PAG8 TWO
rat cAltoLiNA'TIMES Saturday, dec. 4| 1954
THE NEW GOVERNOR AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY
North Carolina’s new gov
ernor, the Honorable Luiher
V. Hod^, is an unknown
quantity on racial matters so
tw as Uiis newspaper is con
cerned. Whereas’ the late
Governor William B. Um-
stead’s record on the Negro
question was well-known to
all from the time he was pro
secuting attorney of the Dur
ham Recorder’s CoUrt up un
til he' became governor, that
of Governor Ho^es is not.
About the only information
available on the new gover
nor that gives any indication
as to the type of man now oc
cupying the office of Chief
Executive of the state is that
at one time he was vice-
president of Marshall Fields.
The fact that Governor
Hodges has \served as vice-
president vf Yne of the na
tion’s larges(^ mail order
houses is an indication that
he is a man of large affairs.
^ far- as the Negro is con
cerned this should be in his
favor, since a man of small
stature seldom rises to a po
sition of importance in-a com
pany like Marshall Fields. If
he does it is certain he will
not remain in that position
very long.
Whatever the new gover
nor’s stand on racial matters,
we would have him know that
thinking Negroes of North
Carolina stand ready and
willing to work with him to
the fullest extent in any man
ner that will implement
Democracy in North Caro
lina for all the people. As has
been suggested by this news
paper, prior to Governor Um-
stead’s death, there ou^ht
be appointed a committee of
leading Negroes and white
people that will sit down and
calmly and frankly discuss
and formulate sensible plans
for the harmonious imple
mentation of the U. S. Su
preme Court’s riAing on in
tegration in public schools.
Lambasting the Supreme
Court, threats and criticism
mean nothing. The highest
court in the land has spoken
and every law abiding citizen
should accept the ruling as
the law. Certainly no respect
able Wegro is going to do
otherwise and no resectable
white person is goin^ to re
quire him to do otherwise.
Likewise nO respectable or
sensible NeCTo wishes to im
pose any hardship on the
white citizenry of the state in
the attempt to comply with
the ruling, which in the end
must be complied with if we
are to uphold law and order
in this country. The only
thing any Negro of sound
judgement wants is that a
sincere and honest effort be
made to implement the ruling
and to bring about a condi
tion under which Negroes
may secure for their children
an education in the public
schools that is*iot injurious
to their welfare, personality
and future,
Recent surveys disclose
that as a rule Negro chil
dren are unable to mea
sure arms with white chil
dren in the matter of educa
tion. This has been attributed
to the inferior training ^yhich
they have received in segre
gated schools, many of which
are still of the one-room type
as this newspaper found ex
isting in Caswell County and
other sections of the state
and Soutth. It should be ex-
• pected that Negro parents
would resort to any lawful
means to bring about a solu-
t’on to this rank injustice
which they have suffered
with patience tof nearly a
hundred years.
Governor Hodges can do
much to bring about a satis
factory solution to the prob
lem if he will appoint a com
mittee of white and Negro
citizens who will represent a
cross section of the people. So
far as Negroes are concern
ed their representation must
not be confined entirely to
teachers or other state em
ployes who in the very na
ture of the case are limited to
how far they can go without
jeopardizing their jobs back
home in giving a true inter
pretation to how Negroes
feel about segregated schools.
The committee as appoint
ed by* the late Governor Um-
stead overlooked representa
tives of the State branch of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, Negro ministers, law
yers, physicians, farmers and
other professions and voca
tions. Since in the end these
same people are going to have
something to say about what
is acceptable and what is not,
we feel that the only sensible
thing to do is to bring them
into the equation now and
let them have a part in form
ulating plans that will not be
injurious to either race. The
ostrich-like attitude of stick
ing one’s head in the sand
and pretending such leaders
do not exist or should be
ignored is stupid and we feel
falls far short of high states
manship.
We will get nowhere in
North Carolina pretending to
fear what attitude Negro
leaders of all walks will take
or what they wish in the mat
ter. This newspaper believes
that there are enoligh sensi
ble white and Negro leaders
in North Carolina as well as
enough interracial goodwill
and respect to find the truth
and then courageously face
it.
A SOUTHERNER TALKS ABOUT SEGREGATION
Thoughful Negroes in the
South and thoughtful white
people too for that matter,
should be grateful to Dr.
Mason Crum for his views on
segregation as expressed in
the current issue of the Chris
tian Advoqate of the Meth
odist Church. We thinl^ Dr.
