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THE CAIOLDfIAN RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY, JUNE St. ISM 4 Editorial Viewpoint "Go ye Into all the world,” Jeeue Mid, "end preach the goepel to the whole creation.” Note him daring *u this command. To carry Roman eivlllaetton acroea the then known world had ooet . millions of Uvea and bUliona in treaeury. Jesus z Civil Rights At Last!! With the psaaigc of the Senate Civil Rights bill containing strong new barriers to racial bids in employment, public facilities, business and federal aid programs, Negroes might in the words 64 the old spiritual sing, “And it brought jiy, joy to my soul!” In spite of the Southerner’s “filibuster blitz teig”. the measure passed the Senate by a roll call vote of 73 to 27—if voting means anything, ft was a decisive victory indeed. Decisive, when we think of the fifteen weeks of debate. The bill provides these civil benefits: Title I. The 1957 and 1960 civil rights laws on voting are broadened so as to reduce dis crimination on the part of registrars. A citizen may carry his case to court, and voting cases fliust be given priority. Title 11. The enacement of law regulating the Negro's right to use public accommoda tions offering food, lodging, gasoline or enter tainment without discrimination. ' Title 111. When the attorney general receives a complaint in writing and believes it merito rious, he may bring an injunction suit to de segregate parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, libraries and similar public facilities. Title IV. When the attorney general receives a complaint in writing and believes it merito riaua, he ihay bring school integration suits. He must decide whether the parents or the prospective student is unable to bear the cost of the expenses of the trial. The U. S. Com mission er of Education is authorized to give Sthnical help to school boards in preparing tegration plans, to arrange for institutes to train school personnel in dealing with deseg regation problems, to pay thosr attending such institutes, and to make grants to school boards for local training of personnel and hiring spe cialists. Title V. The Civil Rights Commission’s life is extended to January 31, 1968. It is authoris ed to investigate vote fraud in federal elections and to serve as a national clearing house for information on the equal protection of the laws, in addition to ita previous assignment to inves The Case Os Three Boxers Usually there hss been numerou* criticisms o i the boxing game, professionally, as well at •f the physical harm. Like others we have been •atisfied to ignore the charges and counter “ Charges. But when three young boxers died Within a 24-hour period last week, increasing the number to six for 1964, we can hold our peace no longer. What is more, a seventh boxer died two months ago of injuries suffered 18 months ago He was Alejandro Lavorante, a heavyweight. While thase men died from brain injuries, numerous other fighters have been left with Gfalyaed bodies, lose of speech and memory • of ability to read and write, and mental deficiency. Accidental trauma of the brain, surh as a hffd blow on the head, is responsible for a very •spall number of brain-damaged persons who must be rehabilitated. For the boxing popula tion. a high percentage of fighters have been Inflicted by brain injuries which in many in stances caused death. Let ua note how wide-spread the nature of brain damage can be when it affects an indi vidual. If the damage affects the language-cen ters, the person’s skill in reading, writing, and •peaking ia greatly impaired. If the damage Mi com passes the motor area of the brain, then the individual becomes a paralytic who must Are All Men Created Equal? Wh*n we say that "all men are created Musr. we mean that all should enjoy the taftie political and civil opportunities, rights, and priviliges. In the eyes of the law. all men •hbuld be treated equally. But this has not beta true with regards to the Negro race. Beyond eyesight of the law we are aware tfcft men are obviously not all equal in en dowment and productive skill. Neither are they equal in opportunities, because inequalities are .. too obvious. - Ptople are different in every way. Some poe e*M greater physical stamina than others; some have a keener mind, a more efficient memory, add a greater capacity for knowledge. Some in dhriduals have useful talents, native ability. vAkh others lack. Individuals differ in personalities. Some have natural charm which makes them highly Why Doctors Don’t Make House Calls Tlmn li a dMlsrenca In the needs of patients hhy m aoaspnrsd to the era of the old coun tty daetor. Ptetora an fcmgar practice medicine in die hoasa. Thera eras a tfana when not only babies .. ware ban there, but operations such as tonsil * hemia wen performed on the kitchen table, rr The praaent-day doctors are trained to /-matth the ftWeUney of hoepital equipment. An .'i - grnry call due to a chest pain might in .