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r AGE TWO m CJkMlOUHJk. toot SATtfBDAT, MAY S4til. ItSS CbCa AND REMEMBER, THE AFRICANS HAVE PLANS TOO | BY INCH OF CANDLE By ROSE BUTLER BROWNE PakllAed iTery Satarday By m CABOUNA THUS PUBU8H1NO OO, !• Bast PeMcnw HtnH — Dortam. N. C. raONBS: 8-»l7S — B-M71 — J-ltll llMker Natlmal N«ffN PrcM AawieUtloB VOLCMB M — NUMBBB 21 SATUBDAT, MAT 24th, It la abaalately InfoaiHkle tar fika CABOLlNA T1MB8 to (narantee tka axaet time af pabUea tiaa ar laaat>a« la tk« papw at aaaaUettad artMea, bnt will atrive to eaalmrm wltk the wlabea ol Ita readlac pablle aa aear aa li kamaoly paariMa. Ealered aa Seooad Chm auittar at tka Poat Offices at Darhain, Norfii Carollaa and«r the aet of March S. IStl. Natieaal Adyertiainf Bepreaentattve Inter atate United Ne.wapapera^ S45 Fifth Aveane, New York 17, New Tork. Branch Office: S East Jaeicaon Bonlevard, ChicafO, III. L. B. AUSTIN M. B. HUDSON W. B. BLAKE EDITOB AND PUBLISHBB BUSINESS MANAOEB CIBCDLATION MANAGEB ( Mentha I Tear _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: It.N Poreifn Cooatrlea |t.M S Teara Per Tear |4.M $S.N IHE SOLID NEGRO VOIt VS. IHE SOLID SOUTH Walter White of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has warned the leaders of the Democratic Party that they may as well kiss the Negro vote goodbye if a southerner of Senator Richard B. Russell’s ilk is nominated for president of the United States. For fear that the party leaders might feel that Mr. White spoke on ly for northern Negro democrats we would like to inform them that the warning of the NAACP secretary includes the Negro voters of the South as well. Here in North Carolina where the ever increasing Negro vote has become principal ly identified with the Democratic Party it is going to be distressingly embarrassing for Negroes to continue as Democrats if a man like Senator Russell becomes the standard bearer of thie party. We think the same goes for the growing Negro vote in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and other southern states. ly it can be more so than the southern vote in 1948 when Truman was elected without the solid South. If the Democratic Party is smart and hopes to prolong its stay in the White House it will take cognizance of these facts and wnte in to the 1952 Party Cortventibn Platform a civil rights plank. If it does npt we agree with Walter White that it can kiss the Negro vote goodbye. The belief of many that Negro voters will hf4re no choice in the matter if the Re publicans nominate Senator Robert A. Taft will not hold water. For Negro leaders are of the unanimous opinion that the worst Republican can never be as bad as a bad Democrat. So, the Democratic Party must eventually make the momentous decision as to whether it prefers to incur the ill will of the solid ^ South or the ill will of a solid national Ne- The Negro voters might wink at a south- gro vote For let there be no mistake about emer like Senator Estes Kefauver, but North it, the Negro may spht on m^y issues and ar South they will never swaUow Senator men but >f and when a southerner is nom- RusseU beca4 of his anti-civil rights stand, inated |s the standarf bearer of the Demo- On a Mtional scale this can be a deciding cratic Party the ranfe will be as close factor in the election of a president. Certain- is hunaanly possible for them to be. THE SHRINERS GALA DAY CELEBRATION as it Last week Dubham was host to the gala Day Celebration of the Nobles and Daugh ters of Isis of the Mystic Shrine and the 43rd annual session of the North Carolhia Federated Women^ Clubs. While the lat ter organization was composed entirely of women, the Shriners brought to Durham over 1,000 men and women visitors who are supposed to represent the sporting element of the Masonic order. Be that as it may, Durham was indeed proud to have as its guests the Shriners, as well as the Federated Women’s Clubs. For a finer group of men and women have nev er met in convention here than those who took part in the Gala Day Celebration. The two-day meeting reached its climax in the parade which took place Saturday morning at eleven o’clock. It must have been a pleasant surprise to many that in stead of the usual conduct expected in a gala day celebration of any group of men, the very highest type of gentlemanly de-1 portment was observed. We think is high ly commendable when the same is com pared with similar organizations that have met in convention here. All of Durham vnll agree that the Shriners parade was one of the best ever witnessed here and without the slighest evidence of ] anyone being intoxicated. Every man and' woman appeared to be on his or her dignity. The Shriners s^t a fine example for similar organizations that seem to taJce delight in seeing how ridiculous they can act on oc casions of this kind. Durham is proud to have been selected as the host city for the 1952 Gala Celebration of the Shriners and it is our sincere hope that they will soon return here again. Spiritual Insight “Freedom From Anxieties” ♦ By REVEREISD HAROLD ROLAND PcMoTf Mount Gilead Baptiu Church “..The present phase of things is passing away...! want you to be free from all anxieties..." 