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rA«> TWO THE CASOLINA TIMES SATtRDAT, MABCH «1, MS4 M Nlin OF CHMSTIANHY IN 1HE WHIIE CHURCH The white Christian chuMh in the South is in labor. The pastorial letter from Bishop Vincent S. Waters of the Catholic Church last June, striking down segregated churches in the Diocese of Raleigh; the crucifixion of Dr. Chas. Jones by the Presby terian Church in Chapel Hill last February and now the attempt to crucify three young ministers by the State Baptist Convention are but the excruciating pains of the birth of a new type of Chris- tinaity in the South. The State Baptist Conven tion can spray all the disin fectant it wishes over the row now going on in its church in an attempt to subdue the odor that emanates from it and to hide the real cause. Its offi cials can call it “personality problems” or an^hing else they wish but anyone who has an ounce of sense knows full well that the real cause behind the attempt to fire the Rev. James Ray of Raleigh, the Rev. J. C. Herrin of U. N. C. and the Rev. Max Wicker of Duke University is their stand on segregation. The Baptist row is a fight between the old philosophy of Southern Christianity and the new. The former believes that it is possible to practice the religion within the cir cumscribed walls of a “for white only” church. The lat ter believes that only in a “who so ever will let him come” philosophy can the Christian church ever blos som into its fullest beauty and power. The Baptist leaders point out four specific reasons for demanding resignation of the three young ministers. They are as follows: 1. "The trend away from de- nominationalism. They said yonng Baptists at tending colleges have, to varyinf decrees, become “infected with liberalism —liberal views that are irksome to the conserva- Uves.” 2. “The Inter-raclal activi ties of the State BSC—the only one In the Southern Baptist Convention which does not observe rifid seg regation rules." 3. “The resentment by lib eral" Baptist of what they call “the trend toward centralixatlon of power” In the State and Southern Baptist Conventions." 4. “The resentment of "lib eral" Baptists «f wlMt was deserlbal as “a mild fonn of attempted tboncht con trol." Throw out all the rest of the reasons except number two and^ you have the under lying cause for all the trou bles that now beset the white Baptists of this state. It is a deliberate attempt to write something into the doctrine of Christianity other than the brc^herhood of man—rail men| The thjree young ministers have done nothing but prac tice a little of the brother hood so often preached in white churches of the South but seldom practiced. To do this is to irk the holier than thou forces in the church who want to hold on to a segre gation while claiming to know Christ. Thank God to be living in these great times when truth is on the march and hypo crisy in the church is on the run. The young white Chris tians among us have just be gun their task of ridding their churches of the idol of segre gation so devotedly worship ped by their forefathers. It will be interesting to watch the unfolding of truth that is bound to take place within the next two decades. NcCARTHYISN ON THE WAY OUT Whatever is said for or against Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and whatever is said for or against Adlai Stev enson one must a^ee with the latter that this c^ntry is get ting in a “lamentable state if we have to rely on a lie de tector test for responsible public officials.” The 1952 presidential candidate made the statement while in Tren ton, New Jersey visiting the president of Princeton Univ ersity last week. When McCarthy made the proposal, we think he only gave evidence of the weak ness of his position. Evident ly McCarthy has been stretch ing the truth in his mud- slinging and is suspicious that others are doing the same. He is, therefore, judging others by hinaself. We think what little good McCarthy has done in expos ing subversives in govern ment has bei^n so overshadow ed by the harm he has done that it were better that he never existed as a United States senator. The Good Book declares that they who fight with the sword will die by the sword. We would like to paraphrase the statement and say that we believe they who wage poli tical battles with mud are bound to die a political death with mud. McCiurthy is on his way out and probably senses it. His lie det^tor proposal is p^tive proof that he is grab bing at a straw to keep from drowning. A FEDEHAl SUIT FOR BETIER SCHOOLS NEEDED