-dicate a heart condition, but until the patient 5(01 ohanrvad at a hospital by instruments dttifMd for this purpose, the diagnosis would baunrartain. yg| tftOMO PRESS bagaras that America can bast Asad ths world h am ndd and i gwtorfonttma when rt accords to avary mar qghdtti (f ftpft ester or ersad. Ids human and Aajo/ rights Hating no man ||Lgg 0 maW-ABa Najro Praaa strives to Mp avary man on ths firm ba ■ i . e .» WORDS OF WORSHIP had na funds and ne machinery. His organization was a tiny group of uneducated men. one of whom had already abandoned the cause as hopeless, de serting to the enemy. Jesus had come proclaiming a Kingdom and was to end upon a cross; yet he dared to talk about conquering all creation. tigate civil rights violations. Title VI. No American, on grounds of race, color or national origin, can be excluded from the benefits of any program receiving federal aid. Funds must be cut off in case of viola tions. However, federal agencies must hold a hear ing before any funds are shut off, and must no tify Congress 30 days before the action is tak en. Title VII. Discrimination by an employer, union or employment agency because of race, rplor/ religion, national origin or sex. is pro hibited in the hiring, firing, promotion and job referral of workers. Ways and means for check ing and dealing with violations are provided. Title VIII. The Census Bureau is directed to compile registration and voting statistics in geographic areas recommended by the Civil Rights Commission including a count based on race, color or national origin. No person is re quired to disclose his race or political affilia tions or how he voted. The other three titles deal with matters per taining to the right of the attorney general to intervene in any civil rights case brought under the 14th Amendment, the Commerce Depart ment is authorized to try and help local com munities to resolve racial problems, and defen dants in criminal contempt cases charged with violations of injunctions. Now that the Senate has passed the Civil Rights Bill, we know that the House of Repre sentatives and Senate must work out some de tails to give us the bill in its final form. More important, however, than this is the willing ness of the states, business concerns, transpor tation organizations, operators of facilities for the public to comply with the laws included in the several titles. If this is not so. then our Negro leaders will have to conduct campaigns to test whether the laws are being enforced. On the basis of past experience, thgj- type of action may become a leaders like Dr Martin Luther^MMJ^^* use crutches and wheel chairs for the remain der of his life. This is a condition and not a disease. If the damage to the brain occurs in certain areas of the frontal lobe the individual is left mentally retarded. Many times, he is af flicter with aberrations characterized by men tal disorders such as psychoneuroais and psy chosis. Although prize fighters run the risk of a high rate of injuries caused by vicious blows on the head, there are other causes of brain damage which may lead to death. Brain damage may occur before birth, during birth, and after birth It can be caused hy tumors, strokes, em bolism, thrombosis, meningitis, enrepalitis epilepsies, syphillis, hemorragesf bleeding within the brain) multiples sclerosis, and so on. If we continue to have prize fighting as a sport, then let the promoters do all they can to make the game safer. Some kind of head piece should be designed for greater protection to the boxer’s head. There should be more safe ty rules to minimize the vulnerability of box ers to death from brain injuries. Finally, great er and stiffer penalties should be enforced a gainst boxers who deliberately use unsports manlike tactics to win. We cannot afford to permit physical brutal ity to destroy our respect for a pasttime that has thrilled millions of spectators acceptable to their fellowmen everywhere while others must struggle to overcome back wardness. self-consciousness and awkardness Some people are gifted in getting the most from other people small children, old men and busy folk who are hurrying through their forties! They savor their human relation* and create unseen bonds of friendship, love, and peace. This takes time and understanding, and they are willing to give these. Jeaus. according to the New Testament, said these best things in life are free. He cned out. “Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.” Mentally, some individuals are retarded and slow in learning. Many of them must have cus todial care muit be fed. must be clothed, and must be taken care of by somebody else Those of