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Editorial Viewpoint
Many of the Bible characters could here be
come st rone leaders U they had the conviction
and convincing resolution to move ahead with a
program. John the Baptist was such a man. He
could denounce, but he could not construct. He
drew crowds who were wflhnc to repent at Ms
command, but hs had no program for them after
their repentance. The people waited for him to
The Nobel Prize Winner King
The racial problems in this country and the
world can be viewed from a new tight since
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., the acclaimed A
merican leader of the doctrine on non-violence,
has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prise. Thus
we see that it is not the color of a man's skin
that counts, but rather what has he accom
plished in the name of peace and goodwill.
It may amuse most of us. and yet we ought
to expect it, that southern race “rabble-rousers”
will contend that the award is “a joke.” We ex
pect them to deride the selection of King as a
peacemaker, since his demonstrations some
rimes exploded into violence because of med
dling by white antagonizers. They will also
deride the idea because of the dynamic leader
ship of King against segregation.
Martin Luther King, Jr., distinguished him
self as i prophet and seer of non-violence. The
"Fisher of Men" is the Negro s idea of a mil
itant leader. When he sneaks, as he often does,
the audience's attitude is one of heavenly rev
erence. They feel that here is a man who is
willing to stoop down and raise them above
the handicap of color. They feel that here it a
min who, if need be. will go to jail for them.
King, as we have seen, is a man of action.
Hail To FAMU’s Robert Hayes
In the Held of national and world sports
competition, the Negro has been "twice bless
ed.” Just recently in the Olympic Games. Rob
ert Hayes came through as a great champion
and won the 100-meter race to earn the Gold
A'.Viukl. I» it -ity wiHitln iiinl li* Hhs been high
ly touted aa ‘’the world's fastest human" when
billed to play in football games.
The people of Jackaonville. Florida, should
be proud of Hayes, a Florida AtoM University
student from “Jag's". The U. S. Certainly can
be proud of this Jackaonville youth, who came
to FA MU on a football scholarship, and whose
extraordinary gift of speed was discovered on
the football field.
The persona, who perhaps had more to do
with the young man's training and success,
was Coach Jake Gaither and his assistant. Pete
College Administrators Needed
Since more youths are entering our colleges
and universities. there ia increased demand for
20 new college and university presidents. 300
vice presidents and hundreds of new deans and
oTTSer administrators annually.
_ : To meet this need, a national roster of
pnimiring prospects will be maintained by the
'American Council on Education to serve as
internes with heads of colleges before they are
chosen for die top jobs.
This is certainly an idea that needs further
/Sniper” Shooting Must Be Stopped
Recently a Negro was shot from a moving
automobile as he walked along the highway
between Lillington and Angier N. C. This oc
curence alarms us very much, because unless
this type of behavior is checked it won’t be
safe for any of us to walk on our highways and
•fleets.
—Next, perhaps it won’t be safe to ride in our
own automobiles either. You will recall the
happening in Georgia not so long ago when a
Negro reserve army officer eras fatally shot by
a passing car with three white men as he and
two other companions were traveling by ear
enroute home to Washington. D. C. Some su
spects have been arrested, but so ter nothing
has been done to try them in the courts.
Prrsendy, the number of cases of this kind
of thing hi very small; but. if we continued to
let individuals get away with this type of be
aavior. hardly any of us will be abaoultely safe
from death at the hand of a passing auto rifle
man.
Human beings are often "erring” humans,
since they will try to get away with moat any-
Children And Sunday School
PRO: Should you require your child to go
to Sunday School? Many fed that every par
ent has a real responsibility in seeing to it that
his children be a part es the chruch by requir
ing them to attend the Church School.
