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r AOI TWO m taoM BAtUkDAy, MAT t%, ltS4 C0N6UIIUUII0NS FOR GlifflCBOliO We con^atulate the city of Greensboro for havii^ the courage to be the first in the state to announce that it will begin immediately to set plans in motion to comply with the ruling of the Su preme Court, striking down segregation in public schools. This is good citizenship, this is democracy in action and above all it is the kind of ac tion that will do much to weaken the influence of com munism among the darker races of the world. . Naturally our pride in Dur ham had made us hope that our city would be the first to give indication of its inten tion of carrying out the man date of the highest court of the land on this most import ant question. But as usual Durham is always behind in making progressive steps and until we are able to produce a new type of4eadership here, there is little hope that we will ever be able to be other wise. If we are not mistaken Dur ham was among the last of the major ciUes of North Carolina to secure a radio station, an airport and Negro policemen. Until now it has no municipal stadium like Charlotte, Win ston-Salem and Greensboro. It was the last large city of the state to get approval for a television station and like wise it will be among the last to comply with the abolish ment of segregation in the public schools. In Durham we just don’t believe in being the first in anything or taking the lead. Although Negroes in Greensboro have made no un usual contribution to the in dustrial, political and busi ness life of the city, in com parison to that made by those in Durham, its white people have always led those in this city in giving due recognition to their fellow Negro citizens. The appointment of Dr. David D. Jones to the City Board of Education and the employ ment of a Negro as deputy sheriff are two of the more recent instances in which Greensboro has outstripped this city in bringing about better relatiohs between the races. In Durham Negroes musf beg, persuade, cajole and even sue in the federal courts to get the most elementary things. It mig^t not be a bad idea for this city to invest! gate the situation in Greens boro to determine just why that city always gets the jump on Durham. GETTING ALONG _ BT LAUBUN WUITB _ - THE PURCHASE OF IMMORTALITY The stand taken by our esteemed contemporary, Tom C. Jervay, editor of the Wil mington Journal, on the candidacy of Senator Alton Lennon is one of the most courageous we have ever wit nessed in our more than a quarter of a century of news- papering. Those who hanker and fatten at the flesh pots will not understand why Edi tor Jervay would take up arms against a sea of trouble by opposing the senatorial candidacy of his fellow towns man, Senator Lennon. This is not the way of life of ordinary men. We think Tom Jervay has purchased a seat on the bench of the immortals and that as long as men shall live his fel low citizens in Wilmington and North Carolina will at ways remember him as one who, unmindful of his own welfare, would not sell out nor sell his race down the river for his personal benefit and agrandizement. It must have been heart breaking for Editor Jervay to take his stand after he had so enthusiastically sought the cooperation of other newspa pers of his race in this state on behalf of Senator Lennon’s candidacy. But men whose souls are on fire for right, do not hesitate to take such steps when the rights of their peo ple and others of the op pressed are at stake. That Senator Lennon stoop ed so low as to inject the race issue into the senatorial cam paign is evidence that he is totally unfit for such a high office. That he, like many other public officials of the South, so soon forgot that he had solemnly sworn to up hold the Constitution of the United States and would de fy it and the Supreme Court of his country appears to us to be high treason as much as that of others who have sought to overthrow our gov ernment. For without the Constitution and the Supreme Court we would have no gov- ment worthy of the name. So we extend this week our humble congratulations to Editor Jervay for his noble stand against the kind of candidate Senator Lennon has proved to be. We urge Negroes and intelligent white citizens everywhere to go to the polls Saturday and vote against this man who has again attempt to conduct a political campaign as sordid as that of the late Willis Smith who put this state to national shame. LONG TIME, NO SEE-NOW IT'S A REALITY We’ve heard our parents, grandparents, and