us who are normal should be thankful that the Almighty has blessed us' Doctors ask that patients have an ambu lance to take them to a hospital in such an r~ mergency rather than depending on their going to the home first. Another factor cutting down on house calls by doctors ia the increased number of patients each doctor to responsible for Many commun ities have approximately one doctor per 1.500 people. The physician, therefore, can give bet ter service to a larger number of people by having them come to his office. The modern physician may not make many house calls, but he is certainly serving more people and serving them more efficiently, too. SUMMER SESSION The summer session began lest week, but it is known as Part Two of the Third Trimes ter here st Florida ARM Uni versity. I am teaching a gradu ate course, designed for in-ser vice teachers. Among the visiting teachers here are some people 1 know. Dr. Ernest C. Tate from Morris Brown University. Atlanta, is teaching graduate courses in English. We were co-workers at Alabama State College, Mont gomery in the 1940'5. Dr. B. Ed win Thompkins, dean of School of Theology, Johnson C. Smith University, is here teaching “Philosophy of Education.” He and I were classmates at Smith University. Dr. Nelson Harris of Shaw University is here teach ing in Graduate School The weather is so hot that 1 can hardly make it—up to 98 de grees. It is hot and you may lay to that! SNAKES. In Port Moresby, New Guinea, tthe newiy elect ed Papuan 'House of Assembly was adjourned briefly when * non-poisonous snake 'reptile, O\LY IN AMERICA BY HARRY GOLDEN FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS SUMMER Fifty years ago this June 28. a 10-year-old Serbian national alist dashed into the middle of a street in Sarajevo and assas sinated Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie. By August 4, all of Europe was at war over this single crime. One nation called upon anoth er. each Invoking a series of Interlocking treaties as treach erous as the barbed wire that separated the soldiers. By Christmas, if the Man In the Moon looked at earth, he would have made out the Great Wall in China and a scar stretching across the face of Europe, as though ripped by a giant claw. This claw was the trenches in which the Great War or World War I was fought. Ten million men lost their lives fighting this wai and another twenty-seven mil lion were casualties. This was the Important war in Western history. It was the first war fought with howitzer and gas, flame thrower and airplane: the first war in which the civilian populace was threatened by zeppelin, subma rine and blockade. The most significant symbol of this war was the Unknown Soldier for so many men died it was Impossi ble to honor them in a com mon sepulchre. This war top pled dynasties that had ruled for centuries; the Romanovs in Russia, the Hapsburgs in Aus tro-Hungary, and the Hohen zollerns of Germany. It inspir ed revolution in Russia, mutiny in France, and brought spirit ual exhaustion to England. And why did Europe war over a single crime, why did Europe Indulge in what was essentially a civil war simply because the prince had been murdered by a fanatic? Fifty years later, we have started to sort out the answers. One reason why the generals and the war parties eagerly sought hostilities is that their thinking was a couple of wars behind In his history “The Real Wart first published in 1930 and recently reissued by Little Brown Capt B H Lid dell Hart says wars had always been conceived as a struggle "between rival coalitions based on the traditional system of diplomatic alliances, and mili tarily • contest between pro fessional armies essentially fought out by soldiers while the mass of people watched, from seats in the amphitheatre, the efforts of their champions.'' They did not realize that a modern war would involve the or THE NATIOS PRESS Here are excerpt* of editori als selected by the Associated Negro Press, from some of the nation* leading daily news papers THIS IS GOLDWATER CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Former President Eisenhower has let down those who have long regarded him as a force for sound government and mod eration in public affairs. We are terribly disappointed that the man who was able to unify the Republican Party and the nation in 1952 and 1956 has deserted his principles to the extent that he has We refer, of course, to his decision aban doning the effort to head off the nomination of Sen Barry Qoidwater at the Republican convention next month. Mr Eisenhower had an oppor tunity to take command and set the Republican Party back on Us rightful course of mod eration after the moderates were jolted by the narrow OoM vater victory in California. He choee instead to abdicate hit position at an Influential lead er and let