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fA—TWO ' GEl^RALr %n OAIOUNA mm lATMtOAir, IAN. tBd, 19S4 'V OUR m YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS W« have Mver tkougfat verx.auicii of the practice of malite New Yew^ Resolu- \iaim:f^Uis^ we.hav« looked with ieewBthihg contempt on the flMieral run of resolu tion mikers, en>ecially the kind wlK> makes them one day and breaks them the next. However, there are those few who have the coura^ and the determination to keep thar resolutions when thev do make ^em, and for such persons we have the highest respect and admiration. It is witn the latter in mind that we have decided to make a few resolutions for the new year and to ask Divine guid ance and aid in our deter mination to keep them. We resolve to do every thing in our power dur ing 1954 to promote more solidarity among American isens of all races, creeds and bolors in our country. Realizing that enemies of Democracy within and with out the United States are ha{^ py to see any move or attir tude on the part of its citizens which tends to divide them and destroy confidence in our way of life, we intend to look upon any person or persons opposed to absolute equality for all American citizens as avowed enemies of the United States, seeking its overhtrow, themselves, or willfuUy giving aid to those who would overthrow it. For a long number of years we have been silently amused at the white southern sports world, especially among col leges, when it lays claims to state and regional champion ships without the claimants ever having met any and all contenders for same outside of their own race. We resolve to oppose any individual, school or college team claim ing the championship in any sport of this region or state who has not met and defeated all contenders without regard to race, creed or color. So far as this newspaper is concern ed, we intend to look upon such individuals or teams as being racial champions only and we shall so declare. On the other hand we shall de clare as the real champions in such sports only those who have been willing to meet all contenders. We do not intend to remain silent on this issue' any longer. A real champion is ready and willing to meet all comers. It has been the long estab lished custom in many coun ties, cities and towns for principals of schools and boards of education to require Negro teachers and parent- teacher asaociations to donate and raise money for school equipment and other school facilities that should be fur nished out of tax funds. The custom has become a veritable racket in many schools. Very often instead of the funds b^ ing spent for the purpose which they are raised, in many instances they land in the pockets of scheming prin cipals and school superinten dents for personal use. The biggest sufferers are the chil dren of such schools who, be cause of so much pressure be ing put on the teachers to raise the money, are denied full benefit of their time and effort in actual school work. We resolve to fight this danui- able practice wherever and whenever we find it. And we invite our readers to assist us by quietly informing us when ever they become aware of such. These are but a few of the many ills to whose elimina tion during the coming year we pledge ourselves anew. To these ends, we solicit the sup port of our readers, who, we feel certain, are just as an xious to rid our way of life of these bad practices. STATE- GUBERIUTORULfOliESIGHI ON INIEGRATION He probably won’t do iyte^ Muse thijjiei^spapCT made the sjigg^tion and because it be an acknowledgement of the inevitable, but Gover nor Umstead would show much foresight and states manship if he would appoint an interracial commission of say 400 people of thoi^ht and leadership in North Carolina to study ways and means of complying with a Supreme Court ruling against segrega tion in the public schools. ^ Jf and when the Supreme Court strikes down segrega tion in our public school sys tem, it is going to take calm, thoughtful and cool-headed action on the part of leaders in both races during the pe riod of transformation from segregated schools to inte grated ones. To stand idly by and wait for the decision which from all predictions will be against a continuance of segregated schools, without preparing for the event, ap pears to us to be out of line with sane judgement. Ifr the -Governor should deem it advisable to appoint such a commission, he s^uld stray from the beaten path in such matters and not appoint only teachers and other state employes who in the very na ture of the case would not be free to discuss and act on the issue before them, but men and women of all calling throughout the state. Such a commission should hold periodic