If each parent feds It his duty to have hte
child vtelt the dcntlgt twice a year, gets the
rica/ andeaatioatil aeeOkT ebouUMntewter
•ee the mad tor masting and —*teyn»»g the
questing mind and rrßghwM spirit This need
can beat ha met tkmofl reßgtoua education in
the church achooL
"We are emura that finally, each peraoa must
make tha choke of what Me rriattontirip to
Ood will ha; hot freedom dose net justify ne
glect or iadMtoißaee by the parent!,
No parent would think of ghrhg Me child
Mil that the ehßd had adequate driving lea
conk, that the child was mature enough to cope
with emergendee and had demonstrated re
sponsibility and maturity in other ways. In
this regard, Bbnce Culpepper, director of
Youth Wqrk in Christ Methodist Church in
important them that vreeee that the child gets
the best in spiritual interaction and environ
ment as we anticipate the time when another
keijj-thc fa-cedom to choose—rjpy be piacyd
WORDS OF WORSHIP
organics them tor asms kind of cffreUrs —met
and ha was no —• Hence. Ms Followers
drifted away and tala powinf gradually sal
lapsed. The asms thing might nave happened to
Jesus. He started wttk much lass reputation than
John and a much sandier group of only twelve.
But Jesus had confldnaae In himself and Ma mis
sion—indeed he soaaaadßdf
and his words and action art one and the same
thing. He can make a speech in a church and
at once lead a congregation out in the streets
to march and demonstrate non-violmtly in the
interest of freedom and justice.
Regardless of what southerners ?*y, the dis
tinguished body of Swedish judges who made
the choice have a totally different persneetive.
They see what it happening m the U. 8. as
simply part of the worldwide revol shoo where
by the colored people who make up three
fourths of the population of the globe are seek
ing and achieving the diginity and status of
free men.
The award, we think, symbolizes the day
when every man in this country. North and
South, will accept dvil rights as a problem
which must be solved.
It is interesting for us to keep in mind that
three of the last eleven Nobel Peace Prizes
have gone to Negroes Dr. Ralph Bunchr in
1950. Albert Lutheli of South Africa in 1900.
and now Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. in 1904.
We hope that thia award to King will reveal
to the hard-core "whitesupranactots" that their
ideas are far out of step with the world opinion.
Griffin, who doubled for many years aa track
coach. Griffin trained Hayes along much of
the way.
Also. Hayes had that needed factor we call
"discipline.” At the Olympics, the boy was un
der much anxiety—for hr had an abundance
of publicity as “the man you got to watch in
the 100-meters." Hayes boosters knew he hod
to come through in the finals. He did*
We are confident that in some way Jackson
ville and Tallahassee. Fla., will plan some k<nd
of public tribute. Through his speed, he pub
licized Florida all over the world Then the
Negro population of these United Ststes
should arrange some kind of public tribute for
Hayes.
We hail “the speed king" who has snread
racial good will throughout the world*
development, since most of our college admin
istrators are not trained academically in ad
ministration in their respective fields. Most of
them who hold positions at present “learned
the positions through experience." Exoerience
may be a dear teacher, but there is often too
much trial and error.
College and university administrative po
sitions are wide open; may we suggest that
those prefering these positions should take 1
formal training and internships.
thing. When we read the newspaper stories of
suspected attempts by youths to assissinate
President Johnson, it seems that all of the so
called “Oswalds” are not dead. We also won
der what factors tend to make “the notoriety
of assassinations" popular and "faddish "
Certainly one who attempts “to assassinate"
our President is aware of the strong possibility
of being caught in the act. It seems, therefore
that this type of offender doesn’t mind sacri
ficing his own Hfe to see his name spread a
cross the newspaper headlines. And we are also
aware that such individuals are often mentally
sick; if not then they are out for "kicks."
Our law enforcement officers reported that
Oeorgc Elliott of Angier. was shot while walk
ing the highway and injured by a bullet fired
from a passing car. The bullet passed through
flesh on the man's left thigh.
Every cHlsen must do his part In helping to
apprehend those persons who shoot at other
people from their automobiles If you don't
assume your responsibility in this matter, the
next time it may be you!
CON: A Sf. Petersburg Timm (Fla.) report
er, Joan A. Brook, takes the negative tide on
this issue. She repoMa that she was routed out
of bed early to go to Sunday School. Her par
ents helped her get dressed, guided her across
the street but never could she remember her
parent! going along with her -they stayed at
home.
This has been the fault of too many parents
—Maying at home themselves, but forcing their
children to attend Sunday School. Os all
things, the parental requirement of attending
Sunday School becomes ineffectual because of
the lack of example.
