THE CABOLDfIAM
MinflE If. ft. •ATUHDAY. OCTOBER I. IM4
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Editorial Viewpoint
WORDS OF WORSHIP
Jesus' activity began at sunrise He Mi an sar
ly rlatr; he knew that the almplest way to live
more than an average life was to add an hour to
to the freah end of the day. At sunrise, therefore,
we discover a little boat pushing out from the
shore of the lake. It makes its steady way across
and deposits Jesus and his disciples in Capema
Handicapped Week October 4 To 10
**Emplo> the Physically Handicapped
Week” will be observed from October 4 to 10,
aa designated by Governor Sanford.
"The performances and records of handi
capped workers, "Sanford said, “have proven
that they are valuable employees when placed
on Job* suited to their physical and mental a
binder*
It seems that we should not have to have a
week of this kind, for like Governor Sanford,
we "believe that the continued expansion of
employment opportunities for those qualified
workers should be actively encouraged.”
Much of the hostility against handicapped
workers—blind, deaf, physically disabled is
Negro Business & Integration’s Effect
The ease of the Alexander Hotel.in Charlotte.
N. C., raise* the question will Negro business
enterprise* survive integration?
The Alexander Hotel which in the past has
catered to Negro patronage is feeling the
"pinch” of competition in the move toward
Integration. The Manager, Mrs. David Allen,
recently met with 20 Negro leaders to discuss
her loss of patronage and thereby money. She
asked. “Do you want me to keep it or close
up?” The Negro leaders promised to encou
; rage customers to come her way.
While Mrs. Allen 1* In favor of civil rights
. and desegregation, she knows it is crippling her
wv«4a« hihi mou is nrr
experiencing this worry..
Acknowledging that the quality of her hotel
is not up to that of modern hotels nearby
now open to everyone Mr*. Allen feel* that
Negroes should look out for people like her.
On the other hand, she ha* not decided what
. to do about financing renovations and im
provement*.
We doubt whether the Alexander Hotel ran
do much more business by depending upon
other Negroes to direct custome<» tb Its loca
tion. What ia probably the only solution to her
problem, is to modernise, enlarge, and adver
tise in order to get into the competition pool
, For inatanre. Bill Otey, Negro owner of El
Dorado Motel in Nashville, Tennessee, moved
early to plan for desegregation competition. He
added a swimming pool and Increased hia units
to 52 Now he says, "Business is better than
ever."
Race Bars Being Further Removed
_ During the past week, the daily newspaper*
carried atorie* to the effect that Atlantic Chris
tian College of WUson. N. C., and Auburn Col
lage as Alabama have accepted for enrollment
Negro students.
When we keep abreast of the news the
• journal* continually report “this” or "that”
formerly all-white college or university has en
- rolled Negro atudenta. Ft won't be long before
such occurrences will cease to be news bees use
o# the frequency and "common-placeneas."
Os interact to u* in North Carolina i* a state -
ment from the registrar of Atlantic Christian
College, that four Negroes are enrolled among
Good Scholarship Is A Boon!
In this period of evolving total Integration
H is good to learn about Negro students who
: hove excelled. In tills way only can they hope
’ to win fellowships, financial grunts, and schol
arships to attend colleges and universities,
t* It gives us great pride to announce that Mice
Jetties Henderson, a 1934 graduate, summa
cum laude. of Fayetteville State College, is
_ recipient of the first national scholarship grant
award by Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, as
made public by Dr. George W. Oore. Jr., of
-"-Florida AfltM University, executive aecretary
of Alpha Kappa Mu.
» Miss Henderson is the daughter of T-Sgt.
£and Mm. Jama* E. Henderson of San Antonio,
but who reald* in Fayetteville at present. This
young woman hat tamo numerous honors dur-
Accidents Jungle Statistics
Our accident rata to this country b indeed
the increase. In the first sis months, 50,700
Americans died to accident*—3l,l §0 of them
jon our highways. 9,150 to otbar public places,
‘7,200 at work and 14.700 at home.
