North Carolina Newspapers

PAOl TWO THB CAIMHJNA TMKS SATURDAY.' MAY 1»S6 A DATE WITH DESTINY Respectable white and Ne gro voters in North Carolina have a date with destiny Saturday. All over the state the fires of race hatred have been fanned to the limit by itew types of Ku Klux Klan organizations parading un der the name of Patriots, White Citizens Councils, DUPE^S and others. These orgnixations have been form ed for one and only one pur pose and that is defiance of the United States Supreme Court and the United States Constitution. They are defy ing these two piUars of our government for no other rea son than they have atten^ted to give Negro citizens in this country no more rights than are afforded other citizens of the United States and even, foreigners, but equal rights. In many instances, public office holders of long stand ing and valued service to their communities, state and nation have been attacked on evary hand and in every dirty and conceivable manner for no reason than that they have, as loyal citizens, kept faith with their conscience, their oath of office and their God. The one and only way to defeat them has been ex ploited in this campaign to the limit, that is to drag out the political demagogue’s most cherished and woi^p- ped weapon—the race ques tion. Therefore, in spite of their efforts to cover up their real purpose, their members are up to their old trick of screaming n—n—n—. They hope by this revolting method to excite the ignorant of their group into voting out of of fice every decent office hold er who has made any attempt to deal justly with his fellow- men without regard to race, color or creed. They are stab bing in the dark, under the table and stabbing in the back. These nasty idots are too stupid to know that they cannot do these things with out undermining the very foundation of our govern ment. Unless thoughtful white and Negro voters go to the polls Saturday and do their duty, this state may witness in the next few years the rise to power of an element that will stop at nothing to destroy what is left of Democracy in this country. Therefore, we call upon every respectable citizen to let nothing keep you from voting Saturday. Unless you do this, it m^ be later than you think. SATUR DAY IS YOUR DATE WITH DESTINY. THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA YOUR sm President Of The Oiited Stales Negroes of North Carolina 1. “What is the total mem- should not take the denial of bership of the House of Repre- registration and voting rights sentatives? 2. What is the to- tu their race in Eastern North tal membership of the Sen- Carolina lying down. In spite ate? 3. What would be the of what the judge of the Re- total vote of two thirds of the corder’s Court of Northamp- House and the Senate? 4. How ton County says, there is many of the state legislatures something wrong with a reg- must ratify an amendment to istrar who refuses to register make it b^ome a law. 5. The a person whose educational 18th Amendment prohibited qualifications are sufficient to the manufacture, sale and place him in the freshman transportation of intoxicating class of a state college. Either liquors. What was this act Mrs. W. L. Taylor, the reg- called? 7. What year pro;: istrar is wrong for refusing claim? 8. By what amendment to register Alexander Faison, was the 18th Amendment re- a North Carolina College scinded? 9. Article 22 on what Freshman, because she did not date each year does Congress like the way he pronounced convene? 10. On what date several wo^, or the high each four years is the Presi- school which gave Faison a dent of the United States in diploma and North Carolina agurated? ta) First term (b) College at Durham, which second term (c) third term.” admitted him to its Freshman ^ , class are wrong. ^e might as weU make an „ XT example out of the North- Knowing Eastern North Uttleton cases Carolina as ^ do and the prosecute them to the ignor^ce^d beastly attitude highest court in the land if which exists among a major- The practice of ijy of Its white p^ple toward ^g^ain registrars in Eastern NegroM, of mtelhgence, we ^orth CaroUna intimidating T S . to wager that ^own Negroes of the Northampton County rag- ^gh school and college grade istrar IS wrong We would not ^ be surprised th^ if the reg- registration must be stopped, istra^ho turned down Fai- ^hese people must be S son because of pronunciation u„deSnd the seriousness of ‘municapUties, “deficit,” resorting to practices and bienmally were given ^ qualified persons a c^u^ exaimnation, she ^ ^ ^ would be unable to quaWy for registratinn herself. We the law which sava would also not be surprised - romo+rDnto mu + cotio? to discover that in the parti- Sf reStrirbrfo^rthlf can cul^ precinct of wWch she ^^aiffto regiS^^^ is the registrar that Negroes ^ ° are the only persons who are Ordinarily, one would compelled to undergo a liter-^hink of such people as Mrs. ary examination before they Taylor, her husband and the can qualify for registration, judge of the Recorder’s Court In addition to Faison, Ne- as