North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE TWO THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1883 im COMPUTE miNCIPAIION, WHAT! "Wkc« we pMMM that for wktak w atr«cii« w« etaae t* itniffrl«> KkM wtf).eMse t* tiruf- glm w*«Mae to grew. "Wlifla wr fwue t» frow we detMtaMtc and then we Complete emancipation of th* Negro in 10 years to be ceMtoated on tbe one hun dredth anniversary of Lin coln's proclamation is the new goal announced by the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People at its 44th annual meeting re- recently concluded in St. Louis. Certainly such a state of affairs for any people is a most desirable achievement to strive fot, but it is also one that carries with it all of the dangers that attend an indi vidual, race or nation that ar rives at a state of ease. In spite of the Negro’9 90 years’ struggle against second class citizenship, there are those among us who are well aware that it has been this very thing that has sharpen ed his wits, developed his re sourcefulness and made him capable of holding his own agunst most staggering odds. One only has to look a- round him in the North and the South to recognize the fact that in most instances where Negroes are achieving in business, education, politics and even in the field of re ligion that they are the mem bers of the race who have been born, reared or lived in the South where they have learned from the hard school of experience the very im portant art of struggle. This newspaper, that has waged an eternal and consist ent battle against all kinds of injustices which the Negro suffers in this country, is not unmindful of the strength the race has gained by being forced to organize and oper ate its own schools, businesses and churches, to fight for bet ter employment, streets, homes, police protection and other things necessary for a full life in a democracy. We endorse the 10-year plan as announced by the NAACP and we shall en deavor to do everything in our power to bring it to full success. We are wondering, though, should the goal be ob tain^ if the Negro will not rest on his oars, drift with the tide and finally grow so soft that the race will come to the same end as others who have reached a state of ease. HANDPICKED NEGRO LEADERS NOT ACCEPTABLE It is amazing to note with what speed and ease a cer tain element of white folks can make a Negro of their own choosing into a leader for Negroes when they want to use him for their own pur pose. It is also amazing to note with what speed they can repudiate an honest Negro leader when he does not speak the language they so much like to hear. This week an Associated Press release, published in several of the leading news papers of the state, referred to S. J. Phillips, president of the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, as a “Negro leader.” Phillips had made a speech in which he defended the “South’s tradi tional segregation system,” and in the stupid minds of this certain white element a Negro who defends segrega tion must by all means be classed as a leader, whether his race accepts him as such or not. With the walls of segrega tion tumbling all around them apostles of segregation find great comfort in a Negro who will raise his voice in de fense of the system that has been the only means of in flating souther^iers ego and maintaining their self esteem. Phillips is “a David come to judgement." We do not care to argue here and now the advantage or disadvantage of segrega tion to the Negro any more than we would care to argue that the murder of a child’s parents is beneficial to it be cause it robs him of the par ental care and support to which he is entitled, thereby throwing him to shift for him self. Likewise we would not like to discuss here and now to what extent Phillips is ac cepted by his own race as one of its leaders. If it becomes necessary, millions of Negroes will attend to that by walking in the opposite direction of Phillips or any member of their own group who at tempts to lead them down the road to segregation. We do here and now, how ever, take our stand against the custom so often resorted to in the South of white peo ple selecting what they term a “safe Negro” and attempt ing to style him as a leader of the race. We repudiate the custom, and above -all we re pudiate such Negroes. From now on our Negroes will se lect their own leaders, and any member of the group who is kissed by those of the opposite group who are ad vocates of segregation may consider himself as having received a kiss of death. IT'S TIME FOR ACTION Asheville is a city which de lights in boasting of the “good feeling” which char- wterizes Negro-white rela tions in this community, and whenever questions are sharply raised with respect to this community’s racial status quo, great pains are