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THti; CAROLINA TIMES *iM S— 'THK TftUTN UNBRlDLIir SAt« NUT 21, 19SI NO LEGI8MT10N OP MORAL IKVQt¥ED. JU«r REB^.tIQH Preparing a CusMon for Rape Defendants (Contimieil from One) “The inoth«‘r of i>ne wa.«. hlu>t to ilfath in a bar nK)in when he was 7. Another's motlier 4ied whe he was iHirn. A third youth can neither read nor write. Sheriff Hill j>‘}i:e gave hackgrotnid detail:> Thursday on the four white men w hu will be arraij^ned Friday on charges of raping a 19- year-oW Xegri college coed, .^n all-white grand jnr\' indicteil them Wednesday, five days after the girl was attacked. All four have confessed. Patrick Scarl>oroUf;h, JO, was born in Tampa. His mother was shot in l'>4) and his father committed suicide the same year, tfis Tallahassee grandparents tiwk him in after hii parents’ death. He had a ninth-grade ed ucation when he joined the airforce in 1956 but finished high school while in service. He told police he got in trouble with juvenile authori,ties three or four times, once served 30 days in jail for a traffic law violation but has no adult criminal record. Ollie Stoutamire. 16, is a Tallahassee na tive. His mother died when he was born and he was brought up by an aunt. His father, an e?npl\ye of the city sanitation depart ment, is a first cousin of Tallahassee Police chief Frank Stoutamire. The lanky teen ager quit regular public school after the eighth grade but has been attending a voca tional school. He has had one brush with juvenile au thorities. He was emplo)'ed by a pipeline company for three weeks before his arrest on the rape chargej David Ervin Beagles, 18, was born in Westville, a smalf northwest Florida town. He has been here about seven years. He is a high school senior and worked part time at a service station. His father is a truck driver and his mother a waitress. He has no police record. William T. Collinsworth, 24, was born at Ponce de Leon, also in northwest Florida. He’s been here five years, is married and has a 2-year-old son and 11-month-old daughter. His wife is a hospital aide. GJlinsworth finished the sivth grade but can’t re*id or write. He has been a telephone comjniity lineman for five j'ears. He. has no juvenile or adult police record. Xow there is one and only one apparent reason why all of the above information has been dug u|) by the Sheriff of Tallahassee, and that is to soften up decent people of the. world for what Florida intends to do» about this sluKking crime. This crime that foiir members of that segment of southern society that i.s always screaming against mixing of the races has confessed the)' counnitted In that ^bour wh'.n they sank to the lowest depths of hmnan depravity. Who ever heard of a Sheriff in the South becoming concerned with the background of a Negro accused of raping a w'hitc woman? If the backgrotmd of these four members of the dominant group who have ever)' abvantage of the best jobs, the best ed ucation, the best homes, the best enviorn- ment and the best of everything else America has to offer, is important in the case of the Florida rapists, what about the background of Negroes all over the South who are denied equal opportunities in every-avenue of south ern society? Unless undue pressure is brought to bear, the courts of Florida ar e preparing to com- mitt a crime that will be far mori: heinous that the one committed on the young Negro co-ed. From every indication the courts of Florida intend to follow the usual southern pattern of exacting a light penalty or none at all of a white man for raping a Negro woman and exacting the supreme penalty of a Negro accused of raping a white woman. We have called the attention of our read ers again and again to the fact that no white man in the South has ever paid with his life for raping a Negro woman. In fact the re cords will show that seldom has one been convicted even, when brought to trial. Again, we say unless decent people all ever the world bestir themselves and bring undue pressure on the courts of Florida, we may as well brace ourselves for a trayesty in southern justice that will be revolting to the sensibilities of all decent people the world over. Too Easy on tlie Criminal Element respectabW'citiien of tJurham sfiould > be struck with horror at the wanton killings that have taken place among Negroes of this city within the past three weeks. While we are^not placeing all the blame on the courts of city and county, it is our opinion that in tar too man)' cases