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PAGB TWO
tHI CABMJNA TmM SATUBDAY, APRIL 30.1955
NO PATIENCE FOR DEIOYAIIY
newspaper has little
or ik> patience with oom-
TwiiTiigm 31 any other ism that
1 aeefa the violent overthrow
of the government of the
United States. We are com
pletely sold on the belief that
thoe is within the frame
work of Democracy the im
plements which may be used
to peacefully change the gov
ernment of this coimtry if and
when its people come to that
point in thnr existence where
they feel such is needed.
Because we believe in a de
mocratic form of government
it is hard for us to understand
how a native bom American
citizen like Julius Scales
would become involved in
any movement that seeks
through violent means to do
injury to his own country.
L&ewise it is hard for us to
understand how native born
Americans in our state legis
latures can advocate defi^ce
of any branch of the govem-
merit of the United States and
suggest bloodshed if the
mandate of the Supreme
Court is obeyed in its ruling
on segregation in public
schools.
It appears to us that there
is little or no difference in
disloyalty be it that of a Com
munist or a legislator. We are
wondering if the saiAe law
that arrested, tried and con
victed Julius Scales could not
be used in bringing to justice
those legislators who in open
defiance pass laws which they
admit are intended to disobey
the United States Supreme
Court.
We think that when any
citizen of this country, in the
name of Democracy or other
wise so disregards the high
est court in the land and
directly or indirectly en
courages others to disobey its
mandate he is a greater men
ace to the safety of its -cit
izens than those who in the
name of communism seek its
overthrow.
The legislators in North
Carolina and other southern
states who are passing laws
to overthrow a ruling of the
U. S. Supreme Court should
be arrest^ and sent to prison
fa order that this “govern
ment dt the people, for the
. M)ple and by the people
might not perish from the
face of the earth.” For if they
are allowed to continue the
freedom and protection they
now enjoy under the protect
ing wings of the U. S. Su
preme Court and other agen
cies of the government this
nation will soon cease to ex
ist.
IHE BAITIE AGAINST POLK)
In his “Merry-Go-Roimd”
column last Monday, Drew
Pearson made a plea for fun^
for the Marph of Dimes —
the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis — that has
done so much to raise money
to finance research for a cure
for the disease. Funds are
necessary said Mr. Pearson
because the annual campaign
to raise money fell short last
year, and becaxise the Depart
ment of Health Education and
Welfare in Washington is
negligent in preparing for
distribution of the Salk Polio
serum.
Said Mr. Pearson further:
“Real fact is that the Na-
t i o n a I Polio Foundation,
which is supplying the vac
cine for all children in the
first and second grades will
need $11,000,000 to pay for
this vaccine. Its credit is ex
cellent and it is courageously
going ahead. But all of that
money is not yet raised . . .
To innoculate the 60,000,000
children between birth and
the age of 20, which eventual
ly should be done, would re
quire $120,000,000.. Yet the
Polio Foundation will have a
hard time finding the money
for the first and second
grades; which still omits the
kindergarten ages, pre-school
ages and higher primary
grade children just as we en
ter the dread polio season.”
Mr. Pearson makes a plea
to organizations such as the
Kiwanis, Lions, Junior Cham
bers of Commerce, Labor Un
ions, farm groups and others
to pitch in and help contri
bute the necessary funds to
make it possible for every
child in America to get the
vaccine.
We would like to add our
endorsement to Mr, Pearson’s
sugestion. There is no need
for a country as rich as the
United States to allow a sin
gle child or grown-up within
its domain to go without the
vaccine on account of not be
ing able to pay for it. So
dreadful is the disease it
should be given to every cit
izen if necessary without any
cost.
We think every religious,
fraternal, social, business or
ganization and individual
should join hands to help
wipe out the disease by con
tributing funds to the Na
tional Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis so that the bat
tle against polio may con
tinue uninterrupted.
