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THE SCARCITY OF UPRIGHT DURHAM CITIZENS
It probably won’t create much of a sensation
in Durham but Clarence Whitfield’s story of
Mrs. J. C. Trent, appearing in the Sunday’s
eution of the Durham Morning Usrald,
earned some pertinent facts on the philo-
sopny ot life oi: this very fine woman whose'
uuiuence is begiiming to be felt in the
religious, social and political life of thu city.
Dturham does not take too readily to those
who would disturb the status quo of its back
ward concept of vital Qt momentous ques
tions.
in referring to her husband, the late Dr.
josian 'ireni, this mother of four young
cmidren and member of Durham’s City
Council says that she and her husband work
ed out a goal and that she feels it her duty
to continue to work toward it. She says fur
ther that she believes that ignorance breeds
prejudice and that she hp^s her children
will be “tolerant, unprejudiced, informed
citizens, and that they will live by their
Christian convictions.”
Mow these are strong words to be uttered
in a city that is run for the most part by the
greatest hog combine of narrow little, men
and women of any of its size in the entire
State. It will probably send tfie blood pres
sure of many of them zooming to the danger
point. For in Durham it is very dangerous
to attempt to promote pure Democracy or
pure Christianity. Fortunately for Mrs.
Trent she is a member of one of the oldest
BOd ilBJBt famous fsmilies^'the city or she
would be tagged a communist, an outsider,
a foreigner from the North who is attempt
ing to stir up trouble and wreck southern
customs.
Jesus who taught us to love ye one an
other and Peter His apostle who declared,
“Of a truth I perceive that God is no respect
er of persons,” would both have crosses
burned in front of their homes if they lived
in a certain sections of North Carolina to
day. If they lived in Durham they would
be considered rank radicals or downright
communists.
In his inaugural address Abraham Lincoln
said, “If by mere force of numbers, a major
ity should deprive a minority of any clearly
written constitutional right, it might in a
moral point of view justify revolution—cer
tainly would if such a right were a moral
one.” If Lincoln were living in Durham
today and utter^ such words he would
promptly be labelled a communist, arrested
and tried for seeking the overthrow of the
government by a bunch of little morons
whose very lives are undermining our na
tional security and furnishing food for the
propaganda machines of donununism to feed
the teeming millions of oppressed colored
peoples throughout the world.
1 nere is a serious dearth of strong upright
citizens in hign places in Durham and the
discovery oi even one such person here is
truly reireshing. Mrs. Trent will no doubt
be a disturbing force for good on the City
Council and in other areas of Durh^ Life.
xii ebiimating [he value of a person you
need noi do so by seeKing out how much he
gives to his church or the Jied Cross. You
need not ask his social equals what kind of
nost he is. Ihese are mere window dressings
put there to persuade and influence. Step
inside and go on back to the kitchen, and
the basement where the cook, the maid, the
nurse and the chauffer, gather to gossip in
Whispers about the boss and the mistress.
1 aiK with the yard man on a hot sultry day
when he is mowing the lawn and the sun is
beating down upon his scorched brow. If
these people tell you, out of hearing and
out of sight of the master and the mistress,
that they are good people you may have the
estimation of those who see through a glass
darkly. Those servants know more about
what’s on the inside of that house and what’s
on, the inside of the mistress and the master
than you will ever know. They see through
a glass clearly.
Mrs. Trent’s servants tell us that she is a
Christian woman. They love her and are
glad tD”have the opportunity to Trork"
her. They have the estimate of her worth
that is the real McCoy.
While we are on this subject it might be
a fine thing for some of our white folks in
Durham who think they are big shots to
know that the reports from the kitchen are
to the contrary. The kitchen says that for
the most part they are unfair, mean crab
bed, narrow, prejudiced and like to make a
footmat of their servants. They say that
they roll in wealth and money but won’t
pay their servants decent wages. Instead
of a big shot they say that morally that have
“been shot.” They -work for them because
they can’t do better, not because they like it.
