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PAGE TWO THE CABOUNA TIMES SATURDAY, SEPT. 18, 1954 **Fret not thy$elf because of evildoertf neUher be thou envious against the uMrkert of iniquity. For they $htdl soon be cut down like the jrraM, and wither as the green herb.'* —PKim 37:1-2 A PtOGMM FOftTHE COMEE ON NEGRO AFFAIRS On Thursday evening, Sep tember 16, the Durham Com mittee on Negro Affairs will hold its first meeting since it recessed for the summer sea son. There are many import ant matters that should claim the attention of the Commit tee and it is our hope that all of them will be given care ful and serious attention. We think the first and one of the most important mat ters facing the committee is that of the fall election. In spite of the fact that an elec tion in most southern states is usually only a grand re hearsal of the primary that preceded it, it is our opinion that the time has come when the South ought to discard the custom of always voting for the Democratic Party in stead of for men and mea sures. Unless we are sadly mistaken, we believe the 1952 election, when several southern states went repub lican, was a trend in that " direction. Because the books will be open for registration, the Durham Committee on Ne- grt) Affairs and other inter ested groups all over the state, for that matter, will have a splendid opportunity to increase the size of the Ne gro vote. Every church, fra ternity, club and individual should get busy and see to it that a large number of Ne groes in ow citi^ and boun ties are registered. In this effort the Durham Committee wiU no doubt see to it that this city and county do not lag behind. Another important matter facing the local committee is that of having the coal yards removed from E. Pettigrew Street. Not only are they un sightly but the flying coal dust from them is a nuisance to the businesses along that street, as well as to indi viduals. A third and equally im portant project, if not more so, is that qf more employ ment for Negroes in muni cipal, county and state jobs. At present no Negroes are employed in Durham as dep uty sheriffs, firemen, admin istrators, stenographers or clerks. Even the driving of the garbage truck is limited to “whites only.” This ought not to be and we believe if an honest, intelligent and sincere effort is made to have quali fied Negroes employed in all of these positions that success will attend it. A fourth and most import ant for the Committee is the employment of a full time ex ecutive secretary. We think the Committee has reached the stage in its development when it needs the full time employment of a qualified person to follow through on the many minute and intri cate problems and tasks that consume too much time of persons who are otherwise engaged. This newspaper believes that at least $10,000 can be raised from corporations, businesses, churches and in dividuals for the employment of an executive secretary, if the campaign is properly or ganized and promoted. It is certainly too much to expect busy men and women to con tinue to take time out at a sacrifice from their work, homes and other responsibii- ties to carry out the work of the committee. The Carolina Times trusts that the officials of the Com mittee on Negro Affairs will study the above matters and find some immediate way in which to put all of them in force. WEST VIRGINIA UW ON TRIAL Reaction in various sections of the South where imple mentation of integration in public schools hsis already be gun, appears to us to range from acceptance to downright rebellion as was evidenced in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia where 300 white high school students paraded, carrying placards reading, “No Negroes Wanted In Our Schools.” These irresopnsible youngsters, who were prob ably backed by their more ir responsible parents, have on ly hurt themselves and their country in their unrighteous and undemocratic attitude to ward their fellow Negro stu- dnts. The 25 Negro students will come out of the experience stronger, the 300 white stu dents weaker because they have indulg^ themselves in the warped notion that the color of their skin makes them better than their fellow Ne gro students. No man can look down his nose at a fellow human being, howere low in the scale of humanity such a one may be, without being the loser. The action of the* students and their parents, who are protesting to school officials about instituting^ a form of education that would practice democracy rather than talk it, is the best propaganda fodder for the Communists that has happened since the Supreme Court ruling on seg regation in public schools was handed down on May 17. The front pages in Russian and Chinese newspapers will probably make great use of the incident. _If civilization is so weak that it cannot stand the presence of C\ 25 Negro students, or more for that matter, in a school of 300 