seminars, panel discussions, etc. and should include representatives from white and Negro organized labor, ac^culture, indus^, law enforcement agencies, ministers of both races as well as those in the field of educa tion. By so doing North Caro lina will be able to point the way to acceptance of integra tion with the greatest amount of ease. Contrary to what ms^y of them apparently l^lieve, there will be no grand rush by Negroes to attend white schools. In fact, we predict that before integration be comes an actual fact that many Negroes living in or near white areas will have to be forced into white schools. Only in instances where schools already serving Ne groes are glaringly inadequ ate will there be any whole sale attempt on the part of members of the race to attend schools outside of their own communities and those pre viously attended by whites exclusively. The common belief of some white folks that Negroes are raring to socialize with them in or out of schools is typical of the conceit of many poor and ignorant whites in the South and should be disprov ed to the satisfaction of that element before integration comes. What the Negro wants is equal education^ opportuni ties. Under nearly a century of the pattern of segregated schools he has been the victim of one of the most pernicious systems of legalized robbery ever perpetrated against a group of people. He now has no faith that equal education al opportunities are possible under the pattern of segrega tion, and whether the Sup reme Court rules in his favor in the cases now before it or not, he knows that sooner or later segregation is doomed; and he would like nothing greater than to sit down with fellow white citizens as man to man and discuss calmly and thoughtfully the best ways and means of meeting the in evitable. STATE- IfnURCY NEGROES IN N. C.-IV When the gods of wrath get ready to wreak vengeance on a family, they first confer upon it riches, most often through channels of heredity, whereby the sons and daugh ters of a struggling mother and father can surround themselves with the luxuries of fine foods, liquors, sum ptuous homes, cars and the like. When they want to deal a double portion of wrath on them, they hand them aristoc racy. In a few years you see the remnants of a once highly respected family grow soft, flabby and without self re liance or initiative. Many of th^ end up Jn ‘ jail, the insane asylun, the county home or som* other l^titu- Mon provided for the hapless. RiUeigh is a^dty of a total population about 90,000, one third of which Is Negro. As no where else In the state its Negroes are proud of and boast of their family back- frouad. culture and educa tion. Many of the Negro fami lies of Raleigh can trace their lineage beyond slavery straight to the “bighouse and into a slaveholder’s clandestine love affair with a black woman in the parlor, kitchen or bedroom. They come prom a long line of what was fpown during the days of slai/airy as a "house Negro." Unlike the field or slave quar ters Negr^ their ancestors did no^ ^^^k in the fields, ditches, iforests etc. Aristro- cracy, such as it is, flows through the veins of many of Raleigh’s old and leading Ne gro families. So what? In Raleigh the one source of real leadership is furnished by a non-native, Episcopal priest, the Rev. George A. Fisher' of Saint Ambrose Church. It has been this dynamic minister who has kept a fire under the rears of the so-called native Negro aristocrats of Raleigh. Were it not for his leadership, Ne gro schools in Raleigh would still be among the worst of any major city in the state. It has been Father Fisher who has fought the lethargy a- mong Negroes with one hand and the prejudice of the whites with the other. As a result, Raleigh has about the finest high school building for Negroes in the state. Outside of Rev. Fisher, Negro lead ership in Raleigh, for the most part, is staid, stagnant and static. In spite of the fact that Ne groes need finance for homes, businesses and other purposes the once active buil&ng and loan association is now in a a process of liquidation. There appears not to be enough get- up and race pride among the leading Negroes to keep tfie organization alive and the race is losing a badly needed Institution. A concrete example of the lethargy wWch exists among the professional and leading Negroes of Raleigh is that of the recent local meet ing held for NAACP Freedom Day. Present at the meeting was not a single lawyer, phy- SATURDAY' QiC CatSjff CuKg JANUARY 1954 | L. E. AUSTIN, P«Uiaher M. E. JOHNSON, BuslncM Muiafer CI..1THAN M. BOSS, Editor B. I. HATNES, AdvertliiBif Manager by Iha UMIIUI Me tuaraatM at pnWeattttB et lirMllrl1ii1 autc- E. MMtfraw M. ^ tha *«tar f«r pabUcMton