both the police and the courts are too lenient with criminals of all gof-tti-Tbe lawless -element-wbkh roM»s ear- str«^ts night and day with freedom, and often with affront to any respectable citizens who show any dislike for their disregard- for the law, should be made to understand that they will not be tolerated. Public drunkenness, vagrancy, shoplifting, raciiif cars, obscene language and murder have Hecome the weekly and almost daily routine of I. e city’s criminal element. If the police put k^lf as much time on making it unpleasant for •tich people as they do on giving parking tickets to overtime parkers we are of the opin ion that the present high crime rate in Dur-j,, Wi..know of several instances in Durham when killers and persons guilty of other ser ious crimes have been let off by the courts with fines or light sentences. Generally, the courts appear to have adopted a far too lenient atti tude toward Negro offenders when their crimes are against other Nfegroes. Negroes who murder other Negroes very rarely get long jail termr,-eveit;-tiTtless they pessess es pecially long criminal records. Thus, within a few months or years, these law'breakers are right back in circulation again, and doing bus- ness at the sarfie old stand. This newspaper is calling upon-the police and the courts to crack down on the criminal and jobless elements in this city. We are call ing on them to make it unpleasa«t for vag rants, loafers, gamblers, drunks, shoplifters, thieves, and other lawless individuals of the city with the same diligence th^ use in giving parking tickets. Jn,. addition, we are calling on all decent ha^^oidd 1 $ ^i|*ns to: cooperate with th^ police in their I^fte courti w^ere as diligent ab(f^t’ seniling some of the criminals to prison for long terms' that infest this city as they are about collect ing $1.00 for parking tickets and placing heav ier fines on law-abiding ctizens who happen to be late paying the $1.00, it is our opinion that many of the murderers, w'ould-be murder ers and other criminals who now roam our streets as free men would be behind prison bars. Wfwrls, The babit or custom of encouraging ctiiminals by refusing to report them to the police, laughing at their defiance of the law or assuming an air of silence when the police ar rive on the scene encourages crime and is only a little less than harboring them. If this is done, we are satisfied that many want kill ings and other crimes that have occurred in Durham over the past two or three weeks w'ill be lessened. Th^egro Vote in Last Saturday's Election A careful analysis of the voting in the elec tion held in Durham on last Saturday will dis close that over 50 per cent of the total was done by Negro voters. The interest in the bond election as well as that of the candidates for the City Council, so far as Negro voters is con cerned, was created by tne untiring efforts on the part of the Committee on Negro Affairs. For this fine piece of work we again commend JBOnSfiBiB * * Mriidied every Saturday at Durham, ISf. C. by United Publishers, lac. L. E. AUSTIN, PreiMent M. E. JOHNSON, ControUcr ^Hlidptl Office located at 4M E. PeMfr^ St Dorlum, North CiroUaf WatkM m Mcoed cUas mtitUr «t Ika N* OMm at Dmbtm, Narl% CaroUna, nadir tto 4yet «f Vtfeb S, U70. the CONA. Officials of the CONA have faith in progres sive white people of Durham and are proud to cooperate with them tn the building of a big ger and better city. It was the opinion of lead ers in the CONA that the bond issue was a necessity for the growth and development of Durham and in view of that fact they were happy to cooperate in helping to carry it in the election. A careful anaylsis of the tabulation of voters by precincts will disclose that over half the votes for the bond issue were cast in four Ne- grj> I precincts alohe. When the scattered Ne gro votes in the other precincts are considered it plainly apparent the the success of the bond issue, which in reality was one for progress, was‘ almost entirely dependent on a favoratle Negro vote. That Negroes voted for the bond issue is evidence of the faith the masses have in the leardership furnished by the CONA. It fhus with pride that we again salute the CONA for «job well done. r SPIRITUAL INSIGHT By REV. HAROLD ROLAND God's Gift of Deliverance Is Free To All Willing to Accept His Way THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION "Brcthrtn to ui ha* bMn s«nt the m«ss«g« of this safvstloh .. Acts 13:26 We have been given the mess age of salvation. The