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VOLUME 30—NUMBER 47
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1952
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Food And Drug Protection For
The American People
It is not quite clear to us just why the
United States Supreme Court voted to bar
criminal prosecution against food and drug
manufacturers who refuse to allow federal
authorities into their plants. The ruling of
the nation’s highest tribunal indicated that
the wording of the law is faulty to the ex
tent that it is hard to determine just exactly
what it means. If this is true, we think Con
gress should rewrite the law it\. order that
the American people may be protected
against unscrupulous manufacturers of foods
and drugs.
If such ma.iufacturers are going to be al
lowed to prepare their products for human
consumption without some kind of restraint
or federal supervision, the people of this
country may as well prepare themselves for
a sad awakening. The very fact that some of
these manufacturers are desirous of barring
federal inspection is evidence that there is
a dead cat up the line and that he may end
up in a can of sausage or some other be-
lieved-to-be edible meat. The same is true
about the manufacturers of drugs.
This newspaper does not believe that all
food and drug manufacturers in this coim-
try are dishonest, but experience proves
that a large per cent of them will resort to
unscrupulous practices in an effort to obtain
greater profits in their investments. To al
low such persons to roam at large in this
country as manufacturers is no less than al
lowing any other criminal to do the same.
We do not believe that the Supreme Court
meant to protect such persons or manufac
turers from the eyes of federal inspectc»rs.
The court probably found itself without the
proper authority to enforce prosecution.
Such authority is that of the people, whose
agency in such matters is the Congress of
the United States. Whatever the status of
the matter, it should be attended to 'inune-
diately in order that the people of this coun
try may be protected against persoM whose
sole purpose is to make profits without re
gard for the health and happiness of their
fellowmen.
Tlie Stupidity Of Prejudice
Jim Crow Or 'Apartheid', The Answer
Must Be The Same."
UNITED
NATIONS
ORGANIZATIOtr
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any gangster’s. %
There is little or no hope that Negroes of
Caswell County will be able to extricate
themselves from their unhappy condition.
Unless some agency or organization outside
of the county comes to their rescue, 25 or 50
years from now may find them still groping
in the darkness of grossly inadequate educa
tional facilities.
We think the Caswell County situation of
fers a great opportunity for the North Caro
lina Teachers Association to go to the rescue
of some of its members who are working and
sacrificing beyond duty to teach under
conditions that are only a little less than
criminal. Not only will the Association bring
relief to Negro teachers of that County, but
to its innocent and helpless children who
are being taken advantage of by unscrupul-
educational officials.
Immediate action in the federal courts is
needed and we doubt that the Negroes in
the County have the courage, know-how or
the funds to undertake such a stupendous
task. It is our opinion, however, that the
inequalities are so great that once the ac
tion is started attorneys will have little trou
ble obtaining a favorable verdict in the mat
ter.
Down in Columbia, South Carolina they
have imprisoned John H. McCray, editor
and publisher of the LIGHTHOVSE AND
INFORMER, militant Negro newspaper of
that city. McCray was sent to jail by prej
udiced whites under the pretense that he
violated his parole in connection with a
libel case. The real cause behind McCray’s
imprisonment is that he, through his paper,
waged a consistent fight against discrimina
tion of his people in South Carolina. The
prejudiced white people of that state hope
by sending him to jail to stop the publica
tion of the LIGHTHOUSE AND INFORMER
and undermine McCray’s influence with his
people.
It will be recalled that the Progressive
Democrats of South Carolina of which Mc
Cray is chair^nan, led tl>e fight for the
abolishment of the white primary in South
Carolina. A number of whites in that state
have never recovered from the blow and are
determined to get the man who engineered
the movement.
Reports coming from South Carolina are
to the effect that instead of killing McCray’s
influence and stopping his paper, his
imprisonment has reacted exactly to the'op-
posite. Hundreds of Negroes and progresr
sive whites are subscribing to the LIGHT
HOUSE AND INFORMER who never
thought of doing so before. In addition Ne
gro firms, and some white ones, are bujring
more advertising space in the INFORMER
than ever before.
