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r AOB TWO m oABOLmA nms satdrdat, maboh isth, itu STILL IN COWWEBS PuMUied Wrtrj Satvrday By THE CABOUNA TDtBS PUBUSHING CO. 511 East Pettiffnw Street — Dnrluun, N. C. PHONES: 5-»t7S — S-tt71 — J-7S71 Memker National Nefn Prcn AaMoelatlen VOL : M NCMBBB 11 ■yr SATtJR0AT, MABOH ISih, 1952 It ia ab^Mtdy lm|iiMHlT f«r flie CABOLINA TIMES to loaraatao tiio ezaet time of p«kUe«- tten or leeatioB in tiie paper ^ usoUelted artleles, bnt will atrlye to oonform with the wisbca of Its readloff pablle aa sear as ii hmaiily poarible. Entered as Seeond CUm matter at ttie Poet O ffices at Durham, North CaroUaa aadw the aet of Mandi S, lilt. National Advertlatiic Representative Inter state United Newspapen, 645 Fifth Avenne, New York 17, New York. Branch Office: 6 East Jaekson Boulevard, Chlcafo, Dl. L. E. APSUN C. M. BOSS M. B. HUDSON W. B. BL.AKB _ EDITOR AND PUBLISHER MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER CIRCULATION MANAGER • Months I Year _ SUSCRIPTION RATES: |2.M Forelfn Countries 3 Years Per Year M.OO >*.00 The Ultimate Victory Of Civil Rights The effort of the North Carolina Confer ence of NAACP Branches to sponsor a one- day conference in Raleigh on registering and voting should receive the unamimous ap proval and support of Negro leaders every where. The past record shows that there is entirely too much lethargy among Negroes on the matter of exercising their political rights. Even in the major cities of the State like Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Dilr- ham and Raleigh, there is entirely too little vote action. In the last state-wide election only Durham, Greensboro and Raleigh show ed even a semblance of voting strength, to say nothing of cities like AsheviUe, Wilming ton, Fayetteville, Wilson and Rocky Mount. Instead of an expected crowd of 500, at least 1,500 persons should put in their ap pearance at the Raleigh meeting. This must be done if every nook and corner of the State is going to be aroused to'the point of registering and voting in large enough num bers to be effective. One unlimited source of workers the NAACP should tap in this State is that to be found in our high schools and colleges. Although many students in both are not yet old enough to vote themselves they are old enough to help get others to the polls. We think the experience they would re ceive in such matters would be well worth the sacrifice in time and energy. The CAROLINA TIMES hopes that all Negro men and women will lend their sup port to the efforts of the NAACP to register and vote more Negroes in North Carolina. We utge every one to go to Raleigh on next Saturday and do what he can to make the meeting a success. The Durham Business Chain's New Program The Durham Business and Professional Chain should be encouraged by all citizens of Durham in its effort to assist Negro mer chants and business firms in rendering bet ter service to the public. In spite of Dur ham’s acknowledged leadership in business there is decidedly much room for improve ment, especially among the small businesses. The Chain promises to not only encourage improvement in all Negro businesses, but to hold from time to time institutes on man agement, salesmanship, advertising, etc., to help them improve. . In addition to this very progressive pro gram, officers of the group announced this week that the organization is anxious to receive criticisms and suggestions from Mrs. Housewife and other interested persons on how to improve Negro business. One phase of the program which we think is worthy of careful consideration from all its members is that of boosting Negro busi nesses instead of knocking them. In the past there has been a tendency on the part of competitors to knock each other which is far out of line with maintaining the proper ethics. The new program calls for boosting each other instead of knocking each other. We think that if the merchants will do this themselves it wtH do much to others to do so. The CAROLINA TIMES wishes to extend its congratulations to the DBPC and it is our sincere hope that the merchants and professional people of the Durham business will appreciate the organization to the ex tent that they will join it and support its program. Clark's Oats Are Not Votes When Senator Richard B. Russell of Geor gia announced that he was a candidate for president of the United States, we thought that was about the biggest joke of all time, We had hardly