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PAGE TWO THE CABOLINA times SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1951 A CAUSE FOR EMBARRASSMENT GETTING ALONG BY LAUREEN WHITE When North Carolina be gins to rank with Mississippi in any field it is time for all lojral Tar Heels to sit up and take notice. Last week North Carolina Facts, a weekly bulletin of the North Caro lina Research Institute, dis closed that this state ranked 47th in the nation in the aver- age earnings of manufactur ing workers during 1953, and that for the early months of this year was the lowest in the nation. Says Felix A. Grissette, ex ecutive director of the Insti tute: “TTiese figures do not necessarily mean that wage rates in North Carolina in in 1953 were the lowest of any state, or that dur ing the first few months of 1954 were 48th. It could very well mean that our North Carolina manufactur ers are spreading work over more employees for fewer hours during the week ils a preferable alternative to lay ing them off entirely.” Mr. Grissette’s statement is alright and is a good soothing salve to ease the pain. How ever it raises the question as to why North Carolina manu facturers are the only ones in the entire nation that are so interested in workers as to spread their work over more employees for fewer hours during the week. The execu tive director did not say in his statement whether or not other manufacturers were not equally as considerate of their workers as those in North Carolina and if not he did not explain why this con sideration is more pro nounced in this state than in any other. A more careful study of the situation might disclose just why many northern manu facturers are moving to North Carolina. For if they can get away with paying the very lowest wages in the nation and hiave that as their reason for coming to this state, we have little or nothing to brag about. We think the situation demands further study as to the actual reasons for North Carolina being on the very bottom. It might be that the state needs a more ardent ef fort on the part of organized labor to raise the wage scale of its workers. As much pride as all North Carolinians take in the fact that the state is fast becom ing one of the greatest indus trial commonwealths in the nation, there is nothing to be proud of when it has to be ranked with Mississippi or the lowest in the nation in average the earning of manu facturing workers. ONLY AN IMPIEMENTATION COMMinEE NEEDED Last week Lt. Governor Luther Hodges, chairman of the State Beard of Ekiuca- tion, appointed a committee of board members “to study school segregation laws and reflations.” Dr. Harold L. Trigg,« president of Saint Augustine’s College, being the only Negro on the Board of Education, naturally was appointed to the committee to serve, along with four white members. The Lt. Gov ernor says the committee will “study objectively school laws and regulations with particular reference to the legal duties and responsibili ties of the State Board of Education,” and as a liaison with other official and un official groups. In addition to the commit tee appointed by Hodges, Governor Umstead had pre viously stated that he intends to appoint an “advisory com mittee on school segregation.” What the objectives of such a committee will be and whether it will have any ef fect on its Negro representa tion the Governor has not yet stated. This we think makes it necessary for this newspa per to warn before hand Ne gro leaders in North Carolina to keep their eyes and ears open and not to permit them selves to be dragged into a scene or plot that will make thero liable "for contempt' of ,court—the United States Su preme Court. The only committee need ed on the matter of segrega tion in public schools is a committee to implement the ruling as handed down by the highest court in the land and that is the abolishment of the humiliating system. That is the only committee on which Negroes should accept membership, and a commit tee appoint^ for any other purpose is an affront to the United States Supreme Court and the members of such a committee are therefore crim inally liable. When and if an implemen tation committee is appoint ed by the Governor the Caro lina Times intends to scrutin ize to the pin point the con tents of its membership, be they white or black. If Ne groes are included we will look with great disfavor on the appointment of only state employees from the school system or otherwise. The gov ernor ought to seek the ad vice of the State branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Negro members of the bar, who in turn could point out to him the type of Negro