other old er foUc say many times, “1 just hope that I live to see the day when all men can go into any hotel they want and order a place to stay in any part of the country.” Or you’ve heard them say, “When they pass the law to rule out segrega tion I hope my children will be here to enjoy it even if I don’t. . At the time our foreparents the situation had not become as evident as it now is. In fact, the absolving of segegation in many instances was just as remote then as a flight to mars or venus is today. Many of the individuals who work ed so hard and unceasingly to brin^ this day nearer, are not here to enjoy it with us, butaand theaters opening their for them and their efforts, wefgates to'men of all races, should take time out from our Now what does all this daily routines and thank our mean to those who have Maker for allowing us to re- heretofore been trying to seU main here long enough to see the Negro on communism? a new pattern take form. Previously, it had been said , . that the anti-democratic doc- This week we have seen Negro’s ‘best another great conflict involv- ^ut’ because he could mg segregation vanish follow- freedom under mg the momentous Supeme communism than under de- Court ruling last w^k. To- gut that argument certain locahties, Ne- Vent out the._winodw’^com- groes have the pnvilege ot pigtgjy we^. enrolling at several umversi- ties which formerly refused The matter involving segre- such admittance. Also, they gatlon in schools seemed a now have the courts’ support long time coming for some in securing low rent housing persons, but now it is here; it in areas which formerly is a reality. And it is up to all catered to an exclusive group. Americans to guard against And in recreation and enter- any evils which may arise to tainment, we see golf courses take this change of life away. YOUNG VOTERS NEED TO "CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE" Take a walk on the campus of any American college or university today, and your ears may pick up any num ber of conversations ranging from who’s dating who to what symphony Bach wrote with the most appeal to the individuals present. While taking this stroll along the payments, suppose you come upon a group of students engaged in a hot dis cussion on the present world situation. You will be com pelled to stop and listen for awhile because of the mag netic force of the argument. As you listen, you may won der why or how the young pieople have learned so much about politics and internation al affairs in such a short life span. One psychologist says that the cause for all human ac tions is due to some stimulus. The stimulus in the case of our youth today is WAR; its effect on the whole world, and its effect on each indiv idual, especially the younger ones. Thus, today’s young peo ple can stand for hours discus- ing, with an authoritative air, the situations affecting man’s life. In the area of civic duties, and exercising the right of the ballot our youth can ex plain, with the utmost vivid ness, why everyone should vote. Most institutions now conduct political campaigns for student government of ficers on the order of our lo cal, state, and national elec tions to stimulj(te civic aware ness among students. Never theless, there are times when one can almost dissolve a political discussion among a group of collegiates by ask ing one question: “Do you vote?” The answers and defenses given may all have weight, but the only one that can be truthfully accepted is, “I’m not old enough to vote yet.” The ones who say they will become active at the polls af ter graduation, have no de fense. There is no better time to start voting than the pres ent. Young college men and women who profess to be p>otential leaders of this cul ture, must realize their re sponsibility in voting and hold a torch high in this re gard so that those in the dark may see the way. This responsibility cannot be effectively executed un less many of the students on campuses all over the nation ‘cross over the bridge’ by ceas ing to be just debaters of the issue and by becoming active participants in major prob lems of the day. SATURDAY It* AUSTIN, Pnblisher MAY 29, 1954 S CLATHAN M. BOBS, Editor ^ J. A. CABTEB, MaoaciiiK Editor I . tvtrr Baturdajr bjr tba OmTBD j|i^^ JIT—« ineorporatad at 6U X. Pattlsnw tt WTTT^ dam mattar at tba Post OtUoa Morth Carolina «Bdar tia Act of Mardi AdwtWos ■atn*MBtatt«a: iBtaritata ItanlMr. nOPA. M. E. JOHNSON, BofineM'Manafer B. J. HATNES, Adyertisiox Muurto No luaranta* of publication of unaoUcttad