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THE C AROLI^r^i^. *THB TRUTH UNMMPLfO''' , SA^ 4Vi»fP. ^ rni|f^f'i«('ri/r M)le Standard of Southern Justice (l))lield In spitp of all the pit-,nr- hrMi"ht tn boar •In the Florida rapo raM- aiil ib‘ prppoiKtiprancp of evideacc apainst thp rapists, thcrr still lin gers in iwr mindh ilic iVi'Iinj) that had the princi|>als lieen rt-ver>ed tlifre wouM havr lireH no ftrrcy rfoininjeiulaiinti In' the jury, no ro- fiml by the prK’-eottin^’j aiiorney lo ask for the death penalty and no waiting (or two weeks for the tiial judgr to promtiince sen tence. Let there t.e no nii;1nl:r ,Tl>ont it, white snp- •rem*cy, the l;in«l that iltcri-fs that no white i.ian shall ever pay the iiprcnie jicnalty for raj)ing a Xet'ro women, still holil-; sway in the southland. In recin»infudin(; mercy for the rapists, the jury of all whiu- men in the case, therefore, held the line aj^ainst the withering attack of world opinion on the houdle standard of southern justice. The statement of the foreman of the jury tliat the reason the ilejili penally was decided against was due to the fact that no drutality ^vas used is damnable, When a defenseless wo- has a I nife held at her throat, is threatened with ». shotgun in the hands of one of four men and raped seven titufs by all of them, pray tell na. what is more brutal? lV>es one have to have hs throat cut or his head torn off by a sliotpuu hlast to hei'ome a victim of bnilalily? Whatever the jury believed or failed to iie- lieve, the world is now ronvinceff that the con tention of the white south that every mulatto bastard sired hy i white man from slavery un til the present moment was the result of some burlv, strapping N'egro woman runtjing him down and physically forcing him to submit to her sexually is a monstrous lie. The trial judge can take two weeks, t\\;o months or two years to pronounce .sentence but it will not lessen the millions of eyes that are on him all over the world. Upon his shoul ders rest the responsibility of convincing the millions of black, brown and yellow people everywhere on the face of the earth that the double standard of justice in the South is not upheld by the bench as well as the jury box. The Shriners Salute to Negro Business The salute to Negro Husiness l>eing spon sored by Xegro ShriiK'ri all over the nation ihis week is an niidert.'iking that siiould re ceive the support of every Xegro citizen in the country as well as the .'^hrinejrs. Although the effort apj>ears to lack the amount of pro motion that is takes to latinch such an under taking we think the idea is a grand one. If the Shriners iiitetKl to make tlie salute lo Negro business an annual affairs we trust that more time and effort will he put into promot ing it in the future than was the case this year. People just do not fall in line with a new movement in the beginning unless the public relations program is well organized and properly executed over a longer pericxl than was resorted to in the Shriners salute to Ne gro business this year. In time the program could become a worth while event and we urge the Shriners to re peat it next year whatever the outcome tliis year. The buildup for the event should take 60 or 90 daws with well organized publicity program for newspapers, radio and televi sion. It is oftr opinion that the support of the churches should be sought with the idea in mind of hjaving the pastor of each church use his influence in making the Shriners salute to Negro Business a success. We might add. how’ever, that as noble as (he idea is it would be much greater for the Shriners to promote Xegro business 52 weeks a year than just for one w'eek. WlWle the one week idea will probably expose some Negro businesses to many Negro patrons who are not accustomed to patronizing firms of their own race it is not enough to encourage per manent grow'th and development. What all Negro businesses need is year round support. If they could get this for even one year we are satisfied it would mean im provement in the kind of srvic^ they render as well as increase in' the nutnber of persons they employ. BIRMINGHAM; AU.