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THE CABOLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1S56
The Special Session Of The Legislature
Following on the heels of a
Governor hedges’ local option
scnooi plan by Attorney R.
Mayne Albright in Durham a
forthnight ago came another
last we^ from Attorney
Irving Carlyle of Winston-Sa
lem m a speech in Chapel
Hill. The opinion of these two
prominent lawyers in a matter
as vital as the school segrega
tion question should not lie
dismissed by the citizens of
this state without serious con
sideration and study. The fact
that the governor has called
a special session of the legis
lature for the announced
purpose of passing new laws
to defy the U. S. Supreme
Court makes the speeches of
Attorneys Albright and Car
lyle even more significant
and timely.
Add to the statements of
these two prominent lawyers
the resolution opposing the
proposal to repeal the state’s
compulsory scnooi attendance
law passed by the North
Carolina Parent Teachers As
sociation in Greensboro last
week and you have evidence
of a growing attitude on the
part of some of the leading
members of the opposite race
in North Carolina to move in
the direction of compliance
with the law rather than in
defiance of it. At present,
there is little doubt in our
minds, however, that a major
ity oi wnite people have been
misled by a small, yet hard
and vocal core of white supre
macists to the extent that
they would prefer segregation
to keeping public schools. We
think that the number oppos-
ing such drastic action as
closing the public schools is
growing, and their influence
wiU be greatly felt in the
meeting of the special session
of the legislature.
Whether we like it or not,
the entire educational struc
ture of North Carolina is at
the crossroads, and, if left en
tirely in the hands of such
ignorant .men as constitute
certain members of the legis
lature from eastern North
Carolina, it may be destroyed
or badly damaged. It thus ap
pears that instead of furnish
ing the right kind of leadec;
ship that Governor Hodges
has failed miserably to meet
the test and has led the peo
ple of this state up a blind
alley and in the deliberate
rebellion against the United
States.
From all indications. Attor
ney Carlyle has proposed a
most sensible approach to the
problem; one that it is at least
possible for Negro leaders to
meet halfway. It is hardly
possible that any leader of
any race, or any other of in
telligence would refuse to go
along with an honest plan
that advocates “birracial ad
visory school committees in
every administrative school
unit, and another state-wide
birracial advisory commit
tee,*’ with a definite program
that would lead to the ulti
mate abolishment of segrega
tion in our public schools. On
the other band, no Negro of
sound judgment and self-
respect is going to cooperate
with, support or take part in
any prorgram from the gover
nor or anyone else that sets
apart members of his race as
inferior or any better than
the members of any other
race.
There ought to be enough
sensible members in both
races who are willing to sit
down together to make a start
that will take into mutual
consideration the feelings of
each other. In this direction
Governor Hodges has furnish
ed no leadership, but instead
he appears to have taken a
“Supreme Court-be-damned”
attitude. Such a course will
not be followed by loyal cit
izens, white or black, who
have respect for the Con
stitution of the U. S. and its
tughest court.
Reprisal In South Carolina Is No Surprise
Some two weeks ago, repre
sentative Adam Clayton Po
well revealed in New York
that several students and
teachers have been dismissed
from South Carolina State
College in Orangeburg as a
result of a student strike
there last Spring. The stu
dents and teachers were let
out by the college’s all-white,
pro-Citizens Council Trustee
tioard. The students were said
to be leaders of the strike.
Just what role the teachers
played in the affair is not
readily apparent. Perhaps
ihey sympathized with the
students.
Ihe trustee board waited
until the students had left
school at the end of the term
and informed them by letter
that they should not return in
tne I'ail. Likewise, the teach
ers were informed after the
end of the regular term that
their contracts would not be
renewed. So, according to the
interpretation by one Mr.
Booker Bethea, secretary of
the trustee board and him
self a leading member of the
Citizens Council, the students
were not expelled and the
teachers were’nt fired. They
were simply told not to come
back next year.
But, quite apart from Mr.
