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PAGE TWO infe tABdUNA TtMKS MATtttDAY, AUG. 14, 1954 IHE GOVBINOK'S ADVISORY COMMnS _Govm»or Umstead’s ap* pointment of three Negro sUte employ^ to his “ad visory committee on school segregation” comes as no sur prise to Negro leaders of the state who have watched the lack of stateimanahip which North Carolina’s CUef Ex ecutive has exhibited on racial matters since he took office over two years ago. The appointments are positive proof that the Governor in- tetids to do nothing to im plement tt» Supoeme Court’s ruling on the issue and would like a ecunmittee that will follow the pattern of con ciliatory action or appease ment. It is a rare Negro who would jeopardize his job or standing with powerful white folks by not cooperating with them in their attempt to car ry put the governor’s wishes. There was a time when the appointment of a Negro to any position by the governor of the state was considered a distinct honor by others of the race and the appointee was looked upon as a leader of his people of no mean ability. Now he or she is gen erally viewed with suspicion and as a leader of the mean est ability. If the committee does nothing but sidestep the issues before it and the Ne gro members do not take a walk in the instance, the wrath of more than a million Negroes in this state will be upon their heads and they will never be able to their dying day to live it down. On the other hand if they do take a stand against such methods, unborn generations will rise up and call^ctTT^em blessed, liie three Ne^oes on the governor’s “advisory commit tee" face their “hour of de cision.” For more than thirty years this newspaper, at a great sacrifice, has endeavored to echo the honest opinion and feeling of Negroes in matters of great importance to them. In so doing, we have wanted to be of service to our na tion, state and race. It was with this in mind that we launched a survey several weeks ago, following the gov ernor’s aimouncement that he intended to appoint an “ad visory committee” on the matter of school segregation. We attempted to honestly de termine who would be most satisfactory to a majority of Negroes in this state. In spite of this fact the governor fol lowed the same old pattern of appointing only Negroes whose salary che^ he or some other state official has to sign each month. A casual view of the white appointees of his “advisory committee” will disclose that a fairly good cross section is represented. There are not only school people but busi nessmen, lawyers, a news paperman and other fields of endeavor represented. It raises a keen suspicion in the minds of thinkhig Negroes that, in spite of the fact that their race constitutes about one-third of the population in the state, he appointed only three of it to the committee and confined those appoint ments to state employees on ly. The governor, having been one of the lawyers for the state in the recent school suit brought in the city of Durham has personal knowledge, if not a pleasant experience, that there are several Negro attorneys in the state capable of furnishing invaluable ser vice on any committee that has to do with the question of segregation in public scshools. The governor may ignore the Negro legal profession in the matter but Negroes of the state will not. Finally, this newspa{)er has nothing against the three Ne groes named to the gover nor’s “advisory committee.” So far as we ibiow all three of them are honorable cit izens and all three have ser ved well in their respective fields. We think, however, in view of the fact that they are all on the state’s payroll, it would have been a fine piece of statesmanship on the part of the governor to appoint one or two members of the race Who are unhampered by such a fact to serve along with them. There is no need for the governor or other persons, having to do with seelung the use cS Negro leadership in North Carolina, to assume the attitude of an ostrich and bury their head in the sand. The state branch of th« Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People will have great influence in shaping whatever attitude and action Negroes will as sume in carrying out the man date of the Supreme Court. It Would have been a fine thing for the organization to have had representation on the ad visory committee. Instead, its officials and its lawyers have been left on the ou^de and have no alternative but to move to the opposite direc tion should the committee even appear to show signs of trying to stall along or cir cumvent the order of the Court. Whether the governor or any other person wishes to admit it or not, in so doing the NAACP will have on its side the Constitution of the United Stat^ and the very powerful Supreme Court. Generally speaking, ^ Ne groes in North Carolina do not wish