There is most always something about
wrongdoers that makes them lose their pow
er to think straight. In committing crimes
persons will do stupid acts that usually lead
to their apprehension. The same law ap
pears to govern those who engage in prej
udice against their fellowmen.
That prejudiced whites in South Carolina
are so dumb as to believe that imprisoning
or persecuting McCray would lessen his in
fluence or destroy his newspaper is ridi
culous. Instead McCray is now considered
a martyr by an ever increasing number of
his people who for the first time have been
driven to his side as supporters.
We conunend the Negroes of South Caro
lina for what they are doing to lend support
to this courageous newspaperman who has
done so much to focus the searchlight of
public opinion on the dark and dirty deeds
done against Negroes in their state. We urge
them to continue to pour subscriptions in to
the paper and by that way show that they
believe in this great man who is willing to
pay the price of leadership.
Negro Education In Caswell Cou^
Elsewhere in this issue of the CAROLINA
TIMES is the stark story of the deplorable
conditions existing in the Negro schools of
Caswell County. As bad as they are In some
other counties of the State we are of the
opinion that CasweU County tops them all.
Several times in editorials of this newspa
per we have voiced our opinion that there
are aections of eastern North Carolina in
sad need of missionaries to work among cer
tain elements of white people on the matter
of the rights of Negroes. The Caswell Coun
ty case now forces us to admit that there is
at least one other county of the State outside
of its eastern part in which missionaries are
also needed.
It is hard for the average person to under
stand how anyone who has been exposed in
the least to the teachings of the Christian
religion or Democracy as practiced eVen in
the remotest southern regions of this coun
try. could impose upon a helpless people
such deplorable educational dur
ing theae modem times. Frankly, we do not
bo’i«v^ that any ordinary procedure can im
press upon the white people of Caswell
County the error of their ways. It will prob
ably take some carefully trained members
of their own group to go into that area and
slowly teach them that the school laws and
other laws of this country apply to Negroes
as well as other citizens.
That the story discloses a group of Negro
ministers of the county as opposing any ef
fort to organize their race for the purpose
of bettering its condition is no surprise to
us. Wherever you find ignorant white lead
ers you will find ignorant Negro leaders
who are always ready and willing to sustain
the whites in any of their foul deeds, so long
as the Negro leaders are allowed to stay one
step in front of the masses of their own
group. There is no type of leader as vicious
as a Negro preacher hell-bent on maintain
ing a stranglehold on his people for his own
personal gain. Behind the cloak of religion,
while holding up hell and the devil as the
certain end of all who oppose him, he fright
ens the untrained minds of his people into
upholding him in deed that are as criminal as
Spiritual Insight
"This Nation Under God"
By Reverend Hea-old Roland
Pastor, Muunt Gilead Baptist Church
"..Obey my voice...I will be
your God...Ye shall by my
people.”Jer.7:23.
Israel as a nation got off to
a good start: She was rooted and
grounded in God and the Moral
Law. The very heart of her Co
venant with God was the moral
law. The law became the link
to bind the creature and the
Creator Israel rested the foun
dation of the nation on God and
the moral law. She gave priority
to God in the very foundation
and structure of the nation. She
built on the solid rock of God
and the moral law. The nation
grew to majestic heights of
spiritual and material granduer.
to happen in Israel: She broke
the Covenant she made with
God. She disregarded the moral
law. She forgot the simple prin
ciples of ethical conduct.
Israel, in the violation of her
Covenant and the shameful dis
regard for the moral law, saw
the destructive termites of de
cay and ruin eat away the foun
dation of the nation. Obedience
was the key to divine power...
WASHlN^irOri AND
SMALL BUSINESS
Washington governmental ac
tivity Is at a inall'i pace In this
'tween admlnistrationf interim.
• * «
But there has been no BUcking
off on ipendtaic money.