white students then it were better that it be for gotten. The action of the stu dents and their parents is evi dence of a sizeable inferiority complex. School authorities in West Virginia should not bow to the will of such mob action on the part of students and par ents. For the action is not against an injustice, the Ne* gro students or the school of ficials, it is against the U. S. Supreme Court. Any action on the part of school officials that will leave the impression on the minds of the students tha they can get away with defying the highest court in the land is a dangerous pro cedure and will in time take for all}-! law and order. The law in West Virginia is on trial. THE CASE OF ELEANOR RUSti The curtain has been rung down on the unhappy story of Eleanor Rush who recently came to her untimely death at Woman’s Prinson in Ra leigh. Whether or not the truth has been told or ever will be known in this most unfortunate prison tragedy is seriously doubtful. Those who are familiar with the skill and manner in which officials of the law can manipulate testi mony or evidence in cases in volving the death of a Negro, or even lesser brutality, are fully aware that officers of the law do not always tell the truth in cases of such kind. The escape of conviction at several trials or hearings of the Apex Chief of Police, in volving, the murder of two Negroes in jail, the brutal beating of another and the at tempted rape of two Negro teen-age girls is typical of what sometimes happens when the law is overtaken in acts of violence against Ne groes. Officers are most al ways upheld and the per petrators of their foul deeds, absolved. That the treatment of un ruly prisoners often presents a difficult problem will not be denied here. It will be de nied though that those in au thority have the right to take the life of such prisoners or conduct themselves in such a manner as to cause the death of persons confined in pri son, without the .orders of the court. For whatever we may think, do or say, we must not allow to gain momentum here in North Carolina, the idea that a human being, what ever his state or condition, is to receive the same treatment as a mad dog. For certainly there are times when, even under the influence of too much liquor, one may lose his equilibrium while driving an automobile, or otherwise, and commit acts that are more be coming a mad dog than a hu man being. But we must not say or even make the slightest suggestion that of ficials of the law have a right to shoot down such a person on sight or tgike his life by other methods as one would take the life of a mad dog or other lower animal. ' The manner in which Eleaner Rush died then ad vances the question as to whether or not North' Carolina prison practices have ad vanced with modern methods of handling persons Under prison confinement. The practices at Central prison and other places of confine ment in this state probably need careful study. If Eleanor Rush’s death means that North Carolina will discover that our treat ment, care and training of prisoners have become out moded, she did not die in vain. For the purpose of im prisonment should not be the destruction of men but the redemption of them. Any oth er objective should be looked upon as unbecoming the peo ple of a free nation. September 18,1954 Saturday L.. I. AUSTIN, rnbUsher CLAinAN M. ROSS, Edtt*r J. ALLEN CAKTEB, Bbuufinc EdUor Publlehed Evarjr SttunUjr bjr umrSD WVBUMBjam, InooivonM M S18 E. FatUcmr St bitmd M meoai oUw matter at tha Poat OtOoa at Durfaan, NbtIIi Carolina uadar tha Act of Manb S. un. Matloaal B^cwantatlva OatM IHwpapwi. M—tiar, MMVA. Intanlat* M. E. JOHNSON, Businan Manatrer B. 1. HATNES, Advertising Manager No ruarantae o{ pubUcaUon o( unaolidtad mata- rlal. Lettan to the editor (or publication muat ba ucnad and confined to SOO word*. Subtcrlptlan Ratet: 10c par copy; 9lx montba, t3.00; Oaa Year, W OO (Foialcii Countrlaa, 14.00 par raar.l uaMad ll>wpap»re. M—tiar, MMVA. par raar.l LETTER TO THE EDITOR The Editor The Carolina Times Durham, N. C. Dear Sir: Your issue of Saturday, Sept. 11, tells of the vain attempts ol a Catholic Negro to get his children enrolled In the Imma- culata School, in spite of Bishop Vincent Waters pastoral letter of last June 12, addressed to all his Catholic officials in the Diocese of Raleigh, which de clared that “there is no segre gation of races to be tolerated in the Diocese of Raleigh”. The same issue contains an editorial which says, “there is something rotten in the Catholic Church in Durham”, in connection therewith. Perhaps your editorial com ments are a trifle harsh, as a result of failing to properly ap preciate the,- perplexing prob lems confronting the Catholic Church in the matter, in view of her relation to the Negro in slavery times, and her attitude toward the status and mental capabilities of the members of the Negro race for hundreds of years. An