being drunk with power, gro school teachers have bfeen but we rather think that they previously denied the right to are drunk with ignorance and register in Littleton by be- deserve more pity than con ing asked questions which we demnation. They come of a doubt very few lawyers would kind well-known in Eastern be able to answer. North Carolina to anyone Here are some of them: who has lived or visited there even for a short time. Such persons are usually found in the sharecropper or tenant- farmer areas, where they not only prey upon the poverty and ignorance of Negroes, but despise those who achieve any amount of success. To them only an ignorant, half starved Negro in overalls is a good one. When one of that race by his own ingenuity or achievement happens to get an education, own a farm, home or a decent automobile, he is resented and hated to the fullest extent. Anyone with an ounce of sense knows full well that any man who can qualify for service in the United States Air Force as a sergeant or teach school should be able to qualify to vote. Modem warfare demands a more rigid educational test than physical, and any man who is fit for it is fit to vote. Like wise, any person who has been granted a certificate to teach ought to be granted the right to vote. • We called upon Negro cit izens >all over the stats to rally to the support of Faison and Attorney James R. Walker, who has been arrested and fined for trying to right this terrible wrong in Eastern North Carolina. This indis criminate practice of regis trars turning down qualified Negroes who try to register must be settled once and for all. Attorney Walker and Fai son should not have to pay one penny in the struggle they are now waging to ob tain rights of Negroes in this particular section of the state. We would like to suggest that a state-wide committee be formed to raise funds for the prosecution of these and other cases arising out of the denial of registration and vot ing rights to qualified Ne groes. MIAMI LEADS THE WAY In Miami, Florida, a city in the deep south that is con trolled for the most part by Jews, the Chamber of Com merce has adopted a liberal policy toward Negro conven tions, fraternities and other groups meeting in it from time to time. Instead of fol lowing the usual southern custom of barring Negroes from the hotels, Miami, for the past several years, has thrown open its hotel doors to them with words of wel come. Thus, while other southern cities are still fight ing the Civil War, Miami is reaping a harvest in revenue for its hotels and other busi nesses. The recent conference of the A. M. E, Church held in that city for 16 days is report ed to have brought over 10,000 visitors from all over America and many foreign countries who spent a mini mum of $300 each for the 16 days they were visiting there. In other words, the visitors spent a total of three million dollars during the lit tle more than two weeks they were in the city, which help ed considerably to quicken business and add to the gen eral welfare of the entire community. To let the delegates and visitors to the conference know that they were wel come, the Mayor came on the opening night and wel comed them in person and the chief of police sent a representative to praise the delegates and visitors for their fine conduct and invited them to come again. The wel come and the invitation had a little more meaning to them than those perfunctorily giv en to Negro gatherings in oth er southern cities because the city officials backed them up with something more than lip service. Jews, down through the ages, have led other people in business as well as religion. The Jewish merchants, hotel owners, city officials and oth ers of Miami are doubtless laughing up their sleeves at the stupidity of other cities that are denying themselves so many opportunities of fill ing their coffers with perfect ly good money. It is a big price the southern white man pays to convince himself that God cut him out by a special mattem and made him super ior to every other human be ing on the face of the earth. Editor’i Note: This la the second of four articles dealing with vo cational and educations] gui dance prepared for this navm- paper by The Career Depart ment of the Bobjones Company, Yonkers, New York. It was Sundry afternoon and the Smith faraiiy mates were sitting around their kitchen table. Joe, the lather was busy trying to answer questions put to him by his (our and si:: year old sons about their ambitions to be space pilots. Finally he shrugged his shoulders hopeless ly, turned to his ten year old son and with a smile covering his face asked, “Willie, did you make up your mind about what you want to be7”. ‘The President of the United States,” said WlUie without hesitation. For a moment, Joe was speechless. For a long time, he had been trying to get Willie to say what he wanted to be and now a little Negro boy wanting to be the President of the United StatesI When he re covered he began to speak halt ingly, "but, son, son, don’t...” Joe's wife, Cura Mae, turned from