VAOKTfrO
TBB CABOUNA TOIBS SATCKDAT, APBIL 17, 1»S4
BIUNKRS OF THE HEAD RAIHER
THAN THE HEART
If President Eisenhower ac
cepts the invitation of the Na
tional Negro Insurance Asso
ciation to deliver an address
in Durham—and we hope he
will—it will not be because
of any astute political man
euvering on the part of those
extending it. Most insurance
men are better at business
than they are at politics as
is plainly in evidence when
one views the several blund
ers made by those extending
the invitation.
Any novice at politics will
tell you that in extending an
invitation to the President of
the United States to put in
his appearance anywhere in
this country that you have
got to first give due considera
tion to stat^ and even local
political personalities of the
party to which the Chief Ex
ecutive belongs before you
can get to first base. That
those extending the invitation
to the President apparently
ignored GOP state And local
political figures is one of
those blunders that should be
charged up to the head rather
than the heart. If you don’t
you just don’t know.
North Carolina has one lone
Republican in Congress, Chas.
R. Jonas of the tenth con
gressional district. In addition
there is the GOP state chair
man Ray Jermings of Taylors
ville; national committeewo-
man, Mrs. W. P. Few, right
here in Durham and Dr. J. W.
V. Cordice, assistant state
chairman, right here in Dur
ham. As far as we have been
able to determine not one of
these persons was consulted*
or asked to help shape, mold
dr extend the invitation to the
President. On the contrary
the only person from the
state, other than the insur
ance men, was of all the
people. Democratic Senator
Clyde R. Hoey of split-tail-
coat and long hair fame.
In spite ot all this we sin
cerely hope that President
Eisenhower and local state
Republican officials will over
look the lack of “know-how”
exhibited by officials of the
NNIA and come to Durham
for the occasion. His visit here
will be most, inspiring to-the
one million or more Negroes
of North Carolina, who have
never been so honored by a
President of the United States
as well as to the representa
tives of the National Negro
Insurance Association.
GETTING ALONG
*By LAUREEN WHITE
EXCESS PROFITS IN THE MEDICAL
PliOFESSION
The attention of this news
paper has been called to the
exorbitant price charged by
some physicians for penicilin
and the indiscriminate use of
the drug. According to a re
liable source we have been
informed that the price of a
shot or dose of penicilin to the
physician ranges from 50 to
75 cents, but that many of
them ch^ge their patients as
much as $10 for a single shot
or dose of the drug, giving
them a profit of over 500 per
cent even when 900 per cent
of the price charged is allow
ed for profession^ se^ice.
Now we are not in position
to say when, how often or
how much penicilin a pa
tient needs. We are of the
opinion, however, that the
indiscriminate prescribing of
the drug for both known and
unknown diseases for which
it has been proved a cure is
threatening to become a med
ical scandal in some areas,
especially here in Durham.
Certainly the price charged is
beyond the financial reach of
the average person when it is
often recommended that he
be given two shots per week
at a cost of $10 each.
We have been advised that
many doctors are even pre
scribing penicilin for colds
when the average layman is
aware of the fact that medical
science has no known cure for
a cold once it gets a running
start on a person. Certainly
it is decidedly unfair to
charge a patient $10 for the
medicine when it will do him
little or no good, so far as the
cold per se is concerned.
Any persons who puts him
self in the hands of a phy
sician is at that physician’s
mercy. What the doctor pre
scribes or advises is accepted
in good faith and with serious
respect and in most instances
one will do his level best to
carry out the doctor's orders.
Certainly when such a trust
is betrayed by a doctor it
places him in the category of
a racketeer rather than a phy
sician.
THE SHRINERS AND MASONIC SQUABBLE
The squabble now going on
in the Maisonic order be
tween the Shriners and the
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
of Illinois is about the most
asinine affair we have heard
of in many days .If it con
tinues it will do neither the
Shriners nor the Mttsonic Or
der in general any good. On
the other hand it is certain to
nullify the gains made by the
Order over the past 10 years
and set it back where it will
once again be bankrupt both
numerically and financially.