leaders that will .work effectively with him in the matter. On the front page of this issue of the Carolina Times we have endeavored to offer the names of several Negro leaders of the State from whom the governor could se lect the type of committee, so far as Negroes are concern ed, that will be satisfactory to a majority of the group in the state. _ do not uttciTipt to vey the idea that there are not others who could serve equally as well and with equal satisfaction. We are merely attempting to suggest the type of persons, whether the governor wishes to ad mit it or not, that can render the greatest aid in complying with the Supreme Court rul ing with thoughtful con sideration for the rights of all concerned. North Carolina has a great opportunity to point the way in the transition that must take place. There will need to be patience, forbearance and common sense used by all concerned. On the other hand, there will be no place for stalling or other de laying tactics designed for the expressed purpose of circumventing the law of of the land. This news paper believes that the state has the type of leadership in both races if it is given the opportunity to function. On the other hand, if the wrong type of leadership is called into action it just means more legal action in the federal courts, more misunderstand ing and disruption of what ever peaceful race relation ship we have in the state. If. Dr. Trigg discovers that Governor Umstead has ap pointed him to a committee to devise ways and means of defying the United States Su preme Court he should so state and resign. He should not let himself be drawn into a position where posterity Will look back with shame upon his actions. Whatever mistakes he has made in the past—and all doers of deeds make them — it now ap pears that his Golden Hour is approaching when he will have the magnificent oppor- tunity to render to his_pTOple a service so great that unborn generations will rise up and call him blessed and forget whatever blunders he has made in the past. Like Churchill of England, well might Dr. Trigg pro- claiAi I did not become a member of the State Board of Education to sell my people down the river. NEW YORK The licking the Mau Mau ot Kenya have taken from the British is over shadowed by the results that will come from their rebellion. The Mau Mau had very little chance to actu ally drive the British from their country. They had neither equipment nor organization, nor know-how with which to do it. They had only the desire for self-government and the desire to attain a measure of dignity in their native land. The measures employed by the Mau Mau to try to force the invaders from their land could not be. more harsh than the means that have been used to crush the natives of Kenya. It would be hard to overestimate the suffering, misery, and ex ploitation that has been the lot of the natives there. First they had to earn their living from tilling the soil and' were driven to the most barren and unpro ductive of lands. They had .no political rights. Those who for ced themselves on the hapless natives allowed them no voice in their government. Further, they were allowed no opportu nity to become educated. Could anyone blame the most daring and courageous natives of Kenya for opposing such in justices? The Mau Mau of Ken ya have lost heavily in trying to gain the rights that are natur ally th^rs. They have been slaughtered ruthlessly for try ing to gain what every self- respecting individual and nation tries to gain: They want inde^ pendence. Finally the government of Kenya iias announced many, swiping reforms. They include racial economic and administra tive changes to take place. The government has promised “op portunities for all loyal sub jects.” Politically a pledge has been made by the government to appoiSt & committee to study methods of choosing African members of the Legislative Council. The quality of educa tion for all races is to be im proved. A social security plan for the aged, progressive labor and wage policies and a vigo rous development of African farming along modern lines also were recommended. Local governments in Afridan areas are to get more responsibility and the police force is to be re vamped. Phjcsically the Mau Mau have taken a severe licking. Many have died trying to improve their lot, but when the above proposals have been effected, we will be able to see that they did not die in vain. ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY North Carolina Department Of Motor Vehicles With The Aid Of The Law, He Is Removing le Vicious Hand Of Oppression Spiritual Insight “VOICES IN THE SILENCE” BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church r'AJSJC rur a p iajp/%p*r A KIT’ TO DRIVING SAFELY SATURDAY “The nut that holds the steer ing wheel,” said a gag back in the gay ‘20’s, “is the part of a car that causes most accidents. Seriously, it’s almost a crimi nal offense these days to neglect the care a car needs to keep it in safe operating condition. That care is a long step toward your your safety. This is clear and obvious when you think about it. Think back to yesterday, when the driver ahead of,,jwtf^ "IWhess, calmness and quietness “Be still, and know that I am God..."PsaA6:10. A mad, feverish, and rushing age needs to ponder the beauty and power of silence. Why that mad rush anyway? In the hush ed stillness of silence there are voices to be heard. And we all need to pause in the silences to hear these voices. We need to flee the noisy clamor of the times and pause in reverent si lence that we may hear the VOICES'TOAT SPEAK FROM THE SHuENCE. Let us come to rest in the wonder of reverent silence %iat we may hear ^the voice of the Eternal.- The Psalmist found deep and abiding strength, cour age and power in the hushed stillness of silence. Pause, stop in your mad rush that you may hear. vnires in thp .silpnpp “Rp still and know that I am God...” A fretful scurrying and hurrying age needs to know the power—spiritual power—of rest stopped on a dime, and you had to thank your stars your brakes were working perfectly. And last night, when that car came out of a side road too fast, and your headlights spotted it in Jtime for you to slow down and (Please turn to Page Seven) We need to hear the voices that speak from moments of silence. Why? A wise spiritual seer knew there were voices in the silence when he said...“IN QUIETNESS SHALL BE THY STRENGTH...” . Let us pause in our ceaseless and restless strivings that we may hear the voices in the si lence. The mad rush leads not to peace. It intensifies the '^Confu sion. Peace for the restless soul is fojind in the stillness of re verent silence. Amid the con flict, turmoil, noises, the chat ter, and the confusion of a ma chine age we need to listen to the voices in the silence. Everywhere, we turn there are noises—automobiles, trucks, tractors, radios, televisions and the patter of feet as I hear now passing by on the pavement. Truly this age needs to pause to hear the voices in the SILENCE. Truly we need to ponder the wisp pniin.spl nf thp Psnlmis' “BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD...” In the silence we can find power and renewal for distress ed and restless souls. The Psal mist pictures the sheep being revitalized, restored in the si lences by the still waters...“He maiceth me lie down...He lead- eth me beside the still waters... He restoreth my soul....” The great inspirations and visions of men have come, as men and women listened to the VOICES FROM THE SI LENCE. They came as they paused in the mad and feverish rush to let God speak to them. Isiah’s vision came in the still ness of the temple as he waited in silence for God’s voice. In the hushed silence of the Temple he heard the voice of the Eternal. God spoke to the heart and soul of Amos as he waited am'id the silence of the little flock and the sycamore trees. Jacob heard the voice of the Eternal as rested in the si lence of that night a long time ago. Jesus heard and surrender ed to the voice and the will of the Father amid the silence of prayer in the Garden...“Be still and know that I am God...” In an age of noisy confusion we need to appropriate the great spiritual power of quiet ness. We need to listen to the voices of the silence. Let us re treat to the silences daily for strength, courage, and guidance. STRAIGHT AHEAD —By Olive A. AduM f]ic JULY 31, 1954 WASHINGTON AND L. P. AUSTIN, Publisher CLATHAN M. ROSS, Editor J. ALLEN CARTER, Mana^ini: Editor Published Ever; Saturday 07 the UNITED PUBLISHERS, Incorporated at 518 E. Pettigrew St. Entered as lecona olass matter at t)»e Poit Office at Durham. North Carolina under the Act of liarcfa ^ 3. 