Bethea’s rather weird seman
tics, the action of the college
trustee board is just one more
example of the kind of re
prisals and power tactics the
state of South Carolina has
employed in attempting to
maintain thought control in
the matters of race.
The spark which ignited
the student strike was the
stationing of state troopers on
the college campus to main
tain a constant surveillance
of student activities. This was
a prelude to an impending in
vestigation of the NAACP
and other “subversive” activi
ties on the caniKis. The State
of South Carolina had already
committed itself to police
state tactics-in att«npting to
crush the NAACP, the leading
threat to the traditional think
ing and acting in matters of
race in South Carolina. By an
overwhelming vote, the state
legislature passed regulations
which foroade state em
ployees from joining or main-
inging membership in the
NAACP. The penalty for
violating the law is auto
matic loss of job. With a view
toward following up this leg
islation, the legislature had
decided to root out “subver
sive” and NAACP elements
on the State college- campus
with its proposed investiga
tion.
In the face of such blatant
poliire state policies and al
ready caught in the vice of a
vicious economic squeeze by
white merchants of Orange
burg, the situation became
unbearable to any sensitive,
self-respecting Negro. So stu
dents, more prone to action
than their elders, registered
th6 most dramatic protest
they could think of. Although
we don’t condone the dis
regard for authority, which
is always inherent in a strike
of this kind, the action of
these ' students is Certainly
understandable.
The reprisal which the
state has exacted from them
is also no surprise. For South
Carolina is following the same
pattern in trying to maintain
unity of thought on the race
question that Nazi Germany
followed in the late twenties
and early thirties. OfScial
South Carolina has already
substituted something else
for American democracy, and
it seems just a matter of time
before someone suggests, and
the suggestion taken, that
something else be substituted
for the American flag in that
state.
Semi-Pros Show The Way
For the past summer or
two, semi-professional Negro
and white baseball teams
playing in Durham Athletic
Park have brought about inte
grated seating at the park’s
grandstand with little “fuss”
and no untoward incidents.
Fans have paid their way
through the turnstiles and
have taken the most comfort
able and convenient seats
they could find, paying little
or no attention to the pigmen-
tion of skin of the fans sitting
nearby or next to them. In
general, they have enjoyed
themselves in the old Ameri
can tradition at the games,
rooting for “their” teams and
heckling the umpires. Pro
moters of the semi-profession
al teams tell us that they have
enjoyed modest if not hand
some success in putting. on
these contests and believe the
fans are “taking to it.”
That brings us around to a
moraL The Durham Biflls, the
Carolina League’s local em
battled entry, both from the
standpoint of league pLay and
finances, have played for
vears and years in the park
before strictly segregated
audiences only. Even the ad
vent of several Negro players
into the league h^ made no
dint in the segregated seating
policy at the local park. Yet
the Bulls raise a perennial
clamor about how the fans
won’t support the team. They
say they are losing money.
Negro organizations and
individuals in Durham have
appealed time after time to
the Durham Bulls owners, the
City Council, and the City Re
creation Commission to do
something about changing the
seating policy. Each appeuhas
been shifted back and forth
between the above named
agencies so often that the ap-
pesil either dies from confus
ion or‘those making the ap
peal lose heart and drop .it.
As a result, nothing has been
done to date about changing
the policy. Negro fans who
warit to see Carolina league
games in Durham must enter
through a gate in the right
field comer and sit in the far
right field bleachers.
The majority of Negro
sports lovers in Durham have
responded with a silent boy
cott of Durham Bulls baseball
games. Although there is a
small, hard segment of Ne
groes who, despite the apall-
ingly inferior facilities that
their game tickets can pur
chase for them, still attend
Durham Bulls games. But
the thousands of sports-mind
ed Negroes in Durham who
have more pride in them
selves as human beings th^
they have love for baseball,
stay at home and watch games
Qn television, listen on the
radio or travel north to watch
major league games.
And, in the meantime, the
Bulls continue to lose money.