the stove, walked over to Willie and put her arms about his shoulder. “That’s fine, son”, she said directly. “Get all the education and experience you can so that when you get to be president, you’ll be the best country ever had!” Since no one can foretell what the situation will be forty years from today, Mrs. Smith gave the only possible answer. She did not use present day measurements as standards of advice for the future. If we sub stitute any occupation for Wil lie’s “president” the answer of Mrs. Smith will still be correct. Counseling, like character training, begins in the home. Parents must never counsel their chldren in terms of their ifnutratlng exp^ences, but with an open mind as to the fu ture. Aad the cardinal sin is to. tell a child, “You’re just like your father...or grandfather. You’ll never be anything!” This quotation repeated often enough unconsciously makes a child t>e- lieve it and act accordingly. Therefpre, if a child aspires to a certain occupation, it is the duty of the parent to encourage s^]P»is the child to try to achievc his or her goal. In the nineteen thirties, very {ew Negroes studied engtnaer* ing. The reason was simple. Ne groes., were not hired in that oc cupation. Those who did take the course had to go outside of the United States to find wock aa engineers. In Jthose days, not only Negro parents, but educa- twa of both races adviied Ne gro youth to talce other courses. Medicine, nursing, dentistry, teaching, the ministry, under taking and a few others not to forget home economics, were the occupations to prepare for. In those fields, you’ll make a living youth was told. As a re sult of this short sighted coim- selllng, today when industry is begging for engineers and other technically trained personnel, we don’t have them. Who then will stand up and say Mrs. Smith is wrong? And say it with complete certainty. Many things can happen in the next thirty years. ' To help meet young people’s problenris' regarding the future, the Career Department of the Bobjones Company is establish ing under its direction and throughout the country Youth Career Clubs. To be eligible for membership in one of these clubs, a boy or girl must be in either junior or senior high school and interested in learn ing about different occupations so that he or she will have a basis for making an intelligent selection of a life’s vocation. In area^ where there is no junior high school, a candidate must be in at least the seventh year of elementary school. Each Youth Career Club will receive a charter from head quarters, an information bulle tin monthly and other material giving the latest on career selec tion and trends. ^ny boy or girl who meets the eligibility requirements giv en above or any counselor, teacher or any other adult working with youth interested in forming such a Youth Career Club should write to Career De partment, Bobjones Company, Box 36, S. Station, Yonkers, New York. Please enclose a self- addressed stamped envelope. Treasury Official Stresses Need For Savings In Our Economy SATURDAY L. E. Austin Clathaw Ross H. Albebt Smith MAY 26, 1956 Publisher Editor Saturday by the UNITED PUBLISHERS. Inc. at 436 fe. Pettigrew St. ■ota^ MjeODod claw mattn: at the Port Natipaal Advertlakm Reprewntative: Inter state UnHad Nemiiapan. M. E. Johnson ......— Business Manager W. A. Hennzssee _ Advertising Manager Managing Editor No guarantee of publication of unsolicited material. Letters to the editor for publication must be signed and confined to 500 words. Subscription Rates: 10c per copy; Six montba, $2.0«: Oae Year, $3.(K> (Foreign Countries, $4.00 per year.) Editor’s Note: Following are excerpts from a speech deliver ed by W. Randolph Burgese, un dersecretary of the Treasury at the 36th Conference of the Na tional Association of Mutual Savings Banks in Washington, D., C., last Tuesday. In view of the many warnings sounded by economic analysts and repor ters in the past few days con cerning the wide.4pread compla cency toward our prosperity, we thought it tiir,e]y to reprint his remarks. Economic events in the Unit ed States in the past year tiave made the business of your Asso ciation even more important than it was a year ago. For these events give evidence that for its long-term growth the country needs a higher rate of saving. What has happened is that the demand for capital haa shown itself to be greater than the supply of capital. The amount of money sought to build houses, to build factories, roads, and public facilities has been great er than ^ven the large amount of savings available for these purposes. As a result, some of the demands for this money have been met from bank cre dit instead of by savings, and the price of money has risen. This is, in fact, one" of the principal reasons why a threat of inflation has developed and why the Federal Reserve Sys tem has raised its discount rates from 1-H percent a little over a year ago to 2-% and 3 percent today. • *«* In recent months we have been demonstiaiing the very great capacity of thb country for growth. We are