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PAGE TWO tfOt CABOUNA TnfES SATURDAY, AVQ, II, 1IS4 mCOME NATIONAL HOUSEWIVES' LEAGUE The Carolina Times takas this method of welcoming to Durham the 17th annual ses sion of the National House wives’ League of America. All of Durham is proud to have you as guests in our city arid it is the sincere hope of us all that your session here will be the finest in the history of your great o^anization. Although Durham is out right the smallest city in whith your organization has ever met, we .believe it to be one of the most unique in the nation when it comes to the achievement of its Negro citi zens. Here in this small com munity of around 30,000 members of the race, there are to be found some of the largest business enterprises owned and operated by Ne groes anywhere in th^ world. Here, Negroes oWrt M6re homes per capita than any where else in America. Dur ham is the birthplace of the first suit, seeking the admis sion of Negroes to a state uni versity. In 1950, without the aid of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People, Durham Ne- froes raised approximately 10,000 to finance a success ful suit to equalize Negro public schools with those pro vided for white citizens. It has been truthfully said that you can tell the progress of a people by their churches, schools and libraries, and we would add their hospitals. The church structures, those completed and now under construction, place Durham in the forefront of any city in the state. The Stanford L. Warren Library is rated the best in the state and among the best operated by and for Negroes in the South. Our schools, including North Carolina College, are among the best. Lincoln Hospital, lo cated here is reputed to be the best in the race this side of Washington. In ^ite of all this our Durham Committee on Negro Affairs is constant ly at work to improve the status of the race in every field of endeavor. There are many more achievements of which Dur ham is proud and which space will not permit us to mention here. On behalf of all of Dur ham’s business, professional and educational institutions, the Carolina Times again wel comes the National House wives’ Lea^e of America. A SALUTE TO HONEST NEfiRO LEADERSHIP Ninety-nine of 100 Negro leaders in Mississippi, meet ing with the state official Legal, Educational Advisory Committee, voted recently against a proposal of their state’s Governor Hugh White for “Voluntary” segregation in public schools. Shocked at th^ir action the Governor stated that he had believed the Negro leaders would go along with his proposal. “Now 1 am definitely of the con clusion you can’t put any faith in any one of them on this proposition,” he said. In our own state 120 Ne gro principals and ^ super visors, attending their fifth annual conference at North Carolina College in Durham, voted unanimously, last States Supreme Court’s de cision outlawing segregation in public schools. While Gov ernor Umstead has made no public statement concerning the action of the principals and supervisors, he too is probably shock^ that this usually “cooperative” ele ment, has let him down on this most important matter before his “advisory” commit tee had time to set the pattern in this state. We salute the Negro lead ers in Mississippi and our principals and supervisors in this state. The stand taken by the latter is a good indication of just how the 8,000 teachers in North Carolina feel on the matter of segregation in pub lic schools. It is also a good indication that Negro leader- week, to approve the United ship has about decided that it is time to stop practicing de ceit and stand up and be counted. Intelligent white people in the South will appreciate hon est and forthright action on the part of Negro leaders. On ly those of the stupid ele ment have tried to make themselves believe that Ne groes would prefer the hum- ilation of segregated to non segregated schools. Now that truth is being enthroned rather than lies about what the Ne^ro wants, the South should become the strongest citadel of Democracy in the nation. A RaiGION FOR WHITE FOLKS ONLY There is one segregated realm which the white folks may keep and rest assumed that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or no other organization of N''gioes will ever try to invade and that is their sect of snake handlers in religious services. Negroes have been known to ape white folks in most every field of endeavor and white folks have made fortunes on the ste^e, screen^ radio and tSevision aping Negroes. We have searched far and near, however, in an attempt to ,find >^oup of Negroes low enough