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PAGE TWO THE CAROLIMA TIMES SATURDAY, JUNE 17Ui, 1950 THE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ‘'i. r.*. .oiiii!' Hfto :,aiil 111 fbfst- ooJuiiiiih I ,t i!. iii wiMiiu wljtt 5>ay iUhI triUli for- • r .>11 1:^ .-rt'ti.i.i aUli v^ront is fore\i'r on ••m tlr-'ti , but 1)i«t t!. IV fu!!; • n time in liis- ‘ ■ ; II tnit! ill:^ui oft’ tlif swifl'olil and sl.Hst.s ••hinf.' t‘>wani th throm- an»l %M>t- Ik-- ti.li wlio in 111 r lu an editorial in our is^uo i>T Ajtrii Mh, entitled; ''The South Against The World. ‘ Mi st.iti d that the pall- l>«*)»rrrs of N -'n'lrsitum have already elot,h*-d tlu'iii l\t‘s in blai k, und thi mourner- for the uld ill!., that l^ ira.siiing her last, i^o ahout the streets in dif-p and saddened thought. l^ist Wffk the I’uited Htates Supri-me (^ourt dri.vi' iiir; . ii.ure nails iu the eoftin of isefrr'-L'a- liuii V; lii II It di-i lan*d in a unaninioub deeision inii;,i. . m'1i'>^'In and pi-pregated diniuj? service to bi unlawful. Till di i iNions, l.anded down on .luni 5, were thf iiitr;! ti rrible blow dialt the youtht-rn tradi tion (if '■ L’re^'fttioii in many decades. It strikes • t ;h- r\ heart of disi-riininntion and forees fit -S..Hth to fai-e the prim n'ality that it is lii-’litinc a losiufr battle to perpetuate white snprt iiiiicy in a Avorld that is overwhehninrly nonwhite. Tht » AltOLlNA TIMES thinks there is no uiHil of alarm on the part of the South as his tory heL'ins tlic opera! ioji that will remove froni these n-gioiih its most terrible curse —- the I t jililloso]>h\ tlkut the eob'i- of one',', skin i.s the oiil\ badtre neeesksar^ lor aeefptanee into lull rit:/.in!»liip. lu Tfxub the verdiit of the Suprenie Court llil^ aireudji been aeeeptfd as a mutter ol laet and -Negroes arc being admitted to the giaduute ■■n liool. lo the dismuj' of reactionary southeniers, wiio .viul It couldn't be done, the >iegroes creat ed no si)ceial notice, the earth didn't cavc iu and the heavens didn t lall. ili ii- in .North I aroluia, in spite of thohc who Dinik lo the coutrary, there are also eiiougli st'iiiibie, Uottu-lo-earlU persous lu both laecs to i-oiilorm to the deJiiands of the .Supreme (.^ourt willioul any upleasaiitaess to either race. The .Nigroes who arc seeking admittance to the Liii- Misity of -North Carolina und those who will seek 11 are by background, experieuce and train ing capable and willing to cooperate with sen sible white iwrsous iu every way possible if given the iipportunity to ilo so. The whites will, therefore, make no deiimnds on the Negroes that eaiiiiot be met with self respei;t and the Negroes ill turn will do likwise. With malice toward none; With charity for all; With firmness in the right As God gives us to see the right, Let us strive on to finish the work we are in. —Abraham Lincoln THE BIG IDEA IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA Finm (iieeiivirie, !5outh Carolina, where Willie Earl \\as lynehed backed iu February 1947 and the Statf loUowed by acqoittiug the coufesscd iyui hei-s, eomcs, the report that decent white peo ple have goue to work to find out what ails the race rclatiou^j lu their city. Backed by the Y. W. C. A., the Southern liegiouai Couueii and ashisted by leading Negroes, they have made iiivestigatious into Negro housing, recreational facilities, health, sauitatiou and safety, law eu- forci.meut, education, transportation, industry and employuieut, population aud community ])articipation. The report says that “ministers rode buses to ubsier\Te transportation; ^ousewives studied housing j doctors examined health facilities w'hile engineers gathered facts about safety. Other as pects of living were studied by teachers, Jawyers, dentists, business men and laborers.” As a result of the study already better housing a nil slum clearance are under way for Negroes. A state park for Negroes is practically assured and a maternal care program has been started. We think the effort in Greenville is fine, as far as it goes, but the report gave no indication that the jfoor whites of the community are being included iu the study. Unless