Tifk tft»VLINA TIMICs^
Miko TRMK UNBMbLiD*‘SAT. MMuMY ^ 19S*
Twin symbols of lute-tlie cause of world unresf
Bk Faiili of Our Fathers in Honroe
This wftthrlil is written fiDr atiH !t» thv N't*-
(fro citizens of Xlonfoe. Nwtth C«nrr>ll>»«,
whrrr npjiarriHlv Hi* Htrrtil Mh4
white |W)pl* Have either Iwen nr a»T
afraid to sj>e«4c nHI anl haft tNl* Mrii of tvr-
ror now pr*ii«f on in their n>ni*iWinity afifatH’st
\ej^K*s. 11 is written in :iit tr> ftrt'tifv
the N'cgro citiiens of Monroe aitaiwst resort
ing to physk‘»4 retaliation ot in vinfHtfr 1iir-
iti}f the rtitical times they are ex|>erienrinif
in their rftttirtwinity.
It will take strmpth to a cool head
after a ttian has struck a \vo*iian of \vMir rare
with his fist anil kicked her down a flijyht of
stairs simply hecausv slu- lalketl too loud anl
di;tiiirbed h»s sleefi at the hotel he was stay
ing. It will take sirengtli to keep a cool heaI
while attempts are heioR nulicwtsly made to
fer^ectjte thi» woniai) for swt>aring out a war
rant af^ainst her assailant. If you dt) keep a
Cool !it-al and seek relief only in the rottrts,
instead of resortiiiff to viojpni'e. yon will draw
to your side not only those of your own race
hut thousands of respectable white peo])lr of
this statr aiul nation.
All amiitid you the walls of sepfrcR^ation
art* (‘rMrtiWih}^. I'hey are crumWitt}?, in spite
ttf the K«s|*“rs, the Rev. Coles, the Kit Klux
Klan a«H men like Governor I'auhus of Arkan-
sa«. Tliey afe crumbling because even in the
ihiflcest of the struggle Xcxro leaders have
foMj^ht only within the framework of demoe-
raey irtstead of resorting to violence, 'I'hey are
crnmhlinyr jjiecause the faith of your fathers
has laugfht you that niif^ht does not make
rij^ht and that “there is a Divinity that shapes
our ends roufjh, hew them how we may." You
must ke*'|) tliat faith. It has l>een our shield
and liuckler. Let no man destroy it in you.
Many of you will live to see the day when
the ugly instiilnlion of segfregation will he only
a forgfitten ^elic of the past. Many of you will
iidierit the full measure of American citi/.en-
shi() which yonr forefathers have fought for
ami are now fighting for. When the hour of
triumph docs arrive, we charge yon to con-
timte "to do justly, and to love mercy, and to
walk humbly with thy God.”
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
The resoundiiig crash of the walls of seg
regation in Virg'tnia was Itt'aml all ov)*r the
nation this week as well as the .South. With
mixed classes already under w.\v in Norfolk
and Arlington, and .schools in .Mexandria be
ing ordered by a I''eleral judge to admit nine
\egro children, the death knell to the strug
gle by prosegregationists to ward off intcgra-
fi«ii lias appareittly t*ren stnintled.
We cir>Wttitftirt citiems «f both races in
Xnrfolk and .\rlington for the orderly man
ner in which they have afccepted the transi
tion. It is a far cry from what happened in
.Arkansas and Tfnnrssee. It is positive proof
that when public officials Itt it be known that
they mean business, there will be little or no
trouble. We also commend the police depart
ments in lw)th cities for the wtll-ot-ganized
mamuT in which their ofTicers con«lucted
themselves and kc])t the situation under con
trol.
We think the police of Norfolk and Arling
ton have set a fine exami>le for officers in
otiwr cities t« follow where the change-over
frt)m a segrcgatel to an integrated public
school sj’stem comes before them. Althoujl[li
they were not confrontd with situations such
as arose in Tennessee and Arkansas, they
were prepared for any eventtmlity. This prob
ably accounts for the easy manner in which
the transition was made.
KKK^.
I
i
«IGHTS
A of "Of DuA
Our fimes Hetd lOtf Sfiirit
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Redemption Is
Gift From God
A
The Race for Power Goes On Unabated
Avill ])roba])ly record the dropping of the
bombs o(\ the Japanese people as one of the
To all who believed in Christ
without regard to race, class
condition, the gift of the Holy
Spirit was given. All who re
pented and had their sins for
given were given the Holy Spir
it, God’s blessed gift to imper
fect, sinful men. Some, in their
narrowness anU blindness,
would restrict salvation and the
Is Russia blnffing when she claims to have
interconti«ental ballistic misbiUs that outdate
naclear wtaj^ens held by the western jwwers?