J^t two years ago the fi
nancial situation became so
acute in Raleigh that the
Capitals had to turn in their
franchise and quit the lea-
we. Few people showed up
for their games. A seating
policy similar to the one at
Durham Athletic Park obtain
ed at Devereaux Meadow,
home of the extinct Raleigh
Capitals. Other Carolina lea
gue teams have met the same
fate in recent years.
It does seem that in view
of the success the semi-pros
have had with their policy of
“sit where you want,” the
Bulls owners would, if for
selfish motives only, take the
initiative in changing the
seating policy at the Durham
park. Many times more Ne
groes than those who now at
tend their games would
doubtless be attracted to
watch the Bulls if they could
do so without compromising
any of their basic human
dignity. If integrated seating
can work for the semi-profes
sionals, it could work for the
professionals.
But maybe the Bulls own
ers are victims of the Patriot
mentality, a position which
assumes that the end of seg
regation means the end of the
white race^ and, in the words
of the president of the Pa
triots, nothing is more im
portant than maintaining the
white race. If so, Negro base
ball fans will continue to en
joy their baseball vicariously
or in some other towns.
LEHERS TO THE EDITOR
To the Kditor:
Uecently a number of pro-
Krains ana spubchcs have been
arranged apparently lor the
purpose ol softening up the
people and the Legislature to
accept the intent ol the Su
preme Court and othert to mix
the races.
As Citizens we believe that
duty does not require us to aid
and abet destruction ol the
Constitution.
As Christians we consider it
a religious Iraud to say tiiat
Christianity requires us to lol
low a course that would lead
to destruction ol the white
race.
As Patriots ol North Caro
lina we wish to maintain our
public school system so that
all children may have an op
portunity to become educated.
We consider it more impor
tant, however, to preserve the
white race than to maintain
the public school system.
I We believe that separation
ol our children by races is
necessary il we are to main
tain the white race and trans
mit to future generations the
quality ol creative greatness
accessary lor human progress.
Separation ol the races in the
schools will also aid the Ne
groes in maintaining their ra
cial integrity 11 their pride and
moral standards cause them to
desire this end.
Therefore, it is our desire:
and purpose to support the
Governor and the Legislature
in their efforts to • avoid any
mixing of white and Negro
children in the schools ol
North Carolina.
Since, in the school segrega
tion decision, in our opinion,
the Supreme Court usurped
authority reserved by the Con
stitution to the States, we wish
to support the Legislature in
making as strong a protest
against the Court’s ruling as is
inherent in the rights reserved
to the States, whether this pro-
)test be called "‘Interposition”
or Something else.
We wish to support the Le
gislature in bringing about an
amendment or amendments to
the State Constitution that will
legally permit such actions as
may be nescessary to meet
such situations as may arise.
We wish to support the Le
gislature in authorizing the
closing ol schools where inte
gration is forced and in pro
viding funds for instruction of
pupils in private schools where
tjhat is pecessary to educate
children and avoid mixing the
races.
W. C. George^
President of Patriots of N. C.,.
inc.
SATURDAY
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Clathan Rom
H. Albbbt Smith
JULY 14, 1956
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To The Editor;
An American friend of mine
sent me recently a clipping
which carried your article A
WORD OF EXPLANATION,
of March 10, and I beg you to
allow me to comment on it.
1 am a young German who
was a boy of 12 when Hitler
came to power, and who was
told a few years later only to
‘defend’ the Fatherland-but it
was in the army already that I
learned the truth. The truth
which to clearly was stated Oy
Franklin D. Roosevelt in his
Report to Congress, Jan. 7,
1943: “The Issue of this war is
the basic issue between those
who believe in mankind and
those who do not-the ancient
issue between those who put
their faith in dictators and
tyrants. There have always
been those who did not be
lieve in the people, who at
tempted to block their forward
movement across history, to
force them back to servility
and suffering and silence.”
And so we must be glad that
Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito
did not win, just as you stated.