• • *
There’i a "hush before the
ftorm” atmosphere. New Ad
ministration!
la pledged to
Immediate cuts I
In spending;
taxes.
« • •
Hie qneatli
to: “Can Eisen-:
hower dellv-l
•rt"
* • *
Viewing ter-
rifle pressures HtPdtr
now Elding, many say no. Ob-
vioualy, biggest imme^ate cuts
can be made in European aid
programs which have already
cost taxpayers over $35 billion.
• • • •
For example, on a tyrical day
MSA gives another $13 million.
• » •
nie breakdown is Interesting.
Almost $1 million went to France
to pay her for ocean transpor
tation of free goods. Another $1
million went to Communist
Tito’s Yugoslavia for U. S. coal
and coke. There are vast coal
resources in much closer Eng
land and France, but as long as
til* U. S. will give commodities
to Kuropean nations, they are
not compelled to work out trade
among ftemselves.
« * «
Britain atoo reoelved $6 mll-
Uen in American petrolenm.
« * •
Britain had big supply of Iran
ian oil until British oil monopoly
and Iran disagreed on royalty
tams.
• * *
Independents are anxioaa to
trade la Iraalan ell bat tear
Brttlah - government - backed
threats ot British oil monopoly.
• • •
Littla wonder U. S. labor feels
right to use boycott when world
By C. WILbON HARDtR
witnesses British boycott of
Iran existing because U. S. tax
payers dig deep to supply Brit
ain with needed oil
• * •
Becently snrrey showed IT, S.
family ot fonr today needs $60
per week Jnst to exist. But on a
typloal day, II. 8. gives away
enoDfh to sapport 213,766 fami
lies, or almost 1 mllHon Amerk
cans for a week.
« * «
Can Eisenhower change this?
In view of Ids European years,
Washington wonders.
* * •
Britain’s Anthony Eden Is “va-
oatimlng” tor two montlis In
Elorida. Other Europeans nabob*
arrive dally. Magaslnes featnre
articles snch as English historian
Arnold Toynbee’s that urge U. S.
merge with Enrope. Observers
say “merge” used in this con
nection means “give as more.”
• * *
Congress can be the most po
tent force in years. With both
Houses almost evenly divided, it
is evident voters gave no “land
slide mandate” to White House.
Rather, voters retained solid el
ements, cast out extremist
fringe of both parties.
* * •
To meet promises, immediate
tax cot may be sought t« lieneflt
only a few huge operations, but
totd snm of redaction will make
Impressive headlines ignoring
fact more tlian 4,6M,0M Inde
pendent businesses will continue
under staggering tai^ burden.
1^ # *
’ Congress will be in a quandary.
Most .Congressmen have good
judipnent, but are human beings.
Judgment can be swayed by un
relaxed pressure. Minorities at
home, allied with polished plead
ers from abroad, will exert
pressure to sell Congress that
heavy grants to Europe are a
“sacred obligation" at America.
To offsef this propaganda. Cong
ressmen will need a much great
er indication ot the grass root
sentiment from home.
“Obey my voice and I will be
your God...”
Now what about our nation in
relation to God and the moral
law in tliis critical hour? In the
beginning we too laid well the
foundation of our nation upon
the essential Spiritual-Moral
values'of Judaism and Christi-"
anlty.-'The founders were God
conscious, lielievers in the moral
principles of the Ten Command
ments. All history reminded
them of the indispensable value
of the moral law. On our money
we inscribed..“In God We
Trust..”on our money We further
recognized the common Father
hood of God with the following
inscription:..“Epluribus Unum”
which means from the many
one. We got off to a right start
by giving due recognition to
God and the moral law.
And yet nations drunk with
the wine of pride and power
somehow begin to wander, drift
away from God and forget the
moral law.
In Israel the termites of bro
ken sacred vows began to eat
away the once strong foundation
which rested upon God and the
moral law. We see similar signs
in our own God-Blessed nation.
