iS£
CJkaOUKA TIMESD-, «, IdSft
?lke Nigii Cost Of Jntke In The SoBlh
and conviction of Dr.
-tlbert K. Perry, vice president of the Uni»n
Oountj bnindi of the NAACP, reminds us of
Mgh «Mt «l jiistkie in the SoutU and th«
p-io» «n» mixt pay if h« takes the leading
t»3m Ik tr^iag to atfvence tlie caure of his op-
.reeBMi people. If Dr. Perry were a pauper
I e would Iteve iia alternative but to serve
iw tetin in prison to which he ha-3 been
twice Eentenced. That he has taken an ap
peal io tie North Carolina Supreme Court
only fsea to ahow hew expensive it is to get
a fair trial even in certain sections of North
Carolina.
W« win not attempt to argue here whether
Dr. Ptrry ia innocent or guilty of performing
an iriMrtlon. "nie trial of such cases is the
‘'unetiaa of a court and not that of a news
paper. We do think, however, that the mere
fact Mw jury in the recent trial deliberated
ter BMve ftan four hours lends weight to the
^ufct that Eh-. Peiry is guilly. Any Negro or
white person who has lived in the South is
satitfied that ae juiy of 12 v/hite men would
talie four hoUK to deltlterat* over the case of
a Negro physician performing an abortion on
a white woman if there were not some doubt
in tiieir mind as to his guilt.
We think Dr. Perry’s case has reached the
proportion where It transcends the fight for
his freedom per se. It rather appears to us
that it now hte taken the status of a struggle
Ijetween sautiiern prejudice, backed by Itu
Klux Klan influence and progressive Negrc
load«H^ip- 'therefore, the expense of thf
appeal should be borne by a committee ar
ranged for that purpose and not entirely by
Dr. Perry.
Like the Walker-Lassiter case, ppogressive
white and Negro leaders should join handf
to see that the case of Dr. Perry is decided
on the evidence and not prejudice. This
t»cw£,paper would like to see the NAACP or
seme other organization organize a commit
tee for Dr. Perry’s defense. Justice in such
cases comes high, but when the expense is
shared by all of us it makes it easier for those
■who ceek it.
Widening And Beautifying Of Pettigrew Street
^ This newspi^ter trusts that the Durham
C( RUBittec 0^ Nefpro Affairs will include in
its progr&m for 1959 the removcl of the un
sightly coal yards from East Pettigrew
Street. Efforfe to have the coal yards re
moved were started several years ago but
have lagged for some reason or another. Not
only are the coal yards unsightly but the
ccal dust during loading and unloading of
cars and trucks is a nuisance to cafes, bar
ber shops, beauty parlors and other busi
nesses located in the same area.
Any visitor to Durham who has had an oc-
csuiion to travel east on Pettigrew Street is
compelled when he nears Fayetteville Street
to be taken aback at the disgraceful sight of
the coal yards located on the northern side
of P^ttlgtew Street. Instead of the appear-
atKe of a thoroughfare leading into
wiatB Negro business and residential section
oi the city, the street resembles an af^rbach
to a coa! mine.
Years ago before Pettigrew Street became
hne of the main thoroughfares leading out of
Durham there might have been some excuse
for allowing such a condition to continue.
Recently Pettigrew Street has developed to
.the point, in the amount of traffic it handles,
where it is second only to Main Street. If
the coal yards are removed, the street could
be widened to the extent that it could better
take care of the large amount of trafHc which
flows through it, especially during rush
fiours.
The CAROLINA TIMES feels that the
Duihem Committee On Negro Affairs would
have behind it the support of the churches,
schools and community-minded individuals
in an effort to help beautify Pettigrew Street
by the removal of the coal yards. We also be
lieve the city officials would look kindly to
ward such aa effort once the matter is pro
perly brought to their attention.
What Is Wreng With Education Today?
The Asseciation of Colleges and Second
ary Schecb is meetirtg in Louisville, Ken
tucky this Week with the theme of the tbrec-
day meeting being, “Education In A Scien-
tiiSc Am.’ To those of us not engaged in the
field of educat^, any kind of meeting of
e^cators is of waportance. One only has to
"become acquainted with the average product
of one of ««r isaodern spools to discover that
^hen it oomes. to spelling, punctuation and a
basic knowledge of grammar there is some
thing wrong somewhere with the kind of
education that is being advanced in our
{schools of today.