The .Soviet Union warned this week that it
had petfected a ballistic missile that can de
liver hydrogen bombs with pinpoint accuracy.
Soviet Defense Minister Rodin Malinovosky
said ful'ther. “We liavc ballistic rockets that
caiv cafry; tJleif hydrtigw charges to any point
on earth . . . to the very point for they are
very accutate.”
If the Russians d*ims are trltt, they may
have outdictanced' wir o\Vn country in' tire
race fof pbwtf aftd control of space. This
places Amftrkan,-ay -wHf ntfier-hit-
man buing's W'iihin the western world, practi
cally at the tirtercy of the Soviets The thought
of it is something that shotild make us all
shudder,' especially when we rtjcall what the
Reds did tb tht Hungariails. The sVaughttr
W'hich the Russtahs wreaked on the lltmgari-
an« has no historieal tnatch save that dark
hour in the world's Iwstory \VlWn this country
ia World War II dropped atotmic bombs on
defenseless people of Japan. blood and the air is rent with th* stench of
History, if we are lucky enough to escape death, tlrere will be no one left to look, smell W A 1 CjH 0]\ THE POTOMACj
annihilation at the Itands of a niissile-age war, vomit.
most horrible crimes of all times and the life-
ginning of a race betvyeen two w'orld powers
for the supremacy of their ideologies. This is gift of the Holy Spirit^ (iod’s
a time for serious thinking atnong the mSl- S^aee and Iove/.i.however, em-
lions of little people of the nations w’ho will mankind. All men
, , were the objects of God s re-
be the prmcpal victims when the carnafee
starts. They, and they alone, have the power-— Christ and his cross. And, thus,
or should we say once had the power—to stbp here we are reminded that
the rat race. It may no\v be later than we "THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON
think. ALL. . .
The magic of God’s sanctify-
So Russia boasts that nuclear weapons of ing power is a gift of every re
tire world outxiated-hy deemed soul. Every reeenerat-
tercontinental ballistic rockets and our own qualifies for the gift of
comitry puts owu more steam to catch up or
outrun the Russians, .After all this clamor for
j)ower, this race into space, which eventually
will prove to be a race into hell, spells noth
ing. .About the only cotvsol.ition we get is to
know that when millions of dead human
bodies arc strewn from one side of the world
to the other, the rivers are rutiniiig red with
t he Holy Spirit. Men pre partial
and discriminative but God
gives the spirit freely to all
men.
We are not redeemed, saved
and left alone; God offers the
gift of the Spirit to refine and
.sanctify us. What is it? It is the
power of God to make us what
we ought to be. It bridges the
gap between what we are and
what we ought to be. It bridges
the gap between what we are
and what we ought be as re
deemed Souls in Christ Jesus.
Left alone we cannot do nor be
what we ought to be; but with
the gift of God’s Holy Spirit we
have a power from God to do
his Holy will. .
“The Holy Spirit fell on all who
heard the word. . . ,
In the gift of the spirit the
redeemed soul has a guide ai\d
teacher. Truly, the redeemed
soul in a world like, this needs
a Divine Helper. Left alone
amid the many pressures of this
wurld, we caniiut make It. Thus
God sends the Holy Spirit for
every repentant believer.
When we are confused amid
the allurements and inducfe-
ments of the world this Diviike
Helper guides and teaches tls
what to say and do. The spirit
becomes our guide amid the
perilous scenes in the highway
of life. The Holy Spirit teaches
us amid the many clamoring
voices of the world calling Us
to follow them. What would
have happened to all redeemed
souls without the Gift of the
Holy spirit as guide and teach
er?
The gift of the spirit mearts
that we have something that
will cause us to grow in Holi
ness or Godliness.i For Divine
or spiritual growth we need the
Holy Spirit. Through this gilft
of the spirit we can grow in the
beauty of Holiness as expressed
in kindness, compassion, pa
tience, forgiveness, generosity,
understanding, peace, joy and
love. Yes, with God’s gift of the
spirit we. can bear tba rich har-
vest of the blessed fruits of the
spirit.
And finally, when the work of
the spirit, in the soul of the re
deemed, is brought to the per
fection of Holiness we shall be
ready for that realm of com-
pletene.ss where God and the
angels dwell.