to iniipose any undue burden upon their wMte fel low citizens in conwlying with the Supreme Court’s ruling. They are willing to exhibit patience, forebear- ance and even humility in any HONEST effort that moves definitely toward implemen tation. On the other hand they will frown upon any semblance of a move that will appear to have as its ultimate end the disregard for the law of the land as laid down by the highest court of the land and the Constitution of their country. Any scheme con cocted for that purpose will be opposed and in such they feel satisfied that they will have on their side hundreds of thousands of upright white citizens of this state who feel and know that Christianity demands and Democracy de clares that under God aU men are equal. Negro business enterprises located here, Durham has the attention of the Negro finan cial world and the Durham Chamber of Commerce needs to awaken to the fact and get wise to what the Negro mar ket here has to offer. Not on ly in purchasing hotel ac commodations for conven tions throughout the year, but in the purchase of every item used by those of other races. GETTING ALONG BY LAUREEN WHITE Greetings From Bermuda NEW YORK Bermudians are now enjoy ing their sunbathe in the good old U.S.A. as our 18-voice Male Choir shares in spreading good will through this country. The American people have certainly opened their hearts to us, and we have gained much from this wonderful experience. Arriving here on Saturday, July 10 meant the beginning ot something for most of us. Only two in our group—McNeil War ner and yours truly—had been here before. It was interesting ter watch the expressions on the faces of the, members of our group as , we'neared the United States, and when we saw the lights of New York, it was a genuine thrill—a picture no ar tist could paint. Even those of us who have been here before, experience a new thrill each time we return. Our trip over was uneventful but very pleasant. Singing was the order of the day, and our group simply tooic charge of the plane. Pretty soon other passengers and all of the mem bers of the crew joined in and we had a grand community sing. It is interesting to note how music is a great leveler the only real universal lan guage. And we understood even more clearly than before that our good will tour through the United States could mean a great deal to us, because through music there is real un derstanding. We are nearing the end of our stay here now, and we have some beautiful ‘memoriea to look back on. We have had the privilege of appearing before some wonderful people and some wonderful groups of peo ple. They have received us weU, and we take back with us a most favorable impression of the American people. We hope we have left them with a favorable impression of us. At any rate, we are looking forward eagerly to a return visit, and we hope with all our hearts we will have a chance to play host to. man> of the won derful friends we have met here, in our home in Bermuda— the Isle of Rest. EDITOB’S NOTE: Mr. Laureen White is on va cation, and Hvill return next week. In his place this week, we include greetings from 6^ aid A. Brangman, who directs Male Choir ot 'St. John's A.M.E. Church in Bailey’s. Bay B«- muda. He. and his group are on a good will tour of the United States. WASHINGTON AND "SMALL BUSINESS’ THE PAIiADOXES OF SEGREGATNN The American Negro living in the Sodth has proved through the years his ability to cope with some of the most difficult situations known to mankind. His patience in } '|dealing with the idiosyncras ies, inferiority complexes and paradoxes in southern life are at times almost astounding to Jaehold. On the train Negroes sit in the front, on the bus, in tfie^ back.4n one court house they are relegated to the gaUeri^ in another to the rear of the lower floor. In still another, they are allowed one side of the entire courtroom. In one city Negroes may use the public parks; in another they are barred. At one filling station they may use the rest room, at another they dare not try. One filling station on one side of the street will sell them gas while the one on the other will not. At one theater you go around to the side to get to the buzzard roost, wMe at another you go through the front door. At Cfne liquor store, state owned, you pur chase your “hooch” at the same counter as whites, at another you must purchase it at a separate window. One store will seU Negroes clothes, another will not. One church welcomes Negr^ while another with the same God as head, with the same and the same hell, will not. In one city, such as Greens boro, the white folks cast enough votes to elect a Negro to the city coimcil without a single Negro vote being need ed. In another city, like Dur ham, a majority of them rush to the polls to vote against a man they