Crum’s sunun£iry of the
situation as it exists in the
South today bn the matter of
integration is the most logical
and the most sensible we
have heard or read. Born and
reared, and to a large extent
educated in the South, Dr.
Crum writes more or less as
^an—authority—on- -southern
thinking and emotions.
The Duke University pro
fessor of Biblican literature
goes straight to the heart of
the entire situation when he
says that for years South
erners have suffered from an
“inner emotional conflict.
Their idea of social justice
has been at cross-purposes
with the prevailing practices
of their region. But now that
which they knew in their
hearts of hearts was right and
just has been declared by the
highest court in the land.
Churches that have been
spiritually embarrassed for
years have we^med it.’’
For approximately 30 years
this newspaper has held fast
to the belief that deep in the
heart of every southerner of
even ordinary thinking, there
is a sense of fairness and jus
tice that tells him again and
again that the lot of the Ne
gro in this country is un
fair and unjust. Sometimes
the backwaS of these injus
tices has resulted in lynch-
ings, police brutality, race
riots and the heaping of oth
er wrongs on the Negro, all
of which are but attempts to
escape the pangs of a guilty
conscience more than down
right vicousness.
No one can make us believe
that the hatred which the
Life Is Like That
BY H. ALBERT SMITH
southerner is supposed to
have against the Negro is as
deep seated as it appears on
the surface. No sensible man
is going to trust a man he
hates to cook his meals, nurse
his babies and tend his sick.
And lastly he is not going to
put a gun In that man’s hands
and trust him to guard and
protect the shores of his coun
try.
We agree with Dr. Crum
that there are decidedly more
white people in the South
who are happy that the Su
preme Court decision has
been rendered as it has than
are eppoacd to it. We-are sat-
isfied that when the time
comes, sensible whites and
Negroes in the South will be
able to work out a peaceful
acceptance of the mandate of
the court that will put to
shanie the racial disturbances
that have resulted in other
regions supposedly controlled
by Yankee influence.
The scientific mastery that
men of our generation have
achieved over the forces of na
ture is astounding and the de
gree to which they are able to
manipulate or control physical
laws to human advantage stag
gers the imagination. Some
people seeing this mastery in
acCBlerated growth bemoan the
fact and bring forth the indict
ment.that men of science are en
croaching upon the perogatives
of God and trespassing upon the
holy ground of privilege upon
which no being except God has
the right to walk.
I have listened more than
once to some of these people in
their heated tirades, some
times taking the form of fear
ful lamentation and at other
times harsh criticism as words
poured from theic.4i^>s in a flood
of disapproval.
This criticism takes three
forms. First, man has exceeded
the limits of luiowledge estab
lished by God for him. Second,
the result of this scientific
luiowledge is going to be the de
struction of mankind. And,
third, men are growing weaker
and wiser.
So far as I am concerned, this
three-fold criticism is just so
much hogwash and empty non
sense. This, I say because the
persons making such criticisms
and predictions of calamity-ra
cial extermination or the wip
ing out of manklnd-do so on the
basis of assumption and preju
dice and without reasoning the
matter out eithifr speculatlvely
or scientifically.
If somebody reading this
should wonder how I know
these people to be guilty of
reaching such conclusions with
out reasoning or thinking, my
answer Is this; 1 have asked
them. The answer was, "God
did not Intend It.” But I have
never found one who could
reasonably defend his position
with logic or find scripture to
back him up.
My reason follows for justl-
glylng man’s outreach for mas
tery and dominion In the realm
of nature. Gor ordained It ex
plicitly by decree or command
ment and implicitly by endow
ing man with an Intellect or
mind with God-llke potentiali
ties, a mind with an insatiable
4l|^rst t9 knOw, unquenchable
curiosity to understand the
mysteries of life, and an eter
nally active Impulse to bring
under his control as much of
the physical universe as possi
ble. Against isuch a mastery.
Heaven has never revealed a
prohibition and God has never
Issued any commandment.
Let us project gurselves for
COURAGEOUS CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP
On last Thursday (Thanks
giving Day) while pseudo
Christians blinked, grew
goose pimples and suffered
goose prostration, approxi
mately 500 sincere white and
Negro Christians worshipped
together for the first time in a
Danville, Virginia white
church, listened to a Negro
minister preach on “God’s
Unspeakable Gift,” and re
turned to their respective
homes without a single Negro
turning white and a single
white p»erson turning black.