taken to remind the Negro citizens of these “good race-relations” as the symbol of their progress. While w« do agree tha4 there is a great deal of good will which exists between the races in this community, we fear, however, that this're minder of such goodwill and “good feeling” is overdone by those political and economic bosses of our community who want to continue the status quo. There is increasing evi dence to show that the masses of the Negro citizens in this community are getting fed up with this line about these so- called “good race-relations.” They now want to see this "good feeling” translated into a program designed to raise their standard of living. To this minority racial group, which constitutes near ly one third of this commun ity’s population, such a pro gram means first an oppor tunity to work at a job paying decent wages and at the level of their capabilities. To be sure, Asheville’s Ne gro population welcomes the interest and cooperation of all who desire to see for the Ne gro better facilities education ally, recreationaUy and so forth. Certainly, this is prog ress of a particular kind. But quite conspicuous by its ab sence is any interest and co operation on the part of the promotors of these “good race relations” in a commun ity-wide project or program which has as its object “bet ter jobs for Negroes.” If these self-styled pro motors of Asheville’s “good race-relations” have come to recognize the needs and rights of the Negro citizens to have-better schools, better re creational facilities and so forth, surely they would not ignore and deny the right of these same citizens to be gain fully employed at all occupa tional levels in our commun ity work-life. There is little logic in the idea of building better schools to produce bet ter trained persons for jobs which do not exist for them. Negroes are almost totally excluded from employment in Asheville and Buncombe County’s increasing number of industries, and the Ne groes of this conununity are becoming inercoBingly easy about such a situation. This failure to include them in the occupational pattern of the industrial life of this com munity sooner or later is bound to produce a sharp reaction to this talk about “good race relations.” Therefore, we call upon those who would point with pride to our “good race rela tions” to prove the sincerity of their interest in the Negro citizens of Asheville by get ting behind a program of “bet ter jobs for Negroes.” To those who would say to you, “some of my best friends are Negroes,” ask them to give a Negro just one of his better jobs. Saturday Cimf0 July 11, 1953 L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher M. B. JOHNSON, ButiMss Manager Published every Saturday by the Carolina Times PuUithinc Company at 518 East Pettigrew Street. Entered aa aecond claaa matter at the Poat Office at Durham. North Carolina under the Act of March 3. Ii79. National Advertialnf Representative: Intentate United Newapapert. Member. NNPA. C. M. ROSS. Managing Editor No guarantee of publication of unaoUdted mate rial. Letter! to the editor for publication must be signed and confined to 600 words. Subscription Rates: 10c per copy; fffy immths, One Year. f3.00 (Foreign Countries. $4.00 per year.) Pennsylvania Firm, Featuring Fair Emplopent Program, Sees Its Products Enjoy Popularity PHILADELPHIA Retailers in 30 metropolitan areMM throughout the United States are pushing the sale of the new “Booker T.” cigar which was initially marketed in the Philadelphia area last AprU. Kealiihig tbe saUbiUty oi sNcIi a tefcaeeo produt in the erar expmnMmg Stgn aurket haa prmmftt* tte mummlmetmt- ers, Um PewMtate Cigar C«r- pwatlaa PhllaMphla, to tbeuaMb *f dellara t* »r«ia«te this new hasUiWM ventnre. To date long range display advertising has been placed with 34 Negro newspapers whose readership runs into hundreds of thousands of con sumers weekly. Posters fea turing a Negro model and pro duced in four colors are being displayed in conspicuous places where the “Booker T.” is sold. Dtotrlbntora in every market area are oondnetiiig prMno- Uonal progranu to create the demand aaceaaary to mako the ‘Booker T." one of the top ranking tobai^ prodnets in the over-all market. - Highlighting the story behind the “Booker T.” is that it is named in honor of the noted Tuskegee educator and is the first tobacco product com memorating a Negro leader to be sold in several years. Alao Its manufacturer, Pennstate, has a lon^ established fair employment practice program that has been effective for over ten years. DEEP SOUTH SPEAKS By ROBERT DURR (Fttr Calvin NetcM Service) AND THE WORLD WttX (XWSHNUE TO REJECT OUR LEADERSHIP UIOTL THE SWRIA IS REMOVED. CRBfUTS OUB PaOOMBSS TO THfe JUDICIAKT A GREAT LAWYER hu ob served ttiat no progress has been made to secure civil rights to