THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH. N c.. SATURDAY, AUGUST •. 1*64 4 Editorial Vie wpoirit WORDS OF WORSHIP Onr* we heard a rural church choir *ing "He walked the wide sea" and the appeal was for atn ra s to accept Jesus and join the church The for? had reference to Christ walking upon the i a»er* without zlnklng, and It demonstrated hts Almighty a power as he came to his disciples In If tfie clash between New York City police men and Negroes of Harlem had not flamed into notice, most of us would have thought very little of the plight of hundreds of thousands of Negroes who live in cramped, unfit housing which serves as breeding places for crime. We hardly think that these flare-ups have any significant relationships with the passage of the civil rights bill. Rather, the Harlem and Rochester mix-up of the Negroes is resentment against poverty. Unemployment, and. alleged police brutality. The average southern white man does not think of exploring the causes of the rioting for a logical explanation, but rather he feels that this is what will happen in an ever-widening circle in the years ahead. In this connection, we admire the interpre tative reporting of the Fayetteville Observer in an editorial under the title "Cycle of Slum Area Misery” on July 28, 1064 "When civil disturbance overrides the pow er of local law-enforcement the logical an swer is martial law and the National Guard, and governor Rockefeller of Niw York has acted wisely in moving the militia into unhnp py Rochester to keep the peace in the Negro area of that prosperous up-state New York maunfacturing center "At the same time Governor Rorke feller and all right * thinking people must realize that soldiers are not the answer to the serious prn blems of the North’s racial slums, anymore than they_were the answer to the hot tempers of whites in school integration situations in Arkansas and Mississippi. The Fayetteville Observer "hit the nail the nail on the head” when it said: "In the north em slum areas the ultimate answer lies in more jobs, more purchasing power, more dignity and more self-respect." In short, we say. how can Negroes who are underfed, ill-clothed, un employed, and with a colored skin have the Youthful Marriages Pro And Con —Each year in Rulcigh and cvrry city in this country, wr h/ivr seen thousands of young people get married. Many of thrm had to de pend upon their parents to support them and their spouses. It is getting so now that children want their pSTents to send them to college and profession al schools, providr them with an automobile, and also help them support a husband or wife while they are in school Most parents and adults know that the haz ards of enrlv marriages far outweigh the ad vantages. Young married couples also agree The disadvantages stem largely from imma turity. Young couples might not he ready to aettle down, are not equipped to handle mon pnd might lose educational opportunities if they become parents too early Tins assess ment was given recently in a national project of the Future Farmers of America The most frequently cited advantages ac cording to the FFA study, was in having chil dren .while young so married eouples could grow up with their children or better under Otand their problems Another was that cou ples could plan their future together while they Let’s Declare A Moratorium In seeking first-class citi/t nship. Negroes have used praotii illv every known technique at their command —p. r'uips with the exception of physical revolution, and this would he un wise for it solves nothing. Negroes have put on "sit ins “demonstra tions.” "picketing." “wade-ins" "church kneel ins," and what-havryou Tin \ have not al ways been effective, because they were tried in locations where there was no hope of winning In some cases vvr used "demonstrations" too often and simply "cloyed everybody to death ' And. as we have said many times before. Ne gro “protest" ‘organizations have scarcely tap ped power of persuasion in converting our die-hard enemits to our side. We agree with our six civil rights leaders (not the extremists') that "broad curtailment If not total moratorium" on all mass marches picketing and other demonstrations until after the Novettroer election.