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PAGE TWO THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1953 BYRNES' APPOiNIMBIT AN AFFRONT 10 AU DECENT PEOPLES NATIONAL Negroes in this country will not become excited over the dinner invitation which President Eisenhower ex tended to two members of their group. Such invitations are often extended those who have been “good little boys and girls” or are motivated by some other purpose not exact ly social. The two Negroes, Dr. F. D. Patterson, former president of Tuskegee and A. A. Alexander, noted Wash ington contractor, may be ex pected to sing for their sup per. What Negroes would like to, see the president do is open up more and better jobs for them, especially in federal agencies operating in the South, where the policy is still “For Whites Only.” This outworn idea that an honor conferred on one or two Ne groes is an honor conferred on all Negroes is no longer that of sensible members of the race. What Dr. Patterson and Mr. Alexander ate at the ored peoples who constitute president’s dinner will do the a majority membership in the stomachs of the 10 or 12 mil- United Nations but to every lion Negroes in the South Jio decent white citizen through- good. What they want and out the world. The late Presi- need are more jobs so they dent Roosevelt tried in vain can buy their own dinner. to make something out of Mr. When the president of the Byrnes and former President United States appoints a de- Truman tried it, both to no magogue and an avowed Ne- avail. That Mr. Eisenhower gro hater like James F. would make the third attempt Byrnes as a member of the^to discover in Byrnes the United Nations General As- qualities of world citizenship sembly, the dinner invitation when every resource is need- extend^ two Negroes will ed to convince colored mem- not offset the damage done to bers of the United Nations the race in this country as that this country is sincere well as the millions of other about what it says about de colored peoples throughout mocracy is horrifying, the world. As governor of The invitation extended the South Carolina, Byrnes has two prominent I'legroes and openly declared that he will the appointment of Byrnes close the schools of that state appear to us to be each in before he will submit to a nil- their own sphere cheap poll ing of the United States tical moves by which the Re- Supreme Court abolishing publican Party hopes to re- segregated public schools trieve the Negro vote and nail should the tribunal render down the gains made in the such a decision in the cases South during the political now before it on the matter, campaign of 1952. Mr. Eisen- Bymes’ appointment is not hower and the GOP are be- only an affront to the Negroes ginning to emanate an offen- of this couhtry and the col- sive odor. THE HIGH COST OF SEGREGATION DURHAM In Durham, North Carolina a committee composed entire ly of white persons has been appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, also entire ly white, for the purpose of bringing more conventions to the city. It is hoped by this means to put more money in to the coffers of merchants, hotels, etc. Although the Chamber of Commerce offi cials have not said so they are not particular about where the money comes from so long as it is the kind used in the United States. Fortunately or unfortunate ly for Durhi^ it has more Negro corporate wealth to the square foot and more Negro home owners than any other city in the entire country. No other city its size or even larger can boast of having in one block three Negro cor- ?orations of approximately 50 million in assets. Like wise, we doubt seriously that there is another city in Amer*- ica in which its largest home owned corporation is owned and operate entirely by Ne groes. We also suspect that Durham is the only city in the United States in wnich the officials of such corpora- tions Tiave jflSsdliitel^ Hno representation on the Cham ber of Commerce. Here, once again, one gets a partial view of the tremend ous cost of segregation and other outworn southern cus toms. To uphold white supre macy and keep the Durham Chamber of Commerce ab solutely lily-white, Negro business men, who are cus todians of millions of dollars, are barred from membership. There is little wonder that several of the younger offi cials of some of these corpora tions are beginning to turn over in their minds the thought of domiciling the home offices in some other city where the atmosphere is a little more pleasant. Because of the high esteem in which Negro business in Durham is held throughout the nation an invitation ex tended to any Negro conven tion to hold its annual session here is usually given top priority. It would be hard to estimate the millions of dol lars Durham ha»«t missed in the past 25 years which it might have had sp>ent here by Negro visitors and delegates to conventions if its Chamber of Commerce had had