understanding of the Ca tholic Church’s evaluation of the Negro’s mentality can gleaned from volume fifteen of the official Catholic Encyclo pedia, on page 169, to be found in the Durham Public Library, where it is said of the Negro, “In the diversified industries of that section (the North) slave labor was not regarded as effi cient. In the South,, on the other hand, life was largely agricultural. On the large plan tations the Negro could be em ployed to advantage. His mind was adapted to the simple oper ation required jn the tobacco and rice fields, while his body was well suited to its semi- tropical climate”. These words were written and published as recently as 1913. Perhaps it might have been better if the author of this ar ticle had said “his education” or “his training”, since the dic tionary defines “mind” as “in tellectual or rational power, intellect, right reason, sanity”. Another incident w h i c n would tend to indicate that there has been a great change the that of in the attitude of the Catholic Church toward the Negro is mentioned in a book entitled “The CathoUc Church in I^ouisi- ana”, written by Baudier, and offlcialjx sanctioned by proper dignitaries of church. The author tells large bands of escaped Negro slaves in Southern Louisiana, in the year 1784, whose activi ties were a menace to the popu lace, and states, -"a shortage ol ^gular troops made it neces sary to raise a special detach ment of militia.—^The princi pal chief of the ‘savage Negroes’ San Malo, and some 50 of his followers were rounded up and brought into the city in chains. The activities of the troops and militia were praised by Bishop Cirillo, in thus protecting the populace and when the chained prisoners arrived in town, he was on the gallery of the governor to view the proces sion, expressing his praise for the success of the enterprise. Bishop Cirillo stated that even if some of the Negroes of the Capuchins (one of the Catholic orders) were implicated, h«j would be glad to see. them se verely punished as an exatriple to others. Bishop Cirillo also urged Don Francisco de Reggio, Royal Ensign, Perpetual Com missioner and Judge, not to de fer punishment of the culprits and not to consiilt with the Counsellor of War (Birtiop Cirillo was at odds with him), for he would hold up the pro ceedings by a long and devious process, “pp. 201-202. The account continues to tell h'6w four of the Negroes were put to death, and at least one other was given “100 lashes for not having told of witness ing some of the activities of the band. These “100 lashes” must have been an unforgetable experience! When we see the attitudes oi yesterday, reflected in such ac counts as these, it might be easier, from a worldly view point, to understand the hesi tancy of the church to fellow ship freely without any color- lines. Very truly yoiurs, J. J. Walsh UNITED NATIONS NOTES By JAMES B. LAWSON (Accredited U|f Correspondent) UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. African Nationalists Memo James League, Secretary of the Advisory Committee of the African Nationalist Movement, announced this week that the recommendations in their me morandum to the President of the United States concerning merchantrihfpsTo tHi^iouf in dependent African states, have received editorial endorsement from 20 Negro newspapers in this country. The recommenda tion was that the United States give, lend lease or sell 100 ships to Egypt, 100 to Ethiopia, 50 to Liberia and 25 to Lybia. Lodge Insists on UN Acticun V. S. Ambassador Henry Ca bot Lodge, sought last week a meeting of the United Nations Security Council as soon as possible to discuss the shooting down of a U. S. Navy plane by two Russfan lighters off the Si berian coast last Saturday. The request was made by formal letters to t^ Security Council. STAFF DAY„lXast "Friday evening, a party was held for the 3,000 employees at tJN headquarters. Music for the oc casion was furnished by Paul Whiteman’s orchestra, and a number of famous stars appear ed, including Helen Hayes, Ce leste Holm, William Warfield, and Edgar Bergen and Charlie I McCarthy. WASHINGTON AND "SMALL BUSINESS nM annualTeport of tha Housa ■man Business Committee, head- - «d by Rep. William HIU of Colo rado, furnishes interesting facts CO eunent economlo problenis. * » * XUs report ahowa ^eot of tas>- M, tOTcrnment proonrement pot- lolea, and other factors on lade- pendeat fcni' — neaa, bnt ( of the moat terestbig ia aoalyals worklnc Cl tid ofnuunifi tartng oorpoi tfams aoco to aba d mined by Bata. • • * crwTHird^ A comparison Is made between first ItSl quarter and 1953 third quarter. Total corporation work ing capital in 1951 was «51 billion, with almost half of total con trolled by few corporations with assets of $100 militon or more. * * * ~ Tet' by 19SS*s third quarter uunifactiiTinc oorporationa with tasseta onder yjM thousand lost milllaa in working capital, and those