But did the American people
listen to Franklin D. Roose
velt’s warning, “And above
all, it (victory) shall not be
imperiled by the handful of
inoisy traitors—^betrayers of
America and of Christianity it
self—would be dictators who
in their hearts and souls have
yielded to Hitlerism and would
have this Repubj||c do likewise
(Radio talk to the Nation,
AprU 28, 1942)”? I think not!
Of course, I whole-heartedly
agree with you that many wars
were fought for motives
power and prolit. Even today
we witness in North Africa and
in Cyprus war and violation
oppress the natives’ longing
for independence, freedom and
justice—^for the very aims the
pioneering forefathers of your
nation fought the British and
French! And the greatest
shame is the fact that the
troops which are to oppress the
natives’ desire to be free, are
those of the countries which
call themselves “defenders” of
the “Free Western World”!
Well, what were we fighting
for In the last war we experi
enced? Lat us PMiima to da-
feat Hitler, Mussolini, ana Mi-
rohito—auT TODAY wa muai
ask another - question oi great-,
er importance: What did we oo
u> preserve peace? Wi!^
UAIN NO LA&TaNCJ PiiAui!,
if WE APPROACH IT Wilti
SUSPICION ANU MibTnuSi
AND FBAKlll Vi/E CAJH Uaia-*
iT ONLY nr wa PitOciiaiaj
WITH THE UNDEKai'AiNU-
iNG AND THE CONi’lDjuMcj!.
AND THE COURAGE WHlCn.
FLOW FROM CONVlCTlOJMll
Let us keep in mind: Military
training "educates’’ us to get
sympathy lor man out ol our
heads and hearts, for wa are to
go out to kill and destroy, and
there is also no room lor Chris
tian LOVE, despite army chap
lains! It is utter blasphemy to
connect the killer and destroy
business ol an army with
Christian principles! For This
Is My Commandment, That
You Love On* Another, Even
As I Have Loved You. So I
suggest that every nation that
lifts up again its hand against
a brother, for we are all chil
dren ol one Cjod, and so all
brothers whatsoever our color
and beliel—on its forehead
should wear -lorever the curse
ol Cain. It Is UP To Us to
learn and understand that Ck>d
has made oi one blood all na
tions ol men to dwell on the
lace ol the earth! I learned the
hard way in the last war-.that
LOVE is the hardest lesson in
Christianity, but, lor that rea
son, it should and must be most
the care ol all TRUE CHRIS
TIANS to learn It.
What can we do to prevent
WAR? President Eisenhower
said: “On all the continents
and islands ol the earth man
kind hungers for peace. This
universal hunger must be satis
fied. If this is not to be an age
of atomic hysteria and horror,
we must make it an age of in
ternational understanding and
cooperative peace.” And every
loyal American citizen should
pledge for those high aims day
for day! Day for Day we must
work for Faith in the Triumph
of Bight, Recognizing the Uni
versal Brotherhood of Man
kind, Love of Truth.
Allow me to invite your
readers to comment on the
question WHAT CAN WE DO
TO PRESERVE PEACE ON
EARTH?
Sincerely yours,
Friedrich Jaeger
German Federal Republic
To the Editor,
Gentlemen;
In the Durham Sun of June
29th there appeared an article
regarding AvereiU Harriman’s
being a Catholic, and a recita
tion of the Catholic Church’s
I to the right to fulfe the
world, by divine right.
Anent the advisability of
having a Catholic as pi-esident
and the question as to where
the individual Catholic's first
loyalty lies, it might be well to
be acquainted with the words
of a Catholic historian by the
name of Cormenin.
In his volume 1, page 377,
Cormenin refers to Pope Gre
gory VII as follows; “God is a
spirit”, says Gregory; he rules
ma^^er; thus tiie spiritual is
above the temporal power. The
Pope is the representative of
God on earth; he should, then,
govern the world. To him
alone pertains inlaUiblUty and
universality; all men are sub
mitted to his laws, and he can
only be judged by God; he
ought to wear imperial orna
ments; people and kings should
kiss his feet; Christians are ir
revocably submitted to his or
ders; they should muTder their
princess, fathers, and children
if he commands it; no council
can be declared universal
without the orders of the Pope;
no book can be received as ca
nonical without his authority;
finally, no good or evil exists
but in what he has condemned
or approved.”