message of salvation has come to us 'from God through Christ Jesus’ our Savior. All things are prepared for your salvation. Jesus said on one occasion . . . "All Thtngt Ar* ilntly, UmiC' But what have yoii done' about thi's'gift rif' salvation? There are thoi^ndS in our community and miHions in our land who have not ac cepted the message, of salvation. God, in Christ, has prepared everything for our spiritual de liverance and saljration. Gid, in Christ, holds out the biased gift nf riplivprance: and.behold, we are still loving in the dark ness of spiritual enslavement. Let us arise and claim our gift of spiritual deliverance of salvation in Chr^^^ Chirst is God’s gift of sali^i^ii. We need' salvation I'rom jftstiqne, not a thousand things—sin. Yes, this is what keeps us in the main from being what God would have us be. Thus, God in his love as revealed in Christ drew near us to save (is from our sins. We must recognize the fact of our sinfulness. God in Christ has opened a- way of escape for us. We must accept God’s plan of escape freely. God does not force himself upon tas. We are frefe to accfept or reject this message of salvation. God’s blessed forgiveness awaits every repentant soul. We all must take this first and im portant step of repentance if we would receive the rich spiritual blessilngs of salvation in Christ Jesus, our Savior. All other scKerffes of hwmafi satvattoir have failed. God has taken the first step towards us in our lost con dition. Now it is up to each of us to take the next step through faith and repentance. The rich blessings of forgive- WATCH ON THE POTOMAC ness and the -f matchless peace which follows are yours in Christ now. Gods holds out his gift of salvation in Christ to you. flow long will you halt between two opinions? Each soul must be born for itself—physically and spiritually. Your mother is imable to take this step for you. You must take it for yourself. Christ loves you and he came ,to .save your soul too. Why would you tarry oij de lay so ,long in accepting God’s gift of salVation in Christ? It is a new, rich, bountiful and satisfying kind of life. The old life has been empty, unreward ing. Now, give Christ a chance with his new quality of life—“To us has been sent tho message of thts ssivstion..." This message of salvation can _ give you that new, full life which you are hungering to possess. It quenches man’s deepest thirsts and satisfies his presistent hun gers. By ROBERT SPIVACK WASHINGTON — Intelligent and inquisitive children some times force a man to think, even when he is inclined to let things slide and take things easy. “What’s an oligopoly. Dad?” my 11-year-old daughter insisted on knowing. “It’s a small group of companies,” I explained, “in control of a major industry that is supposed competitive but is, in fact, just one step removed from being a monopoly.” ^ She then forced me to explain that a Riono|>oly is and . we launched' inio a More or less ser ious discussion about economics, how business is run and all the other related matters that to a youngster seem so myabifyitig. What precipitated all this discussion was a claim by the United Steelworkers Union that its members are not as well off as U. S. Steel and apparently a large number of other citizens believe them to be. • • * In the current steel negotia tions the important point the union makes (which seems to be ignored by many newspaper editors, for reasons that I will not go into) is that while wages have gone up in the industry, profits have so far outdistanced them that you can hardly roen- tnd l It 'ftiKtlM, is that “fewer men are making more steel.” Result: total labor costs have remained almost the same from 1952 to 1958. The union’s economists say that of each “sales dollar” labor costs the companies 42.1 cents in 1952 and only 42.8 cents in 1958. On the other hand "net prof its” have gone up 100 p«jr cent. The company's own reports re veal a profit of $143,678,740 in 1952 and a profit of $301,558,231 in 1958. (And the latter was a “recession” year.) • * • ■ How I* It Dona? I am well aware that many public officials are now urging the union to “go slow” and "take it easy" on wage demands because any substantial increase now will send up the cost of steel and contribute further to the fires of inflation. This will . undoubtedly be the case unless the government is prepared to impose some restraints on the industry. And, as I read the record, it is the industry (far more than the union) which needs restraining. We #oiild