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»AOBTWO in casmJnA mm ftAVClDAY^ m. 1,1M4 STATI IHE HI6H PfUCE OF SEGIiES&IION lnforma«Mii has com« to this new^p^per tliat the state of North Curoiiaa will erect • home for feehte-minded white duldren at Butner at a total cost ot $4,500,000 and another at Goldsboro at a to tal cost of $4,500,000. In o^- er words in order that white supremacy may be upheld in North Carolina its ta^pavera are asked to dig down in their pockets and fork up an extra four and a half million dol lars. It might be that the stupid adventure of state officials is what it takes to keep the ego of a certain element of white people bolstered to the extent that they will continue to feel that they are the finest and and dearest creatures God made, but it is mighty hard on Mr. Ave^e Taxpayer in North Carolina. We think that the citizens of this state have reached the NATIONAL point in their' development when one institution for feeble-minded children of all races is possible. Only the courage of some high state of ficial is needed to put a halt to the tremendous waste of money that is r^uired in the erection of two institutions to serve the same purpose. Only a little of the statesmanship, the kind exhibited by the late Governor Broughton when he ordered the equalization of white and Neno teachers’ salaries in North Carolina, is needed. After the salaries were equalized not a single oppos ing voice was hear^; not even in eastern North Carolina where the full light of Chris tianity has not yet penetrated and true democracy is un known. It might not be a bad idea for the state branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple to 'look into the matter and determine if it cannot do something to shock the white people of this state Into the reauzation of just how much they are paying to fool them selves into believing that they are the master race. Another area in which our white folks should seek the separation, of the races is at the state pienitentiary. Cer tainly there is no way for them to continue to feel that they are the superior race if white thieves, rapists, mur derers and other criminals are going to be housed in the same prison. Another state penitentiary could be erected elsewhere in North Carolina equal to the one in Raleigh for at least six or eight mil lion dollars, and the great doctrine of white spremacy in this state would then be entirely safe. RACE PREJUDICE, YANKEE STYLE In its February 1 issue Life Magazine published an ac count of Yankee race hatred at its worst. In the short and to the point manner in which Life often publishes articles of momentous importance, thoughtful readers are brought face* to face with how low in the depths of human existence it is possible for one to descend on the ever present problem of race in this coun try. A picture carried with the short story of this particular case shows how the only white man in Cairo, Illinois who has come out against segregating Negroes in the city’s schools is being attack ed for his stand by one of his neighbors. A four-footed red neon arrow pointing at the home of the man who has tsJcen this stand for equal educational opportunities for Negroes in Cairo flicks on and. off from dusk to late at night. It was erected by his neigh bor and sits atop the neigh bor’s garage. In addition to the annoy ing neon sign, garbage is of ten thrown on his lawn, his steps smeared with oil and the window panes of his home broken out by rocks thrown at it. Instead of giving up, the man, David Lai^en, has be come more detenmned to carry on his fight for non segregated schools. Unless you are going to place Illinois in the category of a western state—it certain ly is not a southern one—you must admit that race hatred is moving north and west, or at least that all of it is not lo- .cated in the South. The neon arrow, the oil-smeared steps and the broken window panes are positive proof that the disease of race hatred is con fined to no particular section of this country. While the attack against David Lansden might not be as damaging to his property and life as dynamite or fire, the spirit which concocted it is just as vicious. We think the press, the pulpit and ev ery agency for common de cency should be called upon to voice sentiment against what appears to us to be race prejudice, yankee style. DURHAM - AT LONG LAST A FIRE STATE FOR HAYTI Negro citizens in Durham will bring a sigh of relief that city officials hiave finally de cided to erect