We see termites af indifference,
carelessness, injustice, greed,
bribery, spiritual sickness and
moral decay. We are beginning
to forget God. A passion for
things and plaasure sweeps the
nation. The result is a wave of
godlessness which grips the na
tion. Corruption is,'widespread
and deep-seated. This nation
which began under God and the
moral law is drifting. Are we
not guilty of the prophetic
indictment. Listen . . "trust in
lying words . . . walk after
other gods . . . oppress the
stranger . . . the fatherless . . the
widow...shed innocent blood...
steal..murder...commit adultery.,
swear falsely....bum incense to
Baal ... walk after other gods
whom you do not kneyr... I call
ed you but ye answered not...
(Jer. Ch. 7) What do we see?
We see a nation suffering from
a severe case of moral decay
and soul sickness. The prophet
wrote the prescription. A sel
fish, stiff-necked, arrogant and
prideful nation refused to take
her medicine. There is but one
WITHIN And
AMONG
Alfred F. Andersen |
Dear fellow seekers...Due to
a mixup the last part of the ma
terial on Basic Education in In
dia did not get printed last
week. But rather tiwn present
it tills week I would like to share
with you some material just re
ceived ff(ftn AMERICANS FOR
SOUTH AFRICAN R E S I S-
TANCE of 513 West leath St.,
New York 32. N. Y. This organi
zation issues a Bulletin periodi
cally which all interested per
sons ought to receive. In addi
tion to this they try to assist the
non-violent movement in South
Africa with financial, political
and moral support.
Most of the reports we get
about the movement in South Af
rica follow the usual sensational
line of newspapers by reporting
the violence and bloodshed.
Most newspapers also fall in
with the “Une” handed out by
the South African Government
tliat this violence is a direct r«-
;ult of the PASSIVE RESIS
TANCE MOVEMENT as direct
ed by the AFRICAN NATION
AL CONGRESS. The last Bulle
tin issued by the Americans lor
South African Resistance quotas
from a letter of Blaninal Gandhi
(son of Mahatma Gandhi, and
leader of the non-violent move
ment in SoCith Africa^ which
clarifies this point.
“Tlte struggle tias'so far gone
very smoothly. There is a tre
mendous amount of provocation
on the part of the authorities.
Instead of the police being pull
ed up for excesses, it is being
given full encouragement to act
ruthlessly and unscrupulously.
You must have heard about the
riots in Port Elizabeth. They are
not in any way connected with
the Passive Resistance Move
ment. But every effort is being
made to link them up with it. The
Minister of Justice is adamant
in ignoring public demand for
an impartial judical inquiry to
get to know the truth. In the
absence of that there are of
course all kinds of rumours. It
seems the whole thing began
from the brutality of a police
officer who shot an African
dead while going to arrest him
for a paltry offense.”
Here we see one of the crosses
tliat a non-violent movement
must bear; that of being mis
understood and mis-identified.
There are always the extremists
among tiie revolutionaries who
are unable to control their an
ger. As soon as there is a move
ment underway, their restraint
(wiUch has been out of fear
rather than spiritual courage)
lets down and they start spitting
in the face (so to speak) of the
officials to whom they have cow-
towed out of fear a while earlier,
“the truly non-vioient revolu
tionary is not ntotivated by eit
her fear or anger, but c.it of
compassion; compassion for the
oppressors and oppressed alike,
realizing that the oppre^d
largely “know what they do.”
To those who want to get a
true picture of the salvation of
South Africa I would strongly
urge you to write to AMERI
CANS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN
RESISTANCE and get first hand
information about the spiritual
movement headed by Gandhi’s
son. This organization also has
other literature at very low cost
which gives the true picture in
Souh Africa.
It Js very important ttiat we
keep in touch with the “soul”
of his South African movement
tor it is essentially the same
struggle we liave to face in tti
coontry; i. e. the insistence that
the religious life must be lived
on week-days as well as Sunday.