— of the accopimodating type of Negro leader who stys what he thinks lo(^l southei'n want to hear"', o( tli^' warning note soHnd«d by MUs Ella J. Baker, execuUvc direc tor of the Southern (:hrifitlan t^eadership CoateY^ncel ,as she addressed tbe tbird anniversary meeting of the Alabama Christ ian Movement for Human nights In Birmingham, last week. “The ^ader, self-styled (ir oth erwise 4^si£nated, who i. quick to limit the Negra’i drive for civil righifi to some oiie ^ase, such Bi^ voterreKiBtratioh, and who ppiiitedly avoids nuention of desegregation of schools, buses, housii^, pub^ {aciUties, etc,, is as dangeroufl as Ihpte >A^lte |>er- sons who liunp together tbe NAA- CP and the White Citizens Coun cils as tbe ‘two extremes.’ Both are misreptesenting the facts, and therefore befuddling tile is sues", Miss Baker said. In contrait, she advised her listeners to “choosc and follow leaders who, like Ilcv, Fred Shuttlesworth, have proved by their actions, their courage and dedication, that tiicy arc de- terrainad ta secure tiie full I^af of freedom and not just the crumbs". liev. Shuttlesworth ii the dynamic and beleagueved president of.^the Alabarqa Cbri::- tian Movement for Human Right's. Mi.ss Baker spoke from the subject, “What Price Fret*dom,” and discussed the nature of free dom, the freedom heritage inher- eni in American history, and traditions, the importance of the Negro’s drive for civil rights, and the need for continued mass ac tion. She emphasized that "free dom is pricele.ss—no price Is too dear to pay for it, not even life itself,” and that legal vic tories can be implemented “on ly if people make use of every right won, and continue a deter mined battle against segregation wherever and whenever It exists.” NewYorl(DidforMinniejean SPIRITUAL INSIGHT By REV. HAROLD ROLAND K,"1 .. V 'I Keeper of God's Word Has a Grave i^esponsibility to All His Fellowmen H.R. No.3 Should Be Opposed On the fron,t i>age of this week’s issue of the Carolina Times we have published an ac count of a speech delivered by Roy Wilkins last Frjday in Chicago. Mr, Wilkins warned that t^der the pretense of fighting com- munist^'_southern congressmen are attempting to pas^'Iegislation.'to ‘‘curb the United States Supreme Court.’’ In reality the objective is to surpass civil rights advocates. count that Negro leaders and officials of ur^nizations everywhere in the United States will follow the advice of Mr. Wilkins and write their congressmen and let their opposition to the bill be known. Especially will this be effective in the states that have a sizeable N«gro vote, i According to Mr, Wilkins H. R. 3 can be defeated if the electorate is properly aroused to the extent that it will let congressmen know they are' opposed to the legislation. To refuse to act now means that tli£. hill will become law. Once it has been enacted it will be decidedly harder to oppose than now. Churches, fraternities, clubs, sororities ' 'woTiid do w'ell to urge their members to send letters and telegrams as well as write to their congress men. With this in mind we urge them to get busy now and comply with Mr. Wilkins’ re- queet. Don’t wait, do it now. "Brethren, if you have a word for the people say it. .. "Acts 13:15. The keeper of the jjif God has a grave responsibility. What a blessing to be the custodian of God’s uiviearchable, s p i r i t b al truths. Those who arq set apart as prophets, preachers, pastors, and spiritual leaders are the keepers ‘ of heavenly treasures in eartherr ve.sSels. Such' persons have- ths word of life. s Paul, «n the Sabbath when he arrived at Antioch of Pisidia, fully realized that he was a keep er of the matchless treasures of the words of life. Thus, he had a word for the people out of the wondrous resources of God’s word. He fed famished and hun- gry souls that' day from “ the' bread tjf' heaven^thc blessed ■ word of God. . . “Brethren, if you have a word for the people, say it . . . The ordained keeper of the word of God ought to feed hun gry souls the word of life. Hun gry, empty souls need to be fed the bread of life. Man^f are weak and anemic because they have not the bread of life. Life has little meaning and significance for many because they have not the bread of life-the blessed word of God. Many adults are famished on account of the fact that they lack the bread of life. Deny the body bread, and it will waste away. In like manner the soul that is denied the spiritual nur ture of the bread of HeaVen will be wasted and lose its zest for life. Hundreds of CHildren roam the