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PAOE TWO LflB CARQLIWA TJME8 1 AT,0RC(AY. IfOV. lllli, ItfSa "CRAPES OF WRATH a Yau n«ed u> read ven’ Uioughtfull.v the story tiu' int!i(«fing sHU‘liglit» on IVlm Alibu i'anuiH, thr Xatioualisi revolufioiwry »1 Puerto Rico, »*. told by Lrnn Xii*x*t in liurt S«t urdft.v’s DURHAM SUN, to put your finder, with u». directly on tho«e reepoiuable for the at tempt to murder President Truman last week You will ne^ to think seriouKly about tJi‘ AnuTu-an trajri'dy of segre^tiou to understand what is happening anionif the overwhelming nuihbt rs of larker people of the earth, who are bfjnniing t«» take dts|>«’rate chancei* with their livj's and thos** of the Puerto Kician Xationa- lists. You will nnd to know tJiat there Ls such a thing antonii men as human dignity, self respect, manhcKKl aiul personal pride and that some men value those things above life itself. L.Min Nisbet, in tlk* typical insulting and bhallow thinking style that attends a marjority oi white southerners on tlie matter of segrega tion, refers to Campos as “the illegitimate son ol a wealthy and highly respected Spaniard and b Negresfc.’■ The father of Campos being white and Wealthy. Nisbet as usual refers to him as being highly respected, but when he gwis to the Negro mother of Campos he loses all respect tor the woman and refers to her as a N'e^reiji, a most insulting term to be used in designating;^ a woman of the Negro race. Nisbet tells us through rela3’ed information obtained from one Phil Hedrick, who spent several years in Puerto Rico and knows Campos personally, that Campos has a good education, including a degree from the University of Puer to Rico, Harvard Law School and that for “a short time after graduation he taught law there. ” bays Nisbet in furtlier reference to Campos; Drafted into the American Army during World War I, Campos worked up to an officer’s commission. For a time he was stationed around New York and New England and got along well. When he was transferred to Charleston, S. C., trouble began. According to the Hedrick version of the btory, when Lieutenant Campos was asked to move from a white coach to a Jim Crow car at Washington on his way to South Carolina, he swore eternal vengeance against the United States. From that time until now he has devoted a major part of his energy and real ability to ward effectuating complete freedom of his naiive island from the United States. CONVICTED — In 1936 or '37 he was convicted of treason for efforts to recruit an army on the streets of San Juan for the specific purpose of over throwing the Puerto Rican government, which was sponsored by the United Sutet. He was aentenced, along with eight or ten others, to a term of ten years in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta. He served about six year* of the time, was released and lived for mv- eral years in and around New York. He returned to Puerto Rico several ye«rs ago and continued with vigor his opposition to the established island government. When you have finished reading thoughtful- 1\ anti thinking seriously about Campos you will then neel to know about another Harvard laAv graduates Ben Davis, Jr., a Negro commu nist, boni and reared in Atlanta, Georgia but now of New York City. Davis is one of the. 11 eonununistw tried and eonvieted for ploting to overthrow by violence the Unitel States gover- nient. Ihivis, is also the son of an illustrious father, who was an editor and publisher and a national committe‘inan of the Republican part\. Younc Davis was educated at Amherst college in Mass- ehiutetts and was also a law graduate of Har vard. lie rt'tunied to his native city and State to practice law but was t.n>ated so badly by the eourts of (Jeorgiii that he was foreed to leave and fjo North where lie lHf'i’ became an avowed communist. Now you have the ctoniplete picture of the events, circumstances and conditions that have turned two American citizens into persons bent on the overthrow of the government of their own country by violence. We put our finger directly on the South and its advocates of the system of segregation, in sults, abu808 and hatred against non-white peo- I>le as b*ing responsible for every' eoninuuiist and other plots to assassinate the President of the United States and overthrow its govern ment. We put our finger on men like Senators Iloey, Raukin, George and Smith and Governor Talmadge as being responsible for the rising tide of hatred against our eoiuitry' among the darker races of the world. This idea that we in this country- can forever heap insults on men because their skin happens to Ix' of a different color, without reaping un favorable repercussions is asinine. This idea that mien in high public offices ean bray like jaekas-ses over the iiBdio and in the public press about white supremacy is .stupid and will lead to the creation of dangerous situations in this count ly. The n»al culprits behind the plots againsti onr governments are those who stomp and stmt about race superiority. They are the ones who need to be jailed and tried for treason. These desperate men, who are the jirotlucts of our liypocrisy, our pretense of Christianity and demo'racy are not fanatics as Ijj'nn Nisbet would have us believe, they are the harvest of seeds .sown by the advocates of segrej?ation and white supremacy, thej- are the grapes of wrath. Two Thinla Of The World, Still Waiting For Action ENDRIX OMMENTS By MOSS H. KENDRIX * K Spiritual Insight By REV. HAROLD ROLAND PASTOR, MOUNT GILEAD BAPTIST CHURCH :^VROM THE DEPTHS^' ‘*In my distress I caUed . . . and cried unto my God: He heard my voice ...” — Psa. 18:6. The Psalmist here strikes a very common everyday note of human experience as he sees life ebbing and flowing like the tides. Indeed, life is an uncertain and changing thing — it has its ups and downs. But these rapid changes make life rather interesting. Today we stand on the exalted heights of fame, acclaim, success, wealth and health. 