in intellegence to be lieve they have got to handle deadly satin-black rattle snakes, or any other kind for that matter, as a means of worshipping God. This newspaper will admit that several Negro churches have come up with some pe culiar .tn4}ind>v and -Ideas about worship. We are of the opinion, however, that the matter of snake-handling as a form of worship is strictly “for white folks only.” So far as we are concerned in this instance they are abso lutely welcome to all the seg- regatioft they wish. We pre fer shouting, hand-clapping, holy dancing and holy roll ing. At Trenton, Georgia, last week, a 67-year-old white man died in his preacher’s arms as the result of a bite by a deadly satin black rattle snake he had been handling. He was the third recent vic tim of snake bites in these strange religious irueetings' that our white folks have in some sections of the country. Similar deaths of other white persons have been recorded at Fort Payne, Alabama and at Long Beach, California. It might not be a bad idea for Governor Talmadge and other southern govemers who are so determined to retain segregation tti the piiBirc schools of the south to in stitute a little snake-handling service at chapel exercise for that purpose. We assure them that “na^” editorial 'CviU be written in these columns in favor of forcing them to ad mit Negroes. NEGRO REPRESENTATIOK ON POLICY MAKING BODIES We don’t know what the City Board of Eklucation has in mind about filling the va cancy created by the resigna tion of James M. Slay. We do know that the names of sev eral Negro leaders were pre sented the Board with the idea in mind of having them select one to fill the vacancy. When it is considered that the Negro population of Dur ham constitutes about one- third of the total and that the Negro school population is over 40 per cent and the race has absolutely no represen tation on the Board, it is no wonder that the Negro citi zens are beginning to seek representation. We think the Board would do a most SATURDAY magnanimous thing if it would appoint one of the Ne groes suggested. Such a per son could do much to aid in bringing about a better un derstanding of what the Ne gro citizens desire in their schools. In every instance in which Negroes have been added to policy making groups or oth erwise, they have contributed to a better understanding than heretofore existed. The Unit- ted Fund, the Recreation De partment and the Police Force are some of the arests in which Negroes have been called up on to share the responsibility of making Durham a better city. In all of them they have 'measured up and have been gBBEHHm L. >. AUSTIN, PnblUher of untold service. Both Greensboro and Ra leigh have had Negro repre sentation on the Board of Education for several years. The reports from both cities are to the effect that their service has made for a better understanding and a more workable program for all the schools. Certainly if these cit ies in which Negroes have not contributed half as much to the economic welfare of the community as they do in Dur ham have found it important to have Negro representation on their Boards of Education, Durham with all of its large Negro coiporations and large number of Negro home own ers could do as much. AUG. 21, 1954 CLATHAN M. BOSS, E4tUr J. ALLEN CAKTER, tUmtftmg Editor PuMtiiwtf Mnry Saturday oj tfaa UNITXS WBUSHERS. Ioo>rporaM4 • Sit K. Patttfrew 8t Kat««4 aa aacaiM «(aaa mattar at «ha raat a Uurhaoi. Nertli Carallaa lute tha Act a( Ifardi 1. ItTfl. Nattanal A4ra-tMn( ItoptMaotattn; Vm’iil wwaeapara M—hir. MMPA. lotaratata M. E. JOHNS9N, BiuiaiM Mawkf«r B. J. HAYNES, Adv^rtiiiaf BiMSger No (uarantaa ot pubUcatton o tuuoUdtad mata- rtaJ. Letter! to tha aditar for puUleatlon muat ba •igmd uui contlaa* to SOP iroi^a. Subaciiptlon Kataa: 19e par oapj; Cte ■»»«»«■— W-00; OtM Yaar, V3.00 (Fonfga Countrlaa, f4.00 per Taar.) ************ *—rrrntimint^^j- GETTING ALONG BY LAUREEN WHITE NEW YORK No news grips tha attention of this observer more com pletely than the news of sub ject people gaining sell gov ernment. It makes no differ ence wlio the subject people are or were — whether they were American colonists be fore 1776 or any of the present day subject people. If they were or are struggling for free dom, information concerning them i» of interest. Consider Tunlala and Mo rocco at tto time. Ilieae eosn- tries have been "protectorateti” of France since 1881 and 1812 respectively. Althoagh the Bey of Tunis and tiie Snltan of Morocco are officially the heads of their goTemments, actual power is vested in a French Besident General. And, as usual French settlers (col ons) have