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PAGi TWO THE CAROLINA TIMES SATUBOAY, PEC. U, 1955 FASCISM -AMERICAN STYLE Aithowigh the Fascist move- many. goal is the overthrow of the ment was be^un in Italy in Liet no one be mistaken a- American government. For 1»19, toUowing World War I, bout the Patriots-or probably when an organization openly it did not come into promin- they should be called the defies the nighest court in ence until World War 11, “Hatriots.” This now small the iMd and attacks the Con- when under the leadership ot but tierce organization, if al- stitution of the nation, it is bemto M.i«niini, it seized lowed to continue on its tme for all loyal Am^can the reins of government in way, may in time become the citi^ns to go on guard duty. that country, it was in Ger- undoing of whatever there is If this be not done, then mny that a «milar organi- left of American Democracy. American Negro citizens must zation, the leadership Its deliberate and open de- prepare for the same fate of Adolph Hitler and known fiance of the U. S. Supreme which befell our Jewish bre- as Nazism, became the ruling Court, its disdain for the U. S. thren in Germany and Italy, torce during the same period. Constitution are even more We may yet see the bodies of Likewise it was under Muss- than the Communists in our Negro men, women and chil- nfini and Hitler, with their iiUdst have ever had the gall dren rottening in the streets announced and avowed in- to do. Yet withal, the t’atriots and gutters; then we will be t»Ptions of preserving the have been chartered by the sickened with the smeU of purity of the Aryan race, that state and have embarked up- death as it rents the air; and one of the blackest and most on their hellish mission, the we shall heu the shrieiis of sordid chapters in the history the same as Mussolini and our tormented and dying ot mankind was Written. Hitler. in American concentration In spite of the tragic end- So, in the not too distant camps until the little power- ings which b^ells Mussolini future, as Mark Twain once drunk bigots who advocate and Hitler, both of whom set said about war, you will see the doctrme of a master race about to exterminate the Jew- this curious thing: speakers shall be like Mussolini and ish race in order to obtain against segregation '‘stoned Hitler, “weighed in the bal' their goal, man has not yet from the platform and free ances and found wanting.” learned his lesson. Here in speech strangled by hordes of So we stand at the cross- North Carolina, within less furious men, who in their roads of our existence in than 20 years after Mussolini hearts are still as one with America. Admist it all let and Hitler, there has sprung those stoned speakers — but them curse but let us bless, up anntber Fascist movement do not d&re say so. And now let them hate but let us love, under the nam>» of Patriots, the whole nation, pulpit, and let them carry malice in their Inc. and under the leadership all will take up the cry for hearts, but let us carry for- of Dr. W. C. George of Chap- segregation and mob any hon- giveness. Let them plan black el Hill as its president. The est man who ventures to open and miserable schemes a- Patriots have set about to do his mouth; and presently such gainst the government, but what Mussolini and Hitler mouths will cease to open.” let us remain loyal and stead- * failed to accomplish. This or- We warn Ameriqa to keep fast, fighting the good fight organization, according to its an eternal eye on the Patriots, within the framework of charter, has as its first aim the whose unholy purpose and Democracy and within the maintenance of “the purity methods of achieving it have courts. In the end we will be and culture of the white already been openly admitted, victorious. In the end we race,” which is precisely We warn America to treat this will, like the great Jewish what the Facists and the Nazis organization as other subver- people, outlive our adversar- set out to do'in Italy and Ger- sive groups whose ultimate ies. ■ national magaiina. Wliat he retentwi was that two of oiu Negro cliaracten didn't speak witn a ilarvard accent. One was a waahwonum and the oiner her grandson, both ol wnom were familiar peopljo trom our boyhood. . * * * IH£ WHOLE piece was a slap, at the iiouth's treatment ot Negroes. But this was ignorea by the newspaper man. Ue didn’t want our little Negro to say “dee-po” and “he ain”t coming no mo.” The Negro newspaper man forgot that not even the Constitution can the speech of many Ne groes—or whites either, fax ttaat matter. If the N^o appeared as the fictio^ villian. in the ratio that he appears in crim inal court the reader of slick fiction would meet Mm often. One only has. to consult local court records to see that, bas ed on population he is better at murder by about five to one, than the white man. BUT JUST TSfY that one on your litway agent. He’ll tell you “that editors will do about anything to avoid a story like this.” Under “the rules,” all Ne groes must be go^ honest guys, working their way Harvard. This is as silly as saying: Audie Murphy was the most decorated American soldier^ World War 1^ therefore dl American soldiers are brave;” that “Dwight D. Eisenhower is a great American; there fore ^ Americans are great.” Or that “George W. Carver was a great Negro scientist, and Booker T. Washington and Dr. W. J. Treat are great Negro educators, therefore all N^roes are great scien tists and great educators.” In the name of truth, de cency — and a tiny grain of courage — literature and ev eryday journalism should de pict the Negro as he is: Good, mean, noble, dishon est, murderous or tender — a fellow who is rising swiftly from a heritage of tremen dous handicaps — but whose pattern of mass behavior is not* quite as good as the white man’s.” How Long Will They Be Peraiitfed To Disregard Civil Rights?" Life Is Like That Continued From Page One A FINE EXAMPLE FOR UKRO PHYSICIANS This newspaper is happy to who are the greatest financial gious, educational, political, salute Dr. and Mrs. Clyde benefactors snould show their bocial and civic leaders. In Donnell for having donated appreciation by making sub- the very nature of the case, $2,000 to Lincoln H(»pitaL As siantial contributions toward tHey are not vulnerable to far as we have been able to its maintenance from time to economic reprisals and there- discover the amount is the time. fore are in position to speak largest ever given the hos- With the exception of one and act for the race in matters pital by a Negro physician or or two members of the med- that for others would result a Negro physician and his ical profession, Durham phy- in the severest penalties of wife. We think the action of sicians take no leadership m the opposite group. On a Dr. and Mrs. Donnell sets a the Durham Committee on whole tnis is not true in Dur- fine example for other busi- Negro Affairs, the Durham ham where the business and ness and professional men Business and Professional other professional men fum- and women of the race, Chain, the local branch of the ish the leadership leaving the especially doctors, whose rec- National Association for the doctors free to feather their ord in Durham so far as be- the Advancement of Colored nests in the practice of their ing civic-minded and philan- People, the churches and profession. throfMc is nothing to be brag- other organizations without We think Dr. and Mrs. Don- ged about. which they as well as the rest nell have done a most worthy Lincoln Hospital is rated of us would suffer. act, and we are quite sure among the best in ^e race In Greensboro, Winston- th^ donation to Lincoln this side of WashingtDn, D. C.^ Sajfem, Charlotte, Fayette- Hospital will not only be ap- and offers a fine opportunity ville, Burlington, Wilson, Wil- preciated by its officials, sta^ for our doctors to maintain a minion, >^heville, Rocky and employes but by the pub- much more lucrative practice Mount, Raleigh, Weldon and lie in generaL It is our sincere than is possible in a city many other cities and towns hope that other physicians where such an institution of the state Negro doctors are will follow the example which does not exist. Certainly those in the vanguard of the reli- they have set. AN HONEST PAINTING Following is reprinted from field of worthwhile endeavor. To these things the white the Salisbury I'ost. It was The wliite man would be a man muit plead guilty. But it written by Heath Thomas, mental and moral dullard — is the end product — the Ne- and