So, Durham flounders on, struggling
against such little people who have a death
like grip on its thinking, its philosophy and
its concept. Thus we find in Durham the
highest per capita wealth among Negroes in
the "nation and the lowest per capita recogni
tion and respect for Negroes. So narrow and
little is,the sentimmt of its leaders that
even a job for a Negro in the city’s fire de
partment is considered an attack on white
supremacy. God help our benighted city!
ON SELECTING A GUBERNATORIAL
CANDIDATE
Froih all over North Carolina inquiries
have been coming to the CAROLINA TIMES
concerning what course Negro voters should
pursue in the gubernatorial race between
William B. Umstead and Hubert E. Oliver.
Naturally this newspaper appreciates the
confidence our readers have in us and assures
th«^ that as soon as propriety warrants we
will give them our honest opinion.
To even suggest in the Negro press the
support of Negro voters fojr either candidate
this early in the campaign would probably
set off a tirade oi mudslinging by the other
that would develop into a repetition of th^
type of campaign waged against former
Senator Frank P. Graham by Willis Smith
tn the last senatorial electic^.
Tb« greatest need of all Negroes in North
Carolina now, who have not done so, is to
register and get prepared to vote. Those
who have already registered should do every
thing in their power to get those who have
not to do so. .
The CAROLINA TIMES urges aU Negro
churches, lodges, clubs, businesses and 'in
dividuals to use their influence in a ciun-
paign to bring the nuq^ber of registered Ne
gro voters up to 200,000. When that has
been accomplished it will be political suicide
for any candidlte seeking a state office to
resort to the kind of campaign as did Willis
Smith.
Until thejEoal 2QQJ)00 registered Negro
voters has been reached we sincerely and
humbly urge our readers to rely on the
wisdom of not exposing our hand too early
in the campaign.
f ^SOUTHERH ig
* 'PRESSOIIE
i OROUPS*
A' IGNORANC
mi: TEAft
BY ROSE BUTLER BROWNE
Spiritual Insight
rr
From Cowardice To Courage'
By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND
Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church
"Peter stood up along with
the Eleven . . . these men
are not drunk ... it i^ onVy
nine in the mornina • •
Acts 2:14-16.
The presence of the Risen
Christ and the Power of Pente
cost transformed a group of
cowards into courageous souls.
Last week we saw Peter the
cringing coward shedding tears
of bitterness and'regret in'deny
ing his Master in a critical hour.
Beyond the Cross and the open
grave we see a new creature.
The power of God has brought
a mighty transformation and we
see a changed man: He is no
longer a coward lor the power
of God has made him a cotlrage-
ous soul. What wonders the pow
er of God’s spirit can work in
our weak and sinful lives.
The power can change you
from a sinner to a courageous
saint witnessing for Qod. Pet^
I^^aiiged. The fears that grfp-
ped him on that dark night are
gone: He is changed from cow
ardice to courage^
What and bow is this trans
formation effected. It is an un
conditional surrender of faith
and trust in God. The Holy Spir
it had moved him from cow
ardice to unshakeable courage.
God the Holy Spirit had come
to dwell in their heai'ts.
Tiiis transforming spiritual
shift had made Peter ready and
fit for God’s blessed work of
saving a lost and sinful world.
Leadership for God in an evil
and sinful world calls for cour
age. It was needed in Peter two
thousand years ago. It is need
ed in us today.
To face and come to grips and
conquer the mighty forces of
evil you must have courage.
God can’t use cowards. Cowards
are unfit for God’s great tasks.
Christ knew tliat they would
face in a world of sin and selfish
ness. Thus he asked them to
wait for endowment of heaven
ly power. It was this power ot
God that changed Peter from a
cringing coward to a bold and
courageous witness for God.
Fifty days before he was a cow->
ard running through the dark-
ne^;^Now he is made a bold wit-
ie^ by the power oftSM.