enjoyed special pri vileges in both countries. This condition has been a great source of irritation to the inhabitants of both these North African countries. Trou ble, bloodshed and violence have continually cropped up here. Since the Indo-China armis tice both these countries have intensified their efforts to gain self government. In faet, their demands have been s* pressing that a Tunisian re form plan has been presented to the Frrach Cabinet. Undor the plan the Tunisians will have eomylete autonomy of their internal attain, bat France will manage Tunisia^ defense and foreign attain. To an objective observer that proposal seems to be as fair as can be made by the French Premier at this time. However, the Tunisians will not be com pletely satisfied with the ar rangement because they want control of both their domestic and foreign affairs. Then, the colons will not be satisfied be cause they know that the above concession will lead to other concessions which wiU mean the end of special pri vileges for them. The Tunisians will eventnally gain their complete Independ ence. The Moroccans will not be forever denied thein, either As colored Americans watch the struggle of these proscrib ed and rejected people, per haps we can leam in what direction we should press. The day of exploitation can be over for every group of people who want to take ad vantage of the change that is happening in the affairs of men. Those of us who are left out of the mainstream of American life — those of us who have been forced to sow where we could not reap — should take notice. Then we ahould be governed by the sage who said, “Please don’t don’t let this tftunrest pass.” LETTERS TO THE EDITOR street Improvement Dear Editor; * Since recently establishing residence in this city, I have been constantly aimoyed by the poor system here along the line of street improvements, especially in some Negro sec tions. I Icnow however that it is a general rule for the local au thorities to see that all the main streets in a city are kept in fair condition for heavy traffice and whatever funds are left are used for paving the subordinate ones. To me however, it seems that in some heavily populated Negro sec tions in this city, there are too> many unpaved streets. Durham is a city steeped in high educational and other cultural advantages, and in some areas its Negro populace does a magnificent job to put ting equallzatitth' in' effeot. I think that a group of citizens living in sections where there are unpaved streets should form a committee to meet the city officials and ask force fully that something be done to the streets on which they live so that when rains come overshoes and galoshes will not be insufficient to keep a person’a-feet-dfy. H. C. CONNORS Negro Mail Carriers Dear Editor: Recently while talking to some friends, I discovered that Durham is woefully behind' some cities to this state to a nimiber of thtogs. The potot that struck me most was the fact that Cmr- ham, a city of approximately 30,000 Negroes, has only about five Negro postal employees or. less in its Post Office. My assumption on this is that there is somethtog wrong somewhere. It may be tliat Negroes to the city are not toterested to se curing positions to this branch of government service, or pos sibly they don’t know how to qualify for the positions. An other possible reason for this discrepancy may be that the postmaster does not want to hire Negroes to this area. In a city this size, an^ of the totellect which is prevalent {unong its Negro citizens, there should be someone here who ia/not afraid to fight for an eqlial Opportunity for applica tion to examinations for these jobs as well as persons of the white race. For my personal information, I wish someone would tell me why there are so few Negroes employed in the postal system here and why there are no let ter carriers, or truck drivers on -the Durham -Post nttee staff. It is my contention that there are plenty of young men graduating from the local col lege each year who can qual ify for this opportunity. Respectfully, K. S. COLES WASHINGTON ANO ' SMALL BUSINESS” ardar Clrcua-lik* Anny.lWcCartfar hearings have created confused comment. Many wrilfi "What good are Coagressinnwl oommit- teeiT". • • • Beaponalble WMklncton lead ers feel it Imfortnnste that emo- tionsl Tiewpointa on personalities In dispnte (1t rise to this feei-‘ inir with main' Issue ever-i looked. • « Bere's bail) issue. It is elusive privi lege of jCon- grass to mi' laws. It is dut of executiV' branch, through what has grown to be a myriad ct bvureaas, to aoloroa thoia laws. • • • Tlndac Amaiican system, a boreeuorat