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PAGE TWO THE CAROLIKA T1MB3 SATURDAY. SEPT. 9th, 1950 FULL EQUALITY OR NO SEGREGATION fiew for Nenro«’i iu any field. Thu* the cover has ajfain boon pulM off this ■i(t cHliod liberal stato, the curtains are down and (larknen as black as seven fflidnigbt^ eontlnnes to covor the land from the mowntains to the aea. Ood Bavf the State! Wli-n I'l Kli'i w ;»■ pr' ii'iit . ; Ni'-r’l- t Hrnl'nii luii-k in l!M^, ifTMtnst til Hisli s ;■! 1 majority ol tln‘ ahinmi ;nsj lh - I'OVwe Jit n'ptfil lilt' « ill of tl'.: of Trust—- hh«1 with ullior nu'iiibci's 1 th. Ncirro pr* — il o»«r upport as lonii S' 111' HtlnniiistrHtioii j>r">i'ntt'(l h it • f«ir\vnril pro^iHm For iiion* tlian two voar^ we have stiHHl by that pleilp witli thi hope that Dr EldiT. who by no 'ln‘l-‘h of iniflvination e«n bo accum *1 of beinp a brilliant iiaii, would be in tl* I' Hrn -aiine i" thi' I'lnni iitHry Mppi‘nibiv‘s of a eolleire pnsident ir fdueator. During thow two y. nr or more wo have «inkoil Ht bhnitier niter blundrr coiiiiiiitt^'d in North t'aroliua rollt>'i' iidiiiiiii trativ** atfairn i\ith(>ut rai^^iiiK oiif \M>ril "f protost Wo foil that ill. UIHU (luirlit tu liitvi a chjiinT to find hi>i >^a^ around iii ;i ,1"1' Hiaf 1>_\ iiiiliici', iMhii'Htioii and ^■xp^'r^^■ln•:. a uou Hp)u arx Im uill iiovur bo abb to fill. \Vi‘ liMVt* finally rcai'licd tho coiR'liisioii that .(ftor all it is .N'ortli Carniina ’nllorf that is luipurtiuit and not l)r. Kldor. 'Ilio oollojfo is 'ho proporty (d tli*' |)i‘o|)li' ol' tlic Stato, an»l it is thoir n'oiifV and swi-at tliat '“f'* the in stitution to make it a fit phtoo for tho odnoa I'un of their children. Wiien t!io lioad nf such an institution so conduofs hiniseli that he bo- eoiiH-s dcfriineiital to its well-hoin^', wo think the tiino has arrived for thoufxhtful oiti/ons to ex- aniine inor- »'Ius»dy its pro>rrani. We are indebted to Lynn Xisbott, Ualeiph eolniiinist for a nnnibor of daily nowspapers, for an aecount of Dr. Folder's latest escapades whioh wore before tho Undret Cunnuittoe. NEGRO UNIVERSITY — North Carolina College in Durham (the name was changed by the 1947 Legislature from N. C. College for Negroes) is lo cate on a 25 acre tract in ♦he eastern part of the city. It is carried on the 1948 capital account at $488,874—^was worth then perhaps three times that amount—and the past two general as- sembli^ have allotted $4,312,809 for permanent improvements. When the program is completed the institution will have a value approximating six million dollars. The current building program adds 12 new buildings seven of which are under contract, in course of construction, or completed. ENROLLMENT — The college has a regular session enrollment of about 1,300. (There are now more than a thousand in Summer school.) On per centage basis that compares favorably with enrollment at Chapel Hill. Dr. » Alfonso Elder, President of the col lege, told the budgeteers his people are proud of the college and want to main tain it on segregated but more nearly equal basis with the State university. He pointed out obvious deferences now, but proudly cited evidence of closing the gap. He urged particularly that courses in commercial, scientific and ••ducation subjects be strengthened. CO-OPERATION—He told of many instances of close co-operation between his institution and the State uniTersity and sketched outlines of a plan for closer co-ordination by employment of specialists at the graduate level who would divide time between Chapel Hill and Durham. He believes this would be profitable in many ways besides monetary, and that it would save the State a lot of money now being paid in tuition and other expenses for stu dents who must be sent out of the State. Presently the State is paying for 270 students, mostly in the graduate field, who cannot obtain admission to colleges in North Carolina. The budgeteers sug gested closer check on citizenship of claimants for out-state aid, just as they had proposed at State and Chapel Hill, that closer attention be given to re sidence of students seeking the in-state rates on tuition. When a Nefirro t'dueator in this day and time is HO dishonest as to misinform white people as to the desire of Neproes for KFLL EQI’ALITY in education and in every other walk of life, we doubt his ability to administer the affairs of an educational in.stitution the si/.o of North C’arolina College. This is the same kind of mis information that preceded the series of school suits now in the federal courts in tiie State. The backlog is not yet broken and even when it is with nnniorons other