HEAPING DISRESPECT FOR IHE UW
You read in the columns of
The Carolina Times and other
newspapers last week ac
counts of “panty raids” at the
University of North Carolina,
sex and liquor clubs at the
Durham High School. These
sordid acts, committed by
young college and high school
white students, should remind
all of us that no particular
race or group has a monoply
on all of the morality or im
mortality in this world of ours
and that all humanity is grass.
When college students of
any face, be they 2,000, 200,
or 20, sink so low in the
course of human existence
that they have no more re
spect for the privacy of wo
manhood than to invade their
domicile at night or at any
time in^ search of their
undergarments, we think, the
time has arrived for all of us
to wonder if we are as civil
ized as we think we are.
When young people of high
school age, be they white or
black, organize sex and liquor
clubs for the expressed pur
pose of engaging in immoral
ity and drunken parties, we
think it is time for their par
ents to fall ^own on their
kne^ and pitey for deliver
ance and other parents to
thank God that their children
have yet spared them the grief
that attends such acts of de
pravity.
Legislators of North Caro
lina might need to be remind
ed that nothing breeds dis
respect for law and order like
disrespect for law and order.
Have these young college and
high school students not seen
their elders resort to every
kind of chicanery to evade a
mandate of the highest court
in the land? Have they not
seen legislators and state of
ficials who have sworn to
uphold the Constitution of
the United States deliberate
ly spit on that sacred docu
ment? No wonder then their
youngsters have become dis
respectful of womanhood and
the laws of decent society.
After all we think more
consideration should be given
young college and high school
students who have overstep
ped their bounds than their
elders who deliberately plan
to disobey the law. The only
difference is that one eman
ates from an immature mind
and the other from a mind
that is experienced and ma
ture.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
Boijamin Franklin, the
father of American thrift,
would have called it pretty
neat housekeeping. But it’s
doubtful that it ever could
have happened, had not the
“little man” brcn invited to
the party.
We’re speaking of course,
of the United States Savings
Bonds J>rogram — one of the
greatest sales promotion en
deavors of all time.
Uncle Sam first let his
nephews and nieces in on the
financing of their govern
ment back in the 30’s with is
suance of the so-called “baby
bonds.” It was the little man’s
invitation to put his money
where the big fellows put
theirs, the safest place in the
world, in United States bonds.
Today’s popular Series E
and H ^vings Bonds are an
outgrowth of that first nod
by the Treasury in the direc
tion of the small investor.
They’re still the safest, surest
commodity in all the land —
safe because their security is
the wealth of the world’s
richest nation. Every acre of
land, every great factory,
each towering skyscraper,
earning power of 164 million
people stand behind every
U. S. Savings Bond, whether
its face value be $100 or $10,
000.
Out of the years of family
experience with bond savings
has come a unique and little
heralded national defense
against the twin evils of in
flation and deflation, a stabil
izing at its source of a vast
portion of the country’s earn
ed income. When money is
flowing freely, bond pur
chases help to remove excess
spending power and thus re
sist inflation. When money is
“tight” then bond reserves
come to the rescue to boost a
sagging economy and resist
deflation. It’s as simple as
that.
When we realize that over
40 million people own Sav
ings Bonds, it becomes ap
parent that they exert an in
creasing force on the nation
al economy. The very word
‘‘economy” is derived from a
Greek word meaning “house
keeping.” Savings Bonds have
become a versatile tool of
smart housekeeping. Even the
smallest earners have learn
ed their flexibility — their
usefulness not only as long
term family savings, but also
as a depository for funds ear
marked for earlier use.
A few figures here attest
to their popularity. We know
that 44 per cent of all Ameri
can families own U S. Sav
ings Bonds. Even more amaz
ing, four out of ten owners
Life Is Like That
BY H, ALBERT SMITH
A POSTIVE REQUIREMENT
OF DISCIPLESHIP
«UR FAITHFUL WATCHDO0
will be foimd in the income
bracket below $5,000 a year.
Today, thousand of sons
and daughters are paying
their way through college on
E bonds, purchased by their
parents through the Payroll
Savings or Bond-A-Month
Plans — savings that had
grown 33 per cent by the
time the money was needed.