Oftimea, the forcing of parents to attend
church school when' they were young drove
them away from the church school when they
became adults. Yet these same parents force
their own children to attend church school
Does this make good sense? Is this not hypo
ertey?
Going to Sunday School because one is re
quired to do so is not conducive to developing,
the practice of regular church attendance. Too
much required church attendance often turns
one away from the church. Think of it church
leaden want youth to come to Sunday School
and the mnraing worship, evening worship and
. youth meetings too. Thus one becomes saturat
ed with reSgtous warnings
THE DECISION; Wc have present the ar
guments on both sides, but will oe left with
Insf For Fan
«> Msca to UOt!ltv ABB
uon UM BUR
“Bain. rain, ps away, far we
waat ta play Wall, tor tbs past
three days it has barn rsinio(
fast km bans sashed to toy
Utils toe, say sacks wars ring
ing wet. and my islsisnst got
vary wrinkly. At last the sun
m. andaoTl gtaA* <oeto ** r
ws thought tt srfsutd bs follow
ed by “■ cold anapr. as ww Ssath
Car oilmans would any. Old nan
weather tooled us this time lor
"fOOB. RICH MAM: The na>-
But I road that in Southern Bag
land, recently a man by the
name of Stanley Bird la both
too rich sad too poor. Can you
imagine that?
The local council turned down
an application by Bird. K a bus
driver, for a mortgage on a new
house on the ground that his $32
per week salary would not car
ry the payments, it refused to
take into consideration that he
ONLY IN AMERICA
BY HARRY GOLDEN
GOUDWATtB AND THE
SOUTH
Samuel Lube!) has issued, a
survey after spending several
months in Texas. Virginia, Flo
rida, North and South Caroline.
Lyndon Johnson is leading, ac
cording to Lu bell's statistics,
only in Texas. Tbs Southerners
fssl Johnson has betraysd them.
They Hid he pushed too hard
for the Civil Rights Law. A
steelworker told Lubell. “I'm a
Democrat but right now I'd veto
for Goldwatcr. I don't want my
kids going to the same swim
ming pools as coloreds." I have
faith in Lu ball's work I have
heard that same statement a
few hundred times m recent
weeks.
I, 1.l «. • ««<- •* V.W..
over s hail million people in my
state of North Carolina who did
not havs electricity in their
houses. It finally took the fed
eral government's RKA to light
those homes TO ye/rs after Edi
son'S invention. Well over a mil:
Uon Tar Heels live on Social
Security today and the number
who live by virtue of the Soil
Bank Program and the farm
subsidies is ever larger.
I mention North Carolina be
cause it is the mest progressive
slate in the South. The rest of
the South depends even more on
the federal government. But
Barry Ooldwater does not like
any of this. He has suggested
soiling TV A. turning Social Se
curity over to private insurance
firms, and farm subsidies is only
for loafers.
I admit that thare are many
Southerners who would sacri
fice TV A. Social Security, mini
, mum wage, old-age pensions.
Letters Te The Editor
Bo* 782
E Hampton, N Y.
To The Editor:
I have been trying to find for
some time, the appropriate
words to express to you my moat
whole-hearted disapproval of
the way you published or print
ed tha whole atoi concerning
my father’s death, first, it was
one hell o! away to boost your
circulation. And I hope it marie
your cash register ring sweet.
I'm sure you must have had
that in mind when you chose it
to be your headline story. Facts
may be facta, but have you any
proof that my father's death was
not by accident? After all. he
certainly left no notes nor did
he make out other preparations
which la the action of people
who are planning such action.'
I don't understand why in the
he*i you would call my step
mother, and offer your false sym
pathy. request a photo and a
program of the funeral and then
make sensational headlines a
bout something of which you
had no raal knowledge. If you
hod come to us. either Mrs. Roy -
ster or to my step-brother Jr
myself like a gentleman I'm sure
we wouM have given you the
correct story. But you sneaked
around to my fhther s associates
to inquire If my father did hdve
financial difficulties it was be
cause he had spent a greater
part of his life serving a com
munity where there is much ill
ness and death and little money.
