PACS TWO
Tttt CAROLINA TIMES SATUBDAlf. JAN. 1». HS7
AN UMDCRSIANDABLE DECISION
The decLsion of R. N. Har- certainlv be more acceptable of Negro polic^nen here. It
rU, not to run for a second Negro citizenry. alao recalls the opposition
tem on the City Council of This bringt us around to a which every Negro candidate
Durtiain, will be understand* second observation, and that for public office has faced, all
able by those of his own is the lack of knowledge because there is a large seg-
group ^ho are close enough which a majority of white ment of white people who
to him to know at what sacri- people seem to possess as to persist in the notion that in*
fice he has served in the po> the ability, the willingness telligent Negro citizens are
sition for the past four years, and the eagerness of intelli- scratching tiiemselves raw
Being the oiUy member of his gent Negro citizens to make a from itch^g to associate with
race on the Ccnincil, Mr. Har- contribution to the develop- wiiite people when their only
ria, in the very nature of the ment, better understanding desire is to give a coivect in
case, not only represented the between the races and gen- terpretation as to what the
nearly 15,0(M persons in his eral welfare of all citizens of Negro wants and to shoulder
own ward but every Negro the city. It mi^t be that this more responsibility of good
citizen in the entire city of could be eliminated if white citizenship.
Durham. How well he has persons in placw of leader- . .. , ,
done the job; both as a repre- ship would endeavor to know Mr ^ ^
sentative of the largest Son- Ne^ better by inviting {Jf,; ^
stituency in the city and as a them as speakers from time to “
councilman in the greater time before such groups os 2^’
senae of the word, is of record the Kiwanl* Club, the Rotary If®
and needs no comment pro oi Club, tb6 Exchange Club, the
con in these columns. Young Democrats" the Cham- are other
Commerce and other S “^1
C^cilman Harris will important groups. Certainly J"?®* “ ^pable, and who, if
I^l»bly not jom us m some an exchanw oY ideas and ***® opportumty, will
of the observations that we thouaht would tend to make equally a& good mem-
jTO bound by otu rwponsibil- ^r a^tter understanding as J*®” ^ With
Ity to make as the true voice ability hones and ^ mind, it is our sincere
of the ^rity group in Dj^- of N?gro !?°P® ^
ham. One is the lamentable jg this too much to sueeest
f^ that the^torial prairo during these times so pfign- by the retirement of
be has received in the daily «nt with interracial misunder- Councilman Hams, his suc-
pren is strictly hindsight in- cessful candidacy will nit be
stead of foresight and is, eSfSSuS^havftoUv; on^ ^®^^ ®“‘^^y ^ Negro
thorefore, never as apprecia- sijg ^ ^railroad track ^ew liberal
without knowlSg or being in-
Harris received one-third of tereated in tt^nroblems on enougMo see the wis-
S® editor^ support dufing other? We thSik not. ^ 30,-
hia candidacy for a seat on 000 Negro citizens of Dt^ham
the Council M h« is now re- This newspaper recalls the representation on the City
ceiving as a retiring member, tenseness and the opposition Council as well as in other
the fine comments now would which faced the employment public offices.
me HMN6 REMEDY fMKHEaXflH
Tb0 reqjMst tnade Pren- gation is most pronounced, man almost bodily out of its
dent iViabhower and Vie*- there will be fouira the most Sunday morning service.
President Nixon by\Negro poverty, the most race hatred. The weight oi action taken
lesdeqi to Mme mtb the the most ignorance and the by whites m behalf of Justice
South sod «ld integration by least j^gress socially, eco- for Negroes almost palM into
appeahng^ to all southerners nomicuily-^and pohtically, ^isignticance when compared
"to abide by the Supreme There wul m found in public witn the massive coun^ ac-
Ceurt's decision as the law of office, as representatives of tion employed by their race-
the land" is to say the least a the people locally and na- baiting orethren. In action,
nice gesture, but if and when tionaily .^^emagogues of t^ it is usua^ a kind of action
it is complied with, it will lowest type, who in the end tiie meaning of which is nei-
have about as much effect on not only prey upon helpless ther respected nor under'
changing the atttiude of anti- Negroes but the almost equal- stood by ignordnt whites.
