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PAGE TWO THE CAKOLINA TIMES SATVBDAY, MAY 11. 1M7 A NEW DAY FOR MINbltRIAL LEADERSHIP Published on the front page of this week’s issue of Thi Cabolima Times is an account ot the courageous and most worthy stand taken by the Interdenonunational Ministers Al liance at its regular weekly meeting here Monday. The action of the alliance, which is composed of all of the recognized Negro ministers of Durham, is in line with that taken by other progressive r^gious groups and should not only be commended by all thinking persons but followed by them as xxi Montgomery, Alabama; Tallahassee, Florida; Atlanta, G^rgia; and other cities of the deep South, Negro ministers have taken a definite stand on the matter of civil rights. In Greensboro of this state, they have also declared themselves against segregation. In Chapel Hill this week, the Interracial Fel lowship for schools is urging voters to cast their ballots only for candidates who al legedly favor school integration. The trend in a majority of religious organizations, both small and large, is definitely in the direction ui ei.aorsing civii rigiits for ail people. Ceruuniy, any minister who is not in favor of human dignity for all men without regard to race, creed or color is out of line with the teaciiing of Jesus Christ and is unworthy of his callmg. The church today is in nesd of men of conviction, men who are not afraid to put Christ above personal gain or posi^on. When that is achieved many of the world’s ills will vanish ... an ideal the realization of wnich demands that the church purge from Its ranks all cringing, compromising, apologi zing leaders who shape the thinking of its members. The action ox the Ministerial Alliance, we hope, sounds the bell for a new day in min isterial leadership in Durham, a day when our ministers will stop complaining that the business men and other profession al groups are running away with leader ship, but will take their rightful place in the forefront of progressive action instead of the complacent attitude they have heretofore niuiiimoH, ° A POUtlCAL EXAMPU FOt OINfR QIIES Tbk Cabolima Timbs would like to con gratulate all the candidates and voters of Durham for the very fine manner in which the campaign for the primary in the city council election was conducted. We believe as a whole it was one of the cleanest we have witnessed within the past 25 years and we trust the remainder through and up to the election to be held on May the 18th will be equally as above board. This newspaper is always proud when Durham set§ an example for other cities to follow in civic affairs as well as educational, industrial, medical and otherwise. It is also happy when Durham can wage a clean and above board political campaign as was done in the primary concluded on Blay 4. The only hope we have is that voters will turn out in larger numbers for the election than they did for the primary. The only way that good government can obtain in any municipality, coimty, state or nation is for the people to take an active part. One precinct reported that only one person from the North Carolina College community cast his ballot in last Saturday’s primary. If this is true, we hope the same wW not obtain in tht May 18 election. The people who com pose our college communities ought to set an example for the remainder of the city’s population, especially in the field of help ing to provide good government. They can not do so, however, unless they take a more active part than was reported on last Satur day. Certainly, a clean fjnnpaign is desirable, but an active one is more so. We trust the voters will bestir themselves for the election on May 18 and go to the polls and vote for the candidate of their choice. We urge them to do so and trust that every effort will be put forth by civic leaders not only to ke^ the election on a high plane, but that a siie- able vote wifl b« cast TREATMENT FOR POUO URGED There is entirely too much lethargy on the part of Negro citizens of this city on the matter of polio vaccination. The health de partment of the county has made protection against the disease free and available for all citizens, but, in spite of this, the number tak ing advantage of the offer continues to lag. Studies conducted in 22 states and New York reveal that the vaccin* percentage of the disease ] tic^ among tho^ we think is prima fade evid«nce of its value and every citizen should take advantage of it and come immunized against one of the most dreaded diseases known to mankind. Especially should parents see to it that children up to 20 years of age are vaccinated so they will be protected from having to spend the rest of their lives wearing braces, in an iron lung or otherwise. We urge our readers who not dOM so to consult your HAW oc ywtr county healtU de- itllf^late. GOOD THINGS HAVE COME OUT OFIHECUNTONSnUAIION By Mn. Septima Clark We fhould offer congratula tions to the old and eitablished familiM of Clinton, Tennessee, who have stood up for law and order In the six moths of strife and civil commotion in their community. As seen by a by stander, we owe this tribute to the families there, many of whom trace their ancestry whom trace their ancestry back to the pioneers of East Tenn. One might say tliat Anderson County, in which Clinton is lo cated, is segregated in four ways. There are four communi ties with very small Negro populations; and these are mainly centered in Clinton and Oliver Springs. There are only five Negro families living