the foresight to include some of the city’s top Negro business men on its membership ros- ter; If there is to be belter co operation and better under- DEEP SOUTH SPEAKS BY ROBERT DURR (Fw Cdvin ISIetoM Service) standing between the races in the South, it has got to come about by extending to it Ne gro citizenship more and bet ter representation on policy making and its governing bodies. The outworn idea that one-third and often as much as one-half of the population, of a city or county is going to be satisfied with remaining on the outside while the plans for a progreun are being shap ed and then be in position to cooperate with them to the 'fullest extent just does not make sense. In Durham and the most of the cities of North Carolina there are many well trained and intelligent Negro citizens who are able and willing to give their time,^ talent and ability to aiding in the build ing of the communities in which they live. They waitf to cooperate in the promotioii of all movements for the better ment of business and the com munity as a whole. To expect them to do so in the best man ner without extending to them respectable representa tion is asking too much of sensible men who hav« baan exposed to the teachings of democratic procedure. The Hope It Blqek Over a hundr^ yean ago, One appearsd In Iran who was named "The Glory of God” with a message to guide a mature mankind. Many wondered why he should come torth from Iran which was at time the most po litically corrupt nation on earth. Two thousand years ago wlMOt^ Jesus of Nazareth was born, there was a great deal of bcoU fing and scorning ahd predict ing that He could not be the £x-> pected and Hoped .for One, be cause nothing good could comei out of Nasareth. That One Baha’u’llah—“The Glory of God” bom in corrupt Iran founded the now well known Baha’i World Faith with centers in 107 countries of the world, proving to many to be the answer to millions who search lor God, peace and spiritual freedom from racialism, na tionalism and communism. In Christianity, we find a ful fillment of the laws under which the people lived in Judaism. Its central theme was love-an ever lasting one, because God can only love us if we love Him. Mankind, needs to love for its own safety. And today’s world needs to be baptised in an over whelming appreciation' of the need for justice by the earth’s people—especially the tradi tionally oppressed because of colored and black skin. This columnist is no skin wor- stiipper. Nor am I a racist, but it is my conviction that the so- called Negro stands on the brink of his most important hour in history. He is the only man I Know wiio can come into the council for world peace with clean— really clean hands. He achieved his freedom through enforced servitude. No sword has . he taken up for aggression and con quest against other people. It has been proven true thaik you do not get figs from aa apple tree. Hence, despite all tha efforts made at the old Leagtw of Nations and now at the Uni* ted Nations, little could an(| can be expected to be accom plished in so far as the establish ment of the Most Great Peace is concerned because the majority of the member nations’ hands are) tainted with innocent blood. The dominating nations are Caucasian. What is needed is a campaign to seel these Cauca sian people on participation by black people in every effort for peace, in all avenues of govern ment at tiome and abroad on aj basis of equality—call it any thing you wish—there can be( no social justice without econo mic, political and social equality. JUSTICE is the key to world salvation today. The world needs a fresh and clean transfusion of black peo ple in the blood and sinews of the dominating Caucasian groups of the world so as to save the Caucasions from themselves. The Hope is Black—blaclui conscious of their growing re sponsibility to lead men in the ways of peace. This columnist does not ad vocate a black or white domina-' tion, but a world society de termined to recognize that man kind is one and that we are all, the leaves of one tree and the flowers of garden. There can be no freedom for mankind until the oppressed black peoples are free. For every one held in physical, political oi| economic bondage—another will die in battle somewhere, soyiCi time in wars but in which wars, and no peace, will be won. STORY BY WRITK FEATURED IN "CONTEHPORARY READER INCREASED BUS FARES SHOULD BRING BEHE'R SERVICE ASHEVILLE Our City Council has de clared its intention to be come an interested party in any hearings to be neld by the State Utilities Commis sion on the application of the local bvis company for a fare increase. Such applications are usual- Iv considered on the basis of the company’s need for an in crease in order that they might make a fair and reason able profit. The company claims that it is not making such, a profit due to a decrease in the num ber of passengers hauled. Such a decrease in