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SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1953
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STRONGER
NEGRO
COMMITTEE
AFFAIRS
ON
The recent victory won by the Durham
Committee on Negro Affairs in the primary
held here for the nomination of a candidate
for the City Council and the refusal of Ne
groes to participate in the Durham Centen
nial off a segregated basis are two incidents
that have happened in this city of which
every thinking Negro should feel justly
proud. Both tested the actual strength of
the Committee on Negro Affairs and both
proved conclusively that a majority of Ne
gro citizens here have an abiding faith in
the organization and appreciate the work it
has done to make Durham a better city and
at the same time establish respectability for
them. The Committee will emerge stronger
because of the experience, and those who
have been chosen to guide its destiny should
feel highly encouraged.
There are many Negro citizens in Durham
who do not ha^e time to visit the almost
weekly meetings held by the Committee and
are therefore not too well acquainted with
what it has done to fight the battles of our
group here and to bring about a fuller mea
sure of citizenship to Negroes. That a
majority of them had faith enough in the
Commitee to support its decision in two most
importaht matters is evidence that the soli
darity of the group here is becoming an
actual reality.
It has taken a lot of time, energy, money
and work to bring about some of the achieve
ments of the Committee. When the time,
energy, money and work were not available
from other sources, it fell the lot of those
men and women who are the officials to sup
ply the needs. Not in one instance have they
fmled to do so, and we think the support ^v-
en the Committee in the recent primary and
the Centennial is concrete evidence that a
majority of Negro citizens here are aware
of that fact and appreciate the sacrifices
which its officials have made.
One of the major projects which the Com
mittee now has under way is that of secur
ing Negroes in the fire department of Dur
ham. Not only is this objective most de
sirable because members of our grolfp pay
taxes but because we need the jobs. Pro
portionately, the Negro tax payers are not
getting their share of employment in the
county and city governments, and the pro
gram of the Committee is to seek it in these
respective places. In so doings, the support
of every thoughtful Negro in Durham is go
ing to be needed, and we sincerely trust that
those loyal members of the race who have
stood by it in the past will continue to do so
in order that the task before it may be made
easier.
REVEDEND H. H. HART
The passing of Reverend H. H. Hart re
moves from this city one of its most respect
ed, beloved and dynamic ministers. The
beautiful church structure which his lead
ership brought into existence on the corner
of Morehead and Kent streets will stand in
the years to come as a monument to his
genius as a builder and a leader. We think,
however, that the erection of a church struc
ture, as important as that may be, is not half
as important as what Reverend Hart did to
erect in the hearts of men a faith in God
and love for one another. Lesser men may
erect buildings, endow schools, hospitals and
other institutions in order to perpetuate
their own names, but that man who, with the
idea in mind of erecting in the hearts of men
the full realization of the Fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of man, is by far a
greater builder for eternity.
The thousands of men and women all
over the land and country who will give
testimony to the fact that during his life
time the preaching of the Gospel by Rev-
FROM THE WEST
erend Hart lifted them from the depths of
moral decay are by far more important and
greater than the erection of any building of
of brick, mortar and stone.'
As a citizen of Durham Reverend Hart
was one of its most loyal. He lived and
moved among the people of his own race. He
supported to the limit their business institu
tions, their civic and political efforts. Some
how he found time to put in his presence at
almost every meeting of the Dirham Com
mittee on Negro Affairs. It had his counsel
and his support. There is hardly a business
enterprise of his race in Durham that he had
not at one time or another lent encourage
ment by thought, word or deed.
As formal education goes in the present
day, Reverend Hart would probably not be
listed among the best. As a preacher of
great power, a leader of great force and a
loyal member of his group he ranked among
the best of his time. 'Durham and the race
have^ustained a distinct loss..
The Proper Cohditons
By HUGH A. JOHNSON
Director, TIMES Western North Carolina Bureau
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Carolina Times newly appointed director of the Western North
Carolina Bureau, Mr. Johnson, writing from the Bureau headquarters at Asheville, dis
cusses in the foUowing article implications of the recent city elections held in Asheville
where, for the first time in that city’s recent history, two Negro candidates aspired for a
seat on the city council.
