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f>AAI V«W> TBK CABOUNA nMS SATUBDAY. OCT. ». 1»M m RIGHTEOUS FOUNDATION OF THE NAACP When an attorney general or other high state official of a sovereign state gives out a statement for public con sumption, in which he ac cuses an organization as old, as influent!^ and as large as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as being subversive or a Communist front he ought to be able to back it up with facts or be held before the eyes of the entire nation as irresponsible and an inveter ate liar. Attorney General Eugene Cook of Georgia made such an accusation against the NAACP last week, which ou^ side of his own state and those like Mississippi, failed to in crease his stature as a states man or man of truthful lips. Of his blast against the NAACP our exteemed con temporary the Greensboro Daily News, in £tn editorial of Friday, October 21, had the foUowir.g to say in part: “The NAACP was organ ized in 1909, 18 yean be fore the Russian Bevoln- tion. Fof good or bad it has been in working relation ship with every President of the United States since its formation, beginning with William Howard Taft. J. Edgar Hoover wrote of it in 1947: “Equality, free dom and tolerance are es sential in a democratic gov ernment. The National As sociation for the Advance ment of Colored People has done much to preserve these principles and to per petuate the desires of the founding fathers.” “A good many Southern ers, a majority in fact, think the NAACP’s influ ence on the Supreme Court School decision was un wise. They may be right, if the court pushes the South too fast. But becauM the South disagrees with the court and the NAACP, it shouldn’t condone this scurrilous attack by the at torney general of Georgia. “Cook offers no evidence that the NAACP is Com munist or Communist-front organization. He doesn’t indicate that the organi zation was ever on the U. S. Attorney General’s “list” or that it was investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee or any other official body. His attack appears to be 99 per cent hysteria and one per cent “guilt by association.” “The South needs wise leadership in this mid century education crisis. It ought to tear down the red shut of intolerance and bigotry waving from some its bastions. Georgia and Eugene Cook need more ra tional and reasonable argu ments to support the cause of school segregation than those, iromcally enough, projected on the national scene at a meeting of a Peace Officers Association.” If Georgia’s attorney gen eral hopes by his unwarrant ed and malicious attack on the NAACP to weaken its in iluence among Negroes in or out of his state he has sadly missed the mark. Like that ol Governor Luther V. Hodges ot North Carolina it was prob ably worth thousands of memberships for the organi zation to say nothing about thousands of dollars. If southern enemies of the NAACP will consult history they will find that organi zations with a righteous foundation feed and grow on attacks from their enemies It has been true with the church, masonry and this na tion, all of which withstood and prospered bec{|use of unwarranted attacks made against them by their en emies. It was true With those who opposed slavery in this country. Because they who opposed it were right they survived and were victorious in the war between the states. So it will be with those who oppose segregation. They can not lose because the founda tion upon which they stand is right, in spite of what men like Attorney General Cook, Governor Luther V. Hodges and others may say or do. "TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES” EDITOK’S NOTE;—^IhronKh the yean, this newspaper has felt that, if left alone, the youns people of all races would qnickly solve the em- hamuBiiic race problem which is the axis of all life in the “Sovth.” There liave been tlmn when we have wondered if, perhaps, we had not misjudged the^ calibre of young: white people. Such was the case when we read Uiat two ^orid War D veterans were charired with the brutally fatal beating of Emmett Till, li-year-old Hla- siasippi boy. Last week our faith in young people was undouhltably sus tained when Duke University students, who were thwarted in their attempt to return some courtesies to the thes- piaas «f North CaroUna Col lege, wrote in the official sdieol paper. Hie Chronicle, the (•Uewing editorial: The tradition-shaking de cision of the Supreme Court in Blay, 1954, left the Board of Trustees here without an excuse tor continuing a segregation policy. A void of