acknowledge to be the best qualified in the race for county commissioner sole ly because he is a Negro. Well might southern Ne groes take a cue from Solo mon when he cried out to the daughters of Jerusalem “I am black but comely,” and para phrase those words and cry out, “I am black but smart.” MORE BUSINESS FOR DURHAM HOTEIS AND MERCHANTS Sooner or later the Durham hotels did a land office busi- is pulling it^ haii" out trying Chamber of Commerce is go- ness and everybody was hap- to find room accommodations ing to have to face the matter py. If this keeps up, and it ap- for the 500 or more delegates of helping provide hotel ac- pears it will, smart hotel men and visitors who will come commodations for the large in Miami proper will get here to attend the insurance number of Negro national tired of seeing hun^eds of meet. Unless Durham gets conventions that come to this thousands of dollars fimg up wise and opens its hotels to dty from time to time or see on Miami Beach cash regis- Negroes it may be a long time it fade out of the picture as a ters while they stand on the before this city sees the Na- convention city, so far as Ne- outside looUng in. tional Negro Insurance Asso- groes are concerned. Most cit- Already Miami Beach has ciation annual meeting again, ies are aware of the many scheduled the AME General Negroes ride in puUman dollars that are put in circula- Conference that carries from cars with whites in the South, tion when from 200 to 2,000 eight to ten thousand del- eat in dining cars with them delegates camp in their bord- egates and visitors for a three and stay in northern hotels ers for several days and more weeks stand. It takes no ex- with them and we see no rea- and more they are going af pert to imagine what this will son why the hotels in Durham ter conventions with an eye mean in dollars and cents to and other North Carolina toward attracting them with Miami Beach merchants as cities can’t get wise and offers of places of amuse- well as hotel men. throw open their dooi% to per- ment, better hotel accom- In Durham this month two sons of all races. This idea of modations and other advan- national conventions are trying to keep the Civil War tages without't|;egard to race, meeting here, the National going is out of date and we color or creed. Housewives’ League and the may as well face the facts. Iti Florida recently Negroes National Negro Insurance As- Several weeks ago Time attending a big convention sociation. The latter its magazine call^ attention to were accommodated in hotels session (in Miami Beach last the fact that the Negrp mar- of Miami Beach. The heavens year where the white hotels ket amounts to over $15 bil- didn’t fall and the sim and were glad to have them as lion annually, more than the the moon didn’t drip away in customers. In Durham the lo- entire country of Canada. Be- blood. On the other hand the cal entertainment committee cause of the large number of SATURDAY AUG. 14, 1954 CLATHAN M. K088, Idltor J. ALLEN CAKTBK, Ihaiitliig Bdttwr Evsry Saturdar ojr Om DJnTCb *OBL4MlEKS. iaconwrMad tMX. Patttgrmr WK. Cn«*r*4 m •tKona tltm matter at tha Poat 0«tea • Ourhaaa. North CaroUsa uadar tba AM of MarA >. l*Tt Mattaaal Alyartliii« ■a**aaao«a«hia; Umttmd Nampapan Utmbt. MMFA. L. >. AUSTIN. PnblUher M. E. JOHFNSON, BiuiBeai Manafcr R. i. HATNES, AdvertUng Bbuuger No ruarantoa ot pubUcatton of uaaoUdtad mata- rlal. to tha adttor tor pubUcxtVm miut ba ■tcnad and ooaflaad In SOO wonla. •idMcrlptlan Rataa; lOe p« eofvt montiia. U«0; Ona Yaar. W.OO (roraUo Couotrlaa, M-00 par 7—1.) Boma in Washington feel If Coagreu had mor« like Sen. John J. Wllliami of Ddaware, lower taxes, lower f'ederal'budg- •t would b* a Tealltj initead of theory. • • * When llie Scsator WM U he left the family farm and steried Ua tm and crain bi Ineaa and ^ encased in dependent bn*-! ineaa for the not inooniider- able years on- tU his elecUon] to the V. B.| Senate in 1946. Bo the Smatorl doea not have C.W. Hardar Me dlareapeot for the dollar com- Kuon amonc those who have lit tle Idea how difficult it i> to lay aside one for » rainy day. * • a The other day the Senator was audftiljf concerned with a few items in the operation ot U. S. Farm programs. a • * He stated for ezampla, a doc tor, with a good income, secured a Farm Credit AdmWstratloa loan of $16,875. He also states he foimd an Otto Znrcher of Arapa hoe, Col. engaged In the ooa> and aba operating a ra^er elaV orate tonrlst camp tapped tiie same source for $58,100. He alao stated iia found that J. Frank Kendrick, an Agrlooltnre Dept, employee at $8,400 per year and a worth of $62,000 received a loan ot $35,164 In 1951 to pat more bnlldlngs on hia Ohio farm. * • • Other unusual facts are com ing to light on nations' farm programs. • • • For example, the largest price support loan in 1953 was given