Thia city’* primary election is
now history. Dr. Robert M.
Hendricit and B(r. Victor
Stanley McDowell were un
successful in their bids to be
come the first Negroes to be
nominated by the two parties
for the city council. However,
. the results were not at all dis-
oouraginf; to the contrary,
■"tfaey- were encotiraging and
provided many valuable in
sights into the problems In
volved in trying to elect a Ne
gro to the City Council on a
city-wide basis.
Certainly tlie final eleetton
resnlts tell os tkat the rieetten .
of a Ne^o to a'pesitlon in o«r
eity goTomment Is not an ins-
pssslMe task nnder tke proper
What are these conditions?
Here are three—there may be
others, perhaps just as im
portant.
First, in order to carry out
tke prime objeetive of getting
elected Negro r^esentatlon
in tke affairs ot oar eity gov
ernment, tke peraonality of a
partlenlar candidate most be
de-emphaslsed and snbordln-
ated to tke main Idea of first
IfTtag to eleet a Negro, wke-
ever may be the eandldate.
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Second, the chosen Negro
candidate must have wide ac
ceptability among the masses
of the Negro people. In order
to have this acceptability, this
Negro candidate must in great
measure represent hopes and
aspirations of the masses of
the.Negro people, as well as
those of the rest of the whole
community. He must never be
regarded as the exclusive
choice of a few, racially or
community-wise.
And third, any Negro candi
date who expects to be dected
by a broad cross-section of the
community must wage a vigor
ous campaign around the
major issues and problei^
confronting the community.
Not only must he understand
these major issues and prob
lems, but he must be willing
to discuss them in a forth
right manner.
It is not intended to give the
impression that if these three
conditions are met, success
will be automatic. But certain- .
ly these three conditions satis
factorily met would seem basic
to a successful Negro candi
dacy.
As has been stated the re
sults of the recMit primaries
are encouraging, and although
there will be no Negro mem
ber of the Asheville City
Council for at least two more
years, the resulto are indica
tion enough that the Negro
people of this community have
been given new hope of . real
ising certain of their destrea
with respect to the affairs of
their city government and that
such desires need not have t»
fall on deaf ears much longer.
Spiritual Insight
"A Teaching: Healing"
, By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
PastoTf Mount Gilead Raptist Church
"Jesus Christ maketh thee
whole-.arise, make thy bed.."
Acts 9:34
Jesus emphasized the power of
spiritual healing, in his minis
try. A world of sickness needs a
a message of healing. Every-
where we look there are sick,
ness of body, mind and soul. A
sick world needs the Christian
message of healing. Jesus went
about healing. Health is one
thing we all desire. What is sick
ness? sickness is a disturbance
of the inner harmony or balance
in the mind, body or soul which
God in his plans and laws in
tended for us. I believe in the
matchless healing power of the
true Religion of Jesus. Do the
spiritual resources as revealed
by Jesus have a place in the
healing processes of body, mind
and soul? Is spiritual healing
Xact or fiction? Is it the truth
or a lie? I believe in the truth
and reality of SPIRITUAL
HEALING FOR BROKEN
HEARTS AND BROKEN
BODIES.
Jesus revealed laws of spiri.
tual Healing. I agree with those
who say that there are laws of
physical as well as spiritual
W>\SMINGTON AND
^'SMALL BUSINESS
In prssant Congressional eon-
liderations of a lUt-Hartley La
bor Act overhaul ttta proposal
by Rsp. Wingate H. Lucas CD.,
Tez.) to outlaw induitrywlds
bargaining ranks among the
most important
• • •
As to bo oqtectod. Big Labor
allied with
lew major coi^l
poratiMM op-|
pose ameiiit|
ment, proTtagl
once agatai thatl
clrcnmBtaiioesI
makestraacel
bedfellowa.