Negro southerners as “waiter iy nelpless poor whites who Tliere is only one action the
on a duck’s back.” To be ef- nave nothing left of their so- president or any other public
fective, such appeals will called superiority but their official can take that will get
have to be made to reasonable putty-colnred skm. Some of results in the deej> South, and
pefsons and not to those these poor suckers are so that is the heavy hniui of t^
whose minds, hearts and deeply mdoctrinated with the federal law. For the president
souls are warped with race idea tnat their white skin and or vice president to come in
hatred or to tnose who have tneir wlii
such a big inferiority complex badge of
FACING
THE ISSUE
By DB. A. H. GOBDON
EISENHOWER PREPARES FOR WAR
(SOD 5PE^« OM 5HSRe6/CriON
hatred or to tnose who have tneir wliite skin alone is, a to the South only for
such a big inferiority conmley badge of ^periority th^it pose of snaking a ag
thfqr cah only feel equal to has becon^a reUgibn. That investigating conditii
UMlPthat
others when grinding their is why Just last year within are already well known to ev
heels in someiMdy’s^ als»’s >few miles of Durham memr ery Amencan is a wastci oi
neek. bers of a white church could the time and energy that a
A investigation will with little or no compunction lew federal marshalls could
that wherever segre- throw an elderly Negro wo- use to much better advantage.
THE SANE OLD STORY
The lubstance oi the address,
of Ueneral Kiaenhower before
the CongMM of the United
btates, Saturday, January 9,
wa« a request that Congress
make him a Bajlltary dictator oi
Uus country with power to
carry- us into a war over the oil
resources of the Middle £ast
whenever H_E and He AX/>N£
decides that this drastic action
'IS necessary.” Knowing that
the American people are deli'
nitely inclined against lighting
a war in that area in interest oil
the “Economic Royalists" ol
i£ngland, France and this coun
try, who wish to maintain do-
mmance in the area, EisenhoW'
er empliasized the lact that he
would not use tliis ix>wer luless
Congress and the United Na
tions and the country or coun'
tries involved agreed to such
action. Now if tne General were
sincere in tliis desire to act only
with the consent and at the re
quest of Congress, the United
Nations and any nation threat
ened by communist aggression,
he would never have made his
extraordinary request. The
plain lact is that 11 Congress,
the United Nations apd . some
Middle East nation desired
military intervention in the
Middle East by us and thnugh
it “necsesary” to prevent Com
munist aggression such desires
Could quickly be made known
by Congress, the UJf, and the
country involved and our Presi
dent could be given the neces
sary authority in a ,very short
time. This is true because of the
rapidity ol modern means ol
communication. Even 11 Con
gress had to be called into spe
cial session that could be done
in a few hours by the use ol
modem air trav^
From what we' have Just said
above it is evident that what
the General lears is that Con
gress, the U.N., and the Middle
East Nation involved might not
agree that such military action
was “necessary” at the time and
plaoe HE might think it to be
“necessary”. Therdore tie
wants the power to commit our
young men to death without go-.
ing to the trouble to get Con
gress and the UN to agifee wltlv ‘
him tliat this is necessary at the
time HE thinks It is necessary.
Directed Against USSR
o^ther^ weakness thi
in any one nation.
The lact that Eisenhower, in
spite ol all his mouttiing about
peace, is fundamentally a mili
tary' who. beUeves that the
way to guarantee peace in any
part ol the world is to prepare
for war« maius this request o^
his “stand-by” authority to use
military lorce in the Middle
East amount to preparation lor
war. Since Eisenhower foolishly
believes that lie can effectively
resist the spread of Communism
by military power it is inevita
ble that the time will come
when he will think it is “neces
sary” to use' that power.