Certainly, the lack of spelling^ ability,
f^amaiaar and other fundamentals can not be
charged up to sorry buildings and equip
ment. Nor can it be charged up to poorly
prepared teachers, if statistics as to the
qual ifwatkms of the average teacher of to
day are compared with those of three or four
decades ago. Whereas a teacher in a second
ary scdiflk}! holding a masters or doctorate de
gree was then a rarity, it is now a common
place, to say aothing about those having
bachelor degree.
With all of this increase in teacher quali
fication, fme buildings and equipnvent it ap-
'pears to the outsider that the general knowl
edge ct th6 average high school and college
gradtiate of today has decidedly decreased.
Some of the teachers with whom we have
talked charge it up to the fact that extra
curricular activities such as band, spetts,
plays and money-taisingT®H^aigns consume
so much of the students’ and their time that
'they do not have am^le’time to devote to
lessons.
or not, those
Whether this is true or not, thos> taking
part in the meeting of the Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools should
know. If it is true, one of the finest con
tributions the Association could make to
“Education In A Scientific Age" is to recom
mend that our schools get back to the fund
amentals of reading, writing, arithmetic and
spelling.
That the ene-room school building with its
pot-bellied stove and teachers who at best
were just Normal school graduates could
turn out pupils who could siupass those of
today in spelling, grammar ana other funda
mentals of education, is a reflection on the
0 ast sums that are being spent in the field of
education today.
Ending Tlie Filibuster
Vy SeCk Bebert H. Humphref
ia me LVJt. Digeat f«r Fail,
I4.'t
Whea th« Senate of the 38th
ctmvaaes on January
1989, its first order of busi-
> will be to install the new
. electai this Noveih-
lier. A Senater wilt then rise
Mad mo¥0 U take up for im
mediate considera^km the
eAagtio* «i rule* ior the Sen
ate.
He aeeuU* at tbiB seemiagly
aoatkHt wiU make
■MWIpayar hea«U»ea tbrough-
eiil ihe aatioa mad will have
rawtflftionf tlwougbwt the
We who support the motion
to consider the Senate’s rules
will once again be fighting to
curb that undemocratic road
block to democratie legisla
tion—the filibuster. Our at
tack will be aimed at revising
Senate Rule XXlI, a rule that
has time and time again been
used by a minority to thwart
the wishes of the majority.
If are successful in re
vising this rule—and I r‘eel
strongly that this coming
January'7 will be an historic
day—the Unitad State* Smate
will no ^longer be imown as
the graveyard of needed civil
rights and social legislation.
Even more important, our
fubWied tveru Sotttrdaia at Durham, N. C.
Vntted Publithert, Inc.
^ L. B. AUSTIN.
I. JOHNSON,. CotUroiler
Oftcc located at 43 H t>attigrew St.
'Durham, Iforth Carolina
nation will be able to show
the uncompiitted countries of
th« world that the American
democratic system does work
and that'tiie wishes and de
sires of our people can no
longer be frustrated by a
small but poweHul mittority,
As opponauta of the filibus
ter, we 'hre determined that
the United States Senate must
have sowie provision in its
rules whereby after ample de
bate the majority is guaran-
the right of legklative ac-
ItVLBXXB
Uofartiwately, under th#
present Rule XXII, tha Senate
majority does not hav^ this
guarantee. Qntbc eMitrary, the
filibuster technique tuts been
effectively used to stop the
majority from tsaoslating iti
decisions Into lej^lation.
Under tlM rulea of tita Sen
ate ior every Can^efs since
>94(K while it ia tlnofetically
possible to close debate, tlic
possibility is academic. Be
cause many of us on l>oth sid^
of the aiile are seriously eqinx
cemed tvtth ttie tnrobh^ Wt
hope to change tfats theoretical
ri|^ into it praettcsl rlgbt.
ee ctew matter at Ou Pott Qfflc
Act
'Vortk CaroUtui under the
00 PCA YEAR
FaEMA|IN
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SIGHT
SPIRITUAL I
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
A Revelation
From Heaven
•''wiCt
“He fell into a tiyiriDe, >and
saw the heaven open...”#Acts
10:11—11.
God reveals things^^' men.