Although the meeting was
well attended by both laymen
and ministers, it was not
without opposition from that
element of Christians who
can watch with approval
over television or at the ring
side a white and Negro prize
fighter maul each other into
ielly, yet they cannot
ftand to see white and Negro
Christians worship God to
gether.
in spite of the opposition
which did not get further
than a disconcerted effort to
halt the meeting in its in-
cipiency, it was a great suc
cess. The Danville Ministers’
Association is to be commend
ed for having the courage to
lead out in the direction of
true brotherhood which opens
pulpits in white churches to
Negro ministers as well as
Negro pupits to white min
isters.
Here in Durham where
white and Negro ministers
have never been able to get
beyond the mark of token
brotherhood, the Danville
Thanksgiving meeting will
appear too radical to be ac-
oeptnble. Ministerial brother
hood in this city is more or
less a one way street proposi
tion with the white ministers
always traveling in the direc
tion of the Negro pulpit but
no Negro ministers traveling
in the direction of a white
pulpit.
This newspaper believes
that meetings such as that
held in Danville on last
Thanksgiving day should be
encouraged. Certainly people
who sing, pray and worship
God together are bound to
eventually reach a point of
better understanding. All of
them will soon find out that
there is very little if any dif
ference in the aspirations, de
sires and wishes of the most
of us. When persons in both
races better understand each
other, there is little danger of
them ever hating each other.
We think that any movement
in America that is going to
bring about a better under
standing between the races is
sorely needed and one of the
best assurances against a
divided people in case of a
national emergency or peril.
SATURDAY
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mv. 27, 1954
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NatkMial A^rarHatog Bi^riaMtiWra; Intantata
a moment Into the distant past
when men first appeared on the
earth. The physical universe
must have been a frightening
reality to them. How helpless
they must have felt In^e midst
of a great earth—an earth so
frightfully vast two-thirds of
which was covered by titantic
oceans that seemingly had no
end.
How utterly destitute of pow
er these early men must have
felt* as they beheld an eartl) of
endless, fear-insjairing forests
Inhabited by millions of fero
clous beasts, deadly reptiles,
and Inconceivable bordes of
insects; an earth of towering
mountains, rushing rivers and
roaring v/aterfalls; an earth
that sometimes belched forth
fire in volcanic eruptions and
trembled under the fearsome
Impact of mighty winds and
torrential rains, while blinding
lightning streaked across
cloud-covered skies now and
again to strike with destructive
fury In their midst, and peals of
thunder louder than the artil
lery barrage ot'a thousand bat
tlefields reverberated through
the hilts.
How utterly hopeless and
abysmally fearful, these men
must have been in the midst of
an earth of unknown mysteries
and dreadful dangers. . I can
Imagine that these men in deS'
peratlon cried to God: “How
are helpless creatures like our
selves going to live in such a
world? What can we do?” ^
And the Lord God replied
“Be fruitful and multiply, and
replenish the earth, and subdue
It; and have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over every
living thing that moveth upon
the earth.”
This was the first command
ment man ever received from
God. How well mankind has
kept that commandment. They
have hamassed river and water
fall for the wheels of industry
and to light their cities, learned
to a limited extent to cope with
the eccentricities of the light
ning. They have made light
waves to become conveyors of
the human voice enabling it to
travel at 186,000- miles a
second-to gird the earth seven
times and nearly a half more,
while the world’s fastest sprin
ter travels eleven yards or less.
They have transformed deserts
Into fruitful plantations and
swamps Into land not only high
ly productive, but habitable for
men. They have made ships
some that travel beneath the
water and some upon its sur
face. They have built airplanes
some of which travel at super
sonic speed, s^ee& faster than
sound, planes that travel so fast
you see them go by and wait
for the sound to arrive.
' Lack of space forbids the de
tailed picture I would like to
paint. But let me add this touch
Men have conquered diseases
that used to kill humans by the
millions. They have learned to
perform the most difficult sur
gery as patients lie in airtlflcial
sleep and to produce babies
both human and animal by arti
ficial Insemination.
God intended men- to have
power. But here Is the tragedy.
Men have so often used the
power achieved for evil pur
poses. They have used their
knowledge to spread wholesale
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"Integration, Will Make Such Mi
A Thing Of The Past
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Spiritual Insight
''IN HIS HAND"
BY REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND
Pa«tor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church
“For I the Lord thy God will
hold thy right hand, saying
unto thee; Fear not, I loill
help thee." Jsa. 41:13.
This text Is a guarantee or an
assurance of each of us being
held In the hand of Eternal
Power. What an encouraging
promise this Is to me and to you.
Just think what it may mean
for those who take God at his
word: To take us and HOLD
US WITH THE HAND OF
eternal POWER! Each life
would be different if it woulH
just take him at his word. Yes,
Faith in God Is a Divine guran-
tee! Do you believe in God?