Members of the Durham County Board of Education may Imow a great deal about education but they certainly know very little about poli tics. When one views the proposed bond issue for Dur ham county schools in the light nf what thp RnnrH q£ Education is doing to equal ize white and Negro schools of the county it is a great wonder that Negroes would give support to any move ment that apparently is de signed to enlarge the differ ential between white and Ne gro schools rather than de crease it. While the CAROLINA TIMES does not oppose the the proposed school bond is sue per se and would advise Negro voters to support it, we would also advise Negro cit izens of this country that if and when it passes that they put forth efforts to secure equal educational opportuni ties for their children. From all evidence at haAd there is little or no hope that the present County Board of Education intends to do the just and fair thing about Ne gro schools and we feel that Negro citizens would be justi fied in instituting a federal suit to secure their rights to equal school facilities. The past record of the County Board of Education is one ifr-wJaeh there-has been no semblance of fairness. As a result the Negro and white educational opportunities of the County are vastly un equal. The present Board is no better as is evidenced by the type of school now being erected in the Pearsontown area. For when a County Board of Education erects a new school building in these modern times with no cafe teria and no auditorium while every white school in the county has these facilities it is deliberately forcing Ne groes into the federal courts to secure their rights. We do not believe the Board of Education would dare erect a school building for white school children any where in Durham County without cafeteria and audi torium facilities. The affront to the Negro voters and their intelligence by erecting such a school for Negroes appears to us to be a little more than members of the group ought to stand. The task of bringing a suit in the fi^erar courts is a stupendous one. It calls for the raising of approximately $10,000. We think, however, that whatever its costs that Ne^o citizens ought to put their hands to,, the plow-and never turn back until thie goal is achieved. The proper education and the health of their children are at stake. Certainly no amount of mon ey and no sacrifice is too much to mmk» or give in s«e* ing to it that every child in the county is given an equal opportunity to develop to his fullest capacity. So, we advise Negro voters to support the bond issue. We also advise them to begin im mediately to raise the funds necessary to assure their children equal educational opportiuiities i n Durham County. i REAL REVIVAL AT MOUNT AIRY At Mt. Airy, North Caro lina teen-agers of the schools have rocked the town by plan ning a revival that will have no adults except Dr. J. Gleen Blackburn who will do the preaching. Not only will grown-up>s have no part in or ganizing and conducting the revival, but it will be inter racial. Give the young people a few more funerals or-jail in solitary confinement all of the old broken down Chris tians whose reUgion ends with preaching, praying and sing ing and this southland of ours will blossom into the . garden spot of the world. In additipn to the inter racial angle the revival will have an interdenominational one. Young people represent ing the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Moravian and Protestant Episcopal churches have joined in the planning. Among Negroes the inter denominational angle may not go so well and the young people may find that the re vival will be frowned at from behind masked faces of en dorsement because the mo- mtum for the revival is too great to oppose in the open. The only interdenomina tional movement of any con sequence in North Carolina is that of the State Ushers As sociation and that is fought, not by bootleggers, gamblers, hplots and thugs, but by pious Negro members of the cloth who preach long ser mons about brotherhood but oppose any movement that SATURDAY MARCH 27^ 1,954 I L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher CL.ATI1AN M ROSS, Editor R J. HAYNES, PublialMd Bv*r)’ Saturday oy the UNITED PUBLI8HEII8, Incorporated at SIC E Pettifrew St. Kattnd as aaonl ctau matter at the Poit Office at Durham. North Carqlina under ttie Act o( March .M,- iwn. ” 'WeWeel Mremtlnt )U|/retentalve: Interatata Qattad M*wvai>crt Member. NNPA M. E. JOHNSON, Business MaaaKer Advertising ManafM No (uarantsa ol