1 challenge you to find one
person who ever sought hi* ser
vice that he or she was served
with ar without money. Yet, l
noticed you never said one good
thing about that or do you enjoy
making other people unhappy*
If Mr. H. C Will* gave you de
tails as your story said. I'm sure
he didn't expect you to make a
kaosUlna. Does it not strike you
odd that aU majojr or leading
papers in the vicinity just print
ed the usual story and had you
taken the trouble to attend the
service* you might have had a
different idea about my father
and family in general. After ail.
hit pastor said a lot of good
things about us I told him to
say whatever he felt right to
say when I gave him the detail'
as accurately as 1 could. You
know, once a white fmnd of
mine told me the Negro press
was mostly a distorter of facta.
JuM plain propoganda that sew
only on* side of everything and
printed just what they wanted
to shine At the time I became
very angry and disturb'd, be
cause my own pride as p Negro
had been burl But now I don't
through merits—
Thus stymied, Bird applied to
be given s low-root house la a
the council took Ms overtime
earnings into account rids time
and ruled ho somsd too much
to qualify.
“It doesn't make sanse,’ Bird
said. 1 agree with Up asset tru
ly.
BATTLE LINE: fat (Bans
Falls. N. Y, two wesson created
a problem. It was a discovery
rale going an. and foe women
latched on to the same $lO bi
cycle and wouldn't tot go for
more than 71 hours until per
suaded to leave whan the dis
count store closed at night
' The store manager sold the
women vowed to 'nausea their
grips the next morning and they .
did.
The manager offered to settle
the dispute with a flip of the
coin, but the women refused the
idea. I wonder what will hap
pen now? Women kndw their
own minds.
and farm subsidise, so that their
kids won’t have to go to the
municipal swimming pool with
Negro kids.
And tot us grant they do. The
big question will still remain,
ran Barry deliver? I suggest to
my fellow Southerners that they
ask Barry Goldwator hew hs
intends to re-segregate the pub
lic schools, how he intends to
abolish the public aecommoda.
tions title of the Civil Eights
Act of ISO 4, how hs intends get
ting tha Negro kids out of the
municipal swimming pools.
I strongly urge my follow
Southerners to ask. “If you are
President. Mr. Gold water, will
you keep the Negroes out of the
movies and put them back in
thr hnrk of the bus’"
What answer can Barry Gold
water give to these questions?
He esn talk about leaving the
problem to the states, but there
is federal law. based on Inter
state commerce, and on tbs use
of federal money, and hocked
by Supremo Court decisions,
none of which can bs declared
null and void by a President.
When the South realizes Bar
ry Goldwater will not appre
ciably change the facte of inte
gration will bs still win votes;
will he win the vote at Lubell's
stellworkers in Greensboro, sad
his fanner in Spartanburg?
The Southerners may be will
ing to pay Goldwater’s price but
the big question—will the goods
be delivered? Unless the South
erners make sura they will get
delivery (back of tha bus. no
Negroes In parks, movies. Greek
and Chinese restaurants, ate.,
etc.) they may be buying a pig
in the poke.
know. I had always mad your
papar on my froquont visits to
North Carolina, but from now
on any such copy I receive shall
therefor* certainly enter my
waste basket. You might print
this as an editorial or a story.
Os course, you won't, that would
be too much like giving out the
real facto wouldn't it?
Slgnad.
LUTHER A ROYSTER
smrmwft NOTE: Tha above
letter was in reference to Mr.
Royster's tatter’s death by con
suming embalming fluid and
was canted on this newspaper s
front page August I, Mtet The
CAROLINIAN did check with
every available source. We never
prfnt untrue facts. Our conver
sations with Wake County Cor
• oner Marshall W. Bennett and
many others in the medical, civ
ic and educational fields In the
Wake forest area were our
sources. We never ted Mrs. Roy
ster to believe that we were at
tempting to do a "certain type"
story on ter late husband. Deal
ing only .to facto The CARO
LINIAN, as doaa every ether
newspaper, prints tha news aa
it sees it The white "tricoT re
ferred to by Mr. Royster, either
did net know the purpose of the
Negro press (aa explained te cur
credo te tote page) trhvu
too dtetntereeted to try to find
it ,
To The Editor :
In suck a rapidly changing
world aa ere are living today, tt
is meat grettfrteg te see maa
of toctetohtji
ing te repaid te toe mm wha
rpASOntd luCCtßm OP*
tin Luther King. Jr. aa tola
year's winner of the Nobel React
prise. I can t think of another
man aa dcrarvteg. etoar than our
late sad beloved President John
P Kennedy.