thos^ pwple most commonly denied th«n except by Judicial force based on constitutional guarantees. EVEN WHEN IS aeema that voluntary ptofMas Is being made, a close examination will reveal that saoh j^ogresa Is the result of fear of being forced to go forward Jndleally. A DANGEROUS situation oc- aurs when people in a demo cracy come to feel that equal ity and relief for tiie oppress ed and discrimkiatad against can not be obtained through the legislative branch because of deals, unelisMenment, ignorance and cancerous cor ruption. IS IT SO INCONCEfVABLE that just human relations, edoeatiw, (air eaqrtoyment laws could be inacted and Just relief seouMd iagialatlvely In Deep South state* sueh as South Carolina, Ooorgla, Mlsa- iasippi, Alabama and adjacent states? THESE STATES ARE sup posedly democratic, but when Talmadge, Byrnes and their fellow evil conspirators con tinue to deny the minority equal and adequate education al opportimity within their states and threaten this-that- and-the-other if the U. S. Sup reme Court voids discrimina tion by segregation, they speak as the white supremacy fas cists. And these white supre macy facists worship not at the throne of equality and jus- Uoe but as skin worshippers and their God is not the God of Moses or Jesus but of skin —Mr. White Skin God—a (Please turn to Page Seven) THE SUPREME COURT AND RACIAL iUSTICE EDITOR’S NOTE: Albert Baker Lewis, New York In surance company axeoutive. Is a seaaoned and keen ob server of poHtical and eco nomic Influences In flris country. the foUowiag article. Sir. IowIb diaeussae the Supreme Court and racial justice. By ALFRED BAKER LEWIS ONE PART OF THE GOV ERNMENT that has ' not yet been put under the influence of the millionaires—and one plumber—who make up Presi dent Eisenhower’s cabinet, is the United States Supreme Court whose members are all appointees of either President Roosevelt or President Tru man. It is, therefore, not sur prising that the extremely able lawyers of the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, led by the General Counsel Thurgood Marshall, have been able to get good results from Supreme Court decisions. One such re cent gain is the decision of the Supreme Court, based on an old law not heretofore enforc ed, but neyer repealed either, that restaurants in Washing ton, D. C. could not discrimin ate against Negroes. By clear implication, neither can hotels or other places of public ac commodation. For once, the Supreme Court decision was unanimous. This is an extreme ly important decision from the point of view of ouiTforelgh relations, for to Washington come representatives of all the nations of the world, many of them colored, and segregation in Washington was a severe blow to the prestige of our country as a supposedly demo cratic nation. OF COURSE, TBE IISEN- hower Administration, backed up by the overwhelming Re- publiaan dally press, will try to claim credit for this eitan- ination of segregation in Wash ington. But actually the case was begun and the arguments were made by the NAACP lawyers befMre tbe election of President Elaaahower, and the decision was handed down by judges, none of whom were appointed by President Eisen hower. ANOTHER WELCOME Sup reme Court decision was the one denying tbe right of prop erty owners to sue another property owner for damages on the ground that, although there was a restrictive coven ant on the. owner’s property, the owner nonetheless sold the property wittiout a covenant and to Negroes. This decision is the logical -follow-up of a previous decision, also won by the attorneys of the NAACP, that restrictive covenants could not l>e enforced by law. It amounts to a decision that such restrictive covenants can not lae enforced by indirection either. ON THE OTHER hand, thT' Supreme Court dodged for a time a decision on the hottest Issue to come before It for a long time, namely the school segregation cases. The Judges asked for a re-argument on this issue. Evidently there was no clear-cut majority among them who were willing as yet to back the contention of the NAACP lawyers tEat' s^boT segregation In Itself Is dls- orimlaatlon and, therefore, un constitutional. For such a de cision would go a long way tegard changing the pattern of segregation in the South, and apparently a majority of the Supreme Court Judges were afraid to take such a chance (Please turn to Page Seven) W A S M I INl (.