Are you willing to trust him:
PUT YOUR LIFE IN HIS
HAND? Then your life ought
be underglrded by a deep con
viction—you ought have an un
shaken source of Inner spiritual
This conviction—this faith
should mean a courageous
quality of life. I saw a Child of
God recently into whose life a
little distressed had come. This
little reverse had shaken the
very foundations of faith: The
WASHINGTOK AND
SMALL BWSTnESS
It is difficult to ever establish
accurate figures on nations un
employment.
« * «
But whether total oow stands
at 3 or 6 million Is minor point
against long range prospect, be
cause the climate (or increased
nnemployment exists.
* * *
A signiacantj
study wasr
made recently^
by British econ-f
omist Grahaml
Hutton. While*
he probably did;
not read intoL
bis flndingsl
warning tol
American econ-1
omical health C.W. Harder
his figures appear accurate.
* * *
Hntton states, "SO yeara ago
an American industrial worker
tarned out roogbly the same
amount In a day as his opposite
number In Britain, Germany or
France, and enjoyed broadly the
same standard ot living. Today
he turns out from Z to 5 times as
much and 8 honrs work bays (or
an Anlerican frinn IH to 4 times
the quantity ot goods that 8 hours
work buys for a British or West
European worker.”
* * *
Thus to be equal with 1904,
average American industrial
worker today should be able to
buy 20 to 25% more goods. i
* • • ^
Of coarse, many say American
worker with autos, television,
et al, has world’s highest living
standard, so why the concern?
* « *
While this point is not argued,
on the other hand, as every busi
nessman imows, you cannot in
the long , run lieat percentages.
And thereby hinges the concern.
* * *
Aa it Cpfiears from this study,
20 to 25% of 17. S. workers pro
ductive capacity Is being si
phoned oft. Naturally, while a
British economist would not
touch upon this subject. It is
© National Fekrttloo et iBdtptPdtnt Bottnw
By C.fWllSON HARDER
quite likely these siphoned oil
amounts are about equal to cost
of present U. S. multi-billion dol
lar foreign aid programs.
* • *
Paraphrasing Gen. MacArthur’s
“In war there is no substitute for
victory,” in a free economy there
is no substitute tor consumption.
* * *
Detroit auto plants, Chicago
television plants, New England
teKtile mills cannot hire people
to turn out goods (or which tiiere
are no buyers.
* * *
It is a delicate balance, that
is easily upset by development
ot even a tew monopolies, even
a limited imports of cheaply pro
duced foreign imports, or by gov
ernment diverting a part ot pro
ductivity to world boondoggling.
* * *
The American system does not
encompass principle of “ever
normal gramiry” but is rather
expressed by the ever full gar
bage can. And this latter symbol
of waste has been focal point for
rallying of socialists and commu
nists in and out of Washington
who have worked for so many
years to liiarch America in lock
step with rest of world.
* * *
Perhaps government owned
monopolies, or government en
couraged monopoiies can so
operate there is no waste.
)> * * •
301 as all dictorships have
found, including the Sremlin, in
an economy without waste, even
tually tbere develops a surplus
o( people which must either be
supported at state expense, li
quidated, or sent to Siberia. But
(or over 20 years American lead
ership has (ailed to understand
(act that (ree American enter
prise system cannot be compared
to anything else existing In world
so, lacking courage to stand
alone, every effort is made to get
American system to conform to
rest of world. It’s something akin
to a doctor Injecting himself with
tuberculosis germs so he can be
Just aa sick as his patient.
person was left a shameful
spectale of excitement, uneasi
ness, anxiousness, and fear. The
Prophet reminds us that real
faith in. God does hot act nor
react in this way. Why should
we so act when we have such
an assurance...“F.or I 'the Lord
thy God will hold thy right
hand...Fear not...I will help
thee...” This should produce in
us a life of strength, courage,
patience, endurance and hope.
We have God’s promises to
tak& us by the hand. He pro
mises to take us in his hands.
The child held In the hands of
the Father should have a
measure of Inward peace and(
power. Why get fearful If you
are in his hands? He wfll take
you by the hand. He will hold
you..“FEAR NOT...I WILL
HELP THEE...”
In his hands you ought face
life with courage. Are you in
his hands? Can you face life
with courage? In his hands you
ought be able to carry on. In his
hands you can surrender and
trust him fully. I saw an ad in
the paper the other day with a
suggestive heading...” STOP
struggling. In his hands you
ought have a measure of peace
and power. In him you ought be
“like a tree planted by the
rivers of water...whose leal
shall not wither...”In his hands
you ought stop murmurring and
complaining. In his hands you
ought face life and its battles
like a good soldier.