recovered from horse-laugh ing at Russell’s shenanagins before we were again forced to grab our sides to keep them from splitting over the announcement of John W. Clark, notorious reactionary and Ne^ro hater of Greensboro, that he is seri ously considering nmning for governor of North Carolina. ^ Evidently Mr. Olark has a super amount of self esteem if he actually thinks he has a ghost of a chance of becoming governor of North Carolina against even the type of op position afforded him in candidates William B. Umstead and Hubert Olive. As it now stands the voters of the State have no choice between Unutead and Olive as both have about the same philosophy. However, if and when Mr. Clark enters the race it would be necessary for them to make a choice between one of the lesser evils and the greatest evil. As stupid as some of our white fol^ are in eastern North Carolina, we don’t l^lieve they are so much so that even they would wish to see a man governor of this State who is approximately 50 years behind in his thinking. Of course Mr. Clark is sure to receive a large number of votes from per sons of his own thinking both in eastern and western North Carolina. We don’t believe, however that he will be able to make a creditable showing even against candidates Umstead or Olive. About the only thing Mr. Clark has that equips him for a successful gubernatorial race is money. The power of his money is probably pausing him to feel his oats which he has mistaken as being votes. It might be a good idea for him to enter the race and settle, once and for all, as he suggests, whether this State wishes to pursue a course of r^k reaction or a course of middle-of- the-road on the matter of segregation. Oth erwise we believe his candidacy to be as great a farce as that of Senator Russell. For this simple reason we cannot bring our selves around to the point of imagining enough voters in North Carolina being so stupid as to get this State back 50 years or more by trusting such a man as Clark with the high office of governor. The Conference On Registering And Voting Failure of the special three-judge Federal court to rule against segregated schools in South Carolina should in no wise discourage thoie who are fighting to put an end to this notorious disgrace. In fact it should serve to give impetus to the efforts already b«- ing^made to destroy this evil that is being UMd to effectively to ^eat the nation’s effort to sell democracy to other peoples of the world. The time is not far away when the United States is going to have to decide whether or not it is going to have its cake or eat it. It cannot do both. The conunon belief of some people, especially in the South, that it is possible for America to sell democracy to Asiatic and European nations while maintaining a most notorious type of undemocratic program against minorities within its own borders is playing havoc with this country’s attempt to halt the spread of communism in the world. Southern demagogues, in and out of Congress, who oppose every effort of Presi dent Truman and other far-seeing statesmen of our times, to bring equality to all men, are doing more to undermine this nation’s stand against the Reds than all of the com munists can do here at home. This nation cannot forever endure ex tending full democracy to some of its citi zens and denying it to others. Sooner or later it must come to that point in its exist ence when it must choose between being hot or cold on this mpst important issue or ulti mately not being at alL It cannot forever remain lukewarm, it cannot forever wear the cloak of hypocrisy by taking what some claim is a middle-of-the-road stand. These days demand definite and positive action of governments on such issues. The challenge of puliy little men like Sen ators Richard 'B. Russell of Georgia, Clyde R. Hoey, Willis Smith pf North Carolina and others wh»e mipdijfare too*small to comjirehend the bigness of their task is not alone a challenge to President Truman or able ruling. Whatever its final verdict it the ideals of civil rights for which he is fighting in this country. It is a challenge to the overwhelming millions of dark skin peoples of the earth to obtain the equality which the Constitution of the United States, and the United Nations’ Declaration of Human Righls claim is due all men. History will someday declare the Na tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People, that is in the forefront of these civil rights