Is ne sacrad oow. ]Power Is vested la OoBfreas. Held responsible, Concress, there fore most Bsoertsin whether Its laws are carried oat, what law modlfloatlons are needed to make enforcement praotioal. TMs work Is split op among com mittees. * A • Fortunately, people usually elect gentlemen to Congreii with a high sense of justice and re sponsibility. That it is possible to be ambltio"':, forceful, result ful and still be a gentleman was proved by the Kefauver crime in vestigating committee. Occa sional failure of a committee to meet traditionally high Congres sional standards of ccmduct is no reason to eliminate committees. * * • As example the Senate Small Bnslneas Cimmlttee has released Its annaal report. This commit tee siaoe laoepttea, headed by geatlemea has accomplished a great deal (or Indepcndoit bnai- nese and American economy. • * e Among scores of matters re ported on, is study being made B, ■_ W|I.50N HARDER of nations distributive industry. The Committee states “Assist ance propams for small busi nessmen in the past have shown a marked tendency to eoncen- trate on the problem of the man ufacturing community. Oistrib- ; utive trades have problems just > as numerous, just as com^ex . . . should receive the day-by- day attention of those charg^ : with responsibility ot i>rotecting I rights and increasing opportun- ‘ itles of all small businessmen." ; * * * The report also pomts ont tha i Importanee ot the dlstrlbiitlTe i business te the Amertcaa econ. { omy . . . ever 24% ot all em ployment la provided by this la- dnstryi mostly by small firms. • * e Tha report further covers the need* for enforcement of anU tnut laws and fair trade laws. * • * Hi* oomnal^ee alae charges Jnstloe Department and Federal Trade Commission with dragging their heels in enforcing them. • 1 • But thia la noteworthy. There are no flamboyant personality charffss that so and so is being paid off secretly by such and such corporation. * * e Instead Arm language Indicates ■nleaa suitable action Is forth- comlag, the committee will take steps, based on well decnmentcd (acta. No threat* of character assasslnatlea, jaat (acts. • * • Therefore, it is hoped in Wash ington that due to current vmlor- tunate incident public will not clamor for curtailment of Cong ressional investigative powers, but rather for Congress to "take over” even more control. • • • Tweaty years age Coagreas permitted Ita tariff pew- ers to be taken away from It, with the residt that today an esti mated Mt,*M American workers are Idled by hog* Imperta of cheap (eralga prodacta. "Now That The CUn Has Been Broken, We Can Again Lead The Way." SS Spiritual Ins^ht “ON THE RIGHT PATH” “U a man should be de- teated in aome sin, my bro- tlien* the apiritual one* among you should quietly set him back on the right, path . . .” Gal. Christ taught healtog and forgiveness for the wayward and the sinful. Often it seems hard for us to show forgive ness to the waywardT among us. We are hesitant about extend- tog a helping hand to the way ward. We are too prone to condemn to our self-righteous ness. The wayward needs re storation, assurance, accept ance and a gracious hand of helpfutoess. If 1 am already anffering be cause of sin I need the heal tog magic of human and Divine love. It is unchristian to kiclc me around when I am already down. The wayward act ot one who knows God Is punlsiiment enough: IT MEANS PAINFUL ISOLA TION OF THE SOUL. Thus, wliat is needed is restoration and healing. The spirit of Christ suggests BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church that we lend a helptog. hand in getttog a wayward human being back on the rii^t path. We are commanded to brtog to bear the healtog power of God’s love. Is it Cliristlike to kick a man when he is down? Shonid I cniah and condenm tha one who erred? Wliat ia my Chris tian duty to a wayward bro ther? You should extend a itelptog hand. Help the wound ed to Iiis fert again. In ioving- klndnesa hdp pnt the way ward back on the right path. Sad to say that we are not in clined to do this at ail times. Paul reminds yon tlutt it could have been you. Just suppose he shoe waa on the other toot.. How would you feel to be crushed and kicked around? The Holy Spirit ought move us to save the wayward by helping to put him baek on the right path. The helping hand could have saved count less souls from death and de- gredation. You won the gratitude of the one you help ftod the way agato. Our duty is to reclaim the wayward. What nobler deed can you perform than to let God use to reclaim and heal the soul-wound of the wayward? There is more re- joictog to Heaven over one soul that is