* * *
Hie tacts are
these. Indus-'
trywide labor 0. W. Hantar
bargaining gives a lew laadera in
any induitry a powerful weapon
to freeze the itatus of indepen
dent comi>9tition; discourage
start of new competitors.
* • *
As it stands now, labor aad a
few firms in an Industry, can aet
the regalationa on wages, hours,
pensioa plans, and ether trim-
mines, that all In the Indastry
most follow.
• • *
In a typical industry todays
tlu'ee firms will do 70% ot the
business. Around BOO other firms
ot an Independent status will
also be in the industry. Yet, the
terms by which these SOD inde
pendent firms must operate are
often determined by Big nu’ee,
• • •
The Big Three, la a tax
bracket, operating with stock
holders’ money, are not too par>
tlcnlar abont a deal they auke
Tdth labor.
• • •
But an Independent firm in a
lower tax bracket, and without
un^ited stockholders' funds lias
no such latitude. But by a
strange circumstance, Us oper
ating costs are fixed for him by
his biggest competitors.
* • «
tha worker’s ataadpelat,
th^ are alao many reasons why
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By C. WILSON HARDER
fautaistrywide bargaining la net
to his advantage. A man wnrk.
ing in ntlsbvrgh af a wage rate
of fS.M par hour, where living
oosts aro high and where there
are many disadvantages to his
manner ol living, nguty wdl oon-
aMer, for example, ttot he and
his family would be far ahead
In many waya to work for tSJt
per hoar In some small rural
cosnmnnlty where living costs
aro cheaper; conditiona more
pleasant. Tet, Indastrywlde bai^
gaining ^evento a small employ-
or and labor making an agree
ment for their mntnal benefit.
* a *
It is possible that without in
dustrywide bargaining, migra
tion of labor to smaUer plants
in more pleasant smaller com
munities, would have brought
about the decentralization of in-
dusti7 that both informed econ
omists and defense exiierts claim
is vital to national safety.
* « •
Thus, many oommonitles
working for greater iiometown
indnstry, have been stymied the
past few years doe to the agree-
manto reached in aeme distant
city between representatives of
the Big Throe and the onion.
• • *
Also, in the past few years
there have not been any big and
jsrolonged strikes In the plants at
tite top leaders of any industry.
« * •
Tho res sen Is that dae to a tax
sW—tion, othar faotars, Indastry-
wMo lah«r agroonMiats have be-
oaaae a eampatttlve weapon far
Big ItnslBssi agatast indepen-
dsat compatlMsn.
• • •
There will be great opposition
to Rep. Lucas’ proposed amend-
mant to the Taft-Hartley Act.
* « •
Bet Independent business will
ho battling for tUa amendment,
net to break anlona, aa la charg
ed bat to pot collective bargain
ing where It belooga, at the local
level aad not in the hands of a
very fear eonoema.
healing. 1 believe in the reality
of the laws of spiritual healing
for the minds and souls of men.
This spiritual heEding, truth, is
being demonstrated every day
in a thousand places...“Jesus
Christ maketh thee whole: A-
rising everyday from sickness
and walking in health as a re
sult of the healing message of
the Master.
We are re-discovering the
healing message of the Christ
in our times. O, how we need
his healing touch. Many have
overdone preaching; others
have done a poor job of teach,
ing. And for many the healing
emphasis has bec^ome a lost art.
There are many signs of a con
cern now with the healing
message of the Christ. There
are increasing numbers of
chaplains on hospitals’ staffs.
Theological schools are re-em
phasizing the healing ministry.
And very important indeed is
the growing consciousness a.
mong enlightened medical men
of the part spiritual resources
can play in the healing of the
bodies and minds of men. Then
there are other signs, the maga
zines “Pastoral Psychology”
and “Religion and Health”.
There is the “Institute of Pas
toral Care”. All of these
are emphasizing the healing
message of Christ. ^
What are we trying to say?
Would it be amiss to say tluit
Good religion means good
health? Prophets, sages, priests,
and preachers have been saying
just this for thousands ol years.