The automobik* and tha bona are tha moet
* risky in present day Ufa to these United States.
b THE NEGRO PNISt baXtrae that America c m bosl had the world fUiil
away from racial and national antagonhme whan it accords to erery man jIIVIL
& regardhae of raca, enter or craad. hh human and fatal rights Hating no man
haring no man—tha Negro Pram atnraa to halp array mm on the firm he
• pet that all mm an hurt aa long aa anyone ie hotd hack. w m
urn. his favorite eity. Ha proeaada at oom to the
house of a friend, but not without being discov
ered. The report spreads Instantly that he Is In
town, and before He sen finish breakfast a crowd
has collected outside the gate —a poor pallsed
chap among them, lbs day’s work Is at hand.
traceable to the stereotyped image of these in
dividuals as beggars. Many persona believe
that the needs of handicapped people should
be met by doles from the public treasury.
The handicapped does not want pity, or
handouts; he wants to be self-supporting and
independent. Our business and industries and
public school* have employment which they
can give to the qualified handicapped.
We urge each business operator to consider
employing qualified handicapped workers.
Then their contributions to the economy will
make our nation bloeaom like a rose in the
desert.
Now that desegregation ia well on the way,
and now that the 1964 civil right* bill has been
passed, it would seem that the NAACP, CO
RE. and similar organisation*, would establish
programs designed to help Negro business
weather the "integration competition.” Tht
program might include:
1. Seeking and providing new sources of cap
ital which will enable owners of Negro busi
nesses to make improvements and modernise
and make attractive their enterprises whether
hotrls, motels, grocery chains, cases, industrial
concerns.
7 The nrenniratlon* rniw-»W««
with various universities, might sponsor semi
• fw Opciatuit of I-tgio businesses. Cite
seminars would focus attention upon efficient
service with emphasis upon courtesy. Such
seminars would give operators the "know
how” they need.
3. The organization might establish an a>l
viaory council to give advice on location of
businesses In suitable places. Too often Negor
businesses are located too far from the main
highways and travel routes.
4. Hotel personnel muit be instructed in at
tending to business, being prompt and cour
teous, being personable, and ao on Presently,
many of the "hired help” feel that they are
doing the customer a favor by waiting on him.
Those Negro businesses that will modernize
their buildings, their methods of service, and
ensure promptness in attending to business,
will survive in this our new day.
the 1.295 studenets this fall. One is a fulltime
student, while three will attend on a part-time
basis.
What ia mort. Atlantic Christian College has
enrolled also two foreign students—one from
Hong Kong. China, and the other one from
Cuba.
When compared with many of the other
Southern States, the Tarheels have set an ad
mirable example in enrolling Negro students
in their institutions of higher learning pri
vate and public. For this spirit, see are indeed
grateful! ,
Ing her college career.
The second example of North Carolina
erholarthtp concerns Mias Deborah Wilkerson.
of E. E. Smith Senior High School, who was
one of the temifinaliste in competition for na
tional merit echolarshipe among 14 other area
senior*
In order to become finalists from which mer
it scholars are selected, the semifinalists must
subetantiate their qualifying test performance
on a second examination, be endorsed by their
schools end fulfill certain routine require
ments.
Hate off to these young scholars, and we are
confident that they will pres* forward toward
the mark of a high calling—winning th* race
of success.
Fifty thousand dead ia American accidental
Just why, that’s just about the figure we heard
as to the toll of death* from attacks by snakes,
tiger* and other wild animals in India.
Where does the jungle stop, and where does
civilisation begin—in India or the United
States?
Jnsl For Fan
BT MARCOS «. BOCLWARS
MU IS HEM
During the past ten days, we
to Tallahassee, Florida, act
having “falltob weather* and
ltlseeei for sleeping but I don’t
sewn to be able to sleep, for I
am always thinking about the
preparation I must t* I'* 1 '* for
my ctaas to Psychology 516
(Nsuro-musclar Behavior of
Prenatal and Postnatal Devel
opment). Z take this class at
Florida State University <FBU>
across town from PAMU.
Well, this afternoon I plan to
rake leaves and mow the lawn.
This should develop enough fa
tigue to make me fan asleep
Immediately.
STUFFED GATOR
In Belra, Mozambique, a col
lection of bracelets, rings, and
other Jewelry was found to the
stomach of a 13-foot alligator,
killed when flood waters swept
it against tbs Ohend* Dam.
