THE CAJKMJNA TDOt SATURDAY, AUG. 25, 1M«
CUniNG OFF ITS NOSE TO SPITE ITS FACE
In his appearance before
the special session of the Gen-
Assembly of North Caro
lina, J. H. Wheeler, as spokes
man for a group of repre
sentative Negro citizens of
North Carolina, warned mem
bers of the legislature that the
•ffect of the Pearsall Plan up
on the economy of North
Carolina would be disastrous
if it ever becomes law in that
it would add further to Che
economic plight of this state
which now ranks 48th “in
average weekly earnings paid
manmacturing employees.”
Because of Uie segregated
policy in North Carolina,
many manufacturing plants
that once looked on this state
and the South as desirable lo
cations “have stated frankly
their reluctance to construct
additional plant facilities in
those southern states where
local conditions prevent them
from following the same non-
discriminatory employment
policies followed by their
plants elsewhere in the Unit
ed States.’’
Said he further:
“By inquiry from other
sources we leam that num
erous gigantic corporations
in the fields of paper manu
facturing, electrical manu
facturing, chemicals, roof
ing, shoes, etc., have halted
their consideration of plans
for new southern plants.
One of these companies is
reported to be extremely
unhapipy over four large
plants which are now being
built in North Carolina and
Vii^^inia. Another conc^n
is now constructing in
Omaha, Nebraska a plant
designed to employ four
thousand persons. This
plant was originally plan
ned for one of the cities in
the Piedmont section of
North Carolina but was
moved to Omaha because of
local customs and restric
tions on the employment
policies used by the com
pany in its other plants. In
addition, usually reliable
sources of information have
verified for us the contents
of a recent article by Miss
Sylvia F, Porter, well-
known financial loiter,
who stated that one of the
reputable Factory Locating
Services in New York City
has been told by approxi
mately twenty of its large
industrial clients that they
are no longer interested in
locating new plants in those
southern states which are
trying to hold to a pattern
of racial segregation in
their schools and in indus
try.
It should be evident, there
fore, that the pattern which
we follow in respect to our
schook leads also to eco
nomic suicide for the entire
state. Not only are our pros
pects poor for obtaining
new industries but we stand
to lose some of the indus
try which is already located
in our state.”
Thus it appears to spite its
face, North Carolina is cut
ting off its nose. One thing is
certain: for the economic level
of its white citizens as well as
its Negroes is being kept at
the very bottom of the ladder
by a poUcy bent on preserving
white supremacy which, in
the past and present, makes
neither white nor black su
preme.
It is certain North Carolina
and other southern states can
not have their cake and eat
it too; ttey cannot have both
segregation and economic in
dependence. Either they must
abolish the policy of segrega
tion that makes impotent the
great reservoir of Negro labor
whereby it is unable to
shoulder its tax load and oth
er responsibilities of citizen
ship or they must forever re
main the beggars of the
American economy.
THE FORTUNE TELLING RACKET
For the past several months
the Carolina Times has been
fairly hounded by fortune
tellers and representatives of
fortime tellers, mind readers
and the like, requesting ad
vertising space in its columns.
This makes us believe that in
stead of decreasing, these
leeches or bloodsuckers of
society, who prey upon the
ignorant and poverty stricken,
are increasing. One prospec
tive advertiser of this nature
called this week from Dan
ville, Virginia and demanded
space in this newspaper with
the remark that he was pay
ing a large amount for license
to operate and that he saw no
reason why. he should not be
allowed to purchase adver
tising space in the Carolina
Times or any other newspa
per.
The long established policy
of this newspaper is to refuse
advertising space to all per
sons or firms that attempt to
earn a living by other' than
honest methods. Those who
live by hook or crook without
working for a living will get
no encouragement from t&s
newspaper through advertis
ing space purchased at any
price.
These same people who
claim that they can bring
good luck and prosperity td
others seem unable to bring
the same to themselves and
hence resort to cheap trickery
or questionable methods to
make a living. In other words,
they are like the poor devils
upon whom they prey or try
ing to get something for
nothing. They remind us of
the rabbit whose left hind-leg
if carried in the pocket is sup
posed to bring good luck.