those who are hell bent on nominating Ooldwater hare their wav He is willing to pretend that Goldwaters poli cies square with his own simp ly for the sake of preserving peace within the party THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEEAN FEW TIMES in ths history of the Republican party has the OOP been in such a cor fus ed state as it appears to be at present For want of firm lead ership at the top. the party has all but surrendered control of its direction into the hands of the extremist backers of Sen. Harry Gold water wl Jolt For Fun BY MARCUS a SOULWAEE Editorial Opinions some call them) was discover ed in the public gallery. The session was resumed after the make was killed by one of tha legislators. IT CAN BE DONE: At lowa New Guinea, the newly elect ronic computer was used as a match-maker (date maker). Such student data as common hobbies and interests ware punched onto cards, and tha machine figured dates for a dance. Now we learn that two 29- year-olds who met for the first time 'thanks to the computer) are to be married soon. And three other machine-paired couples are engaged. But who knows? The machines, being objective, may pick better husbands and wives than would couples overwhelmingly in love. TONSILS OKAY: IN Udina Italy, a 36-year-old man went to a doctor complaining of a sore throat and asked if ha should have his tonsils out. Instead the doctor removed ■ bullet which had hit the man ia the neck 22 years ago and had never been found. entire nation, absorb not only all its men for the army and military machine, but all ita energies and efforts and aklUa, all channeled for war. There was no onger to be a war be was no longer to be a “ir be tween peoples. A second reason toe great powers rushed off to war waa that no one realized the science of weaponry had so far out stripped the sciences of tactics and strategy. Richard M. Watt in his book “Dare Call It Trea son'' 'Simon and Schuster, 1963) reasons thatt he war oc curred at a peculiar moment in Europe's technological develop men. Weaponry was so well perfected. It could force whole armies into a trench stalemate, but it had not invented the weapons (i.e. the tank) which could get them out. “But be cause they were as far advanc ed as they were, nations were able to create, arm and main tain a solid defensive system stretching for more than four hundred miles and whereas in other wars the troops had had to suspend fighting in the win ter and go into quarters, now the armies were well-enough supplied to spend the year round in their fortifications, improving, deepening, making even more permanent toe om nipresent trenches.” Certainly these two reasons explain why It is World War I that now has captured our at tention rather than the Civil War whose centennial it Is. Now we know that a war in volves all of us. No one escapes duty of some sort, whether on the fighting line or in the fac tory or on the home front. And we know that weaponry has reached its ultimate stage and even gone beyond its ultimate stage with toe cobalt bomb. The tank was a counter against the machine gun. but what weapon can counter the bomb? One ex plosion is enough. Fort he last fifteen years we have tried to confine ourselves to the small brush-fire wars going on in various parts of the world. For that reason it is very impracticable for either the United States or the Soviet Union to start a program of complete disarmament for they are both not only enemies but also policemen, each for its re spective part of the world Our danger is that one of us playing policeman may look too much the soldier and setting one fire to contain a brush war may lead to inflaming toe war It may well prove to be toe ulti mate folly, but we wtl not blithely commit our folly in lg norance. had an opportunity several months ago to use his position ss titular head of the party to speak out and furnish guidance for the moderate wing to settle upon a suitable candidate for the presidential nomlnaton. At that time Senator Oold water's strength has slumped and he was being virtually counted out of the running. It would have been simple for Mr Eisenhower then to place his stamp of approval upon a can didate. But Mr. Eisenhower did not do this. Rather, he chose to continue speaking tn his usual ambiguous way. handing out meaningless statements on party doctrine, and holding himself aloof from the rough and tumble of the fight Mr Ookl water, meantime, made good use of the calm to revive his following from the far right and has pushed on toward the nomination. THE POST-TRIBUNE. Gary. Ind. He's probably too late, but we hope he’s not. The reference is to Pennsyl vania’s Gpv William Scranton who finally hurled himself Into the Republican presidential campaign "Hurled himself’ may gram a strange phrase for a man so hesitant for so long It