on the Norris ^side of the Clinch River in Anderson County. Norris and Oak Ridge are populated by people who moved into the area to work for the Federal government on the TV A dams and in the atomic energy project. They are considered to be outianders and Yanlcees by native stock. There are two groups among the whites—the established peo ple who control county politics, and the people ,living in ttie ridges who are considered the "havenots.” These are all white people, but there is a big social and economic difference lie tween the tiaves and the have- nots. Much of the strife in Clinton has been a commotion raised by by follu of little education and no economic security. These are the ones wtio iiave supported John Kasper, the segregationist. I^e dynamite explosions ra ther dramatically point out that the “ridgers” and not the “quality” foUu support Kasper’s violence—witness the bombing of the house of the editor of the local newspaper! In other words, violence tias not solely been di- rected against the Negroes, but against some of the leading white people as well. WOBLD WIDE COVERAGE I itave recently seen clippings from newspapers in Cairo, Egypt, and Tokyo, Japan, about Clinton. And they are bad. But a lot of good has come out of Clinton, too. First, it was shown in Clinton that you have to be taught to hate—it just doesn’t come na turally. Mr. Brittain, the princi pal of the school, was by liahit segregationist. He joined in the fight against the ^wsuit wl^lch went on for flva^ears, end It will be too late This is (»e of those are Immunized, once the disease strikes, cases in which an ounce of prevention is truly worth a pound of cure. SOUTHERN Slum OFTEN AMAZING The stupidity of some of our so-called in telligent white people of the South is some times amazing if not startling. This week’s announcement that a inember of the North Carolina General Assembly has introduced a bill in the present session of that body to require the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People to lay open its membership and financial rolls is childish as well as pernicious. It follows the lead of less advanced states in the deep South and is plainly designed for one and only one pur pose and that is to slap down the NAACP in North Carolina. It might be that Representative Satter field and his associates hope through this method to intimidate Negro leaders, especial ly those who might hold Jobs on the state payroll such as teachers, into cancelling their memberships with the NAACP. Be that as it may, it will not prevent 4hose same teach ers or other state employes from supporting the organization w)th even stronger financial backing than heretofore. Some of the strong est support the NAACP has is from Negro and white persons whose names have never been recorded on its official rolls. It might be a revelation to Sattarlield to know that the late Dr. James E. Sbqpard, Dr. C. C. Spaulding and other Negro leaders who were listed as among the more con servatives of the race were staunch, support ers of the NAACP almost from its beginning and contributed heavily to its financial sup port. It might also be a revelation to all of the members of the present session of the General Assembly to know that every respectable Negro in North Carolina (and a majority of those who are not respectable) is a member, supporter or sympathizer of the NAACP. Every intelligent member of the race considers it an honor to be affiliated in one way or other with an organization that has done so much lo preserve democracy in this country. The continued attacks on the NAACP, the efforts to label it as communist and to other wise destroy it or cripple its program are useless. They may for a moment drive some of its more timid members underground where they will contribute even more heav ily to its program, but the attacks will never prevent Negroes from supporting it. MAIM OFFICE — 43« EAST PETTIGREW STBEET Phones 5-4871 and 2-2913 — Durham, North Caielliia Published At Durham, North Carolina Every Satwrday By THE UNITED PUBLISHERS, Inc. Entered at second ckus matter at the Pott Office at Durham, North Carolina un der th^ Act of March 3, 1879. L. E. AUSTIN. Publisher CLATHAti ROSS. Editor JBSSE GRAY, Advertisina Mgr. M. E. JOHNMON,-CmtroU«r _ ^ WINSTON-SALEM OFFICE — 3M N. CHUBCH ST;— PHONE S-«Mt MRS. VELMA HOPKINS, Manager f3.»0 - |2.M SUBSCSIPTION RATES One Year T« Ceats 8iii|^ Cepy Six Monflu |4.0t — Foretga Ceaatrias. the aecision to in^grate Clinton High School. But af ter the decision, Mr. Brittain de cided that he wauld stay as principal and operate that school as an integrated high school. He gave the students in the school that kind of leader ship. At the time school opened on an integrated basis I’m sorry that it wasn’t stronger. I’m sorry tliat he could not have felt in his heart to come out and say, Integration is morally as well as legally right.” He would, now, I believe, say that. He came to believe in this fas he fought this fight. He learned a lot last fall and winter. VrONDEBFVL CHILDBEN The kids were wonderful. Tlie captain of the football team said to«the. principal, “We’re with you,” and he whipped the foot ball team into line. The players .were solidly with Mr. Brittain all the way through the fight. It wasn’t" until the last of November that there was any trouble inside Clinton High School. Until that time all of the trouble was on the outside. The pupils and teachers accept ed the integrated sittiation beautifully. The pupils and tea chers in nearby Norris