I don’t like alligators at all,
but I would have been willing
to try wrestling this “gator.”
Wonder where did the rascal
get those "fineries”? Maybe a
thief stuffed them Into hie
ONLY IN AMERICA
BY HARRY GOLDEN
PROHIBITION
I bsv* been reading about
Prohibition to India which after
14 years has proved no more
successful there than it proved
hers after 12 years. India must
have a civilization of some depth
since it has not as yet produced
an A1 Capone although if Pro
hibition lasts I imagine there are
a couple of Moslem, Hindu or
Sikh babies to whom the Idea
will occur.
It hat been argued by several
scholars that America adopted
Prohibition as an exercise of
Protestant virtue Banning liq
uor was s form of penance, an
expiation for tlavsry, despolia
tion of the lend, greed and all
the other vices we Americana
have called “our national char
acter.”
• Prohibition was passed dur
ing Woodrow Wislon's Admini
stration and though that good
Democrat first vetoed the meas
ure in many ways Wilson en
couraged the dry*. He set a
high moral tone for men in pub
lic life and he was personally
a drunk on ethical energy.
That is the only example the
r#»fArm#*rn
Much ol the &ame thins hap*
ne«eW J** T*AU >•» >*•
on* of Mohandas K. Ghandi's
burning desires. Ohandi long a
go gave Prohibition his impri
mature.
The blind spot men like
Ghandi and Wilson have, their
Achilles heel perhaps, is their
inability to realize the rest of
us simply aren't as good as they,
that ws are probably incapable
of being as good aa they, and
that If we were capable we still
would pervaraely choose not to
bs as good as they.
Other Editors Say...
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY
Th* peaceful, unobstructed re
opening of public schools in
Prince Edward County in Vir
ginia must be sat down as a
victory for right and Justice
Though the final outcome of th#
litigation for implementation of
the 1994 Supreme Court decis
ion came ten years after th#
court entered Its desegregation
order. It is nonetheless a tri
umph. however late, of the for
ce* that insisted that human
rights should prevail.
Prince Edward was the only
school district in the United
States that abandoned public
education and padlocked th#
school* rather than admit Negro
children.
In the Interim. I.9th Negro
children went without schooling.
Most whit# children attended s
segregated “private academy*
with state aid In the form of tu
ition grants:'
Th# county school esse was fi
nally decided by th# Supreme
Court last June Th# court or
dered the schools open and in
tegrated. and to make clear that
It would ad low no further delay
h authorized the United States
District Court in Alexandria,
Virginia. to enforce the collec
tion of local school taxes U
necessary.
Faced with this challenge, tha
Board of Supervisors, yielded,
but It took only the most caur
tious steps. School funds appro
prtatsd this year, for instance,
wars viewed a* th* bare mini
mum th# county could legally
provide, and less than a quality
education budget
On the whole. It esn be said
with Justification that th* anti
integration forces hav# been
soundly defeated.
—TH* CHICAGO DEFENDER
UPHOLDING THE LAW.
PRESERVING ORDER
Over the land as s whole or
dinarily advised or staid people
dedicated to the cause ‘of social
justice for minority group peo
ples venture that flares of vio
lence across the land react a
galnst the causes the espouse.
Notwithstanding collusive
adventurers.. rabb’.e - rousers.
looters, thieves and rahdals at
no point of Ume or place hav*
been partis* to the civil nghta
crusade. Many times or place*
such individuals or elements
motivated hr some manners at
futility or frustration hare been
Incited or provoked to do vio
lence by tactics of biased law
enforcement officials.
Th* head of the Detroit
branch of the NAACP categor
ically made such charges re
cently. He Is an exemplary and
widely heralded cleric. In re
cent weeks or months exempt?
lary veterans of the Negro prsae
take not* of incident* in New
•ba—aMMNeba*'to U* R °*
mouth whan by was afraid tbs
law would catch him.