It is astounding how soon
some people, especially Ma-
sonsrcan forget their oaths of
brotherhood when a few dol
lars are at stake. The pre
tense of wishing “to protect
and maintain the autonomy,
sovereignty and independence
of the Shrine Order” made
by the head of the Shriners,
Dr. Raymond E. Jackson,
fools no one. The root of all
the evils of the Shriners and
Masons is the love of money.
As it was said nearly 2,000
years ago “Every Kingdom
divided against itself is
brought to desolation; and ev
ery city or house divided
against itself cannot stand.”
So must it be with the Mas
onic Order if it continues the
errors of its ways. Rather
than showing leadership the
heads of the Shriners and
Masons are showing a lack of
it, in allowing a squabble to
continue and wreck both the
Shriners and the Masonic or
ders.
The great principles upon
which Masonry is founded
ought to prevent the leader
ship ffom engaging in a court
fight that is destined to be
come a national disgrace so
far as the order is concerned.
We think the membership of
both organizations ought to
demand that their leaders
cease spending money in the
courts and settle their differ
ences within the four walls
of lodge rooms.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
JORDAN.-Five members of
the Arab League today declared
themselves as backing a Leba
non complaint against Israel
filed on behaU of Jordan. The
matter will be . taken up by the
Security Council this week.
The five members were Egypt,
Iraq, Saudi-Arabia, Syria and
the Yemen.
In a joint letter they said that
“our respective govei^ments as
sociate themselves with the com
plaint.” Lebanon and Jordan are
also Arab League members,
however Jordan’s application
for UN membership has not yet
berai accepted.
■fhe complaint against Israel
.concerns an attack on the Jor
danian border village of Na-
halin on Masph 28. Eleven Arabs
Congratulations To The First Federal Savings
And Loan Association
The Carolina Times joins
all loyal Durhamites in ex
tending congratulations to
the First Federal Savings and
Loan Association on the form
al opening of its new home,
located at Five Points. Be
cause of its courteous, liberal
and friendly policy, the First
Fedeal Savings and Loan As
sociation has always enjoyed
a large patronage, as well as
admiration of the Negro cit
izenry of Durham. Certainly
any success which comes to
that institution is naturally
looked upon as adding to the
growth and development of
the city as a whole and is de
lightful to e^ery citizen of
Durham who wants to see it
hold its place among the lead
ing cities of the state.
The formal opening of the.
new quarters for the company
will be from 4 P. M. to 9 P. M.
Thursday and Friday and it
is our sincere wish that many
of Durham’s Negro citizens
will avail themselves of the
opportunity of visiting the
new home office of this com
pany whose invitation has
been extended to all the cit
izens of Durham.
According to announce
ments in this and other pa
pers of the city, the company
is giving away several valu
able prizes and flowers for
the ladies and favors for the
entire family. It will be most
gratifying to the management
if a large number of citizens
visit th&new home of the in
stitution during the hours ap
propriated for that purpose
and we urge them to do so and
give encouragement to one of
Durham’s finest financial in
stitutions that has done much
to encourage home ownership
and savings in this city.
WHAT PRICE PREJUDICE
It is interesting to note the
terrible plight of organized
minor league baseball, espe
cially in North Carolina. Fi
nancially the game appears to
be about on its last legs, as
was disclosed in a most grip
ping full page story appear-
mg in the Sunday’s Morning
Hkbald of April 11. Instead
of 47 baseball clubs in organ
ized baseball as existed in
1948 the state now has only
13 professional clubs.
We think the management
of organized baseball in this
state is paying an awful price
to keep the league-generally
speaking “for whites only,”
when this state, which hTas
the largest Negro population
in America, one million to be
exact, could furnish enough
fans to heal what ails the
game if they would only in
clude Negro playwcs on all the
teams. Not only would this
increase the interest of Negro
fans to the extent that it
would start the turnstiles
clicking with Negro fans but
we believe it would increase
the interest among white fans.
Several decades ago prize
fighting had scraped the bot
tom financially with a policy
that practically barred Negro
fighters from the ring, espe
cially in the heavyweight
division where the big money
was made. It took Joe Louis
to resurrect the game and put
SATURDAY
APRIL 17, 1954
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NEW YORK
The United States has many
strong points and weapons
which to combat foreign ideolo
gies. Most effective are the ac
complishments of individual
workers on modest salaries un
der our system; Two graphic il
lustrations were brought to the
attention of the writer recently.