streets on Sunday. They are not fed the bread of life by teachers and preachers of the wo#d of life. Do you have a word for the a word for Hio people, say it The consecrated keeper of the word. of God should have a word of healing for human sickness. The word of God has a healing power. The word received will mean spiritual and moral heal ing, The word of Gml is for the healinfi of the soul. Your faith phis the word will make you whole spiritually. The word of God, too has power for the heal ing of the sick mind. You remember how the word of God healed the man and he was clothed in his right mind. He had a calm and peaceful mind. The word also has power lo heal our bodies. Yes, we have a word of healing, and let us speak it that God may use us in a blessed, healing ministry. I.et us use every opportunity to speak the word of God that its blessed influence may spread- Let us speak it in the home that life there may be a joy rather than a drudgery. Let us . - it to OUT- the back fence. I,«t us use it as we pass along the streets. And let us speak this word of God in the Holy Sanctuary on the Lord’s Day. And let us go once a week that our souls may be nur- ished with God’s word. Last Friday, June 5, was a day that will always be remem bered and cherished in the miod of Minnijean Brown, the girl w^p was kicked, cursed, souped and finally ejected from the highly refined element of Ceirtral high school here in Little Rock, Min> nijean was made the target of these abuses not from the heath ens of darkest Africa nor from the unchristian element of the Soviet Union, but from the in telligence and supremacy of white America. She was ejected from Central high school by one of America’s highly educated men, who has recently turned author, with a series of articles running in one of Uie nation’s leading weeklies. Minnijean is not an alien, she is not an incorrigble, she is not unsanitary, neither is she phys ically or mentally ill. She is an American girl, dedicated to the principles of democracy, the on ly principles that have ever been taught her. She was and still is accepted in New York and other .sections of the nation. She was accepted in the New Lincoln high school in New York and graduated last week with honors. Minnijean was feted by New York's best and was honored and publicized over every news carrying medium of the nation. She did what thousands of her Central high sehool mates would like to do, but will never do. Then why was she ejected from Central? Oh yes, that. Minijean is an intelligent Negro girl and Cen tral hi is in Little Rock, Ark ansas. — Arkansas State Press (Juno 12) Winners of Scholarships and Awards At ^aw Are Revealed The Next Gubernatorial Campaign One of Destiny By the time this editorial is read tbe 10.')9 the 10.S9 session on many important issues session of the General .Assembly of North that now confront the people of the state and CaicpJina wjUpr^abiy be-citded or n^ring the* fjn^ny tha^)9i|l confront them during the next eili'before another session convened the peo-. 'f«v year%. can be said without exaggera- ple of the state will be called upon ,to choose tion that because of his forthright stand and a governor and other state officials. In the _^ourageous leadership in behalf of better con- light of this, the next several months will see ditions for the teachers, farmers and laboring gubernatorial candidates and hopeful guher- natqrial aspirants of various .stripes and hue send up trial balloons in an effort to determine if the wind is blowing in their direction. This we think is as it shouhl he and to some extent is a means of eliminating many of the guber natorial hopefuls who are without sufficient support to make thern formidable candidates for the highest office the state has to offer. There. is a great possibility that the next gubernatorial campaign in North Carolina W'ill develop into a struggle between the forces of stagnation or the conservatives as represent ed by the I. Beverly I^ke segmeot flf'^ohtical aspirants and the forces of progress as was exhibited in the present session of th? General Assembly by Watts Hill, Jr., Durham’s-repre- ^ eentative in the lower house of the state leg islature. Mr. Hill acquitted hiraseU well in WATCH ON THE POTOMAC 3v ROBERT SPIVACK element of the state he gained in stature as one of its leading