U Eisenhower had been wise
enough to lace this issue con
structively, he would have ask
ed Congress to provide
lor strengthening the United
Nations police lorce. The way
to strengthen that police force
is to make the Atomic and Hy
drogen bombs ol the United
States and Russia available lor
use by the United Nations “It
necessary” to prevent aggres-
slon in tliat area. It is not the
duty (nor is it wise) of the Uni
ted States to try to police the
Middle East or Imy other part
of the world outside the terri
tory ol our own country. The
policeman ol the world should
be the United Nations.
Should Police Souih, USA
Furthermore, any economic
aid We wish to extend to any
countries ol l^e world should
be extended through the ma
chinery ol the United Nations.
The tax-payers ol this coimtry
should not be asked to lumish
money to build up the economic
order ol other nations who may
someday become socialistic
communistic.
U we really want to use our
national lorces lor police action
they should be used to enforce
the Constitution ol the United
StatM la Mississippi, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, South Caro
lina and other southern states
where there is open rebellion
against the authority ol the
Federal government in connec
tion with desegregation ol the
public schools and transporta
tion lacUittes. II General Eisen
hower were really a man ol|
courage, he would tell the South
in no uncertain tenne^diat it
AFTER ALL,V^/Er6 ABOVE THE
CC3AAM0N ME6120.«HE^ MOT
a6 clean as
I
CALL
JFfOMJW
COMMON
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was directly against aggres:
by Riyasia as a communist state.
"now in rebellion” against the
authority ol the Federal Gov-
One. AwIl leader immediately emment will be placed under
called attention to tliis week-'military control, as dufing the
The President’s State of vance, but rather a reversion their most recent aggressors
the Union message to Con- to an old, outdated power have not been the Soviets, but
grcss was a distinct disap- policy which has even fallen Britain, and France,
pointment to a great many into disrupte among the de- We are not so naive, how-
people, who, literally starved cadent imperialist powers. It ever, as to think that this
wr*aem^ new hope for lead- ^ certainly one which devel- country is prepared at this
ership in'^ttiese crisis-ridden opments in modern warfare time to cut loose its depend-
have been virtually ^ve made unfeasible if not ent allies of Britain and
hanging on to the Symbol of stiicidal. France by threatening sanc-
hope that he has represented As is pointed out by Dr. tions against them if thev mis-
these pest five years. Many Gk>rdon in his "Facing the behave. But we had hoped
people hoped that he Ittue" column this week, the that at least the President
would point the way for a President’s request would would re-affirm our hate for.
new dynamic foreign policy, have b^n far more palatable aggression of any kind and
designed to place this coun- if he had simply stated he our championship of oppress-
try in the forefront of the wanted the power to deter ^ people anywhere, and not
nations of the world seeking any aggression, not just the just those in Eastern Europe,
peace. Soviet orand. Events of the By limiting the object of
The only new approach, if paif'f^ nidnths have awak-our intentiicms to deter ag-
it can be called new, discemi- ened the whole wwld to the gression to Russia, the Presi-
ble in the President’s speech hard fact that the Soviets, as dent has succeeded in telling
his request to be em- dirty and bloody as their the world that we are against
•d to use this country’s hands may be, are not the oh- wrong by certain parties, that
kJBli^t to deter Soviet ly aggressfirs in the world. C®r we must wink at that done by
Iflaa . in the tainly in the area under con- our “blood” allies, and that
jljnien this request is sideration, the middle east, we want peace, but on our
bM it Is shown, to the Arabs and others living in terms, only,
represent not really an ad- that area can testify that
ness by saying that the policy
would be better 11 it made clear
ttxat the U. S. would oppose ag
gression in the Middle East by
ANY nation and not Just by.