Times of great danger caU for
courageous souls for God. It is a
dangerous thing to really live
for God. Christ told us this would
be when he said: THEY HATED
ME AND THEY WUJL. HATE
YOU! In the face of great dan
ger we are tempted to forsake
our principles and ideals. We
sell out to save number one.
With our standards of material
success we are tempted to sacri
fice our souls—our most pre
cious gift—^for things. We need
in these times to stand on our
fundamental moral-ethical-spir-
itual values. As long as we exalt
-aelf we are in danger of becom
ing cowards. Cowuds place sell
at the center. Great and cour
ageous souls place God at the
center. This shift changed Peter.
It will change us too!
Let us remember that it is
still true that an unconditional
surrender to the transforming
power of Heaven’s Holy Spirit
can still change men from cow
ardice to courage. God can per
form this operation ia your
heart.
W A S H I N G 1 O N AND
"SMALL BUSINESS
The Black Day of Mweh 4%
1953, may^well go down Into his
tory as turning point in the
battle for the preservation at
the United Statei.
• * •
Never before has se mvob
■entment been uonaed. Blany to*
dlTtdnsIs anA basinessmem
foimd H necea-
■ary to borrow
i, money to pay
taze*.
* • •
So Intense Is
the maU on the
tax iubjecti
many Con-
g resimen,
facing re-elec-
Uon, privately
■ ay that a O. w. Hfrdar
“yea" for any tax or heavy
spending bill will be sure death
In November.
• • •
n protest* continue, Um lilui
to ipend another IS blUon dol
lars tbla year In gUtm to foreign
nations irtll be defeated soimdly
by bl^artlaaa action.
• • •
Support grows for tiie bill In
troduced In January by Rep.
John F. Kennedy (D., Mass.)
providing lor a bi-partisan com
mission to investigate just how
the billions are spent abroad*
* • •
The first job, Sep. Kennedy
says Is to actually find ont how
maii^ bllllans ot dollars extort
ed from Amerloaa taxpayers
have been aent to foreign na
tions. Estimates nm all the way
from 130 to f9S bllUona with no
one knowing exactly how mnoh
has been spent, he finds.
• • •.
In addition, Kennedy reporta
no evidence can be secured of
any basic good being obtained
Qin the vast expenditures.
~ —
He atates investigating Oon-
gressmoi have fotind the bil
lions already spent have failed
to help the ordinary eitisaaa; bat
monopoUstlo forel|n iadaatrial*
®N>ttan ratenUaa «l til»nilnl mrnttmi
Ry C V/ll SON MARDtR
Ista hsTS gaiaai greatly.
• • •
Cwgressmen have found that
many hundreds c ttiousands of
dollars,|dven by the Marshall
Plan ^ mild Meded hospitals
in Sl(M]y ended up building elab-
orata gStiinmment ofBces.
« • •
The east of giving away this
money is ataggertng.
« « •
It Is estimated, and again no
Me can give a flgme, that the ,
U. S. has 300,000 employees
abroad giving away this money.
« • •
Thus, the nation haa more
people edngaged in giving away
money than It haa nnder arms
on the ground in Korea observ
ing the bloody “tmoe”.
* • •
It Is further estimated that
these estimated 200,000 receive
in salaries an estimated half '
bUllon dollars. With living and (
travel expenses added. It could >
total a billion dollars.
* e •
Thus, on this scale, It woold
cost over 12% this year to give
away another |8 billion while
many independent buslnessea at
home feel Incliy to be able to get
an average 12% markap on
sales. Bnt now It appears that It
costa more to give money aw»y,
than make money.
e * •
As to be expected, the Social
ists in all branches of gov^em-
ment seeking to finance world
wide Socialism with American
tax dollars are preparing to
level the linger of scorn and
shout the epithet ol ‘isolationist”
at Bep. Kennedy and all who
support his measure.