1S79. National Advertlainc Bepretentatlve: interstate Unlt^ Newspapen. Member. NNPA M. E. JOHNSON, Business. Manafer R. J. HAYNES, Advertisinff Manafor No guarantee of publication of unaoUdted mate- rial. Letters to the editor for publication must be •igned and confined to SOD words. Subscription Rates: 10c per copj: 81x mnnttia, 93.00; One Year, $3.00 (rorelgn Countrlea, $4-00 per year.) SMALL BUSINESS Oyerl,000Attend Frontiers Convention In Wasliington; Body Mai(es Initial Donation Of $10,000To Vitiligo Fund At long last Fefieral Trad* Commission has launched • full scale investigation ot couponing practices. And in doing lo, FTC has invoked seldom used compul sory process to get information from a few huge corporations who have been using the coupon* ing method* to drive out Indepen* dent regionalK competition Ing a steamroller^ drive that| moves fromg city to city. WASHINGTON, D. C. Upward to 1,000 delegates de scended upon the Nation’s Capi tal this week for the annual na tional convention of Frontier* of America, Inc. which began Wednesday morning. The Frontiers is a community service organization made up of Negro business and profession al men. Founded in 1936 by Dr. Nimrod B. Allen of Columbus, Ohio, the organization now has chapters in 43 cities throughout the country. Samuel Spencer, president of the D. C Board of Commission ers, officially welcomed the or ganization Thursday morning when he presented the key to the city to Frontiers President, Dr. Bernard Harris of Balti more. Following the welcoming ^ ceremony at District Building, the lelegatef went to the Lln-i coin Memorial where service was held and a wreath laid at the atatue of the Civil War pre- iMent. The Frontiers' only public meeting during the four-day convention was Thursday even ing at 7:30. It was a dinner meeting at the Raleigh Hotc^ and the principal speaker was Senator Francis P. Case (R., S.D.)), chairman of the Senate District Committee. Following Senator Case’s address the or ganization presented its first cash award for research into vitligo. Vitiligo, a disease which causes the loss of skin pigmen tation, has been of interest to the Frontiers since 1951. A pro posal to establish a research foundation to finance studies of the disease was approved at the organization’s 1953 convention, and the foundation was estab lished earlier this year. Thursi day evening the Frontiers pre sented a grant of $10,000 to an institution, as yet imnamed, for vitiligo research. A panel discusaion on “Tech niques of School Integration” is scheduled for Friday at the Dunbar Hotel. Participating in the discussion will be Dr. Mar garet J. Butcher, member of the D. C. Education Board; John H. Fisher, superintendent of public education in Baltimore; William S. Schmidt, superintendant of public education in Prince George’s County, Md.; and, Fur man Templeton, executive ' sec retary of' the Baltimore Urban League. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Frontiers’ Washington Chapter was host to delegates at two so cial events. One was a hospital ity hour scheduled for the Dun bar Hotel at 10:30 p.m. Thurs day and the annual convention dance which will be held in the Terrace Room at the National Airport Friday at 11 p.m. George C. Fleming, local in surance executive, is the con vention chairman. The "host chapter is headed by James E. Scott, local realtor. The baok- P'ound is inter esting:, In Sep-| tember 1953,1 Ben. James| DuS, heading^ CTW.1 sub committee of Senate Small Business Committee asked FTC to report on course b^g taken to probo couponing practices. • • * Of course, the monopoly inves tigation branch of the FTC has been the heaviest cut, althougii the agency seems to ^d plen^ of time to read over a half iriu- Uon radio and television commer cials annually, even though evi dence is strong public doesn't place too much credibility in any non-printed advertising claims. '* • * But tor wlutiever reason Sen ate Small Bnsiaess Committee fonnd FTC was not getting the evtdence. Hu National Federa tion M Independent Bnslnesa was asked to gather data. • • « On the basis cd tliis data Sen. Edward Thye, conunittee chair man, called on FTC for action now. In annauncing FTC is pro ceeding on matter. Chairman Edward Howrey stated FTC Is being forced to use compulsory processes against several big Corporations to get mor* tacts. * « * The facts abo^ conponlng ar* many. For example, an Indepen dent regional soap maker or floor mlUar, may be doing m flao P witiiMi niiiiiiiin if aiiin By C. WILSON HARDER job In some metropolitan market to distress of big national opera tors who even with their huge na tional campaigns cannot dislodge independent competition. « • * So these corporations give away their merchandise by mail ing coupons' to all householders offering a cutprice with the cou pon. These coupons are carried at a loss to the U. S. Post OSlce to every home in area selected. • * * No Independent regional man- nfactnrer can stand this pres- snre, because onlike the big firm seeking to drive him out, he doesn’t have customers ail over nation who are paying for give aways in a special local market. In fact, these investigations may establish that people in non-met- r(^Utan areas are paying an excessive price tor these nation al products to build big corpor ation war chests needed to knocit off independent regional pomp*. titors one by one, city by city. ^ • In addition, coujqoning prac- tics has reached a point where by several large corporations will get together to include coup ons for their respecUve products in one mailing. * * * Some are enclosing In their packages a coupon ^ood for cut price porchase of an Item pnt ont by anotiier pacidng giant. Thus there appears to be at high corporation level a club wUch might be called laWOjriC Onb, which spelled out .means "Let’s Jointly Wreck Onr Joint Inde pendent Competition.’