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MAKING BIG PLANS — Clarence Brovm, marshall; Miu- These smiling teen-agers are members of the newly-organized business honor society oj Arte- sia high school, Hallsboro, N. C. Left to right, they are seated, es Beulah Godwin, treeuurer; Mattie Toon, vice-pre»ident, and Elease McCoy, Standing, left to right, Misses Corrine Dudley, historian; Jeanette Butler, sec retary; Ceatrice Baldwin, Elaine Thurman, assistant secretary Jimmie Mitchell, president. Mrs. Adreienna Williams Carter sponsor and advisor. TRANSATLANTIC TOPICS By EDMUND UPDALE (OABOLINA TDUI^ LONDON COBBB8PONDBNT) THE dramatic events in Af rica are likely to involve many more millions of Negroes in the very near future. Moves are- afoot in all those British terri tories not at present in the “war zone” to tighten up police and other security measures. This policy, directed from London, is a sequel to reports that signs of militant action have^been detected outside the Union of South Africa and the Crown Colony of Kenya, the main crisis center. It is feared in official quarters, in London and in the great con tinent, that unless aU is ready in good time it will not be possi ble to crush a nation-wide revolt of Africans against the white settlers. If the revolt comes—and it could happen in a month, or ten years—little more than four million whites, excluding Brit ish-based soldiery, will find themselves ranged against a Ne gro population of 75 million. The outcome might not be long in doubt. If battle were joined. Never was the African scene under a darker cloud. Ye£ with passions running high enough for people to die for their be liefs, in South Africa and Kenya, the crisis is being foolishly term ed by some “observers” with doubtful motives—“The action of a few thotisand hot-heads against legal authority.” How tragically wrong they are in not realizing the longing for freedom, which is the main spring of this surging tide, will in due course be demonstrated. But at present, while men and women, Negro and white, are losing their lives in preliminary battles, responsible opinion on both sides is desperately seeking a peaceful solution. Britain’s possessions in Africa are potentially among the rich est square miles in all the world. Britain intends to fight to keep them. But the native-born African is rightly d«nanding a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work, and treatment equal to that accorded to white people. The African is not without liberal minded allies among the “enemy.” Mr. Patrick Duncan, eldest son of the first South African who became Go vernor-General of the Union, has announced that he will march with non-Europeans in their defiance campaign. He said in Pretoria: “We in this rich land are rapidly ap proaching the great crisis. It is no longer in the power of white South Africa to impose on non white South Africa, four times or more its numerical superior, discriminations based piu'ely on colour. “The non-white cannot be en slaved, not even by the drastic policy of steam-roller, panic legfslation. “Within the lifetime of many of us our fellow citizens will be emancipated. The only power white South Africa has, is to choose whether the change will come quietly, peaceful—or with violence.” While DUhcan was speaking, this week, the South African Government was preparing to assume new powers, ip another bid to crush the spirit ot the non- 6 years old - ^KUiT V5 OT. whites. "NEED TO STRIKE HARD in Durban, Minister of Justice Swart declared at the National 1st Congress; “There is only one thing these rioters (Negroes) understand. We must hit hard when we do hit.” Swart told the conference, violently anti-African: “I'do not wish to hold the high ofBce of Minister of Justice, if I cannot suppress violence with greater violence. “I therefore intend to intro duce legislation which will make it a serious crime to defy the law, or incite persons to defy it.” He declaimed that the pur pose of “those behind the trou ble from Kenya to South Africa” is to turn the white man out of the continent. And he added ominously: “Nobody can fight the law of the jungle with the rule of law.” How far, the threat^M mill ions, unarmed, want to know. How far will the Government go in stifling the urge to freedom and equality. They can look to Kenya, to the north, for an answer. Reports just received show that the repressive measures in the Crown Colony are utterly ruthless. Apart from the confis cation of cattle, and the destruc tion of entire mud-hut villages, several thousand people have been arrested and held many without charges being laid. This is in. opposition to the basic British law of habeas cor pus, and is greatly resented by Africans who are endeavouring to keep their heads in a time of great stress and provocation. By a coincidence that may be less than a coincidence, an entire bazaar, where many Africans earned their livelihood, has been gutted by fire on the outskirts of Nairobi. Police headquarters an nounced th^t-* ^aid by the fear ed Special Effort Force on the market began at 8:57 p.m. “Our forces withdrew at 10: 30, having made 425 arrests,” the report says. This is some in dication of the scale on which punitive measures are being carried out. The statement goes on: “At 11:40 flames were seen coming from a house on the eastern side of the market. The special effort units then returned to help deal with the flames.” This official account is being received with scepticism by the Africans who are now destitute as the result of the blaze. There were more than 730 stores and shops at the centre. Not one es caped the flames. An ofHcial Inquiry is to be held “to discover the cause of the fire.” And so the conflict goes on. The Kikuyu tribe, ac cused of being the inspiration for an alleged secret—Mau Mau is being hounded to the moun tains, or its members are being arrested in large numbers. Loy al Africans, who wish bnly for peaceful