- will show Rood judg ment on the pert of Negroes all over the nation And it may be to our advantage that this mo ratorium be employed aftenvurds. except in eases where the Negro has a good chance to win. To know this, our leadership organiza tion must study thoroughly each community before deciding to stage any kind of demon stration. because we cannot afford to continue to “demonstrate” in any town or city until u-e have a complete knowledge of that commun ity and its leaders. If it achieves nothing else, and we’re confi- T/f£ NEGRO PRESS— belter** that Arr+ric* can bast lead tbs world mray from racial and national antagonisms when it accords to arary man regardless ot race, color or creed, his human and legal rights. Hating no man tearing no man—the Negro Press strives to help every man on the firm be- Bafjhat all man are hirt as long as anyone is held back. The New York Rioting distress The song should appeal to anyone with a faith that will not shrink in the arms of Jesus Perhaps Jesus walked upon the waters to demon strate his omnipotent powers before the disciples: but we today do not need such concrete persua sion. We should have no doubt, that the Master actually walked upon the waters. necessary “ego-strength" to walk proudly, e rect, with chins up and feel that they are somr body 5 Now. you may say, if this is all they need to become decent and respectful citizens, then let’s get on with the task immediately. In an swer. the Fayetteville Observer said, “That is an easy thing to say, but the achievement of these worthy ideals depends on complicated and in many instances frustrating forces ” This is true because: "For instance, the Negro inhabitant of these slum areas in the North has trouble finding a good |oh: because he has trouble finding a good job he has little money; because he has little money he has t > live in delapidated and unwholesome housing; because of the condi tions under which he is forced to live he is apt to develop negative habits: because of the ne gative habits he becomes a less desirable em ployee; because he is a less desirable employee ho has difficulty finding a good job; because he has difficulty finding a good job, he has little money, and the cycle begins to repeat it self ” To move in the direction of solving this problem, the Fayetteville Observer says that "the ultimate answer and the best help must conn from that segment of the Negro rare which has overcome to a degree the handicap of an identifying color and has achieved a mo dicum of social and economic success ” Wc agree that it's high time that responsi ble Negro citizens grab the leadership from the radicals and rxtret mists, who arc intensifying, not dissolving the harriers of color. However, we would add that the responsible leadership and government and city leaders also have considerable more work to do in this direction City councils must eradicate slums, industry must train Negro workers for good paying jobs, counseling centers must help build up the "morale deficiency’’ of Negroes everywhere. were still young The most important factor in successful marriage were said to be similar religious backgrounds and the completion of education before marriage so as not to put a financial handicap on the marriage that might he emo tionally unwise. Next came enough maturity to work out problems and differences of opin ion. to fare reality squarely, to accept respon sibility and to be willing to work Next, follow ed love, respect, kindness, trust and under standing The couples included in the FFA study were from Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois and Indi ana Yet the survey reflects the mores of home town America. Let us hope that their views are shared more widely in this country AVhen a young couple marries, the husband and wife should have completed their educa tion for some type of vocation or profession in order to be able to earn enough money to sup ply their basic needs food, clothing, and housing. And many couples have married too young, only to regret later that they created innumerable problems for themselves and their parents dent tt will, the moratorium wall give local and state governments an opportunity to show that they are actively doing something to eradicate the causes of such explosions as we have had in New York State. We are glad that, at long last, the six lead ers of considerable stature among the Negro communities, have decided to come together for a racial summit strategy meeting. In this way. our leaders wall learn to stop acting like small guerilla chiefs who continue to pull sur prise attacks in the same manner from their htdtnß places upon prejudice and hate in the various areas of both the North and South. To be more effective, we feel that from now on our demonstration battle must be thought out in advance and directed through a chain ot command of our six leaders who have been in the forefront of the civil rights movement. Our demonstrations at -the OOP National Convention in California lash month indicated that Negroes are too much concerned about who will be President. Since the passage of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964. the message ought to be clearly understood. Any President—-Re publican or Democrat —will be bound by oath to carry out the provisions of the new law Remember that a President can’t be expect ed to do all the work in seeing that the pro visions of the law are followed. Everybody in this nation has a definite responsibility in this undertaking Don’t worry too much about the President, be sure that you assume fully your own responsibility in this matter. Just For Fun BY MARCUS R BOLLWARE CONVENTION WORDS Most of us watch the pro ceedings of the 1964 