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THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1954
A CHALLENGE TO THE YOUNGER ELEMENT
Mrs. Ella Earls Cotton, re
tired teadier of this city, has
recently completed the ardu
ous task of writing a book of
some 288 pages that tells of
the progress of Nmtd educa
tion in tiie South. Tne title of
the book is “A Spark For My
People,” which portrays in
an effertive mannw Mrs. Cot
ton’s own struggle as a child,
young woman, and a teacher
in the South, together with
the struggles of her race in
general.
While we have read better
and worse books on the sub
ject, we have never read one
which we appreciated more
in that it was written by a
person whose life has span
ned well over a half-century
of fruitful living and is now
in position to look back over
the rugged road her people
have trod to their present
place in America, especially
the ^uth. Mrs. Cotton, in her
booi^ gives a full account of
her own life as a child, teach
er and citizen. She has put
her finger on many of the
momentous questions that
confront the Negro from time
to time. In a maftner that is
soniewhat different from
others of her age, experience
and training, in that she does
not attempt to lecture, or
present a panacea for what
ails us.
The book will probably not
be read by millions, 'but' it
should be read by thousands,
who, after doing so, will have
a greater appreciation of the
hardships and struggles Ne
groes have had to overcome
to rise to a position of useful
ness in the world. The book
presents a challenge to the
younger element of the race
to struggle, achieve and keep
on achieving. It presents a
challenge to the older element
to never quit work and to stay
in the forefront of the strug
gle, and to set their hands to
tasks that are far more im
portant than idle gossip and
criticism of the younger ele
ment.
GOV. UMSTUD'S SPECIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
We don’t know what Gov
ernor Umstead has in mind
when he says that he will
name a special adiysory com
mittee “to study problems
> created by the Unit^ States
Supreme Court’s decision out-
lawmg segregation in public
schools.” Either the governor
did not wish to fully inform
the public as to what the ob
jective of such a committee
will be at the time his state
ment was given out during a
press confrence last week or
he is himself somewhat con
fused as to what he wants in
such a committee.
That he failed to say
whether or not the commit
tee will be comp^ed of both
races creates no doubt in
our mind that the gover
nor announced the appoint
ment of such a committee
a little ahead of time. For
it appears to us rather ele
mentary that such a commit
tee in toe very nature of the
case would have to be inter
racial if its objective is to
work out a plan of compli
ance with the Supreme Court
decision that will be accept
able to both races.
On the other hand, if the
conunittee is to be composed
of white people only, sus
picion arises in our minds
that plans are underway to
attempt to circumvent the de
cision. In that event the gov
ernor will need no Negro on
the committee as any who
would accept such an appoint
ment would have such little
influence with his own peo
ple that his service as a mem
ber would be practically
negative.
The Carolina Times urges
Ne^o leaders to exert all
patience, cooperation, and
forbearance possible in any
plan that attempts to fore-
ultimate implementation of
the Supreme Court’s ruling.
At the same time it urges
them to be cautious of any
plan tthat attempts to fore
stall, defy or circumvent it.
For in the end, the price
which they will have to pay
for being disloyal to the fed
eral government will be far
greater than that they will
pay for not cooperating with
such a distorted movement.
That the governor of North
Carolina was even willing to
listen to any example being
s6t by the state of Mississippi
in the matter is somewhat
distast^ul if not humiliating.
This state is generally look
ed upon throughout the na
tion as a leader of southern
thought and action and not a
follower. If North- Carolina
has reached the point iq its
existence that it must look to
Mississippi for guidance on
any matter pertaining to the
race question then we have
reach^ a new low.
North Carolina now has
well over one million Negro
citizens, the largest number
of any state in the nation. It
is our candid opinion that
there is not one of them worth
mentioning that is not will
ing to> cooperate to the fullest
extent in any wholesome plan
of the governor or anyone
else to implement the ruling
of the Supreme Court in a
manner that will be the least
harmful to all concerned. On
the other hand there is not
one of them worth mention
ing that is willing to become
a party to any movement that
has as its goal the overthrow
of a decision that has been
fairly and justly won.