to a Mtsslssippl corporation owned by a concern In Manches ter, Bnglaiid. From its 38,406 acres, the British got V. S. loan B C. WILSON HARDER tt 91,Z«,4n.8* •> balea tl enttim. Avarage Mhatwdijpl ootlw faniar raeeirfd fSTC. « • • Tlgfa Inc., operating in Cal ifornia's San Joaquin Valley, got |l,346,B18.tf on 7,U4 balM ot cotton. • • • Seattle's Borrigaa bveatmeat Co. receiTed $tCl,8U on wheat. • * • Largest com loan went to Ad ams Bros. & Co., a family part nership headed by K. O Adams, trustee of a large instirance firm with homes in Iowa and Miami Beach HU firm received (190,- 944. The average Iowa com grower received $2,154. • • • Government records show only M corporate farms aooonated for almost $18 miUion tm govern ment leans. And this Is m sltna- tios of which Agrionltore Secre tary Ena Benaon is aware; ia even said t* deplore. * y * Indetfendeal businessmen, knowing nation’s welfare rests on independent family sized farms along with independent business opportunity, have wil lingly paid taxes to help tide over lndei>endent farmers while squeezed between domestic sur pluses an(Tflood of cheaply'pro- duGAd. isiDorted ftnn pr^ucts. • • • Bat independent bnsiaessmen little rdlsii tapping of their tlUs for benefit of wealthy corporate farm venturea, including Brit ish owned ooea. As long as this sitnatlon continues whereby big corporation farms are sobsldJied lo prodnce surpluses, and foreign Importa oentinue, the problem ef the taxpayer, the consnmer or of the independent farmer win never be sdved. Former Agri- cnlture Secretary Charles Bran- nan proposed to limit price sup- iwrt loans to the first $25,000 werth produced on any farm, ifow businessmen wander what plan Secretary Benson has to stop this abuse. ^00 0.5.1 ^ I 1975- FOR THE GOOD HARVEST American industry is sowing today for a promised in vest of jobs and production in the years to come. As it sowa, to be sure, so shall it reap. The sowing consists of the millions of dollars it most spend for research, expansion, new plant and equipment. The fertile ground is an American eco9oniy;,which must sup port a 200 million population by 1975. If a trend toward ever bigger and bigger government b not permanently reversed, the sowing for tomorrow will be meager indeed. The Adndnistration has made a start to ward Bringing Government Back Home, thus reducing its size fedexaliy. "AT LAST, WE ARE HGHIINC HIM TOGETHER" (30N6 ATTACK MUST Spiritual Insight “TWENTY MINUTES A DAY” BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND PMtor, Mount GUmuI Church “Take time and trouble to keep yourself spirituallj/ fit... Spiritttal fitness is essential... 1 Timothy-4-8. Have you ever thought of what Just twenty minutes can do in changing your outloolc oh life. Twenty minutes can make the difference between success and failure. Twenty minutes given to the soul nourishment of meditation, prayer and Bible reading can save you from dis couragement and defeat. The soul needs to be fed as well as the body. We have all too many mahiottfished and empty souls around us. Too many among us laclc the joy of triumphant living pro mised by Clirist. We liave bur» dcned rather than abundant living. Too many lives laclc the peace and joy the Master came to bring. Twenty minutes of daily prayer and meditation would change many of our lives. May I suggest, therefore, that you join the Twenty Minute CliibT You pay rib “lee you llisr take out twenty minutes of the twenty four hours God gives you each day for meditation, prayer and Bible reading. Try it and your life will take on a new bounce of joyous living. You can take just twenty minutes a day! You take time to feed yOtu* body. You can take twenty minutes to feed your soul! It is the highest wisdom to take a little time to be Holy- TO THINK ON GOD’S GOOD NESS, MERCY AND LOVING KINDNESS. You should never get too busy for the Holy Pause. So you are too busy. Are you? I am rushed too much in the morn ing. No! you can get up twenty minutes earlier. Too busy? Look at all the time you have on your hand. We have time for everything else. Let us take twenty minutes out of ^t GOD GIVEN TWENTY FOUR HOXJRS! In the mad, grinding rush of the times we need THE HOLY Pause. We need the moments of quietness. We need the little chat with God. We need the rilSJtt the WORD CMP €KM> CAN THROW ON THE DARK PATH! We need God’s message of understanding, faith, hope. patience, forgiveness, love and peace on the job and in the home. In a time of so much bad news we need to hear the GOOD NEWS of God’s love to redeem the most wretched. Twenty minutes with God will help get the day started right. A good start means every- tlung. Twenty minutes with God will prepare you to meet graciously the annoyances, irri tations and insults of the day. Try this twenty minutes of prayerful communion. You will regret it. Your soul will grow and gain power to meet life’s difficult demands. Let us then ponder the wis dom of these twenty minutes in the life oi a human being. Let us join the twenty minute club and see your lives take on a new radiance of Divine power for Uvinff...