administrative silence followed the decision, and that void has been marked with confusion and embar rassment for the Universi- Last week the Duke Play ers’ Elxecutive Council pointed up sharply the problems associated with our vague and somewhat inconsistent policy. From the Chronicle’s point of view, the action of the stu dents was a friendly ges ture to the students of a nearby college, a gesture, we might add, entirely in step with the times.' Now these students were not agitating for integration, but they were merely offer ing to return the many fav- ors extended to them by North CaroBna College. Guided by an unwritten policy, several of our ad ministrators disapproved of the resolution to invite NCC students to Players productions. The faculty ' advisers of the thespian group can not be blamed for heeding the wishes of their employers. These same administra tors, however, guided by the same unwritten policy, did not object at least, not strenuously) when the Shoe and Slipper Club hired Count Basie to play here this fall. Neither does our administration object to the long-standing practice of selling a pre-determined number of Concert Series tickets to Negroes. Negroes are also permitted to use the library. Cafeterias, on the other hand, are not included in our'liberal policy. Who can forget the embarrassing situation last April when a baseball player from the University of Michigan was segregated to a private room in our cafeteria? The highest court in the land ma^ its historie de- cbion 17 months ago. The longer we continue our do- nothing attitude, the more difficult it will become to draw nebulous lines. It is time for the Board of Trus tees to state a policy. We request, therefore, a guest editorial from them; we will reserve this lead edi torial space in the issue two weeks from tonight for their reply. The Board of Trustees is like a rock in the middle of a tranquil stream. Occasion ally, after a heavy down pour, flooding waters exert enough pressure to move the rock. Life Is Like That By H. ALBERT SMITH JUSTIFIABLE ANGER - NO. fl the discussion on “Justifi able Anger” last week, it was our contention that anger has a place in our scheme ot things and serves legitimate ^ds. In maintaining that position, a dis tinction was drawn between raw biological anger and the anger we styled as righteous in dignation. I used as an illustra tion of the former a peisoiial experience in which 1 was al most run down oy a reckless ■driver who proceeded to direct some vile language at me and cited the momentary anger re sponse as not desirable. An Explanation I am almost tempted to re peat the, paragraph in which that citation appeared and an other illustrating righteous an ger in Jesus' cleansing of the temple. My reason is this: In one paragraph, ten words were left out and, in the other, seven words were omitted not to mention the repetition of a phrase. To say the least, those paragraphs suffered somewhat as a result. But I managed to detect these* omissions before all our papers left the press. Source Was Love At this time, I find the story of Jesus’ cleansing of the tem ple again helpful for my pur pose. It ^as an angry Christ that drove the money changers from the te&ple and the beasts they were selling within its sacred enclosure. That anger was an expression of a two-fold love. F^rst, the love of God which represented this callous desecration of a sanctuary, dedicated as the house of God, by supposed-to-be men of God; and, second, love for men which resented their being rob bed and cheated in the name of religion toy a^ hypocritical priesthood. More Despicable Of course, now I am not in ferring that Jesus would have been pleased if the ‘jc^eating and exploitation had been go ing on without religious sanc tion. Exploitation of men for selfish reasons is forever wrong whether done with the bles sings of the church or without, in the name of God or the devil. But 1 iio feel thia way about it.. The man who uses religion as a means to rob his fellowman is a more degraded and despicable character than one who does not. Difficult Not To Hate As some of you have gleaned from this column, I am not an advocate of hatred and vio lence, although I admit it is hard sometimes not to hate the guts of a man who despises you as his inferior and fits his be havior to his mood, and to sup press the wish that you had power enough to appropriate by violent means the rights and justice belonging to you. Revo lution, if it works, always gains results faster than evolution evan if the latter receives an oc casional shove