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FAGB TWO tHE CAROLINA TIMBS SATURDAY, NOV. 13. HOWARD WASHING%ODUN •riie pti^ing of Dr. Howard he never became a slave to tlie task of doing so. The Washington Odum r«noves unholy southern customs and South ^ indebted to him for from North CaroUna one of traditions that would forever ^ its most beloved and disting- ^legate the Negro to the « ^ better uished dUzrais. Bom m a status of second-class citizen- ® burden rather than farm near BethWiem, Gcor- gj^jp mg intensive studies of uf*. o„/i gia. reared and educated pnn- the race led him to believe fn’niTmin « cipaUy in the de^ south, he that its members had a con- nr diose to Uve and work wito tribution to make to the 5p' and among southern pro^e gouth and it to them. Again \c of both races. Because of ms ^nd again he worked, strug- ^ f,: ,.L, long, intensive and devoted organized to lift his theirfand who keep the httle y®m of study in the field of bdoved South out of the de- sodology, especially ^ it per- pths of meaness and vicious- pomina hvp anH V>vp ” tains to the South, he taew ^ess of its white and Negro m ^ n its people and their problems people toward each othet. Odum, and all great as few other men of our time. soi^therners like him, we are Dr. Odum was one of those Negroes of the South, and happy to pay this humble tri- rare, great men of the ^uth of the entire country for that bute. They are the hope of who| in the early years Just matter, .are indebt^ to this the South and the hope of the after the reconstruction pe- man, who in ’the days when “government of the people by riod, pioneered in the field of it was costly for a white man the people and for the peo- race’ relations as a seeker of to champion the cause of Ne- pie.” the truth. Because of this fact groes, deliberately went about — THE LEIHAR6Y OF THE CHMSIIAN CHURCH OH BROTHERHOOD Announcement last week very institution that.ought to it is swift and certain to that segregation has been be in the forefront pointing crucify any man or woman ended in all Veteran Admin- the way to a better way of life who dares get out too far in istration hospitals marks an- in the affairs of mankind. front in such an effort. This other milestone in the ad- . „ . u-4 „ testified to in the case vancement of democracy in A Negro and a white man the Rev. Charles Jones, this country. It is in keeping , P 1" xv® noted Presbyterian minister with efforts being nude in each other into helpless- (,f Chapel Hill, who was ask- other fields, and other gov- players of op- g^j to resign simply because emment agencies of the Unit- Posite races can make the he put Christianity above ed States to promote a better vicious tackl^ of each pgpg the Presbyterian way of life for all Americans without regard to race, creed Someone has trutMully said WAUivrui. Acgcuu W «« OUlllCUIlC 11«S tl UiliXUXiY &01U or color. It is also in line with Hio that the greatest hour of seg- the recent ruling of the Unit- negation in America is bt ed States Supreme Court on itween 11:00 and 1:30 Sunday the matter of segregation in bootleggers and even gang- . .. Life Is Like That BY H. ALBERT SMITH morning when its Christian public schools. or!l!,^o with Churches are at worship. This While this was going on in ought not to be, and we feel government, the sports world J?® ^ Christian church, continued to advance its pro- T+ rlmnint Protestant and Catholic, gram of promoting denioc- coi^on enemy It remains racy by opening doors to all championing the Fatherhood Americans without regard to ^ of God and the brotherhood of race, creed or color. Only the "lan. Certainly if segregation Christian church lags behind advancement of successfully abolished in advancing democracy and '**'"^®rsal brotherhood. veteran’s hospitals, the the true spirit of the Father- Not only has the Christian sports world, and the under hood of Grod and the brother- church, generally speaking, world, it can be abolished in hood of man. This, we think been slow in the prqmotion of the Christian church, is a serious indictment of the the brotherhood of man, but WHYA SOUTHERHGOVERHORS COHFERENCE The annual *conference of and a ruling of the highest throw them. Southern governors is meet- court in the land, we think, is In our book, a rebel is a ing in Boca Raton, Florida only a little short of treason, rebel and a traitor is a traitor, this week and according to If and when the governors do be they goveronrs of com- the Associated Press the chief attempt such a program, we munists. In the very nature of executives will have before think they should be im- thfe case, an organization of them the “thorny problem of peached. southern governors would what to do about segrega- This newspaper opposes have no purpose different tion in the nation^ public communism because4t is our from northern,—or.