not be caught up in this inflationary sp|fal, I be- liev^, tf during the Eisenhower yetift the Piresdent had ever ur|id the steet industry to con- ,dtl^e for exorbitant Will Press For Freedom Now Tom Mboya, 28 yetfr old Na tionalist Leader from Africa, flew back into New Ywk last week, to start on his journey back to his home in Kenya, after spending five weeks tour ing the United States. In a press conference held in the Shelton Hotel here, Mboya in discussing his trip to this country said, tha# his purpose in coming to the Unified States was, “to try and explain and in terpret'the situation in Africa, as it aff^ts American Foreign Policy.” In this connection he said, “there is no reason why the United States should frater nise with South Africa, South Africa should be treated as any other country. Communist Coun try, that has no regard for the democratic process.” Further be stated, that he had had an opportunity to meet with much of the Negro Leadership in the United States. That the problem of the American Negro here is simular, in part, to the problem of the Negro in Africa. That American Negroes are welcome in Africa as, “we feel a particular kinship to the American Negro and have a par ticular interest in, the solution of their problems.” As President of the Kenya Federation of Labor he was glad while here to meet with several of the key Labor Lead ers of this Country including George Meany, President of AFL- CIO, Walter Reuther, head of the Automobile Workers, John L. Lewis, President of the Coal Miners, Dave McDonald, head of the Steel Workers and many others. His interest in education and African Youth had led him to visit many of the Universities and Colleges tn th^ South where he had met many African students studying in this country. Reporting on his extended visit with Vice President Nixon he said, he had urged upon the Vice President the necessity for an increase in economic aid and so cial grants to Africa, and was encouraged over the Vice Presi dent’s agreement as to the need in these are^ In this conn^tion, he stated, ‘^fait theire K hope fw the Free World because I believe that America Still stands for the things which she has alvuays Stood for.” He was in Washington, D. C. at the “Youth Rally for School Integration.”^ * ' • • In discussing what he expects upon his return to Kenya he said, “I will take my seat in the Legis lative Council for the first time since last October.” Further he said, “We will not compromise on the question of freedom in Kenya.” "We expect to set up a real Democracy and the white popula tion must decide to be Africans or Aliens.” The Constitutional Conference is the next step. He would not go further in detail as to how a Democracy is going to be set up in Kenya. However, he did express his disagreenient with the proposed ‘BritiEAi P}an’ for Kenya. He said, “the Afri can must organize and put on pressure for their freedom. He wants freedom for Kenya now. Mboya was high in his praise of the American Committee for Africa, which group sponsored his American trip, and he urged donations, through the American Committee, for the defense of the Africans now on trial in South Africa, and their families. Mr. Mboya’s trip, his second to this country, took him into the South and as far west as the West Coast. He left by plane for London, Thursday night. May 14, from Idlewild Airport,,N. Y. Southerners Spaak Out A Symposium was held last week at the University of Notre Dame on desegregation On the program, by way of a long dis tance telephone circuit, was May or Hartsfield of Atlanta, who describes himself as a moderate. Said the Mayor, “The United States Supreme Court’s 1954 de segregation decision must be rec ognized as an accoftiplished fact and the law of the land.” The most Important thing is not how fast we are moving in school de segregation, but in what direc tion.” The Mayor said further, “Georgia’s best elements have been largely silent, while the de magogues have been active for years.” Two Southern Clergymen at the symposium emphasized the Church’s responsibilities in de segregation. Bishop Vincent S. Waters, Raleigh, N. C., described^ interracial banquets and sports events arranged since he banned segregation in the Churches in his Diocese in 1953. The Reverend J. J. Murray, former Moderator of the Presby terian Synoid warned,” a segre gated Church cannot speak with any sincerity or power about in tegration in education. “The first duty of the Churches is to refuse to assist in any effort to