This quotation can be found
on page 407 of R. W. Thomp-
son’s “The Papacy and the
Civil Power” (1876), in the
Treasure Room of the Duke Di
vinity School Library. Thomp
son was Secretary of the Navy.
In order that the reader
might know the esteem in
which this Gregory Is held by
the Catholic Church, we quote
from volume VI of the official
Catholic Encyclopedia, page
791, (1913), where he is de
scribed as “Gregory VII, (Hil
debrand), Saint, Pope, one of
the greatest of the Roman Pon
tiffs and one of the most re
markable men of all times”;
also as "the great pope Gre
gory VII.”
If all Catholics should even
be willing to kill their loved
ones, what might a Catholic
president be expected to do for
the Church?
Very truly yours,
W. X. MuUoy, Durham
PARDON ME. BUT YOUR \IOOT5 ARE 5H0WIN6
7 jSM of me pane
st/peK-fiace /
Spiritual Insight
“HALLELUJAH, GOD REIGNS”
By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAISTD
Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Cborcb
“And I heard the woice of a
great multitude, saying Halle
lujah, for Lord God omnino-
tent reigneth...”Rev. 19;6. ,
John sees (Sod reigning amid
the decaying ruins of sin and
evil. We all need the heart
warming assurance of this
great truth at times. We need
to know that God standeth
above the failures and the
ruins of men and nations. John
sees the final downfall and the
utter defeat of evik He hears
the mighty host of righteous
ness singing a glorious song of
victory over sin and evil. He
sees a day of victory. He hears
the sweet melodies of the song
of victory of the Saints. Why?
Evil has been brought low.
Truth triumphs over false-
itood. Justice wins the victory
over injustice. The host of the
blessed redeemed rejoices over
the great victory they have
achieved...“Hallelujah, for the
Lord God omnipotent reign-
eth...” Evil is defeated. Halle
lujah, God reigns.
The weary, embattled strug-
glers against evil need the en
couragement of ) this great
truth expressed here. The
many souls who light for
righteousness and decency
need to know that God stUl
lives and reigns. Without' this
great truth we would become
discouraged and give up? We
need to know that Crod is with
us. We need to know that he
reigns and will give us the vic
tory. We need to know that
God will not let righteousness
be defeated. This, my friends,
is the practical everyday les
son tliat we should get from
this vision of John..."Hallelu
jah, the Lord God Omnipotent
reigneth...”
In the dark and discour
aging experiences of life we
too )need to know that God
reigns in the holy majesty of
his power. This great truth will
keep us when our hard strug.-.
gles seem worthless and in
vain. Yes, evil wUl tempt us to
believe that our struggles wUl
not be rewarded. When we
have done all, failure seems to
be our reward. Self-seeking
and fearful men walk away
and leave us to fight alone. In
such hours we need to know
that...“The Lord God Omnipo
tent Reigneth..." In other
words, life’s battles and strug
gles take on a new, meaning
ful note when we Imow and
believe that God reigns. Trust
God! Keep up the good fight.
When you dre tempted to dis
couragement, sing the song of
faith and triumph...“Hallelu-
jah, God reigns”.
Indeed, life Is different
when we Icnow and are sus
tained by a firm conviction
that God reigns and right will
win the victory. May this truth
ejncourage you in your hard
battle with sin and evU.
Thank God, the righteous
can sing a song of victory.
They can sing-fight a littlb
harder we are going to win
this victory. If you are right,
fight on. God reigns. You will
win the victory...“Be not dis
mayed whatever betide Crod
will take care of you...” Fight
on for the righteous will sing
the song of victory. Yes, If you
are right sing the song of the
ii^ighteous.j.. “Hallelujah, the
Lord Goa Omnipotent reign
eth...”