Dr King campaigned hard
and courageously in the cauae
of peace and goodwill among
people and aattena ssety there.
terUngtoe rights of all freedom
loving pcaplaa te wr country
and throughout the world.
So congratutetteM te Df- Kteg
and tea warid tore^etth^rtea
nation and individual apatete
individual, may ere eaattama te
have man Mte hte erlto • Mte
dedicated te sarvteg your God
and your feitow man.
WnMMt'k. BAKDOB
Raleigh. M, C.
Conscience... Where Art Thou?
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“chbmtanitt unity OB nmnoMT"
Th» newly- sppnfnted editor of The Christian
Century. national religious week*. tha Bav. Kyis
Haselden. spoke to h public relations group re
cently on tat future of the magashw. He mads
the allegation that Christianity, at toast as it to
presently pra atlas it in tha world, to a dividing
rather than an uniting fans. He anggastad that
his listeners might not agna with this assertion,
but some of as thought men deeply, later, on
what he said and found ourselves rather willing
to iffffj with hip.
Later la his speech, ha described tha atUtudas
of the people of t ' v **T towards o** chsnoh aa be
ing. “critiaal, analytical, lnspecttvc.” At this point
many of us wondered Just how much an
alysis and Inspection the Church could stand. a
long with a lot of criticism, not always oonatroc
tlre. that It gets.
l4»ere to a lot tn oa—nan in these statements
mads by Dr. HaaaMan, who to one of tha most in
formed bmi in fosrin on the Ifs of the Church
in the whole werid today. In foot- he admits that
recently ha was called “The Christian Editor of
the Century.” Mates d of tha Editor of tbs Chris
tian Century.
NEWS AND VIEWS
H J. R. BARREN
INTERRACIAL COOPERATION
ROCKY MOUNT Tha post week presented
several surprises, net the least of which whs the
—fiiawt cooperation exhibited by the Cardinal
bosebenera at 0L Louis. Mo., where a colored
pitcher—-Bob Olbeon—distinguished himself and
his race by pitching his under-dog brewery team
to a world’s series championship over the top
favorite New York Yankees in tha face of heavy
odds. This feat, again, showed that where Ne
groaa are given an unfettered chance to develop
themaalvea they can and do succeed.
Too often, we hear toe term "quattftod Ne
groes" used when colored dtlaene aeek jobs or
positions to which they bare not been previously
hind. This over-emphasis on “qualified Itegrom"
mama to imply that the whites do not need to.
neeamaiUy. be "qualified” for such jobs bat
can get them on "their free". (Too often, that te
regrettably true). The whites get on-tbe-jeb
training whan the Negro te expected to eome al
ready fully equipped when there la hardly an ave
nue open to him for previous training.
Thanks to tha anna of umrts, Nigroca have
bean patmWtod to w— pete side-by-side wffh their
white brothers when tiny showed tha appriHflm
skill to help the team wta.
White toe Western World te 'tradderlag at On
thought of Red China karitm the dasßv wsrjte
daatroytng bento and perplexed thi^r^|ter
the Ptebte < Psae!rPrißata torapttw hie gallantry
In following the eaample of Jesus the Christ and
Mahtma Ohandl hi working for Interracial Jus
tice and aquaßty without violence. Than, two Me
grawwere <ngang^hgjepna^ttpto^
This should further affiance tha eaom of Chris
tian tenthnhnad and (nation in Amcrtoa.
We tatoed. toat wash, with a white employe of
baßevS| toatttmararagn white highlateral grad
than the ever age Negro «-jrr. oatege graduate. We
toM hka gar muroeef Info was Louie L Mtt
tsrprering toe etvfl rights act es 1084 te the recent
R. C NAACto convention to Oraanehofu. MNeheß
aha stated that, eantrary to the ophdaa baM by
■may ssatownna. toe twelve odllten donate al
located to the CNR Rights Commtetion tor tm
phOMntation of the Aet would not be need—en
What Other Editors Say...
