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RALEIOH, If. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19. IH4
- Editorial Viewpoint
~ WORDS OF WORSHIP
Th* Bible narrative three a vivid account of
Jesus' visit to hit hometown, Naaareth. Instead of
rtealving the homecoming of “the hometown her
who make# good,” the friends end neighbor* tew
fit to doubt hi* power*. They bed hoard many
time* the newt or hit many mireolet; but, when
they were tetembltd In the Ttmple to hear him
National Newspaper Week Truths
Thi* it National Newspaper Week; and a*
mong its purposes is the privilege of paying tri
bute to the boy and girl carrier-salesmen. The
"newspaper boy" performs a constructive
function; and he is a link in the chain of newt
paper services provided each community like
Raleigh.
The young carrier* ere, In feet beginning
business men who gain invaluable experience
and insight into the workings of the financial
economy under what we have chosen to call
“the free enterprise system."
j From the carrier’s experience he learns the
BBjuc of thrift and hard work. Besides being a
small business man. he is at the same time a
risk-taker in the collection of his money. Many
‘More Jobs Than Skills’
There are more jobs than men who have the
skills to fill them! We already knew this, but
Ralph McOill in his column of October 4, 19-
64. described the situation most vividly.
In the metal working trade weekly. Sts#/,
there appeared some statistics:
“Since 1954. the proportion of ekilled work
ers in thi U. 8. steel induetry has increased IS
per cent The proportion of unskilled workers
has dropped 20 per cent.**
Mr. McOill called attention to tome impor
tant questions:
1. In the next five years, many Industrial
skills will be new—hardly known today. How
•a <*ll w. mwf tW* nrrvhlem ?
2. What will become of the blooming mill
operator as the steal industry, for example,
turns to continuous casting?
3. What will‘become of the template-makers
In the automotive die shop as diemaking is au
tomated?
4. What will become of the drill press ope
rator when industry turns to electrochemical
Cheat - We Are Alarmed
'To prevent cheating at th* University of
Miami, Fls., proctors watch over the scholars
during examinations. It must be a good tiling.
Th# campus weekly newspaper In a recent
article reported, after a poll of 200 students,
that 43 per cent raid they would cheat If they
had the chance.
Nearly 9 out of 10 students said they would
n't turn In a friend for chesting, the poll In
dicated. The minority report for telling on ell
cheaters Is just 13 per cent.
To find out about the University's so-called
Honor Code. Th# Hurricane conducted this
pilot survey. Forty per cent favors the code;
S 3 percent don’t, snd 7 per cent don't know.
Sample replies Included: (1) “It doesn't
turn me on ": (2) “I’m sure It doesnt work
snd (3) "We should have sn honor system, not
just words."
This lest remark led Dean of Students Noble
Hendrix to say: ‘We are not living under sn
honor system.” He stated that proctor* for ex
ams lx ■ university policy. And Dean Hendrix
added that he believes the overwhelming ma
jority of th* students are honest.
It Is admirable that the dean believe* In the
"honesty of the majority", and why shouldn’t
he until given concrete proof to the contrary.
Tt should be brought to the reader's atten
tion that, in the last minutes of the 88th Con
gress the National Defense Education Aet was
extended for another three years-
The p astir of this bill will prove financially
bsnsAeial in assisting college and university
students in their quest for an education
throughout the nation.
North Carolina shares ht th* appropriation
under Titles 11. HI and V for each of the fiscal
years of 1965-1968. The grand total of this fed
eral appropriation amounts to some $27.6 mil
lion.
Let us remind you that TW* II Is most Im
portant from a financial viewpoint, as well as
in its social benefits. From ths federal govern
ment appropriation* loans are made to college
students to finance thrir education under
graduate and graduate. For every dollar ths
individual college can raise, the federal gov
gsxmcnt sHU match it with nine dollars.
Title 111 provides financial assistance in th#
Let's Drop The Witch Hunts
H would appear that everybody is trying to
get la the act Fm much
itiding tool-iivtn mo ngnt-wmgcri
have tr»tM to uil Witch hunts and hate pro-
factors for financial and
P t?Si past* most itfhwing pphram
rarapsot with little or no
NEGRO
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An Educational Boon
mad tbs Holy Bertptures. tbay warn dateratnad
not 4o be fooled; ha might dace Isa the world, but
not the people of Nasareth they warn ho tools.