reclaimed than over ntoety-ntoe that need no reclaimtog. The siek need the healing touch ot Dlvtoe Love tlirongh you. Ciirist came into the world for such healing. Two souls are blesaad in the pro cess — your own and tiiat of the wayward one. Let God use you to help the wayward back to the right path. The Christian should not be too hasty to condemn. Our slogan should be: SLOW TO CONDEMN, BUT QUICK TO HELP AND TO HEAL!! We should be channels for God’s healing, forgtveness, love and peace. Khai a haautUul ad monition to those who Imow God's redeeming love . . . "If a man should sin . . . the spir itual ones among you should Nquietly set him baek on th« right path . . .” STRAIGHT AHEAD 8y Olivo A. NEW YORK Durtog the past few weeks, we have noticed considerable criticism of President Eisen hower for betog “snappish” with some reporters at his weekly press conference. Men tioned particularly was a Ne gro woman reporter whose questions on segregation, hous ing and the like as they effect Negroes, seem to have Irritated the President. Many people do not under stand the teeliniques employ ed by reporten in these con ferences. While the i^ess con ference may be designed tor reporten to “get tlie nows first-lutnd for their “readers", it is undeniably true that nia^ reporten are sent tliere to draw out a certain angle of the news, and their qnesttons are framed many times to put an official on tk« spot. Certainly a “liberal” news paper which had established a reputation for backing almost exclusively the causes of labor and advocating a government supervision >over most ot the nation’s activity, would expect its representative to frame a a question to such a way as to gain public sympathy for the views of his paper. The “con servative" newspaper’s repre sentative — the paper which I supports the idea of free en terprise and the development of todivldual toitiative, will ask questions designed to bring out the potots which his news paper supports. Tliis, of course, is legltiniate. However, the clover reporter has mastered tiia art ot “need ling” the offieial who is bring intorviewed without obvions- ly sUpping ii^ in the taee. In otiier wordSi he nses a stiletto instead ot a meat axe when it is all over, no one could possibly argne that ba was not the very soul ot dis cretion. We are happy to luiow that our Negro reporters have to recent years been able to at tend these presidential press Conferences and brtog up the questions Negroes everywhere are toterested to. The change has often been made, however, that Negroes at such times, become completely absorbed to the race problem and be labor that question to the ex clusion of all others. That is certatoly understandable, be cause we have had to live with this problem every day and have been weighted down with it. Our reporten in Washington, through skillful handling ot their questions, can make It umnistakably clear that our problema on the home front are of ^ime Importance. But they also have the responsl- hility tor seeing to it that their questions are legitimate de signed to get the truth, fram ed in such a way as to throw tte spotlight on any controver- riai question, letting the chip* fall where they may. UNITED NATIONS NOTES Bj JABOS B. LAWSON (Aceredttad UN Corrssyond—t) UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.— NEHRU AND THE MAU MAU . . . The British'have collected what tRey consider irrefutable evidence Unking Prime Mtoister Nehru of India with the bloody Mau Mau kill- togs of English settlers to Kenya. The British, it was learned on high authority, are most disturbed over what they call Nehru's secret role In the Kenya rebellion of the last two years. They say Nriiru has directed the distribution ot hundreds ot thousands ot pamphlets urging the blacks in Kenya to continue their warfare against all white settlers.' Radio broad- caats from New Delhi are di rected at Indiana and Africans in Kenya telling tham to keep the tight golag. What infuriates the British is that the Indiaik population to Kenya has accepted permanent seats to the so-called Kenya govermnent while Nehru and the Indians outside of Kenya are said to be sabotagtog ef forts to settle the differencs. India’s official representa tive, Apa Pant Wan, was kick ed ont Koiya by the British last Febrnary tor being in charge of the prtq^tganda pro gram urging the Man Man to keep up the tighthig. The British say the Indian program ia designed to stir up raeial hatred agataist the British. The goal is said to be to help the Africans kick the Brltiafa ont ot aU Africa ae the caa dominate the OmitiasBt
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