Sears Roebuck has a profit-
sharing fund in which employ
ees may take part. Often the
employees may accumulae for
tunes by investing small
amounts regularly in the com
pany. An usher, for instance,
worked for Sears for 37 years
and during that time contribu
ted $3,762 to the profit-sharing
fund. When he retired recently,
the value of the stock he with
drew was $118,250.00.
Another individual worked as
a clerk at Sears for 36 years.
She contributed $2,652 to the
fund and withiew $97,171
from the fund when she retired.
A third contributor was a buyer.
During his 36-year membership
he deposited $7,751 in the fund
and withdrew $180,825.00 when
he retired.
These are histories of employ
ees whoM weakly eatninga were
$50, $75 and $100 now retiring
from Sears Roebuck. They can
now live comfortably on the
dividends they collect from their
stock. Not every big company
has a profit-sharing system
such as tliia, but most of them
have pension plana that positive
ly prevent destitution in old age.
Another similar example is to
be found in the story of Mrs. R.
S. who has been a factoi^ work
er for a good many years and
whose take home i>ay, it would
be safe to estimate, averages
$80 a week. Lately, however,
she works only six months a
year, and spends the other six
montiis in her home in Italy. In
order to be able to take a six
months vacation every ftear
while she lives and works In
New York is a magnificent testi
mony to Mrs. R. S.’ ingenuity. It
is also a magnificent testimony
to the economic and political
system under which she lives.
Can the exponents of .any
other system of government cite
examples of workers in their
countries enjoying anything
like tills?
UNITED NATIONS NOTES
By JAMES R. LAWSON
(Accredited UN Correspondent)
were killed in the raid and at
least twenty were wotmded. The
Israeli-Jordan Mixed Armistice
Commission found Israel respon
sible for the incident However,
the Israelis have called the com
plaint a “travesty.”
So far, the Western Big Three
have not decided on what their
stand will be concerning the Le
banese complaint. They seem to
be proceeding cautiously in their
discussions of the subject.
Meanwhile, some sources say
that some of these delegations
are taking a pessimistic attitude,
saying that no settlement be
tween Jews and Arabs is possi
ble in the foreseeable future and
that the best that can be done is
to maintain the status quo—Just
short of all-out wa».
it on a gt^ financial basis.
Since that time only a few
months have passed without
a Negro being in, the running
for the heavyweight cham
pionship or being the acUial
holder of it. Prize-fight man
agers soon learned the lesson
that once a dollar gets in the
cash Tegister no one cares or
knows whether it came from
black hands or white hands.
Because Negroes do not
have golf courses, fine resort
places, clubs and money with
which to furnish themselves
with more expensive amuse
ments, they naturally tufn to
that less expensive such as
baseball and other games
played for benefit of the pub
lic. If the management of or
ganized baseball in North
Carolina is too bent on keep
ing the game ‘lilly white’ to
admit Negro players, we say
let them suffer the con
sequences.
Friends Service
To Present
World Traveler
Dr. Eddy Asirvatham, Chris
tian leader from India, teacher
and world traveler, will lead a
conference under the auspices of
the - Ameviean Friends Service
Committee, Tuesday, April 20
at the Pullent Memorial Baptist
Charch. He will speak on the
subject “Asia And Africa In Re
volt” at a dinner meeting at 6:00
P. M.
At 8:00 P. M. he will discuss
“Essential For Peace In Asia” at
a public address and fonmi in
the main auditorium of the
church.
WASHINGTON AND
SMALL BUSINESS
The question is being asked on
Main Streets all over the nation
"Just how anti-communist, in a
non-political way. Is the govam*
ment?”
• « *
There la ndMtantlal oonfnliiB
over whether the ourrent bally^
hoo over oommnnlaia te
politicking
not. It not, then]
wonder to
pressed whyl
more definite
action step* la|
not taken.
* * «
Practically
all Americans i
abhor commu-|
nists with
deep, bitter C.W. Harder
hatred. Even those ^o a tew
years ago took attitude U Bua-
sians wanted communism, that
was their business, belleva com
munism is a world-wide eipio>
nage and sabotage system.
• * *
That is why Senator Joe Ho*
Cartby is an enigma io many.