pass enger load is usually due to potential riders using other forms of transportation be cause of better service afford ed. It is at this point that the State Utilities Commission be comes interested in the type of service given by a comp any seeking a fare increase. Therefore, in consideration of the kind of service which the local bus company is giv ing, the Negro pmple in the SATVRDAY various inadequate bus-ser- vice areas should also become interested parties in the hear ings scheduled to be held here in Asheville. For a number of years, the residents oi the Walton Street area have been peti tioning for bus service, but for one reason or another, the bus company has continu^ to refuse to extend such to this area, an area which is also the location of the only city park facility available to Negroes. The area extending from College Street south to Beau mont Street is another area which notably suffers from the lack of adequate bus ser vice. Withing this area there are a great number of churches and a YWCA whose effective ness and growth are in great part dependent on the peo ple’s ability to reach these facilities conveniently and economically. Certainly the leaders in these institutions, as well as the residents living within this large and heavily pop ulated community, will not let these hearings b^ held without being heard on such an important matter. Another section primarily populated by Negroes which is not receiving adequate bus service is West Asheville. Many of the residents in this section walk over a mile to the nearest bus stop. It should not be a very dif ficult case to prove that the local bus company is failing to render adequate service, especially in areas which are heavily populated with Ne groes. Negroes ride the city busses in large numbers, passenger- wise and dollar-wise—even when they must walk a mile to do so. 'They are necessarily, interested in any proposed fare increase. We think that any con sideration given a bus fare in crease for Asheville should be influenced by what type of service if any the bus comp any is going to be willing to provide for those sections of the city where such has been denied for several years. Cbf €im& 1 AUGUST 1, 1953 i L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher C. M. ROSS, Managing Editor M. E. JOHNSON, Business Manager PubUahed Xvtry Saturday bjr UNITED PimUSHERS, Incorporated at 518 E. Pettirew St. Cnterwl aa Moond daw matter at the Poat Ofttc* at Oariiam, North Carolina iindar the Act of March S. UTS. Adv«rtislnir Rcpreflentntlve; Intarftatc Mamtiar, mrA. No gtuurantea of publication ot unaoUdtad mate rial. Letter! to the editor for publication must be •ISned and confined ta SOO word*. SubacripUon Ratea: 10c per Icop^ Six montha, V2.00; One Year, tS.OO (Foreisn Countrlea, M-00 per rear.) NEW YORK An unusual short story by aj young Negro writer, Paulo Marshall, of New York City, will Tse featured in the second issue of the "Contemporary Reader”, a new national literary quarterly to be on the stands August 1st. Miss Marshall’s “The Valley Betw«^” is hes first pubUsbed woik. According to Dr. Edwin Berry^ Burgtun, editor, a principal ob jective of the Contemporary! Reader is “to bring forward new Negro writers and a truthful portrayal of Negro liie.” The first issue published this Spring Negro housewife of New York* City, and a story by John Starks about an inter-racial picketline in St. Louis. Benjamin Brown, formerly editor of the Harlem Quarterly, is on the editorial board of tiie Contemporary Rea der. Miss Marshall is a Phi jBeta Kappa graduate of Brooflcl^ CoUege and is now employed as a librarian in New York. Her literary gifts were stimulated while she was a member ol| a writing workshop sponsored by the Committee for the Negro in the Arts. Miss Marshall’s story, “Tliei Valley Between,” is a study oij the tragic effects of a husband's selfishness on a woman and heit marriage. Other features of the magazine include a chapter froiQ novelist Millard Lampell’s forth coming book; a critical article by Dr. Burgum on “Playwriting and Arthur Miller;” satires by Ruth Goldberg, Russell Davis, and film-writer Abraham PO' tngn-ngera on the eve of their induction in-> to the army, by Hal Schreiber; and poems by Thomas McGrath and Vincent Ferrini. Edith Berg, Jack Wandell, and Rush sell Davis are new writers who are also being published for the first time. The Contemporary Reader, sponsored by the Writing and (Please turn to Page Seven) WAShlNGION ANJ "SMALL BUSINESS’ 0. W. Harder Often major WaAlngton «k> plosions are trigguMd ^ a «ir- cumstanc* obscure to tb* public. • • • Thus, raoMt reqnest ot major alrllnea ooald set og probe. * • • Major airlines hav« applied to CAB, the ClvU, Aeronautics Board, ;tor per mission to re-| duce comnils- slons paid! thousands of| independent! travel agen-i cies. CAB has authority on everything per-1 taining to civil aviation. • * • CAB baa fat the past