suits being filed, tlioro will ■till be jK’rsons of Dr. Eldt*r’s ilk who will be talking about “more nearly equal ba'sis.” Dr. Polder and the white j)Pople who listen at such diatribe are living; in tho dead ]>ast. They iro livins' in the era when Negroes \isod ileeei)tion lies and suavity to get what they needed for thoir schools. We don’t think that kind of monkeyshine is neces.Hary any longer. In fact there is a growing element of white people in Xorth Carolina who look with contempt on a No'rro who indulges in it. In the first place Dr. Elder does not have the authority to speak for all the Negroes of .North Carolina. In the second place the day is long since past when the title of college presi dent spells Negro leader. Tho CAROLINA TIMES repudiates Dr. F.lder’s statement to the Budget Commission that Negroes are proud of North Carolina Col lege and want to maintain it on segregated Jilt more nearly equal basis. The Negroes of this State want full equality, if they cannot get it in segrogati'd schools then they are asking the courts to admit them to schools in the Stat^ w here 1h\y,,oan get. The tax rate is equal, the responsibility of citizenship is equal and the • lemands for sacrifice of life, limb and property hi the time of war are equal, therefore they ivant eijual benefits that are derived from such things. Spiritual Insight Your Problems And Mine By REV. HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Chareb GOD-GIVEN MISSION"; (TEACHERS) BUILDING HIS FENCES FOR 1952 Apparen’^ly fornior Senator William B. t’m- ■stead is already building his fences for the gubernatorial race in lfir)2. ills speech before the Eighth District Bar As.sociation in White- ville last week is an indication that the former Senator knows just how to appeal to ealtern North Carolina ignorance and race prejudice. Mr. rmstead told niemberii of the Bar Asso ciation that the outcome of the case in which Ne:ro**s arc .seeking entrance to the University af North Carolina Law School will greatly shape 'he destiny of tho State. “It is as important as any case tried in iny time,” said the former IT. S. Senator. Chief .Iu.stico Vinson, in writing tiie majority Dpinion in tiie Sweatt caso brought in such in tangible things as prestige and experience of faculty, ago of the school, number of alumni .^tc. This Mr. I’mstead thinks was “beyond the lall of duty.” Here is a fair sample of the type of man who will in all probability be seeking the of!]ce of irovernor of North Carolina in 1952. Approach ing events are now casting their sliaibnvs over tho fiolitical scene in this Stato, and if the* plaintifi's in the ease are forced to prolong its final outcome by an appeal to the T’nited States Supreme Court, one may expect to see another political campaign in which the struggle of the Negro to obtain equal educational opportunities is one of the main issues. A majority of white folks in eastern North Carolina will love ilr. Umstead for his remarks ibout Chief .Justice Vinson. They will look iip- 011 the former Senator as a kind of Moses come to deliver 'them out of the hands of “damn- vankees and upity Negroes.” The imagination of a half paganistic people is sometimes start ling. MrN Umstead knows this and will no doubt n.se his knowledge to the fullest extent, as did Willis Smith in the recent senatorial campaign. Mr. I'mstead also knows full w’ell that as a inoiiibor of the United States Supreme Court, sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States, Jlr. Vinson had no ulterior than to write an opinion in the case that would leave no doubt as to the Court’s fullest intent. Certain ly the intangibles which he referred to play an important part in the status of a law school if no other. So, ilr. Umstead will probably continue to build his fences until 1952, nailing down plank sifter plank on the law school case that will stand him in good stead against any opposing candi date who dares to even suggest equal opportuni- Cbr Elrars 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 36 SATURDAY, SEPT. 9th, 1950 Entered as Second Class matter at the Post National Advertising Representative Inter- Offices at Durham, North Carolina under the state United Newspapers, 545* Fifth Avenue, act of March 3, 1879. New York 17, Hew York. Branch Office: 5 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IH. -iL. h. E. AUSTIN . CLATHAN ROSS Editor and Puhluiher M. B. HUDSON • Business Manager . Managing Editor V. L. AUSTIN City Editor J. THOMAS TAYLOR Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTIOir^RATES: $ 2.00 3 Tears ... $ 9,00 “Come now I will send unto Pharoalh, t^t thou mayest bring forth my peo ple.”