DHMt b* MHid tUm —Hir at a* 9omt MHm and oonflnad ta MO worda. Menu CaraUaa andv ha Act a( Mar* ■ubwilvttaa Rataa: 10« par aant Mk mooth*, Ifaar. *SM (PoMffi OtoaMM. .. par FMr.) ###•!: Kansas Gty Brandt Gift Ups NAACP Fund To Four Grand NEW YORK I The Kansas City, Mo., branch ot the National Association for the Advancement oi Colored People this week added $616.25 to a prior contribution of $2,500 to the Association’s Fight for Freedom Fund. From the Na tional Dental Association came a contribution of $1,000. Total contributions received during the week amounted to $4,716.26 including $1,231.37 from the Columbus, Oliio, branch. Other branch contribu tions include Stamford, Conn., $500; Jersey City, $173; Spring VaUey, N. Y., $140; Winston- Salem, N. C., $129.25; Kenner, La., $58; Cairo, 111., $44.57; Bra zos County, Texas, $50; Rowan County, N. C., ^0; Niagara Falls, N. Y., $25; Saline Coimty, Kansas, $20; and Yuma, Ariz., $15. In response to solicitation by the Flint, Mich., branch the fol lowing contributions were re ceived from churches in that city: Quinn Chapel, AM£, $50.- 20; Canaan Baptist, $90; Mt OUve Baptist, $44.18; AnUoch Baptist, $40; Tonple of Divine iiove, $2B; Metropolitan Baptist, $27.46; Macedonia Baptist, $22.- 55; New Zion Baptist, $16.12; Mt. Calvary Baptist, $12; Bethel, ME, $10.45; James Chapel, CM£, $10; Shiloh Baptist, $8.81; Church of God, $4.05; and Blackwell, AM£ Zion, $4.00. The branch collected an addi tional $10 from the Glena Circle of Kin^ Daughters and Sons. • Trade union contributors in cluded the lUE-CIO, Boston, $100 and Local 49-A of the Uni ted Packinghouse VfoikietB ot America, CIO, Newark, $100. Other UPWA locals who con tributed include Omaha, Boston, Kansas City, Kans., and Reserve, La., $25 each. Also locals in MitcheU, S. D., Eau Claire, Wise., and Ctiarleston, -Mass., $10 each. A contribution of $15 from the Martha Washington and Harry H. Straus Foundation in Biltmore, N. C., completed the week’s receipts for the Fitting Fund. CLUt MEMBEIiS FOKUN By MARCUS H. BOVLWARE Parliamentary Law Since a knowledge of parlia mentary procedive is important for all active citizens, and since our schools are now being call ed upon, more than ever before, to lay the basis for good citizen ship, it follows that the citizen ship of tomorrow should study and practice at least the princi pal forms and rules of parlia mentary law. The aim of parliamentary law is to enable an assembly to transact business with speed and efficiency, to protect the rights of each individual therein, and to preserve a spirit of harmony among the members. The main' principles requisite to the achi evement of this aim are as fol lows: 1. Only one question may come before the assembly at a time. 2. Each motion presented for consideration is entitled to full and free debate. 3. Every member has rights equal to those of everyi other member. 4. The will of the majority must be carried out, yet at the same time the ri(^ts of the minority must be preserved. 5. The personality and desires of each member should bd merged into the larger unit of the club. Next week, 1 shall discuss ad many of these principles as pos- sible. ' “ To Reader* Questions relating to parlia mentary law will be answered in this colu]^. Address your let ter to Marcus H. Boulware, 1611 Fayetteville Street, Durham, Ni C. For my free pamphlet on dis cussion, send two stamps and a self-addressed business enve- loi>e. sician, dentist or pharmacist. There is an organization known as the Citizens Com mittee, headed by Father Fisher. In spite of the great work it has done in hewing to get the fine high sqliaM building and additional teach ers and courses, certain Ne groes in the city will only give token support to it. When Father Fisher has insisted that the Committee be com posed of a cross section of the citizenship, he has been met with a cold, piercing stare down the aristocratic noses of a majority of the leading Ne groes of the city. Outside of Father Fisher, Raleigh ministers are a sorry lot who are concerned for the most part with only their own churches, members and then^ selves. They themselves will not lead and deliberatdy stand in the way of or idly by when anyone else attempts to do so. like most cities in which Negro educational institu tions are located, there is very little tie-in between the fac ulty members of Shaw and St. Augustine’s and the city people. The few who do inter est themselves in the com munity life are for the most part from Shaw and are forc ed to do so because of the school’s dependency an the Baptist churches for support. So, Raleigh Negroes stumble anH flminHor nn with littlp or nothing being done to create new and bigger businesses and to explore new horizons