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t n E. VAKOLIHA •mt tiHm« uNtMMi^ VIM «« % •^?r Mjt Onfi SCroAg Civil lAinMMoii Wttl fitid Thi8 Di^a^ \ Token Representation Not Enough Thi^ newspaper feels thai the time lias come when the custi»in o giving Xegroes in the South only token representation on var ious policy Hiakinir lw>trds. cTHimitWs. etc. should be refJaccd «'’ith that ot more equita ble r^wesentation. It is owr finn heliel that such a custom is neither fair to the Kegroes nor the ajipositc frroup. Instead of adequate representation, it quitt- frequently results in misrepresentation which is often wofse than none at all The ptiilosopliy of custom of token ^epfe- sentatiion ff»r •'Jegroes in the South is not only followed in governtncnt, e!iii»Kjytnent afid the like hut more recently in the m«ltet «1 the integration of public schools. Thus, the granting: of integration to a few Xe^oes in the jMiWic schools of Greenslioro. Charlotte and Winston-Salem is relie?! upon to satisfy the desires of Xegroes for full citizenship throughout the entire state as wtII as others ot the race in the three cities wher« 'it has been instituted. .' ' This soutlwrn tradition of token represen tation for Negroes on juries, boards of edu cation. police departments, city coimcils, coun ty commissions and various other groups only serves ior the most part as a soothing ^alve t* the conscience of the ^^+lite South fol- its usual custom of piving Negroes no representa tion at all. It is (leciielly unfair to the ^Jegr^> who finds himself in the ])Osition of the only- one of his race on a con»mittee^ board or other group in that i plates upon him the full te- sjvjnsibility of nepresenting the entire Negro citizenry of a city, county and quite often an entire state. The Negro citizenry of any given com- Inunity is composed of as many and varied segments as that of any other group. Tt is foolhardy to believe that even the most learted ahd experienced member of the tace is ca|>a1ile of adequately t-ept-esenting all of them at ail times, howev’et hohest and siticere he tnight be. Since white people of the South have to some extent become accustomed to Negro po lice. Negro members of city councils, boards of educatioh, county commissions, and other policy making groups, or token representa tion of Negroes, we feel that it is time to be gin a policy of adequate or more equitable Negro representation on such bodies, other citizens should not expect from one-third to one-haJf tfie population of a community to continue to be satisfied with only token rep resentation in government on juries, in em- ploymtttt and other fields of tndeavbr. Respect for Law and Onler Must be Upheld WATCH ON THE POTOMAC 3y ROBERT SPIVACK Note: The following edttorial coiwn«rt wm prepared prior to the atmoimce- of IIm MMpcpaioB of Union Coortty NAACP president Robert F. WilllBnu. The ac tio* hy tlw National NAACP Secretary in Mapeit&ic William* in no wise change* 'the ideal «l this conunent, but rather fivas ai^ort is ^ TIMES’ unequivocal repudiation of violence cnt advocacy of violence o« the part of Miy individual. The Carolina Times cannot and will not endorse the sentiment expressed in the state ment reported to have been made by R^ert W'iliiams of Monroe regarding the outcome of tfte trial of a white man accused of attempt ing to rape a Negro woman. XN'hen Williams threatens to take the law into his own hands and resorts to “on the spot trials,” he drives from his side every law abiding and respecta ble citizen of North Carolina as well as .Mon roe. Neither do we believe that the attitude expressed by Williams will be endorsed by the National .Association for the Advancement of Colored People. As revolting as the crime of rape or at tempted rape is, and as revolting as the free ing of those accused of such and similar crimes is—even when it appears that the only thing that stanS? between the accused and conviction is the color df his skin—this news paper recoils from and repudiates any Negro or so-called Negro leader who endorses, re sorting to lawlessness or violence as a means of securing justice. Such rash atateiiientii as those .cepfiJttd to.. have been made by Williams will never be considered justifiable by the Carolina Times. We stand for law and order because we knoA\ that it is