■ I O .'J AND "SMALL BUSINESS” Bv C. WIlSON HAKUEK On this New Year’s Dsy Wash- Inetcm pradiots ItU as Um yaar cl dMision. Mack strife, mooh btttMsaa. is BBtleiiotMl aa lamm that haira long been kept fai tha ahadews af laanlsim, are bn«|^ fiaih. The dacisiotui will have worldwide domastic ra- parcuisions. • • ' • • • For example; despIt we* la lar pane orderly apars-| (toa of tkel worMeonmny, C, W. Mafdw BBd the baUaf that mm» asat a( iaternatlooal anderstanihig ia neoeaaary, tke fntare a( the 1I» Itad Natlaae is s qaaatieB auuk. a • • Wishful hope may l>a supplant ed by raalization of hard faets, • * a Bare are soma of the faidlca* tioiia. From CaUforaia a frssb* man consrMsmaa, William If s8- Isird. will arrhra. As a raaarra conunaader, he apant a (aw weaks la Koreaa watan (ollow- Ing bis eleotloa. On retaralag, he expreaaed aarprlae at the Tsat amoaat ol oammaroa Im abaarv- ad belac osrried oa with Bad Chins by ahlppiai oarrylac tha Bscs of United NaUona membera. * • * It ia obvious that this nation, ■uHPlying tha major part ol th« non-Korean manpower in the Korean struggle, cannot tacrUlce men to the overwhelming man power reiervei of the enemy, • « * The only mj to win tbe ooa> taat la,ta ahnt •(* aappllsa. But, acoardlng to the new Oenpreas- uutm, aapplfTt from V.N. mem bers poor lata Bed Cliina while Americans dlefbr tta C.N.oaese. • • * Another straw in the wind. The BrHlah hsTe hi ail ^eimtora oat of Scan'b]r tbraatai V. 8. State Da- partaieat qqyeared to be on the sMa a( tha British sad thdr oh Aagie-Iraalaa OIL Apparently tha altuatlon ba- •ame ridloulous. a • e Bat wbatavar bappwaai In the doata« days a( MB, tha U R. State Dapartaaaat appeared ta ohuiga poliolea with a statement •dviaiag it shaald be peaslble tar Ansarioan all aamp^es ta iiteada hi fraalaa ailr Of conrse, ^ Mr, it ia aoi known whether tids St at am wt waa liased on an attempt to open baaiaa oil to free cranpatltlon, er the flrat step to tarn H over to one af the V. 8. Bujors. Bat either way, H woald be a step toward amadiing tbe warld on csrtal (sand to exist by tha Federal Trade Coaamlaeioa. • a a WhOo foreign affairs msy seem remote from business along Main Street, It is a fact that oontrols, high taxes, inflatlwi, and other damaging affects on the health ot independent buiinsis sro large^ due to foreign policies. « • * Of ooerse, the dlrectlen taken aa astl-tniat Uw aafercement win hove a great dael to do with iodependeat baslaaaa welfare. • a • No one will predict just what Will happen in tbit tphara. It la felt that U* tha efkoa ia tke Department e( InaUce oherged with enforcement of tha aatl-tmat Iswa la permuMatly ramavad from poUtiosl preaaiiM, aa reqaested by a majority of the nation’s iadependent basloeas, tbe problem wlU be lergely sahred. As H staads new, tha p^wer of life or death fer the nation’s independent bnsineas la too clbaely held liy a politically appateted Attarney Oeaeral. Oa this one laaae the ddayed battle te decide which aystem Is to pre- tbU. monopoUca or independent hnstoeas, may Unge, HORES Spiritual Insight . ‘‘ALMOST PERSUADED” By Reverend Harold Roland Pastor, Mount Gilcjd Baptist Church “Agrlppa said unto Paul, almost thou persuadest me . .Aets 26:28. WE NEED A COURAGEOUS decisiveness in the midst of life’s great issues and events. What a contrast we have in this story — Paul, a man of passionate decisiveness and Agrippa with his sluggish pro crastination. How strange! One is a free man and the other a prisoner. Paul burns with the flame of passionate conviction. Paul tells how God had saved his soul. He tells of the un forgettable day when he made the decision at high noon on the highway. PAUL WITH THE HOLT Passion and Power of the Holy Spirit tells of the decisive turning point in his life—the day of his regeneration when he shifted loyalties from Juda ism to Christianity. WE OUGHT TO MOVE WITH swift decision when confronted 'with a great de cision for good. Why falter when the path of goodness is made clear? Many tragedies have resulted from such halt ing indecision. Good suffers because men are .often AL MOST PERSUADED. AL MOST IS NOT ENOUGH! Why become a slave of fear in the midst of goodness and truth? Be courageous to take the step for good^ Let us be ever aware of the temptation to wait and falter when a de cisive step for good is needed. Beware of the sad tragedy of Agrippa . . . “ALMOST THOU PERSUADEST ME . . .” LET VS RIDE the tide of our great moments. Many faint hearted souls have let their great moments pass. Thus they sit forever amid the reveries of regret. These great moments in our lives call for faith. A FAITH THAT WILL LEAD US TO SEIZE OCR GREAT MOMENTS! Why did Agrippa let this great moment pass? He might have been fearful of his prestige and of the people. In his fearful Indecisiveness a great opportunity to serve his Ood and his fellowman ha^ passed. I know for I have been confronted with some great moments. Soom were soiaed. Others slipped by forever. Grasp your great moments! Grasp them and escape the re grets of what might have been. Many faithless souls have missed the rising tide of a great moment. Why^ Because they have said with King .Agrippa . . . “Almost per suaded ...” GREAT SOULS have made life’s great