—Ex. 3:12. The pupils and teachers of our community join millions in tho trek back to school. Thus it is fitting that we pcmder the sacred task of our teachers. This buHiness of teaching is, a grave roNponsibility. Tho teach er deals with tho delicate potentials of the human per sonality. Tho true teacher is a co-worker with Ood in the mak ing of a man, a race or a nation. Tho true leacher, thorofore, lias more than a mere job; teaching is a Uotl-given Mis.sion. And this is especially true »>f the Ne gro teacher in .\merican life. Like Moses, the Negro teacher has a pecvdiar Uod-given Mis sion: A job of emancipation and liberation. The Negro teach er must build a defense against the disruptive forces that play upon the personality of the Ne gro child. It is a job of building and preserving the dignity and self-respect of the child. It is job of giving him faith in him- which inspires courago and de self and liis i)eople — a faith termination in the darkest hours of the difticult struggle. Moses was a great +oacher and leader of his people because he identi tied himself with his jieople in their .struggles for liberty and human decency. Every true teacher must be motivated by the same idea of Moses to . . . “Bring forth my people ...” To perform a God-given Mis sion you must know Ood. Every teacher who is committed to the solemn task of shaping a per sonality oiight to know Ooil. Every true teacher ought to be able to say with Moses I pulled off my shoes and stood on Holy ground. Every teacher ought to say mine is a sacred and a God- given task. To inspire a ragged, poverty-stricken arcbin you must know something about God. To make such a creature feel that he is somebody and has a place in the nation and the world, you must know God. Moses had to know God to in- •spire I.sreal amid the cruel bouidage of Egyptian slavery. To teach hud inspire people crushed, trampled insulted, de nied and rejected, you must go to the burning bush, pull off y(mr shoes and stand on Holy Ground. Training in the wis dom ami learning of E?ypt is not enough; you ought wait in God’s presence and let him give you wisdom from above. Yes, you need all tho degrees, me thods, techniques, psychology' and the understanding of hu man behavior. But, for this sacred God-Given Mission you ought be pble to say with Moses: I have been with Ood! Your education is incomplete, you are unready for yoxir tasks until you have met God at the burn ing bush. True teaching is a God-Given Mission and not a mere job. If you see it only as a job and a means of making a living, then you are mis.sing the mark. Your class room ought be sacretl worship to fa.shion and bring the human persimaliry to a fine and delicate finish. The true teach er is not a job holder looking anxiously for 3:30 P. M. and pay day. But the true teacher is committed to a God-given task: The making of a man or a woman! You share in the des tiny of an individual, a race and a nation. You will leave an indelible .stamp on a life. Tt was a teacher, Confucius, who has been the determining in fluence in China for the past 2500 years. Moses the God-in- pired teacher set the pattern for Tsreal. He surrenders all and pursues his God-given mis sions. Gandhi gave up a $15,000 legal practice in South Africa 50 years ago and wrapped a cloth about his loins and went forth to teach and set a nation free. Teachers, yours is a God- given mission and not a job. There are joys and heart aches in a God-given migsion. You have your ups and downs. Ever^' true teacher can look with pride upon someone who is a product of his labor. In their Divine missions Moses had a Joshua, Paul had a Timothy and Gandhi had a Nehru. It is a wonderful thing to look back over your teaching mission and say of some man or woman: I thank God I had a part in the making of this per son. On the other hand, there are some moments of seeming failure and discouragement. This God-given mission has its headaches, heartaches and even briny tears. At times, you will run into stubborn resistance. There will be a few insulting pupils. There w’ill be indiffer ent, uncooperative and ungrate ful parents. But vstand fast of your God-given mission, amid the joys and heartaches Stand ^ast in >’'our teaching with love, kindnes.s, understand ing, discipline 'ind faith and men will rise up and call you blessed. In this time of troubles which we are passing, the teach er’s God-given mission seems more important than ever. Wo must leam the art of human relation — getting along with people. If we fail in this su preme art, maybe