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Realizing the desperate plight the world is in
today for lack of spiritual insight and aware
ness, the TIMES EDITORIAL STAFF is
devoting this ENTIRE PAGE to the pub
lishing of the most forceful, dynamic, and
heart-warming sermon ever delivered in the
history of mankind.*
Watch NEXT WEEK’S ISSUE for The
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THE COURT'S DECISION WILL REMOVE
THIS EVIL INFLUENCE"
GETTING ALONG
BY LAUREEN WHITE
NEW YORK system of democracy practiced
DIARRHEA OF THE PEN
Zalph Rochelle, Durham’s
well-known rent collector and
perennial letter writer to the
editors of daily newspapers,
is having another serious at
tack of diarrhea of the pen
and constipation of the mind.
We don’t know exactly who
is the greatest recipieot of OUT
sympathy, Zalph or the daily
paper e^tors. For when a
letter writer to the editor has
diarrhea of the pen and no
diapers on, it must be a ter
rible job to have to clean up
b^ind him every day.
This timte, Zalph is work
ing his pen over time on the
Supreme Court’s decision on
segregation in public schools.
The ruling was a natural for
him and Zalph is showing his
usual lack of intelligence on
matters of this kind and is
running wild writing letters
to the daily paper editors in
an effort to put some sense
in the heads of the members
of the Supreme Court They
would probably do a better
job if they could get Zalph to
accept the job as Chief Jus
tice or should we say Chief
Injustice of the court.
Several of oiu: readers,
mostly newscomers to Dur
ham, have become alarmed
about Zalph’s recent tirade in
the daily newspaper and have
insisted that the Carolina
Times reply to some of his
numerous articles. This iwe
refuse to do because few per
sons in Durham consider
Zalph more than a nuisance
with a pen stroke which in
most cases renders one as
thoughtless as a sun stroke.
As much as we delight in
complying with the wishes of
our readers we are compelled
to inform them that we do not
have the time nor the space
to devote to answering news
paper articles that are so
elementary in their contents
that they show absolutely no
depth of thought. So please
pardon our refusal dear read
ers, we prefer to be about
tasks more worthy.
NO CAUSE FOR FEAR
This newspaper has obser
ved with a degree of amuse
ment the hysteria which the
recent Supreme Court ruling
has caused within the ranks
of some of our southern white
folks. As a result of this ob
servance we have endeavor
ed to the best of otu* ability
to analyze the attendant
causes and to face the truth
as it reveals itself in this most
important milestone in our
nation’s history.
One of the main reasons the
South fears integration is be
cause Negro^ Imve been so
badly mistreated in this area
that the instigators feel once
they are given full citizen
ship they wiU seek revenge
for the mistreatment. It is no
accident that the greatest fear
and resentment to the ruling
come from states in the deep
soutk like Mississippi, South
Carolina and Georgia where
the greatest mistreatment ex-.
ists.
Such a fear is unjustified
because, as badly as they
have bron mistreated in the
South, Negroes, generally
speaking, carry no malice in
their hearts and therefore
will seek no revenge for any
of the injustices heaped up
on them in the past. The race
has learned well that ven-
gance in mine, I will repay
saith the Lord.
Another reason is that
southern white folks fear
that if children of both races
are thrown together for 10 or
12 years, during their school
life, that intermarriages will
result. Interracial sex rela
tionship is alright as the
different colors and shades
of Negroes will testify, but it
must not be dignified with
marriage and the Negro wo
man must always be the
scapegoat.
Frankly, we believe such a
fear is also unjustified iifthat
the number of marriages re
sulting in states where there
are no segregated schools is
so negligible that they are
hardly worth mentioning.
Whether they go to school to
gether, or work together,
the chosing of one’s life
mate is so personal we do
not feel that any other per
sons or law of the land should
have anything to do with it.
With apologies to the late
President Franklin D. Roose
velt .about the only thing our
southern white folks have to
fear about integrated schools
is fear itself. There is no need
for hysteria, consternation or
frustration. The thing need
ed is reasoning and thought
ful planning by leader^ of
both races both of whom we
believe are willing to bear
and forbear in the task of
readjusting to the new order.
SATURDAY
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JULY 10, 1954
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History will record that
President Eisenhower did much
more than Senator McCarthy in
curtailing the spread of Com
munism in the -World. While
McCarthy "has been busy indis
criminately accusing various
loyal citizens of being Com
munist, President Elsenhower
has been busy creating condi
tion^ under which Communism
cannot exist.