cases, as the one organi zation that stood in the path of the Dizie- crats and the Ku Klux Klan to prevent the decline and overthrow of democracy by de manding that this nation practice what it I preaches about democracy. From all indications the NAACP intends to appeal the case to the Supreme Court, a course it has had to pursue in other civil rights cases before it could secure a favor- must never be forgotten that there is even a higher court than that of the Supreme Court of the United States before which an appeal may be made and tfiat is the con sciences of righteous people. It was this court that rendered a dissenting verdict in the notorious Dred Scott decision which the United States Supreme Court handed down in 1857, that ultimately became the prevail ing opinion. ‘Sanity For An Insane World” By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church “When they reached Jesus they saw the lunatic, clothed in his sober senses . . Mark 5:15. JESUS HAS RIGHTLY been called the only sane person to WASHINGTON AND "SMALL BUSINESS O. W. Harder Keadwi ot«n inquire "Is State Secretary Achaicn attacked •veryiriicre becauf* ho worici agai^ tmall businesi, or be- oaiiaa of partisan poUtloi.’* • * * ft’s a tall qMsUoi, but oqlt to answer dirootly because Aoheeon la a master ta eradinf dli^eot qaoa- tions. • • • Therefore file only wayl the readera* question can antwared is] 'io ctate facts, and let conclu-l ilona be drawn.' Soma Washing- ton scholars' say ‘ ‘The Roman Smplre had its Bruius, Italy had it’s MachlBveUi, the last Imperial Russian govern ment had Its Rasputin.” • * • lliey then ask “wHl tntaie liistorians say tlie Amerlcaii Be- pnbllc had its AoliesoaT" Their meaning is that iiistory la re plete with men wiio wiiHe not tiie liead ef gOTemment, widded mysterioiu powers that eveoti^ ally destroyed the govermnMit. • A strong viewpoint, but no stronger than tliat voiced re cently by Sen. Homer Ferguson of Michigan, who states the lack of Copper for all bu^ess in thl« country is due directly to a world wide trust set up Acheson. • * • Sen. Fergoson states that Amerioatt nse of copper, is OOB* trolled by tiie IntemaUonai M»> teriate oiniference, a world or- CsnlzaUQii set up by Aciieson witbont CoagreMional aatliorlty. • • * — He further stated that while any American copper user Could be jailed for paying more than 34^ cents per potmd for cop per, the U.S. government is giv- ®n»Uom1 r«d«r«tlM at Bnitnm Bv C. WILSON HARDER ing foreign nattons Amorican tax monoy to buy copper lor asmuoh as 110 eents per pound, o * e TIm leaator also stated thira Is >0 peilcing sf how this mi^ tarial is ased; It is possible part e( It goea baUbd ^ Iraa Oar- taia. Iharefore ha statos. "The btenwtlsiial Materials OMtfer- eiioo Is In reality aa Intenatioii- al Saw Materials Tmst operated by Dean Adiea» with ttie oeiH nlvanoe aad aqppert ef fsreign ooontrles with tiwir hands ia the American tMqwyer’a pookets.” o * e Last week tUs column told iiow CSiurchiU woiked out a deal in WMliington giving British monoj^ly ccotrol over U.S. tin sumdies at inereased prices. New tlie I^Maal Beoority Agen. ey, the Marshall Vlan with a new aaaie, aaaa—ies that TM,- •M d^rs worth of tb^farte Is being sent to frenoh North AfHea, anoihar qaarter million dollars worth of Booth American tin are ia being aent to Oeniaay. o 0 e So wiiile the American tax payer is being bled iriilto and the OPS is prosecuting small busi ness wiille prices soar, and shortages plague business, ev erything is glossed over with a slogan that all this is necessary for world security. • • '• The retort is now “Seoore for whom . . . free enterprise In the American tradition or. for worldwide menopolyT’* * e e It ia^sslble for a man’s in tentions to be misunderstood. « e e Bvt it seems more thaa mere coinoidence that practically ev ery move Aoheson takes tends to bnild bigger' aad Mgger trasts and monopolies, wliile American free eaterprlae salfers. Sen. Fer guson should now And ont why he and other Congressmen per mit their aathority tO l>e osnrii^. live in an intensely insane world. The madness of our world is forcing us to this con clusion. We are losing our rea son. We see incretued chUdish- ness in a world that demands weU-balanced maturity. This madness has our leaders con fused. EVERYWHERE WE LOOK there is a state of Insane Jitters. This is the state and the mood in the mind and the soul of the man among the Gadarenes. We are not told the cause of his mental