1 Cor. 7:32. , Paul calls ‘ upon those who have faith In God to be free from anxieties. How can one l>e free from anxiety amid these fears,stresses, strains, shociu, pressures, cares and burdens in volved in the business of living? How can I be free from anxieties in a world where life won’t stay put. What hap||^ns7^(m>en I figur{b I have ^v^thmf %ill in hand—-there comes pain, sick ness, disappointment, km-. of Job, suffering, war and death to shatter my longed sought for dream of peace and content ment. One tragic moment shat ters my little world of peace and security. What a foolhardy thing for the man of God to call for^eedom from anxiety. I know its a great ideal but is it practical in a cold realistic world like this. Yes, I think it is practical. His request rests upon the unde niable truth of the physical uni verse:...“The present phase of things is passing...” Nothing, he says, in the physical and visible scene is permanent: It all will fade and pass away. The great est anxiety is suffered by those NEGRO MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION Elsewhere in this week's issue of the CAROLINA TIMES we have published an article disclosing that the Weaver McLejpm Post No. 175, Negro branch of the American Legion of Durham, intends to have nothing to do with the annual state convention of the organization, scheduled to meet in Dur ham June 7-lQ. The local Negro post is taking this stand because it has not been called in on plans for entertaining the con vention, and because its officers have rea sons to believe that the members of the white post do not want Negroes participating in the convention, except through the back door. We think the Weaver McLean Post has good and sound reasons for not b^ng will ing to participate in the American Legion convention except on an equal basis. The CAROLINA TIMES has watched the dis criminatory practice and biased policy of the American Legion for the past several years with the hope that there would eventually come into power an administra tion capable of accepting a man on the basis of his worth instead of the color of his skin. We had hope^l that some day the white members of the American Legion would realize that real Americanism, real Demo cracy, and above all, real Christianity are not concerned with the color of a man’s skin any more than bullets or fragments from a shell of an enemy's gun on a battle- . , field. ■nUs newspaper takes the position This would certainly be better than giving that if fiegro aoJdim are good enough to the Negro veterans the run around that has give tlieir lives for their country on a for- been demonstrated by its present eign battlefield, they are too good to be asked to accept an inferior place in the American Legion or any other place in American life. The American Legion may not know it, but when they refuse to accept a comrade on an equal basis, solely because his skin is of a different color, they are not only doing an unAmerican act, but they are furnishing amunition for the communists propaganda guns. The one billion or more colored peo ple in India, China, Africa, and other coun tries will wonder what Democracy can mean to them if it cannot mean equality to form er American Negro soldiers in their own country. The leaders in the American Legion must not be led into believing that the inferior position Negroes have always had in its ranks » satisfactory, merely because one or two Negroes who are on the payroll happen to so inform them. The inferior position was winked at by veterans of World Ww I, but the tendency on the part of veterans of World War II, and especially those of the Korean War, to overlook this unfair practice has about reached the breaking point. We think the American Legion ought to do honest thing and come out point blankly and inform the Negro veterans that they will not be accepted as equals in the organization or that they are not wanted Tn..