- western schools,” although the segre- candid opinion, it seeks the governors, other than the gation matter is not listed on overthrow of the government matter of withholding from the official program. of the United States by force, the fifteen million Negroes in That the gvemors of any Likewise we oppose any cli- this country their full rights state, all of whom have sworn que of men, whether they be as American citizens. That, to uphold the Constitution of governors or garbage collec- we think is a diabolical and the United States, guarantee- tors, who would defy the sorry purpose for the chief ing all its citizens equal op- United States Constitution, executives of any states to portunities, should have in its Supreme Court, its legis- pursue, be they southern east- mind a program to circum- lative bodies and who would ern, western or northern, vent that sacred document by chicanery seek to over- A SALUTE TO NEGRO EDUCATORS as upholding the Supreme Court decision but they took a hefty swing at certain lead ers and school officials who have attempted to intimidate Negro school teachers and other citizens “under threat Of losing their jobs if they ex- A ’family tragedj^ of heart breaking proportions shapes up in my mind at thfe time the ci tation of which goes into this column. I do not tell it because the story appeals to natural in terest and is of a nature to satis fy the morbid inclinations of persons who like to hammer locks oil of ' closets containing the skeletal remains of domes tic calamities, the viewing of which is their delight. But the motive behind the disclosure is to prevent similar happenings, althoush We know that history repeats itself in lamily affairs even as it does in the aUairs of nations. This particular lanfiily wheikl lirst knew it consisted of four persons, a husband, wile and two sons. They were all quite dark (twp extremely) in color and relatively delicate in fea tures. The two boys were moon-i laced and possessed extremely well-built bodies. The older boy, slightly more than a year younger than my self, I recall vividly. He had every physical asset essential to mailing a champion or near champion athlete. He fell short, however, on the inner side of his being and seemingly lacked the heart to take the punish ment an outstanding athlete must ol necessity have. He was strikingly handsome his physical proportionsi wide shouldered, deep chested, about five feet ten or eleven inches in height, and weighed about 190 pounds. He was fleet ol loot and possessed power to correspond. One reason I recall him so vividly is because he and I used to box together a lot, es pecially during my seventeenth and eighteenth years. Although he outweighed me by about twenty pounds, certain phycho- logical lactors enabled me to offset at first his greater phy sical advantages. It happened, therefore, that during thesri years when we boxed, I was always supjJosed to “pull” my punches. He went all-out. I’ll never forget the night this arrangement came to a halt. We were boxing in the basement of his home. I was stepping in side letting ponderous swings go around my neck, and work ing on his body. He started a punch but delivered it on a straight line as I stepped in. The ceiling caved in on me: but I held my feet, called the exercise oil lor the .night, and announced that Irom then on I “pulling” no punches. A year or two later, he had to let up on the puncliing as I laegan to lace more power than I could "KaBdle^ ■ No nicer fellow ever existed than this young man. Both he and I were converted in si never-to-be-forgotten revival iii the church of my late lather. I battle luriously and vainly to hold back the tears as I recall the experience. Something hap pened to each ol us that marked a tiurning point in his lile and mine. significant milastone in the nation’s quest for democra tic way of life and in the Negro’s long struggle to be come a first-class citizen.” Last week we published in this newspaper an account of nine Negro educators of North Carolina who had attached their names to a statement calling for the implementa tion of the Supreme Court de- cision abolishing segregation document from North 'fcar^ in pubhc schools on account lina were many educators of 51®® Court s of race. In addition to the race who have hereto- if segregation is the nine from North Caro- fore been classed as ultra- ^ *1^®^ lina, there were fifty-one conservative. No doubt when . Negro educators other Negro educators from it is disclosed to certain high ! ” f”* cannot afford other southern states who did officials in educational circles hkewise. In a statement that of the stete that even Negro ®*Sned to nullify the Court s minced no words