Brer Rabbitt has never been
able to give a satisfactory an
swer to the question as to why
he lost the leg if it was so
dam lucky. They are also
like those who sell numbers
to poor^fools who play the
numbers while charging the
buyer for the number in order
to earn a living when all they
need to do is to play it them
selves.
We warn our readers to not
become suckers for such
crooks. The best way to ob
tain good luck is at honest,
hard work at a task that has
as its objective the betterment
of all humanity. Those "who
pursue this latter course are
sure in the end to come out
more than conqueror.
THE SUEZ CANAL IMBROGLIO
You will need to watch
prayerfully and with more
than passing concern develop-
ments In the Suez Canal Im
broglios. The turn of events,
there may determine whether
or not the world will have
another blood bath that may
be its final. The British who
have most always lived off the
blood, sweat and energy of
others, including our own
country, have for many years
had designs on the Suez
Canal, which is rightfully the
property of the Egyptians and
will stop at nothing to get
possession or control of it.
Great Britain, like hyenas,
usually lurks in the back
ground after setting the stage
for a stru^le to the death or
to exhaustion of other nations.
She intends to grab the spoils
after they are prostrate and
confiscate them as her own.
This has always been her role.
Our own country and India,
appearing for the moment to
not be influenced by British
desires, have both asked for
some kind of international
control of the canal. Both the
United States and India may
awaken ere it is too late to
find that they have been
maneuvered, by the British,
into doing exactly what they
want them to do. British
statesmen are pastmasters at
crooked maneuvers.
Behind all the Suez Canal
trouble is the one philosophy
that has caused most of the
world’s ills and that is that
only white is right, and con
sequently so important a wa
terway must not be controlled
or owned by any other than a
white nation or a combine of
white nations. Thus Great
Britain, lurking in the back
ground and having designs
on Egypt “long b^ore the
Suez Canal came into being,”
has not only violated the
neutrality of the canal from
time to time but resorted to
all kinds of trickery” intri
gues, instigations and vari
ous incidents” as an excuse to
invade and occupy Eg3rpt as
far b&ck as 1882.
It therefore is no wonder
that Egypt should be suspici
ous of any claim to honest in
tentions of outside nations to
set up international control of
the Suez Canal by such na
tions to set up ^ternational
control of the Suez Canal by
such nations as the United
States, France and Great
Britain.
For the safety of future
generations and that civili
zation might survive in a
race to produce more and
more destructive weapons, we
cry out aloud for the abandon
ment of the idea of a master
race—^white, black, yellow or
brown—but for an abiding
faith, hope and love for men
of all races without which we
walk with destiny the road to
certain death and destruction.
NO CURE YET FOR CANCER
The United States Govern
ment has issued a definite
warning to all sufferers of in
ternal cancer that the Hoxsey
treatment for the disease now
being offered at the Hoxey
Cancer Clinics at Dallas,
Texas and Portage, Pennsyl
vania is worthless and may
even be dangerous to those
who reply upon it.
Neither the medical profes
sion nor the Federal Food and
Drug Administration of the
U. S. Government has yet put
approval on any known cure-
all for cancer and sufferers
from the disease are warned
not to be taken in by any per
son or persons claiming to
have such. Treatment for the
disease even in its early
stages is only effective when
administered by a physician.
As far back as July, 1952
the Federal Government, on
appeal from a lower court de
cision, sought and secured an
injunction against the use and
distribution of the Hoxsey
treatment and it now warns
the people of this country not
to be misled into becoming
vicitims of it. A copy of that
warning, as issued by the
U. S. Government, is publish
ed on the front page of this
issue of the Carolina Times
and we trust it wiU be heed
ed by our readers.
SATURDAY
Pi«CaiSlaClBW0
AUGUST 25, 1956
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THE ISSUE
By DB. A. H. GORDON
THERE IS NEED FOR —
Debunking Southern “Statesmen”
this column last week we
pointed out the great need for
“debunking” Southern History.