•- ’ • . - - who put their trust and anchor themselves in these fading, perishable things. To accept this great truth is to achieve a measure of freedom from undue anxiety. We anchor in these fading things and we find they cannot satisfy: The result that we suffer frustration, dis appointment and anxiety. The key is that we stand lor a brief period in a passing scene. Time swiftly marches on. Before we get rooted we must be transplanted. Before- we know how to live its time to die! He who trusts solely in the fading glories must suffer the pangs of ravaging anxiety. To be free from anxiety your trust must be in liim who changeth not: Him who stands unchange able above and beyond this pass ing scene. Trust in him who is... “The same yesterday, today and forever....” Thus to be fre^from' anxieties you must take your stand on the source of eternal power: GOD. It is the assurance of the undergirding power of the everlasting arms that keeps us from anxieties. This has been called an “Age Of Anxiety”. Yes, our anxieties have been intensified by ten years of wars and rumors of wars. We have refined the In- WASMINGtON AND "SMALL BUSINESS Tlie hu« and ery ovar tha Preiidentlal seizure of tha ttrika- bound steel industry caused the major issue Involved to be over looked. a • a Demands for a prealdeatlal Impeachment, of oonne, are ex pected in an eleoUon year any pretext. • * * ^ However, election year hysteria la poor excuse: for ignoring the basic cause of the steel sit- uaUon. It is ai-j so dangerous for presiden-' tial seizure of anything, even a peanut stand, to be tolerated. * • • Tet, on clear aaalyela, an the fnror and fuse liaa so far failed to oDtline a lolation to a prob lem that win ocoor again and again to plague the nation ontU adequate enforoesnent of antt- tmat lawa aoivea the problem. • • * Steal numbers among its mem bers, U. S. Steel, which while disclaiming a monopoly, does control an estimated 40% of the naUon's production. There are less than 700,000 stockholders in all the nation’s steel companies, and the largest numlier are in U. S. Steel, created a hall cen tury ago by 3. P. Uorgan. The entire steel Industry takes its cue from U. S. Steal iMcause it is not Considered politic to run contrary to the decisions reached in its- august heights. • And on the oUier side are abont tW.tM stael workers, organized Ifi one hnga labor monopoljr. a * a Then thara ara cti a third side some 4,000,000 independent bus inesses, largely dependent on steal in some form, plus about 150 million Amarlcan consum ers. ^ y-jTrrf HT Bv C. WILSON HARDER U aaema fantaatlo that any na tion oan stand by Idly whUe a steel monopoly and a labor mon opoly ga Inta a protongad stata- mata. a a a Bo tha quesUon that anyone ^ould ask themselves is brief ly "If I were President ol the United States, just how would I handle a similar situation?” • a a And thereby la pased the strange . paradox of modetn Amartcan Ufa that can lead to Soolalisnt''^ or Communiam by conatant government intarven- tln Inta the diapntaa between monevely industry and mon^ idy li^r. a a No president saema to have been abla to cope with the prob lems of enforctag the anti-trust laws wiiioh would prevent tfaasa situations. a a a rraaklin D.Booaarelt attacked the problem ef monopaiy bnai- nesa by anooaragtag tha organl- satlon of mooepoly labor organ- liatian; comparable to burning down the haaea to gat rid of the mica; a a a Yet, Herliert Hoover was also ineffectual in solving the prob lem, and ills ineffectiveness is made all'tha more contrasting by hla post-depression statement “Our real depressioh> troubles began with the building u|T of a kind of economic autocracy.” a a a Hie entire sitnatlon again am- phaaltes a long neglect^ fact. The only solotlon to tha (reatest of aU national problema since the founding of the Bepubllc is ade- qaate anti-trust law enforce- mant. a a a nils in turn, emphasizes the need for Congressmen who un derstand and appreciate what Vigorous enforcement of these measures means to national freedom and security. struments of suffering and death—germwarfare, guided missels and atomic energy. We have unravelled the laws of na ture but we have not learned Gods blessed Law of Love. The caveman with his war club had his anxieties. And we with our Jet-powered instruments of ruin and devestation have our anxieties. God has been and is now the answer for the intensi fied anxieties of our times. Psy- sical power fails to give security and freedom from anxieties. Why? l>aul gives the answer;... “The present phase of things is. passing away. The word of God assures us in an “Age