But we must be in Cp Ifetening
and receptive moo^ tij benefit
by the revelations from
Heaven. God, through the
long unfolding pattern of the
ages, has been trying to reveal
himself to us. We become en-i
crusted in ihe blindness of
prejudice, and God has a hard i
time trying to reveal himsell I
and his great blessed truths >
to us.
God, in this scene, had a ■
great messaga that he would i
give ta ihe world, ilie Church {|
and Petei-. Go'd finally;
achieves the JsreaJt-throu^h jn
Peter’s soul with this great'
message from Heaven. This
great revelation from Heaven
given to Peter had to do With
the universal, inclusive nature
and mission of tbe^'Christian
Church.
God is trying to ^hieve a
break-through withjito heaven
ly revelation for yoU^re you,
like Peter, holding on God
in something that tjie wants
you to do?
Heaven wants to enrich and
bless your soul. Heaven has a
« message for you. God wants
' you to takeQk move for the ex
pansion of the Kingdom. God
.. wants you to ^ tree yoiurseU
from some enslaving blindness
or prejudice that is hindering
the j^vapoe 01 the Kingdom.
Heaven is open and I hear
God speaking to you, («et Ood
break through in your loul
with that message he has for
you,
God’s revelatiori is always a
blessing tor you or others.
Peter’s revelation wa6 a sig
nificant step in the spiritual
EE-Owth of lUs soijl. The reve
lation made him a batter ser
vant of tha Christ and his
Church.
This revelation from Heaven
was a great blessing for the
Kingdom of Ood, With this
revelation thW scales of spiri
tual blindness finiilly fell
from Peter’s eyes. And for the
Church this revelation frmi
Heaven meant that the re
stricting, crippling shackles of
custoih would fHU troQi |he
■ ' • ■ _4.
Religion of Jesus. And the
Chutch is ready "to fulfill its
world embracing ynission of
healing and redemption for
all men everywhere.
This Heavenly revelation
freed the Church and its lea
dership for the blessed work
r fiaj ftas • ,^orW and
I IPP^t W^th fi toifreveal
himseU to us. We are so easily
enslaved by habit, custom and
tradition. Reason, lias a hard
time overcoming these ene
mies of enlightened progress.
Labor found this true in its
agonizing struggle for dignity.
Science had to fight even
against Religion. The op
pressed masses ran into these
same* HindeFances and had lo
turn to bloody revolution for
freedom.
God strives to break through
with a message that would
bring a creative and healing
solution. We in blindness re
fuse to listen.
Let God’s revelation break
through into your soul that
you may be Used to help usher
in the Kingdom of God.
WATGH O
^THE PQI^M^G
' M. V' ik
By ROBERT SPIVACK
ystifymgi
the Nov.
meeting
ect Nel
resident
One of the most
political stories sin(
4 election was tl
here between Gov.
son A. Rockefellei
York and Vice
Nixon.
There are pointi|^bout it
that are difficult ftMseasoned-
politicians to undewland. Fori
example; Why did Bocke-j
feller, who has been so well-|
advised policically, seek out aj
conference with the Vice"
President,, who has been iitf
the peiitical doldrums since;
Election Day?^ | I
To many poliCTiS^s it looked
like a bonehead play. Wher{
things are going well, theji
reason, you jUsf don’t rocM
the t)oat.
With few facts to go on, som^
political analysts then begaii
to look for all sorts of hidden
motives in. Rockefeller’s ac
tion. Was he pressured intd
the session? (Implication: He
is really weak, like Ike.) Wag
he laying to make a deal with
Dick? (Implication: He is just
like the' RocJ^fellers of aldl
side information on the me«^
las or what was said during
the Hockefeller-Nixbn. talk.
But to me its significance lies
not in the search for sinister
. motived but to aometlung en
tirely different.
Fu'st, it demonstrates that
Rockefeller is a warm, sensi
tive humdn beii^g just as New
York voters suS^^cted he was.
It’s r|0 secret herfe that Rocke
feller has been troubled since
the. New York campaign at
press reports tiiat h6 cold-
' shouldered the Vice President.
HIS failure to turtj up at a po
litical rally at Which Nixon
spoke was a pointed rebuff.