• * *
But then, no ««e hates police
offlolala Ilka a robber a^ at
large, becanse he fears appre-
l_J.JflMswise, in mMiy
qnartera la Watiitigtbn"B8l^
there la deep gnawing fear that
the aoandal of the American
bankrupting give-away pro
grams is beinc eqosed.
i had a very pleasant visit witn
the buperiniendent of our City
Qchoois recenUy. i vveni to gam
iniormauon concernmg the
status of our program 01 extra
class acUviUes in the elementary
schools. The iaea was abroad
among parents and cliildren that
the Superintendent ol schools
had ordered aU extra-class acti
vities in Negro elementary
schools discontinued. It was dis
turbing to me because 1 am a
parent, and because 1 am a stu
dent of Educational theory. Tiie
first step in approacliing any
problem is to get the facts.
I went seeking answers to four
questions. I wanted to know (1)
Is it true tliat all extra-class
activities are to be discontinuedT
(2) Does thia directive indicate
a change in philosopliy. (3) Does
the directive concern only Ne
gro elementary scliools? (4)
Should such a far reaching de
cision concerning our children
be made without the lielp of the
parent?
Our ISuperintendent is a
sQuare-shooter and 1 like him.
He answered questions in a
foifthright manner. He didn’t
crack ancient jokes that were
supposed to convulse the listen
er. He tried earnestly to give
the information requested. 1
told Mr. Weaver that 1 planned
to write a column on the inter
view and offered him the cour
tesy of reading it before it went
to sress. He declined the cour
tesy, but I am sending it to him,
anyway.
In answer to the question as
to wheth^ he had ordered all
class activities diiKoHtinued in
Negro elementary schools, Mr.
Weaver stated that he had giv
en no such directive. He describ
ed a i^gle situation in which
ciiildren were being denied the
time ol two teachers who were
out ol their classrooms directing
an activitiy, not in the course
ol study, which involv^ chil
dren Irom several classrooms.
This meant that the work ol sev
eral classes was interrupted, be
cause the children who were out
were missing whatever was go
ing on in thrir classrooms at
that time. The children of the
Land-Grant
Federal Plans
WASHINGTON
Ways by which the 17 Negro
Land-Grant Colleges may par
ticipate in the foreign training
program were discussed here in
conference last Monday and
■ Tuesday by three representa
tives of the institutions and
Government oflicals associated
with loreign technical assistance
work.
Representing the. Conlerence
ot Presidents ot Negro Lai
Grant Colleges were Dr. E. B.
Evans ol Prairie Veiw A. and
M. college, Conlerence Presi
dent; Dr.^B. B. Atwood ol Ken
tucky State college, Conlerence
Secretary; and Dr. John W.
Davis ol 'West Virginia State
college. Chairman, Conlerence
Executive Conimlttee.
Following discussion of vari
ous technical Cooperation Ad
ministration, the committee ol
college presidents ditfted a
statement regarding the handl
ing ol loreign agricultural af
fairs by all ol the Negro Land-
Grant institutions.
In the luture, it is expected
that a number of agricultural
trainees and leaders from abroad
who came here to study and
observe the operations of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture
an^ the Land-Grant College sys
tem, will spend some time at
both white and Negro agricul
tural colleges.
Among those who appeared on
the conference program were:
D. L. MacDonald, acting head
of the division of Extension, Ed-
ucation, and Training of OFAK,
who was chairman of the con-
lerence; Deputy Administrator
Jonathan B. Bingham of Tech
nical Cooperation Adminlstraa-
tidh; E. N. Holmgreen ol the
Mutual Security Agency; .Dr.
Fred P. Frutchey of Extension
Service; Dr. Ross E. Moore, as
sistant director of OFAR; David
-f«erf^ofJ!CA4--a-j;,.Mlmins
MSA; Dr. Lewis P. McCann of
the Agricultural Research Ad-
minlstrstion; and J. Demiett
Guthrie ot OFAR.
teachers who were engaged in
iiie activity were without a
teacher tor those periods.