* • * * Start of FTC action against big Interests is no guarantee to early successful concltuiion. • • • Bat on this Issae both Senate and Honse Small Business Com mittee as well as independent bosinoasmen will be looking over FTC shoulder because snrvival of 'Independent regional mana- faotoriiv la at stake. NEW YORK William Chapman White, writing in last Friday’s New York Herald Tribune, recount ed an incident involving a wo man and her Negro maid. We are still wondering what it meant, but in the meantime, it sparked a numl}er of thoughts on the wealth of mis-informa- tion most white people have re garding Negroes and their lives. It seems the maid, one Lucy Jefferson, lives two lives—one on her job in the luxury of the house she keeps for the Lithi- comes and their young son, and anotHer in the drab apartment house in which she 4ives with her young son. (Her husband, faithfully following the "script” had run out on hef.) It seems the l>oys met quite by chance one day when their mothers had taken them to the Museum of Natural History, and found they had similar interests. The rich lady was surprised to discover that the poor lady’s l»oy had picked up a little cul ture here and therfe and liked to go to Museums and the like, too. The two mothers got to talking, just as mothers, and the rich lady asked her maid how she managed when she had to leave her boy alone all day. She asked, as a matter of fact, if she wasn’t just a little afraid to leave him alone "up there- meaning Herlem. Whatever the story was sup posed to say, the last question is the one that gave us reason to pause agd ponder. Why is it that whenever white people meet Negroes whom they con sider the least bit respectable, they begin to wonder if they aren’t terribly lonely. If they meet a few who are well-edu cated, cultured and accomplish ed, they wonder how they Uve among the barbarians. Now, it probably never oc curred to the “rich lady” that it is just possible that there are other people living in that apartment house who are just as fine as Lucy and therefore, to refer to “up there” as though it was some sort of jungle might be something of an insult to Lucy’s neighbors. Perhaps po lice laxity, absentee landlords and the like make some pre dominately Negro neighbor hoods a problem, but there is no reason, to reflect upon an entire community because of them. Frankly, we don’t know what Mr. White intends to say. We wonder if he was suggesting that Lucy, being a woman of refined taste, should live some where other than Harlem. If so, he proves he hasn’t made a visit “up there.” He would have done better to suggest that if people like her come out of Harlem, then it is not such a den of iniquity as some people like to suggest. UNITED NATIONS NOTES By JAMES R. LAWSON (Accredited UN Correspondent) UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. IRAQI LEADERS VISIT UN.. Dr. Fadhil Al-Jamali, Foreign Minister ,of Iraq, and Major General Mohammed R. Arif, Irani Army Chief of Staff, visi ted the United Nations last Monday. They were the lunch eon guests of A. Khalidi, Iraqi delegate. All representatives of the Asia-Arab*-African nations were present. AID FOR AFRICA...The Uni ted African Nationalist Move ment has called a conference of all anti-Communist friends of African freedom for July 31 at the Hotel Theresa to push for what they ijelieve to be the foreign policy toward AsiaT Africa and other colonial areas. STATE VISIT...Mustefa Ben Holim, tlie Premier of Libya, North Africa, visited Washing ton and New York and Wash- will renew official hope for an will reenew official hope for an agreement on United States air base rights in his country. And aa ye would that men ■hoold do onto yon. do y« also to them likewiae.—(St. Lake 6. SI.}, None of ns wish to be made to feel cheap, inferior, unloved, unwanted. ‘Then why ahonld we not be eareful in all waya to keep from making othera feel that wayT It ia ao eaay, if we’d atop to think. Ifa ao eaay. too, and ao inwardly rewarding, to gire low iast^ ot hate, n ■mile inatead of a ttwm. ?
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