is entitled, “A Word Pic- considering that he is equip- gro, looked at under the glass ture of the Negro.” Although ped with an older culture and of truth — which we wanted we would make some ex- civilization — if he couldn’t to write about. And we must planation of the picture as better the achievements of a add a few contemptuous sketched by- Ab. Thomas—^to race that has traveled but 90 words for those who write show why it is painted here years from the chain of slav- most about him. with a light, uncertain stroke ery. Follow the trail a little We concede that there are and there with i^haps bold- further and you reach the many outstan^g Negroes, er, more determined ones — gates of the jungle. morally, spiritually and in- we believe it to be a fair ALMOST ALL the Negro’s tellectually. You need go no representation. If more white worthwhile achievements are further than the Livingstonb southerners could be brought patterned from the white campus to find any number to see such a picture, most of man’s culture and civilization, of Negroes who are far better the race proble^ would van- I^cially, his heritage is the educated than the average ish in a twinkling. jungle. white. We’d run a mile to ^ The white man came from dodge them in the debate of ^^X!owardly ud hypocritical the jungle, too. But the dif- almost any general topic, waters have creat^ a de- ference is that the white man WE HAVE no quarrel with ceptive atmosphere in jour- has placed millenniums be- the Negro, per se. What we nalism which rejects a true tween himself and the wild- fuss about is the spurious pictnre of the Negro in Amer- erness. , norm — fashioned by pseudo- ica todMy. Badally unbiased whites intellectuals and fabricated Thia |has been accomplish- admit that if, following the from omission of the record, ed tew pseudo-liberals Civil War, the Negro had b^n and painted with innuendo and ptony Intellectuals who given equal opportunity of against any who/ would have, by omission of the rec- education and employment, ture the Negro as he is. ord, endowed all N^;roes his achievements would have It is no longer. £ood taste to with nobility of character, increased proportionately, use Negro dialect in jokes or courage and Ugh achieve- Actually, the “separate but slick ficticm. Delightful stor- equal” theory of educational ies, like those once written by A few Negro have all of facilities for the Negro in the Octavus Roy Cohen and Coh- dwae. South has been—^until recent- en and Roark Bradford, are A majority of N^[roes luive ly, at least—a cruel jpke. To no longer in demand. And all sme of titett. some extent. It still is. because some egghead some- Some Negroes have none of WE COULD enumerate a where read a book about the these. bookful of injustices to the Constitution and the equality IMtto ttiree lines for the Negro. But we will name but of man. whites. one other: Refusal of many Once we got a terrible It is no discredit to the Ne- employers to pay Negroes as bawling out from a Negro gro that tlie white man snr-. much as is paid whites for the newspaper man in Baltimore passes him in nearly every same work. about a piece we penned for pic- SATVRDAY L. E. ADSTDr, Pablldier CLATOAN M. BOSS. Editor W ALBERT SMITH c ^ E. JOHNSON BariMss Manager m* Satuxdajr bf ttm UlllTKD BM, iBoorperaUd at 4W B. Pvttlcmr St wogod siMi aut«r tiH Fwt OttlM Carolina undar ttm Act ot Uan^ iBtanteta DEC. 24, 19SS . Editor iD — Clreolatlon UMamgm No cuarantee of publlcaUoo ot nata- rial. Letter* to tha editor for publicstloa miwt b* ■iCDed and eonfiiiod to tOO worda. Subwripaim Bataa: 10c per oopj; Six $aj»; One Taar, *3iK) (rotaign Couatrlaa, $4M P« jraar.J JESSE co: made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as ol the only begot ten of the Father,) iuU of grace and truUk” Position of Paul , This trend ol thinking con cerning Jesus runs through the entire New Testament. The ^reat apostle Paul states that Jesus knew an existence ol in expressible majesty prior to this Ule. Says Paul: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: “Who, being in the lorm of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; “But made himself 01 no re putation and took upon himsfill the lorm ol a servant, and was made in the lik^ess ol men: “And