Homes are being built, new
cars bought, and all manner
of appliances and longed-for
vacations enjoyed — all be
cause the money was saved
the easy, automatic way.
In spite of his extensive
use of bond money for neces
sities and luxuries, three-
fourth of the E bonds are be
ing held beyond their ma
turity date to draw addition
al interest for up to 10 years.
And Savings Bond holdings
today exceed $39 billion —
an all-time record.
These facts evidence great
strides in Americans’ eco
nomy — their “housekeep
ing.” As a group they cash^
and reinvested, or spent for
needed purposes, nearly, four
and a half billions in 1954,
yet ended up the year with
half a billion more iQ bond
savings. And it’s the smart
little man who leads the way.
Now let’s hear the Russian
version of that one.
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APRIL 30, 1955
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Last week in discussing the
topic above, we stated that the
acceptance of the mind of Jesus
Christ is one of the conditions
of discipleship. Such an accep
tance, we argued, involves be
lieving as did He; accepting his
word on the essential facts of
life-God, man, sin, salvation,
immortality—and the adoption
of his philosophy of life both ^s
it regards the purely spiritual
aspect of life as well as the prin
ciples of every day practical liv
ing.
Would Object
We took note of the fact some
people would object to the
claim that we must accept
Christ’s beliefs. They would
claim that to be an inposition, a
I’orced acceptance of Christ’s
interpretation of life; that it is
the authoritarian me^od of Fa-
cists and Communists; the me
thod used behind the; Iron Cur
tain. These objectors j would say
that people* ought to be free to
examine and accept beliefs.
Necessity of Thought
With this position, I agree.
But there are some facts of a
nature as to make acceptance
mandatory. That one and one
are two and one minus one is
zero is a necessity of thought,
and inescapable truth, and is
essential to satisfactory- adjust
ment in the kind of world we
live in. Some things we accept
first in order that we might
live. We reason about them af
terwards.
Jesus’ l eacMngs Supreme
Now, Jesus stands as the Su
preme Spiritual Genius and Re
ligious Teacher of the ages. He
alone among the great religious
teachers of history claimed
equality with God. Only He has
been acclaimed by any body of
intelligent and morally respon
sible men, as worthy of the ho
mage paid to God. Other religi
ous teachers pointed to moral
principles outside of themselves
as they set forth the way of life.
Jesus pointed to Himself as the
source of such principles.
Must Accept Them
It is on such groun^ as this
that I base the claims that we
must accept Jesus’ philijophy of
rife. Accept it on reason? Yes,
to be sure! But if you can’t see
the reason, or lack the capacity
to reason it out, accept it any
how!
Must Enter Heart of God’s Will
Now, Christian discipleship
involves us further than accep
ting the philosophy of Jesus.
Included, is going with him into
the heart of the will of G6dlfs
personal experience. By that I
mean this: even as Jesus lost
His will in God's will, so must
we. To follow him means no
more than this. Certainly, it can
mean no less except we follow
him a long way off.
Requires Explanation
The statement-“going with
Him into the heart of the will
of God as a personal experi
ence” requires some explana
tion. I say this because many
of us hold. to certain positions
Christ maintained, and taught;
but, as for entering into the ex-
perience-well-that is a different
matter. \
Take the Matter of Opposition
Take for instance, this mat
ter of facing opposition, either
real or fancied. Of course, with
Christ there were no fancied
oppositions. But real opposition,
he had; and he met it head on.
There was no retreat, no loss of
faith, no abandonment of posi
tion, no retraction of teachings,
no compromising or equivoca
ting.
Many FaU At Point Of
Opposition
Many of us fail as disciples
at the point where we face op
positions, I have tried at times
vainly to persuade some per
sons to be faithful to a Chris
tian obligation which they had
either repudiated or threatened
to abandon. Investigation as to
tlieir reason usually revealed
that somebody-often several
persons-had criticized them.