By KOBERT SPIVACK
A Most Signifkant Month
Negro HfStsory Week, Btotherhood Week
and the birthdays qf fleorge Wasbington,
Abratram Linmhramt Frederick Ikwgbss aH
occtfr ii» tlie-wiowtit FeWimry.
tiiumvmiee is separate, wt somehnw
they a#« iH (fed hsgKftet in the sense th«t
all efr tift- b»gtinnin^ and to the prei;-
ervation Of• ow tlertiwei-aey.
Wd»Wi»)ytiow w4s the father of our
natifaii M«i th« filrlst president of a coun
try (oHMiM on thifr prineljHe that "all men
are cfcettit e*|tti| Mid ail! ewdo^ved with cer
tain inattMWhlB rii^s.” Wttshinffton led the
arires OvtFrea-iMt the iwilitafy f)rces of
(jreat Brilinte aMrf Miich set fhts cowntry ffee
to develop into an independent nation ofifer-
ins freedom, liiwrty and justice for all. The
belovevd general becAme the first president
and through the generations his birthday has
bee* a national holiday. s
Ajbfc Liitctoln we honor because of the great
lv!aderthip tivat he provided during the rta-
tion’* ipneM Civil war, the only conflict we
have ever had Jmong the states since they
ilsg^
MMIwr rfbui
banded together to form a union. Lincoln’s
signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
whicb freed the slaves ties him in with Negro
History Week, l-'rederick Douglass, the great
abolitionist, is one of the great figures in Ne
gro history as, well as one of the noted Amer
icans of all times.
The celebratioti of Brotherhood Week and
Xegro History Week in the same month is
appropriate in that both set out to accom
plish some of the same purposes, one of which
is general practite in every-day life of tli6 oft-
expressed jjrinciple that evtfy man, regAidless
of race, creed or color, is entitled to treatment
l>ascd upon his abilities and liis conduct as an
individual.
Negro iiistory Week seeks to instill with
in the Negro himself» particularly our youth,
an interest in and pride for the CotitrHjutions
which Negro people since the beginning of
.Antefica have made to this countfy’s develep-
meitt. It is pointed out by the Association for
the Study of Negro Life ai*d History, wliich
spaAsors the observanee of .^^egro History
Week, that there will be a tieed tor Negi'o
histofy as long as it is necessary to mention
the word, "N'egtt).”
The Association takes issue with those
who .say that in this day of integration, etti-
phosis no longer sliould be placed upon the
history of any one group. It argties that, on
the contrary, it is more imfMHant than eVer
for NegroeR—and white persons—lb khow as
much as {)ossi})h5 abotlt Nfegro history so tliat
they can iight the steriotypes Of race which
the segregationists use in an attempt to knock
down the g^ns which are being made through
the courts.
Is South Coming
To Its Senses?
The acceptance of the facts of
life by Virginia’s Gov. J. Lind
say Almond, that the rights of
Negroes must be respected and
that school integration is the
law of the land, poses some in
teresting problems in the study
of a political personality. Can a
Southern politician — realistic
as most politicians are—actually
convince his constituents that
segregation is dead? and can
such a politician survive in poli-
tits?
Almond’s whole approach to
ths problem has fascinating as
pects which, when examined
clinically, give a vivid demon
stration of the political mind at
work. This is what happened:
Last Fall Almond and the
state’s Attorney-General agreed
that Sen. Harry. F- Byrd’s “mas
sive resistance'' ^aws must ■ be
tested in the State courts as
well as face inevitable challenge
by the NAACP in the federal
courts.
ET Tu/steUTE
Some shrewd observers of
Virginia politi9^^,wrote at the
time that Almond was looking
for a face-saving way to sound
retreat In the fight against
sehesi integration. They felt he
was determined'' nbl to behaVe
as Arkansas’ Orval Faubus had.
This view was also shared by
the ardent segregationist ele
ment, who sent the Governor
abusive letters with the general
theme of “Et tu, Brute.”
Almond, of course, promptly
denied that putting the questisn
up to the Virginia courts was
in any way a prelude to retreat.
He ordered state officials to
continue with their various le
gal dodges and he also went
around making inflammatory
speeches. His tactics confused
both his segregationist support
ers and those who relwfded hikn
as a lawyer of seme dfstlnctien
before he assumed the gover
norship.