evade or delay the process of integra tion in our public schools. A-Blt-Of-This-And-That Robert F. Williams, 34-year-old former combat marine, ousted NAACP official in North Caro lina, refuses to back down on his “fight 'violence with viblence.” You' can’t teach a guy to be a ^arine and leaVle him otherwise, of codl’se Roy Wilkinft couldn’t do mubh else. I guess the peo- ' pie in North Carolina in the NAACP could re-elect Williams. Maybe Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. could pray for North Carolina while somebody pa'sses the am munition The word is out that the F.B.I. is ready to arrest the seven murderers of Mack Charles Parker .... An 18-year-old Negro youth was ar rested in Tampa, Florida and fined $250 and sentenced to 50 days in jail for soliciting funds to be used “to see that justice is done to the attackers of a Florida ASiM University Coed.” No! nobody who contributed com plained. “Florida --jostice-jes-dtfnj# need-no-helpl” Well, we’ll see’. We’ll see! The President reiterrated again last week “that integration cannot be achieved ov ernight «r by. legislation alone, we never stopped sin by passing laws.” Maybe not but we keep on passing them and \re donjt wait on time or changed hearts to do it Jf. KtiDonald, ^otrktn’ pmidtai, the Steel- •oiM np the profit picture this way: “How docs the steel industry do it?” By consistently raising prices all out of proportion to the wage increases granted to the Steelworkers. Here is the record. Since 1946 for every dollar of wafle increase the steel industry has boosted prices $3.” * * * Common Sense About Housing For a country that prides it self on listening to new ideas I sometimes get the feeling that a man must stand on his head on the Capitol steps to get a really important .story into the newspapers. Such was the case before the Sparkman committee. Abrams said the federal hous ing crMit program,' as now con- .stituted, ‘is working largely for the. benefit, of “banks, mortgage fenders and> the higher income fainilies.’’ Abrams, not only was former New York State Rent Administrator, but he is also a very wealthy man who made a sizeable portion of his fortune in real estate. He knows where of he speaks, but from the scant attention he got in the press you would never have known he was here. The only way poor people can get to home-owners is for governmmt help, at least part- iiilly equally to that given via sub-'' sidles- to ' the bankers. A family with an Income of $4,272 could affnrd ■ 912,006 mortgage if Prince Edward County School Ruling Not Totally Unexpected It was a foregone conclusion that District Judge Hutcheson’s ruling which gave Prince Edward County, Virginia, seven addition al years to commence school in tegration would be contested. The county had already spent four years in preparing for pri vate schools in place of a public school system, and it was the concensus of even the most ar dent opponents of the Supreme Court’s 1954 decree that whilp allowing some time for local ad justments, the decree did not mean that a locality or county might have ten years to think the matter over. So the decision of the 4th Cir cuit Court of Appeals ordering Prince Edward to desegregate by September, 1959 did not come with much surprfse. However, in view of the present scrambled condition of public school affairs in Virginia, and the frustrated political minds controlling the situation, we venture to say that terest rates were cut to 3% and "^mortizaffdn rin lor 85 years. It’s the only way ImpevMrtched miaoritiet Puerto Aicina NtgtoM CM tfm: •sfativ* it might have been better if the Circuit Cotu't had set the date at September 1960 instead of, 1959. As the situation rests, the col ored children of the county stand to lose a year or so of schooling if the Prince Edward segrega- tinists carry out their present in tentions of closing down all pub lic schools, rather than accept any desegregation at all. « 4 « It takes more than a tuition subsidy to operate private schools. There is the important matter of housing and dberating costs not covered by tuition. Ne groes in Prince Edward, depend ing on the lav» have made no preparations for the full opera tion of a county-wide school sys tem. What the oligarchy In Prince Edward wants most is to deny any and every Negro any educa tion at all.—Journal and Guide, May 16. home ownership. Instead, Abrams , said, wc’vf got “socialism for the lich and private enterpriie in the poor.”
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