Let us toil on for the right,
the decent and the just. And
one day we too can sing the
Righteous Song Ol Triumph....
“Hallelujah, God Reigneth.”
Capital Close Up .
School Bill Killed
The school aid bill—HR7S35
was killed on the floor of the
House, July 6, by a roll-call
vote of 224 to 194, aimed at
the Powell desegregation rider
voted into it earliep in the day
by a vote of 225-192, as New
York’s Senator Herbert Leh
man readied a companion ri
der to attach to the bill when
and if it reaches the Senate.
Eisenhower, Truman ,Dawson
Oppose Rider
Tuesday’s (July 3) teller
vote of 164 to 116 supported
the Powell Amendment, which
was opposed both by Ptesident
Elsenhower and by former Pre
sident Truman ( who sent a let
ter opposing it to the House),
on the basis of its evident threat
to passage of crltlcally-needed
school construction, called “a
national crisis” by Congressman
Dawson (D., 111.) who opposed
the rider on the floor during
Tuesday’s debate (but voted for
the whole Wll on Thursday).
Dawson cited his own childhood
struggles for an education, as
book and verse against encum
bering the bill, and echoed Tru
man’s warning tiiat approval of
the Powell rider wo'uld kill the.
school bill-hindering both edu
cation and integration.
Eighty-Year Pattern
Earlier, Thursday, North
Carolina’s Graham Barden,
chairman of the House Commit
tee on Education and Labor,
finally calling up the bill, had
announced to the House that he
was “washing his hands ot it,”
BY CONSTANCB DANIEL
and refused to handle it any
longer as floor manager, declar
ing that “our people do not want
this bill.” The bill’s sponsor,
Pennsylvania Democrat Augus
tine Kelley, then took over.
The vote followed the usual
pattern of proffered “rights”
legislation, none of which has
passed the Congress in 80 years-
token voting by legislators
aware that support for a biU
doomed for destruction would
keep their pressure group record
straight, with a minimum of
friction with opposition col
leagues.
Vote Without Merit
The House was under the lash
and responded accordingly. As
an indication of convictions,
“liberal” or otherwise, both tel
ler and roU-call votes, to our
n^ind, were meaningless and
without merit.
Race Bias Charged to D. C.
Committee
Forty-one D. C. signers of a
Declaration of Principle, last
week charged the House Com
mittee for the District of Co
lumbia with blocking home
rule, here, because the Com
mittee's Southern membership is
opposed “to granting equal
rights of suffrage and citizen
ship to Washington’s minority
Negro population.”
The readily -substantiated
charge has been made here, pe-
renially, ever since the District
lost the franchise, in 1875.
Newspaper files provide ample
documentation. Duriflg straw
voting, her*, in 1048, whn “vo
ting” was extended to the high
schools to arouse civic interests
in white high schools reported
that some teachers had instruct
ed tliem to “vote” against home
rule, to prevent office-holding
and political power among Ne
groes.
Leaders of both political par
ties, who signed last week's De
claration, included Washington
Home Rule co-chairman Mrs. J.
Borden Harriman and ftank
Jellefl, Episcopal Bishop of
Washington the Right Rev. An
gus Dim, Rabbi Balfour Brick-
ner of Temple Sanai,
D. C. Commissioner F. Joseph
Donohue, Victor Beuther, Uni
ted Automobile Workers presi
dent, and co-chairman Edward
BurUng, Jr., and Mrs. B. L.
Jackson, Jr., of the District
Citizens for Eisenhower Com
mittee.
High Court Foe Snubs Probe
Post
Leander Perez, Louisiana po
litico slated for chief counsel
of the House District Subcom
mittee on D. C. Schools investi
gation, has refused the i>ost.
Subcommittee Chairman J. C
Davis, of Georgia, announced,
last Thursday, that Perez had
withdrawn, leaving local groups
who had been waiting to testify
before the uncommunicative
"Davis Committee,” high and
dry.
Perez, National Director of
the 1948 Dixiecrats, has called
the High Court “the greatest
menace to the country,” and ao-
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