Republi-' can National Convention with a great deal of Interest. In re porting, the newspapers picked up terms that were used gener ously but the public had Ittttle Idea of what they meant, and I suspect this was also true of the GOP delegations. UNIT RULE: The rule in some state delegations under which the entire vote of the delegation must be delivered to the side favored by the major ity of the votes in the delega tion. fThis rule is based upon the parliamentary law prin ciple that the rule of the ma jority must be carried out.) TAKE A WALK. The act of a delegation in leaving the con vention floor because it dis agrees with the platform of the party by Dixiecrat delega tions in protest over civil rights planks tn the platform. DRAFT: The nomination by a convention of a candidate who has clone no work to get the nomination Most political Letters To The Editor WHAT ?S FREEDOM? To the Editor Tn view of recent events that havp taker, place ;n some of our large cities in the north. I am prompted to ask this question: Where does freedom begin and where docs it end? First. I would like to say that the greater ma jority of responsible Negro rii.* zens. both North and South, feel hurt and ashamed at what hai - pened in those cities I am sure that whatever the reason wn it served ns no excuse forth wanton destruction of property, looting, and unprovoked attacks upon innocent people. We would like to see law ar 1 order prevail in these oas There are a variety of re;,so that freedom holds true for dif ferent people To people in the African Congo, freedom nv it • independence from the white man's justice, to be free to take w-hnt the white man n v To’others ft means the right ‘o decide for themselves what i« rich! arid what is wren; < ,;! others feel to be free giv, them the right to intimidate nth- rs without regard for their per sonal right*. Therefore law and order must prevail to protec; all people from those w ho would take advantage of us You can not have freedom without law and the exercise of xis-d -ci plinc Freedom in A ua to all Negroes means the light to share in all things that ill other Americans are enjoy in under our Democratic syst u of government . . Without ntlmt dntion from law enfoj cement officers In mv opinion, a great rr.nnv Negroes have lost • ueir r r ■ t for law a d order ■ecuus ;av enforcement officer 0 have n times failed in theii obligati, ;s to protect ihe riqh'- of all ">e citizens The officer . ;n e v cases, have been p: iudn , k n •heir protection of Tegm.i.y •rns There have teen v e eases of police hrnta tty. \vh u the general public • vr h s about. Jus! ce is bia- t in v e t>eul re ws where N gto e concerned Deep disc stc” - d restraint of t ese ty, -s of .a OXLY iSX AMERICA B ’ HARRY GOLDEN CANDIDATE BAlftY All reports would h. us o lieve ihe nomination B y Goldivater will once a to: ill change the nature n( he K■- publican Party from .a of tl organization which occ ion. ;!y wins elections to one ■ it - II never win .any electu .at .1. We had bes - doubt ■ Once upon a tun . en he was just a jut-..0r Set from Arizona. Barry used make some amazing and -Mting statements, he used "ven write books which inco itrd a shock it-c r-ec. evn! rr >phy and which were coil.oe by young bibliophiles in '■.-••r- Bities But Barry re.; . ike these statements been"so .- on stiti.tencv consisted of i few hardy pioneers out ori th- uns -folks decent enough ly not concerned with such : ■ - -ns .as u; bah renewal, s -an transit, racial issues nr ng population, overcrowded r -,d b»ickw..rd schools Tho-e -ere Barr vs salad da \ < ■• a he wanted to abolish t re li sted income tax. evict the nit ed Nation*, at-i make th. .al Security System vo'.urv thustastic approval ire \: - somans who sent hire . to the Senate Now that be re presidential nomine. no. tices he is not appeaur.g • -o the cowboys and oil ocs out on the plains Hr zer makes the statements th.p -.ir actented him as one ;.rt utl hon in the twentieth - re. Indeed, hi* books wiU six be come collectors' items NATURE OF PARTY S\MF If one studies Barry's so* hes closely, otic will see he h. > not changed the homiletic n.r re of the Republican Party or.c - hit. They may not win this e- -on. but it will not be solely B ry's fault " Just what is the differ*- ■ be tween Barry and, sav. H ert Hoover who tediously ar- ne ed it was not the duly -he federal government to int ene during periods of econor-t re cession. like the Depress on? Barry if less uncomfc -.