mata- rlal. l«ttara to tha editor tor pubUoatlon must ba •Igned and conflnad to 500 worda. Subscription Rataa: 10c par oopT; ilx n.OO; Ona Yaar, M.00 (Foialcn CounMaa, 94.00 par raar.) ■i’l t-. rrrrrrfrrrrffffffffffffrrr—i—— NEW YORK Craven and unjust decisions by agencies authorized to arbi trate disputes are abhored by fair-minded Individuals. Sys tems of government that permit their authorized agents to issue such decisions are seldom re spected in world affairs. Coura geous and just decisions by agencies authorized to arbitrate disputes are respected by fair- minded Individuals. Govern ments under which those agen cies fimction are respected in world affairs. The Massachusetts Commis sion Against Discrimination be longs in the category of those agencies that issue courageous and just decisions. After a year of negotiation, they have been able to announce a conciliation agreement that will allow Ne groes to obtain jobs better than that of porter with the 'Pull man Company of Chicago. There are those who feel that no great amount of courage or fairness was necessary for the Commission to arbitrate with the Pullman Company over the issue that prompted the de cision. This writer doesn’t agree. Since a 90-year policy would have to be changed and hard-headed business men do not like to experiment with new policies, only a courageous agency would contend fbr the change. George C. Greenidge of Roxbury, Mass., sought promo tion from his job as a car cleaner to that of a carman help er apprentice. Previously those jobs were available only to white employees. Commissioner Elwood S. McKenney who heard the case, found that Mr. Greenidge, a former radar in structor in the Army was quali fied for the job. He found “pro bable cause of discrimination' and asked the Company to con ciliate the case. Under the termS of agree ment, the Pullman Con^any agreed to promote Mr. Green idge to carman helper appren tice. No actual violation of the state was Involved, however. Commissioner McKenny found that the Company had not open ed conductor jobs to Negroes, nor porter jobs to whites. This condition will be changed. There will be a time when there will be Negro conductors and white porters servicing the railroads. American prestige abroad will be enhanced by this evidence of fair play. Asia And Africa Want No Democracy That Brings Such Evils. ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY North Carolina Department Of Motor Vehicles LIGHTS SHOULD HELP YOU SEE BETTER How fast are your vision re flexes at night? Try standing in a dark closet until your eyes are accustomed to the darkness. Then look straight at the light while you turn it on suddenly. How many objects can you clearly see in the first ten seconds after the light comes on? Tiiat’s no mere academic ex periment. It’s the kind of thing that happens to you when you drive at night. Bright headlights in yniir pyps havp t.hp samp effect as the light in the closet. And ten seconds is more than enough time for a fatal acci dent. Maybe you have perfect night vision. But if your lights 1 blind the driver you’re meet ing—the chances are that he’ll hit you. It’s a simple matter to make sure your headlights are (Please ttim to Page Seven) WASHINGTON AND "SMALL BUSINESS” Along with all the ottnr ipa- cial weeks, ther* should b« ■ "Write Kindly to Totnr Congraia- man Week," Aether you vota for him or not Just a friendly letter to bolster his morala. • • • Because deapita aU meeiliv directed at Coaxreaamens’ a1>l- lity, practici ly without ex-| ccptloB erery: member strlTesl to do a conaci-| entious Job. Bat oardlasl strategy of commnniata and their ilk U| to create dlare- apect for dem-1 ocratio legiala- C.W. Hardsr tlve bodies. • • * Many Congressmen often feel frustration over circumventioQ of Congressional intentions. * * * For example, Concreas passed tbe “Boy American Act", in- tendinc covemment acencies should boy American prodncta. Lately a freat deal of equipment baa been Imported. Tbe Bouae Small Buaineas Committee ably beaded by Bep. Wm. S. BUI af Colorado made inquiries. * a • A bland reply from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply frankly admitted In tent of “Buy American Act" • * * Bowever, tbia official purred on, tmder “curreat intei-preta- tlona’* this doea not apjily when there la a 25% price differential between foreifn (ooda including duty and domestic gooda. No mention la made of who made the "current Interpretation.” * a • Thus, 11 U. S. manufacturers, who pay heavy taxes, pay social security taxes and a labor rata four to ten times higher than for- .eign suppliers, are not within 25% of the foreign price, they lose out The excuse for this is that it ii In line with “ttie objec- C xtutati wdtttom m ~ ' By C. WILSON HARDER tlvas of the Mutual Saciurity Pro* gram and tJ. 8. Foreign Pidlsy.