being found in lashion as a man, he hund>led himsell, and became obedient unto death, even the death ol the cross.” What Jestu Said But most significant is Jesus’ consciousness ol liis presence in the world as an advent Irom an eternal world £ato the world ol time and space. “What," it ye behold the Son of Man ascending where he was before?” “Whdn the son ol Man (I) shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall h£L-sit upon .the throne ol his glory” to judge all nations. And in his great intercessory, prayer, the Master prayed: “Glorily thou me,. O Father, with the glory I had with thee before the world was.” A Projection Truly, then, in the light ol New Testament thinking con cerning Jesus do we celebrate the birth ol Jesus as an advent, the advent ol the eternal Christ into the world ol human aHairs, the projMtion of the infinite in to the world ol the finite to re deem it unto himsell and Iree it Irom the blight ol sin. And rightly do we declare his birth an advent and an event, the greatest event ol histcMy. Not Strange In the light ol the advent of Christ among men to put into effect the redemptive purpose of God, it is not strange that Jesus changed the tide of his tory. For that purpose, he came into the world. And, being what he w^, such a result was inevi table. In his presence, men realized their unworthiness and lelt like Peter when he said, “Depart Irom me O Lord, lor I am ^ sinlul man." At the same time, they were attracted by the beauty ol his holiness and were melted into peniten tial griel by a love so sympathe tic with their plight as to |ill them with hope ol redemption. He thus became the hope ol the hopeless, "the way, the truth, the lile.” Destined to Effect Change Borri in a manger at Bethle- ham ol Judaa, coincidental with a decree ol the Roman Em peror, Jesus was destined to in fluence human thinking in so radical a lashion as to create social revolutions and under mine age-long social institu tional structures resting on the foundations ol might and pow er. And this was done not by might or by power, but by the spirit ol God, lully resident in his being, and a passion re leased in men in contact with him that would not accept as a normal human hertiage institu tions, customs and traditions that enslaved both the human mind and body. What He Diaclotet The eternal and Infinite dig nity of the human aoul is dis closed in him; and, as w^, its inviolability wliich lifts the in' dividual above regimentation and autocratic government whether it be that ol the mdivl- dual despot or a group ol bu reaucrats, whether it is a pseu do Democracy robbing men ol their rightful heritage, practi cing wliite supremacy' wWle preaching brotherhood, or Facist or Conununistic rule that subordinates the individual to the state without hypocritical cant ol the inviolability ol the individual soul. Millions Hail Him About Jesus, more books have been written than about any other man. Foreign religions have laid hold on his principles. Indians relerred to the late Mahatma Gliandi as a “Ctiris^* like man.” Tliat revered libe rator ol India, although a Hin du, read constantly a New Testament containing the Story ol Jesus. Three-hundred years alter the crucilixon ol the Man trom Galilee, his religion be came the ofUcial religion ol the Roman Empire. And, today, 700 uiUlpn men and wpmen- ^call' him^ord and Master. Inspired Crusades Indeed, this Jesus Has been the inspiration ol the greatest ^rusades lor human liberty— political and religious justice,— brotherhood and equality. He has demolished fannies and erected new states. And, uneasy rests and tyranny claiming him as its authority; for both his character and Ule,' principles and example reftite' the unholy claim. And the iungdom He es tablished, we have reason to be lieve, is destined to roll on un til the icingdoms ol this world shall t)ecome the kingdom ol God and his Christ. Increased Day Since His birth, the world’s night has gradually decreased— despite the' portentious threat ol nuclear warlare—and the world's day has gradually in creased. In lact, so great has been Jesus’ impact upon the lile ol mankind that it has been said ol him that “the pale liands ol the Galilean have lifted the gates ol Empires from their hinges.” Continued