Russia. Also, the same Arabian
source stated that any such ac
tion should be throu^ the UK
and not lelt to the whim ol any
one nation, and especially to the
wbim ol one man, a militarist^
Reconstruction period, until
they are willing to obey the
l|iws ol the land. We do not
think the military power is the
right way to enlorce the con
stitution in the South, but El
senhower should think so since
he believes in military power as
the proper means ol settling
world problems.
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Thiiik You HaveTroubleMilkingThe
Cow? MorganStudent MilksSnakes!
BALTIMORE, BSD.
Ever thought that miU^ipg a
cow poses problems? Thm you
should try milking snakes.
'Vernon Burnett, 19-year-old
Morgan State College Ireshman,
does every week and doesn’t
mind a bit—even though tlie
four copperheads whose venom
he extracte gets downright eao*
tankerous at times.
For the rangy, solt-q;>ok^
Baltimore-bom lad milking
snakes is all in the interest (rf
science. Planning a future as
research biologist, Burnett,^ an
honorable mention award win
ner last year in the Westings
house Science Talent Search,
milks his snakes to get venom
lor study purposes.
Burnett got the idea last sum
mer when be came across
snake while serving as a nature
instructor at Camp Druid Hill, a
YMCA summer camp, in Hun-
Ungton, Md. He decided the vi
cious little copperhead would
be a good subject lor research.
Finding another, be took both
home to 1111 N. Monroe Street
where two young ones, both
now a little more than six in
ches long, were bom.
Since the opening of the aca-
donic year at Morgan, the
snakes have be«i housed in tHe
college’s Vivarium, a combina
tion animal-greenhouse used
a study center by the depart
ment ol biology.
Xvery other Tuesday. alta>
noon, Burnett goes to the Vi
varium and milks his nakes,
which are two-tone brown
things with restless Hangs. The
parents are about two-(eet long
■with smooth copper sheened
heads.
To milk the snakes, the stu-
‘‘A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING”
By BBVEBEND HABOLB BOLAND
Paster, Meeat Gilead Bi^tlst CSiaMh
"As the people were in expec
tation, all men questioned in
their hearts concerning John...”
John 3:15:
A spiritual awakening is root
ed and grounded in deep inner
change or translormatlon in the
human soul. This cliange comes
with a preaching ol the word
and a receptive response on the
part ol the people who hear the
word. The preached word is es
sential to this ^wakening In our
souls. The people were musing,
questioning in their hearts after
thejn^eard the preaching ol the
’A mei
le word gives hope. The lost
and 'way^itoA nsrd.sw Gospel .plj
hof»e—the^ope that they can
cast away the old and build the
new with God's Grace. "We are
saved by Orace-God’s loving
concern for our eternally pre
cious souls,
A higher power must come
for a spiritual awakening.
John’s preaching was a prepara
tion lor this coming power. Is
this not the purpose ol all true
preaching? It is the call lor a
higher power to awaken and re
deem our souls. Men’s hearts
must be stirred. The people
must respond to the word ol
God lor an awakening in the
soul. The word must be preach
ed and the people must re
spond before there can be a|
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING.
A feeling ol ext>%tancy is
needed lor j;he coming ol God’s
spirit. Withoirt 'tiiis spirit God’s
power will notS^ome. We must
desire and expect
.God. We must
«
the Holy
awakenh^ ^ house
cleaning. 'When we have made
things ready God will come,
ahi3''ffiere WUI 'bi& a spiritual
awakening in our souls. It Is
clear, therefore, that a spiritual
house cleaning must precede a
spiritual awakening in our
souls.
AA humble, honest, sincere
look at self is needed lor a spiri
tual awakening. It is so easy to
see the faults, mistakes, errors,
shDjrtcomings and sins ol the
othv leUow. But-it calls lor the
rarest courage to look honestly
at number one. O yes, it is so
easy to discover and diagnose
the sins ol your neighbor. So
let us take a look into our own
souls and make ready lor a
spiritual awakening. The peo^
pie dijd this when Jolm came
preachjng in valley of
Jordan, to the question
ol honest inner searching...