that is done aud efforts are made to improve their lot, as well as ■fhr N’egrocs', wc are afraid that the work being done in (Jreenville will be to little or no avail. In most instances lynchings and other racial con flicts are committed by poor and ignorant w hites whose living conditions are often ahout as bad as those experienced by Negroes. It is this ele ment that must be re-educated before any pro gram for the betterment of interracial relations can be an entire success. After all it was the poor white element that lynched Willie Earl, as it is usually the poor whites who are responsible for most of the of fenses against Negroes, whether they are re- ponsible for the original thought or not. The wealthy and well-to-do white people are only guilty of accessory before and after the fact, ill that they lend encouragement by refui*ing to speak out or act against them. We think the motive behind the Greenville effort is a splendid one, but we would also like to see an investigation made of the poor wliite element to ascertain just why they have such a belligerent attitude toward Negroes. There niu.st be a reason and once it is found efforts should be made to remove it so that the work now be ing done to improve conditions among Negroes will also result in improving conditions among the poor whites. FEPC: A TRUE TEST OF Current figures released by several statisti- ciaus point up anew the problem of unemploy ment in this couuti’y. Although most of all the figures releast*d agi’ee that employment is at a new high, all also indicate that the labor force has grown so much, and is continuing t« grow .so that the pitiful result is a new high iu unemployment for this country. -Most students of Economics will agree that since World War 1 this country’s economic fu ture has never been insured for more than a decade at the most—indeed, if even for that length of time. Even as early as 1938 after the program of the New Deal, which created jobs for the jobless, had been in operation, the old hoti'-y of nni'mployment threatened our national economy. However, the outbreak of ^Yorld War 11, whii-h brought with it the conscription of li large armed force by this country and step ped-up production, staved off the threat then. -Now, in 1950, the threat grows increasingly ominous. Tliere seem to be two solutions to the prob lem at this stage. If the schism between the East and the West could be dissolved very early, more markets would be opened for this coun try’s factory products, thus making for increas ed jirod net ions. Sadly enough, there is but a remote j)o.ssibility of the early settlement of the differences betAveen the East and the W’^est at DEMOCRATIC INCLINATIONS this juimture. Another solution, althougii syu- tlietic, consists iu the reactivation of the draft so that some of the labor force could be absorb ed by' the avuicd forces. Tiiis seems to be a J«ore l»robable solution than the former, s iuce we are in the process of rearming; aud our rearmament, notwithstanding the overtures sounded by sev eral public officials, will certainly not liastcn ithe dissolution of the differences between the East and the West. Looked at in any light, the unemployment situation is, needless to say, most distressing for Negroes. The -Negro, always the marginal man iu the economic structure, most generally the first to be ^elie'^ed of his job when the prunin comes, is yet without the protection of the Fair Employment Pi’actices legislation. This bit of legislation, which could become, iu part, the economic salvation for Negroes, seems hopeless ly buried under the debris of politics which lias been falling since the legislative bombshell ex ploded on Capitol Hill. In a capitalist country, where the values are guaged by accumulated wealth, the action taken by responsible public officials in regard to matters relating to the basic economic situations of ths country can be taken as a more accurate measure of the demo cratic temi)er of the nation than can actions taken on questions of educational equality and the like. Spiritual Insight By REV. HAROLD ROLAND Paitor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church ‘SLEEK CONTENTMENT” “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion." Amos 6:1. .Sleek contcu^inent is one of life's perilous pitfalls. Amos reeognizi'd this in his dramatic warning to Isreal. It is danger ous because it undermines the vital power of an indiviilual, race or nation. It cuts the nerve eeiitiT of character and itioral stamina. It is a kind of .s])iritual sleeping tablet which robs us of our powfi-s of discipline. Ease and comfort is always a daiigi'r signal to the nation. Woe awaits those who have too iiiucli ease and eoiyfort. There are dangers in too much security. Isreal had come to this danger point. We as a nation are almost at this cri tical, pivotal point in our his tory. We hear much about the evil, conspiring and under mining individuals and force». Yes, we seem to have spies, traitors and sabateurs. Some would and have bartered na tional security for personal security and profit. We can’t underestimate the vicious en- enmy from without. Yet, we don’t want to forget the cherished enemies within of our owfi creation. Amos saw it in Isreal. It is in our nation —it is sleek contentment. We have to contend with the em- emy within — the deeply ingrained sins of our charac ter and nature. Secondly, there are those hidden designs of sinful aggression from with out. Materially, we are at the highest pitch of any nation in history. This state brings in its train: ease, comfort and sleek cttfltentment. Therefore, we must be alert and keenly aware that this sleek content ment may cut the nerve the centers of national and dis- sipline and character. The deadlv woFk of eontent- nient is that wu grow fat and lazy. It saps our ambition, char acter luid takes the power out of our punch. Sleek eoiitentinent makes us a prisoner of decay. There seems to be a law of life that the rugged path, the hard ship, till* ditlieuity, opposition and criticism make strong the individual race or nation. Ease und comfort do not make rug ged strength and character. Out of an humble .shareeropiMT’s cab ill in the backwoods of .Miss issippi with its humility and poverty eani»> a Kicharil Wright, lie is one of the great writers of this generation. It was strug glc rathiT than sleek content- mint which produced Willard .Motley and “Knock On -\ny Door." If we could touch a ‘iiagie button and settle ail of iiir problems in .\nieri(‘an life iiiiybe we Avould perish in s*v- ■ral generations. Hut now we ire tested and challenged on 'Very hand. We have walked th(> hard way and we have developed t:miina and strength. W'e have liad to fight and sail throiurh Mood.v 'ea'i. This path of dis- '•ipliiie lias hfoiisrht out the liialities of ureat character and tnir nianliood and Momanhood. Sleek contentircnl is the be- g.nning of death The life pro cess itself is a continuous struggle between the vjtal and decadent in the organism. Health is the uiastery of the life-giving forces. Sickeness is the supremacy of the death- dealing forces in the body. This idea is tragically express ed in a story of a colony of sea gulls off the New England coast. They went to sea daily to struggle and toil for food. In this daiy routine of work they became skillful in life’s battle for survival. They flew South annually for the win ter. But one day they stpoped in the harbor where there were one hundred shrimping ves sels. There around the wharf the food was obtained with ease. No longer did they fish. No longer did they make their routine trips to sea. No longer did they make their annual flights to Florida. They stay ed around the wharf in ease and comfort. They rested in sleek contentment. Then, one day the gulls woke up and found the shrimp vessels had left for other parts of the coast. Ease and comfort had robbed them of their dis cipline and power. They died of starvation. Sleek content ment destroys the vital power of life and ends in death. Amos started a great spiritual and moral truth . , . “Woe to those that are at ease in Zion.” Among our people we are beginning to wit.sess the grim and tragic perils of sleep con tentment. We witnt too niucli ease and comfort. All