But from his amiable, easy->
going personality H seems
clear thiit to be lo iflsulting is
out of character for th new
N«fw York governor,
Seeond, the meetinf shows
that Rockeftlin’ ai^rently
' ^doea not think Nikon Is ^ite
so sinister as sofne oi the Vice
l*resident'tt 6ritiM regard hiin.
Rockefeller evidently regards
Nixon s» more of a political
opmtor than a itum with
deep-seated right-wing ppflti-
ealoQnvictipns-
^ YCI|U|»Oft IQ DC
How ^e lifatWg Ceme Aken*
men came about on Rocke
feller’s initiative. It was clear
ly a good-will gesture on
Rockefeller’s part and proba
bly meant to erase some of the
ill-feeling resulting from the
New York campaign.
While he was vacationing in
Venezuela, Rockefeller wired
his assistants in for a meeting
with President Eisenhower,
but this could not be arranged
because the President had al
ready ict for a vacation in
Augusta. ,
When' Ropkefeller returned
from South America, about
‘3:10 a.m. Saturday morning,
Npv.' a newspaperman
whls^red to him that the
theetin'g with KixOn had been
arranged. This took Rocke
feller by surprise, just as his
request for a conference sur
prised Nixon. Since Rocke
feller had not known that a
definite meeting had been
agreed upon, it seems * clear
the news about his request
must have t>een “leaked” by
Nixon’s office,
“The press knew al>out ^t
(the meeting) before 1 did>”
Rfekeieiler tDM a friend.
Alter their talk Nixon
'iireHitd ittk meet with r«r
Cfurchmit Amrs
’ i
I agree with the teaeUIng at
the Seventh-day Adventist
Church as quoted by Mr.
Gallagher, that “no man, not
even a priest or ruler has a
right to say you will not give
publicity to your o»i«iona
(merely) because I do not be
lieve ttiem.” But 1 cahnot
agree with his dlsterted sense
of what fconstitutes “religious
Jiberty”,
As stated in my earlier re
ply to one of his letters, Mr.
Gallagher, and everyone else,
has a right to’air his views,—
in his own forum. He can
“hire a hail” and give his
views to all who will come to
listen, but not in a church to
which he is so bitterly inimi
cal, as evidenced by his
lefters.
Mr. Gallagher takes exeep-
tlon to a Seventh-day Adven
tist church policy to tiie effect
that "In all matters—sueh as
church government or order,
Standards of conduct, plans
and policies and so forth (an
individual) surrenders his
right to independent or indivi
dual decision or action”. Being
purely democratic in its or
ganization (being governed by
elected representatives ol thf
membership and not arbitrari
ly by a hierarchy), such
orders, policies, etc., represent
the will of the majority of the
membership. What confusion
there Iceuld be if every crack-
pet were privlleggd tj toach
what he wanted in cluM^h,
tmd to dp .whatever I)e Wjflited
when he wanted. The Scrip
ture says, “Let everything bo
done decently and in ordi;r'’.
Otherwise, Mr. Gallagher s»nd
one of his fellow-traviefiers
might decide to play pheckcfs
on the pulpit some Sabfoth
morning at eleven o’clock.
Mr. Gallagher quotes,, (witii-
ou^ giving his source^ a
Seventh-day Adventist^'iifan-
gelist as saying that there
shouM be a cessation of ‘^fan
ciful prophetic interpreta
tions, artd get back on the old
paths”. I am sure that -iiiiB
evangelist 'was referring to
some who occasionally arise
among the membership,
claiming that they have “new
Bght” and who seek to gain
glory and a personal following
by making some p»2r8onal in
terpretation or application of
soine Scripture passage, as,
fot instance, Mlcah 6:0 says,
“Hear ye Uie rod”,-^6/ they
call themselves “Tlie Shep
herd's Rod”, and therefore,
“you must hwr us.”
Certainly Mr. GslIagii^Js
last quotation about being
cast out “for my name’s sake”
has no bearing upon his case.
Sincerely yours,
R. R. Miller
No Day Of Hope - Ghana, Gineau
Gleeful segregationists, who
saw in the approval of Ala
bama’s pupil placement law a
beginning accepta'nce by the
Supreme Court of their view
need to take another look,.
The nation’s highest court
makes it fairly clear that there
has been no backing away>
from its historic ruling that
segregation in public schools
does not square with the Con
stitution,
What it did say was tlilit “on
its face” the Alabama statute,
modeled ^ter North Caro
lina’s, is not unconstitutional;
that it cannot presume the
law will be used to maintain
segregation although its fra
mers iKildly announce that
was their design.