building a better America at an exception ally rapid rate: new houses, new production facilities, new public services. We have dis proved the old theory of stagna tion because of maturity. So we have *good eause ftfr satisfaction. But history teaches one lesson we murt never for get: the seeds of future trouble are often sown in times of pros perity. This is the time to ex amine ourselves to see how we may build better and more firm ly for the future, to see how we can avoid trouble. One major problem, as indi cated, is the danger of inflation. Other countries have , the same problem. The Rank of England has raised its rate to 5-% percent; Canada has gone to 3 percent; Germany to 4-% percent. At the Istanbul meet- inglast autumn uf the 58 coun tries which are members of the International Monetary Fund and the Internal ioal Bank, there was agreement by all, present that inflation was a ttireat. In- flationery pressures have in creased since then. In this counir^;;, steps that the Government haj iaken, with the cooperation of people like the savings bankers here today, have been and are being reason ably successful in keeping things on an even keel. The great increase that is go ing on in productive capacity— to turn out more goods by more efficient methods—will. In the long run, help to 'keep prices stable and, at the same time, pay higher wages. The' large savings of the A- merican people are providing money to build tiiis larger capa city, along with more and bet ter homes and public facilities. It is when we rush the spending faster than the rate of savings, and do it too lieavily with bor rowed money, that we run the risk of inflation. We have tend ed to do this in the past year. Home building was a good illus tration. We tried to build more homes in early 1955 than we had building materialfl, building workers, or money available. Therefore, the cost of building rose 4 or S percent. The stepa that were taken have brought that particular situation into balance. Some people liave said that we are going into ‘debt faster than we are saving. That is not true. Americans set aside about $17 billion of their income last year rather than spending it. As you know, almost $2 billion'of this total represents increased deposits .in your own institu tions. Savings and Loan shares rose to $5 billion, and almost $4 billion went into checking and savings accounts In com mercial banks.' Another $2 billion went into United States Government securities and over twice that amount into corpo- (Continued on Page Seven) BUT B3UAL HAS NOT WDRKKD WE HAVE f PR&RATE BUT EQUAL 5CH0016 NE6RO CHILDREN BEHIND WHITEf Spiritual Insight “HATE: A DEADLY SIN” "Do good to those who hate you...” Luke 6:27. Hate is one of the most de structive of the seven deadly sins. Jesus, therefore, warns us against harboring the deadly poison of hate in our hearts and souls. Two strong feelings move men—love and hate. Love is wholesome, creative and heal ing; hate stiflej aad destroys the finer qualities of the soul. Hate has brought much suffering and unhappiness among men. Hate has ruined the lives of countless hmnan beings. Hate has de stroyed homes and left nations in the shambles of ruin. Hate has been an important factor in countless bloody wars. 'Why? You must stir up a man to hate before he can engage in the bloody violence of war. No one can deny that hate is the queen of the seven deadly sins. Jesus recognized hate as a By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptiat Church great enemy of man’s noblest spiritual aspiration and warned us of the danger of nurturing it in our souls. Let not the seed of hatred grow in your heart. Plant it and let it grow and it will produce its ugly harvest. Jesus reminds us not to let the seed of hate take root in our souls. Root it out before it takes root and brings forth its deadly fruits. Hate can bring forth a harvest of tears, regrets heartaches and sufferings. The hater suffers more than the hated. Hatred darkens and poi.sons the soul. Those of us who cultivate hat red are most miserable. The wise man, Jesus reminds us, will guard his soul against the seed- and the fruits of hatred. They tell us much of the sick ness among us is due to hatred and its related feelings. Then why would we wilfully harbor the things which are destructive of our health and well-being? Intense hatred nourished in ui will result in the sickness of body, mind and soul. It is un derstandable. Hatred is power ful. It releases destructive ener gy which upsets the delicate balance of the Ixidy and the per sonality of man. Thus, we are now realizing the great wisdom of the teachings of the Chrlat. Why destroy the health-giving powers of God b» hatred? Let’s get wise and guard t>ur health by keeping our spirits free from this devastating energy. That human being ia indeed wise who shuns hatred and cul tivates goodntss instead We have achieved tl.vis rare wisdom when we can follow the words of spiritual truth...