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THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY., MAY 18. It57
FOLLOWING THE SOUTHERN PAHERN
The southern wing of the Associated Press
sank to a new low in yellow journalism last
week when it released to ite member pa
pers a story which attempted to convey the
idea that the Communisti were planning to
infiltrate the Prayer Pilgrimage to Wash
ington on May 17. Not that such an eiKort
on the part of the Reds is impossible. There
is no part of American life, including Its
churches and even branches of its govern
ment, which‘at one time or another has nut
been the target of Communist infiltration.
The Reds are a determined and most per
sistent group and, if it were possible, would
try to gain side door entrance into Heaven.
What we resented in the AP story was an
apparent attempt to undermine the Prayer
Pilgrimage for Freedom by slanting the
story in such a way as to make it appear that
the movem^t was being aided and abetted
by the Communists with approval of the or
ganizers of the Pilgrimage. A half lie is al
ways worse than a whole lie and if the Com
munists plan to infiltrate the Prayer Pil
grimage to Washington it will be without
the sanction or wishes of those responsible
for its inception or organiaation.
Not only is the movement backed by Ne
gro ministers all over the nation of un
questionable reputation, but it is backed by
the National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. That organization
has again and again been attested to as thor
oughly American by government agencies or
their representatives.
In a recent folder distributed by the
NAACP it had the following to say on the ef
fort of the southern press and southern pol
iticians to pin the Communist label on the
NAACP:
“Ever since the United States Supreme
Court handed down its historic decision
banning racial segregation in public edu
cation, the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, the or-
ganlxation which carried these cases to
the high court, has been the target of an
organized effort to smear, discredit and
destroy the civil rights movement.
Politicians and their hirelings have
repeatedly borne “false witness” against
the NAACP. Eugene Cook, attorney
general of the State of Georgia, in a
widely circulated 1955 address to law
enforcement officers of his state, sought
to pin the Communist label on the
NAACP.
Now coipM a State of Louisiana legis
lative committee at a staged hearing,
March 8, 1957, using Manning Johnson,
a self-confessed former Communist, as a .
witness to malie the^anton and mallei-*
ous charge that the NAACP “has be
come the vehicle of the Commnnlst Par
ty designed to overthrow the govern
ment of the United States.
Newspaper accounts relate that At
torney General Cook attended the Louis
iana hearing along with a state delega
tion from Mississippi Some southern
newspaper carrying tlut Jolmson testi
mony described the witness as “director
of research ior the Department of Jus
tice in Washington.”
Following publication of these news
paper stories, Roy Wilkins, Executive
Secretary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People,
wrote to the United States Department
of Justice inquiring what, if, any, po
sition Mr. Joiuison held in the Depart
ment and if he spoiie for the Depart
ment or represented the Department’s
views or findings.”
in response to tliis inquiry, Mr. Wilkins
received a reply dated April 8. The follow
ing is in part wliat it luid to say:
“Manning Jolmson is not employed
by the Department of Justice as Director
of Research or in any other capacity. In
fact there is not nor lias there ever been
any such position as Director of Research
in tills Department. Further, with
respect to any testimony Manning Jolin-
son may have given before the above
mentioned committee, he had no author
ity to speak for or on belialf of the De
partment oi Justice. You may be as
sured that his testimony concerning the
allied relationsliip between the NAA
CP and the Communist Party does not,
in any manner, reflect the views of this
Department or any findings it has
made.”
The AP story last week follows the pattern
of the southern white press wliich more often
seizes every opportunity to belittle, under
mine or sabotage efforts of Negroes to se
cure iheir rights as American citizens. This
abortive effort, we predict, will be met
with a more determined effort on the part of
Negroes in North Carolina and other south
ern states to support efforts of the Prayer
Pilgrimage for Freedom to have 50,000 of
their people in Washington on May 17.
Letters To The Editor
Carolina Times * '
Durham, North Carolina
Dear Editor,
Among the many publications
which come to my desk I read
the CAROLINA TIMES with
consuming Interest. For quite
lome time, it has been my pur
pose to write you a congratula
tory letter upon the excellent
newspaper which you are giving
the public. In our common figlit
for first-class citizenship, you
are courageously carrying your
part ot the burden, and 1 com
mend you.
Your editorial, which appear
ed in the issue of May 4: “A
salute to 6ur Qreensboro Minis
ters” is heartening and timely.