MESABI RANGE
The world’s largest open-pi*
Iron mlas to near Hibbtng,
Minn., 75 mile* northyest of
Duluth. The UpssW < Indian Ur
“giant’’) Iron Bangs proa—as
taconite, a low-grade iron ore,
into yielding an Iron-riob con
centrate. The mining areas
have observation platforms for
viewing the “Grand Canyon of
Minnesota,” which dips 535 feet
into the earth. The nationwide
Greyhound Bus System started
here, in 1014, with an open
touring ear.
POKES HOTHEAD
The Communist Youth News
— paper of Russia recently pub
lished a profile of New York
Rep. William 1. Idler, the Ch
op nuomlnM for vice- presi
dent. calling him:
“The poker player from Nl
agra”; *a hothead"; “a con
stant blocker of any reforms"!
and one who Is known for “for
getting everything else when
he plays the feverish game” of
poker.
Offhand, I cannot think of
eny reason why a man should
drink. Perhaps there set medi
cal properties to liquor when
administered by a doctor, but I
tend to doubt this. I simply
know man like to drink end
have always liked to drink.
While we should punish drunk
en drivers, ws should not pun
ish drinkers.
Ths Brazilian Janoezech want
ed to open up the interior of
Brazil. While he was President,
he pushed the building of a
huge new city called Brasilia
which did not open up the in
terior. The Senators and Repre
sentalives and the Legislators
do less now than they ever did.
They fly up to the Brasilia only
on three or four weekdays most
of them preferring to live to
Rio.
Perversely, Brazilain politi
cians preferred the big cities.
Like most politicians, they wen*
into politics not necessarily to
pioneer but to advance their
fortunes along with the coun
try's and personal sacrifice
doesn't figure in the equation.
The Arab states I believe also
V - . ro. t. rut* • 4 >
... - v , t-urt. a.iitc ifitt
population in those state* is not
«*,' uwssow eo si ui su CiUiii*
India or America the corruption
is not ss widespread. Some ,of
the Arsb bootleggers are rumor
ed to smuggle the stuff out of
Israel which understandably
makes the chief shieks very
angry. They call the Arab chiefs
heroes of the empty view but
they have only themselves to
blame when they learn that the
bootleggers who are otherwise
decent men are investing their
profits in Israeli bonds at g 1-t
per cent interest
Interpretation*.
Eventually some law enforce
ment officials of various met
ropolitan areas have handled
disturbance* in manner* re
flecting anti-social and anti-
Negro attitudes. Unaeemlngly
the attitude or actions of some
law enforcement officials have
been such as might Impel, rath
er than allay prospects of un
due violence. The potential* of
unpredictable violence are
everywhere.
Flares of violence recurring
in metropolitan areas over the
nation have some roots In the
soli of any or every community
where any considerable number
of Negro people lives. Other
wise In many areas the spirit of
the old order of the Southland
has polluted the thinking or
action and blood stream of a
vast sector of the populace.
UrtseemlTurly many times or
places all media for communi
cating ideas have sounded Im
plication* against full partici
pation of Negro people In th*
socio-economic life of the na
tion. Betimes minor dlsturb&n
ces have kindled undue out
bursts of violence as the result
of hostility or unseeming tac
tics by law enforcement offici
als All aspects of potential
violence obtain In our com
munity. but heretofore the tlds
of #ur civic climate has been
restraining.
—THT INDIANAPOLIS
RECORDER
OLLIE’S BARBECUE
In granting the Justice De
partment’s application for a stay
es execution of an order handed
down by a three-judge Federal
District court in Birmingham.
Supreme Court Justice Hugo L.
Black has given advance war
rant of what the position of the
court as s whole is likely to be
on th* matter at issue.
Tit* ease involved Ollle’s Bar
becue restaurant hn Birming
ham. ft ia situated in a Negro
neighborhood but caters to whit*
patrons except for take-out or
ders.
The low court ruled that th*
civil rights law’s public accom
modation* section did not apply
to place* of business that do not
engage In interstate commerce.
By this judgment the Federal
government was barred from
enforcing Section Six at th* new
Civil Bights Act Justice Black's
order overturned the lower
court ruling until the Supreme
Court makes its decision on tb*
public accommodations section.