taken many stepa ta Mack iadq^aadvnt airlines from campatlng with the majors, sa tbar apparently feel It will be a raniiae-viatter to secure »iwre*al tar the plan ta ont down tha lafSepandent travel acoat. Tat, tba Iwaa, from tbe alrlinaa’ atandpeiiit, is so petty, it may ba tka straw tbat brealu tha oamal'a back, a • • Independent travel agents are crefdit^ with doing a great sell ing job for air travel, but in ad dition travel agents hava become almost indispensable to the trav- eler. Buying transportat}oii through an expisrieneed travel- agent who knows faciUtias, con-' necting lines, and other data, the traveler avoids stan^g in line in an airline tiokat office, the often tutiia attempts to seek information from a groan clerk and other harassments. * a * For this scr?ioe, the travel agent recetvea » 5% commia- aion. Thua, oa » cross oonntrjr trip, the averafe commtssien to tha aceat far >11 lija aerrlces is aniy M.25. Bat now the major airlines want to out this ta $1.5S. g) Wiilonti rdmUfli> of Iftdmadwrt By C. WILSON HARDER Ih fact, major airlines are go ing even further. * « • Fnllr staSed ticket offices are openlag in many oommudtles sa uaali they da ast ev«l »a»- pert a median* slaed s»*it- msat stace. to sasaUar towaa they are trying to sell tickets throach traveling ticket tracks. « • * It Is Important to bear in mind that airline tickets are not a commodity bought by a large Aare of tilie people on a fre quent basis. l%us, in many com munities there is no econ(»nlo Justification fcMr an airline ofSca. • * • Yet major airiines aae wUliiig te spent dollars to save pennies. * * « Therefore, this move may start a full scale probe of airlines. * * * There are many in Washing- ingten. In aad ont of Congress, wiio have long asked, “Just how good la the business manage ment of the major alrlineaf" * ♦ • It Is based on several factors. * * • For esample, despite tiie fact that the aiajor alrllnea receive mllUoaa from the U. 8. Treas- ■ry aa a mail subsidy. In prao- 4ioally every major V. 8. city plash airline fBciUtiea oooapy highest valned preperty. * * * Yet, i^en Independent com petition has succeeded in getting permission to fly, despite CAB obstrucUons, it ^s given the public good low-cost service at a proilt with no subsidies. • * « Hany in Washington feel Jor airlines represent monopoly practice in tha l^hest degree. CompetHleB Ir reaikrioted by a gommeat borean aad they tm- Jsy heavy salMidtas. And new, to keep from paying 5% com mission oa tickets, the major alrliaea are willing to spend several times that amonat te op- esiUa tiokat salsa faoUHiaa la small ooaunnnlties. "SLONIY BEINC RWOVED FROH OUR NATION'S CAPITOL" : \'i # by Alfred Andersen Within and Among Dear Fellow Seekers ... In tracing the development of the competitive (in contrast to the mutual-aid) attitude ’ toward one’s environment you may feel that we are going contrary to our own committment to put our emphasis on _ seeking and en couraging the good rather than seeldng and fighting tlie evil. The answer is that la seeking and serving the good» competi tive attitudes impinge on us Indadvertently, presuming to draw us into tte “fight.” The prime example of this is the conscription practices of the national state to recruit for its military program. The arm of conscription reaches into the remotest, most primative areas of the territory over wltich it presumes Jurisdiction in its mechanistic impersonal way, almost completely free of sen sitivity t«t individual consci ence or anything else other than Its military program. We must know how this competi tive-aggressive temper works, not in order to fight it or com pete with it, but in order to avoid participating in it and becoming spiritnaliy enslaved to it. It needs also to Tt>e said hera that whereas we note how effi ciently the national state pattern (and other totalitarian patterns; in churches for instance) can “used” by the competitive tem per ... we shall also come to find tl\e mutual-aid element even here, the very seed of hope for redeeming the bulk of mod em society. All this can I>e exemplified by referring again to the his tory of the development of our own coimtry. (We make a distinction between country as a cultural spiritual thing, and government as a formal expedient for special purposes witiUn the culture). As sug gested last week there were many of the early colonists who were not only willing but anxious that the culture of the new country should grow slowly and organically, ac cording to its own spiritual uniqueness. Notable among these were the Quakers (The Society of Friends) under the political leadership of WUliam Penn and Roger WUliams. (See FRIENDS FOR 300 YEARS by Howard Brinton). Because of their lead ership the Friends influence cen tered around Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, the more historic branch being the former with its matmpolitan center at PhUadeU phia. It will be noted