is. nevertheless, a phrase in tentionally chosen. It took courage for anyone to step into the path of what is beginning to look like a steam roller working for Sen Barry Qoidwater It was a courage some other Republican leaden lacked Scranton had Indicated earlier he had little stomach for a tough intra-party fight, but he finally recognised him self as the last hope of the anU-Ooidvatar forces so he “Don’t Belong In Hie Same World” Emm WOK v * - le My *VL. PULPIT AND PEW BY EMORY a DAVIS, D. D. (Far the Associated Negro Frees) "Y-ALL COME” The silence of the white ministry In the South on toe major issue of integration is eloquent testi mony that toe white men In toe pulpit in this area have failed to keep their commitment to both God and man. The accusation of the Negro man in toe pulpit that toe white ministry in toe South has been enslaved by the power structure is remi niscent of toe Biblical case of the man who brought his epileptic eon to nine of toe disciples, and. as he said, “they could do nothing.” Thanks to toe National Council of Churches and its Delta Mississippi Project, something ia going to be done and it will be done with toe “quiet invitation” and blessing of most of the white ministerial “leadership” of this great bas tion of segregation and discrimination—the State of Mississippi. State officers of every Protestant denomination in Mississippi were Invited to a special consulta tion meeting held in St. Louis, Mo., on May 27th. by the NCC’s Division of Home Missions to solicit their cooperation and support for this summer’s “ministry of reconciliation” in toe Delta area. Ac cording to Rev. Dr. Jon L. Regler, a dynamic and incisive racial frontiersman, and executive direc tor of the Home Missions Division, a majority of these church officials “agreed that the objectives to the Delta Ministry are both necessary and valid and that the National Council of Churches should undertake the Ministry.” The program is to be gin with existing groups which favor its program and seek to involve other groups as it progresses, with all church groups in Mississippi "kept in formed and involved as muoh as possible.” states Dr. Regier. We. the Negro people of pulpit and pew, knew tost the objectives of toe project were vitally necessary and altogether valid. We've wondered why toe white people of both pulpit and pew had done nothing. We’re glad tost toe task has been committed to someone In lieu of tote Southern ministry's failure. The Mississippi Delta Projact Is by far toe most ambitious program ever undertaken by the Na ISSUES: GOOD AND DAD BY P. L. PRATTIS For ANY While we sit Negro** justifiably clgmor for dvll right*, there Is reason to stop and ponder whether any of our rights are to b* preserved, even our freedom. The outlook seems brighter with invoca tion of cloture tn the United Btatee Senate. That means that some kind of civil rights bill win be passed. But where ttoenf Will it be enforced? Wll it last? Practically all of of the legal program that ha* been made in buttressing the rights of the Negro has ben based upon the 14th Amendment Sven at this late date, there are millions of white Ameri cans. North and South, who question the manner in which the Fourteenth Amendment became a part of the Constitution. One of the most promi nent "thought shapers" to question the validity of this Amendment is David Lawrence, editor of United States News & World Report. Mr. Law rence. born In Philadelphia, consistently supports the southern point of view Os course, sn occasional editorial by him and the slanting of interviews tn his magazine cannot change the Constitution. He can't dump the 14th Amendment Into the trash can. But we should not ignore the fact that there can occur basic politi cal changes in this country which would seriously jeopard ire the continued existence of that Amend ment. The forces which could be responsible for such changes are coalescing behind Senator Barry Gold water, the deftest faker to seek the Presi dency in the last two generations. Ooldwater is not merely deft. He Is a calculator without moral or any other kind of feeling. He plays the game with nurrors. hoping always to hertssale true vision. If Ooldwater were to entice to his Mipport a preponderance of the extreme far right elements took the plunge Late as his move was and for midable as the Goldwater build up has become. Scranton very possibly still has some chance. CHICAGO DAILY NEWS HAVING PROCLAIMED his pUosophy as the "mainstream" of the Repuohcan thinking. Sen. Goldwater went on to vote with five of his Republican col leagues against limiting debate on the civil rights bill. Twenty seven Republican senators voted for cloture. The truth is that Ooidwatsr is as ramote from the main stream ot Republican thinking as the late Ban. Joseph McCar thy was tn his time We cannot help