from law and re ligion. A SALUTE TO DURHAM The Carolina Times is glad to salute Durham for the very splendid manner in which it entertained the conventibn of state branches of the Nation al Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People last week. According to offi cials of the Durham Branch of the NAACP and attested to by the state officials every person and organization in Durham appeared to lean over backward to make the annual sessioh a success. Already Durham has gain ed considerable favor as a convention city and since many of the NAACP del egate who came here for the convention are members of various other organizations, religious groups and fraterni ties, they will pass the word around about Durham as a favorable city in which to hold other conventions. Especially would we like to salute the local daily news papers for the very high class coverage it gave ^e NAACP sessions. So often when the Convention meets in other cities of the state the cover age given by the white press is so biased that it is worse than no coverage at all. In Durham we think all will have to agree with us that our daily newspapers were be yond reproach in the manner in which they reported the NAACP convention. Will Fare Better But I do advocate righteous anger and resentment. And 1 feel we as a race will fare a lot better just as soon as we learn to resent insult and inferior treatment based on race. I can understand the man who “swal lows" an insult and outwardly adjusts to unjust conditions to keep from getting his brains beaten out by a brutish cop, waylaid by a gang of ruffians or given a raw deal by a preju- diced-bitten judge or jury. But to “swallow” insult and injus tice without resentment—that is something else again. Illustration ' An illustration comes to my mind. A,father commanded his son to sit dow^ The little fel low demurred. “Sit down!" the father yelled. The lad sat down; but he informed his dad; “I am still standing up in my mind.” St^ding Up Mentally I have “sat down” many a time physically while mentally I was standing bolt upright and bristling with angry rebellion. And, likewise, I have suffered indignities and insults without (foing what I wanted to do be cause they proceeded from a source too powerful to cope with. It just doesn’t make sense to resort to violence when to do so is a hopeless venture. Manhandled Some years ago a Negro on a bus, either in North Carolina or the edge of South Carolina, re fused to move back at the order of the driver. He simply waited until the next town was reached and called the police. They took the Negro into custody and in no gentle fashion. A deacon of a church I was then pastoring told me about it. He was an in dignant eyewitness. Sermonic Advice The following night, I said to my people, “You know what the law says. If you' are ever asked to move and don’t want to be manhandled, move. Go back. But if you don’t mind re ceiving a beating, or going to jail, or dying—provided you have made your peace with God and are ready for heaven— just sit there; fight in neces sary.” Had Formula I've been asked to move back on more than one occasion. I did it because the law was against me, but in my heart there was an inferno of anger. To have slugged the bus driver was no solution to the problem of Jim Crow travel. But 1 had the formula for its solution: hatred of an intolerable condi tion, resentment, a holy anger, a divine dissatisfaction. And, when I say the formu la was in my possession, I mean this: unless people hate the fet ters that bind them they will never seek to break them. And I thank God that a divinely an gry and righteously indignant militant Negro has supplanted the Negro of a few years back who meekly accepted a Jim Crow Society with little or no resentment. • SATURDAY U. E JOHNSON by the xmrntD PvBUSHKRS. laeorpontod at 4M E. PatUcmr St. ■b«M m elM Mttw the Poat OftlM at Otuham, lf«rtti CamHm uater tlM A«t of Manli t, UTV. JMmml MnitMag ■omwUthra: tatmtat* VmHt4 Kmmaman. tmmtrnsg OCT. 29, 1955 L. E. AUSTIN, Pnblishar CLATHAN M. BOSS.