'Tomorrow, all too soon, we are plunged into the darkest depths of misfortune, failure, sickness and seeming defeat. Many can prance in the glory of the heights but they fold, crumble and collapse in the dark depths. The Psalmist discover- ed that there is a pow'er for the | darkness. He hud found Ihat'liim a King.” The real test of SHAW UNIVERSITY NEEDS A PRESIDENT We don't know what the Trustee Board or liiose in control of the affairs of Shaw Univerei- ly have in mind for the future of that institu- uou, but it appears to us that the long delay in b..ifceting a president is doing the school no good. Such a delay may be indulged in to secure some outstanding pensonality’ to head the school. We rather think, however, that the damage that is being done, if allowed to continue, will so far outweigh the good, that whoever is select ed will have such a tremendous job in getting the school back to normal operation tliat he will wreck his own healtli in trj’ing to do so. AVe understand that the affairs of Shaw ai-e now being administered by an interim commit tee, which at its best is no substitute for the bead of an educational institution. If it were schools would stop the employment of presidents and place their affairs in the hands of interim committees instead. Be that as it may, we think Shaw University is losing ground with only an interim committee to administer its affairs. W^^le a football team may or maj' not be a true indication of the academic qualifications of a school, we think the sudden deterioration of ShaAvs’ football team from one of the strong est in CIAA circles to one of the weakest, re flects the unstable affairs that exist at Shaw wi der its present unfortunate state. Coach Brutus Wilson is one of the finest and most efficient coaches in the CIAA conference and he has wrought wonders at Shaw since tak ing over the helm of its football eleven, but even he cannot make up for the demoralization that is boimd to arise when the final authority and re sponsibility is divided among tliree or more members of an interim committee, wath neither being willing to shoulder the full responsibility of decisions that are quite often of vital im portance. Shaw Univereity has made too great a con tribution to the race for ^ts alumni and friends to stand by and see it seriously wounded when there is no need of it. Shaw University needs a president and it needs one now. there is a power for the dark ness. He had found that there is a power for man when he hits the depths. He hits the depths. He called and got an answer. That voice gives strength and courage. Thus he begins hia climb out of the depths. In a world like this it is a blesstil thought to know that _ . _ “In my distress : he heard my voice ” The true test of a man is not the heights but the depths. Any body can face the peace and calm of an untroubled sea but it takes faith and courage for the dark clouds and the raging storms. Any body can stand on the heights. Any weakling can stand in the glamour of popular ity but the real test comes when you are caught in the darkness of the depths. The test comes in the dark hour of reverses and criticisms. The test comes when you hit the depths. Anybody can stand on the heights when the multitude says let us “make Jesus was not the glory and exaltation of the Transfigura tion for the Triumphal entry, the real test did not come in the warmth of fellowship of the up per room—^it came in the dark ness and agony of that night un der the shadow’ of the Ci-oss. The I’eal test for Paul came in the agonizing loneliness of the Roman Prison as he cried: “No man stood with me but all men forsook me ” The test of a man is how he acts when_ life brings him to the depths. ^here is ii power that helps men to rebound from the depths. Life in its blind and ruthless brutality may knock you down but you don’t have to stay. If you have this power you can stand up boldly and de finitely look life in the face and say: I may be down but I am not out. Don’t let evil and sin ful men count you out. The Psalmist cried out of the deptlis and said with God I ean and I will stage a comeback. "With God men can always stage a comeback. In West Point in the thirties they tried to plunge Young Ben Davis into the dep ths for keeps. They tried to crush his spirit with isolation, insults and intimidations. Ho would not be counted out! He came bouncing back from the depths. He had that inner spir itual power which helps man to rebound from the depths Mothers you need to give, this to your children. Teachers you neetl to generate and set in motion this power in the minds and hearts of those committed to you. The anchorage of the mind heart and soul in the source of power of the universe is the on ly hope in a world of ups and downs. This is the power for the heights and the d*epths. Faith in God is the key to life’s ups and downs. He will abide on the heights and when life sinks to the depths “In distress called: he heard ray voice. ’ ’ "SMALL BUSINESS” By C. WILSON HARDER Clu Carama C!ine0 