Some areas of science are say
ing the same thing. Is it an ac
cident that those concerned
about the healing of sick minds
say that love is essential. Nol
The^luive discovered the great
splrithal thith that stands at the
heart of the message of Jesus:
LOVE. Is it an accident that
some doctors are telling their
patients you ought fto to churdd?
No! They are realizing the heal
ing power in the Christian
message. The Golden Rule is
good religion as well as gdod
health.
The Jesus way cultivates
health-giving powers. Certain
moods, attitudes and disposi
tions produce health. Then there
are certain health-destroying
feelings and emotions. Thus
health becomes a mtter of
choice. Within limits' we can
choose health or sickness. Ittai
WITHIN And
AMONG
Alfred F. Andersen
Dear fellow seekers....As im
plied last week, the {Msitlon
presented by this column logi
cally leads to concrete challen
ges such as Gandhi and his com
panions faced in India; also
such as those faced by the early
Christians and countless other
historical revolutionary mov^
mente. It calls for being illegal
in certain ways, thus courting
imprisonment and “disgrace’’.
It calls lor social bdiavlor
which will be (at least tempo
rarily)., mlsiuiderstood; thus the
inquisition! Thus is the revolu
tionary tested to determine
whether he can maintain his
calm and loving attitude in ad
versity, whether he has roots in
something more profound by
which he rejoices by way ol a
welling compulsion....despite
seeming impossible circum
stances. Then is his committ
ment to the good in every per
son tested to the hilt; then does
one’s talk ol Brotherhood show
its deeper meanings.
The day will come when some
ol us are called upon to travel
more of this road which tests
our deeper motives and loyah'
ties. From what this writer has
traveled thus lar his soul wanu
him ol the lolly ol inadequate
preparation. It is not only lolly,
but irresponsible, to challenge
the values ol “the world” save
by a firm grasp ol more pro-
found values. It is this grasp
that we are attempting to se
cure here. For what we are
dealing with are matters of life
and death in the profoundaat
sense. Therefore we must discuss
to the extremes ol lamlliailty
the profundities of lile and
death. Thus does your columnist
see it with his imperfect moral
sense. Thus the laborious dia
lectic in which we are im
mersed.
The loregolng justification
seemed necessary in order to
re-enlist your patience and at
tention for the difficult task ol
analysis which lies ahead di us.
We have mentioned lile and
death issues, but we have made
no attempt as yet to discuss the
meaning ol death in relation
to the good and moral lile. U
there is one thing that we all
must prepare ourselves lor it Is
the inevitable lact ol the com.
plete deterioration ol our pre
sent bodies and an end to lile
as we now know it. Not one of
us knows for sure 11 he will
survive the next year, nor the
next day, nor even the present#
hour! As lor a hundred short
years hence, we are all in the
“same boat”. Bven 11 we can
lorget oiurselves, think ol our
loved ones young and old, ol the
world's struggling billions lor
whom we have more or less
compassion.
These are particular unique
persons, each with bottomless
potential in spiritual develop
ment * in their individual
uniqueness. What’s to become of
this very, personal potential and
uniqueness as their bodies de
teriorate one by one? Are we
to say that it doesn’t make any
dillerence in our program lor
helping our lellow men? Are
we to say that we treat them the
same whether we think ol this
unique spiritual potential as
passing into obivion as any
moment or continuing eternally
to play a responsible social role
in the All-inclusive Spiritual
Community? U our hopes and
plans lor our fellows are lor the
future, doesn't it make a dif
ference how long a future one is
thinking of and whether one’s
thinking is limited to the soci
ality ^f our day or not?
Take your own child, for in
stance; or your grand-chlld, or
nephew, or friend’s child. Here
is an unique qiiritual being.
How do you think of his future?
Beyond a hundred years? In as
tronomical figures a hundred
years is as nothing. The human
race has presumably gone a.
through millions ol stub cen
turies. What ol all the univi^
individuals, like your Johnie,
who have “passed on”? Can
you think ol them as sufficiently
immortal in those humans living
on the earth today? How much
ol the spirited potential in you
are you able to pass on to
othm, and how much remains
still dormant and in infancy In
your private “within”? As we
look within oiuwelves don’t we,
each of us, feel very much like
infants in the spiritual life?