utterly ♦m|>ossible to eradicate one wrong by committing another. That is the way of the lynch mob, the hoodlum and the anarchist. It is not the way of respectable, law abiding citizens. The unblemished record of Negro citizens of this state, when it coxnes to respect for law and order, must not be marred by irrespon sible persons who advocate taking of (he law into their own hands. We will criticize the courts, we will condemn the apparent miscar riage of justice; but we will never endor.se nor advocate resorting to violence". In taking such a stand, we are satisfied that we will have the endorsement of the NA.'XCP and all other reputable organizations and good citizens. It is our honest opinion that the statement reported to have been made by Williams, if true, wottld justify his removal from his office as president of the Union County branch of the N.A.\CP. Certainly, an organization with such a clean record should find his service as head of a local unit no longer needed if it Jiopes .to maintain the support of law abiding citizens. Senator Goidwater Makes Hay for Richard Nixon and GOP in Miss. Southern Justice On Trial The discovery of the lym:hed body of Mack Charles Parker of Poplarville, Mississippi and the rape of a Negro co-ed in Tallahassee, Fla. by lour white men are two recent incid^ts in the South, that Ijave placed sout, tice on trial' before t"{ie' eyes of’ world. There was a time when outrages of this sort could be committed against Ncgroiss in a corner and confined to the American public. The radio and television iiave now made such happenings front page news to the far corners of the globe within a few hours after they occur. We commend the students of Florida A&M University for the or/derly manner in wEtch they have protested the outrage committed^ on one of their fellow students. Their conduct has helped to place without reservation the courts of that city on trial, and the oatcome of the heariof; will be Awaited by every lover of justice throughout the world. Both Mississippi and Florida now have a duty to perform which must be met head-on if southern coufts are to maintain any respect oi people all over the world. ,Here in North Carolina, no white mati has 't^r^aWifhe siqjreme penalty for rape. From all appearances the death penalty for that crime in this state was made "for Negroes only.” Likewise, we know of no case in the annals of southern court history where a white man has ever paid the supreme penalty for raping a Negro wotnan. The Florida case places tfie responsibility of the unbiased administration of justice squarely up to the courts of Florida. If the case is whitewashed, it will be httd up before the eyes of the world, especially the comtnUf nist world, as the kind of justice which Ne groes are afforded un^ler a democratic form of government in the entire United States. WASHINGTON — Politiciaiig are fond of sayin&^that they kn»w how to take care of their enemies, b«t Lord help them when |it comes to handling their frienis. Vie* President Nixon must 1>e saying something like this today as the result of an episode it Jackson, Miss, on April 17, iWi. The Mi.ssissippi Econo m.ic Council, a private organizathoin, invited Sen. Barry Goldwatar (p. Ariz.) to address a local lunch eon and,, according to local ports, he made quite,-8» Wt. W fact the Jackson Clarion-I«dgeV described Goidwater as being as “keen an oratorical marksman as Mississippi has heard in many moons.” He also spoke at a Mississippi Republican breik- fast and held a press conference. Before the latter group Goid water said he regarded Earl WHV- xen Jis unfit to be Chief Justice because “he hasn’t practiced law in 25 years, has neVer been a judge and is a socl'jliit.” , Ac cording to the wire service, re ports, Goidwater alsbf was ful some in his praise bif the Vice President. * * ♦ Nixon was lucky in one res pect. The Goidwater^'sptbch did not get much editorfiA' attention.* The accounts by Uiiftfed Press International and thd' A’ssociatcd Press differed in "’detail but agie^}oh K^any of the-estentr ialS^^* T!\l X)PI/stoTY gay^ ,a ti#-y tiofaal .i^pba^, .tr>|wd\vai^.