the signers, educators heading state col- who rpet in Hot Springs, Ark- leges and holding public This newspaper is happy to aiua^ at a two-day meeting school jobs are among those salute those educators of called by 15 Negro educators upholding the program of in- North Carolina and other and sponsoi^ by the Phelps tegration in the schools of the states who had the moral btak^ Fund, let it be defin- South, they will be terribly courage to take a stand for in- itely known where they stood shocked. Many of our white tegration in the public schools on the ^tter of segregate folks are always shocked of the nation. All of them scti^ls. Said the statement in when Negroes they have al- have endeared themselves to part: “We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court and look upon it as another ways trusted as being “SAFE” the Negro masses of the state demonstrate manhood and and nation who are hungry womanhood. for courageous leadership. Not only did the Negro Such leadership deserves to educators express themselves be followed. SATURDAY Li. E. AUSTIN Publisher NOV. 13, 1954 CLATHAN M. ROSS, Editor H. ALBERT Manag^ ^tor M. E. JOHNSON, Business Manager JESSE COFIEILD, Circulatioii Manager PubU^iWl E^mrj astardaj bj tte OTflTK) IncorporaM at fU B. Ptttlgwir ft •t ttm Poil OfflM mt Mart* No fUATuitM ot publlcctloo Of uiMollcited mat#* rUl. I^tt»n to the wUtor for pubUcatkm must b« •iffn«d and confliMd to 600 irorda. Subscription BatM: lOc par 00P7; Wz •S.OO; Ob* Yaar, S3.00 (Foralcn Conntrlaa. $4.00 p«r year > / The experience projected me into the ministry and ten years of school life preparing for it, furnishing me with an incen tive, other than to enter the prize rin£, and a God-given in' spiration the strength ol which is growing with the passing years. My Iriend finished prepara tion lor college and entered a University. Had not tragedy overtaken him, 1 think he would have “made good” in lile. He could think well on his leet and could express himself well. But an early death cut him off. My father appropriately preach ed the funeral sermon from the text, “His sun is gone down while it was yet day.” Jermiah 15:9. As I look back, I can se clearly three lactors that con tributed to cutting his days short. First and lorwnost was the break-down ol normal re lations in his home. Second, color consciousness within a group itsell the victim of color prejudice. And, third, a mbrital entanglement that never should have been. An irreconcilable estrange ment that had arisen between the lather and the mother some years belore laid a heaVy hand on this young man. The lather was a large black man with broad shoulders and arms that seemed longer than they were because he walked bent lorward and with a slow, flat-looted shullle. Neighbors were not any too kind or flattering* in speak ing ol his appearance. Careless dress did not help to gllset the mental reactions the source of some of their spoken opinions. This father had a lair educa tion and aspired to preach. In the pulpit, he was quiet, solt- spoken, logical and made no at tempt at oratory. It seems that early handicaps and Irustra- ton, not to menton a certain lack ol a basic integrity, had blocked him oil Irom a life ol great promise and serviceable ness. Had tills separation resulted in physical or geographical separation and joint concern for the children it might not have been so bad. But it was a sepa ration abiding under tiie same ropf. The tensions resulting' Ko Power Can Prevent The Breaking Of The Chains" jfrOM/c Spiritual Insight “USEVG COD’S WEAPONS” BY REVEREND HAROU) ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church "Be ttrong...put on God’s armour..^o as to be able to stand against the devil..." Eph. 6:1-2. In Christ we are called and committed in a mighty spirlttial warfare for God. There is no let up, for the battle is always go ing on. In Him we must fight difficult battles. We are for ever assailed, besieged, tempted, tried and tested. Paul from ex perience, knew this great spiri tual and moral truth. Others v^re terrific in that home. Theyl"^^® have been on the battle- worried my young Iriend no Christ know this great little not to mention the toll taken from his brother. . During the height ol this situation a daughter was bom the result of forced attentions. In appearance, she had no characteristics commonly ac cepted as attractive for a girl. The color prejudice I havd mentioned, but do not. care- to^ bring out in, detail, along with home tensions and an unfortu nate romantic entanglement, broke her spirit. She died in an asylum. My erstwhile chum made the latal mistake ol marrying a girl that did not love him. Again, without going into detail, she was a victim ol the prevailingi (Continued on Page Seven) WASHINGTON