While an apparent majority
believe he haa clearly iooaaed Um
problem, wonder to expressed
why government aa a whole haa
not made an all out attack on
problem using legislation al
ready passed by Congreaa.
• * a
Senator Paul Douglag raises
another large question in public
mind. "Why is government per
mitting trade to continue with
communist*controUed nations?”
• * *
Be oUea, for example, trada
with Poland, under Kremlin, Con^
trol, increases. Imports from Po
land in 1951 totalling 10,300,609
rose to 112,518,000 during the fizat
ten months of 1963.
• « a
Apparently answering rumors
trade with Iron Curtain nations
is necessary to obtain certain
vital materials, Senator Douglas
also quotes figures.
• * •
Imporia of Polish oanned ham.
By C. WILSON HARDER
ahonldera and . baccm which in
1851 totaned |S,956,000 amount to
9,905,000 In first ten months of
19SS. And Increased fanportation
of oommimlst pork to In face of
domeatlo farm surpluses.
• • •
San.' Doutfias states under the
Acts c 1880 and 1930 White
House has authority to embargo
Imports. While Polish trade is
not largab It to vital to Soviet Po
lish •eooomy.
• • •
Beal WTldenoe of thto to fact
Mltoli aommnnlst government
BOW takaa aotira to stop flow of
rdM'j.paokagaa to natertnaate
Mtoh people.
• * a. \
' But ]how the Polish govmment
will ocueet a tax of |12S on every
new or used dress receivd from
the TJ. S., yi5 on a pair of chil
dren’s shoes, $37.50 on a pair ot
men’s shoes, and right down the
line with confiscatory taxes.
/ • a •
On tha ethee kaad> PoUih gov
ernment annomoea no tax on
relief packages ordered through
Ito affielal P.K.O. Trading Inoor-
porattoa, located at U Broad
Street, New Toik. In other
word% Poland, aa all communist
natioi^ hongera for doltors.
• • a
In 1863, aven Bussla gained
yi8,742,000 dollars by exports to
the U S. Our exports totalled
only ISO thousand to Russia. And
wtUle many experts claim that
the present Russian government
will collapse of its own weight,
that collapse to undoubtedly de-
Uyed by dollar bulwarking,
a a a
Sa again the people seem far
ahead e( poUttclaaa.
• a a
Wbile the American publlo
dearly laves a Roman circus for
a wi^Ue, eventually Americans
want action. > ’
1 ' a a a ..
V And from IndioaUais at grass
roots level the average citizen
to now expecting-gevernment on
oommantom toaae ta either “put
ap a* shat iq."
4.
"Courageous Leadership Is Needed"
it
efUTlSN
RE86I0W
The Passion of the Holy Son
of God ends with the intense
suffering of Calvary and its
Cross. What dark depths of in
sulting agony we see in the final
scene at Calvary? Behold the
maddexung fury of sin—the
noblest life suffers degradhig
and painful insults. Man’s in
sults of truth and goodness mars
the human scene.
At Calvary, all that is noble
and GOOD IS INSULTED. Lead
ing up to the Crucifixion of
Christ, behold the shameful
manifestations of treachery, de
nial, betrayal, false accusation,
cowardice, desertion, hatred,
fear, jealousy aftd sinful in
sults. And as the crownhig fea
ture of sinful indignity-THE
HOLY SON OF GOD IS NAIL
ED TO THE CRUEL CROSS.
They heap upon his brow in
sulting and shameful indigni
ties: Mocked, thom-crowned,
smitten, spat upon and then the
bloody fury of the CRUCIFIX
ION. BuV amid fee^aful littU-
ness oi the shameful scene
stands the SON OF GOD IN
HOLY GRANDEUR. See Wm in
righteousness towering above
the dark and sinful scene!
Long since has the HOSAN-
NAS BEEN HUSHED BY 'THE
VENGEFUL AND MURDER
OUS CRIES OF..“CRUCIFY
Spiritual Insight
f'
“THE PASSION; THE CROSS”
By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND
Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church ^
THIEVES. But if you have done
no evil the world cannot make
you evil. The most vicious and
evil men cannot cancel and do
away with your goodness. Why?
For sin can reaUy never insult
nor defeat GOODNESS.
(j01M...” Righteousness has been
silenced by the furious cries of
poisonous hatred. But righteous
ness and love can never be si
lenced and defeated by evU and
unrighteousness.