On Page Nine VHEN8CR BCTTER COUNTRY Spiritual Insight By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church Christmas: A Savior Is Born” "For unto you is born this day... A Savior, which is Christ the Lord..." Luke 2:11. Merry Christmas, good News, Ciirist, the Savior is Ijom. We are tempted to lorget this great spiritual truth at the heart ol Ciiristmas: A Savior Is Bom. Christmas, the Savior’s birth, is the heart ol the greatest news story ol the ages. The joyous good news is tJiat a world bog ged down in sin r^eives a Sa vior, Christ the Lord. Let’s not lorget this great . spiritual Truth ol Christmas pqUd the swirling tides ol materialism— the abundance ol gadgets -4ind things. Let’s beware lest we crowd out the Christ, Our Sa vior. The world, all too prone to sin,-still needs a Savior. €}ed in His love and mercy answered tills need when the Savior was born in Bethlehem’s manger..“For unto you is bom ttds day...a Savior, which is Christ the Lord..” Thus the great truth ol Christmas is that a Savior is born. Let’s make the Savior su preme this Christmas. Yes, Ciirist, the Savior, is Ciirist- mas. Will you be guilty ol a Christless Ciiristmas? Iieave him out—Make no room lor Ciirist—and there is no Ciurist- mas lor you. Wiiy celebrate anyway? Those who really keep Ciiristmas honor Ciirist, the Savior. We ought go every- .where joyously shouting Good News, a Savior is Ijom. Let’s in clude Ciirist in the celebration. It is the birthday ol the Savior who came to redeem a lost world. To the unsaved, those who know iiim not as Savior, iie says, bring during the celebra tion the gilt of your soul, your Ule. God oUered His Son to save your aouL Yea. _^r your Ule as a gilt tliis season. Why not claim your gift ol IStemal Lile? Yes, bring your lile and receive his glorious Gilt Ol Sal vation. Why do you tarry so long? Thus to the unsaved we would say during tiiis Ciirist- mas season...“Unto You Is Bom Capital Close-Up Tiiis year miUio^ of American* of all faitlu will jom in daily'Bible reading from Thanksgiving to Ciiriatmaa in the twelfth annual observance of Worldwide Bible Reading, sponaored by tha American Bible Society. The program, wiiich began wlien a U. S. marine on Guadalcanal wrote iiis mother aalung tliat the family join iiim in reading the lame pagsagea of Scripture each day, has spread in scope to the peopiei ol more tiian forty nation*. The readings are without not* or comment, and one may use wiiatever version of tlia Qlble ba prefers. Below are tiie readings for each day, in the theme of personal faith as selected by numeroua people firom many denominations. December le ;r... Johnl4:l-l‘4 1 7 J(ihn 14:16-31 18 Sunday Romans 8:14-39 1 9 Romans 12:1-21 2 0 1 John 4:1-21 2 1 Isaiah 9:2-7 2 2 Isaiah 11:1-9 2 3 Isaiah S3:l-12 2 4 John 1:1-18 26 Christmas .. .Mtttthew 2:1-11 “Clear It with Clarence"' Word Irom the Civil Rights Bloc on Capitol Hill, last week, was “Clear it with Clarence.*' Checlung the olfices ol the four sponsoring co-chairmen—^Re presentatives Adam PoweU, Jr., N.Y., Charles Diggs, Jr., Mich., James Roosevelt, Calil., aU De mocrats, and RepubUcan Hugh Scott, ol Penna., for inlorma- tion on the Dec. B "strategy meeting’’ ol the bloc, we got no where last, except lor poUte in sistence tiiat Mr. Clarence Mit- clieU would be able to supply all inlormation. Mr. Roosevelt’s office was beautiluUy candid... No, Mr. Roosevelt was not at the meeting. He was in Calilor- nla. No, no one Irem iiis office attended. “Why not caU Mr. Clarence MitcheU? Alter aU, he originate the idea, and he’s in charge!” The one exception to the rule was Mr. Scott’s office, where the idea prevails tliat a Con gressman who pubUcly sponsors an action is supposed to know something aiiout how It is ope rating. Scott sent a statement and two r^resentatives to the meeting. Powell, also absent, sent a lengtiily statement. Con gressman Diggs was the only co-chairman present. Others present were Mitchell, Con gressmen Emmanuel Celler, (D., N. Y.) Judiciary Commit tee chairman, Richard BoUing, (D., Mo.), Congresswoman Ed na KeUy, (D., N.Y.) and repre sentation Irom the offices ol Scott, John F. Shelly (D.Calil.