** • • • Senator Smith (N.I.) reporta a mntaal defense aasistanoe agree- ment was signed la Tokyo ooroi^ ing not only defense, bat agre»> menta on i^rlonltural oommodl. Ues, eoommiio arranvements, and Investment guaranteea. • • * Senator Smith asked State De partment if these agreements are not actually treaties subject to Congressional approval. • • a State Dept, replied agreements were made on the baals of for eign aid legislation and therefore did not reqidre treatlea. Congress luu notUng to do with them eoc- o^t vote required money. • • • Congress prestunably win ba asked to financially back up agreements on grounds world consider U. S. welchers if it doesn't. • • « Senator Langar reports that dnrinc the last six montlia of 1953 the nati«ui imported 11,512,000 boahela of Canadian rye, eqiul- iag of domeatio production. As result rye prices dropped nearly 11 per bushel and IT. S. farmers have placed their rya imdor government loans. So re- oipcocal trade treaties in action again work against C. S. farmer. • * • Congress passed many acts to meat temporary situations. For eign aid was to help the needy at war's end; reciprocal trade trea^ legldatlon was passed with this goal in mind; the farm loan program was passed to help tide farmers over. a • • But net result ts that gerem. ment bureaus, hava interpreted and nsod them as authority *fo carry on all sorts of worldwide boondoggling. So It Is Important for American people to let Con gressmen knew Oey support all action that wUI restore control af government to Coogroes. Spiritual Insight “One Day’s Trouble Is Enough” By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church "Tomorrow con, take care of itself. One day’s trouble is enough for one day. “Matt. 6:32. Jesus reminds us of t)ie use lessness of wasting our energies in worrying about tomorrow. How life would change for many of us if we only knew this bit of spiritual wisdom taught by Jesus. God has ar ranged time so we can handle it, and yet we get It mangled and mixed. We cling tb yester day when it is gone. We burden and weary ourselves with yes terday’s problems and cares. Why make unnecessary trou ble for yourself? Why try to run today’s race with yester day’s burdens? It is unwise to worry about that which you cannot change. If you made a mistake or cummittei a_ sin yea- terday ask God to wash it away, Yesterday is gone—get on with today’s work. Jesus in his Divine wisdom reminds us that each day has enough trouble of its own. Be wise then and live one day at a time. We have discovered the iiighest wisdom when we have learned to live one day at a time. Why? For it is true that.. “Tomorrow can take care of it self...” Why worry yourself sick about tomorrow’s problems? Leave tomorrow alone—cross bridges when you come to them. Many of the things we fear about tomorrow never come to pass. How many times have we seen that our worry was In vain. Nothing can change what hap pened yesterday. You cannot solve tomorrow’s problems to day. Live your life as God in tended you to live it—ONE DAY AT A TIME! Hospitals and beds are filled ^Ith womfid them selves sick. Many are sick be cause tthey never learned the wisdom of Jesus...‘‘Don’t worry at all about tomorrow...’’Then I say get wise and guard your health of body, mind and soul by living one day at a time... “TOMORROW CAN TAKE CAUfi OF ITSELF.,,.” Thus we can see the wisdom of leaving tomorrow in God’s hands. Can you handle tomor row today? NO! Tomorrow is in good hands. Just let tomorrow be. Unnecessary concern about tomorrow only adds to your confusion today. Life is easy when we live one day at a time. Live fully for God and fellow- man today. Let God take care of tomorrow!...“One day’s trou ble is enough for one day...” Worry about tomorrow is a careless waste of precious God- given energy. Put everything you have in living today. Many of us waste our fine gifts in needless worry. Jesus reminds us to waste not our great gifts in worry. . Stup letting .your energies be washed down the drain of worry. Always remem ber that the secret of life is to live one day at a time...