This is a day when ministers of
the gospel must be imbued with
the spirit of the Eighth Century
pro|)hets in Israel. The fire tliat
was kindled by Reverend J.
DeLaine a few years ago
Summerton and Kingstree,
C., and later by Martin Luther
King in Alabama is spreading,
not only in America, but in
South Africa, and Bermuda.
May it continue to spread. The
Reverend Melvin Chester
Swann, Pastor of Bethel Afri
can M. E. Church, Greensboro,
refused to see the TEN COM
MANDMENTS upon a segrega
ted basis. The Greensboro
ministers have well merited
salute. May theif and our motto
be that of GHANA; “Forward
ever, bacltward never.”
George Singleton
S
INPIiOVING COllEGE UUEBAU
Open Letter Of Tbe Week
The decline of baseball in Negro colleges
is to be regretted, especially by those old
enough to remember when lacb schoots^ In
this state as A. and T. College, Livingstone
College, J. C. Smith University, Shaw Univ
ersity and North Carolina College, could
trot out a team on the diamond titot would
make some of those now playing college
baseball look like clowns. Not only is the
brand of baseball being played in our Negro
colleges far below that of yesteryear but in
several of them the game lus be^ taken en
tirely out of the athletic program.
Whether the lack of emphasis in baseball
in Negro schools is due to the increased in
terest in football, basketball and track, we
are unable to say. We do know, however,
that it has come at a time when there should
be a greater incentive than 15 or 20 years ago
when no Negroes were playmg in ra^nized
baseball. Now that they are and the gamp
offers often a lucrative income for those who
are good at it, it appears to us that our schools
and colleges should malcA it one of their
major sports.
It might not be a bad idea for the athletic
departments in our colleges to makff a study
of their baseball programs and see what
be done to improve them. Certainly, there
is little hope of the public giAnng finanniai or
moral support to the kind of baseball that is
now being played by the average Negro col
lege in this state.
MEENSBOliO SIUDENK POINT IHE WAV
The students of Bennett College and A. and
T. College are to be commended for the
stand they have taken in boycotting the Jim
crow balconies in the theaters of Greens
boro. It is indeed refreshing to know that
oiu- young people are beginning to think
seriously about obtaining self-respect. It is
more refreshing to know that they are not
only thinking seriously about it but are be
ginning to put forth an effort to obtain it.
Generally speaking, Negro students- are
the most complacent lot about social changes
to be found anywhere in the world. Their
attitude often ranges anywhere from docility
to cowardice when it comes to opposing the
status quo. While this might be understand
able in public schools where the superinten
dent is afraid of the Board of Education, the
principal is afraid of the superintendent and
the teachers are afraid of the principal; and
in a state college, where the president is
ufraid of the Board of Trustees and the teach
ers are afraid of the president, it is not un
derstandable in a church school.
In Charlotte, Salisbury and Raleigh, it is
our hope that students in Negro church
schools of those cities will catch the spirit of
the students in Bennett and A. and T. Col
leges in Greensboro and refuse to patronize
theaters or other public places that
a jim crow policy.
Freedom and human dignity are precious
jewels and those who have them can only
keep them by keejung an eternal vigilance
for those who would deny them or taka them
away. As we said again and again, the op
pressor has never voluntarily lifted his hftfl
from the necks of the oppressed. We must
either struggle to be free or forever re
main second-ckss citizens. The students in
Greensboro are to be commended for point
ing the way to a new horizon and a new
day when democracy shall be enthroned in
the place of racial prejudice and li^gotry.
By Mrs. Dalsey E. Lampkln
I write this letter to Ameri
cans everywhere—to Americans
of all creeds, all colors, all
races. I write out of a sense of
instant urgency and from a deep
faith in the ability of Ameri
cans to protect and defend their
inalienable rights against all
threats whether they be inter
nal or external.
In many of the states of the
union, in cities and rural com
munities, the idans and councils
are organizing with powerful
and bold supporters to destroy
the very foundation stones of
individual freedom which caused
this country to grow to great
ness and to become .a beacon
light of hope for 'the oppressed
peoples of the entire world. The
men who control the klans and
councils are ruthless in tiieir
desire to re-weld around our
anlEles the iieavy chains of dis
crimination and servitude so re
cently brolten by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Maiie no mistake about tiiis.