So of that hem*town visit, ths gospel writers aet
down ana of the moat trade aentenoe* in litera
ture. “Ha eould da there no mighty works, harness
#f their aabeßef”
time* ha loaea money with aonte customers. No
business can succeed, however, without taking
a risk.
As a matter of fact, life is • risk which we
must taka during our abort stay on earth. Any
minute, we are liable to be knocked down by
an automobile, drowned while swimming,
burned to death while sleeping in our beds at
night, injured in a fall from a stepladder while
hanging curtains, and so on.
Carrying newspapers stimulates ambition,
perfects the art of dealing with people, keeps
one alert lest his books go “in the red”, snd
provides a neat income for the boy or girl who
works hard and gives good service
We salute the newspaper boy during thi*
weak!
machining, laaart, and seoras of additional new
methods for making holes?
S. What will happen to th* tans of thous
ands of other workers whose skills ar* obso
leted by a rapidly advancing technology?
And we want to add, what will become of
the thouaand*-*yea hundred* of thousands of
Negro unskilled workers—who are residing
around the nation? Their future is frightening
and dim. if you please.
No city, town, or village, says Editor Mc-
Oill, it too small to face reality, to survey, to
plan, and to serve its people in the transition
now underway.
In this regard there are two things that wor
ry us: (1) Most cities are negligent when it
coma to planning: snd (2) Unskilled Negroes,
themselves, need self-motivation, as well as as
sistance from others. In this connection, we
seem to “run into a dead end."
What it our next step? Postpone these ques
tions if ere will, but tome day we will have to
act!
In most any institution of higher learning,
you'll find students who will cheat on the tests
and examinations. This is a general fault of
most human nature. Think of the people who
are imprisoned for stealing material goods snd
money. What about our need for putting lock*
upon everything we own? Observe the hun
dreds of workers who loaf on the job with out
giving their employers a full, honest day’s
work. Keep In mind the people who are caught
in the aet of shoplifting.
It is a joke on many campuses to refer to
"riding a pony." When “the pony throws the
student." it means that the teacher caught him
in the act of copying from a book or concealed
written note*.
We should be alarmed to know that many
of our young people are prone to “cheating” in
an attempt to make good grades. Although it
isn’t required, every college student has the un
requited responsibility of disciplining his brain
so that he may become a student who seeks
the truth that makes men free.
It would appear then that the only way to
stop the practice of cheating on examinations
would be to deal with offenders without mercy.
The poHcy of honesty must be maintained at
all costa.
form of grants to state schools, collages, and
universities and loans to non-public schools
for the acpulsltion of equipment for sciences,
mathematics, modem foreign languages and
other critical subjects.
Title V is granted to assist guidance, testing,
identification and encouragement of able and
qualified students. North Carolina will receive
a “tidy mm."
The credit for tha continuant* of this Act
should go to San. Wayne Morse, who headed
th* Senate subcommittee handling this and
other educational legislation during the ses
sion. Moat of an. Morse deserves credit for
—teg that the bin was not lost in the adjourn
ment rash.
Many students can expect just so much fin
ancial help from home. Considering the in
creasing demand for education, we think moat
North Carolinians and U. S. dtitana win thank
their legislators for supporting this bill.
counter the activities of the John Birch Society
and its various affiliations.
This would appear to be th* proper ap
proach since an alerted and informed public
may trod to srithhold monetary subscription*:
the real “life line" of the caterers in hate and
propaganda for pay.
W* ere hopeful that tha federal government
will demand that theae organirations give an
accounting of the monies collected from the
public.
Jnat For Fan
•T NAIOII 1 SOtJLWABS
COM) WEATHER
Tar the last three ar four day*.
It has bara considerably cold in
Tsllshastea. In fact I ran to the
closet tad removed the stored
blanket However, I not* that
there ere signs of wanning up
today (October •), and 1 expect
K will ba at hot as in July next
week.
But I am not complaining:
for give me the “good old” H«ri
ds weather anytime in place of
that in tha Middle West, Mew
York, and in tha Maw England
KltM.