McCarthy is busy antagoni
zing everyone who disagrees
with him on anything. The feel
ing is strong among many A-
mericans that McCarthy’s fight
against Communism is simply
a means to an end. They feel
McCarthy wants to be a big
man.
Eisenhower is already a big-
man. His chief interest in life
today is to make the world in
which he lives a better one. He
realizes that grave injustices
would exist if no opposition
were allowed to check the
rulers of a nation. Communism
allows no opposition and no
criticism.
The greatest force between
totalitarianism and a two-party
system is the United States. If
it were not for tne United
States, Russia could easily over
run the rest of the world. How
ever, with the great wealth, in
genuity, and manpoiyer con
trolled by this nation, Russia
realizes she must go easy.
But Russia, like the rest' of
the world, knows that the dual
here will do as much damage to
our way of life as open wariare.
A person needed to travel
farther than the Capital ot our
nation to see it, either.
Before President Eiseahower
instituted civil rights in our na
tion’s Capital, a visitor would
get a dim view of democracy
there. He would see a city in
which a person whose akin was
dark would be Insulted and per
haps arrested if he tried to be
served in a down town restau
rant.
.He would see a city in which
a person with dark skin would
be denied hospitalization in the
segregated hospitals of the city,
even if the patient’s life de
pended on immediate hospitali
zation. It would be hard to es
timate the number of Aslans
and Africans who have had a
disillusioning view of demo
cracy by visiting Washington,
D. C.
President Eisenhower has
done more for our' way of life
by instituting civil rights in the
nation’s capital than Senator
McCarthy ever could do indis
criminately accusing aU who
disagree with him ot being
Communists.
By taking a positive approach
to a big problem, the President
is getting positive results. This
writer believes historians will
place as much value on his civil
rights program in Washington
as they wUl on the battles he
won in Europe.
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ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY
Noi^ Carolina Department Of
Motor Vehicles
Will You Be A
Statistic Today?
Ever look a statistic in the
eye? Take a look in the mirror
before you leave the house to
drive to work this morning.
Before^ tlie day’s oyer, ypu’Jl
turn up among the statistics—
either as one of the drivers who
had no accidents today or as
one of those killed or injured.
It all depends on you. Be
cause you are the driver who
causes accidents-or prevents
them.
You are a statistic.
One sure way to turn up on
the accident side of the ledger
is to get into an impatient
Spiritual Insight
“LIFE WITHOUT CONFUSION”
BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND
Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church
who resented speed limits—dri
vers who thought limits were
set by stodgy legislatures bent
on making motorists late for ap
pointments. If you share that
view, you’re ready to fill a spot
on the red side of the statistics
column. Speed limits—better
known as “safety limits”—are
set by engineers who’ve tested
and "proved the safety margin
for any given area
WASHINGTON AND
SMALL BUSINESS”
Potter County, Texas, may be
come nationally famous.
« * •
In this comity presiding Jndge
E. C. NeUon nded Congresa haa
no rlghi (• enforoa nalaa meaa-
berahlp to hold % Job; farther
atated Congressional powers to
regnlate iatei
■ tate aom-
meroe do not'
enc o mp »S8|
q n e a t i o
ot union mem-l
berahip.
• • I
Mitslsiippil
has a new law|
outlawing thei
closed shop, so[
does South
Carolina; Kentucky eonsiden
one. Therefore it appears prob
able Potter County decisloa will
reach U. S. Supreme Court.
• • •
EnsDlng litigation coaU thntw
Into llmellglit tact that not mly
haa nation (ailed t* solve proln
lem of Big Labor, as well aa that
of Big Bnaineas, hot that tw» are
intertwined.
• * *
Many authorities hold labor
legislation of past 22 years has
evaded real basic problem.
• * *
Early New Deal leglalatton
sought to loroe big eorporatlons
and holding companies formed
by uncontrolled depreaaloa caus
ing merger* to deal with labor.
« « •
Then followed legislation to ra-
strain Big Labor power.
• * a
Today it appears Big Labor,
allied with Big Business, haa
formed a production monopoly.
* * «
Thus, heads of entrenched
leaders in any industry gather
together with the leaders of Big
Labor, and wages, hours, and
conditions are agreed upon for
entire industry. These terms are
also based on the earnings and
abilities of a few big corpora
tions to meet agreed terms.