wondering, therefore, at the arrogance or myopia of those who about that all who tlonal Council of Churches which also, bag the endorsement and financial support of the World Council of Churches. First, there is the training program for college and seminary students who are volunteering to work for civil rights groups in Mississippi and secondly, there is a long-range “Mississippi Delta Ministry” aimed at rehabili tation and education of low-income families in that state. The NCC’a Commission on Religion and Race will conduct the student training pro gram and the NCC’s Division of Home Missions will direct the field ministry. Summer “fredom schools” are being organised. A three-fold ministry of relief cervices, reconcili ation and community development will involve thu leadership of civil rights organisations already at work—the Council at Federated Organization!, (COFO). The program Includes helping those eli gible for relief to secure it, to direct relief and remedial self-help programs. Efforts will be mads to establsh communication between Negro and white communities. The mobilization of technical skills, scientific knowledge and economic resource?, leadership in such areas as employment, housing, education and legal matters, setting up center* in each county for literacy training, fundamental education, manpower retraining and communi cation, voter registration are all a part of the massive undertaking. The Negro people in both pulpit and pew. par ticularly in the State of Mississippi, ought welcome this program with open arms. Negro college and seminary students ought by volunteering tlrtir services to the NOC. Negro churches ought ha raising funds to send to the National Council as both an act of support and endorsement. With or without the passage of the Civil Rights bill, the Mississippi Delta Project is a MUST! Now let the detractors whohre said “the church is doing nothing.” toss in the towel, or rise to the challenge and opportunity and give support to the Church in this its finest hour. The "Council is coming, hurrah! hurrah!” and the Negro people of pulpit and pew will be greatly ben ©fitted. Thanks to the Southern white minis try for the invitation. in the American electorate, he might win to the Presidency even against Lyndon B. Johnson. Moet Presidents become the captive* at the forces which elect them. That would certainly be true with Ooldwater. Southerners could well claim that he belongs to them. Certainly, the Birchltes could exult: “He’s our boy!” Even the American Nazis would seek to Join the parade of the candidate who indiscriminately takes on all supporters. With bosses like the foregoing, what would President (God forbid!) Ooldwater do? If the David Lawrences, the Welches, the Carl Putnams and others began to clamor for repeal of the 14th Amendment and to pressure Congress, what would the man who reached the White House because of indifferences to the rights of Negroes and other minorities do? Would he lead the struggle (and it would indeed be a struggle) to rob Negroes of all their rights and to make this truly a white man's land? Could he do so in the kind of world which exist* today? One would certainly hope not? Negroes should not be caught napping. They must realize that, politically, almost anything can happen. Political sequence does not depend up on logic. It derives from ambition, pride, preju dice , an array of emotional motivations. The task of Negroes is to thnik in terms of the welfare of the nation as a whole and to align their strentb with that of others who have the same goal Nr matter how right he may be, the Negro can win nt fight alone, violent or non-violent. He must injec himself into the mainstream of public welfare am' stay there. The safety of the 14th Amendmer must be preserved because it is for the good of the nation as a whole. No doubt about that can be allowed to exist. oppoae Oold water are "bad" Republicans, or Democrats-in sheeps’-clothes To make this absurd charge stick it would be necessary to prove not only that Dwight Eisenhower was a cryto-Demo crat in 1*53 and IM6 and Rich ard Nixon was one in 1960, but that ah thorn who took part In framing the Republican plat form in these yean (and even In IMO nearly half the voters voted Republican'—that all these were either Democrats at heart, or ttlbr. deluded fools who didn’t know what they ware doing. CLOSING THE DOOR ON THE nUBCSTER THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL The United States senate has decided that it is past time tor talking op civil rights and timr for action. In an historic vote it has cut off unlimited debate —the first time in history tha? cloture has succeeded on a civil rights isaue. ALWAYS DRIVE SAFELY!
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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