PROUD PAPA: Relieve it or
not! In Saint Louis, Mo., there
hangs a sign which telephone
installer William R. Tamer, 40.
put tv- Th* sign says that ha is
th* proudest papa in town and
I believe him too.
farmer erected a sign with
flashing lights in hi* driveway
in order to inform the world of
the birth of his second son. And
to make sure everyone gets the
massage, ha raised an “It's a
boy” banner to th* top of his
ONLY IN AMERICA
BY HARRY GOLDEN
NATIONAL WORLD POETRY
DAY
On October 15. we salute Na
tional World PoeU7 Day. Just
how we aajuto It. I shell have
to leave to the imagination of
tha poets.
National Poetry Day has been
with us since 1938. But aside
from exercising th* penmanship
of a great many elected public
servants who are usually in a
quandry as to whom to send
thrir official greetings, I doubt
If th* Day has put a penny in
the pocket of any poet.
If Congress felt kindly to
ward post*, it might make Na
tional Poetry Day a yearly mo
ratorium In which all debts s
galnst ports are forgiven, pro
viding the forgiven poet then
gets himself Into a useful busi
ness. say, like selling roofing
materials or judging Baby Der
bies In lower California.
It I* true In America that
some poets have made some
money, or at least they have
acted like men with mortgage
s«*s, iuriiiv**- * ■» >
Carl Sandburg did well enough;
not as well, of course, us if they
had gotten Into the marine en
gineering dodge when the get
ting wa* good, but well enough
to support their families and
educate their children.
But there ts « triek here You
have to live very long and h-rve
a secondary profession In ordlr
Any American who can make
Letters To The
Editor
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
To Th* Editor.
We her* In America are fast
approaching another milestone
In our lives where we are to
make • decisive decision tor the
man we think best qualified to
act as our leader for the nest
four years. There arc some who
have already made this decision
and know which presidential
candidate to endorse. Since we
must make a choice, then the
choice muet be * good one. No
doubt meet of you have heard
addresses by both candidates on
TV, radio and through other
newt media. The type of plat-'
form each candidate base* hi*
campaign on la very vital to all
of us here in America. Senator
Goldwater ts basing his cam
paign on ex tram lam and corner
vattsm. On the other hand.
Preaidant Lyndon B. Johnson it
a liberal snd la basing his plat
form on liberalism. I can't think
of any people that would b*
more affected by th* outcome of
this slaetlon than Negroes.
Therefore, the decision we
make has get to be the right
on*. If th# wrong man la voted
Into th* Whit# House November
3, it eould have a most devastat
ing effect on th# life of every
Negro men. woman and child
in this country. Our cause en
tails th# right to help the Civil
Right* Law a living reality, and
to help America grow to its full
est potential. There ar* those
who would a*ek to take all of
thsee advanages from us. W*
cannot allow this to happen, w*
owe it to ourselves, to our chil
dren. and our country to cn
dorte the only man qualified to
otter us these things.
President Johnson has demon
strated by the things that he
has already done that he is a
• man for all of the people. His
record apeaks for Itself
Yours truly,
Wilbert M Sanders
Raleigh. N C.
To The Editor
W* regret very much reading
In your paper about someone
seemingly haring a grudge a
gainst your great newspaper
and trying to molest you.
I read your editorials each
week and know you are a great
editorial writer. I would sug
gest you contact Southern Bur
glar Alarm Co . 360 Peters St.
8. W . Atlanta. Oa. and hare
them put you In a burglar a
larm system which I hare been
using for over 30 years I am
sure they have ar. office In
your city. The cost it small.
The usual charge in Atlanta
to Install the system It *125 00,
and thereafter MOO monthly
tor ssi iUs charge*.
Keep up the good work. Raw.
C. W. Ward of First Baptist
Church ts a friend of mine Ha
and 1 visited the Holy Land In
1865
Your* truly.
J. E. JORDAN
Dr Beaut* Chaannal Co.
Atlanta. Oa.
15-foot flagpsla. (CM bard,
proud P#P*!) .
BOMB BOY: Think of it! A
four-year-old boy recently won
a hog-calling contest
Adults with lungs of loxthsr
took turns bellowing at a small
herd of disdainful twin# at the
Los Angeles County Phil's bog
calling championship.