This week we propose to call
attention to the fact there is
perhaps just as great need for
debunking Southern so-called
statesmen. Before the south
erners can ever properly ap
praise themselves and their
chances of ever becoming lead
ers in the nation, electing a
president of the United States
from one of the Southern
states for example, they must
face the issue of presenting to
the world, and appreciating
themselves, the poor showing
the South has been making in
producing real statesmen ever
since the Civil War and, in
deed, for some years prior to
that contest.
The South can never achieve
its proper place in the produc
tion of national leadws nntll
it is willing to admit that most
of the leaders It has elalmed
were rtal statesmen were
nothing more than demagognes
and “peanut” politicians. The
South needs to admit, fqr ex
ample, that General Robert E.
Lee i(as in no sense a tme
patriot of the United States
but was rather a trait«w to the
country and Its army. Hie
South should admit and teach
its youth that the famous Gen
eral at the Confederacy lacked
the moral courage ta stand up
and be counted mi the side of
freedom when he had to face
the issue of whethw to remain
loyal to the United States and
its army or desMt and become
a leader of the subMsive forces
determined to perpeutate slav
ery and destroy the govern
ment in whose army he had
sworn to serve.
Young Southern white stu
dents, and those not in school,
are taught that Jefferson Davis
was a great statesman who was
willing to destroy the Federal
Government of the United
States and build another gov
ernment which would support
slavery and oppose freedom
for any but whitq people. The
South should admit and teach
its youth tluit Jefferson Davis
was a selfish traitor willing to
risk destroying his country to
preserve the evil institution of
slavery. Most of Its leaders
since the Civil War have not
been statesmen but rather
small and narjrow politicians
trying to maintain “white'
supremacy” thereby destroy
ing real and true democracy
here in the South.
Some may ask: “But what
about the contemporary lead
ers of the South who are call
ed statesmen”? The answer Is
that they all fall far short of
really belhg statesmen. Such
politicians as Lyndon Johnson
of Texas, Walter George of
Georgia, and Luther Hodges of
North Carolina are certainly
not statomen. At the recent
National Democratic Conven
tion the Governor of Georgia
revealed how far he Is from
being a statesman by waking a
foolish speech before the con-
ventiim supporting segregation
and defying the federal gov
ernment and our Supreme
Court. All Oie contemporay
leaders of the South faU far
short of being statesmen. Even
the so-called liberals of the
South such as the editor ot the
Atlanta Constitution are really
just a little beyond the reac
tionaries of other sections and
fall below the standards set tor
the true statesman.
Before the South can produce
real statesmen it must debunk
those who are falsely so classi
fied, and let those who aspire
for leadership in this section
icnow that one of the basic re
quirements for statesmanstUp
is that a leader have vision to
see that segregation is wrong
and the courage to stand up
and be counted for equal op-
porttmities for all citizens
without regard to race, color
or previous condition. The
South must face the issue of
debunldng its present so-call
ed Statesmen and thereby
challenge its young men to
higher levels and so achieve
true statesmanship.
VINOBA BHAVE: A DISCIPLE
OF GANDHI
BY WARIf MILLS
Vinoba Bhave joined Gandhi
and his experiment of non
violence at the age of twenty.
Although, twenty-five years
younger than Gandhi, Gandhi
had regarded him as a teacher
than as a pupU.
Vinoba was bom September
11, 1895 of a Bralunin family
of Maharashtra. Maharashtra
Brahmins are usually among
the most' orthodox of Hindu
castes. Gandhi’s assassin came
from this community. The au
thor of India’s Walking Saint
compares Vinoba’s life to a
seamless garment.
His father was not orthodox
but a textile expert and a stem
devotee to Westem science and
education. He helped to pro
duce ktuilci cloth. He tiad want
ed his sons to go to England to
study.
His mother was a serene,
piouf soul. On feast days she
would encourage her sons to
take portions of specially pre
pared meals, for the occasion,
l>efore eating themselves, to
their neighbors. Once when a
beggar came to the door ask
ing for food and Vinoba had
said to ills mother “he is plu^p
and strong, mother — to give
him food would be encourage
laziness.” His mother replied,
“The beggar who is come may
be God lilmself. Who are we
to distinguish between the de
serving and the underserving.”