also felt the same way, and if there had been any Negro applications in Norris, the acceptance would have been smooth and orderly. The ourt gave the right to inte grate to all high schools in the Anderson County system. KASPER RELEASED The trouble inside started af ter John Kasper was released on a local charge. He was tried for Inciting a riot, and on one other charge. Everyone knew he was as guilty as sin but the lO' cal authorities could not prove their case against him. Fifty persons got up and spoke in that court. ’They were the only ones who could convict him. They didn’t So he was released. At that tim«, a Junior White Citizens Council was formed of fifteen dissatisfied kids who re mained in the Clinton High School, and twenty who had gone to Lake City or Norris byi parents’ orders, and who had re entered Clinton with orders to make it miserable for the Negro students. They were paid money to start a fight. One boy testi fied tiiat hfe wai oiicfed $5G.OO. The established people of Clinton, '«ven the Rev. Turner, for example, did not at first think that they should be in volved; they did not think that Mr. Brittain needed support even when the Negro children were forced out. The established people were not in favor of in tegration. DIO NOT LIKE VIOLENCE These established citizens however did not approve of vio lence; in fact they strongly dis approved of it. But at first theirs was a “hands-of” policy. None seemingly knew how to do saytbing. But the White Citizens Coun- cu members attended all meet- Uigt and asked for illegal Mnctio^such as requesting the school board to furnish money ior white chUdren to be ^ansported to all-white schools. Not one person from Clinton to discuss the Illegal use of taxoavera’ fhinif^ ^ arguments from weU thinking whites of surrounding communities, voted against the At one meeting in Mr. Brlt- Turner s^ni problem was « dlscipunary matter to Z t Princi- i^fl *' expressed the thta He said, “If ^ is the kind of school the I^ple want. I'll not try to give them another, m resign ” ^e men left the meeting w«h th^ words haunting them. But on the following Sunday the para- urirorf Samaritan and ^ out n problem, on Monday morning he went up to the Negro setuLent ac- Sidney uavis. These men escorted the Negro children to school. Later an angry mob soundly beat th« minister. His nose was b^^® V^UABLE BLOODir NOSE valuable bloody nose that ever happened m tile history of Anderson m of the children, Negro and ‘^»e angry mob, and a common bond grew up between them. Out of the demonstrated law- muling crowds of angry peonle Juveniles turned to "^^•/“venUe delinquency ^ Count^ breif Me f i? they broke “> S tension^ among various IS na >*lti4ehurS- groups nave been lirok' down now in Anderson County. For example, six years ago, the International Commu nity Church was not considered Christian, but getting together to solve the Clinton problem has brought mutual understan dings. Christian relations be-* tween two towns increased; people of Norris and Oak Ridge are not considered outianders any more. Clinton learned that you can’t have a little bit of vio lence. So they voted four to one against the White Citizens Council slate in the city elec tions. Attorney Sidney Davis had written in the little note book the slanderous words spoken by the angry mob; he has also re corded their names. They were hailed into court. And the next Sunday, with a large congregation, reported to ntmiber 650, Rev. Turner preached “There is no color line on the Cross.” BROTHERHOOD OF MAN As a bystander, I firmly be lieve that the people with Christian principles in ,Clinton have foimd that the way to end racial discrimination is to act on it, and not debate it; and as I hear the situation discussed while traveling around, I can truthfully say that I feel that the majority of the white people in Clinton have learned how to translate the brotherhood of man into everyday living. Anybody,''anywhere, can do it just by acting or standing up for the truth; we can make de mocracy work because it is right. Yes! Many good things have come out of the Clinton situa tion. THOSE WHO LIVE IN... •5H0ULDNT... & JUD6E N0T.7HAT VE BE WOT JUD6ED*^— AUrZ TJ “HE SEES THE CROSS” By BEVraMHO HABOLD ROLAND Pastor, Meant OUaad Baftlst Choreh “And they shall kill him..juid the third day he shall rise afain...” Mark 10;S4. Jesus in clear-out, penetra ting insight 'sees the cross of Calvary rising in the path of holy consecration which he had chosen. He looked at the gather ing clouds of bitter opposition. And with a little simple Addi tion, the results represented the cross on which he was to be crucified. But Jesus stands un daunted by what he sees. He re solves to go all the way and pay the price. Nothing now can turn him back. He sets himself wUh grim determination to go tbi Jerusalem. Th& ’oroM and the passion now could not move him. Yes, Jesus sees the cross of Calvary rising in his path but he resolves to go on all the way. Why? For beyond dark Calvary Ti¥ sees God glvfiig 'hfilS' the victory... “Thejf shall kill hto...the third day he shall rise againr..” The way of the Father’s will leads to a cross. Walk the way of right and it may bring you to a cross. Resolve to do the Father’s will and it may lead you to a cross. The way of the Father’s will is sometimes hard and difficult. There is glory in this way, but you may have to bear a cross before you enter the matohless glory of the Father. Yes, the way of the Father may lead to a cross. He sees a cross in hia way, but he