a fire station in 4he iiaytt'fiectim-ef Durham, It is in this particular area that approximately 17,000 members of the race live, erect homes—^some of them at a cost exceeding $40,000— build businesses and church es. In fact Ha^i, like Har lem in New York, is practical ly a city within a city, but it has been such without the lo cation of a fire station with in its borders which of course has made abode in it most hazardous. The firewth of North Caro lina Cmlege and the erection of several business institu tions and mammoth housing projects in the Hayti area has made it mandatory that more fire protection be furnished this particular section. Al though the location of a fire station there is belated it is evidence that the present city council is at least mindful of the fact that home and prop erty in Hayti need protecting as well as those in other sec- tions of thiO Xiity i When the fire station is finally erected we trust that the city officials will give approv^ to staffing it with a Negro personnel. This, we think, would be in keeping with the general trend throughout the country to 'give Negroes more and better job opportunities. NATIONAL aUB MEMBERS FORUM By MARCUS H. BOULWARE Group Discussion IT Starts Right Here, Mr. President GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTION: We are an in formal group that spends two meetings each month discussing topics of current interest. Will you suggest some subjects that might be suitable for our use? H.L.V. ANSWER: The following questions are only suggestive: I. Why do we have criminals? 1* war a necessary evil? 3. Is the consumer getting his money’s worth today? 4. How can we teach patriot ism? 5. Should we have a system of free medical care? 6. How can we solve the mi nority problem in this country? 7. How can we reduce taxes? 8. Can we conquer pov«ty? 9. How easy shall we make divorce? 10. What makes public opinion? 11. Are all religions the same? 12. Is imiversal peace possible? IS. How can we make housing available to the average citl- xenT Withdrawing a Motion QUESTION: Under what con ditions may a motion be with drawn? ANSWER: The proposer of a motion, for reasons of his own, has the right to ask leave to withdraw his motion. For exam ple, he may say, “Mr. Chairman, 1 ask leave to withdraw my mo tion.” The presiding officer will then ask the club, "Is there any objection to the withdrawal? If- not, permission is granted. Otherwise, a vote will have to be taken to determine if the majority agrees with the origi nator of the motion to withdraw. READERS For my discussion pamphlet, send two stamps and a self-ad dressed business envelope. Write Dr. Marcus H. Boulware, 1611 Fayetteville Street, Durham, N. C. UNI1B) HATIOKS NOTES By JAMES R. LAWSON (Global New's UN Correspondent) Ismail el Azhari last week was elected the first Prime Minister of the Sudan, which is the re gion of Africa south of Egypt, west of Etliiopia, north of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya:- - Fifty-two years old, the new Prime Minister is the leader of the majo]:ity national Uhionist Party in the Sudan’s new Parlia ment recently chosen in the tirst election. His Party wants the Sudan to cast off the present British administrators and unite with Egypt. He was educated at the American University at Bei rut, Lebanon, and was a school teacher until 1946 when he quit to go into politics. He and his wife have one daughter. A fervent African Nationalist, Azhari was jailed two months in 1948 for demonstrating agalh- st the British. In 1949 he served 4 months for sedition. In 1947, he went to New York to plead with the United Nations Securi ty Council to order the British out ot the Sudan. The new Parliament is to set up machinery for a plebiscite with in thrM years,, then the British troops are to leave and an internationally supervised vote is to take place. The new Pri^e Wnister looks like almost any fellow one would meet at Seventh Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem, or on the south side in Chicago, or Urban Avenue In Atlanta. LEHER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: I noted in the Carolina Times an editorial relative to partici pation in community flnanci^jl drives on a segregated basis. ! should like to explain just this drive, which was labe&d> “Mothers March on Polio”, set up. There are two PTA coun cils in Durham, the president of one-of wtiich I happen to be. Tommy O’Shea, who was ap pointed head of the drive came to me and asked if