legislators. As it now stands Dr. 1, Heverly Lake ap pears to he the only sure-to-nin candidate for governor. If and when he is opposed by one of the state’s progressive leaders such as Watts Hill, Jr., the people of North Carolina will have an opportunity to settle once and for all the question of w’hether it is to be come a state* of stagnation or. continue as one of progress. The next gjubernatorial race bids fair to be one of destiny for North Carolina. O NO SANITY FOR US! United Press Ititernational reports this one from Montgomery, Atabama—a group of unidentified men passed out handbills at a meetit^ ot the Montgomery Mental Health Society. The handbills, bearing a Ku Klux Klan imprint were titled: “Mental Health— A Marxist weapon.” Ike's Latest Offierlo Raise Interest Rates Typical of Administration FHfcUdMd eveqr Saturdajr at Dtutaam, N. C. hr United Publishers, Inc. ; L. E. AUem, Rresidtet M. E. iOHNSON, ComroUer Oitiee l«eat«d at 06 E. Petticrew St Durtum, North Carolina m SMond class nuttw at the Post OtOcf tt Mtribmn NstUi Caroliaa, under tb* Aet id ' Mareh S, UT9. ^Ik to no necessity, to no accident, to " W^lAtune at an.’. U»gtb. ■■■»>.. II I.. I GOLDEN GLEAMS No favor produces less permanent gratitude than the gift of liberty, especially among peo ple who are ready to maki» a bad use of it. — Livy. Thou inquir^st what liberty is? To be slave THE BANKERS' BONANZA WASHINGTON—President Eis enhower’s proposals to increase the interest rates comes as no surprise to those who’bave fol lowed the Administration’s funny money policy in the last seven years. From the day George M. Humphrey took over as Secretary of the Treasury and aontinuing right up to now undeffiecretary Robert Anderson’s tutllafj the Administration has been com mitted to highfei* 'abd |i^|r in terest rates, I^ ’ Ostensibly the idea is to “curb inflation”. How well the policy has not worked anyone can judge for himself. The cbst^if living is now at an all-time IWk ai;id the outlook is for eiven higher prices. Corporate earoipgs are also at an all-time high and are expected to climb higher in 1960. Wages are fairly high but have nowhere kept up with prices or profits, in the mass production industries. In its latest proposal the Ad ministration has- decided it must “sweeten”, this giant giveaway to the commercial banks by also in creasing the interest rates on the “E” and “H” savings bonds that you and I might still be buying. So there will be an increase li«ce from the present to This comes a little late since the interest rates , on fionds held by th# hanks haw been juggled at least flVe or six times in the last hall dozen years, * , = ■^eir profits stagger the imag ination—^but somehow editors of most newspapers around the country have not found it exped ient to have reporters go digging into the subject. * • * One of the stories that editors shrugged off was told by Rep. Wright Patman (D. Texas) in a speech last winter. “The gover- ment of the United States,'’ he said, “made a free gift of slight ly more than $10 billion worth of U. S. government securities to the private commercial banks of this country . . If the govern ment gave away‘‘$10 billion un der most of the methods of gift- giving, the country would hear a great deal about it . . .” Patman went on to say that the $10 billions given to the commercial banks might seem like an exaggeration. "But the term ‘gift’ is literally correct.” "The more exact amount of this gift is $10,410,000,000. It was made in several lots between No vember 27, H>67 and November 26, 19S& The source of my fig- ris the Federal Beserve Bulle- for January, 18BS, page 33 .... By r^erenc^ to p. 33 one may see that at l«ov. 1957 all commercial banks in the U. S. held $50,910,000,000 in U. S. government obligations. “A year later, at the end of Nov. 1958, the.se banks held $67,320,000,000 of government se curities . . . ,” How Did They Do It? While all banks benefitted to some extent Patmarf^explained that 72% of these securities went to only 2 percent of the banks in the nation. Almost 25% of the bonanza went to 18 banks in New York City. “How, how did the commercial banks of the country acquire this $10.4 billion of government se curities? In a nutshell, they cre ated the money with which to buy them. They created ~ new money in this amount on the credit of the U. S, which