CONPOUWDINO AkMONft
Then came the Virginia, court
decision. The conservative
Southerners on this court strufck
down th« anti-inte^ation lairs
just as decisively as had the
U. S. Suivenw Court, with its
nine “Yanlc«« justices.”
Almond than confeuaded ev
eryone. Instead of (raciouriy ac
cepting the court decision he
took to the airwaves. "I will riot
yield to that which I kaow is
wrong,” he eried. He referred to
the "livid stench ef Mdiim, s4x,
immorality i^nd jQv^e pttg-
nancy infesting the mixed
schools of the District of Colum
bia and elsewhere.”
Thoughtful Virginians shook
their heads sadly and wondered
if the pressure from segrega
tionist fanatics had caused Al
mond to lose control of him
self.
But now it appears there was'
some method in that “madness.”
Almond apparently felt he had
to take the collective hand of
the wild fanatics and carefully
lead them towards the accep
tance of legal reality. If it all
works out peacefully, then Al
mond will go down as one of
the South’s shrewdest politi
cians. But if Jill those invitations
to disorder finally produce the
opposite results—what then?
Playing around with human
emotions can be a dangerous
business.
CUBA COMES TO ITS SENSES
When the new Cuban revolu
tionary government began hold
ing trials in the public coliseutn,
I am told that an American ob
server gave Fidel Castro some
quick advice, via a friend. It
went like this;
"In the days of the Frenth
revolution, Robespierre was
known to be a cuHured and
OF oust ANO STAR», If
non Ward. Exposition PrMs
Naw Y«H(. fS(0^
Don’t he mialed by the title
this collection of poems. Vernon
Ward is not a man whose eyes
arc clouded by star dust. He is
keenly conscious of his world,
its beauty and good, and all its
ugly and mean.
Hard-headed "practical” men
sometimes dismiss the poet’s
role as that of a “visionary” or
"a dreamer out of touch.” They
look down a “practical” nose at
the poor poet who may, in the
spirit of Georgia’s Sidney La
nier, consider trade and com
merce us “war grjwn misery”
and want no part of them.
True, there have been, and
are, those who seek to escape
from the world and themselves
in an abstract art. They have
the erroneous notion that to
create poetry they must leave
®e realm of humanity, of man
and his worries, or his hopes.
Such futile escapist efforts char-
actcrixe too much of wliat
passes as modern poetry.
POET CONSCICNtE 6P MAN
In history the poet has beeh
mankind’s conscience. The proud
and undivided beauty inherent
in all life, the faith that noth
ing human is alien to the po
et’s pen, has been the major
theme of the great poets. Some
times this spirit has been sub
merged or deterred by a crass
materialism which always seeks
to kill the poet. In such times it
may for a while lie dormant like
a pregnant seed.
But in every age the poet has
lifted his voice, even as one
crying in the wilderness. For
not always do the people hear
or understand.
Sometimes the people are too
much under the influence of
the “practical” men who preach
and live materialism because
they know not the spiritual. But
the poet looks and sees deeply.
His role is to keep alive the
finest potential for the people’s
future, to enliven and feed the
sensitive and gentle inner heart
of man, full of hope and prom
ise.
JESUS HAD in>ET smiT
Jesus had this poet spirit. His
grwtv searching hunpeif Itor
limnlty ami peace aad lt»ve to
Sfovi. in the heart of man was
fMHMdtws. tort theol»gta«te mA)-
stitMetf a hard “pwwtleal” un
feeling dogma for that poet 4
spirtt. Hardly «»M*d they have
mahiUined status in a greedy,
vh>lcnt wwM by preaching
peace> goodwill, love, i,ustiee,
equality—or “even as ye .have
done it unto one of the least of
these. . . .”
And so—our world has too
little ef the poet spirit!
There are too few Vernon
Wards. He is a poet of hope who
retains a deep faith in man’s
dsstiny on this eurth. “Of dust
and stars man is made,” he
sings. Conscious of great sor
row and evil, he declares:
“No need to cry to God;
We are doing the blasting,”
Hien, speaking to those who
do the paying—and the dying—
he says:
“We have been paying for
heaven
And getting hell.”
A native Southerner, graduate
of the Urtlversity of North t^ar-
oliba, this poet sees the soiitlion
of the face problem in simple
Christian terttis:
“Words are broken arrows,
'They cannot reach their n)ark.”
But-
“The solution to the r;itc Jjues-
tion
Is to forget race. ^
Nothing wipes out color
Faster than friendship.”