to fre (piently are we drugging our strives witji these moral and spiritual sleeping tablets. lu schools we want marks but tlou’t want to work for them. In Church life we want the com- fortK of religion Without the yoke and the Cross. We want a job and pay day but we- don’t want to work. Too many of our youths are falling under the magic spell of sleek content ment. You can find substitutes for rubber and gasoline; but there are no substitues for hard work as the basis of success. The road to success is paved with courageous Faith and hard work. -\s a peo|)le our daily prayer must now become; O (}oti keep us from sleek pontei|tmen1 Why? We have great battles to fight. We have a rugged path to walk. HOLLYWOODM BRONZE Liberia On Road To Self^Sufficiiency Of Food Supply; U. S. Aids Effort CkCari Published Every Saturday By The CAROLINA TIMES Publishing Co. 518 East Pettigrew Street — Durham, N. C. PHONES: 5-9873—5-0671—J-7871 Member National Negro Press Association VOLUME 28—NUMBER 24 SATURDAY, JUNE I7th, 1950 Entered as Second Class matter at the Post Offices at Durham, North Carolina under the act of March 3, 1879. National Advertising Representative Inter state United Newspapers, 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, New York. Branch Office; 5 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 111. L. E. AUSTIN ... Editor and Publisher CLATHAN ROSS .... Managing Editor T. E. HAYES Circulation Manager M. B. HUDSON ..... Business Manager V. L. AUSTIN City Editor J. THOMAS TAYLOR Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 6 Months $ 2.00 3 Years .... I'Y^r $ 3.00 Foreign Countries . . . $ 9.00 Per Year $4.00 Largely as « rewiilt of farm lemoiist ration work now being carried out by the Itepublic of Liberia witli the cooperation of the r. S. Economic Mission, that eountry is beeoniing self-suf- fieient in the production of its two most important food crops rice and ca.ssava. A report on the part played by thfc Sfate Department’s Mission in Liberia to increase its farm ouiput is carried in the May issue ol ForeigB Agriculture, a U. S. Department fff Agriculture publication. As recently as 19-14, when the Economic -Mi.sniion was just get ting started, Liberia imported 5,000 tons of rice to supplement its inadequate priMliiction, says the publication. Howfvpr, during the past five years, rice prpduction has shot up from 150,000 long tp about 200,000 tons. The in crease resulted largely from the expansion cf acreage and the adoption of better farm ing practices recommended by the Mission and the De partment pf Agriculture and Commerce of Ljhe;-ia. Plans are underway t« f)4f- ther increase the country’s rice output. For example, a model rice h*monstratiou project will be established thi*i v;'ar in Gbed in Swamp by the Mission to iieljj encourage swamj) rice produc tion. The output of cassava, Lib eria’s second most important food crop, has increased by aq estimated 50,000 tons since 1947, year production stood at about 4^^0,000 tons. Cassava is a tuberouk tfUrch root product that is best known ia the United States as tapioca. Of real importancr to Lib eria’s diet is its intensive vege table iiroduction program which got underway about five years ago, Now 80 vegetable demon stration py/}^oetfi are being eon- ducted by the Ai,4;;try’s Depart ment of Agricultux'e f^om- merce with the aid of the noniic Mission. As a result of these projects, Libehaa farmers are learning the advantage^ gf using good seed, fertilizer, insecticides, improved practices, and bet ter tools. Their production of cabbage, tomatoes, okra, egg plant, corn, lima beans and other vegetables is continuing to rise. Last year, about 150 tons of fresh vegetables were marketed, as compared with only 50 tons in 1948, Through fhe adoption of jm- I)roved farming methods coupled with the introduction of foreign strains of plants and animals for crossbreeding, Liberia is pushing its production of live stock. poultry, and tropical fruits, including oranges, grape fruit, cherries, pineapples, and avocado pears. Liberia’s livestock improve ment program is aimed at the development of a