■TEACHER
about the touIs ol their neigh
bors. What can I do? Take an
honest look into your own soul
that you may be apart of the
much needed spiritual awaken
ing.
The prayer to God ol each
one ol us should be: LORD
.GIVE US A spmrruAL
AWAKENING IN OUR TIMES
AND BEGIN WITH BSE.
Watch on the Potomac-
dent researcher removes them
Irom a screened cage with
wire and places them on a table
holding them with prongs.
Carelully hoMing the head
away from him, he lorces the
mouth open. When the langs
are extended, Burnett moves
th% makes so that the langs are
pfateM on the edge jSt;T>eW
dish. As the snake bites on the
edge, venom comes out.
So lar, the Morgan student,
whose research is being super
vised by Dr. John W. King, pro
fessor of biology, has extracted
about 2S0 millograms ol snake
milk. This supply has been cry
stallised and stored.
Burnett hopes to learn some
thing about the effects of snake
venom on flagelates, plants
with whiplike structures for lo-
oomotion.
How does be leel about milk
ing the snakes? "I suppose I
don’t feel anything,” he says.
He lost his fear of snakes, he
explalasi as a youngster in the
Scouts.
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bratharr er why deat thee set
at aanght ^ bratherT for we
ahall all stand before the
JodgiMat seat of Ghrist^~
(Btneaas 14,10.)
If wa will MR7 this thought
always In our htarts, we wUl
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By Robert G. Spivack
HOW’S BUSINESS—Coming
events cast their shadows be
fore them, according to wis^-
men, and il that’s true 1957 will
prove a critical year in the
American economy. For many
private businesses tills may be
the toughest year since World'
War n.
That’s the opinion ol econo
mic experts. They are not cry-
stal-gazers, but liard-headed
realists unalrald of looidng
lacts in the lace. Their forecasts
contain none ol the gushing op
timism ol Secretary ol Com
merce Sinclair Weelu. And pri
vately, ol course,,they all hope
that they are wrong and that he
is right.
The two principal events that
have disrupted the smooth-flow
ol production, trade and trans
portation have been the war in
the Middle East and the blood
shed in Hungary. D^ite the
great what-is-it known as the
'"Eisenhower doctrine”, many
authorities are inclined to
bUme the Administration for
the turn ol events in both ceim-
tries.
Through U.S. propaganda, of
ficial and unofficial, we gave
the people ol Hungary reason
^ believe they could count on
Our help to liberate themselves.
In the Middle East, Secretary
ol State Dulles played what
many experts regard as a dou
ble game vls-a-vls the Arabs
and the Israelis. ,
• ••••
Tbeae are the big problems
for 1957 as seen by the special
ists:
Inflation and the continuing
hU^ eost ol living in the UJ3.;
for Great Britain, it’s maintain
ing the value of her currency
and winning back some of the
world market for automobiles,
diesel engines, and machine
fo^ whleh she has been losing
to West Owmanyv'
And here's the outlook in
other countries:
Netherlands — Prices liave
climbed so high that the govern
ment had to call in businesspaen
to ask that they voluntarily
stop raising prices; labor has
promised not to seek higher
wages on the basis of raw ma-^
terials’ costs; price ceilings have
been imposed on some food and
consumers goods.-
France—Until the Suez crisis
she was doing fairly well at
home7 But losing , business
abroad. Her biggest headache is
tlie continuing cost of her mili-i
tary expenditures in Algeria.
W. Germany—Of all the Eu
ropean nations involved in
World WiiTv, Ili file: Germans ,
have made the steadiest pro-
'gress. The indications are that
things will continue to be good
in the'Tourfh Relch^ but maybe
not quite as good as 1950.
A WORLD OF OPPORTU
NITY—Although there -rettuttn*
considerable uneasiness, due
mainly to uncertainty about
ho?L.,desp^te.flift,jiienJLa the-
Kren^ are, it’s'also generally
agreed that this country can ^
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