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 45 SATURDAY,'NOVEMBER 11, 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. It is absolutely impossible for the CAROLINA TIMES to guarantee the exact time of pub lication or location in the paper of unsolicited articles and pictures, but will strive to conform with the wishes of its reading public as near as is humanly possible. L. E. AUSTIN CLATHAN ROSS Editor and Publisher M. B. HUDSON - . . Business Manager . . Managing Editor V. L. AUSTIN . r ^ ... City Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 6 Mwthi ^ ^ Years f ^ 3.00 Foreign Countriec . $ 9.00 Per Tear $4.00 Look for the latest bureau cratic move, the new credit regu lations on home buying, to be a local point of attack when Con gress goes back into session late in November. « 4> * In fact, this action may well be reflected in November elections. * • * The heavy protest is coming from cities under 25,000 where the new ruling is hurting. * * * In c«mmunltleB of thia site, the indep«ident bnildiag contractor, and his suppliers snch as the in dependent lumber jrard, plumber, hardware store and others, are a key factor In the community economy. Together they aoconnt for about two-tblrda of the na> tion’s home bnilding. * * * The building boom to flU cur rent needs for housing has result ed in some inflationary trends in large metropolitan areas where big corporations, big financial In stitutions, and big labor has cre ated artificial price levels. * « * Bat in the Hometowns of tite V.8.A., the common sense at both buyers sad independent op erators in the boOdi^ indnst^ has kept inflation down. In fact, records show that In 1949 fonr out of five homes were sold to families with incomes from $2,000 to $5,000. • * • But these facts were obviously waved aside by the bureaucrats. * * * They proceeded on the theory that there Is only one way to get rid of mice in a honse. Bora the house down. So look for a slump In build ing. Look for unemployment. People thrown out of work by this latest bureaucratic fantasy can not be absorbed In defense woi^ The military will take less than 10% of the lumber supply next year; only 5% of the steel. * « e This is going to cause Congress men embarrJftsment. They voted these arbitrary powers to bu reaus without any necessity. • • ♦ Congressmen may trr to wiggle out of this by pleading, “forgive ns, for we knew not what we did.” But from all reports, stupidity Is l>eooming a defense that the peo ple in the smaller cities of the country are getting very reluct ant to accept. • * * People are already starting to ask such questions as this. 0 0* "Why were sucdi powers given to men like Carl Gray of the Vet erans Administration who at one time was general superintendent of a large corporation and is now a director of a large investment syndicate, or to Bay Foley, h of the Federal Honsing Atoials- tration, who has bera on govKW- ment payrolls continonsly aiao* 19S3. What do they imew kbeat onr iooai problema?'* • « • Back of this entire move la the underlying drive. • • e The bnrean in charge of rent control wants its powers back. The bnrean that wants to bnUd socialistic mniti-miUion dtrilar pnbllo housing projects now se* their epportnnity. • • • But all this lias no effect on the Frenchman, for iust prior to tills order, ECA Bulletin No. 1788 announced this information. * * * The Marshall nan has Jnst granted France $19,000,000 for building homes. This wUl not cause inflation in France . .. b»- canse American taij^ayws feet the bin. Ballad Of Willie McGee By DON WEST Come gather around And listen to me, I ’II tell you the storv Of Willie McGee! It’s away down South— The land of cotton— Where a rich man’s sins Are soon forgotten. But a black man’s ways Never are quite free. And that was the ca.se With Willie MeQw. In Mi.ssissippi— It’s old Rankin’s state— Where fear’s the master, The old reprobate! A woman there was— Maybe just like Eve, Caught hold of Willie, Wouldn’t let him leave! She took him along To her own .'wft 1^: Lie with me, Willie, What they sav she said! 8 : ] But Willie held back. Scarce taking a breath. He knew such an act Would be certain death! Then up went a yell Of a Negro rape. For Willie McGtet; There was no escape! They’d bum that blaek man To a sizzling coal. Destroy the body. Yes, and damn his soul! Then over our land Went up a great cry, All good people said: Willie shall not die! And down to the South THE COMim OF THE NEW SOUTH Montgomery, Ala. — Even here at the site of Jeff Davis' government of the Ole South, one can see the coming of the New South. As a matter of observation, you feel that the New South is rapidly approaching — the satisfactions and pains of new birth are evident. From the time that I arrived at the non-Jim Crow airport here until I took a segregated train up-state to Birmin^am, I sensed plenty of pride in the New Coming and considerable apologetic disgust in the existent ties to the Traditional Pact. This pride and disgust are reaching down to the common man. I saw this during my first thirty minutes in this Alabama town, and my stay of two days here merely served to emphasize the wide-spread of the trend. Likewise, I saw reaction at work. I came into the Montgomery airport with a w'hite Air Forces officer, who was experiencing his first visit into the Deep South. Being a Californian, he could not understand why he and I could not share the same cab into the city — a Georgian, I knew. With an honest type of left-hand apology, the cab