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rAOE TWO m 6A10UNA mm 8ATUBDAT, FKB. 7. ItSt CbCa PubHthed Every Saturday By THE CAROLIN|i TIMES PUBLISHING CO. 518 East Pettigrew Street Durham, N. C. Phones; 5-9873 — 5-0671 — 3-7871 -» Member National Negro Preu AtaocUMtm VOLUME 3tf—^MBER B SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1953 It it absolutely impostible for the CAROLINA TIMSS to guarantee the exact time of publication or location in the paper of unsolicited articles, but will strive to conform with the ufishes of its reading public as near as is humanly possible. Entered u Second Clui matter at the Tost Offices at Durham, North Carolina nnder the aot «f RAarch 3. 1S79. National Advertlalnff Bepreaentatlve Interstate United Newspapen, 545 Fifth Avenne, New York 17, New York. Branch Office: 5 East Jackson Boulevard, Chlcaco. nilnols. L. E. AUSTIN Editor and Publisher ADA HAKNAR . ALJJCANDER BARNES Managlnt Editor M. B. HUDSON City Editor Business Manager C MONTHS 1 TEAR - SUBSCBjfPnON RATES: U.M FOREIGN COUNTRIES Per Year |4.«» !•••• 3 YEARS IF YOU CAN'T LICK 'EM "JINE" 'EM This newspaper is not going to join those who want to hold a parade in honor of At torney General Harry McMullan of North Carolina because he joined counsel for the defendant in the Mack Ingram case by re questing that the record be scrutinized most carefully to determine whether the judge erred in finding as a fact that the jury was properly selected. The Carolina Times has watched the Attorney General fight too long and too hard to uphold the status quo of the Negro in this state, for it to become excited over what some are attempting to interpret as a gesture of liberahty on his part. What Mr. McMullan is doing is adhering to the advice of .any good politican which says, “if you can’t lick ’em, jine ’em.” He has encountered attorneys for the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People on more than * one occasion and knows from the past record that they don’t appeal a case fof the fun of doing so. Rather than be caught on the side of the losers he is taking refuge in one point on appeal that he is quite sure the higher courts will be compelled to reverse and that is that mem bers of juries may be selected from the registration list of voters. The Attorney General is saving his own hide from the humiliation that always comes to one in his position with a reversal from a higher court. It must not be forgotten that the attorneys for the defendant contended that the statue under which Ingram was tried was too vague tQ justify a trialj that after the case had been tried there was not enough evi dence to take it to the jury, that the judge erred in admitting evidence and charging the jury, and that the jury was improperly drawn. Likewise it must be remembered that the Attorney General’s office contends in its brief that the status WAS adequate, that there WAS sufficient evidence to sup port the verdict and that only once did the judge err and that was in finding as a fact that the jury was properly selected. It did not agree with counsel for the defense that Negroes in Casewell County are not allowed proper representation on juries. We would like to feel that North Carolina has at least produced an Attorney General that is capable of becoming so incensed at a verdict of a lower court involving the rights of Negroes, that he would not feel it his duty to uphold such unless that verdict demand ed that they remain as second-class citizens. Such an Attorney General would heighten the respect of all people for state courts and greatly increase the almost extinguished flame of faith in the Negro that there is any such thing as justice for him in a southern court. ' The Attorney General has stood by the lower courts in their contention that Negro schools in North Carolina were equal to white. He has opposed every effort of Ne gro students to gain admission to the Uni versity of North Carolina. In not a single case before that of Mack Ingram, in which the right of Negroes were at stake, has he taken a stand in their behalf. Either there is a dead cat up the line somewhere, the f“ ai . .. „ . truth to^ur lives Attorney General has got religion or he is “jining” ’em because he can’t lick ’em. THE "BIG LIE" TECHNIQUE One of the most pernicious pieces of .mis information to appear recently on the issue of segregation and public schools was print ed in the Thursday, January 22 issue of the Durham Morning Herald, under the gross ly misleading headline: “Who Foots the Bill in Nor^ Carolina If Segregation Ended? Legislators Don’t Know.” The story carried the Associated Press byline and it can be assumed that it was printed in a majority of the Tar Heel