-.bl# making the announceraer -. mat's all What if the difference be experts believe a legitimate draft these days is virtually impossible. We one time said that a poor man could rise from a log cabin to become president of the U. S.; this is hardly possible now, since it takes a man with plenty of money to get in the running.) FAVORITE SON: A state po litical leader who receives the r ote of his delegation on the first ballot. This gives the lead er of the delegation, usually the governor, time to do some bargaining before committing the delegation to one of the se rious- candidates. COATTAILS' Candidates for lesser political office seek a presidential candidate with "coattails" that they may hang on to and thus be pulled into office with the victorious pres ident. FRONT RUNNER: The can didate with the most delegate votes goir.a into the conven tion Often the victim of a gang-up if he does not make the nomination or come close to it on the first ballot. ■ have been instilled in trf Negro for so long a time :t;t '.he very sight, of a police man makes some feel uncom fortable And until these types of injustices and abuses are eli n ir.vcd or rectified, these prob lem-'. will continue to exist. To ol.. \ s r -r-onsible political lead •:s citizens realize that there :s. one real, absolute truth— • you cannot have liberty freedom without law. but this law. interpeted and imple mented must be just, and must i e fr,the benefit of all people, doss of race or national Very truly yours, WILBERT M. SANDERS, RALEIGH FLIGHT BY NIGHT To th.» Editor: T”p View Point message which was brought fcv Jesse Helms was -ororrmt Mr Williams did not flee lo C ,ba for kidnapping, it was a mistake. The couple was protected fnm a moo and con ccalrd in a house which Mr. Williams liv'd and perhaps would been killed by the KKK which is doing more harm to our democracy than any other organization in *h» world. I’ will pay to fi-st do away with toe KKK which is giving tne Communist (, ,r.v an in- I our fro democracy and r>t guni tattoos which take the mv their hands ns does the KKK, for mobbing and torture, noulct.be done away with. All Americans should get behind the KKK and put an end to it and bnng about human rights for all people, regardless of co'or, creed, or natural origin. Lot Mr. Helms stop preachint states' rights and center his messages round equal rights for all American citizens. The state has not done anything about human rights in over a hundred years >a when will it do arv thirg* All persons who are help ing to get total freedom for Negroe' are °a:d to tie Com munists and ih s s not true REV S R SPENCER. Pastor Morning Star Baptist Church RALEIGH tween Barry and ex-F-ssider.t Eisenhower who to!.I us law can't change the he i ts of rren? Why. no difference In fact. Bar ry virtually repeats Dwight Eis enhower when he defends his Bill’ vote against the Civil Rights Btit curiously. Barry has nev er been a Hoover enough to let Arizona build dams instead of the federal government, n r does he want Arizona to pav farm subsidies instead of the federal government nor docs he hold his-head in shame when Ari zona takes back more in federal taxes than it pays out. Conser vatives have 1c: g ago decided government should be a partner m business but not a partner m civil rights or tax collection. LAW VS. HEART Cursory examination of the second principle tenches us im mediately that neither Eisen hower nor Barry know wh.it th-. v are talking about when they claim law is rot enough, that the hearts of men must, change of thenseh es It is interesting that during the 1W presidential campaign vicc-Prcsider.t R c.-.ard Nixon expressed himself on this very idea: "The issue." he said apro pos of racial segregation. "W-.'l hat e to be solved in the minds and hearts of people. . if the law goes further than pub’ic opinion can be'brought along to support at a particular time, it may prove to do more harm than good " But history, indeed the history of the Anglo-Saxon civilization, teaches us that acceptance of the law will bo enforced Often the law must lead. And when laws lead, indeed they do charge the hearts of men. W have so con sijter’.ly listened to the cor.ard that laws do not that we have to doubt the whole purpose of the law itself, which is to make us better, more responsible men. When the Supreme Court rul-' ed school segregation urcon- stitutmnal hundreds of school boards throughout the country voluntarily began desegregation. These who defied the law cx pe-tenced no change of heart, 'but they were tn.the minority The majority w ho complied with th ruling changed.. The Free World Is Disturbed! N UyU ' lL£U,T ' S^\ • C_,; t MceMMmre M Gordon B. Hancock’s BETWEEN THE LINES MANNERS, MORALS. MONET touativoptoie uiteiea an almighty truth when he said. "There is a Divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.” Surely Divinity was shaping the ends of this nation when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President and Lyndon B. Johnson was elected as Vice-President of these United States in 1960. When Kennedy chose Johnson as his running mate, he-was unconsciously chosing the man upon w hose shoulders his glorious mantle was destined to fall. Upon who else s shoulders could such glo rious mantle have fallen, to such great glory and advantage? When the late John F. Kennedy as President committed this nation to the cause of civil rights he was unconsciously destining himself to a glo rious immortality. When a felon's