They had been treated wrongly,
or were not appreciated. Some
body was forever throwing up
a road block to impede their
progress.
How Jesus Faced It
Well, just take a look at what
Jesus faced. Didn’t folks oppose
Him? They called Him a wine-
bibber and a glutton, a friend
of publicans and sinners, didn’t
they? Didn’t they say he had a
devil and charge him with
casting out devils in the name
of Beelzebub, the chief of
devils? They told lies on Him
and even sought to kill .Him.
Didn’t they?
itfot -the Faintest Desire
Yet, the blessed Christ had
not the faintest desire to break
away from God’s purpose for
Hi^ life or to retreat from with
in the xircle of God’s will. He
said, “I do always the things
that are pleasing to God.” And
He encouraged those penalized
for loyalty to Christian princi
ple by saying: “Blessed are ye
when men shall revile you, and
persecute you, and shall say all
manner of evil against you
falsely, for my sake. Rejoice
and be exceedingly glad: for
great is your reward in heaven:
for so persecuted they the pro
phets which were before you.”
The Matter of Retaliation
Take this matter of turning
the other cheek and God’s will.
srtTHiat did Jesus mean by trnn-
ing the other cheek? Well, He
didn't mean for me after taldng
a tooth-shattering and bone-
crushing punch on my left jaw
to submit my right jaw to such
vicious treatment. He did mean,
however, that one should en
dure a wrong .1 rather than to
“get even" by doing a wrong in
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WASHINGTON AND
SMALL BUSINESS
Readers ask: “What does dif-
closure ot Yalta agreemont
mean?”
« • •
Hanj pimditi take itand dt**
olosnre was pare poUtica with
1956 electloiia In mind. Tet Wsah-
Intrton obaenren are reluctant
to arree anch mfen as Sea. H.
Style Brldgea]
Is motlvatedj
only by poli
tics. Sltnitl-
cantly. Sen.i
WiUUm Know-1
land asks (or,
publication •(!
■11 secret
agreements in-
olndtaiK. those
made since lils
party has been
In power.
• * •
Once majority of nation's legi^
lators were well grounded in
classics and acted ^rith long roll
of history’s lessons in mind. This
attribute has been largely lost in
today’s public life.
• a *
So-called Brlcker amendment
introdnced by Sen. John Brlcker,
defeated in last session, and now
before this session, and backed
by an overwhelming majority ot
nationwide membership of Na
tional Federation of Independent
Bnsiness, recognlies this iliomi-
nated backdrop of liistory.
« a a
History shows republics found
er -«iien it is forgotten that It
Is basic human nature for un
checked power to inevitably
create messiah complex. Caesar
was a noble and selfless Roman
untit he found he could push
Roman Senate aside. Napoleon
was an ardent republican until
he found he could shackle Fren^
Assembly.
• a •
■o blame (or Yalta’s bitter pOl
to shared by a Ooogreas that per
mitted Ita authority to be usurped
.(• s«Bh M extent secret agree*
nawita could ba made witbeot ita
wnroTsl
3y C. WILSON HARDER
Real issue now is prevention
ot future Yaltai.
• * •
Almost dsUy examples ahow
execuUve branch of government
playing rlng.«ronnd-the-rosy,
with ddy elected Congress. Har>
oU Stassen, head of (oreign aid,
now in ciiarge ot disarmament,
is under Congressional fire (or
taking $2*,004,800 of funds allo
cated to bUUa for other pnrposea
and buying roUiag stock (or state
owned railroad. Ot course, Staa-
sen seems to have acquired vims
injecting ail who get involved In
"one world" schemes, namely,
it la sole duty of Congrm to vote
money, then shot up.
• • •
One of fiblest legal minds ever
in government, Stanley Bames,
head of Justice Departoent anti
trust division, created stir re
cently vrtien he questioned Com
merce Department procedures in
holding meetings with so-called
“business advisory groups.”