we are doom ed. We must learn to get along with peoples of diverse colors, nationalities, cultures, philoso phies and ideologies. Your God- given mission is to teach and condition men for understand ing and peace. By Dr, W, Saucier, Ms. D. For International Negro Press In my travels, I have met many wonderful people, all of whom were successful in one way or another. Whenever the times presented an opportunity, I would ask, “What do you at tribute your success to?” The anwers were of a wide variety. Some claimed service; some stressed quality; some courtesy and others a large as sortment of qualities. Success is one of man’s basic aspirations, starting with child hood when elders asked “AVhat do you want to be when you be come a man, Johnny!” Some of the ■world’s great leaders attribute a knowledge of metaphysical science for suc cess, or iu reverse they are known to he students of meta physical science, which has brought them undreamed of health, happiness and wealth These things are here on thin earth for everyone. Education, contacts, friends, has nothing to do with whether you enjoy the good things of life. All de pend on the proper application of metaphysical science. You. like anyone else, can have any thing you want .or will to have I The secret to these things 'need not be .secret and available '.to only a certain few — but open and free to all. No man has a monopoly on spiritual and material abundance. No man need be poor. Metaphysical sci ence will work for you like it will for many others. Naturally, certain funda mental truths must be under stood and applied. They are, however, natural truths and an* being used constantly by all whether we are aware of it or not. When you learn how to control this law all things be come available to you in this Begin To Feel As Part Of Country Writes Maj. Mills, Ex-Durhamite 6 MMtlis J T««r ,....$ 3.00 Foreign Countries Per Year $4,00 This is my fifth year in Liberia and 1 am now looking forward to a return to the States for vacation and some refresher work at school. Over here we are so far away from base and professional contacts, one feels the need for association and con tact with workers in the field back home and a refill at school. There have been satisfying ex periences aside from those di rectly connected with the pub lic health program. For ex ample we have stimulated the qomniunityi i,nto ass'is'tance ,in raising sH,000.00 which has been used to provide facilities for a 25 bed children’s ward in the Liberian Government Hospital here in Monrovia. Through a special committee made up of representative wo men from different ethnic groups including the wives of tihe President of Liberia and Vice-President of Liberia, wife of the American Ambassador and others funds were raised for the purpose of supplying 30 subscriptions to- popular magazines and newspapers to our school of nursing library for two, three and five years. Then there has been the work with the Liberian Nurses Asso ciation; I .serve as secretary; we held our first annual meet ing last December and there are so many more efforts that have become a reality. Frankly, I feel a part of the community and the people and have enjoyed growing with the nianj' changes which have taken place during my stay. The last thing I heard la.st night before going to sleep, my SMALL BUSINESS” By C. WILSON HARDER Retailers dependlnf on mid dle and lower income groups should brace themselves; pre pare for the shock when proposed new income tax rates go into effect this fall The burden falls on their customers. • * • Income tax increase on a mar ried man with two children and an income of fSOOO to 95000 will be 20.5%, but on a |40,000 in come only 14%. The increase Is lower as incomes go up, • * * Retailers should bear this in mind in planning lall inventories. If you sell yachts you probably won’t see much change. If you sell beef, you wilL « * • Even If prices go no higher, most families will have less to spend for essentials; Uttle, If any, tor luxuries. « * • The public statements of poli ticians are to the effect that ex cess purchasing power will be siphoned oft. e * * Washington statisticians who follow the mounting cost of living say “What excess?” Proposed tax increases on business are Just as unrealistic. « * * And still politics go on as us ual. Congress plans to spend |44 million . . . $26 million for re packaging, $18 million lor trans portation to give away food stoclcs alceady bought and stored to keep prices up. This stock includes: butter 192,000,000 {wunds; cheese 80.000.000 pounds; dried milk 332.000.000 pounds; dried eggs 107 