They are strong and they grow
stronger. They tiave friends in
very high places, men who are
willing to use the ignorance of
the klans and councils to fur
ther their own political ends.
Their appeal is not to brotherly
love but to hate and scorn. They
spread fear; they feed on hos
tility; they use violence as a
weapon to create and maintain
terror; they intimidate the help
less with bombs; they have
reached into some state legisla
tures and aAnini^ratlve office
in their attempt to destroy their
most feared enemy, the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People.
The very focal point of their
hatred is centered around the
NAACP because this organiza-
in each contest of strength. In
each struggle for the right. The
men who use the klans and the
councils know that if they can
seriously weaken the NAACP
they will have blunted the most
powerful weapon that freedom
loving Americans have. They
also know that unless they can
stop the progress Of the NAACP
their hope of returning Ameri
ca to the dark days of prejudice
and discrimination Is done.
They have thus set out to de
stroy the NAACP, to threaten
and kill its members, to intimi
date anyone, Negro or white,
who speaks well of the organi-
tation, to smear it whenever
possible in the press, to hamper
It with discriminatory legisla
tion.
I am therefore appealing to
all Americans to dally around
and support the one organiza
tion which has consistently
fought to bring the blessings of
individual freedom to millions
of Americans.
There are two great forces
contending inside this country
of ours. One force is attempt
ing to hold back the rushing
tide of freedom and right; the
other force is trying to brighten
the day of America’s present
and future. You cannot be neu
tral. You muft either join with
us who believe in the bright
future or be destroyed by those
who would return us to the
dark past.
To win tills battle j the Na
tional Association lor tbe
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple has included In its million-
dollar goal for the 1957 Fight
for Freedom Fund Campaign
the raising of $500,000 in mem
berships through its branches.
Reports coming in from many
of the larger branches are indi
cating successful campaigns.
Many larger branches have
adopted small Southern branch
es and are including the total of
the joint memberships in their
goals. The year 1957 is crucial
for the NAACP. We are appeal-
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GOD'S MIGHTY
KLAN
My God has a Klan a Mighty
Klan
And it’s a mighty powerful
Host;
It only consists of three mem-
bejw, ■ i
Father, son and Holy Ghost.
My God has a Klan a Powerful
Klan
That no other Klan can conquor;
He rides in the storm with
lightning and wjnd.
And says, “Vengeance is mine
I Will Conquor.”
God’s Mighty Klan walks into
a Klan,
And rips it all apart
By taking any one that he
chooses;
And you dare not say depart.
All Klans must sow good or bad
seed.
But all must answer to God’s
Klan for all your deeds;
He imows our heartaches. He
hears our cry.
Whispers softly, “I am with
Thee, All power is in my.
Hand.”
God’s Klan has never lost a
battle.
And I kiiow that He answers
prayer;
Where ever you are on 17th of
May,
Get on your knees and Pray—
Pray—^Pray.
Mrs. Maggie B. Marshall
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Spiritual Insight
“INADEQUATE LOVE”
By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND
Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church
“Inadequate Love”
“If you love those who love
yon, what credit is that?”
Luke 6:32.
It is so easy for love to de
generate into simple self inter
est. Such love says Jesus is in
sufficient, inadequate. A you give
me—and I will give—you love
is an inadequate love. Such
love falls short of the nobility
of true love. A love that offIK
itself as a medium of exchange
la not the real thing. True love
do(es not work at 'a bargain
counter. Jesuit warns against a
love that would build a mutual
admiration society. Such love is
insufficient to build tbe King
dom of God. Christ is the em
bodiment of true love with all
of its rich, full beauty. Only
the love that was in Christ is
suMcient to save ^d' redeem
the world.
A healing and a redeeming
love—a love that is adequate—
is a love that finds us, embraces,
lifts, heals us even when we
are unworthy and undeserving.
Let us guard against that in-
adequate love...“If you love
those who love you what credit
is that...?”
A love that is concerned only
about its friends Is not the love
the world needs today. The
world needs the outgoing, self-
sacrificing love of God. A love
that ends with the worthy and
the deserving does not “go far
enough.. Such a love is unbe
coming for those who claim
Christ Jesus. IMs inadequate
love may overlook the lost, th^
wayward, the wounded, the
cuiised, and the seeming worth
less and undeserving souls
among us. A love which shows
favor to those who favor you is
not enough. A love that dresses
and parades in the robe of self
Interest is not enough. ^If love
is essential—a feeling of self-
respect—but it does nbf go far
enough. Self seeking love lacks
redemptive power. Jesus is
right...“If you love those who
love you, what credit is that...?”