AND 'SMALL BUSINESS” It iMcomM «iqp«r«nt drlvt to destroy U. S. protMtlv* ttrlfli is ■Marhaaded by same eld crowd e intoniatlsiuUtto who movad tato Waahiagtoa afiar Sarbart Hoovtr. • * • n li » ooaUtloa oooiveMd tt OoM wiM Mek proOta aad front«4 kjr aaU- aaalBtad ■lafaa wiM tkair Ufa’s ml ■ton la aalTiiig{ Warld’s prab' lama area eaat af American Ur. Aa ari liatlOB oalladi Commtttaa a Natiaaal C.W.Hartfar Trada Pallojr la Tary aotlTO In WaahlBctan. Ha praaident, Charles Taft OUo politico elan, appears before Tariff Com- mlsalon sessions rebnklnj mann- factnrara who seek raliaf from mlnons cntttaroat foreign Import eompetltlon. On tha side many call Taft’s gronp ne Amalta- mated Oelden Oooaa Slayers, a * a The TJ. S. la tha goldan goose. Containing las* than 7% of world’s populaUon, It consumes partiaps as much, U not more, goods than rest of the world. * a a- Bat alcniflcantly, V. S. richness aa a oonsmnlnc market Is net dna to any oamer on world’s re- sanroes, nor from pUlaclnc of eclaniaa. a a a Tha market was fauUt by nat ural workings of protected f.aa anterprisa. With lass than 7% of world population, but with 4,000,000 independent anterprites, U. S. has mora business firms ttian raat o world combined, a a a V. 8. State Department Is said la be strongly bddnd tsrlfl- jrrecUng mora aa It is pan- Kked by Bnropean Indnatrlsllsis By C WILSON HARDER oiaima that anlaaa they can damp goods In IT. 8. they will have ta sen Bnssla. niat’s why many feel a “Me noisense” leader snoli as Dooi^as MaoArthnr shaold taka over State Dept. * • a The facts are, as publicly itated by many lexers, MarshsU Flan, other give-away programs costing U. S. taxpayers billions were so successful, European production capacity is far above pi«-war level. « a • Tet, aa alwaya, European pro- dnctim ia controlled by cartels srith Indapandent enterprise ellmp Inated. Aad while C. 8. dollars were poorad into theaa monopo- Ilea (b Increase their prodnctlon the cartah^ took no move to velop new consomlng markets. * a • ' Yet if soma disaster wiped out populations of United Staias, tha U. S. S. R. and aU Red China,, there would still remain S2% of world's population that now com prises a market so undeveloped it ia incapable of consuming but a traction of U. S. consumption with less than 7% of world's pop ulation. British empire alona con tains four times mora people than' in>U. S. yet British Indus trial cartels don’t know where to sell their goods unless permitted to dump them Into TJ. & * a a The riohnesa of the Amarioaa market Is based aa the grannds that merybody Is bath a pro- dnoer and - a coasmnar. Hm only oontrtbiitton gorermnaat Imui ever made ta thla rlehnaaa la enforeiag fair play at tha market place thrangh antMmst laws, ta protect Amerloaa labar aal bnalneas from Imports ef riava labor produced goods. AH aay Enropeaa natloa faced witt lha need for expanded marketo taaada ta do to aolva the proUam ta la snod a few oenta ta D. 8. PriatiBf Office far oaplea al V, ■. aatl- trost laws. truth also. So Paul says to the saints in the Fellowship at Ephesus and he says to you and to me: ARM YOURSELF WITH GOD’S WEAPONS FOR SPIRI TUAL WARFARE. Are you in God’s battle? Are you armed with God’s mighty weapons? II you are in hia weapons. How can you fight his battles without his weapons? To light and win battles lor God you must be armed with his weapons. I have seen his wea pons tested in the laboratory of personal experience. What are the weapons we use for God’s battles of truth and righteousness? I am talking alx>ut the battles that God in Christ calls us to fight. Paul lists seven weapons for thia spiritual warfare: Truth, in tegrity, peace, faith, salvation, the Word of God, and prayer. There are some things that'you can do without these weapons. But it is sure and certain that we cannot fight God’s battles without these weapons. They failed every time! So I say “Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of ills might.” Yes, to fight successfully God’s battles, you must “PtTT ON GOD’S ARMOUR...” Every Christian warrior ought army you are going 16 nwd lil^ fo*l>e armed wKH^ Gbd^s wea pons. How can we win in this warfare without God’s wea pons? Without God’s weeapona in the battles of righteousness, we are doomed to failure. Let us shim every temptation and suggestion to light God’s battles with the devil’s weapons. Why? To use any other weapons in his cause is to end in lailure. My Iriends, I believe this truth! In Christ oitfs is a righteous war- lare and we must use God’s weapons. Let us use the seven weapons suggested by Paul as we fight in the cause ol Christ. The devil’s weapons mean lailure in God’s battles. We may be longer in winning with God’s weapons, but one thing is cer tain: we will win. God’s wea pons