• * *
From his long viewpoint, ba
seemingly rMlixed K such meet
ings developed Into "star cham
ber” sessions, there would be no
limit to whMling dealing
possible among adeot («w seek
ing to bolld cosy mooopollea.
• « *
Issue was handled without
lurid headlinei. But Commerce
Departanent agreed with scUy
but firmly worded demand by
Mr. Bames that such meetings
be held openly; that complete
minutes of proceedings be made,
e • •
So despite all reports that
Yalta disclosures are pelltloally
inspired, responsible Congrea-
slonal leaden are not motivated
by this consideration. They are
meidy trying to avoid rep^
tions ei Yalta, realising any time
Bepubllc’s business Is conducted
In dark comers, dark events will
take place. Ihere Is ne way to
legislate against inevitabOliy of
human nature. That to first pria>
etfe e( dmocnclM nrvlvaL
MFLAtt
PIFIATIO
Spiritual Insight
“OVERCOMiNG .THE DEVIL”
By Reverend Harold Roland
Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church
“In my name they shall cast
out Devils." Mark 16:17.
fisyou
The Risen Christ sends forth
his disciples with the assurance
that he would give them power
to subdue and overcome the
Devil. Thank God for such a
power. They needed it as wit
nesses in a sinful world. And
we—you and I—need it too.
Sanctified and indwelt by the
Holy Spirit we are made con
querors over Sin and Satan. In
Christ we are promised the vic
tory over the Devil, the decei
ver and liar. The devil is loose
in his work of confusion and
destruction. He is Working to
defeat goodness and destroy
your very soul, your home and
your job. Jesus overcame the
Devil. And thank God he gave
us power -to overcome the Evil,
one...“In my name they shall
cast out Devils...”
Righteousness will win the
victory over evil. At times evil
seems rampantly triumphant.
Be not discoiuaged. In many a
battle it seems as if goodness
will be defeated. Some of us are
fighting such battles now. We
feel discouraged as we fight
against great odds. Evil seems
swift. Goodness seems slow,
fight on! God guarantees the
victory for God... “The Lord
knoweth the way of the righte
ous...the way of the ungodly
shaU perish...” If you are stand
ing in Jesus' name I say to you
just keep on standing. Fight on
in the face of overwhelming
odds. GOD WILL GIVE YOU
THE VICTORY. Stand firm! He
has promised the victory. We
have his word and it cannot
fail.
Clad in the spiritual armour
of God we can overcome the
Devil. Fight on in liis name.
Fight with the weapons of truth
anri rightpfiiisnp.ss. God Will
give you a day of .victory. The
victory may not come tomor
row. In Christ the victoryy, will
come. You cannot beat the devil
with his weapons but you can
beat him with God's weapons.
Jesus gives the answer...“Be not
overcome of evil, but overcome
evil with Good...” You can over
come the devil with truth, faith,
love, prayer and the word of
God, THE MIGHTY SWORD
OF THE SPIRIT.
Beware of the skilful, decep
tive approach of the Devil.
Never forget tliat the Devil is
a deceiver and a liar. He says
it is easy and not harmful. He
comes in moments of success.
He appeals to our pride anfi-:^,
vanity. He appeals to your
sense of Importance a)id.-jtistice.
Thus beware of liis sweet
schemes. He makes everything
look sweet and easy. But he is'*'
a liar! All his sweetness ends
in the bitterness of shame,
heartache and tears. His aim is
to destroy the unity, peace, hap
piness and health o?^ men.
Jesus fought and won over
the Devil. And he has promised
us power to overcome the Devil
too...“In my name they shall
cast out devils...”
Capital Close-Up
BY CONSTANCE DANIEL
We’ll “Buy” Logan and Romulo
After the dramatic pre-Ban
dung entrances and exits of the
Rev. Mr. Adam Powell (D-NY),
his shirt-sleeved finale at a
Bandung press conference came
to us as a great relief.