million pounds. Put it this way. If yon have a wife and two children, an in come of $5,000, all the income taxes paid by you this year, and by 96,US other families in your same oircumstances, will just pay for giving this food away to rdlef agencies. « • « One cynical observer in Wash ington last week remarked “We’ve advanced a long way from the old-fashioned socialist theories of talung from the ‘haves’ to give to the ‘have-nots’, * « * “Now we take from the ‘have- nots’ to give to the ‘have-nots’,'* e • « In fact, new business taxes will bear down heavy on small busi ness—wiU not too far away from World War II peak. On huge outfits, such as a motor company heading for an unprec edented billion dollar profit this year, the new taxes will be just slightly more than half World War II peak. • * * The mMt plausible reason given for this discrepancy in Washing ton Is tlwt with November Just around the comer, no politician wants te offend the few big cam paign fnnd contributors. • « * As predicted in this column, there is a concerted drive in Washington to amend the pro posed Defense Production Act of 1950 to suspend aU anti-trust laws. « * * Commerce Secretary Sawyer is for this move. Attorney General Howard McGrath says the pur poses of the act can be accom plished without this. Next week this column will go Into detail on this development. ©National Fedsration of Independent Buslneu bed screened with a moscjuito net to keep out mos(iuitoe8, was the beat of the drums and sign ing from the native villages. They say some of these are talking drums but in the words of the native wdien he doesn’t understand he says — “I don’t hear” I don’t know what the drums are saying but I did have the feeling of being among friends. I could go on and on but per haps I have bored you already with this long letter. I hope to send you another form letter before leaving Liberia; my leave is due next spring, therefore, it is possible that I will see you next sum mer’s vacation. Please forgive me for this form letter but there isn’t time to write each of you and say the many things which 1 would like too. A pleasant summer’s vaca tion to you and may God bless you and keep you until we meet again. Cordially yours, MAJ. MARV L. MILLS Raleigh — ChilcT labor in North Carolina has shown a sharp decline in the post-World War II years, according to fig ures released by the State Board of Public Welfare here recent ly. CHILD LABOR IS ON THE DECLim IIS THE STATE In the six-year period since peak wartime employment (1944), the number of child labor certificates issued has been reduced nearly three- fourths, the figures show. In the year 1944-45, 62,938 child labor certificates were issued while in 1949-50, only 17,735 permits were authorized. The 100 county department.s. of public welfare are responsi ble for the issuing of such child labor certificates, under regula tions set up by the Statq_ De partment of Labor. According to North Carolina law, children under 18 who wish to work in this state must obtain permits from county departments of public welfare before they may do so. (Domestic and agricultural workers are not covered under this law and are not required to obtain child labor certificates. life. Thomas A..^ison, as a child, w’as given up by his school teacher as a hopeless case. She claimed he was too stupid to tiiaach. The responsijbility of teaching young Edison fell to his mother. But in later years the child who was “too stupid to teach” discovered a meta physical law which he applied in all his work, discoveries and inventions. Edison gave light to the world, because his electric lamp replaced the uncertain oil lamp thereby making him the great est inventor of the age. He could have left a fortune 100 times greater than he did, if he had cared to do so. Marconi, the great Italian in ventor, made a similar discovery of ’metaphysical science and it will do. Also William Shake speare. But the greatest of all those known to have mastered Inetaphysics in their humble Nazerene, known as Jesus Christ, or Jesus of Naxaretli, He mastered all laws, leaving a record of achievement un equalled by any for nearly 2,- 000 years. Metaphysical science reveals metaphysical laws. A knowledge of them is vitally necessary for success in life. As a pubHc ser vice, I w'ill pass on to those interested in metaphysics some of basic laws of this great sci ence, and shall from week to week discuss some outstanding world leaders who studiously apply the laws of metaphysics in their everyday lives. (Aoy one may write Doctor Warren Saucier, Ms. !