dailies. In simple terms, the story wonders who would pay for public school educatibn if segregation was ruled invalid, surveyed the views of some state officials and legislators on the issue and ends with the implication that segregation, or a dual system, is cheaper than integrated education, a single system. For fear that the above paragraph is an over condensation of the story, we are print ing below the complete story as it appeared in the January 22 Morning Herald. Date- lined Raleigh, January 21, it reads as fol lows: A bic question that has been kicking silent^ Ijr around the General Assembly was given voice today. Who foots the bill in North Carolina If school sefregation Is ruled out? There was no answer when the question was posed at a meeting of the }olnt finance committee. Then a post script was added by a legis lator who said, “may we not hape and pray” that segregatlMi will be maintained. With that, the matter dropped. It likely will not arise acain durinc this Assembly sessioii' unless the U. S. Supreme Court rules segregation Is invalid. M. from Rep. B. I. Satter field of Person while Dave Coltrane, assist ant director of the budget, was explaining the revenne bill to the Jouit conunlttM. “We J^ve a school segregation suit In my county." said Satterfield. ‘If the suit Is up- held. It will take one million dollars to equalise the schools.” Person’s debt limit at Satterfield explained. “We could Aiiollshing Segregation In The Nation's Capitol, is The First Step" . SAN OEAR-rrS AWFULLY WHITE OF YOU-TO SHARE OUR DEMOCRATIC IDEALS WITH THE OTHEB PE6PLES~0FTHE WORLD- I'M PROUD OF VOU! YES^ DARLING-1 WOULD UKE TO SEE EACH NATION^ HOUSE IN ORDER! story also attempts to further alienate the two groups by shifting the mantle of blame for the problem which now faces many school boards in the state—the problem of how to get enough money to equalize the Negro schools—to those who are striving to get equal schools for Negroes. It would be superflouous to add here that the Negroes did not create the problem but nerely became victims of the situation.'Those who are responsible for the lop-sided ad ministration of school funds in the past were certainly not Negroes. A short answer to the question posed by this misleading story: “Who Foots the Bill ... if Segregation Ended . . .” is, of course, the people. It requires less than an Einstein to figure out that a State can support with much more ease one, integrated system of education than'it can a dual, segregated sys tem. If the Legislators can’t figure this out, how did they get into the Assembly? Spiritual Insight "Founded Upon A Rocl(" By REV. HAROLD ROLAISD Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church sjent the RpCK—and the on^ surr foundation upon which individuals and nations can build. Truth, right, Justice, love and faith are foundations of spiritual and moral reality. Apart from Christ we build on the shifting sands. In him we are cwstitaUonallT possible/' he would be Aort. II we sal^“aiid •••"'*** responsible foVlieM'iVi- Coltrane nfil nothing. Co-chairman W. B. Besnfort broke the silence. II. ““t «>e court • fsrsrsble respoase ts jour qttestiott? Rodman ssld. SMTsral i^is similar to the one in Petson kave heea fIJed fcy Segnem in Tsrtons psrts of North Carolina. All of the suits ask equal schools for Negroes. These suits now are marking time, pend ing the U. S. Supreme Court decision on a school segregation suit now before the court. It becomes quite clear that the writer means discrimination when he uses segrega tion. If this were simply a matter of care less attention to matters of diction, the story would certainly not command this much comment. But, there is much more concerned here than mere choice of words. The story then, by its substitution of segregation for discrimination, is misleading. It is danger ous and malicious, dangerous because it creates more confusion about an already con fused issue and malicious because it de liberately is misleading and thereby seeks to create confusion. • We say it is deliberately misleading be cause, knowing the size and importance of the Associated Press, we cannot b$ing our selves to believe that it would suffer a writer or copy editor to commit such an obvious mistake as to substitute segregation for dis crimination. It must have been deliberate. Being a deliberate attempt at misleading and creating confusion, the story then must fall into the category of those things which use the “Big Lie” teachnique, a technique often denounced by the Morning Herald, especially in reference to Sen. McCarthy. It does, or seeks to do, all the things the “Big Lie” technique would accomplish. It sub stitutes a false meaning for a true one, seeks