B mtuaa r$»Ktllm 1 Imtlitmtimt Bmlntm
By C. WILSON HARDER
But these terms become Ma^
ing npoa the entire tndaatry in
the aatlon with almoat as maA
Iron clad tightness aa if Congresa
had passed laws prescribing
what wages, hours, and oond^
tiona shall prevail la that lih
duatry.
a • •
No account is taken of tha faet
that perhaps soma small com-
peUtor to the big interests, lo
cated in a rural area irtiera liv
ing costs are lower, and vdiere la
bor would rather work for less
per hour In order to live better,
could by making a deal wltii his
labor satisfactory to both sldas,
overcome advantages held by
the big Interests enabling him to
compete with them.
* • •
Neither Is there any tatttads
(or de^ between esnpleyers aad
labor, such as exiated aroond the
tarn e( century when warkers
would draw leaa money thaa
e-riatlng rate, taUag dUereaoa
in an Interest la the company.
lUs method resulted In baflding
many anooesaful businesses, ta
motual advantaga a aU.
.* • *
There Is another factor. Borne
of the firms who put up only
token resistance to Big Labor
demands, are most active in op
erating foreign plants with cheap
labor, are promoting abolition ot
U. S. tariffs in order to bring
their foreign production into the
U. S. cheaply to undersell inde
pendent competitors.
« * •
It’s a ooay game, that e( deal
ing witb Big Labor to peg do-
meatlo labor costs at a high level
to the disadvantage ef Independ
ent competitors, and then far-
ther cut the grouad ont from
der them with (orelgn gooda pro
duced with cheap labor; Potter
County, Texas, may be the first
to protest against t^ unholy al
liance between Big Boalneaa and
Big Labor, sanctimied by 22
years of Congressional meddling,
but there is bound te be other
counties heard (rom.
"In thee, O Lord, do I put my
trust. Let me never be put to
conftition." Psa. 71:1.
Is it true that trust in God
is real security? I believe this
wholeheartedly. This is an un
deniable spiritual truth. Faith
and trust in God is the only real
aecurity in a world such as this
one. If this is^ true I should like
to know- why there is so much
restlessness and confusion in
our Uves and in our world?
Why is life shot-through with
so much confusion? Why is so
much of life dominated by con
fusion?
The answer seems to be sim
ple. We are drifting away from
the power THAT OFFERS A
WAY OF LIFE WITHOITT
CONFUSION. The Psahnist
hurry. Last year in North Caro
lina figures show over 400
persons were killed by exces
sive driving speeds. Not much
over the "safety limit” just
enough to be fatal. . , ^ ^ ^.
JVtonx Qi tiiem. were drivetJf;;^ « Thus, ta r,
LIFE WITHOUT
IS A LIFE ANCHORED IN
GOD.
Life without God has no real
lasting value. Thus to build a
life without God is to be
caught in a tangled web of con
fusion. A life without confusion
must rest on the solid founda
tion: FAITH AND TRUST IN
THE ALMIGHTY GOD. In Him
life has meaning. In Him lift is
whole and powerful. Apart
from Him life is broken and
confused...“I am the vine-ye are
the branches...Apart rrom me,
ye can do nothing...”
Cut off from the source a^tl
life dwindles into a meaning
less state of confusion. If you
doubt the truth set forth by the
Holy writer, just look around
you on every hand. What do
you see? We see many lives in
confusion. They try to make it
without God. What happens?
WITHOUT GOD LIFE ENDS
IN CONFUSION!
To push God out of our lives
is to invite confusion. Here is
a simple spiritual and moral
law: THE LESS GOD WE
HAVE IN OUR LIVES THE
MORE CONFUSION WE
sion is to have an increased
awareness of God in our lives.
We must restore God to his
rightful place in our lives: God
BELONGS IN THE CENTER.
To move God from the center
and put him on the edges is to
invite and increase confusion.
Let us restore God to our
lives and our homes and reduce
confusion. In - God there is
peace, health, unity and true
happiness. And apart from God
there is warfare, distress, agony
and confusion. Bring God back
and let him reign and confu
sion will vanish!...“Blessed is
the man (Joyous, happy, peace
ful, and healthful) that walketh
not in the counsel of the un
godly...”