Tb* Justice baaed bis decision
an a similar ruling ha made in
the ease of the Heert of Atlan
ta Motet which has carried its
fight against the public accom
modations section to the Su
preme Court
Black said then that a tempo
rary lower court injunction a
gafost enforcement of a law Da
in reality a mspsnsion as an act
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ALTAR CALL
SY EMORY a DAVWi DD. (Far Negro Pt— InternstootssH
• "AFRICA CALLS” \
“An our customs and traditions wain tgbdoed
by tha missionaries is the name of tb* Church,'’
explained Sir Frsnela Zbiam, African governor V
Eastern Nigeria, addressing 13,060 youths of tht
nfsnf T**th#r In Detroit. \
Telling his 99 per cent white audience that As- \
rice r»l«v>t- th# “hi--- J(*---*• J-.-]# Jjj CUrOyC gild
America that "th* oolor whit* denotes purity, \
goodness and angelic, while black la synonymous '
with evil. Ignorance and devUahnaas,” Sir Fran
cis, who la also on* of th* presidents as th* World
Council of Churches, took to task the ministry of
whit* missionaries.
Ha emphatically added, "Our very name* were
heathen names—our dances, our music, our art.
and all those things which an dear to our hearts
were ruthlessly condemned aa heathenlah and
Idolatrous."
The negative reaction of native Africans to
embracing tha Christian faith was defined whan
this African loader propounded, “all European
things and ways art good and Christian and ap
proved by Ood JUmself; but anything African and
African customs had no merits in Bum at all. and
were sanctioned by the devil.”
Last month it was my goad pleasure to talk at
length with an African of Bwastland. a minister,
who had com* to tha United States to complete
his education. His complaint of tha ministry of
the white missionary to his native people waa al
most identical with that of Sir Francis.
The Africans who would accept th* Christian
faith, for the moat part, do not see why their
customs, culture and traditions should be mad*
to conform to those of tha whit* man. This young
ministerial student said hia tribesmen wondered
why they had to atari wearing Clothes just be
cause they had become Christiana. A noted the
ologian recently told of a missionary reporting on
her successful missionary venture in Africa, extol
ling the fact "that th* natives now are even
wearing pants.”
Hearing suoh evaluations of the white mis
sionaries effort* hi a land of different customs
and origins, w* wonder if they were purveyors of
"the good news of the Gospel” or of western cus
toms. traditions and culture. Are Buy saying to
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY 1. B. HASBEN
THE NEGRO VOTE; WHICH WAY?
ROCKY MOUNT To soften the tmpeet of
what we may say here, let’s laugh at this baby
joke: A mother was greatly disturbed at th* feet
that her first-born was now about three years old
and had not spoken a word—not even ‘me ma’.
Then, suddenly, one morning at the breakfast
table, the child spoke out crisply and clearly, say
ing: “This toast la burned!” Needless to wonder
at the consternation that gripped the mother.
When she recovered, she said. “Baby why Is tt
that all this time you have NEVER SPOKEN A
WORD—and NOW you utter a full aentenos?"
The baby replied "Because, up ’til new. every
thin i has been ‘all-right’
Sorry, we cannot cay that over the past 100
years of so-called freedom for the Nab— ’every
thing has been all-right’. It hat been that wa
were just conditioned to accepting (for th* moet
parti whatever Mr. Charlie hanged US and stop
ped at the line of separate but unequal provtoiope
he made for us.
But thanks to NAACP and the student upris
ings—some of which w* acknowledge got out of
hand at times there has arisen a truly NEW
COLORED MAN and WOMAN throughout Tar
heel ;a and the South DEMANDING, rattier than
BEOGINO for. their Civil Righto at th* ballot,
in schools, jobs and public e cat
ering to the general public, especially where U. 8.
and State taxes are used to bqfld or maintain
services—hospitals Included.
Some sources estimate that than are mere
than 300.006 Negro voters registered to TbrbeeUa
now. Certainly, that's enough vo— to sertag any
delaying tot dates salMtei by
Congress to put to ctoato Reti
cle# into effect.'
law that courts at equity will
not exercise their power to en
join the enforcement eg aa act
erf Congress except under to*
most imperative or aaripmt cir
cumstance*.