to create discord between two groups, final ly tries to shift the blame for a problem situation to a group which is merely the vic tim of the problem situation. The substitution of meanings in the story, i. e., use of segregation for discrimination is apparent. The story tends to create dishar mony between groups in that it creates a false situation in which the people of North Carolina would seem to be put to an undue strain in attempting to satisfy the needs of a special group—a group comprised largely of Negroes who are seeking to hav(g Negro public schools equalized. It attempts to de fine two groups with opposing Interests. The “The flood arose and not shake it it was founded upon a rock ...” —^Luke 6; 49. Jesus revealed the essential wisdom of the path of Eternal truth. He cut straight through to the rock of Eternal truth. In our stupidity we have fail- indeed . . . “FOUNDED UPON ed to recognize and apply this A ROCK . . In Christ life be- ’ " ' '' " something beautiful. A- part from Christ life becomes something sour and bitter. We have seen children build ing sand houses. But when the winds and the storms come they are washed way down the street or the gutter. How can you build for endurance apart fi'om the love and compassion of Christ? We cannot build on a lie for it will not stand. We ships. Each day we must realize more and more that Jesus is indeed . . . “THE WAT, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE . . .” Jesus has gotten down to the bedrock of spiritual and moral truth. He has given the prin ciples by which we can build enduringly for time and Eternity. His principles repre- W A S HI N'G T O N AND 'SMALL BUSINESS ’ Another great Prime Minister of England, Disraeli, once said, 'Xather a man before you shave him.” There is a great deal of evidence that this advice has re mained as British policy. t time, it And at the pre points up one of the most se rious situations facing the n^w Administra tion. That situa- UoQ is briefly this. • * * In Canada, United States C. w. Hardor money i> being discounted. Tliis ooodltion is even reflected in the cost of newsprint. « * In the meantime, In the new Congress, memtwrs ot the ma jority party cannot decide among themselves on the merits of scrapping controls, reducing tax es. Despite ample evidence gov ernment controls, plus high tax es, have done great injury to the progress ot independent business. * * Before the election, there was strong agreement tiiat control, ‘high taxe* should end now. * • • Then the British Prime Minis ter arrives in this nation, has secret conferences. * ** * It may be sheer coincidence, but immediately after these vis its, some leaders cif the majority party In Congress express them selves that perhaps too much haste should not be exercised in cutting taxes, ending controls. * * * Tliere are also these facts. * * * Altliough the United Kingdom la receiving lialf of the aid given Europe, sut^osedly aa a meas- nre to help in the common de fense, with Rnssla supposedly the nation that defense against is ® WtUawl y>dtr»tloB fli iBdsp^tnt Dmtnm By C. WILSON HARDER needed, British business with Rnssla is increasing. « * * In 1992 Britain exported man ufactured goods worth $10 mil lion to Russia, and in the first ten months of the year, British exports of rubber to Russia amount', to $84.5 million versus only $5 million in 1950. • * • Now It is understood that Brit ain will sell even more mbber to Bnasia directly through London, Instead of through Singapore. • • a In the meantime, MSA contin ues to ship scarce materials to the United Kingdom. MSA Bulle tin No. 215 reports on a recent day that copper bought in Can ada was given to the U. K. • * * But in Canada, tiie American dollar is now being discounted. • * * On the following day, HSA sends a big slilpment of the U. S. supplies of tin plate to Tito's Communist Yugoslavia. * * * Tills action was taken Just s short time after the National Froducition Anthoritj virtnally pnt out of business s small In dependent packer of dog foods in San Francisco because It had uaed more tin to meet the de mand for the company prodools tiian NFA liad aliooated. • • * Today, in Wasliington there la wavering, even among those who were the loudest opponents of controls, of high taxek, other evils. • * a It doesn’t seem possllde that., a visit from an elderly politician from England could cauae tiiia wavering. In Waaliington there Is .a strong sentiment for ap pointment of a oommitieo to in vestigate and reveal the extent of foreign influence In govern ment in much the same way tiiat tlie Cemmonist plans in In America are being exposed. must build on the truth as revealed by Christ. Apart from Christ they who build the