tsetse-fly- resistant strain of cattle. Aid ed by the Missioii, the country has imported from the United States two Brahman bulls, one Brows Swiss l^uU, a Braiinian heifer, and some purebred hogg, These are being £rosse4 with select JLiberjaa stock. The Mission thinks that thf outlook for improved livestock in the country is quite hope ful. l^’i-HMk J?. I’inder, head of the' years later. MissioH’s agricultural proluc- tioii program, is providing a large part of the technical direction for Liberia’s demon stration wiirk. He is assisted by Lamar Fort, and a staff of Lib erian agricuhurists whom he has trained in \lernonstration me thods. Mr. Pinder is a former Ex tension Service agent in Flor ida. Both he and Mr, Fort are graduates of Florida A. and M. College, Tallahassee. The former was serving as an agri cultural economist in the Washington office of the Farmers Home Administra tion at the time of his ap pointment to the Mission. The latter resigned the director ship of the division of agri culture at Bethqne-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, to accept th# post. Mp. Pinker went over to Liberia in 1944, and Mr. Fort followed three By Ruby Berkley Goodwin It will be olil home week in Europe this summer what with Ijena Horne, the Eddie “ Itoches- ter” Andersons and the Paul Williams family doing the con tinent. The popular expres.sion on parting in Hollywood now is “See you in Ixnidon, ole deah.” Even as 1 am writing, someone pops into the office to inform me that Hos* (Chi (’hi) Jlurphy will be leaving for London in .lune. While the Paul Williams’ are going to do the continent in a leisurely way, the show peo ple are combining business with pleasure. Itochester and .Mamie will siieiid a week in I’aris before tile Benny troupe oim‘iis in Ijoii- don. They will fly across the channel so that thty can spend the entire week sc‘eing the sights. W’hile Mamie spent weeks shop ping befort' she staVted across country, we’re sure she won’t be .ible to ri'sist those exclusive shops in Par(‘o. Before Mamie sails, she will surprised by a short visit from Millie Bruce, her cute little sis ter, who in winning a place for herself in television. Mil lie is as excited as a sixteen year old with her first formal. It will be her first trip to New York and the first time in her life she will see her mother’s sister from Pennsylvania. Having lost thj^r mother this winter, both Mamie and Millie are anxious to see their aunt who resembles their mother (Mrs. Wiggins) very much. Millie sings and dances each Monday night on KTLA chan- • nel 5. That Horne girl has figured out the type of vacation we all tlreani about. l.^*na will work two weeks tlijen loaf two weeks. She will visit T.ondoii, Paris, Milan, Oslo, Edinburg, Lucerne and a hundred out of the way places to get a glimpse of the ])easiint folk as well as the urban peo ples in the countries she will vis it. Meanwhile her agents are waiting the shake of her head or a nod as to whether she will do the musical George Jessel has lined up for her at 20th Century Fox. Supposed ly she would start opposite Billy Eckstine. Lena has often voiced her opinion that she’d like a straight dram«^g^|%rt. I’m sure a lot of peop^^would love to see her in a good meaty role. Surely with “Introder The Dust,” “The Reckless Moment,” the “Jackie Robin son Story,” “No Way Out” and “The Breaking Point,” Holl3nvood shouldn’t be afraid do to let la Horne try her wings. It is estimated that “Pinky” will gi'oss over .'^400,000,000 in 1' S. box ofHce alone. Never again can Hollywood come up with the lame excuse that seri ous pictures with a Negro theme don’t pay. Maybe Ivena should play it cool until she finds the rigfiTinay”' or story that she would like to ilo. Joan Crawford waited a long time until she read the script for “Mildred Pierce.” When she saw it, she knew that was her story — and liow right she was! Don’t get too alarmed about Dotty Dandridge’s recent ill ness. She was singing and dancing at Larry Potter’s Supper Club until the wee small hours and working vnth Rochester doing the radio test for his own show by day. Her “breakdown” that you read about