our coimcil would organize itself throughout the areas covered by the schools wliich are members of the conn^ morei oooperata with it only in cU in such a manner that a p^- son would be assigned to each street for the purpose of calling at each home where the light on the front porch indicated that the inmates of that home desired to make a contribution to the pp- lio drivei Our council met, or ganized itself for the drive and appointed me as chairman. There was no Negro division, no quota, and my activities in con nection with the drive were in line with my duties as president of the Durham PTA Council. Having said this, l»t me say a further word about' what the public knows is my stand on segregation, i regard segregation as one of the most despicable and the most injurious custom which mankind has ever de vised. It is unreasonable, un necessary, un-American and un- Christian and for each of these reasons I abhor it, and what is cases where I have no altemS' tive. It mi^t be noted that I made the motion which ended the so called “Negro Division” in the commimity chest drives several years ago. Sincerely Yours, C. E. Boulware WASHINGTON AND "SMALL BUSINESS TALK WONT DO As Republican Party lead ers bewail the fact that many of their opponent are “try ing to talk us into a depress ion,” the hard cold facts of unemployment continue to pile up and business retrench ment continiieB. Just this week, in Durham, a report from the Durham Welfare Board to the County Commissioners, the essence of which was contained in a signed story in the Durham Sun, stated that the County has been “hard hit by unem ployment in the past few months” and that “the ranks of the unemployed were growing daily and that the situation might become wojge in future months.” This story, with a detail here and their substituted, is being repeated throughout the State as far as our sources are able to determine. Indeed, many con^essmen claim that the situation is also being duplicated on a national scale. While nobody suggests that we are in the-midst of genuine old fashioned depression such as the one which rocked our economic foundations in the late ’20’s and early ’30’s, many believe that unless some dras tic influence serves to divert our present course, we will wind up at the same place at which we arrived in 1929. We believe that we see in the present ^administration’s plans for programs of social welfare an attempt to divert the present downward course. Although the plan is being fought by many Republicans and is offered by the Presi dent in a guise designed to cover its social welfue pur pose, it is essentially the same policy pursued by the Demo crats, only, as many of De mocrats believe, it does not quite go far enough. Regardless of how much the Republicails scorn the “prophets of doom,” certain ly an economy cannot be talk- ^ out a depression just as it can’t be talked into one. SATURDAY OtfCm^3|g^€!mgc FEB. 6, 1954 L. E. AUSTIN, Pukliaher CLAnAN M. BOSS, B4Um M. I. JOHNSON, Bnsiaew Manage E. 1. HATNBS, AdvertislBC Manager No (uarantM ot pubUeattoa ot uiuoUelted mate rial. Lotton to tiM editor for public*tloa must b* ■Unod conniMd to 100 words. SubwrtptloB Bate*: tOc per eop7; Bix nontha, , ta.OO; Om Year. MiM (ForoXn ConntrtM, 94.00 rv per jwar.) at Piirliaw, Nocn I. ttn Here Is a problem you will hear more about, especial as unemployment becomes mac* acute at tbli time ot the yeaiv • * • Tarlons states sod oitlea nmr have tax laws which are npset- ting the normal flow «t goods and bnsinesa., In fact, some olaim nation can expect ac- rravated on- employment problems three months every year V a r 1 o u s. cities and C.W.Hardar states have adopted an Inventory tax. Thus wholesalers, and re tailers, must pay a tax on the goods they bold for sale at time ^ the tiax voriod, varying be tween January SO and March 1. • • • b Oallfemla, for «sampl«, a tax o( 1% on hiuf of fhe Invc^ Talae of the goods la Impe—d. * • * Ae Calllomla law Is typleaL Some states hav* a lower rata, some have higher. But result la' that during the first part ot tba year, wiudesalars, retailers are not buying In normal quantttlM. * • • b.tan, lack a( erdm at lae> terles and prooeasew ovids prodaotteo, wttk laid atf warlMHt * • * Few wbdlesalats or rsital1»cs ean afford to be oaught a* tax tlma with a normal invsato^. IB OlOM COBMHOfflttlBS as oannad foods, many appUp anoes, and others, a S% tax vir tu^ wls«s out sMttt «a bouse goods. • • • na MMdl «( flUa jMaiHiB k slwalat ■* an ms^^ iJMtm, and paradsalo^. II ahowa wf ■trsaglr ia Oittotmla. Bmgt packs of «ie—d foeda wUdtfer- metly mrnnt ta bayts Mon ChrMmaangiwlreaudnlaOallfor- B, C WILSON HARDER itfler InTontory tax time. * • • Some observers also claim state and city Inventory taxes cmitribute to the farm x>roblem. Some farm products, auch as manufacturing milk, edible oils, , peanuts, are bought by process ors on short term need basis. * • • * Bnt wbea proceamrs have few orders ttala onrtaUa baying, ore* atlBg price slmnp. I * • aX ' Some question Is expressed over coostltutianal legality of state and oity Inventory taxes, i a • • I While Mates and cities have a leital rl|M to levy taxes, it la alao baaio premise of ConsUta- Uoa that state* oaanot restrict oemmeroe. Aad that ap^rs to be the effect of these ti»es. 4 • a a T lliese laws are worldng an es pecial hardship on Independent vrtiolesale dlsMbutors. Factory ownor distributing branches can praaumably absorb the inventory taxes and apply their losses against the company’s over-all Income tax. Hoi^ever, Indepen- dmts do not have this escape. ■ a a a '' Wisre Is anetlier j^radox. Oft- sa tt* dlstrlbator or retailer la paying a tax ea goods he does aat aotaally owa. e a a n* traditional theory of tax- atloii ia that peoiOe pay taxes on property they own. 1 ^ ta Ow dlstrlbntton bnai- aaas, the tarsolery tax, ia often a tax a* a debt, beoaase fra- fasaMy warshseses are steclted •a bswswad monay. Vhas, there has baaa adfltd t* the ef' laeasBe, aad ptepsilj ewned, a lax aa wkal la ewad. a • a j OOila la not a natloaal tax. ( ■ is ptiBUwIly a aiatler of lo- aal oaaoen. altheagfa with eVi- tsass 1—thig that these local laaaa ebstraot trade, it may be ef Ooagressional CAPlfoi % Spiritual Insight “ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE'' BY REVERBND HAROLD ROLAND PASTOR, MT. GILEAD BAPTIST CHURCH “..All things are possible to him that believeth’’Mark 9:23 The doers of the ages have been the believers of the ages. Jesus reminds us to believe and we shall receive. Let this great truth possess your mind and soul. It is good for peoples of all ages. This truth is indiq;>ensable for our young people! Why? For we are ever tempted to substi tute excuses for deeds. We offer excuses when we fall short of our dreams. We blame others. We seldom blame ourselves. Those who use the power of faith will do the great and difficult things in ^s Ufe...!J‘All tilings are possible to him that belie- veth...” Possess tliis and you have all-lack it and you have nothing! Every parent instills this undeuable spiritual truth in his chUd. Excuses cannot take the place of the power of a strong and im- discouragable faith in Ctod. What is the Master saying to you7 lie that b^eveth wHTnof become imprisoned by his fears and hates. He that believeth will laugh at discouraging words of friends or foes. He that believeth will laugh at discoura- ging words of friends or foes. He that believeth changes de spair into hope. He that believ- eth ctianges sickness into health. I saw a man dying the other day and belief turned him from life to death. He that believeth will become a comiueror in life. You want to conquer: THEN YOU MUST BELIEVE! The believers endure the suffering and wear the crown of glory. Why? Be cause...“all things are possible to him that beUeveth...” Why has the true believer conquered evil hindrance for the past two thousand years? Why has the relij^on of Jesus contin ued its victorious march over the evil powers of men and nations? The answer is the power of their belief in God. The believers in God have moved moimtains. The sufferers for right have been victorious. “The aBfKfi'eas Of evil could not put out the light of faith. You don’t have to be de- feated....“FEAR NOT....ONLY BELIEVE..” You don’t have to give up in despair about your Life’s hopes and dreams for.“For all things are possible to him that believeth...” Faith is practical and real. How could so many overcome so many difficulties? How could so many poor i>eople scale their heights? A great leader of the nation told the other day how he was bom ten miles from the rail road amid crushing handicaps and unimaginable disadvanta ges in the backwoods of South Carolina. How could a lad with so many odds against him go so far? It was the great tru& set forth by Jesus ...“ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVETH...” Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter! You - don’t have to be discouraged nor de feated in your great hopes and dreams. Nothing can beat you if you win only believe. Howard Univeisity Official Calls For Modernization Of CollegeProgramsToMeetNeedsOflndustry WASHINGTON, D.C 'If educational institutions are to receive the support of in dustry to meet their expanding obligatidns to students, in the areas of housing, placement and guidance, then it will be neces sary for these institutions to take a rigorous inventory of their present program with a view toward eliminating costly functions that are outmoded,” Dr. Armour J. Blackburn, dean of students at Howard Universi ty, stated today in' an interview. Dr. Blackburn, who recently attended a six-(^y exi>erimen- tal program for deans and ad ministrators, sponsored by the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administra tion, indicated that this state ment r^reaents the collective opinion of representatives of some of the biggest corporations and foundations in America who participated in the seminar. “If the programs at student personnel administrators are to merit financial support, the lo cus of concern must be with the real and deeper needs of students rather than what ap pears to be their immediate and transitory needs,” Dr. Black- bum stated in pointing out that there was general agreement among all ot the members of theaeminar that American high er education must be concerned with the development of the individual studmt as a 'respon sible person and citixen, as well as with his scholarly attainment In answer to the question, "Hasn’t that philosophy been a part of the programs of Ameri can colleges for many genera tions?” Dr. Blackbtim replied: “Yes, to an extent this is tnie. However, prior to 10 or 15 yean ago American educators wen preoccupied with the acquisition of subject -matter and research. This tended to produce highly conq>etent specialists. Today, the trend is upon the usettf subject matter for the development of the individual student, so that the product of American higher education will not only be a competent specialist, but will be a more well-rounded, responsi ble and useful citizen.” Some 80 deans representing colleges and imiversities throughout the United States at tended the six-day experimental program at Harvard. The pro gram was devoted to discussing and analyzing more than a do zen problems in hotel, restau rant and real estate manage ment. Nixon, E. R. Dudley Challenge Youngsters To Fight Against Bias At National NAACP Conference WASHINGTON, D. C. The National Youth Legisla tive Conference, sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was today felicitated by Vice President Richard Nixon at the closing session of the four-day meeting. The conference, direc ted by Herbert Wright, NAACP youth secretary, was devoted to a disfcussion, study and evalua tion of current domestic and in ternational issues. Following the vice president’s greetings, Edward B Dudley, former United States Ambassa dor to Liberia, and now q;>eclal NAACF assistant in charge of the Fight for Freedom Fund drive, challenged the young men and women of this generation to play an active and aggressive role in the fight to eliminate se gregation. “In each era of progress since the Emancipation Proclamation, we have foimd the youth of nation acceptinif this challenge,” Dudley said in an address pre pared for delivery today. "It has been youth in the armed services and youth in the schools who have been most vocal in ex pressing hos^ty to racial dis crimination. This Is as it should be responsible for directing the affairs of our world of tomor row. I know that you are pre pared to continue this tradition and will fight imtil the last ves tige of racial discrlminatioh and segregation is removed from A- merican life.” Dudley traced the history of the fight for freedom since the issiumce of the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 18S8, as “the first positive act by the government of the United States to recognise the status of the Negro as being other than that be for they are the ones who will of a chattel” ftt nmt ia IV sierey toward ana Thoa haat deliTerad nif aeal fieai the leweat heU. —(Psalai M. It.) j wonld be oaendurable la- dead If we were not assuced by the Word of God that the repentant sinnar can change himself and be thro^ ( ' rcy of — ' goodness and right' aowoese—delivered from theheU ®l>anged. throat the forgiveness ai^ the mercy of the lx>rd AI mighty, into goodn eoasnese- dallvered of Us ova maMng.
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