house . . . BUILD IN VAIN..." The violence of the sword is not enduring . . . ‘Hor he who lives by the sword will perish by the sword . . .” Why will almost a million homes fail this year? Too many homes are not founded upon the ROCK OF SPIRITUAL TRUTH. The foundation and the super structure are false. If you are not founded upon the rock the floods and the winds of life will blow you away. “If you are to endure the rag ing storms of life, you must have a good foundatlbn. Make Christ and his teachings your loundatiou and you can stand. Life is not all sunshine. Darli clouds and storms arise in life. Too many are unprepared for the stormy scenes of life. Many of us. are fixed for a lie of continu ous sunshine. We afe unprepared for the storms. How can I find this stormy-weather POWER? Hear and obey Christ’s word. Anchor in him and tiien you can stand the mighty winds and the raging storms of life. In Christ you can say with Moses in that darli hour as Isreal faced the seemingly unsurmountable bar rier of the Red Sea. ‘‘Fear not, stand still and see the salvation of Jehovah . . .” In Christ you can be calm in the raging storm. Why? I am . . . "FOUNDED UP ON A ROCK ...” Too many of us are ready to run as soon as the storm strikes. We wilt in the face of the enemy. We fall with the first blow. We lack the power of endurance. What is it that gives toughness and durability to the human spir it? This power comes from the ■great spiritual truths revealed by Christ. We must have a great pur pose, a great faith, a great hope, and a great love spent to advance a cause for the glory of God and the service of mankind. These spiritual powers make men strong to endure the storms of life| Christ endured all — tempta tions, insults, rejection, resent ments, pain, agony, suffering and even death itself—because he took.God at his word. He stood on the rock of Eternal truth! Take him at his word and you too will be founded upon a rock. Where are you at this hour? WITHIN And AMONG Alfred F. Andersen Dear fellow seekers. . \ associates. Only then does It at- Whyis it that in these days j tain the reality of objecUvity;. when the genuine desire for | the evidence that it is producing peace is on the hearU and minds | unhappy conseque^es. And ^ multitudes there still con-j the pacifist is right tliat some- tinues perpetual war? Why is it thing is wrong, radically wrong, that sl^ere people at aU levels with the Instrument of modern of economic and political status j war and with its planned and can realize the present dangers of (and moral depravity of) modern war....and yet partici pate in the various modern mili tary states, finance their armies, and accept the call to do a share of the bloody violence? Why is it that even an organization like the Fellowships of Reconcilation will denounce militarism in its voluminous literature while ser ving as an agent of the military state in collecting taxes of its employees to finance the largely military program? The latter might lae understandable regar ding the employees who wanted such taxes with-held and could pay it with a clear conscience. But employees have had to leave the F. O. R. employ because they carried the F. O. R. principles to their logical conclusi^ of re fusing to pay taxes for war. This dilemma of our times, the dilemma of desperately wanting a peaceful association with fel low humans while still feeling it a I'ealislic necessity to com promise the principles upon which such peace must ultima- telyrest ...this dilemma is to be found on all levels of human as sociation, from the richest to the poorest, from the most nominal pacifist to the most nominal militarist. Some of the most profoun^ statements regarding the road to peace have come from modern generals; and some of the most insensitive and irres ponsible statements (which carried to their logical conclu sion would lead to the worst kind of confusion and violence) have come from active present- day pacifists. Roughly it is the Biblical pro blem of how to be “as wise as serpents and as gentle as doves”. The militarists are right in saying that we cannot morally appease and condone the wrong doer, that there is the evil ten dency in man and that we have the responsibility to discipline and control these evil tenden cies in one another; that, as *8 matter of fact, the evil cannot be completely identified as such even by the evil-doer except in so far as it is disciplined by his What could be more obvious than that man was not meant to live in the state of fear and distrust that characterizes the world today? “Something is wrong”, says the pacifist; “war is the major wrong, and I am not going to add my fuel to the flames.” This is a real dilemma, as we all