and soul-slcknes«, We do see a man in a state of insanity or madness. We see a sick man tom, twisted and dis torted in his inmost nature. We do see a man who is off the beam, driven by unreasoning madn^M. We do know that he has lost whatever It is that makes a human being happy, peac^ilft’and sane. THIS BfAN IS a fitting symbol of the growing madness and in sanity of our times. In the fury of his madness he cuts and wounds himself. No man could tame hlml It took the trans forming power of God in CSirist to restore him to sanity. iBBt tiUa a key to flu grew- Ing iiisfliiTi of oar itmmt At die lMid>t of tlie Bsaa's in- saatty Jana apffears on tiie coast He saw ssma«lit»g in Jems: Underataadlag, «em- paasloii, aeoeftaaee aad Iwe. God’s reiMnriac ieve ia tte greatest Pfwer in the warld. This magiMtie power off Christ breagbt this mad erea- tore on bendlhg knees at the feet of Jems. God's redasmtag love broaght peaee aad oataa* ness to Ua iaaaaely troafeled seal. Ood’s poww can perform wonder in a world of growing madness. The raging maniac Only God’s redeeming love can bring man’s sinful and troubled was changed into peaceful calm ness at the feet of the maater. BY INCH OF CANDLE BY ROSE BUTLER BROWNE Next week we are beginning a course In Science for Elemen tary School Teachers. One of the questions to which we plan to give some thought is, “what «haii we teach our children about the atomic twmb”? Whether we should bring into the school anything that might add to the already insecure feel ing of many young childrea is gom>thtng that we must decide. Another thing to which we must give thought is whether we wish even young children to remain uninformed concerning this great force that has such unbe lievable potentialities for de stroying as well as for improv ing our living. David LiUenthall, former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, made the foUow- ing statement, “In a democracy, atomic energy must t>elong to the people; and the -people will have to make the decisions that govern its use. If their decisions are to he wise ones, they must be based on luiowledge of what atomic'energy is and what it pcan do.” If we accept the vali dity of Lilienthal’s statement, our task is crystal clear. The children in oiv elementary fchools now will soon the ‘people’ to whom Lilienthal re fers. They wiU have the respon sibility for determining how atomic energy is to be used. If their decisions are to be wise, they must be based on know ledge and belief. Since the public school is soci ety’s agent, provided by society to do anything that society wants done that is not being adequately car^ for by any other agency, it may be that at titudes and beliefs concerning atomic energy as a part of the science curriculum of the public schools are Justified. Whether we need to teach atomic energy as a form of energy when we present and discuss other forms of energy is not the only reason for thinicing about it in a Grad uate course. Teachers are people, S very special kind or people. By virture of their position in society they should be aware of social trends. Tills form of energy and our use of it may determine the direction of life on the top side of the planet earth. It may determine whether we shall have large cities, whe ther we shall add atomic drills as a part of the school’s offer ings as they do in most of. the cities of the North and Kast. Whether we liecome Informed in tills area for the cultural pur poses or for professional reas ons, we should study about atomic energy and its uses. Where can the teacher find materials written for the lay man, to say notliing of materials written for children? There are many sources for teachers; two of the best, in my opinion, are Burnett, R., Atomic Energv- Double Edged Sword o/ Science, O. Merritt, 1949 and Camobeli, J. W., The Atomic Story, Holt, 1947. For children of aU ages there are picture books and story Iwoks. Meyer, J., Pictttre Book of Molecules and Atoms, Lothrop, 1947; Musial, J. Dag- wood splits the Atom, Educat ional Division, King Features Syndicate, Inc.; 235 East 4Sth St., New York, 17, N. Y. Lewel- len, John, You ond Atomic En ergy and its Wonderful Uses, Chicago, CiiUdren’s Press, 1949; Potter, Robert D., Young JPeoples’ Book of Atomic Energy, McBride, 1946; Schneider, Her man and Scheider Nina, How Big is Big? Scott, 1948. The fact that so much materi al is available for both teachers and children is evidence that many people l>elleve that know ledge and understanding of the potentialities of atomic energy should Ijecome a part of the ed ucation of children. If we are to keep abreast of contemporary thought we must be thinking about a poapible answer to the question, “What shall we tell our children about the atomic bomb?’’ -U-U-MMSS CALVIN'S-DIGEST BY L. BAYNARD WHITNEY (rOB CALVIN NEWS SBRVlOB) a CALL FOR TITANS ^ _ J, Finley Wilson, one of the Utana of the race, passed fnm the Stage of Life Just before tlie climax of the great interra^ drama in America. Among Negroes he was truly the repreaenUtive of “the man in the street;” his remarkable accomplishments were nnmparnhi*. to making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, or producing wheat from chaff. . . Within three decadea Wilson increased the Rika frataraal order from a few thoasand in memberahip to a half-million with 900 lodgea, intwaatlonal in scope and poUtteally power- fal He WM MmoDg th® stronfsst l©*dcw to tho ci^ righta, and oaaWhat^ a far-f«MWB» profr«n far n^siag edncattaaal ataadarda amoag hia raee. Thla was>made possible because of his grand passion for pe^ pie. His rulership eventually drew into the fraternity of many of the best minds and leadership talent in Negro America. Th* preaeat erWa hi the feattle for eivU rl|»ta demaada lead- enAlp, aapeeially at tfce level of the eofnnioB ana The aohlevementa of the Ute Graad Exalted Roler eoaiMtate a of leadendiip, and a maaa erganisatlon of effeetlve p*w- er. her title ahall arlae frwa it, and to his ahall fall * cmriiing reapenaibllity. “■ Let us hope that before and durhig the mad scramble for the lucrative office of “The Grand” next June, the candidatea and ttieir foUowera will realize they shall be called upon to fa» issues, solve problems and wield great power in behalf of 17 Uon wdored Americans. ThU reaUzatkm ahould predomhiate over seeking and petty argument over policy. _ .. ♦ ♦ ♦ A HOTTEST ISSUE Walter White of the NAACP told an Oaklaad, Calltomia recently that Just prior to the CivU Bights Leadership in Washington, D. C., a prominent new^wperman told him that in Congress the civU riitfits issue was “deader th^ a doornail.” White said that after the conference, civil ri^ta was the hottest issue in the Capital. Why? Becaaae •M delegates treat SB states, my— 52 iffM»i«»i, eharch, labor frateraal, elvte aa mlaertty graapa regMered their determination to wage a relentleaa etvU righta fi^t in the Nation’a 4N-eM eleetlaa dlatriete. Never helare ia *"»«»>«««« hiatory haa the Negre kranght aaA preasore to bear apoa meaibMa of Ceagreaa. The tightly organized 0ix>up of powerful delegates urged the to curb filibusters by simple majority rule. Incidentally, Georgia’a Senator Walter George was viaibly shocked when he saw that the delegation from his state was interracial in mem- bership. While the nsnfraarn waa la pregreaa. etrll wrMga ware atill oatragiag U. 8. deaaocraey: the klaa waa feoiatav ereaasa (ersii at Harvard), hsatinf. Haggiag, heniWag heth Negro aad white rtttataa, foniag the m to oraek down la ttw Caroiiaaa; taa- dreda of Nagroea wore-ha(ag beatan aad terreriaed la Rerlda lirriwir of tte Otavalai^ ease hat thaae laataaeca were aet aald Walter White; the aulartty of white haspHals, Nerfli aad Seath, siatiaaiid to bar Negro patteata, altium^ Tthi—■*- bold aMoriMraUp la varleaa hei^ital plaaa. Waahington high army brass continued to Jim crow Negro troops in Europe, proved Joiimaliat Claude A. Barnett; although the court haa outlawed segreated in interatate travd, the ICC ruled Negroes may be segregated on Southern dining care; and “there stiU are far too many inatancea of police violence, forced cwilessions, and application of a double-standard baaed on race,” reported the Southern Regional CouncU at Chattanooga. aiMiy with Job dlaerladaatloa, tteae are the aialB rt—aaa etvU righta are, aad will eeattaue te he, the BOTTR8T 188UK la Ceagreaa and tiureai^at the Hatted Stataa^ nature under controL Christ, and Christ ahme, can bring sanity to a world of madnaas What a beautiful picture we see here: The and insane man sitting peacefully and calmly at the maater ... “Clofhed in hia aober THK LOVR OF Ood in Christ is man’a only avenue of eacape from hia dark wildemeM ot madneaa and inaanity. It oiftered an eacape for this man. nie Chrlat waa ia our hope of escape from our madneas. Our madneaa awaita the healing touch of flia (Plaaaa turn to Pai» S*raii)
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