>., care o? International Negro Press, 3456 South State Street, Chicago, 16, IlL For reply, please enclose stamped address envelope.) Lott Carey Convention Notes Progress, PraisesSommerville Washington, D. C. — More win told his hearers that the one than $114,000 in cash contribu tions reported raised from all sources for Foreign Missionary purposes by Dr. W. C. Sommer- ville, Executive SecretJary of Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Missionary Convention of A- merica at its 53rd annual session of the Convention in session at Shiloh Baptist Church, Wash ington, D. C., August 30-Sept. 1. The more than 1500 delegates representing 18 States, iU’rica, India, Liberia, Haiti, China and Bermuda were loud in their applause for the w’ork done by executive secretary Sommerville under whose guidance operat ing expenses have been curtail ed to less than ten percent al lowing 90c out of each $1.00 to be used for development of work on foreign missionary fields by more than 96 full time mission aries who are employed by the convention. After five years of service in foreign missionary field, Miss Catherien Shaw and Miss An nie E. Brower have been grant ed retirement in accordance with their request. Both arti- proud of their contribution and urge others to take advantage of doing foreign missionary work. Terms Limited Dr. 0. S. Bullock, president of the Convention, in his first annual address recommended that the term of Presidency of of the Convention be limited to two terms which was accepted by the body. President Bullock was loud in his praises for the late Dr: C. S. Brown, founder of the Convention and the late Dr. N. L. Scarborough, whom he suc ceeded and he urged a more concerted effort for the dev elopment of a foreign mission ary program as now being car ried on in foreign fti’issionarv field. Rev. John H. Wright, super intendent of the liott Carey Work of Liberia, reported that work was in fine cond.tion and stated that the expansion pro gram for new buildings was progressing at a rapid pace. He said, “of tne four accredited High schools in Liberia the one operated by the convention ranks among the first in curri culum and faculty members who include instruotors of Ameri can and foreign training. Goodwin Speaks Rev. Kelly O. P. Goodwin, minister of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N. C., who preached the annual ser mon, appealed to.^^ delegates to seek and undemanding of the Holy Spirit to develop a missionary program. Mr. Good- great need of the civilized and uncivilized world was a clear understanding and a re-inter pretation of the principles of Jesus Christ. When this is done there will be no Korean conflicts nor unlearned heathen in A- meriea or abroad. Highlights Rev. W. B. Tolan, of German town, Pa., stirred the conven tion into an emotional fringe with his descriptive message on “God’s Unlimited Resources.” He declared that God could not fail and that when we will rec ognize his ability to lead, Free dom and Goodwill will always prevail, Joran Speaks On Wednesday evening. Rev. C. H. Jordan, pastor of Third Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., preached the annual message to the Convention at the Vermont Baptist Church. More than 1800 people heard Mr. Jordan as he madea stem plea for a revolu tion of Christian principles and missionary zeals. Preceeding the message, Prof. William Leo Hansbury, of Howard Univer sity, delivered a visual aid ad dress. Tribute was paid to Mrs. Randolph, who has served tho Institution continuously for 39 years. The executive Board reports made by Dr. W. L. Ransome, of Richmond, Va., sustained work of the convention now Ijeingi carried on in Liberia and a vote of confidence was unanimously extended to Supt. John H. Wright and his wife for service# now being rendered in a most efficient manner. Other Speakers Among other speakers ap pearing on the program were R. L. Holloman, Norfolk, Va., president Layman’s League, who presided over Layman’s Hour at the convention on Thursday afternoon. The Rev. W. L. Hamilton, Norfolk, Va., was inspirational speaker on I-myman’s Hour. The group was welcomed to the city by Mrs. Ella J. Pitta and Rev. J. H. Randolph. R)l> sponse made by Rev. J. P. Ball, Norwalk, Conn. Others speaking were Revs. J. Joseph Freeman, Norfolk, Va., L. S. Holloman, Washing ton, D. C., John H. Wright, Supt. Lott Carey Missionary, West Africa, A. L. James, Roanoke, Va., Mrs. Jane Gar l^d. Pa., Mrs. A. S. Fillmore, North Carolina, Dr. R. M. Pitts, North Carolina, Rev. Thomas Kilgo, New York City. Next Meeting In Durham convention adjourned Friday evening, Sept. 1 and (Please turn to Page Seven)