The life of Jesus and his sac
rifice on the cross proved the
truthfulness of this kind of love.
It is sufficient for it has power
to redeem a world from sin.
Real love is adequate for it
loves the unlovely. Real love
works to heal and reclaim the
unlovely. This welcomes home
the returning prodigal when he
has . lost everything. This love
saves tbe woman at the well.
This love says to the woman
who had committed adultery...
“Go in peace and sin no more...”
This love forgives us, reclislms
us as the children of God. This
love works to heal and reclaim
the alcoholic aiffl the dope ad
dict. This love works over the
imperfections of the unlovely.
This love finds us in our warp
ed, twisted lives of wrechedness
and works over us until we are
lovely again. It transforms and
reshapes us into the loveliness
of a redeemed soul.
We must look to Christ and
his cross to see real love in all
of its healing and redeeming
beauty and power. It works in
sinful man to restore tbe beauty
and power of Divine loveliness
In man. This is adequate love.
By Robert Spivaek
Watch on the
Potomac
THE BOSS—The reporten
blinked and the politicians
shuddered at a little notlccd
episode during President Eisen
hower’s latest press conference.
Sara McClehdoif of the El Puo,
Texas Times asked the question.
She wanted to know if the
President . had yet selected a
possible successor to Treasury
Secretary Humphrey and whe
ther the new appointee “will
change monetary policy now
and perhaps use his Influence to
bring about some lowering in
interest rates?”
There was laughter in the
room at Reporter McClendon’s
pointed inquiry, but the Presi
dent himself did not laugh. Any
announcement on appointees
would first go to tbe Senate, he
said grimly.
Then the President added;
“...the monetary policy of this
Government is mine, and no one
underneath me is going to
change my policy.”
It was this last comment
which evoked the newsmen’s
surprise and caused tbe OOP
politicians to sigh.
Although the U. S. Chamber
of Commerce is yowling about
the budget and other right
wingers are belaboring the
President as a New Dealer, the
more realistic GOP politicians
recognize that the “high cost of
money” may have more lasting
effects at the polls.
Interest rates have gone so
high that peopta m not buyfisg
new cars, housing has fallen off
and many small businesses are
feeling severely pinched. When
people want things, but can't sf-
ford to buy them, that spells
trouble for the party in power.
Up to now the Republicans
have pretended that the high in
terest rates were the responsi
bility of the Federal Reserve
banks, over wliich government
politicians theoretically have no
control. It was a “bankers’
policy” and even the President
pictiured himself during the
1956 campaign as helpless to
correct the situation. ‘
This, of course, was sheer fan
tasy. Tbe Secretary of the
Treasury, Blr. Humphrey, has
always advocated the “tight
money" policy. In his position
of ipfluence and power he has
a lot to say about the cliinbing
rate of interest.
Behind The Presidents Remarks
It wasn’t any desire to assume
responsibility for the policy that
evoked the President’s com
ment, many of thosci''Stthe news
conference agreed. Nor was it
any wish to expose the «ham of
campaign oratory that caused
the President to say what he
did.
It was something entirely
different that might not be
noticeable to tbe casual onlook
er. The President was really
answering those critics who
maintain that he is a “part-
time” executive, lacking any
deep interest in governmental
operations.
Those who are close, to him
feel that the President reMnte
this ariUcim more than almost
anything else the opposition,
within and without his party,
have directed towards him. It
bums him up for anyone to
thmk that he is NOT In charge
of things.
Tax Write-Offs And
Special Privileges
Two questions at the White
House news conference elicited
from the President a rather
halting reply. The chances are
we’ll hear more about them as
time goes on.
The first dealt with the fa
vored position of the oil indus
try. The second concerned it
self with the fast tax write-off
granted the Idaho Power Co. in
construction of its small Hells
Canyon projects.
Big Oil and the Power lobby
haVe screamed for years that
the federal government must
end its welfare “handouts”. Yet
the Arabian-American Oil Co.
(Aramco) last year paid no U.S.
income tax on $280,000,000
profits on Middle Eastern oil
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