of Anxieties” that there are some unshakable and some things that will not pass Eternal securities. There are some things that will not pass away. There is a King and a KThgdoffi that is evertastlng~ shall not be destroyed. This Kingdom rests upon the Eternal attributes of God himself—love, justice, righteousness, compas sion and mercy. When you find and build upon these principles you can achieve “Freedom From Anxiety”. Let us remember that:.. “The grass withers the flower fades...but the word of God shall stand forever....” For this week’s column I had planned a synthesis of the pub lished reviews of William Frank Buckley’s book,God and Man at Yale. Tills book gives this other side of the Question. The Caro lina Times published the report of the faculty committee which answered Buckley's charge that he found “the general temper of the University anti-religious,” as if the Ivey League professors were leading their students in continuous prayer, while the cornfield Ph. D.’s were leading their students in riotous living. Since the students of Yale have made the front pages of all of the metropolitan dailies k>ecause of their fervor, they have spoken more eloquently than I can, so I yield. However, from what I read in the papers, fifteen hur rahs for the cornfield! When fewer than half of the people in any community are enough to spend half an hour a year to vote, it is a sad commen tary on the effect of our train ing for citizenship at home and at school. Now, we are on the eve of an- election, every goOd citizen in our community should make it his first concern. It is important that tor us this should not be a “fewer than half” year. If it is to t>e an all-out year, each of us must devote his best effort to making it so. Unless every eligible yoter in Durham comes out and votes the results of our election will be false. A limited vote places great power in the hands of small groups. Small elections make the votes of the corrupt and incompetent too de cisive. If we are to have an all out vote this year, we must get in a hurry. First, we must be come acquainted with the party organization in our own pre cinct. Offer to help wherever we can. What can you do? Poor little you! You can ring door bells ujitil you have twenty-four more voters with you. Hold them together tlirough registra tion, (trimary, and the election. Your ability to get out the vote is one measure of your status in the community. My father said that many a man who thinks he is a leader is taking a walk by himself. No one is all leader unless when he looks over his left shoulder he sees somebody coming on behind, by choice. Try to get out the vote, see how you stand as a com munity leader. Our election in Durham is more important than the local issues involved. Each local elec tion in America is democracy before the world. We are spend ing fabulous sums abroad to bol ster democracy while we sit at home and fail to help de mocracy work. If we believe in democracy as an ideal of government, if we ever think of the business of being free men in a free society, let - us now translate our belief into action. In 1639 Stephen Daye, an early settler wrote his Oath of a Free Man, which read “I do Solemnly bind myself in the sight of God that when such matters of this state in which free men are to deal, I will give my vote and suffrage as I shall judge in my own conscience may best conduce and tend to the public weal of the body, without respect of person, or favor of man.” Everyman should choose how he shall vote, but free men who wish to remain free, may not choose whether or not they will vote. We cannot be a "fewer than half’ community and build a bigger and better Durham. Let’s have an all-out vote! CALVIN'S DIGEST By L. BAYNARD WHITNEY (FOR CALVIN NEWS SERVICE) .Intermarriage July 6 will mark the third anniversary of one of the most famous interracial marriage since Frederick Douglass married Helen Pitts sixty-eight years ago. The vety popular and talented Poppy Cannon, wife of the internationally famous Wal ter (NAACP) White, writes most fascinatingly of their mixed marriage and its after maths in a national magazine article. “ The most encouraging thing about her story is the fact that, after three years, the circum- at the altar would probably end their individual careers. Now the facts show (1) that the great majority of mixed marriages work out very well; (2) that personal and social courage are indispensable, as well as a certain mental and emotional audacity; (3) that there are unique compensations along the Way and some friend ship and