So much to leam, so far to go.
.What’s to become of that ob
vious wisdom which that
grandmother holds in her vi-
brant'roul? Is all which the pre
sent generation cannot grasp to
be forever lost? Certainly it
makes a difference. Doesn’t it?
STRAI6HT AHEAD
By OLIVE A. ADAMS for Global
It has been a beautilal thing
to hear the preacSnft ffie jprb-
testetions of liberalism, the
sugary mouthing of some ol
our white firiends during these
past lew years. But every once
in a while, one ol them is ctdled
upon to go all out and demon
strate his leelings, and that is
the point as which we must
part company. That is the point
beyond which the majority ol
them cannot go because it con
flicts with their personal com
fort, or desires; or it may even
carry them further than they
wish to go in the interracial
game.
There should be no bitter
feelings toward anyone who
does what he wanto to do, evm
when it means abandoning the
cause of equal citizenship for a
time. But there riiould be a
good lesson in it, and it is this:
Nobody, except the Negro him
self, will have the whole in
terest ol the Negro at heart al
ways. When it doesn’t ht^ too
.much, when It doesn’t conflict
with their aspirations and de
sires, some ol our friends may
go along and say all the pretty
speeches. But when the going
gets rough, it’s a rare one that
will stiek.
This seews to be the situation
in which radio-TV personalltjr
has been lauded as the great guy,
the sincere liberal—the Idlow
who «{ould go rii^t down to
the wire in his flght lor racial
equality. He had Negroes on
his shows, he featured the in
terracial quartet. The Mariners,
and he even rapped the knuck
les ol a certain Southern
Governor who chose to criticise
his show lor its se«ning belief
in equality.
Bible has stressed the wisdom
ol health-producing choices.
The Bible warns against imdue
lears. It tells us of the poisonotu
natiue of hatred for oiu* minds,
bodies and souls. Jestis taught
the wisdom of Faith rather than
anxiety. Jesus is ever saying to
us:” HA30E FAITH IN OOD”.
Why? It'means good health!
Jesus calls us to empty our
selves of die HKALTH DK-
(Continued on Pace Sevw)
But Arthur (Jodlrey is a hu
man being. He is free, white,
wealthy and has the run ol the
coimtry. He has had just about
everything he ever wanted out
ol lile, and is In poaition to get
more. Consequently, when he
got the opportunity to do a show
from Miami Beach, a thing he
had “always wanted to do,” he
took the whole cast down to
Miami and lolled on the beach
and everybody enjoyed the
finest welcome in Miami, and
when Arthur had to decide be- **
tween them and his heart’s de
sire, the Mariners weue left out
In the cold.
Now, nobody knows any
thing at all about the design for
living in the South, would ex
pect to see the colored boys
paddling around in the pool
with the white members of the
Godfrey troupe. That sort of
thing just doesn’t happen over
night and it would be downright
silly for anyone to try to bring
it about. But Arthur could
have come clean with the boys.
If he is as fair-minded as they
say, he would have had a deep
personal leeling about it that
would have prevented him from
simply dismissing the quartet
for a week and teking the rest
of the cast down south. Elimina
ting them entirely was a glaring
mistake, all of the more so be
cause Godfrey, known for his
influence and resourcefulness,
might have been able to work
the boys into some other phase
of his Southern show.
And so, another illusion has
been shattered. We have had it
clearly demonstrated that the
pressures and Interest of our
allies can often forec them to re-
sert our caTise, or to lay aside
our fight for a time to pin their
hoi>es on white people alone in
this fight for equality. To do so
meaiM that they simply do not
have faith in their own abilities
to plan their course of action
and see It through. CertaiBirr ^
they must have allies in their
struggle for full citizenship, but
the Initiative must be theirs,
and their course must be chart-
backed by the Constitution of
ed by their own leadership and
the United States of Amniea.