Mr. Weaver staieu that ihere
iiuu ueen no cnange in plulo-
sophy, but mat u such a situa
tion existed in any school «n
Durham, he would see that chil
dren were not denied the time
and energy ol their teachers
throughout the school day. I be
lieve that every parent in Dur
ham would approve.
Most so-called activities grow
out ol tlte regular classroom
activities and do not require ex
tra time on the part of students
or teachers. Certanly the schools
are concerned with the develop
ment of skills such as reading,
writing, arithmetic, and the
learning of facts thought to be
important to problem solving.
In addition it is the obligation of
the school to provide opportuni
ties for character building and
personality development. In
North Carolina the elementary
l^ools i>rovide terminal educa
tion for many people. Tiie com
mon school, then, must provide
trips, work experiences, club
activities, participation in plays,
programs, operettas, cantatas,
for it is thru these activities tliat
ciiildren gain firsthand experi
ences about the world in which
they live, and how to live well
with others.
In these days when all people
have a chance to decide whether *
or not a bond fssue for schools
or for community recreation
shall pass or fail, it is important
tliat people learn how to make
their own decisions, how to
share responsibility, and how to
cooperate tiirough group experi
ences. In America, people whe
cannot read or write can make
a motion. All of the class and
extra-class activities tliat we
develop in our schools are im
portant to our democratic way
of life. Extra-class activities are
not “extra”; they are not "fads
and frills”; they are the curri
culum vitalized.
Our Superintendent said that
he gave no such directive, and I
believe him. I am sure that the
parents and ciiildren in oiu Ne
gro schools are reasstired.
Editorial 01 The Week
The following editorial was
in the national' edition of the
New York Amsterdam News in
the Issne.of April 19, 1952:
“Insurance lor Freedom”
“THI§ EDITORIAL should
not be necessary, save to an
nounce tliat the annual Spring
Membership Campaign ol the
for ^ho
vancement of Colored People
(NAACP) is now under way.
There should be no need for any
plea, no need for urging, for
promoting. But human beihgs
what they are, we are compell
ed to add a special appeal. No
where in the world—and we
say this studiedly—is there an
organization which does so much
with so little, for so many. No
where has one organization
brought about so many liberat
ing changes in one law and liv
ing of a nation and for the bene
fit of a people. 'Phat organiza
tion is the NAACP.
‘“Are Negroes safer today
from lynching than even a few
years ago? Can Negroes, even in
New York, enter more places of
public accommodation? Can Ne
groes live in better neighbor
hoods today than oiice was the
case? Are our childraf^ and
teachers in the South gmting a
better break? Are Negro soldiers
experiencing better treatment
and more opportunities in the
armed forces? Are Negroes find
ing more and better opportuni
ties for employment?
“The answer to all these ques
tions and a hundred more is
‘Yes.’ And the principal organi
zation which has led the fight
for over forty years ^ is the
NAACP. It has fought brains
with brahis, law with law; it
has, from the beginning harnes
sed the hearts, minds and hands
lnbbr the advancement of Ne-
g;^-Americans and, therefore
for the promotion of democracy.
If the U. S. A. looks a little bet
ter before the world today, to
a great extent it is because the
NAACP, years ago, won the law-
sidts and forced the. changes
which now are taken lor granted
as part ol the democratic 'Ame
rican way’. But gains and ad
vancement do not last forever.
He who wins today may lose to-,
morrow, unless eternal vigilance
is exercised. Keeping t h e ^
NAACP strong is vigilance. It
can secure strength and hold
gains only by having the mass
support of aU liberal people,
which,’ in tium, means Uic neces
sary financVtl suppoi^. It really'
takes money to hire lawyers,
prepare cases for the Supreme
Court, and conduct the educa
tional programs wtiich bring
about changes and improvement
in our status.
“Even with the NAACP, we
are not rid of violent bombings
like the Moore case in Mims,
Fla., or wanton discrimination
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