Digging his living from, the
Carolina soil, this poet lives
with everyday reality —' and
truth. “War is love’s essence
lost,” he writes. And—
“Each day I hope to hear i
That nations, classes, races,
creeds.
Are to merge into brotherhood,
That the whol^ earth is to be
Our common neighborhood.”
Then, contemplating history,
the fact that even .Tesus lay in
prison, Vernon Ward savtf^
“1 think' it must bf good ■'
To gar to jail.
So many great men have re^ed
there.”
“Of Dust and Stars” is a book .
to read, enjoy and keep—and
makes an excellent gift , to a
friend. ’'
Idea of Union Not Evil
UNION CITY, N. J.—Denun
ciation of Teamster Union plans
to organize the Nfew York Police
Department “went too far,” de
clares The Sign, national Cath-
^ic magazine, in' a leading edi
torial in its February issue pub
lished here today.
“We have no emotional at
tachment to Hoffa and his fol
lowers,” the magaxine says, add
ing, “We would not want to see
public workers organised by
such a group. Nattirally we do
not believe that a police force
has the right to .strike.”
VALID REASONS «)» SYlttKE
“But there are valid reasons
for joining a union,” the RoHftn
Catholic monthly assents, “eVen
when there is no right to strike.
Unions are more than economic
pressure groups. They have an
important function in bargain
ing for working conditions and
in handling grievances for their
members. While there must be
discipline in a police force, this
does not preclude a fair and ef
fective grievance procedure.
This latter should not be left e>c-
clusively to the individual offi
cer and his superiors.”
“One of the great reasots
why unions were formed in this
country,” The Sign says, “w*s
the prevailing autocracy in the
nation’s factories.
“Orders were peremptory aild
discipline was arbitrary. Thete
was favoritism in the granting
of promotions and choice assigh-
ments. No appeal was possible
from layoffs or discharges. Tke
correction of these evils wfas
fully as important ss wages aAd
hours in spurring workers lo
organize.”
"A strong puMicwolrket's
union,” the editorial continues,
“even though deAied the right
to strike, can mobiHze public
opinion for the correction of ki-
jUsth»s.> In New York Citji for
ekample, many pufolie workers
are forced to take two jois in
the effort to keep up theit liv-
i^ standards. An underpaid po
liceman is far more likely {oHje
tempted to accept graft thi^i he
would be if he received a rtving
wage. ... i
I^UBLIC VrORKIRS HAVfe
RWHT
“We would go further; and
maintain that many public iwrk-
ers sljould have the same right
to strike as workers in pKivate
industry.” |
According to The Sign, i“The
prmwple behind prohlbltlq^ of
strike.s shouM not be {mhlic
versus private employmenti butf
rather the essential notui^i of
the servu;e.
“It would be disastrous today
were a city lo lo.se electric jserv-
ice because of a strike. By: eon-
trast, a strike by public pork
er* whose function was *reet
repairing would hardly |e a
calamity. At most it would be
an inconvenience.” I
strikes UNPORTUNA'fi
“It is unfortunate,” The (Sign
says, "that we cannot fiid a
substitute for the strike ^s a
means 'of industrial prbtest.
Compulsory arbitration inj^ be
chosen as a lesser evil in joccu-
patfons providing an cs4ntial
service. But It is not accepted
by either management or Sabor
as a normal means of settling
nonemergency disputes . .). be
cause it puts in the hands bf an
outsider the right to tlecide
econemie issues that may in
volve cntMinous costs to | com
pany or- union.” I
"R is wrong,” the ma^zine
asserts, "when labor or miMge-
ment forgets the public at^ its
rights In any indastrial dlnute.
But this wrong,” conehidJThe
(SM (INIOfi, 4)1
honest man. The French calUd
him ‘the IneorruptiWe.’
“But in his public utterancfes
Robespierre was a fanatic aid
he called for vengeance. His
speeches led the street itMbs to
believe that the »)o(M-l«ttiAg
that followed the rev«hitlMi whs
not a thing oI hdrto^t but a
thing of vlrttie.
“Under Robfesplerre the 'trials’
were hot based on evldehcft bUt
merely on coMeMmaUeii. 8e
spoke to the mob and theiy al
ways answered ‘Kill them.’
When he spoke they cheeTcU.
“'Then one day in June kome
1,28S FrenchsMa were kWid as
the mob ahouted ‘kill them.’
One ol these men was Rjabes-4
pierre. ‘Am history bookJ say
the irowd shouted as loudly as
before.”
Castro lot tM peMit. The
showoMe tiW* win ttlMrtf off.