} and Charles A. Vanik (D. Ohio). Right to Vote Discussed Discussion among the ' lew present (another meeting is schedul^ lor January) center ed around pnqiosals lor legisla tion guaranteeing all citizens the right to vote. Suggestive le gislation on the matter is l>e- ing prepared lor later conside ration. It is unlikely that “the bloc” wiU attempt to introduce! or support one or more omnibus bills covering aU civil rights action, which would include such controversial proposals as a compulsory FEPC. Hu0h Stott’s Message Co-Ciiairman Hugh Scott, seven-term representative with an enviable civil rights voting record, sent a message to the meeting, saying tiiat he was “aware ol the importantance ol this proposed coaUtion ol legis lators who have a definite and deep concern about present so cial and poUtical trends in the southern part ol the United States.” Referring to "the un solved Till case” and “new ‘un solved' Mississippi murders,” Scott declared: “Any thinking person, .with a conscience and a spirit ol lair play, realizes that America is weakened from wlttiln by this new pattern ol violence against a group ol its citizens... International Prestige Lessened “We know that our interna tional prestige Is lessened daily, particularly when the Demo cratic candidates lor President reluse to raise their voices in condemaiatlon ol the Southern personal and official assistance toward the enactment ol cor rective legislation which guar- anteetees “to~all citizens their constitutional right to vote.” Adam Powell’s Statement Congressman Powell, who lelt some muttering newsmen looking for a widely-announced press conlerence whldi did not materialize, sent a statement to the "strategy meeting” announ cing his appointment of Dr. This Day, A Savior, Which Is Christ Tile Lord...” The Savior brings great joy. Salvation lor the lost is indeed joy. Eternal lile is rrally joy lor mortal finite creatures. Joy to the world a Savior is bora. Men had been in darimess so long. Men had staggered lor so long under the lx>ndage ol spiri tual and moral enslavement. Sin and'guilt had shut out joy Irom our souls. Then, Emanuel.. God With Us..The Savior Is Born. The Eternal word dwells in our midst. God invades* tlie human scene. The Savior comes to Ult the burden, heal the wound, and push back the dark ness and shed the Light Ol Sal vation In Our Souls. A Savior is born that we might have joy Vand'^eace' ih our soiils. Merry Ciiristmas, a savior is ijorn. The Savior brings joy, Joy to our souls. Merry Ciiristmas, Thank God, "For unto you is born this day, A SaviOr, wiiich is Ciirist the I^ord...” Merry Ciiristmas And God Bless You! Marie Wood (\jnlv. ol Ala.) “to work on tills project in coopera tion with Clarence MitcheU,” and listed the names ol 15 Con gressmen” who have i>een sug gested as the Key Regional lea ders." Listed (without State or party identification) were; Richard BolUng'(D.Mo.), diar ies C, Diggs, Jr., (D.Mlch.), Joim W. Heselton (R.Mass.), Chet HolUield (D.Mo.), Augus* tine Kelly (D.N.Y.), Eugene McCarthy (D.Minn.), Samuel McConneU (R.Penna.)’, Thos. PeUy, (R.Washington), Edna KeUy (D.N.Y.), Byron Rogers, (D.Colo.), Harrison WilUams, (DJN.J.), Ciiarles A. Vanik, (D.Ohio), and Sydney R. Yates, (D.IU.). Congressman Scott was the onlyv co-chairman not included in tills group. Names Will Not Be Revealed PoweU also announced that "A bloc ol 201 Representatives whose names wlU not be re vealed” would be “ready to go into action as soon as Congress opens.” He named, as a first goal, early action to give the Jpstice Dept. greater^powM* in areas where civil Uberties have broken down. Some members of the PoweU-MitcheU bloc would Uke to isnow who the 201 are, what they repreMnt, and how they were selected. I Cleariny with Clarence Having fint cleared with the sponsors, we attempted to “clear with Clarence,” but he was out of town. His secretary imew notiiing about it. His as sistant, Francis Poiilliouse, for mer Justice Dept, employee, was researcliing at Justice, and Dr. Marie Wood waa. not avail able, anywhere. The Blue .Waters of Cancel Bay The New Yorker then dis closed that he was taking off, as ol last Tuesday, lor tibe Vir gin Islands, where the lull Committee on Interior and In sular Affairs would begin hear ings on the 17th (last Satuf- Continued On Page Nine
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