ior their people. They are an aristocratic group that needs to be awakened to the fact that aristocracy means noth ing unless it can improve the lot of mankind. NEXT WEEK—WILSON WASHINGTON ANP SMALL BUSINESS” C. WILSON HARDER Many readers have long bean inquiring about Sen. Joa Me- Carthy. Some fed ha ip a “tool” of big intareiU. y Na fMmdattoB for thli beUaf appeua to eztat. Other* feel ka la a wkite kniclit deatrajing ooi moBiain. No fomidatiaii tar ttb beliet aeema to eziat, either. • • a On available [acts it appears Sen. McCarthy is an outstand ing press agent lor McCarthy. • * * Deaplte lorldl headllnea Me-1 earthy has not C.W. Hardar yet oeovloted one oaaimBriil. f a • a I The August United State* Sen ate is generally composed ct gentlemen with a high nnoM el responsibility. Because o pniM integrity. Senators are tmmii— trom Ubd or slander actions. . * « a Deaplte accvaatlana bohiad ini- msBlty, Sesator M}artkgr baa never aigned » warraat for uqr •ocnaed commanist not counting contempt oltatleaa, • a • But sadness is a part of the Mc Carthy story. During his probaa be has run acr9ss many facts on which vital work toward natlnn^i security could be based. • a * In a recent apeeek. Sea. Ke> Cartby aaaerted oommnnisto are qnlte aettve la big General Eleo- trlo plant In Bolienectady, N. Y., heaVlly eng»(ed In eleetrloal and eleotroolc prodncUoa vital to aaUonal defense. • * a Among many, tiiis remaric struck a raw nerve. Some claim one atom bomb on Schenectady could destroy nation’s ability to light by wiping out major supply of fractional horsepower inotor and eleotronio components. tage plaa*. II to alao obrtow that tratad la eM plaal, there li beoad I* be ■aaae eeauaaaMs. One bad Mfla niMa a bataeL • • * If Sen. XcOarfty la ooneaanad, and no doubt ha is, about eoni' munict InlQtratloa la Bchaaafr tady, furtte invettigatioB would reveal muefa ct the vital matar» lal being built la light manutao* ture, the type of products flial many small flRBS In MnaO laiMBf •ould bnOd. I ' eumtrr il • • • ' I / But aa tu a«k MeOafttr ka« not polalad out fliet an IhwotImbI weapon In eoabatting oommnn> ism. and^ aaeqettvla JndoaMil daeealivliaatlaa. • \ 1 • * *' '• ' Vovlwatalhr asato aaeaskaM e( the gssMle, aaaliad by told liaalHaMu. aia asi^lag la brkg * lenatDiB like Idvlttrd X Ulya, lOnn., LatwrettSallDnetan, Mass., Aadr* Mioeppel, Kan., John Sparianan, Ala., RuaseU Long, Habert Hwmphrey, Minn., and other* are working topther regardla** -ct pertlaan afnnatfcin to ereaf ■eeurlty. ¥ it*|ieondltl(na ol utaMt LS- USan. MeOurfiyWeatwi sa elher sanala*a««aMly her aenatoie. ea 1 aarvlee. / V x * • a f \ I Attoruey-Oeneraf Xerberl Brownell 1* aatertedly planning to adc anti trust i^aendments logalising monopoly: t>rlcing agreemenla •ubjeetl]^ gavem ment approval. ^ • t Ikto wealt'be' * lag latoeny, jpHridlng aeirenr ■fclaau r'laUa l^lei -is- Enlightened Court Decisions Are Brealting Their Grip SOUTHEQH ''PReSSIfRE GROUP Spiritual Insight ‘^FACING THE FVTVRE COVRAGEOUSLY** BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND PASTOR, MT. GILEAD BAPTIST CHURCH "Be strong and of goad courage ... be not afraid . . . neither dismayed . . . God ia with thee whitherso ever thou goes! . . .” Josh 1:9. JOSHUA is given a clear-cut and ringing call to face his task and his future unafraid. The same call comes to you and to me as we face the new year— 1954. The new year is an un known future for all of us. What will this unfolding skein ^ time bring for each one of uu What will this unfolding lutiA bring as our share or allotment? What will time bring us as it becomes a living, unravelling present? The secrets of the new year are wrapped in a mystery? Who knows what even the next hour will bring to say nothing about that unknown tomorrow? For some the unfolding scheme of time will bring Joys, tears, sorrows, health or hap piness. Whatever this unfold ing may bring, with God, we can face It courageously. Joshua could face life cour ageously tor he had God on his side. And we too. can face life cynrageaaaly with God w our side. He nuide the prom ise to Joahna. The promise holds good for yon and for» me. He faced his future and Ita great re^nsiblllty WITH FAITH IN GOD! Let us too begin and continue with God and all will be well! With God we can faee thia future unafraid and endure all things. The promise of God’s word is still true ... “I will be with thee ... I WILL NOT FAIL THEE . . . NOR FORSAKE THEX . . .” Think on tliis beau tiful promise . . . Accept this promise as you face this un known future. Put your U-Ust m God and leave the results or the outcome in the hands of God. Let us walk in the way of God’s Divine Guarantee. Let xis do'tfts right and God will bring us out all