well know. The approach to its solution that will be pur sued here will not be to attempt to solve this particular dilemma directly (yet indirectly). Our approach, rather, will be to con sider the more general problem of how dilemmas are met as such regar^ess of its particular na ture. That is, what has life taught us about the treatment of dilemmas as such, as they arise in everyday life? What do we rightly do when we find our selves in a state of confusion and indecision, or frustration ■and paradox? Some modern theologians, apologists for mo dern militarism to Ijoot, woujd have us believe that life was meant to be that way, that the most we can do is to accept and be resigned to “the depravity of man” not even trying to fol low the example of men like Jesus or “be perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect”. The cynical liberal is pretty close to this position. It is, the road to calousness and numbness of conscience ...thus numbness of life itself; In short it is the way of suicide, the most dishonor able kind of suicide. These last statements are, of course, thrown in without ade quate demonstration as to how they follow from the stated po sition. But the hope is that the reader will recognize them as nevertheless true consequences; sufficiently so that he. joins the writer in rejecting said candi date for the right response to dilemma in life. What we are seeking here, itL any case, is a genuine way outVf dilemma not a resignment to it as the essence of life. And it is to this tiiat we shall turn afresh (God willing) next week. NAACP Sponsors Workshop For 'jfraining Of Leaders Of Youtti And College Chapters In Ala. The Southeastern Regional i Court decisions in the fields of Offictf of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People announced today that the 1st Annual Regional Leadership Training Conference for branches, youth councils and college chapters will be held here, February 20-22. The theme for the conference is “No Compromise with Segre gation or Discrimination” and symbolizes the underlying policy of the Association in its con tinued fight for ^the right of all Americans to enjoy full citizen ship. In issuing the Call for the con- privileges and responsibilitleB. ference, Mrs. Ruby Hurley, Re gional Secretary said, “We be lieve that a majority of people in the South want to see the end of segregation and discrimina tion, in spite of the rantings and ravings to the contrary by such individuals as Talmadge and Byrnes and the pronouncements of a number of Negroes who have been misguided Into be- “Our program is being inten sified to implement the Supreme lieving that there is such a thing as “separate but equal.” “Hundreds of Negro students are attending graduate schools which were closed to them in southern and border states a few years ago. We have not had a single report that any one of the buildings in which they find themselves has fallen down. Therefore, it is logical to assume that there will be no catastro phes in Alabama, Florida, Geor gia Mississippi or South Caro lina when Negroes begin to study in those states’ Universi ties.” graduate education and inter state transportation; to increase the number of qualified, regis tered voters, to eliminate racial discrimination in employment and to eliminate segregation and discrimination in housing, re creation facilities and places of public accommodation. “This conference is the first step toward putting this pro gram into operation.” Conference headquarters will be the 18th Street Branch, YMCA, 326 South Wth Street. Red Cross To Start Volunteer Nurse Training Program Here The American Red Cross will Ijegin its Volunteer Nurse’s Aid Course here at the A. B. Duke Nurse’s Home on Llnwood Ave., Tuesday, Feb. 24, and will be offered each Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m., the course is complete. The course, which will be taught by Mrs. Greldine G. But ler, is a special service of the Are you on the rock or the shifting sands? The sands can not stand the windy, stormy blows of life. But Christ ^e rock of Eternal Truth will stand for time and eternity. American Red Cross. It’s ob jective is to provide trained vol unteers to serve as assistants to graduate nurses in hospitals anl. clinics, health agencies, and emergency medical field units. If you are between the ages Of 18 and 55, ai^ a high school graduate, you are asked to go to iBrvRed Cross office Wed. Feb. 18, between 12 and 2 P.M., or the A. B. Duke Nurse’s Home, between 7 and 9 P. M. for an interview. . The course will be divided in to two units consisting of lec tures and demonstrations, and supervised practice in hospitals.
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