified), texts, tapes and all materials free of charge. The people in the pulpit and pew need only fumfcfc the space—church basements, dining rooms, educational buildings—and recruit thoee who really want to learn plain old "readii..’ ’rltln’ and ’rlthmetic.’ , Borne of our wealthy p—.. pie in the pew can surely give money to this t - lightening cause. The Foundation wants to set up Tearmv , Foundation Chapters throughout the U. S., to . pand and perpetuate the cause. Already, Mr. Ah, sees himself being bogged down in Chicago wh r allegedly there are nearly 300,000 illiterate of ; races, while thousands in other cities and tov.r ; need the Foundation’s program. He advised Ih : Chapters formed by leading citizens in each c*tv could do much of the ground work, freeing IH Chicago staff to aupply direction, program ar J recruit teachers. Statistics indicate that the per pupil cost to the Foundation is approximately $l9O and that grade levels have been raised from a zero to 5.3 years !n Just 100 hours of their expertly developed tech niques. In addition to private contributor", funds from Industry, business and Savings rod loan Associations, support the literacy crusade. We Negroes must admit, regrettably, that m rt of this illiteracy is within our own race, through no fault entirely of our own. While clamoring or our rights, let us prepare ourselvee to assume thoee rights when they oome by being able, at least to read the application for that new Job and to write the answers legibly and intelligently Write for Information, at once, to J. Leo Ash. 3318 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. 111. Memo to Bishop Carberry, Lafayette, Indiana A few week* ago, we accused you of being pre judiced st one time, toward Negroes. We’ve since received the correct information. We apologize and will also inform our informant correctly Keep up the good work in race relations. BT P. L. PRATTIS For ANT far. Even if you can get a couple of belly out of their comic opera Invasion of Alabama, you don’t agree that It is fitting and proper to strike st a man through his wife. She ia not tun ning for anything. There must be thm tea rale at good Republicans who resent this attack on Mrs. Johnson. The congressmen and members of the Republi can national committee could not have fereeen what they were going to run Into on Mb. John son s 3000-acre farm. From the scores of families who may have lived on the farm when It was used to grow cotton, there are only four left When Mrs. Johnson changed from cotton to tomber, there was nothing for many of the tenants to do. Did she then tell them that they had to move 7 Indeed not! She allowed those who wished to do so to stay on the farm, retaining their houses and Pi®** 2! * round for trowing food. She charged them $9.00 a month rent. Believe it or not, the deplorable conditions the congressmen found were really not "deplorable” in terms of how many whites and Negroes do live m the South. The congressmen were apparently un * w "Tobacco Road". With four acres to grow food on and an income of $150.00 a month •J* OOU P‘« dulte pleased, despite holes In celling and floor. It was learned that Mrs. John son sends them “boxes” two or three times a year Sometimes the President s discarded suits go in to these boxes. In the deep south, holes In ceilin d ? n 1 for The climate Is warm hot. Holes let the air in. Many folk, whites an Negroes pay no attention to the holes. They ma ,or ® e ? the hole*, but they do not forget th«- Mra Johnson’s tenants expressed the: pride tn her. T love her. both of them.” one tc year-oid woman exclaimed. If she's allowed tc register, you know whom this woman is goine to vote for oome November. SFOTUGHT ON GOV. WALLACE THE EVENING BULLETIN. Philadelphia After three successive pri maries In tbs last few weeks he tnaatton has to be asked: What does it aeaan that Ala bama flßswuu* Oeorge Wal lses can mow into the north ern states and roll up such a big vot-v- No one seems to know thr snswer exactly and no one can accura’ety predict the effect There Is no deobt that the vote Gov. Wallace re eaten! m Mary land on Tuesday—up to 43 Mr cent of the Democratic count— represent* a protest of a kind Outside hit own state Go. Wallace hlmaelf couldn't get half of that on fata personality and ability. His vote in Maryland was not a surprise, considering where be not it and the money be spent to pubUctm himself. The Eastern abort of Mary* land tom by racial strife, and much of the western shore, too. is as much the “Deep South" as is Alabama, aa far as segrega tion is concerned. DRIVE SAFELYI