Truly a life without confu
sion must be rooted and anchor
ed in God. It will ’ grow and
flourish in peace and joy and
health.
I have never seen anyone who
really trusted in God remain In
confusion any great length of
time. I have seen the faithful
confused for a brief period in
the great crises of life caused by
sickness and death and disap-
pnintmpnt Why? Fnr finfl nnt
a God of confusion but of peace
and power. But I have seen
countless numbers who have
drifted away or tried to live
apart from God caught in the
dark depths of life’s confusion.
Let us remember that a life
without God always ends in
confusion. But a life without
confusion is a gift to those who
put their trust in God.
STRAIGHT AHEAD
NEW YORK
Nobody asked me to, but I’ve
just gone and appointed myself
defender of womanhood, ob
jector to all the little snide re
marks females have been ex
pected to swallow witb good
grace—in short, I’m a self-ap
pointed public relations coun
sel.
What in spired this? Recently
a gentleman in discussing “The
Girl Friends” an organization
that has done some fine .com
munity work, hailed the club’s
good record and then spoiled it
all by saying that such a record
was amazing “simply because
they are women and can re
main harmoniously together for
such a long period of time.” The
writer apparently never was
coiuscious of the fact that his fi
nal statnnent was insulting.
Now, I'm an old stay-at-hoine
myself. Don’t think I ever be
longed to a club in my life. But
I can rattle off the names of
a few women’s clubs right here
in New York that have stayed
together over a similar period of
years and have also done a lot
of good.
For instance, there is the Les
Seize Club--sixteen women who
have remained together for at
least 30 years. The club was
foimded by Mrs. lolanthe Sid
ney. Denied an opportunity to
pursue a higher education, she
organized the club for the pur
pose of making college scho
larship money available few-
young girls. They are still at it.
Then there are the Gotha-
mettes who have been together
for a number of years. They
have taken on new members,
but the old guard remains and
they’re still going stronf.-
If there is need to disprove
another popular misconception
of the female, it might be point
ed out that this group started
out as a club known as “The
Debutantes.” As years went on,
these young women realized
they were beyond the “debu
tante” stage. Did they disband?
They did not. They changed the
name of the club and kept on
rolling.
These and many more organi
zations like them have been in
—By Olive A. Adaaas
our midst for years, and have
given financial help to strugg
ling youngsters, destitute fami
lies, and Innumerable charities.
They have tiieir counterparts
in every city and village in the
country—in sororities, lodges,
civic clubs, auxiliaries, parent-
teacher groups, and various
other volunteer services. It’s
time to stop belittling them as
little “leisure time” activities.
Their contributions to their
communities are very real.
UNITED NATIONS NOTES
By JAMES E. LAWSON
(Accredited UN Correspondent)
NATIONS, N. Y.
Funeral
services were con
ducted last Sunday' at St.
Mark’s Methodist Church for
Secretary of State Gabrial L.
Dennis of the Republic of Li
beria.
- Among the high government
officials and other dignitaries
who attended and paid their
lak respects were John F. Sim
mons, Chief of Protocol, repre
senting the United States; M.
Sellm Sarper, Permanent Re-
presentativee of Turkey to the
United Nations, and Mme. Sa>-
per; T. Roro New, Counselor of
the Embassy of Ethiopia; M. Kt.
Hassan, Information Officer of
the Egyptian delegation to the
United Nations; and Hon. Les
ter A. Walton, former Minister
to Liberia, Mr. Dennis was a
signer of the UN Charter at
San Francisco.
CAIRO; T h e seven-nation
Arab Xeague has allocated
$287,000 annually for an Arab
Propaganda Center whic^rt
will open in New York City in
September. It is said to be the
first such office set up outside
the Arab world. The new Infor
mation Center will l>e organi
zed and headed by Egypt’s for
mer Ambassador to the United
States, Kamil Abdel Rahim. He
will arrive in New York late in
August to set up his office and
organize liis staff.
It was also learned that the
Arab League plans to have an
Arab Show in New York City
next fall in which products of
all Arab states will be displayed
The League members are Syria,
Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi
Arabia, Yemen and
HAILE SELASSIE...The Em
peror of Ethiopia returned to'
New York City last Saturday
with the imperial party, and on
Monday checked in at Presby
terian Hospital for a five-day
check-up.