resolves to go on. There are blessings of joy and peace in this way, but you may have to bear a cross. Choose this way, walk this way, but you may find a cross in this way. Re member the way of Crod’s holy will may lead you to some dark Calvary. The path of righteousness is rather costly at times, l^us this path calls for daring and cour age. It is hard for cowards to walk this way. The path of righteousness is too costly for the weak and fainthearted souls. In this way, there are mightyf enemies on every hand. Dark clouds of persecution and trouble hang over this path. Is the price too high? For many the price is too high. Yes, the way of the heavenly Father’s will is a very costly path. It is the way of trials, tribulations and crosses. Many get faint- hearted and run when they see the high cost ’ of the path of righteousness. Jesus now stands at the point of no return. He sees the crossi But he resolves to go on and pay the price. Beyond the cross he sees a victory. Yes, beyond the suffer ing he sees the glory. Ood’s way finally leads to glory. This way will bring you to a joyous vic tory. There is mockery. Thera are scourgings. Men will heap scorn and contempt upon you. ’They will kill you—nail you to a cross. Yes, in his chosen path, Jesus sees the cross rising, but, thank God! beyond that cross he sees victory...“THEY SHALL KILL HIM...THE THIRD DAY HE SHALL RISE AGAIN...” Beyond every cross borne in righteousness there is going to be a day pf victory. Forward to Civil Rights Join NflflCP By Robert Sgdvaek Watch on the Poto] Blr. Spivack Four months ago it seemed almost certain the the Adminis tration’s mild civil rights legis lation would glide easily through both houses of Congress and be on the President’s desk for signature by Easter. Now Easter has come and gone and the civil rights legis lation is in deep trouble. What’s happened and why? Part of the answer is that Dixie lawyers have gone to work on the legislation with a vengeanpe. Northern Republi cans have sat by expressing ad miration for their ot^nents* skill' at maneuvering while do ing little to back up the Presi dent’s requests for early action. The lawyers have injected a note of doubt about the legisla tion, claiming that it deprives citizens of the right of trial by jury. On top of that the White Citizens Councils (1907 version of the KKK) have become so powerful in the South few in that area dare even suggest that “moderate” legislation might ease racial tensions. To oppose the WCCs is to invite violence. Actually all the Administra tion’s legislation would do is modernize methods of enforcing existing civil rights legisla tion. It doesn’t really propoae any new laws. ’The laws which have been on the book* since Civil War days, have proved ineffective because Southnn juries, packed in many cases, would not vote for conviction where lynch mobs have acted. Nor would they con vict where Negroes have been deprived of the right to vote or otherwise been deprived of "equal protection under the law.” What the new legislation does is by-pass the maze of state ad ministrative agencies and state courts and give a civil righU complaint the right to go direct-* ly Into federal court. It also em powers the Justice Dept, to file civil suits whenever it has rea sonable grounds for believing anyone's dvil rights are vio lated. When one recalls the Emmett Till case and other violent epi sodes In recent times, one won ders if The Dixie demagogues aren’t deliberately prolonging the argument to keep the cash rolling into the coffers of the WCCs? And^ speaking of the WCCs, questions are being asked why the Smwte Internal Security committee hasn't 'looked into their activities and the whole pattern ot violence in the South. Is the committee chairman. Sen. Eastland, “protecting” some one? b Canada A SiSBaee In all the furore over the suicide at Canadian Ambassa dor Norman there were some pretty violmtly and siUy things said North and South of the border. Now one wirter comes along, tongue-in-cheek, with a iJ_s||ggmtion that^'the r«^ threat to U.S. institutions is' from Canada, not'Russia.” Why? Well, it se«ns our nor thern neighbor plans to provide government hospital insurance for it* citisens. No citizen need die any longer b^ause he can’t afford a hospital bed. What will The American Medical Associ ation think of that? And writes “T.R.B.” in The New Republic, “It is a further affront to the U.S. that the Ca nadian dollar is worth more than ours under the Republi cans.” ’The Labor Management Rsokeia The Dave Beck case has pulill- cized some rather startling prac tices in the management of union welfare funds, with so- called labor leaders dipping in to the kitty for “loans” to engage in fabulous business ventures. The Beck case, of course, is an exception but there has been enough exposed to merit some federal inquiring. The nation’s top labor lead ers, George Meany and Walter Reuther, are all for digging as deeply into these scandals as possible. They believe the union books should be kept open and that union members should be given strict and regular ac counting of where their funds go. Ironically the National Assn. of Bfanufacturers now warns Congress against “undue haste” is curbing union “looting” of welfare fimds. Reason: the Mc Clellan inquiry could lead to “government domination” of welfare funds. 'There may be anothtf reason. Th£ "management maiia«Bd” funds outnumbn the “union- managed” funds'by about 12 to' 1. How the money from these funds is handled would also seem worth looking into.