was a plain case of too much work, too little food, which mother Ruby quickly remedied with rest and a hot bowl of soup and other healthy dishes. NCC Prof. To Make Trip Around Globe Now You Can Enjoy Colosy With Little Prejudice NEW YORK CITY yiiict' y IP tlay vacation to Bermuda is now less expepsive than Miami, Alexico or any of the other famed holiday haevns, the colony ha^ opened welcome arms tu Xegro .Vmericau touf- ists in an effort to buik} ^^heif showjiliiee as a vai?atiou lafid of the world. Now the Amepicaij tourist of color can fish, sail and play cricket to his heart’s con tent with little or no prejudice, e.xcept in the hotels and a few restaurants. This however, isn’t worrisomt! t(j the Negro traveler. For he can so well enjoy week- I'nds at th(‘ seaside cottages or pastel pink bungalows of the Islanders, overlfKikiug .sleepy lagoons. Riding the crest of this wave of exppiision is Hilton Gray Hill, an enterprising young islander, who has formed the new Ber- nijida Vacations Travel Service ill Hill’s service is the first Negro-o^iied pt“ t}je colony. Heretofore, Negro tradP )ias only been represented througli Donald Smith, a Negto agent for Colonial Airlines. “The timds has come for us seriously* to begin puf own tourist trade,” explained Hil ton Hill. “It is the Island’s biggest and best business. The building of a successful Negro tourist trade In Bermuda will be the means of strengthen ing our economy, of providing more and greater opportuni ties for ourselves and our chil dren, and of giving us a really tangible contact 50th the pro: gr^ss being mad^ by tip peo ple of the" great cgntinent to the west of ys,’^ With Berniuda just ipUes from New Vork, fjnd jiq pass ports needed, Negro AfneF|ca.n^ will love the features of Ber muda which can lure many a vacationer, ^’irst of all, every thing iu wonderfully tax free; scotch and real rum are way IeK.s in j)ric(* and the world record benefish (J2 lbs. 9 ux.) was caught in its Bay. The most exciting holidays is “Cup-Match” which is of- fically set for August 3rd and 4th, though celebrations begin two weeks before. The light pink and pastel beaches slope gl(^wly down to clear aqua blue water and towards evening, dinner guests saunter down to romance by the sea. Midnight beach parties are always a de light tpo. A»d as aiqi added at traction the men even M^ar their doeskin shorts as dress suits after dark I , Dr. Harry E. Groves, instruc tor in North Carolina College’s Law School is one of the 51 per sons selected by Virginia Union rniversit(>' f6r its Itound the World Study Project. The pro ject is sponsored by Virginia Union University as part of the battle against communism, ainl is designed to aciuaiut foreign lands with the role of American Negroes in developing I'njted States constitutional democratic government. The group will leave Rich mond, Va., by plane June 25. The intinerary includes Hawaii, Japan, Formosa, the Phillipines, Thailand, Burma, Indi^ ,Pakistan, Arabia, Ethiopia, the Sudan, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Italy, France, Belgiilm, England and Can ada. Doctor Groves is a native t)f Manitou Springs, Colorado. He was educated at the Universitj’ of Colorado and the I'niversity of Chicago Law School, and holds membership iu Phi Beta Kai)pa, Phj Delta Kappa, and Kappa Delta i*i, all honorary societies. He has beeu at North Carolina (College since SepteiQ- ber, 194!(. ENjGLISH DON’T UNDERSTAND OUR BASEBALL New York City (CNS) — A ruffled Dodger fan had a heck of a time explaining Jackie Robinson’s ‘miracle plays’ to an unruffled Englishman this week out at Ebbets Field. Af ter several tries from the American, the English friend noted a sensational play, stood up and loudly exclaimed, “Rather good, Jackie ole boy.” Home — Duke Ellington’s arranger, Billy Strayhorn, here with the band, was grant ed an audience with the' Pope last week. Strayhorn, in a subsequent transoceanic phpne call to friends in New York, described tile event t^s “the one thrill iu my lifetime whjph will never be e(pialled.’* ISN’T THERE ANY END TO THIS?
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