“Tomor row can take care of itself...Ona day’s trouble is enough...” STRAIGHT AHEAD —By OMvo A. Ada - NEW YORK As this is being written, this country is in the midst of a period of excitement over the ruling of the Supreme Court outlawing racial segregation in the nation’s public schools. There is jubilation in some quarters, some bitterness in others; but the Court has been wise in setting a period during which preparations can be made for the transition. The fact that the decision was unanimous has had a tremen dous effect. There can be no breast-beating and violent pro testations about the “validity of the minority opinion” - since there was no minority opinion. The bitter reaction in some areas points up the fact that the plea for gradual education for inte'gration was actually a delaying process that, left to it self, the South would have maintained its segregated sys tems if only to prove its right to handle its own affairs. But now, backed by the Su preme Court decision, we can proceed on two fronts, elimina ting segregation by law and by education. And here is where parents must play a most vital role. This period of adjustment should be one in which parents should bb mobilized and uni fied, brought together for the purpose of affecting a complete understanding of their respon sibilities. Many of them will, for the first time in their lives, have an opportunity to practice the real principles of democra cy. Many of them have been taught that segregation was their birthright, and have been teaching their children the same doctrines. But regardless of the extre mist view in some sections of the South, most citizens are law-abiding and will accept the ruling. Having accepted it, they will also be concerned, as every parent is, with educational standards and facilities. It will be well, then, if the blueprint for the reconstruction of the Southern eduqational system in cludes the establishment, with out delay, of parent-teacher or ganizations on an interracial basis. Here must be gathered the nucleus around which the whole new structure must be built. There must be, of course, an integration of teaching staffs, and Negroes must be brought in to the upper brackets among the officials in the school systems. There must be a great deal of attention given to the matter of curriculum, with special em phasis on the elimination of any material that may now be us ed in support of the racial su premacy idea. Certainly the racial groups in the South are not strangers to each other. Many Southerners are more amenable to integra tion than many of their leaders would have us believe. In fact, many white parents have been -troubled about the ill effects of segregation in their own chil dren, Given the green light by the Supreme Court, these ele ments can now move forward, and when parents and teachers have begun to work together in the establishment of tlie best possible school facilities for all, the matter of integrating the children will be relatively sim ple. Certainly this decision ia (Please turn to Page Seven) UNITED NATIONS NOTES By JAMES R. UA.WSON (Accredited UN Correspondent) EMPEROR’S vi^lT Emperor Haile Selassie will visit Harlem next Sunday after noon for a motorcade down Seventh Avenue at 4:15 P. M. He will attend a religious ser vice at Abyssinia Baptist Church at 4:30. Bishop R. C. Lawson will give the invocation and the Rev. Adam C. Powell, Abyssinia’s pastor, will deliver the welcome ing address and present a bound copy of the history of Abyssinia Baptist Church to His Imperial Majesty. The Em peror will speak briefly and the benediction will be pronounced by the Archbishop of the Ethio pian Orthodox Church (Coptic) the Rev. R. T. Brown, or ills re presentative. Leaving Abyssinia Baptist Church at approximately 5:30 p.m., the motorcade will con tinue down Seventh Avenue where the Emperor will stop briefly at the Welcoming Com mittee Headquarters in the Hotel Theresa. Then the motor cade will continue down to 110'- th Street, across to Fith Avenue and on down town, CONTRIBUTION ..Chief Uni ted States delegate Henry Ca bot Lodge, Jr., deposited with UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, a check for $1, 645,812 representing the bal ance of the American contribu tion to the 1953 UN program of technical assistance to under developed nations. Mr. Lodge said the contribution ‘exempli fied United States leadership) in working through the UN so that peoples in under—developed countries will at last have a chance to develop a standard of life of which starvation, under nourishment and disease are no longer the chief characteristics, and thus to develop the strength to stand up' for themselves.”
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