right. In God we have the guarantee of OMNIPOTENT POWER! In Him you are free from unnecessary doubts, fears and anxieties. With this power men of faith through the ages have been able to face their fu tures courageously and imafraid. God’s word and his promise holds good for you and this nnknown fntare yoa face . . . “Be not afraid . .. God is with thee wheresoever thou goest In God we can endure all things. There may be a river to cross, enemies or the walls of Jericho in your path but with God’s promise and his presence you can face and conquer every foe. In God . . . “THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA . . can do and endure all things! This promise and this P|tE- SENCE IS YOURS AS YOU FACE THE NEW YEAR. Then let us face this unknown future unafraid! Thus I say to you; FULL SPEED AHEAD WITH GOD! You have this promise and it cannot fail . . . “GOD IS WITH THIE WHI'THERSO- EVER THOU GOEST . . God’s promise includes you ... “I will be writh thee . T . I WILL NOT FAIL THEE , . This nnknown future as it unfolds will bring for some despair, sickness, tragedy and great trlbnlatlons. And then others the curtain call will come. But with God we can face life and death courage ously! An Agenda For 1954 By GEORGE SILVEE (For The Joaraal of Labor Reports) ANOTHER YEAR IS COM ING TO AH END. AU in aU it wasn’t so l>ad. In fact, my foUcs and I just celebrated Thanksgiving and we were grateful for many, many thmgs. And yet I recall that I was often nervous at the state of the world. Many a time 1 wished things had turned out differently! you and I would be better off today if they had. BUT 1 AM NOLDRBAMRR. Nothing ever eaoM to ma without working and fighting far It, wlthent loaklag ahead, thinking and planning for a better tomorrow. I kiu>w I can’t do it by myself; but I al so knaw that the otters who want the ssbm things I do will snceeed only If. 1 do my part. Aa a matter of fact, Tve pre pared a calendar for myself— my own pecaonal agenda for 19S4—and next year at this time. I’m planning to have another ball seaalon with my- aalf ao that I ean give mysalf a rating. In case you’d like to check up on me next year, this is what I’m aiming to doj As a union man Fll do every thing In my power to remove the threat of the Taft-Hartley law whleh la held Ilka an ax over the working man and bis union. I.^'ui'bnlld my onion, tBK'e part in ita adlvltlea, help in Its variona projects—aoelal, elvle and politieal. As the bread winner In my home I will fight against high er prices, against taxes that burden the little man, against any attempt to weaken the social security system—the only insurance tluit I can af ford for myself and my fam ily. As the head of my family I will defend our great publle school system against attack and try to Improve it. I will fight for a health Inaurance aystem for myself and my family that will cover all oar naeda; for safety ragulattons and ade^naie eompansatlMi lawa; for pure faad aad drug laws; tar decent hanalng far all people. As a citiaen m my commun ity I will register and vote ih every election. So will 4he rest of my family. All of us will fight against corruption, crime and racketeermg. We make our community the best in the country—^where aU peo ple, whatever their creed, race or ancestry—have equal rights to a decent job, to a good home, to recreation and service*. As a eltlsan of my country 1 will da all 1 can to send the best men and wamen we have to repreaeBt aa tai Waahing- ton. I will be alert that my government protect ua against outside enemies as well aa those who would deprive as of our rights and llbertlea un der the guise of fighting thoae' enemies. 1 will see that my government worka to promote the welfare of the many, not the greed of the fe4^; that It preserves oar natural re- sources for the good of all; that It aets with dignity and fairness In regard to other friendly govemmenta; that it responds generously to thoae in need and ever holds the torch of freedom and asylum to the oppressed and parae- euted. As a human being I will do all in my power to make peace on earth and good wiU to man the heritage of all. THIS IS MT PLEDGE, RROiTHBR. WHAT ABOCT TOD? WE NEED BACH OTHER. Interesting Facts About National Polio Foundation Did You Know That: ^ Tuskegee Institute, North Carolina College (Durham), Dillard University (New Or leans , Meharry Medical Col lege, and National Medical Fellowships received grants for professional education in 1953, and a research grant was made to Howard Univer sity Medical School. Since 1948 the March ot Dimes has provided 8,900 provided nurses, 7 SO physical therS$£Ai, 5,000 Iron longs, 4S0 rodclag (Pleaae turn to Page Seven)
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