Jto toe ftrti day es to tog
“He Qualifies...!”
tetetol—ettaf UtonavTciril
Righto Act. Tb* p»Mv —rm-
BtoUMtui .
tertian es Bto sqneWerisu legis
lation. Tb strike tt dawn would
repudiation artist
toti—l caampt of*?—Tprol
Writes as esmjti to toe Iter-
our African broßun that "to b* weed” moans
wearing clothaa ... changing names ... outlaw
ing traditional datum- moaio aad art? Is this
what they war* really Nulled” to do?
On* alao wonders how much dlUlgent effort the
iMiit* missionary makes to understand the Afri
can, his language, customs and symbols of wor
ship it, lus foiiu oi worship.
Negro church leaden who have gone to Africa
v to astabllah churches often tell bow our African
neighbors vacillate between sects, denominations
and religious beliefs. Today, one group offers food
wd they become followers of the food-purveyor’s
futh. Tomorrow, another group offers a school
and they abandon yesterday’s faith In order to bn
alHwed to go to school of the latest faith —a
sort of oontlnual seareh for “loaves and fish ns’
lrrascectlve of wbat faith makes them available.
& aiwone really presenting th* claims of tlr
CrristVn religion, or are they trying to amass
conversion statistics tb send hack to the homo
mission board? ¥
WhOeYths Negro wages wap against discrimi
nation tod aagmgatlon to th* USA. ha ought to
be distorted about the religious distortion taken
by white hlasionarlas to our dark-bued brother*
in Africa, a ia obvious that much of tha salsa In
formation brought bade to this country has. un
fortunately teen accepted by Negroes to ttje end
that until retent yean the American Negro h»t
not been tooknxiou* to identify with hi* dark
skinned klrusmtn abroad.
Th# Negro dtromlnoiiona of th* ÜBA need to
form a mlsalonak- federation to conduct an evan
gelistic enterprise in Africa tbit does not present
Almighty Ood s* the "great white father” who
imposes the whlta man’s will upon dark adher
ents. but rather pteaents Ood as Mtbar of us
all. squally, naked V clothed, regardless of our
earthly names. \
We need to call Negro youth to th* Attar oi
Missionary Endeavor, \psplring tiuwi with a true
sense of Mission that When may rise from their
knees, they will go to tke mighty teeming shore*
of Africa, well trained ,4ndftnandally sustained
to “preach a colorless 0*1” who totes the world
and each individual’s soil mors than Ha love*
their customs, their names, their danoas or art.
•lection If and when we learn how to pool our
votes for the men and issues which aegto to our
advantage as well as to the advantage of our
State. And certainly, what’s OOOD FOR NE
OROES IS ALSO GOOD FOR TARHSKLIA. And
only those of the white citizenry who wish to keep
ua back, down and without the power of the bal
lot will dispute that fact That goes far all candi
dates for public offices, too.
A* of now, Negroes have no real incentive to
vo|# tor EITHER DAN MOORE or ROBERT
OAVXN for governor.
Many are talking of not voting for either mkn
this year. That would be tragic to our ckuse.ThU
column leans toward the split-ticket idea aa ol
now. for those who can competently do ao. The
apUt-ticket on the state level would be a vote for
Hobart Scott for Lieut. Governor on th* Dem*
ticket and a vote tor Robot Gavin aa Governor
0B the Republican side. That would give Tsr r
beeUa a ‘new look* in politics if tt could be worked
out And tine* we are trying everything else new
WHY NOT TRY this combination In a step to
ward a much-needed two-party system in the Old
North State? Think tt over thoroughly and let u*
hear from you. please.
Southern whites have always wanted a South
erner In the Big House In Dee Cee. We have had
two half-way Southerners Harry Truman and
Dwight Eisenhower: and now that we have r
chance elect tall, tanned and terrific Lyndon
Balnea Johnson, many don't want him because h
baa joined tb* United States and wants to treat
Nagroee ilka citizens! It’s up to us to back him.
, u you never registered to vote before, be sure to
register and then vote Nov. 3.
tenth Aamdtant
We do not believe that the
High Court would find juetifi
able ground on which to fiti
relief to the plaintitti aad mllli- •
tr o vital segment of an act of
nmple justice Ollie may have
te barbecue hs own aeeat and
oat it too.
—THE CHICAGO PAP-?
DDTKOCL