Nnwltiml STffw of
this nation kas ttwre^b— > suck
JjCte
If toe Church, viewed aa a whole being or ce
sarian, is, as Di. Kaselden alleges, doing more to
divide than to unite, then R cannot stand up un
der any sound analysis or impeotton. neither can
tt long ignore criticism.
Where are eome of the points of divtetonf One
major point of division today te over RACE. The
conservative church groups, the white church In
the South, by and largo, stress such things as
“personal conversion"—Tram* awed"—abstin
ence fraat ttquar, playing cards, etc.—which are
all very good—but they an silent on nutters es
vmbgtn^ttgto.^vkto
they are silent on the subject of Race Relations
The Church la divided In Its ecumenical wl‘-
nen, with the 1 fundfwntele organised Into a
different national group that the orthodox, and
tha RMrale oft hue another camp; and then
more divisions by raw. religious origin and theo
logical practice. And then, the division hi creeds,
dogmas, doctrines, social status. Intellectual stra
tas. and on and on and on.
If this te "the body of Christ” aa some wuuM
like to define the Church, then Christ te the most
fragmented befog in toe universe er in Heaven.
tfrely tor enforcement purposes light Brillfi
will go to help In the op-griMfing of pupils In da
pressed or retarded study anus to hsto them meat
the norm.
We like very much this quote tram BTW Prin
cipal R, D. Armstrong’s Telegram column Sunday
In which he said; “Those with little Inside often
put much on the outside.” Sadly, but truly, tide
te at least ninety per sent true, much to our re
gret. That’s why so many of us make a display
with clothes, big autos and splurging of many
kinds In a futile effort to Impress people. Wa could
save ourselves a lot of money ts we did not at
tempt to put on this fade front.
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy of Alabama via At
lanta, Os., win be the Bth amdvneaiy speaker tor
the Rocky Mount Voters and Improvement Lea
gue October 29 at tha BTW High School. A near
record crowd is anticipated tar the appearance of
the Imminent civil rights lsader who te number
two man to Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. In hte espous
al of non-violent civil rights action, for which
King just received the Nobel Peace Prise
A NAACP speaker mid last week that white
white school principals are telling their school
boards they have ran two or three tbeusanl dot
ten to the red with their lunch room programs
and asking for more money to operate en: Negro
principals are gleefully telling the boards that
"We cleared a thousand doßars” or more from
their cafeterias in an effort to ptaaae the *pow
ers-that-be.
In that connection, we are reliably informed
that in am Easton Tarheelis town the white
school cafeteria does NOT carry over from one
day to the other ANY POOD at all. because the
tnmmctor reportedly frowns upon tt However ’he
colored principal, allegedly DOES CARRY OVER
LEFT OVERS. This Is fan the same school system
(f). Doss tha Negro proxy care lew for the health
of his pupUs or Is he forced to do this?
It was good to hear score Nashville colored citi
mm say they have registered to vote for the nr-’
time hr their lives, thus becoming a full-Teg'
American ettiaen with the power of the ballot
their bends.
On the other hand. It was saddening- to hear
fount Raleigh housewife and mother say she h
nob registered and didn’t Intend to because sh
wasn’t interested in voting for either candtds r
Wc tear her number is legion. Saturdav Is th
lari day to register in most counties. Won’t vou
please register? Then vote Nov. 3rd.
manner and vfcrit at medieval
aObeae United State* toffulfiU
• nMoa which they conceived
to be sacred enough to sacrifice
and cort premia their future a
the proceea.
Education (or corrective poiit
etrtod that objective ertSi tetetU
«mee. courage and with an un
pamDaled sense a( dedication.
eaee of an uncritical America h
attested by the activitiee of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
•■d fag the number of white men
aad women of influence who
have identified themselves wit
the Negro couse.
Mississippi provided the back
*"P hr a tragic drama this
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—THE CHICAGO DAILY