will give you a sure eand lasting victory. The hard right is cheaper than the easy wrong! Stand your ground, and fight your battles with God’s wea pons to fight lErod’s battles in the home, on the job and ^1^^ “community.. "Talie God's af^ moiu...Hold your ground...” Fight with God’s weapons and the victory will be yours. STRAIGHT AHEAD NEW YORK The nation-wide Democratic squeak%: in this last electloa, has lound the State ol New York, lor the lirst time in 12 years, in the Democratic col umn, with Averell Harriman winning the governorship by a slim margin. There are those who will say it was time for a change, and perhaps that is so, just for the sake of a change. But no administration In the State of New York has ever lelt Albany with a finer record than the administration of Thomas E. Dewey. And, as far as recognition of Negroes is concerned, the Dewey adminis tration was a trail blazer. Ex amine, for instance, this list ot appointments of Negroes made by Governor Thomas E. Deweyi Not one of these posts was ever held by a Negro before: Francis E. Rivers, jusilce oi the City Court; Dr. C. B> Powell, Member, N. Y. Statei Boxing Commission; Mrs. Ber tha J. Diggs, Secretary, Statd Department of Labor; Elmer A. Carter, Member, State Com' mission Against Discrimination; Noah C. A. Walter, Member, Workmen’s Compensation Board; Conrad A. Johnson, Member, Unemployment Insur-> ance .Appeals Board; Dr. George E. Haynes, Truatee, Universitj* of the State of New York; St. Clair T. Bourne, Publicity Di rector, State Department of La bor; Mrs. Ruth Logan Roberts, Member, State Welfare Com-* mission; Mrs. Sadye J. Willi ams, Member, Women’s Council, N. Y. State Department of Com merce; Lamar Perkins, Asst. At tomey General; PWUp Watson, Asst. Attorney General; Stanley Douglas, Asst. Attorney Gene ral; Henry P. Lipscdmbe, Jr., Asst. Attorney General; Lillian Sharpe Hunter, Field Represen tative. State Commission Against Discrimination; Henry K. Cralt, Field Representative, State Commission Against Dis crimination; Lassen L. Walsh, Releree, Workmen’s Compen sation Board; Thomas G. Young, Commissioner ol Corrections; Mrs. Betty Granger, Member, Board ol Visitors, Westfield State Farm; Mrs. Mathieu V. Boutee, Member, Board ol Visi tors, N. Y. State Training School lor Boys; Dr. John Moseley, Member, N. Y. State Tubercu losis Commission; Frank For bes, Judge, N. Y. State Athletic Commission; James Freeman, Releree, N. Y. State Athletic Commission; J6e Bostic, Official Annouiteer, N. Y. State Athletic Commission. There may be those who will say that that big jobs are all well and good, but what about the little fellow? To them, we would say that the labor laws on the* statue books of New York State are second to none. They were put there by —By Olive A. Adaau the Dewey administration. That the administration has also paved the way for better labor- management understanding by the establishment ol the first Labor-Management School any where in the country. We would remind them, also, that taxes in New York State have never been lower, nor the state surplus higher; that in old age benefits, workmen’s; compensa tion, job security measures, rent control, Dewey’s record can’t be touched. Schools have) had more money spent on them than ever before in history, and the state housing program is the finest. And, 11 anything else needs to be added, we will re state that New York State un der Governor Thomas E. Dewey gave the nation its first FEPC law, fathered by Senator Irving M. Ives. We wish Mr. Harriman well. He has fallen heir to 'great wealth. Let’s hope he knows how to manage it. From Where 1 Sit-: NEW YORK Armistice Day, 1964, like Armistice Days in years past, will be marked by parades and public speeches, by tears and private memories, lliis is to the good, because it is well for a na tion to patise occasionally to re member the glories and trage dies in its history. The pause will be made the jnore worth while if it brings thoughts which will be helpful in the future. We^offer some: The years following World War I, were marked by grow ing bitterness in the United States because that war did not end war, did not make the world safe for democracy. Americans had been used to getting what they expected out of wars—political IndeQen- dence, freedom of the seas, the land to the Southwest, the crushing of the Confederacy, the destruction of the Spanish Empire. After each conflict, those who came through It un harmed bad gone back to life as they had known it. The bright hopes of 1918, however, vanish ed like a dream, and in 1930, the conflict was renewed on a lar ger scale. What went wrong? The answer would seem to be that there are some objec- (Continued on Page Seven)
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