driver ex plained the “down here” custom. It was rather obvious that it did not really matter to him if the officer and I shared the same taxi. Actually, I believe he wartted the two fares and two tips. I had not gone far along the highway when my driver asked if I had “seen the new bousing development.” For Negroes, I asked. “Yes,” replied the white driver, “you should see it things like that don’t happen down here.” There again was the “down here,” and off the highway we went to see the houses. My driver was amazingly aware of the social importance of — I good housing, and I could gather his pide as I took my quick, m j approving glances. Then, he inquired if I had seen the new hos- , pital. I had seen under construction sometime before the all-Ne gro Catholic medical center. With a quick jump back to the highway, there I saw the finished product. On our left was spread the massive City of St. Jude—school, church and the new hospital. On the right wa.s one of Montgomery’s public high schools for Negro boys and girls. Not too old was the public high, but the comparison was great. For sometime, I had promised myself a visit to “The First White House of the Confederacy,” which is located across the street from the Alabama state capitol. Now I am glad that I am not a tremendously sensitive person, for I might have concluded that my reception there was an insincere one. I am positive that the courtesy was not a rush-act to get The Jefferson Davis Shrine. When I entered, there were ladies—the hostess and an apparent visitor. When I finished my tour, the visitor had gone — I might still be there discussing facts of his tory. 0 Over in the capitol, the guard directed me to the elevator with such kind gesture that I might have felt that I had just walk ing across the Boston Common rather tJian the grn)unds of the building on whose balcony Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as president of the Confederate States of America—February’ 18, 1861. I arrived in the House galleries, however, just in time to be reminded that I was still in the USA, South. 'The Alabama repre sentatives were in the midst of consideration of a Senate-passpri substitute for the Boswell amendment, which had been outlawed by the Supreme Court earlier this year. ,A youttg legislator was offering an amendment to the Bos well substitute. After a clerk’s reading of this proposal, another representative took the floor in opposition to the amendment. He termed the amendment t)ne which would deny the vdte to many grod, common white people of Alabama — it was not “a ni^tger amendment,” he said. Near me, the only Negro present, was a white spectator who applauded when the second legislator uttered his first words o! opposition to the amendment . His was the only applause, and it took a rather quick fade when the “nigger” angle entered into oppositdon-discussion. Jhiring the course of the legislative day, Gov. James E. Fol som reminded the body that Alabama’s boys and girls were “scat tered eastward to Berlin and westAvard to the borders of Man churia Some are dying for the right of the peoples of the world to vote . . . Others may have to die. As I moved to the clerk’s office to try for a copy of the pro posed Broswell substitute and the attempted amendment, I re- 4 membered that Gov. Folsom was the only southern governor that I had'’ever heard challenge a Negro group to exercise its voting privileges. It had been in Montgomery, not irt New Yorv City nor Chi cago, that I had sat on a platform with this same governor and heard him ask for a show of hands of tlie present qualified voters —then to hear him lecture on the importance of vote from Hick. Alabama to Wasliington, D. C. The clerk of the House of Representatives seemingly was gratified to tell me that neither the Boswell substitute nor the proposed amendment thereto had passed. But now as I leave Montgomery, I read that on the same day that the governor’s forces defeated this infamous bill Somebody on the Senate-side of the Alabama legislature of- feired a resolution for the abolition of the 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United States. New«Jilrth can be painfid, in deed! Came a caravan Of those who believe In the rights of man. The resentments of A subjected race Were flung right into The Governor’s face! Oh his eyes were hard And his face turned red. If they hadn’t a come The boy’d a been dead! The Governor knew That the people’s power Could save a man’s life At the dying hour! And that’s what happened To Willie McGhee. His life was saved But he’s still not free! And if you ask me The sermon begun. I’ll answer right quick, Here’s how it’ll run: _ No man on the earth Ever can be free Long as one black man’s Chained to misery! AEG ORDERS BAN ON BARBER SHOP BIAS Washington —Discrimination in the Community Barber Shop, serving the Atomic Energy Commission’s reservation at Los Alamos, N. M., has been banned by order of AEG Deputy Di rector Smith, the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People has been in formed. The order fallowed a protest filed with the ABC by the NAACP upon complaint of Wil liam G. Stone, an AEG security inspector, who charged that he had been refused service in the barber shop because of his race. Mr. Smith informed Earle W. Fisher, research assistant in the NAACP Washington Bureett, that the manager of the riiop had been ordered to perform his contract fully without regard to race or color.
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