^'. reniarks. Tfie AP srory led off with remarks about *^Warren Neither story got the northern press bmkin^ as they did for Saturday papers. WlMrt »«St haw Ijeen embar rassing to Nixan were the fol- lewins points refnartwMy made by water: 1. He believes mest Hepuhi lean leaders want t» withhold enf«rcem«nt trf schwl integra- tiwi. “1 ttiink the general feel ing i» the RepuWican Party now is let the soutlwrw ^tes g» along as they asw,” he was reported to ^aye said. 2. It was GoHwater’s opinion that mest Republicans across the ceuNtry believe the sending of troops to little Rock “was a mistake.” And this was his final point, as t(M by UPl: . i "Goidwater also told news men that he did not believe Vice President Nixon would be ‘as dedicated to support the Su- j;)reme ,Caurt’-if. he became Pres; ident, as would a Democrat.” Goldwgter has not repudiated the Quotations attributed to him. And Nixon has not repudiated Goidwater. ^ * * Our Political Ambanadors The furore over Clare Boothe Le^'s appointment as Ambassa dor to Brazile is likely to be repeated in the case of the Ad- mini^atien’s nominee for Am- ba^isador to Israel, O^dan Reid, Jt. The new head of the. Senate Fbreig^^fitiHtl^nscQnniit^ ^fn. WUfiam Ai^) isn’t aeyiig^niiilt lint lie is cfuriDus to know what quali- fioatiMts Reid has for service in a sMisitive area as the Mid dle BaA. ' IncideAtally, at the National Press Club some of the wits are suggesting that Reid’s brother, Whitelaw, ought , . be named Amb^sador to Tyohanon. “In that case all uncertainty would be ended. We know there would be war in the Middle East by Christmas,” they say. Sen. Thurston Morton (R. Ky.) the new Republican National Committee :hairman, has been more forthright in some of his ot|secvations about tiie'causes of GOP defeats lasf year th«rti one normally expects a parfy chair man, to be. The biggest factor, he admits, was the recession. Next to that, Morton said the Republicans ■ simply have not been able to “sell our merchandise.” Local Republican organizations, he says, have been neither "efficient” nor “dynamic,” The backroom hoys don’t like this kind oi talk. The AEC's- Clouded Crystal Ball The new disclosures, that Stron tium 90 and other radioactive poisons from Soviet and Ameri- ian nuclear tests arc falling out over North America at a much higher rate than the public had been told, got one of our re searchers busy the other day. While the Atomic Energy Commission has repeatedly de nied that' it ever .sought to mini- ■ mizeJ the d.nngers hero is a quote ' fram Dr. Willard Libby, the i AE(-'’« Science member;t , (1^5) The fallout dosage rate as of January 1 of this year in the United SUtes could be increased 15,000 times without hazard.” SPIRITUAL INSIGHT By REV. HAROLD ROLAND Protection of the Law Man Must Be Given the Word Of God for His Regeneration ‘iTwre is so little time for all of us to come to the understanding that “protecticm of the law” is our greatest possession—that, if we keep the law, the law will keep us. The disitiherited, the despised, the perse cuted of many lands came her*. From the bit ter experiences which they had known cftftle our conatitution, our laws. Because we pos- »es» the “protection of the law,” we have been able to build our homes, have our lantilies. Id worship in our churches and (ynnfogues, t* Attend our schoolt, to opente otir txisi- Under law we become an orflerly people fidfilling our destiny; without law there is ' For sdf-protectioa, if for no «tber rcntOtt, VM Mftt ftfcnd togetller in *the piedge fhlft w« will keep the law. When we allow our demo cratic system to falter, the hopes and the con- ' fidence which the peoples of the world have in us are only two earthly directions in which mankind may look‘-^ne is towards Kadan, the other herfe. It should be our hope that the peoples of the world will continVie to face America—that the dreams which th^y have of peace and op portunity may in time become realities for them in this land-*-and that, from our homes, OBt churches, our syiiagc^ues, and from all this land, may go forth the spifit which will in due season* make peace on earth, good will to men a reality over all the world.