Otherwise freedom of religion
degrades to freedom of ritual
only. The reason why the
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church
is now being “crucified” is t>e-
eause in a small way they tried
to make their religion more than
a Sunday ritual. It’s fine to have
separation of Chturch and state,
but when the Church takes the
hindmost and it satisfied with it
we have a sad sad situation, as
sad here as in South Africa. Are
we in America going to wait too
until we too are immersed in
violenee (as we increasingly
are in American outposts)? If
the response I’ve had to this col
umn is any indication we cer
tainly are a pathetic apathetic
lot. But I guess that’s all we
can expect from a soul-squelched
age. God help us; oh we need it!
Broad^ange Antibiotics Seen
Mininizing Infections As Cause
1/1 nOfrafnf AirGT LnHuuirtn
The broad-range antibiotic
wonder drugs have provided
doctors with a “potent new
weapon” against infections re
sulting from childbirth, report
two scientists of the Margaret
Hague Maternity Hospital, Jer
sey City, N. J.
As a result of a stu^y of 434
cases ‘of puerperal (post'Child-
birth) infections and their treat
ment with terramycin and other
broad-range antibiotics. Dr. Ed
ward Sattenspiel and Ray F.
Chesley rfport that these drugs
“are an invaluable aid in re
ducing infections to the strange
position of a ntinor factor in
maternal mortality.”
The study of the broad-range
result to follow such a condi
tion; a'nATION WILL DU OF
MORAL DECAY AMD SPIRI
TUAL SICKNESS. What is the
great moral of history? It is
“The nation that forgets God
shall perish...”
The cry of this hour is that
this nation may have a new
birth of spiritual and moral vi
gor. How? By returning to God
and the moral law. This luitton
under God can have a new birth
of spiritiud and moral awaken
ing.
Have we not forsaiien the
true God and his altar? Are we
not worshipping at the altar of
Baal? Have not we gone out
after other gods? We no longer
rely on spiritual and moral pow
er. We are trusting in material
power—the power of uranium
■and hydrogen. We have deserted
the God standard. Now we are
on the gold standard! We bow
reverently at the shrine and al
tar of the almighty Dollar. It
used to be “In God We Trusts’,
Now it is the Almi^tty Dollar
we trust. Tlie cry of this daiie
hour now must be: LBT US GXT
BACK TO GOD.
We must go baek before this
nation “Under Ood can have a
New Birth in moral and spiri
tual power..."The way of God
and the moral law leads to true
happiness, health and peece...
“Obey my voice..;ni be your
God..."
antibiotics in puerperal infect
ions by the Jersey City medical
scientists is the most extensive
yet reported.
In the current issue of the
Bulletin oi the Margaret Hague
Maternity Hospital*, they state
that results achieved by penicil
lin in bringing down fevers m
women who have just delivered
were inferior to those achieved
by terramycin, aureomycin and
chlaramphenicol. Failures in the
treatment of 95 women with
pennicUlin amounted to 38 per
cent, whareas terramycin was
successful in 95 per cent of the
cases in which it was used. Fail
ure rates with chloramphenicol
and aureomycin were 13 per
cent and 18 per cent, respective
ly.
Use of the broad-range anti
biotics is the latest in a series of
advances in childbriths care
which have cut the incidence of
of maternal morality to eight in
10,000 cases. Ten years ago, be
fore the antibiotics came Into
wide use, this figiu-e was 38 in
10,000. It is estimated that in
fections account for 30 per cent
of maternal mortality.
The other leading causes of
death in childbirth are hemor
rhage and shock (accounting
for 30 per cent) and the toxe-
niias of pregnancy (accounting
for about 25 per cent). Medical
authorities believe that the mor
tality rate can be reduced de
cisively in all three of these
areas, and that construction of
new hospitals in geographical
areas where the percentage of
fatalities is higher than the na
tional average will also play a
large part. In some communities
the maternal morality rate is
down to less than .05 per cent.
Dr. Sattenspiel and his associ
ate, Mr. Chesley, believe that
“ the optimal l^tial treatment
of puerperal infection is with a
broad-range antibiotic,” and
state that “results with these
drugs are superior to those with
penicillin.” _