"Whoo, pi gar yelled on*,
"sooo-ey, *oo-ay” hollared an
other.
Not a pig movsd.
Then stood up a slim. Mood
boy named Johnny.
•Pig* r he cried, in s riser
young voles. *Piggy, piggy?”
Then half s dozen Mg porkers
lunged across th* pig pavllUon
in answer to the call, oinking
happily- Th* crowd applauded.
That was how 4-ysar-old
Johnny Mangrith, of Pomona,
won the 1964 hog-calling trophy
recently.
Runner-up wa* th* 1966 cham
pion, Sarah E. Shaffstall of Cu
camonga. She is 88,
it to s vigorous 78 can oount
on being called “th* eminent
writer and poet.” Book buyers
only buy the works of “eml
-1 nent” writers. A newcomer's
| poems would never do for Aunt
Minnie's Christmas gift; it
would look as though you
i plucked th* book from the
i shelves of a remaindering book
i shop. And the works of a new
poet would never do for lnslus
i ton In "American Literature
I Today. So If he live# long
enough the academies will come
around and Instruct their stu
dents to read him snd if not
Instruction and Joy to the sop
homores, he at least gets his
royalties.
No one who is going to die st
48 ought to take up poetry un
less like the proverbial horse
player he wants to meet his
Maker broke.
Os course, the American poet
has freedom, unlike his Rus
sian counterpart. We read
where Russian poets bring up
on themselves thunderous de
nunciations by the Soviet Fres-
Miiiw rhprA Mm
self takes poets to task for their
“mirinterpretetlons.” The rea
son the American poet has his
freedom, however, is because
no one bothers to read him. If
they did. he might be in as
much hot water os any Rus
sian. The dally newspaper, for
instance, will devote on the
minimum a page and some
times a page and a half to the
television offerings. It devotes
on Irregular occasions an inch
or two to a poem and then
usually throws the -poem in
whatever area the editor needs
a filler.
I have even known subversive
poets who confided they wish
ed they could attract the kind
of audience the Russian poet
attracts. There is something
much more romantic about be
ing shot in a cellar than by
being strangled by neglect, and
made arid by Indifference.
The only money to be mad*
by poets Is celebrating Mother's
Day. Christmas and Birthdays
for the Greeting Card compan
ies and rhyming Jingles aimed
at a mindless consumer by fan
cy advertising agencies.
Being a poet must resemble
being an ex-alcoholic. The only
people who go to AA meetings
ar* those who want to remind
, themselves of the humiliation
drink brought them and the
only ones who go to poetry
readings are those who have
been similarly humiliated by a
devotion they cannot east off.
Other
Editors Saw
SNYDER. THE BCBBSB
STAMP OP GOLDWATER
Intelligent voters, in weigh
ing the issues e I th* current
Presidential campaign, should
not for one moment lose sight
of ths local Third District Con
gressional Race. Linked by
party as well as by conviction
and eonservatism are presi
dential nominee Barry Oold
watsr and Con*T«Mional In
cumbent Eugene Snyder. In
truth, in many instonocs. Sny
der out Goldwater* Goldwater
himself. Tits latest outburst of
antl-lntegnatianiat* Snyder Is a
bold attempt to have the In
ternal Revenue cancel the tax
exempt status of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. This,
of oours* would pieese Con
gressman Snyder to no end. be
eaueo If anything has been a
thorn In his aegiegettomst
aidc. tt has boon th* NAACP.
Snyder's conclusion Is that
the following NAACP conven
tion resolution of June of this
year, is poUUool activity:
“We eaO upon the delegates
tx the Republican National
Convention to repudiate th*
portion taken by Senator
Ooidwater. to deny him the
party's Presidential nomina
tion.”
Snyder makes further claims
on' statements mads by Execu
tive Director Roy Wilkins, and
the New York State NAACP
Conference. This effort links
Snyder directly with the Ala
bamians of BuQ Connors type
who outlawed th* NAACP In
- their state until the Supreme
Court overturned tbs state
court* deeteton. It doss not
: ssisrassisrijriss
arU Righto. Hi* entire voting
record as a Ouuarttsxisn. as
wen ss Ms iterances have
been identical with Ms fallow
arch segregationists of the
B ‘our n ns i ttt hntjk^ MM
•raTwhite'of soring ax* Bans
THIS MEANS YOU!