publication of luiaoUeited mata- rlal. Lattara to tba adltor tor pubUcatioii muat be ■Ifnad afkd coalinad to SOO worda. Subtcriptioo Batet: 10c pm madtha, *2.00: One Year, *3.00 (roralgn Cotmtriaa, S4.00 per year.) , UNITED NATIONS NOTES By JAMES R. LAWSON (Accredited UN Correspondent) UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. ASSISTANCE....G«neral Sup port for the creation pf a re serve fund, to give greater sta bility to the UN program of technical assistance, was an nounced in the Technical Assis tance Committee’s opening meeting. The Committee, meet ing for tile first time this year, elected Dr. El Sayed Abdel Moneim El-Tananmii of Egypt, chairman for 1034. At the be ginning of the meeting Soviet Russia made its austamary ob jection to the “unlawful" dele gate of Nationalist China. The Soviet delegate, Serfel Bawa- din, was declared out of order. TERBITORIES The United States was thwarted in the Trus teeship Council in an effort to compare the progress of Puerto- Rico toward economic stability and the problems faced by Bel gium in its administration of the UN trust territory of Ruanda Urundl in Africa. American delegate Mason Sears prepared to Ijffer the comparison as an example “if the Belgian ad ministrators thi«k the situation is perhaps beyond solution,” but ooancil chairman Leslie Knox Munro of New Zealand, ruled him out of order on the ground that Puerto Rico is not a trust territory of the UN. Mr. Sears did not offer, in his prepared address, a detailed basis for the comparison, but said, “It is just possible that an analysis of the interplay between over-popula tion and PuertoRico and the ex pansion of industry and agri culture may...assist in the so lution of similar problems in Ruanda-Urvmdi.” The African Foimdation of America, Inc., gives its Second Annual Dance and African Floor Show Saturday March 27 at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. Membership consists of 250 African-bom men. GETTING ALONG By LAUREEN WHITE NEW YORK It would be hard Indeed to over-estimate the important part that properly focused news papers, radio programs, and television presentations have played in improving race rela tions. When these media use all the ingenuity at their command, they can help smooth over rough spots in relationships between Zion Site Leaders Plans Program Leaders of the Committees on Site Location in the A.M.E.Z. Church, planning an overall pro gram for the next two years, an- notmce two major site selections for the denomination. The Tliir- teenth Quadrennial Convention ol the Woman’s Home and For eign Missionary Society wiU be held at First A.M.E. Zion Chur ch, Los Angeles, California, Au gust 7th to 12th, 1955, with Rev. S. H. Marion as host pastor. Bishop Raymond L. Jones of SalislHiry, N. C., chairman of the 19S6 General Conferenoei Commission, announces the se lection of Wesley Center AJA.E. Zion Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., as the seat of the 1956 General Conference. The host pastor wiU be Rev. Charles H. Foggie with Bishop William C. Brown of Brooklyn, N. Y., as host bishop. would implement such. Be- thft -foP- tho almighty dollar which in many Negro churches we know about is stronger than the lust for souls. Thank God for the young people of Mt. Airy they are truly pointing their elders the way to a real revival that can only be had in an atmosphere that looks upon alh men as brethren. various peoples. There was a time when these agents seemed only interested in catering to the tjackwardness of those they served—at least in race rela tions. Practically everything they presented was something that fitted in with the thinking of their readers. During my youth, there were very few accoimts in daily pa pers concerning the achieve ments of Negroes. Well do I re- memlDer the day I saw an edi torial in the Kansas City Star on James Weldon Johnson. The editors gave Mr. Johnson credit for being a talented musician, skilled diplomat and an effective diplomat. For days my spirits soared as I thought of both the achievements of Mr. Jolmson and the decency of the Kansas City Star in recognizing them. Most news and entertainment agencies have changed their at titudes in recent years. Take the popular Amos ‘n Andy Show. At one time I found it objection able but amusing. The predica ments of Andy always amuse me^ but when I thought of the effect' it might have on white viewers I found it objectionable. That same objection does not exist today. While Andy and the Kingfish a^e to some extent stereotype buffoons, there ' are ;^alMys some Negroes tepixsent- ed ^ the skit who are always logical thinking individuals of some responsibility. This is both true to life and fair to A- merican ideals. If Andy, the Kingfish and Calhoun represent flighty, giddy, imstable people, there are others who portray characters of judgment and sta bility! There is a tendency on the pert of radio programs to be iairer in their offerings, too. The millennium hasn’t been reached yet. There is much rooin for im provement, but when we think of the progress tliat has been made, we will have to think of the part played by newspai>ers, 'radio programs, and television presentations. WASHINGTON AND 'SMALL BUSINESS” 4B3ni la rerr tauchr abmit the Post Excliange Service. Although Ksnt claim the Pott Exchange is the bicgest U. S. retailer, this is not accurate. PX service ranks among top ten on annual busi- neas ot slifbtly more tiian |S87 mlUkm >s reported by the Ariar. a « « This Totame, la an • hmr list •fltcMlnelad- Ing dlaaar-j ware, elvUlan e 1 o t h I n g, electrical »p- pllancea, golf clubs, man: oUiera, all lar belanri inr ratali' prices. C.W. Harder * * • 20,099 civilians are ccnploTed by this enterpriaa, jJus partial or fun time larvices of some 200 ofttcert, headed up a majov 0taeral. • * * Hie Amy claims FX's are al most leir snpportlng, and in tha n«Kt teeath daims an gross pcofM ft a net profit «( 8.04% Is ratanai ta prorlOa creation for servloemaa. • • • nUf causei lome btuineSsmen to consider joining Army to leant iiow to operate a business OK 14.01.% overhead. ♦ • • Army Hfwas an PX opera tion are teterestlng. * « • Army dafans enUstsd men spend only 18% to 20% ot nay In PX*s, ottteers oi^ 10^, • • * Tet. lams army flgarea shew arersge servtoeauMvendlgSl.M In .fX's per year. Xhcrefere, based OB U% ot Us pay spent' ip PX’s his total baylBC potential is VSIl.M per year. In UBl U. S. W"r capita taooM* was «U«T eat of which comes madlclnef, oloU»- inc> honsing, many other ttems which ferric emea recelva free. By C. WILSON HARDER Army figures show that the av erage lervlceman spends $36.53 per year for clothing in PX’s, v4i0e per capita expenditure for civilian without uniform issue, 1s only 1^.48. a .« • Army Hgares show average soldier spends lUJM per year for jewelry la FX’s. National jewel ry store sales only average per capita per year. a • a nia Army claims average sol dier si>ends $18.88 per year for drug Items In FX’s. National re tail drug store sales i4ilch in* eluded medicines and prescrip tions not sold PX’s and also many Items An^ probably lists as simdries are on^ $33 per capita aonually. a a a Army claims PX's are essen tial ta hold good men. a a • A ccntradkMeo appears. A per capita buying power ot $1873.80 per year, plus food, housing, clothing, medicsl care, et ce^a. Is quita attractlva, U true, a a a If not trne, figures ooold ra fleet sabstantlal olvUan ibaylag tbroaiii PX's. a a a A special subcommittee of the House Armed Services Commit- tee Issued a brief report last sum mer denying any great Irregular^ i^s, yet eltlag some Instances in lapse of rules prohibiting civilian ■ales repeat also condemned payment ot bonuses to FX clerks for Increased sales. sea Bat report lacked thsrenghness and detail that ts featnre of many Coagressleaal teports, especiaUy thoee e( tha Hooe and Seaata Small Buatneaa ronimlttees a a * So a lot o questi(ms are stin unanswered. In fact, Army’s own figures onPX operations confuse, n. S, Armed Forces, world’s finest military organization, are not noted for accounting business talents. It's PHiars Were Graded, But The Gheitoes Remain" iMSTITUTlft, GH£TTO£s Spiritual Insight "THE PASSION: BETRAYAL" By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church "He that betrayed him.Mith.. Rabbi; and Mued him..“Mark 14:44.45. During Lent let us tiiink on some of the stirring thoughts of the Master. Let’s start with the betrayal. Tliis scene is jamrned- pack with the deepest pathos—a so-called friend betrays the sin less Son of God. Judas revealed the dark, dirty intentsions of liis soul. We think of him as the most ignominious character of the ages: A SYMBOL OF DAR KEST TRIACHEBY AND DE CEIT. Judas is all too human! Evil gains the very mastery of Ills soul. One Gospel writer says ...