in next bracket, |250 thoaaand to 91 miilioii in assets lost $493 million ia working capi tal. But few 1194 million or over corporatlMia in 15 uMitiis in- oreaaed working capital almost 95% or Vi% bilUon. The Commit tee report places major share of blame for this ineqnity toward independent boainess oattheprea* ant tax laws. • • • ft It Is then Interesting to note Committee comments on Attor ney General's Commlttra >to Study Antitrust Laws ekpiif^ied to issue report this year. • * • Hie-report states, ‘The Com mittee desire to reempfcasise the importance to small haainesB of any propoaed changes in the an- tttmst field which woold have a tendency to weaken or eliminate e HMImmI WtmtOim U tis—Iin By C. WILSON HARDER ear preseat antltmst laws . . . those laws wonld therefore ba considered very detrimental to aman baainesa.” « • * Branding antitrust law eoforco- ment inadequate, report also dls> cusses make up of Attorney Gen eral committee studying anti trust laws. Of 59 members, 38 are lawyers, 4 are law professors, 8 economic professors and 2 are general corporation coimsels. * • a Small Basiaeaa Oommittee notes tiiere has been criticism because maay of Atteney Gen eral’s Committee have appeared aa large corporatiea caoasel ia antitmat litigatioaa. * a • But report also fails to state obvious fact about committee. * • * Althoagh leaded with corpora tion lawyers and college profek- sots there are no nkembm en gaged ia bnsiaesa whe datljr face problms tt attempting to cam- peto with monapoly praeMeta, a * a Therefore many feel report will be as valid as could be expected from a group of boys repcurting on truant officers. * * a This same tactic, appaiatlng a heavily leaded caaiimlttee was tried with RandaH Commission on TJ. 8. tarIB laws. Aa expeeted, report opposed pretectioa against cheap fweign prodacto. On basis «f report. Congress waa asked to farther aboUah tartS towa. a a a But Congress didn’t tielieve Randall oommittee findings, a a a And iriien this special commit tee reports. Congress may ask Joatlce Department why so mnoh pre-occnpaiUon with wealuiiing antltmst laiws rather than more occnpatlon with all ont attempts to enforce these laws, aagleeted for 20 years. Eooaomic findings by both ^nato and House Small Bnslaass Committees show little time Mt If trae Amertean Inde pendent enterprisa is to survive. STILL TOWERS ABOVE ALL, DISPITE . obstructionist. I I Spiritual Insight "Spiritual Hints For Teachers" BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Ba^ist Church “THE SURE raUNDATION" The foundation is laid ol- ready..no one can lay another, for it is Jesus Christ Mmself.. I Cor. 3:H We need to realize the use lessness of our mad scramble for certainty and security among men and things. The ao called security of things lead to a confusing frustration. We are ever tempted to build our hopes on the fading, perishable and decaying foundation. We need to ponder the truth of Paul’s message to the saints long time ago—THERE IS BUT ONE FOUNDATION OR SURE BASIS OF SECURITY! What ia this sure foundation? Christ is the ONE SURE FOUNDATION ON WHICH WE CAN BUILD FOR TIME AND ETERNITY. And those who would build a life, a home, a career or a na tion, must build on Christ the sure foundation.,.’’The fauoda^ tion is laid already..it is Jesus Christ himself”. Men in their blind folly have built on other foundations. Every other foundation except this sure foundation has and must continue to fail. We are rightly admonished to build our hopes on things Eternal. This great truth of God’s word has been enunciated by the poets’ truthful words...“On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand....All Other Ground is Sinking Sand...” Christ is the sure foundation. Build on any other foundation and. you build in vain. Build on any other and you waste your precious God-given material of life. To make the most of your life build on the sure founda tion. Build your home on him and you cannot go wrong. Build on him and you can’t miss peace and happiness. He is the sure foundation! BE WISE AND BUILD ON HIM! I knew a young man with a bright future in his chosen field of endeavor. He made one mistake. He tried to build apart from CHRIST THE SURE FOUNDATION. The result was that at thirty he was a miaeraMe failure! Christ is the sure foundation for he is the ground of Eternal truths. This foundation is sure for it is undergirded by GOD’S ETERNAL TRUTH. It cannot fail!! On this foundation there cannot be any ultimate failure or defeat. There is an Ad...“Be Sure With Pure”. Paul states a great spiritual and moral truth: "Be Sure And Secure With -Christ" — THE SURE FOUNDATION! This founda tion rests on him who is immu table. Its rests upon the Alpha and the Omega...