But the court did not stop
there.
It served judicial notice on
Alabama school officials that
it was up to them to merit this
confidence by making a fair
and non - discriminatory ap
plication of the law.
And a lair and non - dis
criminatory application of the'
law can mean only that Ala
bamans' solid wall of segrega*
tion in public schools must
crumble.
The cheers of the segrega
tionists are clearly prema
ture. There’s nothing ' in this
decision that offers a single
ray of hope to any state dedi
cated as is Alabama to the
maintenance of the separate
but unequal status quo.
AFRO AMERICAN, Dee.,8
Ghana And Guinea To Merge
Announcement that Ghana
and the new republic of
Guinea would jobi'ltogetiier as
a united republic must have
shocked that part of tlie wes
tern world which still thinks
porters, although he posed at
his desk'^n the Capitol for a
photo with Rockefeller. 'The
governor-elect, however, did
meet with reporters, kidded
with them a bit, and even
found a “lucky penny” on the
floor which he hastened to
pick up to add to the Rocke- '
feller millions.
. He continued to disavow any
desire to run for President in
1960 and told newsmen it was
“obvious” that NixOn is far
out front in the race for the
Repui>lican nomination. How
ever, Rockefeller added that
he would “at least” be the
leader of the new New York
Republican delegation. He was
careful to avoid committing
the delegation to Nixon or
anyone else. ThcK two men
agreed that as many men ol
national stature as possible
should be developed for 1990,
The general view here is that
Rockefeller gave Niitoa an un
necessary break, WMeh Win
probably never tie jweipro-
sated. In polities a |eodwill
gesture rarely pays oH for its
donor.
On the other hand, Rocke
feller has been so unerthodox
a cannBalgner that hii well-ii^
tended effort to ftiake amends
might just eonvinca a lot ol
peeide that He deee not 0e in
lor kicking, seratehlHg add
gouging. Maybe , that’s what
people find ao ett#aetlve
him.
of non-whites especially the
Africans, as incapable of
governing themselves or ma
ture thinking. s..
Evidence oi great maturity
in the leadership of both of
these African nations i3 tiie
fact that their unity trans
cends the adopted\British cul
tural and language patterns of
Ghana and the Frenchness of
Guinea.
Guinea, a former French
colony which voted f6r its
freedom defepite the threat of
De Gaulle that any colony
which did so, would be cut Off
from French aid and assis
tance, has been the object of
pressure from the French ever
since it, alone, of. all of the
other African countries de
cided it woulc^r.ather have its
freedom tharfirerhaih a part of
the French colonial system.
Immediately after the elec
tion the De Gaulle govern
ment announced Guinea
would have to go it alone
without any help from France,
despite the fact that the
P>ench had been milking the
wealth for many years.
Western observers especially
those in the United States be
moaned the fact that the mili
tant leader of the Gui^a-^«»
people Premier Sekoui^ure
had made a mistake in Urging
Guinea to seek freedoi^ be
cause of the dependence Uf the
country on economic \and
luiow-how of the Frenchf
Out Moded TMnkisg
Sunday’s joint announcement
by Ghana’s Kwamo Nkrumah,
and Guinea’s Sekou Toure of
tiieir decision to seek the mer
ger of the two nations in a
republic qught to'shock those
who ha^ been "playing the
Africans cheap,” into the
sober realization that this type
of thinking is out of date—as
of now.
The decision of the two Afri
can leaders suggests that nei
ther economic threat or any
other pressure is going to keep
the African people from
claiming their own. Nkumrah
and Sekou Toure took a leaf
out of Nasser’s (United AralJ
(continued on page 7)
NUCP HoHday Stab
GPRPTINGS
I
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A
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P
The NAAcV’b Sihid snnusl Holi
day Sesli campaign has bean
Uonched with a letter of appeal
irom Miss Lena Horne, «tar of
the_ Broadway rausical hit, "Ja
maica.” Proceeds from the sale
of seals at $1.00 for a ^eet
lOOm to H*® tJie NAACP carry
cm Ha Fight for Freedom. Tl»s
seals dome in two color eombiae*
rtlonsr-Htrsen, yellow and white,
' end ro, ysllov and wblte^