“SATAN ENTERED HIM...” Here is the key to the dark, ig noble drama of betrayal. He sells Ills friend for thirty pieces of silver in the time of great nefiii What a distorted sense of values? Here the darkest passions of the soul are laid bare—A FRIEND TURNS ’TRAITOR. He violates the sacred trust of friendsliip! What, ignobility? A friend is sold and betrayed in liis hour of greatest need. The most diffi cult blow to the human soul is to be betrayed by one you trust ed. IT IS A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW! Such action thrusts an agonizing dagger into the trustful soul. We need our friends most in the hour of peril and trouble. When the enemy assails we need our friends. How heart rendering to see a suppos ed friend join the enemy. This hurts and leaves a wounded soul. And to add. insult to in jury the Master is betrayed with a kiss!...“He saith Rabbi...and kissed him...” Judas uses the symbol of in timacy, closeness to cover up dirty motives of his heart. What moved Judas to betray the sinless son of God? Was it the «in nf Greed? Was it the sire to get something from a fail ing King and liis Kingdom? From the hiunan standpoint he saw the tide turning against Jesus. He miscalculated the I power of the Eternal God. Did he seek something for himself before the crash came? An evil thought had blinded him to the noble and honorable tilings of life. He tipped his hand when he asked...“What wiU ye give me... and I will betray tiim.” Some will sell their best friends if the PRICE IS RIGHT. Judas sold^ Jesus as weU as his sense of nobility and honor. When he saw this betrayal in his own soul, he could no longer live with himself. Thus when the weight of sin and guilt came down upon him he went out to a suicide death of dishonor. In the agony of that hour be cries... “I 'have betrayed innocent blood...” He stands etemaUy as the symbol of the betrayal of the sacred trust of friendship. The Tragedy of Judas: HE NEVER LEARNED ’IHE MAS TER’S MESSAGE OF Sell De nial! Have you learned it? Judas took not a Cross. He took rather thirty pieces of silver with the consequent Eternal dishonot*! ^ STRIAGHT AHEAD —By OliTe A. Adama NEW YORK Some time ago, we noticed in the papers an item to the effect that Du Mont Laboratories iiad eome up with another startling invention—a television receiver that would aUow two people to view two different programs simultaneoi^ly. With the naked eye, the viewer would see two superimposed pictures; but wilii the aid of polarized filters, he eliminates one or the other, and by wavdac wclal esrphic^ea, he could see one and hear his choice of program without in- terferanoe to othar viwwrs and listeners. These won’t be on the market for a wWle, but they’re coming, and they will have an effect on family Ufe. Most of us had only just solved the problem of wliat to do with the old fashioned TV set. In fact, we had just gotten to the place where we could en joy it because the novelty had worn off and our children had become a little more selective. We had e^ff l>egun to think TV might liave had the effect of bringing back family life to some extent. It was a good thing for our children to make choices and give in now and then. The lines of communication within the family have become fewer these past years because of electronic devices. We have deplored the invasion of many ol these on the grounds that the family liad begun rely too heavily on ready-mate enter- tainmoit. But, at least the fami ly could hear or see a program together and express approval or disapproval by a nod or an exchange ol glances, and later they could discuss tte merits or demerits of a production. Hue we| learned to fit it all into our own way ol lile and enjoyed the best it had to offer. So, it seems that each hew de velopment of science becomes a challenge to our good judgment, and our sense ol balance. The old folks used to wonder what the younger generation was coming to when they raced around in “Horseless Carriages” and they used to say that home was just a place to run in to re fuel and change clothes. We’ve seen a lot of changes come about in our family Ufe in the past generation, and some how we’ve weathered them all. Certainly, we wouldn't b« without the many gadgets mo dem science has placed at our disposal. But just the same, it does call for a certain skill in living to let these devices work for us and to take full advan tage of them. As far as we personaUy are concerned, however, the scien tists are way ahead of the pro- gram-ptlanners. If this double-re- ception TV set were on the mar- liet today, we couldn’t see ttiat there would be enough choice of programs to make the gad get worth while. THE RACBt OOU0UP ?RODUCnOM, WITH JOBS RM SOMIlLfOM womciNts, ev 1975.. -TOBepeuveRE[> $y America'; wsmnsBaamse
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