discussion of their many grievances, are themselves being accused of atrocities. In both Kenya and South Af rica, repressive measures far sterner than any imposed by the niost anti-Negro administration in the United States, are aimed only at “keeping the nigger in ’ hia place.” But these measures are hav ing the opposite effect. Hence the alarm in regions as yet are unafflicted with open violence. The. ominous feature of Com munist infiltration and exploita tion has also tO( be considered. The African is no Communist, but his troubles are being turn ed to account by professional agitators. Tlfis aspect of the crisis alarms African leaders. They fear the “kiss of death” that Communism brings with it. They are among the most anxious opponents of Red Infiltration, and are purging theit ranks of people who are exploiting the situation, mainly racial, for political^ ends. This report by your corres pondent presents a macabre pic ture in as quiet tones as possible. Those who wish will read be tween the lines, and see that the American Negro’s brothers in Africa are at the crossroads. There is going to be no turning back, despite the lash, the gun, or the galloowii. Brave men are dying, along with the natural criminals who are committing excesses imder the mantle of the crisis. Brave men are rallying and closing the ranks as ottiers pay the penalty that is ever the lot of the volunteer for freedom. The death roll in the past year exceeds the official reports. Some victims of trigger-fright ened men, who have died un seen, have been “written off’ as killed in a “normal bandit raid.” How high will the 'des(th roll be this time next year? The grim continent of Africa won ders—and Watches its front. 8ATUBDAX, DKC. IS, lUS TH« CABOUNA TDfM TRUST COMPANY CUSTOUCRS C£T AHEAD FASTER... APEX. COOUfiMfiC. CftESDMOOR. DURHAM. HIUSBORO. MEBANC AND WAKE FOREST Bringjpg Up Father By GMcManm 5 FI?OM THE TUBE*?CUL05|$ i55DCATION.THEy'f?e ENCL06ING OUe ANNUAL eUPPLV OF CHRISTMAS 5EAL5. OKPER MOKE. WE'LL PUT TWO SEAL6 ON EVECV INVITATION TO MY eON3 ^^eCllAL/ Copr. 1952, King Features Syndicate, Inc.. World righti rextved Dr. Tobias Outlines Threats To Freedom At Education Meeting Negro Farmers Urged To Use Land Wisely People are eating more meat and livestock products now than they were some 35 or 40 years ago, yet many Negro farmers in North Carolina have been slow to change their farming plans to conform to this demand, accord ing to H. A. Johnson, Cumber land County farm agent for the Extension Service. Johnson says that 10 Negro farmers interviewed in Cum berland County in 1950 used their land as follows: improved pasture, 1 per cent; idle land, 20 per cent; com, 26 per cent; MEMPHIS, TENN. Double standards of citizen ship must be eliminated in the United States, if freedom Is to prevail, Dr. Channing H. Tobias, Director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, told the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for Negroes last week. OVERTONS nyrwowM tobacco, 4 per cent; cotton, 25 per cent; small grain, 5 per per cent; hay and other crops, 19 per cent. The biggest weakness' In this land use. In view of the Increas ed demand for livestock pro ducts, is the small grain and the high percentage of idle land. If this idle land were used each farmer would have 20 per cent more farming land added to his rotation that could be us ed toward increasing improved pasture ^d small grain acreage, Johnson says. The county agent points out that 20 years from today there will be an additional 40 to 50 million persons to feed in the United States. To feed these people, farmers must use all of their available resources to best advantage. “How well your farm will produce in 1973 is going to be determined by how well your resources are used now,” John son declares. The former alternate delegate to the United Nations set a pat tern of thinking In his address which led naturally Into a sche duled joint conference meeting of' ACSSN and the Southern Association of Colleges and Setondary Schools which met concurrently in this Tennessee city. An audience of approxima tely a thousand educators, divi ded about equally between the races, met at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, near LeMoyne College, In what is believed to have been one of the few non- segregated meetings ever held In Memph-is. The meeting was co-chaired by ACSSN President John F. Potts, Principal of Avery Insti tute, Charleston, South Caro lina, and SACS President Guy H. Wells. Dr. Wells is President of the Georgia State OMett tor Women, MlUedsevUle. Prtect- pal Speakers for the meet ing were: Dr. Ernect C. Cowell, Dean of Faculties at Emory U., Atlanta, Georgia, and Dr. John Hope Franklin, Ftofeaaor of Hi»- tory, Howard University, Wash ington, D. C. Leadership of the two Asao- ciations announced that the com bined assembly did not repre sent a merger of the two Asso ciations. However, Dr. Doak S. Campbell, President of Florida State University, Tallahassee, reported that the two organiza tions are considering holding their annual meetings at the same place and at the same time each year. Tuberculosis | Essay ContestTo Close Dec. 15 For the first time Durham County Negro schools are parti cipating in the annual Tubercu losis Essay contest. This has been made possible through the co operation of of Mrs. Lakln of Hillside High School, Mrs. Jack- ebed Miranda of Little River School, L. S. Gillard of Merrick- Moore School, and J. M. School er of the Whitted School. The essay Is to be of about 500 words. The prizes are to be $10.00 and S5.00 for the first and second prizes respectively. However, cartoons may also be submitted for first and second prizes. A $10.00 prize has been generously donated by G. W. Logan, Jr., of the Regal Theatre. The themes for consideration this year are: 1. Our Town’s needs in the war on T.B. 2. What does Tuberculosis mean to me. 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