Vinoba adopted the outlook of
his mother. From an early age
he wished to be a wandering
hermit but of a new kind —
one who would give up every
thing for his country. For this
reason he took a vow of ciuis-
ity at the age of twelve; this
influenced his two younger
brothers to follow him. He was
impatient with stupidity, de
vowed nationalist and, political
literature and adored the bio
graphy of Mazzini, Italy’s na
tionalist leader. He was a gift
ed and original adolescent. He
was consistently first in his
class; he had an affection for
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...PAUSE FOR SPECIAL ANWOliiSCEftiiiNTl
Whentlictiiiie
come^r
ONLY WHEN THE UGLY STAINS ARE REMOVED
CjMIEY BE COMPLETELY LINKED.
RACE-COLo
Spiritual Insight
“RISE, TAKE UP YOUR BED”
By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND
PaatoTt Mount Gilead Baptist Church
“Blse, take up your bed
*and go home . . .’’—Matt.
9:16.
The miraculolus power of
faith is beautifully, dramatical
ly shown in the paralyzed
man brought to Jesus. His
friends had faith in the heal
ing power of C^urist. They
would let nothing hinder them.
Yes, they overcame all diffi
culties and brought the sick,
handicaiq>ed man to be healed.
Jesus saw their great faith and
said . . . “Take heart thy sins
are forgiven...” Sin seemed to
be the root cause of his sick
ness and handicap? Many of
our difficulties and .ailments
still are due to selfishness and
sinfulness. Faith in Christ
brought sicknesses. Too many
of us are lying upon some bed
afflicted with a grave spiritual
sickness.
And we need by a great act of
faith in the power of the Christ
heed hls«all to ns ... “Mae,—
take up your bed and walk...”
Some of us need to rise in
fait hfrom our uaralyzing beds
of fear. Why would you con
tinue to lie there and live in
weakness. Fear weakens you
and robs you of your God giv
en right of rich abundant life.
Fear will take the joy as well
as tlie punch out of your life.
Fear cancels out your Cjod giv-
m powers. Fear cuts the vital
nerve of creative action. How
long will you remain a slave
of fear? The Christ calls you
today as he did of old ....
“RISE, TAKE UP YOUR BED
AND WALK ...” If I were you
I would heed the master and
shake off those paralyzing
fears. Rise and l>e clothed in
Divine power. Rise and walk
in the newness of life. *
Some of us need to rise from
our beds of an unforgiving
spirit. In our pride we have
permitted an unforglng spirit
to make us abject slaves. How
long will we live In the weak-
-ness-of-an enferglvlag i^irlt.
Christ calls yon, too, as he did
of old. And what Is he saying
to youT He Is saying .. .“Yonr
iriiiii are forgiven, rise and
walk . . God has forgiven
yon. And yon In turn are to
forgive others. Tes, forgive
that unkind word or deed that
yon may find the ricimess and
beanty of spiritual power. If
yon have an unforgiving spirit,
then arise take np your bed
and walk.
Then some are stranded on
the twin l>ed8 of hatred and re
sentment. Tile master calls to
us to rise. How long wiU you
remain the slaves of these two
spiritual robbers? Free your
self by heading the master’s
call to healing. The Civist
calls to you today . . . “Arise
take up* your «bed and go
home...” A
Yes, to the many who are
prostrate upon their varied
beds of mental, moral and
spiritual sickness the Christ
calls you to healing and health
ii. . . ARISE TAKE YOUR
BED AND WALK ..
Capital Close Up .
THE CHIPS GO DOWN
AT CmCAGO
As we were saying before the
balloting at Chicago, after the
Stevenson primary losses in
New Hampshire and the Mid-
West, and before the Sevenson
victories in California and the
South, the 1956 Presidential
contest will be between Eisen
hower and Stevenson, t>oth
“charged” with l>eing moder
ates.
This because political honesty
on civil rights has come from
no other candidates. The rest,
and we persist in looking with
out blinders, has been sound,
fury, furtive back-dooring and
insincerity.