“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Capital Close Up Court Oecisicn Anniversary May 17, the anniversary of the historic Supreme Court school decision, might become, quite appropriately, “Court De cision Day,” commemorating all great decisions that have mark ed the Nation's progress in civil rights. We think that the pro gress and problems of the past' 40 years of Supreme Court ac tion were effectively presented by Dr. Rayford Logan, chair man of Howard University's Di vision of Social Sciences, in a March 15 radio address at Al pha Phi Alpha's Education for Citizenship Week, at Atlanta. We are glad to be able to pass on his conclusions: “..the nation is faced with the greatest crisis in its history since Reconstruction...we have made very considerable gains toward first-class citizenship.... these gains are an acceleration rather than something new—the first United States Supreme Court decision declaring uncon stitutional one of the devices, the “IGrandfather Clause,! for the disfranchisement of Ne groes, was in 1915. It was only after a number of decisions that, nearly thirty years later, a de cision of the Court paved the way for a great increase in Ne gro suffrage in the South. Im plicit in this fact is the conclu sion that the gain in this respect, as in many others, has been gradual. “I use this word deliberately because I know that it is in dis repute in gpme respected quar tern. But I make bold to assert tnat any one who denies the fact simply does not Icnow history... H>ere are no exact parallels in history...the rhythm of change has increased its tempo...those who would advance a better guide than history have yet to make it known. Until they do...I shall adhere to the great exor dium of Daniel Webster...‘When the mariner has tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an BY CONSTANCE DANIEL unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, tiie earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude and ascertain how far the ele ments have driven him from his true course. “Finally, hate is hardly a so lution for any problem. Even in Washington where desegi'ega- tion has proceeded more smoothly than it' has in some parts of the nation, some per sons are saying ..‘This is no time for reasonableness.’ I would re ply that perhaps at no time in our recent history, is there greater need for reasonableness. But I would not venture to say what is reasonable In any par ticular ' locality at any giv«i time. What is reasonable in Washington Is not reasonable In Atlanta; what is reasonable in Atlanta is not necessarily rea sonable In Montgomery or Tus caloosa. This Is no mere exer cise in semantics. This is a chal lenge to men of good will, wherever they be. In the White House, In the Congress of the United States, in the Depart ment of Justice, In the FBI, in the state legislature of Georgia, Alabama and the other South ern states. In the national and state NAACP, in the University Of Alabama and otl^er state and private universities to be rea sonable; to b^ sensible, If rea sonableness like gradualism has become a wea.sel word. ’The stakes are too great to be lost because of words. The stakes are preservation of democracy for all people and the Ideologi cal invulnerability of the United States in the cold war with the Soviet Union.” Thurgood Morshad on Negotia tion Because, like Dr. Logan, we have been listening over-long to hysterical cries of “This is no time for reaaoaableness,” we have been waiting for a typical ly sensible and forthright state ment from Thurgood Marshall. On Sunday, May 13, he told a “Fighting Fund for Freedom" rally, at Ralelgli, N. C., “We are still willing to negotiate aa to when and how desegregation will take place.” ^ The President and the Ginsberg Report Those of little faith may be surprised by the news that the Ginsberg Report on “The Negro Potential,” a Columbia Univer sity study initiated under that institution’s Conservation of Human Resources Project,’’ pro jects the views of President Ei senhower of Columbia Univer sity,two years before he be came President of the United States. In view of the Mark Clark in cident (presented .with com ment, here, ilast week,) the statements of the author. Dr. Eli Ginzberg, should be impor tant and of Interest: "If the combat record of the Negro In World War II were ap praised solely in terms of the 92nd (and 93rd) Division, a judgement of unsatisfactory would be necessary.” And on segregation as it af fected performance: “Segrega tion affected the performance of Negro troops in' three major ways. “First, assigning men accor ding to color ratheV than apti tude made it Impossible to pro vide large Negro units with the^; necessary balance of men with varying aptitudes and skills. “Secondly, the Army had dif ficulty in developing and assign ing the number of capable offi cers required to get the most out of the Negro units. Finally, se gregation reduced the opportu nities and the motivation of many Negro soldiers.”.... “The overall evidence is clear. When given a chance to fight as a member of a balanced unit with competent leadership, the Negro performed latlstactorUy.”