At Calvary, the SINLESS
SUFFERS TO SET FREE THE
SOUL FROM THE BONDAGE
OF SINFULNESS. Sin had long
enslaved man’s soul. God in
Christ came and died to set the
sinful soul at liberty. The Cross
is a spiritual DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE! At Cal
vary the Holy and Sinless Son of
God becomes an offering—a Sac
rifice for our sins.
The Cross is the price paid
for man’s spiritual freedom. He
cancels the penalty of sin and
offers the gift of life...“The gift
of God is Eternal life...” And
further...“The spirit of life in
Clirist...has set us_ free from
the Law of sin and death...” In
the Cross we see the POWER
OF GOD’S LOVE TO REDEEM
FROM SIN.
Sin can never reaUy insult
sinlessness. The evil in little
men can never insult true good
ness. At Calvary they tried to
insult the Holy One of God
They tried to identify him with
corrupt degraded criminals.
They crucified the HOLY SON
OF GOD BETWEEN TWO
Beyond every Cross borne for
righteousness God’s promise of
victory stands. Even a cruel Ro
man soldier saw that the
righteousness of God had tri
umphed when he cried out.."tru
ly this was the Son of God...”
Goodness may be crucified.
But God will vindicate goodness
by a final victory. God had pro
mised a glorious VICTORY BE
YOND CALVARY AND ITS
CROSS. Why did Christ endure
the Cross with such reassuring
faith and courage? He stood on
God’s promise of a VICTORY
BEYOND THE CROSS. And be
yond every cross borne for
righteousness God promises a
day of resurrection and victory.
Christ was crucified for
righteousness. He, therefore, had
a divine guarantee ot- RBSUR-
RECTION. This guarantee was
fulfilled on the third day morn
ing as he rose from the dead as
the CONQUEROR OF DEATH
AND THE GRAVE. And every
one who believes in Christ and
takes up his Cross has the pro
mise of SHARING HIS RISEN
LIFE AND ETERNAL JOY. '
STRAIGHT AHEAD
—By Oliva A. Adartl
NEW YOIQC
I have just made a startling
discovery. I came up in a town
of juvenile delinquents and ran
with a crowd of vandala—and
me thinking all the time that I
was reared in a ' respectable
little midwestem vUlage.
Of course, nobody called the
Icids in our town by such dis
gusting names as hoodlums,
gangsters and such. But many
youngsters iiave had such tags
pinned on them these days for
similar activities. So lend an ear
while I reveal some of the dark
and sinister goings on in my
youth.
WeU do I remember the apple
and berry picking sprees all the
kids in the neighborhood took
part in. 'This was an adventure
embarked upon only after dark
When the neighborhood klda
would meet and decide whose
berry patch or apple tree would
get going over, and then steal
thily set to work filling gunny
sacks and baskets with fruit,
right under the very noses of
the owners as they sat on the
front porch catching a breath of
air. What happened to the loot?
Most of it was thrown away, of
course. After all, who wanted
it? Every kid had a berry patch
and an apple tree in his own
back yard. In fact, his might be
the next one to be raided.
Come Hallowe’en and the
town was wide open. In fact, the
pranksters became so active at
one point that the City Man
ager caUed a meeting of the
town’s merchants and after that
Main Street was turned into
a carnival ground on HaUowe’en
nights, with parades, contests,
prizes and the whole works. This
was designed to divert young
minds from the evil business of
tipping over out-boiuea, remov
ing gates from fences, soaping
windows and all that sort of
carrying on. The carnival idea
worked, too, except that there
were still those hardened, crimi
nals who would sneak away
from the celebration and pursue
their lawless, wanton ways all
the more uninhibited because
few people were home.
All this and much more went
on year after year, but the
words hoodlum and vandal were
never heard. ’These activities
were referred to as mischief. Af
ter all, one doesn’t think of a
child as a delinquent when on*
has gone to school with tliat
child’s mother or played foot
ball with his father. Nobody
ever accused these kids of be
ing criminals, because every
body knew perfectly weU that
they were notliing ot the kind.
And so, they were not driven
off with threats and epithets
and made to feel like outcasts.
If these children had had such
accusations hurled at them, who
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