Early in February, this col
umn began calling the turns
on the candidates. Kefauver
had just sparked a widely-an
nounced switch of buttons by
West Coast civil righters more
emotional than discerning, fol
lowing a report huddle with
Negro delegates at a California
nominating convention — and
with the GOP meethig at the
Cow Palace, some of the hud-
dlers should i>e speaking up.
Kefauver’s Washington office
played up the button switch,
but flaUy repudiated the
/‘huddle” reports, and could
produce nottiing to accoimt for
the switch, other than a pledge
to support the Constitution
and Supreme (3ourt decision,
without suggesting how. In
Florida, Candidate Kefauver
made, a statement saying that
both races seemed to_ have
'good schools!
Stevenson, more specific,
said, publicly, that he was in
favor 61 desegregation, but
that this must l>e accomplished
without troops or bayonets.”
Tills would seem to be a sup
erfluous statement, but be
cause some of us have attempt
ed to fight demagoguery with
more demagoguery, it is not.
“Inactive Candidate” Harri-
By CONSTANCE DANIEL
man, said, at the time, that
civil rights and school desegre
gation were “all in the hands
of the courts.” In July, Active
Candidate Harriman, a good.
Governor of New York State
—a vastly different deal from
President of the United States
—^went down to Asheboro,
North Carolina, where he ad
dressed the Dinner of North
C^olina Young Democrat
ClulM (wlilch lias dry-run all
its party’s candidates.) There,
he declared that “even to raise
the question” of using troops
to guarantee Negro rights in
the South was “irresponsible”
and “the way. of a dictator.”
HARRIMAN’ HUDDLES
Column’s Marquis Clillds last
week charged that Harriman
had gone so far “as to call
prominent Southerners to
strictly private conferences to
try to assiu'e them that he was
less radical than Stevenson on
the race issue.” ! We were un
able to reach either Mr. Harri
man or Mr. Sapio to verify this
charge. The erstwhile candi
date, unlike the others, iiad no
headquarters, here, and, of
course, was not in New York.
DISASTER VIA TRUMAN
In Chicago, Harriman-to-the
enders, rallied by Mr. Tnunan,
marched through the Coliseum
with placards reading “Harri
man — adviser to “FDB-
HS’T’—^while Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt quietly folded her
late husband’s “mantle” and
put it away, with the succinct
comment that New Deal and
Fair Deal were over, and new
and more timely programs in
orders.
ALL SHOULD THANK HER
No Republicans and few De
mocrats, other than Mr. Tru
man, are apt to dispute her on
that. In fact, they all have
reason to be grateful to her.
President Eisenhower is as
sured, at least, of a worthy ad
versary, even thou^ “an a-
mazing number of leading De
mocrats are credited with the
view that, in spite of Mr. Stev
enson’s first-ballot nomination,
he has less than a snowball’s
chance in the nether regions to
win against the President.
His heaviest selling point, it
is lielieved, is his repudiation
of Truman distatorship, Tru
man advice and True "rip-
snorting,” issue-thumping and
dust-raising.”
BOSS TRUMAN
We iiave been in disfavor in
many places for many years,
because of our extremely dim
view of Mr. Tnunan, his mo
tives and ills methods . . .
which was quite all right. Now
that he has satisfied himself by
attempting to dictate the no
mination of a weak and vac
illating candidate who would
take his orders, it may be that
“the greatest President since
Lincoln” chants will cease.
Many fine people joined that
chorus — apparenUy thinking
they “owed” hirn allegiance
for going down the line for
civil rights measures when
there was no other place to go
—and have a chance of win
ning.
Even so, along with “H)R”
who accomplished much, and
also did some “selling down
the river,” lie was politician,
firsi of all.
COULD SEVENSON BOLD
THE FOBTT
The question now, for those,
who must unfortimately, he
over-preocqupied with civil
rights for many years to come,
is “Could Stevenson, as Presi
dent, hold the fort? Could he
control the Southern bloc In
Congress?”
We are convinced that this
answer is .“NO.”
NEXT WEEK: “Demoeratlc
CUfans and Civil Rights — an
Inside Pieture"
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