‘Take time to keep yourseU spiritually fit...SPIRI TUAL FITNESS IS ESSEN TIAL..." Join the twenty minute frittfo and see your 4ife take on a new joy—a sense of victorious living. STRAIGHT AHEAD —Jtf OUr* A. AOmm NEW YORK Open letter to Dorothy KU- gallen: Dear Miss Kilgallen: For years now, we’ve follow ed your daily syndicated column and found it interesting and stimulating. When you took to radio and television we fol lowed you there. We think you have a keen mind, a sense of humor and in most areas, you are well-informed. However, through the years, in your columns, you have often re ferred to Harlem and its people, and there has been a feeling in many quarter^ that, judging from your writings, you have not taken the time to be as well informed on Harlem as you should be. Harlem, as you well know, is considered all over the world as the Negro '^capltal of the United States. Therefore, references to it in widely syndicated coliunns such as yours are extremely im portant. So far, we have only found in yoiu- columns com ments on Harlem that are lemi- nlscent of an era when it was popular to refer to all Negroes as “carefree and happy" and all Negro neighborhoods as dens of vice. Since you are well informed on so many other subjects, it is just possible that you may not have had the opportimity to gain any knowledge of Harlem through personal contact; and it is apparent that your infor mants are selling the neighbor hood short. There are many things go ing on up here that you obvious ly don’t "know about, and we suggest you pay us a visit and spaid an entire day, so that you can see Harlem’s institu tion^ and meet some of its peoi>le—average citizens as tiiey go about the daily busi ness of making a living. We sug gest you see some of Harlem's day life as well u its night life. We don’t want you to miss the slums, because they are a part of every large city, put we want you to see something be sides the seamy side. Harlem is like any other com munity in the United States. It has everything, and it makes its, contribution to the good life we all share. And, since this is true, we object—and we Qiink.| rightly so—when our communi ty of hard-working, sober citi zens is maligned as a neighbor hood of superficial, pleasure seeking people who live with no thought for tomorrow. Yoiv vast audiences should have an opportunity to come to Icnow S(miething of the truth of Negro life in this community. UNITED NATIONS NOTES By JAUBS B. LAWSOS (Aeccedttad UN ConMpondcmt) UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. FranceJtook the first con crete st^sln Premier Mendes- France's project to end violence and bidld harmony in Tunisia by granting it autonomy. It freed all the Neo-Destoiu: (In dependence) Party leaders, in cluding M. Mongi Slim. How ever, M. Hahib Bourghlba, ac cepted Nationalist Chief, is now in forced French residence. It is hoped he will soon be fieed. MOROCCO...In freedom- seeking Morocco, North Africa, violence surged higher as word spread that Tunisia had Iseen offered autonoipy. S e v e r al offered autonomy. Several Frenchmen were killed in Casa blanca, a bomb blew up in a French car, a rail line was cut, and ten fires were started. In Tunis, die-hard French colonists angrily blasted the autonomy offer. V.I.P.’s.-Syngman Rhee^, first President of the Republic of Ko rea, was in New Yorit last week, and was given the “red carpet treatment" with ‘ th^ usual parade up Broadway, and ap propriate ceremonies at' City Hall...Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia returned to Addis Ababa last Satturday...Premier Gamel Abdul Nasser ^of Egypt left last week for Mecca. College Opening Set For Sept. 15 DintHAM ^.^orth Carolina College’s 43rd year of activities will begin Wednesday, Septeml>er 16, and the week of September 15-22 has been designated for Fresh man Orientation. Classes for the Fall term start Thursday, Sept. 23. Regular orientation and medical examinations will be held for the students in Duke- Auditorium and the Health Cen ter on September IS. Among the participants in the orientation program are: R. D.' Russell, counselor; President A. Elder; Dean George and Dr. Charles D. Watts, tor, student health services. ilie English Placement amination will be held at U a.m. in Duke Auditoritun on Thursday, September 18. Ernest Ward, Rocky Moimt senior, president of the North Carolina College Student Gov ernment, will welcome the stu dents Thursday morning. Miss.L. M. Latham, dean of (Please turn to Page Seven) esldent a. T. Kyle; ktts, dirlK- rvices. \ tnent •;v S.