In him you may be downed
sometimes but you should never
be counted out. In him you
ought be able to say I MAY BE
DOWN BUT I' Alt NOT' OUT.
I know you may puzzle and be
wildered by some of life’s ex
periences. But this should last
for only a moment. For In him
you should know no final frus
tration and defeat. I saw a team
the other day holding on against
one last supreme effort. That
victorious stand turned the tide
and thejT^enl 'oii To~wliT THe“
victory. And so should it be with
those who are held by the hand
of Eternal power.’
In God’s hand we should be
held steadfast and ever abound
in his work!
STRAIGHT AHEAD
NEW YORK
We are sorry to be on the
defensive again, but we must,
because It appears necessary
that we constantly fight the
“Battle of Harlem.” Now, we
have taken various other people
to task for maligning our com
munity, but we took Into ac
count the fact that they were
not Negroes and didn’t have a
chance to know the real story.
However, we never thought
we’d have to take a swipe at
somebody w6 ' thought was in
our comer—a person who has
an opportunity to team to know
the Harlem community as it Is.
Our remarks,.' therefore, are di
rected to a Mr. Jo6 Sewall who
writes a column called “The
Passing Show” for The Wash
ington Spotlight.
Mr. SewaU apparently blew
into town for a weekend just a
while back and when he got
back home, he felt called upon
to do a colorful piece on the
New York scene. He starts off
his story with the usual refer
ence to the fact that "many of
the millions who pour in and
out of the Big Town are quick
to admit how they love to drop
In on the metropolis, but—you
know the rest. With that cliche
out of the way, Mr. Sewall pre
cedes to pinpoint New York
life with this gem:
“Free spending has gone un
derground here, and the Cadil
lacs cruising up and down the
avenues are seen just now and
then. Barkeeps have been feel
ing the pinch of the new slow
dollar and prostitution and
other forms of vice are prac
ticed in the open on Eighth and
Lenox Avenues. Muggings
threaten even the holding of
night church services on Sun
day.”
This report, which has the
ring of the would-be sophisti
cate who wants to impress the
—By Olive A. Adaina
folks back home with his lu:
‘rid accounts of life in the wick
ed, wicked city, paints a drab
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Keeping Th« Aging Person Pit
There are 13,000,000 persons 65 years of age, or older, in the United
States. By 1963 this group of aging citizenry will reach a total of
17,000,000. And, of course, there will be many more millions of men
and women between the ages of 60 and 65.
All this adds up to this; thanks to the progress of modern msdicine
and the improvement in living^
standards man’s lifespan is in
creasing steadily. The diseases
that heretofore would kill people
at about the age of 50 or more
have been steadily retreating be
fore onslaught of the "miracle
drugs” . . . antibiotics, hormones,
cortisone, etc.
Thf llg Probism
• The big problem facing doctors
now is to keep the growing group
of old people physically fit, alert
and as usefully occupied as possi
ble. The wear and tear that comes
with getting old is reflected in the
slow-down of the entire organism;
and this is accompanied by weak-
.ening of body tissue, melancholia,
anxiety, fatigue, lack of interest
and inertia. Once the hardening of
the arteries sets In, the flow of
blood to the brain slows down,
making it more difHcult for the
brain to nourish itself.
A New Drug
There has been much medical re
search in recent years to deal with
this problem. Among some of the
most promising developments is
the announcement from the Re
search Division of the Gray Phar
maceutical Company of Boston
that a drug is soon to be marketed
under the name of 1-Givitavita, It
^ unique because of the fact that
It combines two chemicals designed
to bring better tone to the brain.
One of these chemicals is mono-
' sodium leveglutamate which pro
vides the only amino acid that
"metabelizes” or has a nutritive
effect on the brain. The other is
niacin whose function it is to
stretch the blood vessels and thus
allow the blood, laden with gluta
mic acid, to flow into the brain
more freely. In addition this drug
contains selected body building
vitamins.
According to a report by Dr.
H. E. Himwich of Galesburg State ,
Research Hospital, Illinois, mono
sodium lercJfttamate hMi ayery
favorable effect on patients com*
plaining of weakness, fatigue and
lack of interest in their surround
ings. They became more alert and
were better able to carry oat their
daily activities.
I-G!utavite does not produce any
side effects. It is dispensed in pow
der form and can be sprinided on
cooked foods or taken in tomato
or vegetable juices.,