“The founda tion is laid already...It is JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF...” Thus the highest wisdom suggests that we build on Christ the sure foundation. You can not build on the guilt edge se curities of Wall Street, they will decay. You cannot build on the physical vigor and vitality of youth already the process of death has set in your cells. You cannot build on your houses— termites and decay are at work already. You cannot build on gold and silver, it will rust and be corrupted. Where can I build for the time and eternity? Where, c^ I find the changeless and eternal?? You must build on Christ the sure foundation. Build on Christ the SURE FOUNDATION AND YOU CAN BE SURE of holding a share in the life which is permanent." Then build your life on Christ the SURE FOUNDATION! STRAIGHT AHEAD -Bjr OUve A. Adana NEW YORK As the school year begins, we hear the usual admonitions to the young to stay in school, learn their lessons well, and prepare themselves to take their places in the adult world This may sound like dull repe tition, because it is heard every year, but it becomes increasing ly important these days to im- t>ress upon youngsters the ne cessity for obtaining the best possible education. It is not strange that this annual pirodding has become necessary, since there are many occui>atlons that seemingly re quire little or no preparation, and the pay seems good. It takes a good deal of persuasion, to show a youngster that quit ting school Is short-sighted. At the pace our wortd moves, there is no guarantee that a Job that looks like a good one now will remain so. There waa a time, when lands had to be cleared, homes built, fields planted, that perhaps little formal education seemed necessary to* build a good life. In fact, a relatlv^y (few years ago, in some sections of the coimtry, schooling was acquired only between the harvest sea son and spring planting time. Famlllea ■wrtio followed a trade from generation to generation, taui^t their children the trade and considered any other learn ing as superfluous. But that has long since been changed, Uue to advances In science and industry that have brought us more comfortable Uving with less and less human brawn involved. The farmer no longer performs the backbreak ing chores he once did, and per forms his job with littje guess- worl^. He baa been to college to leam the science of farming. Those people whose families have followed a trade, now learn that trade in school, and while they are learning, in crease their knowledge in many allied fields. They also have a choise of learning scores of new trades that have come into being through new scientific de velopment. There are very few fields now in which a person can work without some good educational foundation. This, of course, is true in every field today. Even those who consider themselves fairly well prepared, keep constantly in touch with latest develop ments in their field, or they do additional study if their work involves the exact sciences. There is still pioneering to be done, but now it must l)e done in new ideas, new scientific growth, and in a new and more enlightened approach to human problems. The horizons are broadening every day, and ad- vantagas are growing as dis crimination fades. We ought to help our young people to under stand that the future looks brighter than ever," if only they will help themselves by becom ing well prepared. GETTING ALONG BY LAUREEN WHITE NEW YORK Last Sunday, we witnessed the the annual West Indian Day parade which is designed to de monstrate the strength and unity of our West Indian fiends. We could not help thinking of the many contribu tions of these iriends of ours to American life. West Indians have contribu ted to the progress and welfare of the commimities in which they have settled that is out of proportion to their numbers. Their keen intelligence, pro gressive spirit, and indomitable will, have left their imprint wherever they have gone. In New York City their accom plishments have been phenome nal. In fact, if we were to sub tract from Negro progress the progress West Indians have made, we would have little of which to be proud. This state ment could be true of other cities where large numbers have settled, but we are considering New York because it furnishes a striking example of what they have done in America. Among our West Indian friends will be found the most respected Negro judges, the most successful shop keepers and store owners, the most suc cessful physicians, lawyers, en tertainers, real estate owners. A West Indian holds the highest elecUve position in New York ever held by a Negro. The progress West Indians liave made in all of the metro politan cities in which they have settled is clearly evident. They have been diligent cru saders and invaders in every conceivable type of worthwhile endeavor. A check on what they are doing in their home land proves they are just as diligent there. It hasn’t been possible for West Indians to achieve quite See Getting Alone, Page 7
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