He had outshouted the Com
munists by getting his unofficial
shouts in first, and if he in
dulged in the exaggerations and
partial truths attributed to iiim,
blowing hot and blowing cold
and berating the Administra
tion for not following his ad
vice on Presidential greetings
to the CoiifWence, he w^, after
all, not as bad as many feared
he would be. Perhaps, after all,
he did some good.
Maybe Private Citlzen-News-
paper Reporter Powell was just
being Powell-ish, as he was the
time he scooped/ liis fellow
newsmen of the Capital (Open
to All) Press Club, in the old
days of the New Deal. The
guest, for that particular meet
ing, was the Vice President of
the United States, speaking off
the record. He remained off the
record for all present except the
Rev. Mr, Powell, alsb a guest of
the Club, who broke out in
headlines in his now defunct
‘‘People’s Voice,*'—“Adam Po
well followed, no mention was
made of the club which invited
him, or of the twenty-odd news
men who had the same informa
tion, but abided by the rules of
the trade.
Ah, well-you know what the
old lady said'when she kissed
the cow!
So, after our ears have re
covered from the noise of the
Biggest^ City’s solon, we'll just
buy the package General Ro
mulo opened at Bandung, plus
his “Warning to Americans” in
“This Week’" Sunday supple
ment magazine for April 17.
We’ll also buy without reserva^
tion Rayford Logan’s feature
piece, “Africa, Colonialism’s
Last Refuge,” in the Washing
ton Sunday Star for the same
date—a comprehensive, ,but
compact, dispassionate and
clear exposition and analysis
in a field where Dr. Logan
speaks with undisputed au
thority.
Communism ■ in this and
every country where it gets or
tries to get a toe-hold, encour
ages racism, iiarps on it and
thrives on it. Quoting General
Romulo at Bandung:
“Our quarrel with racism is
of skin color for judgment of
that it substitutes the accident
men as men. Counter-racism
would have us do the same, to
lump white men by their sup
posed racial grouping and gov
ern our acts and reactions ac
cordingly. It is our task to rise
above this noxious nonsense.”
“Close-Up” submits that we
cannot l>e “for” racism when it
suits our purpose, and against it
when it doesn’t. Nor do we have
to ignore any part of our heri
tage or discard any lesons of the
past, in order to oppose the pre
sent highly’ emotionalized and
violatile surge toward it.
It will be worse than useless,
if, after crying that we and our
■fellow-millions are "Americans
All,” we then take ourselves out
of the American context and
align our philosophy with a
counter-racist movement.
No Recall for Governor Alex
ander
In our opinion there isn’t a
chance that Governor Archie
Alexander of Virgin Islands—
an authority on the Caribbean
long before he bec;Bme Gover
nor—will be recalled from his
post. We have been familiar
with island problems since be
fore the transfer from Den
mark. We have known all the
civil governors rather well,
with the exception of Mr. d'e
Castro, and have observed with
visiting delegations and dis
cussed with them the growing
problems o their homeland, as
we have with “American Virgin
Islanders.” As a reporter we sat
in on the periodic ‘fights’ which
arose and found their way be
fore Insular Committees. Some
of the problems were problems,
and other minor and often tri
vial irritations.
The economic problems . per
sist and have become aggravat
ed for many reasons, chief of
which is the limited area in
volved by the three principal
islands, which automatically
limits the population figure.
Excellent ideas that would
work well on the mainland
won’t work in the islands, be
cause of such practical consi
derations as water supply (de
pendent on cisterns.) Transpor
tation changes have wiped out
a main source of revenue. Porto
Rican labor has discovered St.
Croix. While the “wish to be
American is violently contagi
ous" and ideas grow apace, the
pocket-handkerchief square mi
leage remains the same.
Under the Danes there was a
feeling of personal loyalty us
ually associated with monarchy^
The picture of Grandfather
Christophe Daniel, looking
handsome and slightly fierce,
shows a row of medals across
his chest. He was a chairman of
the old Colonial Council, made
frequent trips to Denmark, and
was a Knight of the Danne-
brog. He was the type of leader
ship—now gone—which gave re-
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