cost them not one penny,” Patman explained that the Fed eral Reserve gave its member banks additional “reserves” and that because of the fractional re serve system on which commerc ial banks operate this meant that each banks could create “several dollars of new money for each dollar of new reserves,” It was not only enormous prof its to which Patman objected, he explained; It wag that this sys tem of allowing the banks to create money-credit has inherent within it great future RALEIGH — Winnier of scholar ships and |>rises at Shaw Univer sity for achievements during the school year 1958-99 have been an nounced by Dr, Foster P. Payne, dean of tbe college. ^n The "cblfege ot Art Tnd Sci ences the recipients- are junior awards (2) $79.00 each, Mary M. Taylor, Zebulon; Nathaniel O. Mc- N a i r, Fayetteville; sophomore awards. (2) $'75.dO each, Sylvia E. Sifford, Mount Holly; the second, to be awarded. I^eshmaii awards (2) ^S.OO each, Bettie D. Ridley, Raleigh; Eward R. Mason, Aber deen. Awards in, honor of Dr.( John P. Turner, given by Dr. Albert P. Seltzer of Philadelphia, Pennsyl vania (gold, silver, bront^ med^ Hons), The r«ei^eitts; Qold4inr. Helen S. Sneed, Garner; SiWer- George P. Murphy, Ivanhoe; Bronze-Myrtle R. Streeter, Green ville. , The Iota Iota Chapter of the Omega Ps( Phi Fraternity award $90.00, James O. Ballard, High Point. The Alpha Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority AwaN will 'be awarded later, amount $100. The Phi Lamb da Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpba Fraternity Award will also be awarded later, amt. $25. ^’The Alpha Zeta Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Award of $100.00 to Doris'J. Teel, Greenville; Eta) Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Award, $25, David C. Forbes, Raleigh; Omicron Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Award, $100.00, Mrs. Iris H. Cooley, Raleigh; Beta Lambda Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sororitj^ awiivd $150, Joan Pretty (J. A. Shepard Sohool) Zebulon. ’ The Emily Morgan Ke)ly ^ize in Music, ^.00, MarvisUne Gill, Louisburg; Hje Dr. Nalsoli If. Har ris Prize in Educational Psychoh>- gy, $10.00, Sylvia E. Sifford, Mount Holly; The Reverend J. H. Clanton Theological Award, $10.00, John ny L. White, Clinton. The Dr. A. M. Moore Memorial Prize—given by Dr, A, T. Spauld" ing, $50,00, Edward R. Mason, Aberdeen; The Home IDconomics Prize, $10,00, Varnell E. Lewis, Tarboro; the Dr. Wendell C. Sot- ervrne 'SiJiolar.ship, $50.00, Delois J. Spruill, Kinston; The North Carblina Congress of Parents and Teachers Awards, $150.00, Ruby L. Pinchback, Yanceyville. The “Trens Award” given by Doctors J. N. Mills, L, E, McCaul ey, and John P, Turner, $100.00 to be awarded. The Dr. Benjamin G. Brawley Memorial Prize given by John W. Parker, Fayetteville; to be awarded. The Ira Aldridge Prite in Dra matics given by Mrs. E. H. Thom as, Durham, $10,00, Vonzie L, Er- 'win, Charlotte, The Mi.ss Mary A.% Burwell Personality Awards, $12.- 50 each, Varnell E, Lewis, Tar boro (freshman). To be awarded (Junior). O Hospital Unions Fair, Says AJC NEW YORK—New York’s non profit voluntary hospitals ‘cannot be ruled as a personal domain be yond the scrutiny of the citizens,” the American Jewish Congress New York Metropolitan Council declared today (Tuesday, June 0). In letters of Mayor Wagner and the presidents of seven struck hospitals, the AJCongress group said that “corrective action” was needed to end the series of walk- o^ts of hospital employees that began more than a month ago. The letters, signed by Howard ^uadron, chairman of the Com mission of Law and Social Action of the local AJCongress unit, urged the hospitals to adopt employment practices assuring “fair wages, sound workin({ con ditions and the recognition of those representatives chosen by a' majority of their employees.” to the economy. Right nQW, It might be addfd. the. banks are undertaking a treiuendous pro- paganda caiMwitfi to Ooaviir^e federal auth^tiM that they be required to «s “r^si|rv«s” only 10 owit »f evei)r doUar iB credit . Patman recalled; “Most of the banking retarmi and regulations which hadibeen added over the years—incw^# the Federal Deposit insi|rance syatem—have been designsd M •^erguarda against tlu^ this c/a
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