personal relationships will remain firm regardless; and that (4) racial integration lives I through intermarriage is very did not collapse after the first tremor. In certain respects, their foundations are stronger than ever. Mrs. White is still a suc cessful advertising executive and food editor of Mademoiselle. Mr. White is at the zenith of his amazing career as executive secretary of the NAACP. But three yaars ago they both thought that crossing racial lines Wilmington Pastor And Harvard Educator To Headline Finals At Central High School In Whiteville WHITEVILLE Baccalaureate exercises at Central High School was held on Sunday May 18, at 3:30 P.M., at which time the graduates and their friends were Mdressed by the Reverend Clarence Thomas, resident pastor of Wil mington. Rev. Thomas, a graduate of the Williston High School at Wilmington and Oakland Col lege of Alabama has been ser ving the Wilmington commu nity for more than 12 years. A very busy and noted speaker, he promised to add to the joy of graduation for the graduates and friends. At 8:00 P.M. May 23, the graduates and friends will be addressed by Dr. Rose Butler Brown, nationally known educa tor. Dr. Browne, at present ser ves as Chairman of the Graduate School of Elementary Education at N. C. College at Durham. Dr. Browne obtained the MA degree at Rhode Island State University and the Doctorate degree at Harvard University. Since grad uation, Dr. Browne has had the honorary degree of Ed. D. con ferred upon her by her Alma -Mater, Rhode Island State. This degree is given yearly to the alumnus of the college making the most noted contribution on a national level in the field of education. ~- Supt. L. A. Bruton, aIon( with J Attorney W. H. Powell, Chair man of Whiteville City Schools, | Board of Education will be on hand to deliver diplomas and awards and honors to the grad uates. Music for both occasions will be furnished by the Central High School Choral organization directed by Miss G. P. Dillard. The public iss invited to at tend all sessions. President Trent Reports Progress BROOKLYN Dr. W. J. Trent, President Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C. in his Quadrennial report to the 34th Session of the Gene ral Conference, A.M.E. Zion Church, said here Tuesday, tt'at Livingstone College was in the best condition that it has been in since its beginning in 1886. He stressed the work of Hood Theological Seminary and said that its facilities would be great ly expanded In order* to meet the growing need for trained preachers. He said that the church had cooperated with the seminary’s program greatly. _Dr. Trent announced that a $725,000.00 building program was about to get on the way and this would make more doml- tory space available and the general Improvement of the en tire physical plant. much on the increase, at home and abroad, taking the Negro firmly over “the last frontier to be crossed in breaking down racial taboos." Granting that true love is the firmest foundation for marriage, a mixed marriage can be the most thrilling and illuminating experience to come to persons of any race, “BIG AND LITTLE" Interesting thoughts on how honest and how' big is a lie, is the subject of a bulletin message by Harold K. Shelley, minister of First Unitarian Church of San Jose. Their cogency tempts us to quote it in part.... “How honest is honest?” At first glance it may not seem to be the same question. We have always been told we are honest or dishonest “Some Psychologists say that we are honest in one situation and not in another. Many con clude, therefore, that honesty is relative to the situation. But this is an error, for a dog is not small or big by himself, bnt only In comparison with a man or an ant. “From one situation to another what changes is- not honesty but the importance ol honesty. Importance increases as the situation becomes more complex and involves more people., “As children we wefe told aot to lie. Today advertising, busi ness, politics, diplomacy are filled with half-truths which have the effect of lies. These are told by people who were told" not to lie. As we move from situations in which we are ad monished to “Tell Mother the truth” to situations in which we have to tell about what la hap pening in America, we are not released from truth telling but required by the increased Im portance of the truth to tell it more rigorously. "Honesty is relative to the moral fibre of the individual. Moral fibre developes as an in dividual is honest In more im portant situations.’’
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