^Edltor H. ^BEST SMITH Maaaglng Editor' MEL“ BmImm Bfanager JESSE COFlELO CircBlatioB Bfanagar No fuarutM of public*Uon of inuoUcitad znata rt*!. L«ttan to tha adltor for pubUoatloa »uat b* •iSBad and conflnad to MO worda. Subacriptkw Rataa: lOo par copy; Six nwntha. %tM: Ooa Taax, $8A0 (Tocalcn Countilaa, f4.M par rMw.) World Shocked by Religious Persecution p^rMCUtioa el Boha'U in Iran; d«t«cratieii br Mohomm»daii Mullah ol tli«lr Spiritual C«nt*r. A pickaxe blow by Hohanimedan Mullah Falsafl sij^alled the de struction of the Baha’i Temple dome in Teheran, and the be^in- nine of a wave of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran. ' Oppression started when Mul lahs incited mobs to atrocities against Baha’is, the largest mi nority religion. They were tortur ed, an‘ in Irat beaut] _ ..ley ed, their property destroyed, and the holiest. Baha’i looted. site in Iran b In sharp contrast, the I and serenity of their U.S. head- Suarters at Wilmette, III., reflects lie dignity of the Faith and the respect accorded It in oUier coun tries all over the world. I Baha’i is internationally recog nised as an independent reli^on, .Mid is represented in the Uil. in over 1400 cities and towns. It pro claims the divine origin of all faiths and the unity of the Proph ets. Members are among tha most respected people in any community. In attempts to halt the persecu tion in Iran, Baha’is appealed to the UN under the Declaration of Human Rights, which Iran had signed. Physical atrocities stopped, arily. But 600 Cen ters in Iran are still closed, Baha’is forbidden to assemble and worship, their children denied schooling, and the government haa ordered diecharge of all Baha’ia from their posts. Independent observers agree that the situation in Iran cannot be resolved until Baha’is are grant ed full legal reconiition and the basic right to fraedom of worship^ How About A Little Missionary Work At Home? Give Freely!) help to send our missionaries TO THE UNCIVILIZED WPTS OF AMERICA Spiritual Insight By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Paitor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church “A LIFE OF FAITH” The just shall live by faith... Heb. 2:4. The prophet Habbakuk be came confused when he saw wrong strutting in pride lord ing it over right. He saw oppre- sive wrong, seemingly, carry ing the day. He saw the banners of unrighteousness flying high. And in his confusion be asks God why, why should evil stand victorious over the Good? This is an age-old question as we see wrong parading in its brief day of seeming glory. He saw the ruthless Chaldeans in vading the land conquering the very people of God. So the Prophets asks God a question and he waits lor . an answer. God gives the answer. In the answer he sees God’s Di vine Order of things standing tices of men and their systems. God answers the Prophet’s question in the words of the text...“The Just Shall Live By Faith...” The just can live and backing of God’s Eternal Pow er, God holds the just until the war is over and the victory is won, God assures liim that jus tice and faith can never be de feated. God’s answer reveals the gleaning of a life of faith an chored in justice. A life of faith is held by an unshakable vis ion of God and his righteous ness. A life of faith and justice gives the soul an anchorage amid the raging rantings of wrong and injustice. A life of right and faith gives patient en- durantfe in the face of the-most intense ordeals and trials. A life of faith and right can help us say with Paul in the raging storm...“Sirs, I believe in God.," Faith is a sense of being sus tained by God and right. Who is the just? The Just Is in the midst of the raalt injtts— One Who Has Right On His Side, St^nd on right with Grace and love. The just is the one who is right toward God and man. Thus the Just Can Wait In Faith, The just can wait be- wait In faith for they have the cause he has God’s word which cannot fall,..“The just ahail live by faith,.,” The faith of righteousness gives the victory. This great truth gives firmness and stead fastness, The right believes in God and stands in obedience to his will. Thus we can see why the righteous can endure in sults, afflictions, injustice, tri als with such grace and charm. The right know% that sin and wrong will die. Right Is Life! Wrong Is Death; Right may be hated, slandered, persecuted, beaten, imprisoned and cruci fied, This great truth from God’s word has been the &eart of the struggle of fifteen mill ion American citizens for nine ty years. We have won though faith the final victory that al ways come to the just. The faith of those who are right ia tha Xaitb tfaat over comes the world. Let’s stand for right and do right and God will give us the final victory in things in which we are right. The faith of right banks on the final triumph of right. Capital Close-Up BY CONSTANCE DANIELS Rainey to GOP National , Joseph H, Rainey, appointed, last March, as Information Spe cialist at Housing and Home Fi nance, is moving around the corner, to the headjuarters of the Republican National Com