that despite the early infiuenee of the Friends, to my knowledge none of their number parti cipated in the Revolutionary War or the coming ot the new National Govemnent. This despite the fact that they were very active in social re form, being the first to com pletely give up slavery, even before the Revolutionary War! Certainly they were the strongest force for social Jus tice in the pioneer days, at no time even approaching the witch hunt and torture prac tices of the Pnritaas. The early colonies were poli tically closer to the Quaker po licy of proceeding by the’“sense of the meeting” rather tiian by "counting noses" in a mechanical vote. The Town Meeting con tained a similar seed of D«no- cracy because it allowed for all shades of opinion, not only to be expressed, but to influence the final synUiesis of group de cision. There emerged from ttie better Town Meetings (and from the Quaker Meetings) a'l^oup decision which was organif and spiritual in tliat it was the result of a group seeking together for something better than any one of Its members could devise for himself; a social "Gestalt” ra ther than the majority-vote pro duct of a social compromise and muddle. The colonies and small groups of home steaders were growing slowly, but organically and healthily. But impatleiice set in, the war iaver was aroaaad by tha com- petitive temper, the war was fought, suspicious emotions usurped quiet trusting atti tudes, and before the mass hy steria subsided a mechanistic top-down formula for nation al statism was so-to-spaak “shoved down tiieir throats.” In place of the pattern that waa developing before the war of federated organic groups based on the Town Meeting foundation, the new national state hypaned all that by pre suming a society ot separate atomic indlTldnals out of which they could hnlld their political marines on the (Please turn to Page Seven) Spiritual Insight ^TOWER to HJ^AL" By Reverend Hurold Roland Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church Silver and gold have I none; but such os I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ oi Nazareth rise up and walk... Acts 3:6. The Holy Spirit is a mighty healing power. Those endowed with the Holy spirit can liecomei a heeding blesaing for manlcind. Wounded and sick men need healing. The gift of the ^ Holy Spirit means iiealing for the sickness of men. Tlie Church enn dowed with the Holy Spirit went forth on a healing mission. Pe ter and Joim stopped on their way to the prayer meeting to become a blessing to the man on the porch of the temple. Here is a man who lias l>een sick ton more tiian tiiirty years. God used them as healing agencies. God’s plan of salvation is for the) healing of the natioos.^God of fers healing for our sick bodies, minds and souls. They prayed until the power came. The power came and teey preached God’s message of redeeming love for a lost world. Now we see the power of the spirit brought to bear for the healing ot a rnan who had l>een lame and handi capped for a long time. There is still healing power in God’s Holy Spirit. I l)eliev« in the healing power of the Holy Spirit. Let it enter your soul and mind and it Will become a pow er of the Holy spirit. The spirit ot evU destroys our tiealth but the Holy spirit heals and re stores our health of lx>dy, mind and soul. The Holy Spirit healed the soul of the woman at the well. The Holy spirit became power to heal the sick mind of the mad man among the Gadare- nes. Faith and the spirit healed the miserable woman who had been sick for twelve years. The unholy spirit makes for sicknesa ot body, mind and soul but thd Holy is for the health and heal ing of the whole man. I know the Holy Spirit Is ^ healing power. I have felt ita healing influence* in my own life. I liave knowi} its healing tor my body, soul and mind. The Holy Spirit is a mighty power tor healing. Your tears will make you sick. Your hatred will make you sick. Those old gradas and resentments will make you sick. Your sins will make you sick. That unforgiving spirit will make you sick. Why remain in sickness when God is ready to heal you? You too in the name ot Jesus can rise up and walk. Let him cleanse you of tbe Unholy spirit and fill you with the Holy Spirit. I have seen this power work wonders in the healing of the minds, bodies and souls of men. Many claim to be sick but all they need is to get right with (3od and thrir tellowman and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Many who claim to be sick need only..” In the name of Jesus Christ ot Nazareth rise up and walk...” Yes, let us rise up and walk in our God-given privilege ot health and wholeness. O God purge and cleanse us ot the UN HOLY SPIRIT AND FILL US WITH THY HOLY SPIRIT. TRe iiealing power ot thq ^irit and its Holiness requires no money. This healing is tree to aU men. It is a gracious gitt trom the Almighty Ood.
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