bullet had laid low. he had marked out the way that Johnson so marveously followed, with the result that under the great leadership of great Lyndon B. Johnson as succeeding President, the Cillv Rights Bill has been passed by Congress, which is positive cause for elation and jubilation but we must never for t that the Civil Rights Bill was figuratively -waking, written in the blood of our lamented President John Fitzgerald Kennedy who died for the cause of civil rights. As has been said in this column before John F rzgerald Kennedy died for the Negro race! Concerning the Emancipation of 1863 there has niton been raised questions of the intents and motives of Abraham Lincoln, but no such ques | ons can be raised about the intents and motives nf the immcrtal Kennedy. He died a martyr to the cause of civil rights for Negroes He was slain •m that South that fought an unsuccessful War nf Rebellion to perpetuate the Negro's enslave ment and that South that is today virtually fight ing to reenslave its Negro citizens. It is true that riie Civil Rights Bill has been enacted and sign < d by our President into a law of the land, our i'.f’ht'is not over but just beginning. . The enactment of civil rights legislation places upon Negroes themselves a great responsibility NEWS AND VIEWS SIGNS OF CHANGE WASHINGTON. DC Writing from thi* the Capital CTty of America just back from a few hour* m the outskirts of NYC and through the heart of Harlem, we feel to mention a few ob servations. Mrs Harren, go into the finest places with th r , r c , they don't hurry to take their 1 ns off. There are just too many Negroes who wai look and act like bumbs. regardless of wlv are. or who is looking at them. They don't gi. a hoQt. The same is true of many Negroes nd.r? public conveyances. With their smutty and sir.-’- ling clothes on. they feel no compunction flopping themselves down beside the most elegantly-dress ed lady, white or black.” Negroes need such plain talk and it takes the Negro newspaper to give it to them. Negroes must not forget that civil rights legis lation presupposes good manners. It further pre supposes a higher standard of morals and most surely it presupposes more money. The penniless Negro will never be integrated! Negroes cannot f-xpect to spend their every dollar for cars and live on credit and be integrated. A hundred civil rights bills cannot integrate the Negro with bad manners, bad morals and no money in the bank. BT J. B. HARREX We did notice that some white oope bj were standing with their hands over t£e hdlstSF or tops of their guns just In case anybody at tempted to snatch It. We didn’t have time to sea Center City as we hurried back acroes Uncle Washingtons Bridge anl down the Turnpike which costs you only about *5 from Dee Cee to NYC without a single stop-light with speeds from 45 to 60 mph. Nobody stared when we ate in Turnpike restaurants, which was nothing new on the Jersy side. How long should a vacation be, you ask? Well, one wit has said that it should be long enough for the boss to miss you: but not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you. Watching "Washington’s District of Colored” 1 they are now in the majority here) is both, en couraging and discouraging, .depending upon from where you view it. ■ Perhaps its no different in your small town southward.) Viewed from Cap ital Hill, along Constitution Avenue or in th« many other governmental agencies—including ths Pentagon—where Negroes are given equal oppor tunities to utilize their higher skills, the outlook IS indeed encouraging. That is a iso true for ttv nicer housing areas of the northwest bevonr Howard University and other sections But when one sees the very deplorable slur areas of down -and-on to is who have no pride it better citizenship, 'we won’t name streets• when rosing gangs of all ages ruthlessly roam th* streets and commit ail kinds of petty thievery robbery, and even rapes and murders, anl peo pie are a triad to walk 'he streets except in group at night—you say. “On God What can wp do U mprove this 1 LISTEN LEADERS We were very glad to lesm that the Big Six’ c.f our Civil Remits leader?;- p have agreed ts tactful!? withhold all'mam: d-mons: rations un t.l after the period of the Nov 3 election in order tnat such demonstrations p,s- not further em barrass those of our white fr.mds who have so valiantly stood with us. in order that thev mar not be forced to withdraw their support under pressure from politicians or enemies. It must be rememberr-d that these white lead ers have undergone much pressure when even hundreds of thousands of Nerroes ail classes wi.l not give dollar or two to support our own right And this column has long acvocated with others that Negroes us the nation can best serve their cause by getting Negroes registered to vote and get them to vote Lyndon Johnson for president of the USA For Tarheel! a we now ad vocate a split t*cke; for Robert Gavin for gover ago** L; governor DON’T NE GLECT JOINING KAACP