' 7v;V;;
ALTAR CALL
BY BMORY Q. DAVIS, DJ>. (For Negro From International)
WHEN JFK SFOKB
Th# late, revered resident John Fitzgerald Ken
nedy gave an addreaa Sept. 1, 1987, when be was
Junior Senator from Massachusetts, before the
Columbian Fathers seminary In Milton, Mate.
The text of that address was Just osad* public
be ReMrtnu* News Hondo*. Ft—dent Kennedy
would not permit the release of the address when
It wee delivered because he was addtearing a re
ligious body and the message involved no political
statements.
Reading that address, tt was easy to dtoeoveE
the spiritual depth of this Senator who became
a President—a martyr. His insight Into the mean
ing of life and man’s rttottonehlp to Ood Is as
unique as many other facets of his life for which
he will long be honored and remembered. There
was no other choice but to share some of his
thinking with the readers of this column.
Basing his message on bis understanding of
Cardinal Newman’s “stern encounter”—two liv
ing principles, one within and one without relig
ion. in total contention JKP call ad attetion to
man’s greatest struggle.
“We forget that the ixmsnocs of tha struggle
ts not me terial, but spiritual and ethical,” ht said
as he spoke of bow this nation prints with pride
to the “great outpouring of our factories,” and
its stockpiles of stargetic materials and nuclear
“We forget that the essence of th* struggle
“and the central problem here Is to be equal to
the sacrifices necessary for ultimate survival and
victory."
To man’s drive to put faith In “things” he said,
“we tend to forget the moral and spiritual issues
which inhere in the fateful encounter of which
the physical war Is but one manifestation.'’
Referring frequently In his message to the
competition between th* Communists and the
United Btat*s in producing Implements and ma
terials of war. he advised, “we tend to forget those
ideals of faith and philosophical needs which
drive men mors Intensely than miUUry and seo
NEWS AND VIEWS
IU&BARREN
(This week we use a part of the address deliver
ed by President Kelly M. Alexander, Sr., to the
Slat N. C. NAACP Convention In Greensboro'
Disappearance of legal segregation In North
Carolina and the South Is the increasing vulner
ability of the Negro community to competition
from whites. The special protection that some Ne
groes gained from the existence of the “dual mar
ket" will be lost.
This means that all Negroes will Increasingly be
forced to meet the standards of the white com
munity If they are to succeed in getting Jobs,
holding them and advancing.
Let us face the facts. There are wide dispar
ities at present between the average and X repeat
average competence of Negroes end that of whites
measured in terms of conventional criteria related
to social and economic advancement. In th* years
ahead, while Negroes will undoubtedly improve
themselves, they must realise the simultaneous
improvement of the white population. W* must
understand that there is a real danger that the
gap between the two. in terms of averages, may
remain as wide as at present or may taorease.
Let us not forget that the gap bstwaan the fen
erations among Negroes is likely to place addi
tional stress and strain on the already weak com
munity structure. There is a necessity for leader
ship who understand these facts, who realize that
what happens to the Negro in the future will
largely depend on what be is aMe to do for him
self. The question each of you should ask. Am I
willing, ready and able to accept th* challenge
these trends reflect?
We most expand our nwaa membership base
and our young people must iiwlNStanrt this be
cause most of them will become as they reach
maturity, middle-class professional people. The
mass of colored people to North Carotin*, because
of prejudice and discrimination, are aet and will
not toon become midfße-daaa. tt Is my opinion
that our rale to to meet tbeprobtom* and effect
changes which are helpful to mi—* of our peo
ple. This to what we have endeavored to da to
North Carolina and will continue to do so. Wa
CUaueaamaa Onyriar tor whxt
he really to wtosn it cox— to
Civil Righto. AH too often.
gioes osar ttaaaa tirade# and
write them off as that of a
warped mind. But to this cru
cial election, both bare at home
in the Third District as well as
the nation, tt to UupataUvt
that men and —men of good
wm and good aonarienea stand
united together against all of
thaw who seek public office on
the platform at “white aupre-
These political accidents a
tone has* tomtoe raotriMt-
nomle objective*.”