—Attorney Makolm 1. Seawdl of Nordi Oaro- lini »t tbfe B’mi B’riA Mottinf ia wliich h« MM tmMmui Hlw flujlnifta AWnnL’* "Thay KpiwUiinad . Uia,, went of God In th« iynagoguM ..." Acts I2:S. ' There is power In the word ot God. The word of God has pot«^ for the transformation of hu man lives. The word proclaim ed under the power of the Holy Spirit has been ata in* fluence for the change and tranformation of the lives of human beings. The word has power to convert and regen erate. The word is 6od’s po wer of redemption. The word changes us human beings from sinners to saints. The word quickens and makes alive. Paul and Barnabas, having been indwelt and sanctified by the mighty power o( the Spirit of Cdd, stand forth in boldnm to proclaim Cud*! ward. Man, tha fintt* tecaturt needs a word from God. Man, th! cteature needs to have a . ^rd ffom God the creator. I^an in his weakness needs to know that from God there comes a word of power. Man in his sins needs a world of spiritual deliverence from God Almighty. Man in his sickne.ss needs a word of healing ftom God. Man, often dominated by hatred, needs a word of love fr*m God. Man in his hard- heartednes^ needs a word of merejr from God. Man in his sorrow needs a word of joy and camfort from God. Man in his hopeleswess needs a word of hope from God. Man rection and Eternal life from God. The word of God, in its full- ne.ss, .should be proclaimed in the hou.se of God. In GKkI’s house, God’s word ought be proclaimed. At times we are tempted to let other things crowd out the word ot God. But God’s word should be giv- (in the place of priority in God’s house. They proclaim many things in the schools and colleges; but one should be proclaimed in the house of God — God’s word. Men by the millions turn aside weelHy and go to (ilod’s house. Why and for what? That they might hear a word Just this mor«lng, I have had handed to me from your isfce ol ApSR Sfc. containing an aftic^iiby hah ert Pace, Editor or the Dur ham labor Jourhal, in which he states that my many leV ters rcAating to the Catholic Chill«h *hw “an anaeing a- mouRt bigotry”, attd in whkh #rticte Mr. Pace aeeks to add force to the worth of Ms views with the Btatomont that he is not a Catholic, but an Episcopalian. He also states that I lack a knowledge of his tory. These two cliaractcristics, ignorance and bigotry, are not unrelated, since bigotry is the blind attachment to tpft>e opin ion,- bHnd through lack of knowle'dge or willful refusal to know the facts, fiigotry is prejudice, which is ' defined as being an opinion “without just grounds af before suf ficient knowledge”. Bigotry is also a synonym for intoler ance. Why have n^ the Catholi^ Church’s leaders repUed these letters, as they did some months ago when there was a letter in one of the Herald- Sun papers condemning some thing a^t their practices? They would do so, if they could point out any iBaw in my letters. Mr.. Pace charges me with ignorance of history, Why does he not cite one ex ample? Why does Mr. Pace f^el called upon to defend the Churoh, if she does ni^ see fit to try to defend herself? Does he think that he is more cap able? j. The Catholic Encyclopedia, volume XIV, page, 765, says “intoteration is a prominent characteristic of the Catholic Church”! This intolerance goes so far as to hold an economic club over publications, by threats of boycott, etc., and has been effective in prevent ing me from advertising my book, SLAVERY and CATIIOL ICISM, in most of the largest Negro magazines in this cMm- try. I suggest that Mr. Pace con tact the leaders of Catholicitm, and suggest that they make ol¥icial reply to my letters, net by way at rtdic^e, which, v is the ready weapon at those wha are on the w»«»ig atie of an argument, but with speci fic facts, pointing out speci fic errors and stating apeci- lic truths. I foltow my own aagges- tio« in giving tine Mlawing quotation from the pen ol one uf the Church’s most respected historians, Louis Gaston de Se- gur, part III, prop. VI., p. 183, where he says “The Church proclaims and maintains trytha as certain as the math ematical ones. She teaches and defends truths with as much 1N1X)LKRANCE as the .science of mathematics defends liers. And what more logical? The Catholic* Church alone, in tiie midst of so many different sects, avers the possession of absolute truth, out of wliich there can not be true Chris tianity. She alone has the right to be, she alone must be, in tolerant. She alone will and must say, as she has said through all ages in her coun cils, “If any one saith or be- lieveth contrary to what I , teach,, which is the trath, let him be Anathema”, or “let him be accursed,” or “let hiin be damned”! For this is what it means! I find the above quota tion from Segur on page 80 of “The Papacy ,,and the Civil Power” published in 1876, and written by Richard Richard * Wigginton Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, and a most capable scholar. I invite disproof of any of my statements in my many let ters, or in the book, SLAVERY and CATHOLICISM. Let the Church’s defendefls do their worst! My enmity is not against the CaHiolic people, among whom I number many very fine friends, but agaihst the bloody system of apostasy brought to view so plainly in the symbolic language ei the seventeenth chaptw of Reve lation. SincM^lv youts, R. R. Miller WASHlNGTQli—“I am iskk at heart and ashamed that I belong to a race that can commit the same kind rf cruelty that made us shudder when It came to the fore in Nari Germany. We shud der when we hear of it today in Communist Russia and in Com munist Chin*. What has happen ed to tni that we d» not see in this kind of action the seeds that will bring destruction upon us all in the future?” These are the words of Elea nor Roosevelt and hnv she felt after reading of the Mack Parker Lynching. “We Jiave not yet,” she contin ued, ‘lieached the point, fhank God, when maSs murders of peo pie in gas chambeK are going on, but when a mob does not wait for the action of the law, then you ’^fhte'^cijr^^ in Mississippi was not something "Itiat Could be shrugged off by the reit of the country by sayihg: *well, this is unfortunbte but it did not hap- en in opr community.’ Nor can it be explained that it happened in a particiilar area where people are so conditioned by'their t>ast that their emotions have led them to forget their obligations as law-abiding citizens. “This was something about which we all have some responsi bility. If we in other parts of the country do not express our feelings of shock at such conduct, then we are as guilty as the men who actuaTy'^vere In the kidnap ping group. “When you begin to allow your self to override* the law you do not know where it will end. When you begin to allow yourself a kind of self-righteous prejudice against another race cn’ religion,! you do not know what the end may be, and in the end you may suffer as did those who sowaj the seeds ot World War II. "There is nothing that con cerns only the people o( one i^fsection'df'our country. This un speakable behavior in Mississip pi concerns all of us. And if we feel .strongly enough no one will dare defy a real moral reaction over what happens to our own eitizens who may be of another race and color but who are Amer ican citizens and entitled to equal ju.stice before the law.” and salvation. In the power of the spirit let us proclaim God's word in God’s house. Let us proclaim God's blessed word to lost souls. The heart of the word of God is the good news of ^salvation from sin. God’s word became flesh and dwelt among us to redeem the souls of last human beings. The redeemed soul must tell the gopd news of what God in Christ has done for man in his lost condition. If the redeemed saul ^ails ta piroclaiw the word of God, it will not get to that lost soul. The Minister, the chtirch and the redeemed soul — all are duty bound to proclaim the word of it to some lost soul to day. Why not proclaim the word of God to some lost soul today? Say to that soul. . ."ALL THINGS ARE READY COME. . .” Say to .some lost'soul with the man born blind . . . This one thing I know . . . whereas I was blind now I see . . .” Men in our times need to have the word of God pro claimed to them in all af its fulbiess and power. Why? The w«rd of God is the remedy for the sickness of our t^imet. Published every Saturdh]^ at Durham, N. C. by t)nited Publishers, Inc. 1.1. AUSfiN, President M. E. JOHNSON, Controlhsr Principal Offin located at 436 E. Pettigrew St. OiKrham, NoRh Carolina Gntefed at lecond class matter at the Post Offict at Duiham, N(irth Carolina, under the Act M ^ hto cmfagiop needs a word ^^from,Gcrf. and heaven, they of ^ida*ce from S^.' Ahd come to hear God’s, word with. . ‘ ^ $4.00 PBtl "VEAIl ■bott all Aan, the creature of ^ its message of forgivehess, ' -*aJaciiaS166BO OtTICfc— daalh, Mcii a i»f>rd «t Besur- peace, light, courage, itrehjllh.itiH i'" , St. t'el. S-sBoo
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