decisions. Abra ham decided to move from Ur and follow the gleam of a great Divine vision. Moses de cided between the quietness of the Midian hills and the ex citement of a deliverer in Egypt. Peter chose between fishing nets and the Christ. Amos forsook the peace of Tekoa to brave the dangers of evil men at Bethel. Matthew gave up the profits of the tax office to give his life for the Kingdom. Almost was not enough or these great souls. They were persuaded. LET US BY FAITH grasp our great moments and use 41hAMh CdMb ♦lift wivnt vliV glVl J UOfi 8BV the service of mankind. In the midst of tile good and the Holy let it not be aaid you ... “AL MOST PERSUADED . . ” Straight Ahead . . . BY OLIVE A. ADAMS (For Global News Service) THIS IS A GREAT COUN- try. You can complain about taxes, you can say anything you want about any public of ficial and say it out loud. You may not like the way you’re treated and there may be cer tain places where people can get away with murder—but not with the sanction of the Government, nor with the sanction of the majority of the people once they know the facts. NEGROES KNOW this better than anybody else. If anyone In American life could have a reason to be bitter about any thing, it would ,be the colored brother. But he is fiercely loy al because this is his conntry and he knows he has helped to build it. Some Negroes may go to live abroad, feeling that they cannot in the United^ States( but even so, they do It regretfully; and In spite of any bitterness they may feel, few, if any, would do anything to undermine Its government. IT’S GOOD THAT the Negro instinctively knows that this is a fine place to live. He knows it without having b^n anywhere else. It’s a compli ment to his good judgment that he has not had to suffer elsewhere to learn that the USA offers the best possible opportunity for all, even if he does have to fight for his. . THEY SAY THAT in order to appreciate an oil painting, one must stand of a bit and get a good angle on it. When one Is up too close the picture isn’t too clear. Therefore, anyone who doesn’t quite appreciate it,'might take a little jaunt elsewhere and come back and look at this country from a little different angle. There must be something in this idea, because some of the most loyal Americans we know are those who are brand new Ameri cans and because they under stand how miserable life can be, they appreciate America all the more. TWO GENTLEMEN WHO participated in Global’s third annual Conference last Sat urday, brought this out in their discussions. Henry Mao, Editor of the Chinese Nationalist Daily here in New York, a young Chinese who has been in this country a scant foiu: years, and Gene Rea, Adver tising Manager of II Progresso Italo-Americano, an Italian language newspaper, both ex pressed the most reassuring loyalty to this country. IN SPEAKING of combattillg propaganda that would be harmful to America, they both felt that they were prlvilogod to do a job that the Voice of America couldn’t poasiUy do. In the words of Mr. Rea: “AFTER ALL, ’THE PEO- ple of my country would be Inclined to feel that anything the Voice of America said would be counter-propaganda. But we have instituted letter- writing campaigns with our people at home. We have ask ed our readers to write letters to their families over there telling them ho;w life is in America. Those people feel that the Voice, of America might not tell the whole truth, but when brother Guiseppe writes home to his sister and his mother and tells them that , all the things they hear again st America are lies, that is much more effective than of ficial broadcasts.” THE REMARKABLE thing about these newspaper men is that, as they work so hard to Americanize their reading public, they know that the better they do their Job, the faster they may lose their readers. But they see the job now, and they think it is Im portant. They think it is Im portant iMcaiise they know what America has to offer and they feal thoir people should have tbe advantage of it. So, they keep right on urging people to loam to apeak and write the English language well, to take ont cltlienshlp papers, to vote and to take part in civic activities and become well Integrated so that they can make their contribution to the American Way of Life. THEY DO ALL this, know ing that in time, because of the job they have done, they may have to close their doors. This must be a great country! Tha Lord is my shepherd, I shaQ not want. He maketh me to lie down in Kttm pastnrea; He leadeth ms be> side tha stiH waters; He raptoretU my soai: He Isadtth me in the patlii of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, thoagh.1 walk through the Talley of the shadow of death 1 will faar no evil^or Thou art wiW mo, Thy tod and Thy staff they com* fort mor—(From tha Twenty-third PMtlm.)