mittee at Sixteenth and Eye, as assistant to Minorities Director Val J, Washington, Rainey, grandson and namesake of the first Negro in the U,. S, House of Representatives, is a veteran of both the daily and weekly press in^Phila^lphia, and is well- known in the East as a former Philadelphia magistrate and member of the Pennsylvania Boxing Commission, He is a clear and objective thinker and a good analyst—business-first, but easy to meet. We congratu late GOP headquarters on ac- juiring his services,—if it has! Georgetown U. to Act on Pro-Segregationist Teacher For ten years, Patrick F. Healy, of Boston—a Negro pri est with an Irish name-presided as President over Georgetown University, the Jesuit college founded in 1789, the year George Washington was elect ed President of the Vnited States. Father Healy was presi dent of Georgetown from 1873 to 1882, and vice-president from 1869. Last week, from his office in Healy Hall, Georgetown’s ad ministration building, the Rev. Edmtmd Bunn, Georgetown’s new president, publicly dis avowed statements denouncing racial integration, U. S, Su preme Court decisions and Ne groes, per se, allegedly made by Charles Callan Tansill, history professor in Georgetown’s grad uate school—both in interview with Washington Daily News reporter, Tom Kelley, and In a speech before the Defenders of State Sovereignty and Indivi dual Libertiea, in Arlington County, Virginia—just over the line from Washington, Tansill’s books include “The Purchase of the Danish West Indies,” (Virgin Islands) pub lished by Johh Hopkins and Oxford Universities in 1932, whiie^ he was a professor at American University, in Wash ington. The report that he was dismissed from American Uni versity, five years later, lor public defense of Hitler and {he Nazi regime, was denied by Dr, Posner, head of American Uni versity’s department of history, in response to questions by this column. He was, however, the subject of indignant protest over charges, in 1947, that Lin coln had tricked the South in to the Civil War. Between President Healy’s administration and President Bunn’s the waters of controver sy had flowed, freely, over the dam of Georgetown’s race re lations. For many years Ameri'- can Negroes were excluded, as they were also excluded from Catholic University, across the town, in Brookland. First Ca tholic University, and—much more recently — Georgetown, have recognized their error and dropped the bars against Ne gro Americans, Georgetown, at its last Commencement, gradu ated a Negro Doctor of Laws. Disavowing the statements at tributed to Tansill by the re porters for the Arlington Sun and Washington News, Father Bunn dispatched letters to pro testing citizens, stating that Tansill’s remarks, as reported, were “absolutely contrary to the policy and teaching of Georgetown University “and” opposed to the teaching of the Catholic Church,” “We publicly disavow these opinions,” wrote the reverend President,” and take this occasion to reaffirm our adherence to the principles of justice and charity promul gated in the Papal Encyclicals, the Declaration of Indepen dence, and the American Con stitution,” Georgetown’s Board of Di rectors is expected to meet, without delay, on the Tansil case, and the belligerent pro fessor given, opportunity to prove the reporters wrong, or withdraw some of the more lu rid comment attributed to him, such as the description of Ne groes as “morons” who bad made no contribution to Ameri can culture, The hearings will doubtless be held in Healy Hall, named for Georgetown’s scholarly Ne gro president, of whom it wls written in the Georgetown Col lege Journal is reached.” We think that progress is being made. Letter To Editor The Editor Carolina Times Durham, N, C, Dear Sir: I see by the papers that one of our “Goodwill Ambassadors” in the recent agrictiltiural en tourage to Russia, says that the Russian people all love their government. I. suppose that he was told this by ■ the peasants themselves. What else would you expect any of them to tell him, when they know that tor ture and certain death would await any who did not give ex pression to such words. This is reminiscent of the custom of the ^slaves in the South before the un-Civil War. Travelers from the North were invariably told by the slaves about how much athey loved their masters, and how they would not wish to l^ave them, etc. And this fable is still pro claimed and believed by many to this day. What slave could be expected to tell an inquiring (Pleas* turn to Page Savan)
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