He interpreted the “stem encounter” ae having
a “far deeper significance—the very nearly sil
ent struggle . . . with weapons far more subtle
and far more damaging than cannon* and shells."
To him in the "stern encounter* religion is not
simply a weapon—“it is the essence of the strug
*TV> ht*» in ♦>*» “(item wwomtor* 1 mlicHnn i* nnt
fear the phraseology of religion, or the ceremon
ies and churches and denominational organise
tlons.” These the Communists use to their own
advantage to gain greater obedienee on the part
of their people. “What they do fear,” he added,
"is the profound eonssquenoes of a religion that
la lived.”
If the Oommunlste “have substituted dialentlcr.l
materialism for faith in God,’ he said', “we, on
our part, have too often substituted cynicism, in
difference and aeculartun.” '
To the late Preeldent “the purpoee of life is the
future and not the present." To him “religion it
self at the root of the struggle." His oonclusion
“if our nation will recognize the spiritual and
moral element of 'the stern encounter* ... we
shall find our way easier, our suooese more cer
tain in this world and our future assured in the
next," sounds like the words of the Old Testa
met prophets.
If we have agreed in these months since that
day in November, 1063, that we have tost a great
political leader, a great human rights leader, a
great promoter of the arts, then, after havlnz
heard such profound religious pronouncements,
we will have to agree now that wo have lost a
great religious leader.
Many thousands of varied races and dans have
knelt at the “altar”—his burial ground—in silent,
reverent respect to hi* memory. How many of u*
are ready to kneel at the “ALTAH OF OVER
COMING FAITH” where the encounter between
living principle* within and without religion baa
ended in our complete allegiance to toe princi
ples of the “O O O D" in tha atroggla bstween
GOOD and evil
mud utilise more flexibility, understanding and
resolution. Our young people certainly can be of
great value in the projection of our program.
W* have reached a point in our development
that tha believer* In social inequality and segre
gation are on the defensive, a defensive so weak,
and shamelees. and desperate as to be trans
parent to aQ who can see, read and her.
We are now faced with the challenge of toe im
plementation of “The Civil Rights Act of 1064”
aQ over the state This law does not mean we have
no work to do. It ia not a perfect law but it is the
beet Civil Right* BUI passed by any Oongree* in
our history. The late John F. Kennedy. President
of the United States wanted this Important bill
to pees congress and thank Ood it did. I aim
thank Ood. that Preaidant Lyndon B. Johnson
had the eourage to oontlnue tha campaign for civil
rights legislation to pass the congress. The Repub
lican Party can say anything it wants to about the
Resident; be fought for civil rights and Mr. Gold
water voted against civil rights. I don’t think we
need a crystal ball at this convention to determine
who the Negroes In North Oarollrm will support for
Resident and Vice President of the United States
on November S, 1064. X dent want you to forget
that every North Carolina Congressman voted a
gainst tha CtvU Rights Bin.
I am against Mr. Qoldwater because toe Sen
ator not only voted against limiting debate on the
Civil Rights BUI but. and I repeat, he cooperated
with Southern segregationists in voting against
the measure itself. Mr. Odd water also believe
that Issues involving equality and justtm for Ne
groes should be left to the states, such as Mun
isslppi where Med gar Even was shot in the bee’-
and three civil rights workers were found mur
dered. Mr. OoMwater Is being supported fay ndl
itnt segregationists, the Klu Klux Klan. the So
ciety for the Preservation of White People. Th-
John Birch Society and numerous otheea.
I urge yen to go back to your communities and
get cut the largest Negro vote In toe history of
this state and elect a President who is on the side
of civil rights.
Has. And to this enlightened
day. whan program to being
made aO ewer the nation, snd
more en— tolly to tha deep at
tenth, w—*—s rj and least of
aIL Louisville, can in-afford a
Obncreasional Representative
Snfdtft About
men to *fOee whose hands and
mining true-to-form In his
lataot attack on HAACP. But
we cannot ehrug bold attempt
off easily Rather, tot It eenre
to rent inti at that the politi
cian that we need to retire to
the scrap heap of oMteion is
CongreoHnan Eugene Bnydrr.
becaoef if we da not, he will
continue to aid and abet thotc
and right, who would deny A
mcrtca’e minority groups o.
color full opportunity for
growth and aenrtoe to our na
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