TKF CAROLINATIMES
^ ~THE TRUTH UNBRIDLED' SAT^ JUCY Ik,
Klust Be Destroyed Or Democracy lb D^«d^ AiiJ Thei-c Wil! Bt; Nv Pfc«c*
Georgia Carrying the Bail for ttie Deep Soutli
. l»im the Mutrome of the Atlanta, Georgia
ji'.iblic schools case may liang the future of
inti-gratioH. not cnly in the htate of Georgia
but* all of the states of the deep Smith. In
short it all boils do^'ii to a matter of “as
Geufffia ffoe's so poi’s the deep South.”
The mere fact that a U. S. district judge has
ordered Atlanta school i fficials to produce a
|>lan of desegregation by October 1 throws a
challenge in the face of the \vhnle program of
the segregationists in the South. Historians
a quarter of a century from now, when in
tegration will be an accepted pattern, will
probably refer to the .\tlanta case as the last
ditch stand of the segregationists.
Let there be no nii'Stake about it — the
stand will be a hard one for both sides. Pro-
segregation forces in Georgia will spare no
money, time nor energy- in trying to find an
avenue of escape from the federal order. If a
waj' can be found tn proiuce them there will
be court delays and legal skirmishes that will
only prolong the agony and stall otf for a sea
son what ev'ery person with an ounce of sense
knows is inevitable.
State and local authorties know full well"
that if this nation is to have strength and per
manency that no state can be allowed to con
tinue to defy our federal courts. They know
they can only hope to spend a lot of time,
money and energy in fighting a cause that has
already been lost in the nation's highest court.
Uehind it all apj)ears to be' southern face sa%’-
ing for a handful of bullheaded politicians.
This in the end is sure to be paid for by all of
us sucker taxpayers,
Georgia is now carrying the ball for the
deep South that was formerly carried by Vir
ginia for all of the South. It will be interest
ing to watch the writing of this final chapter
which future generations will look upon as a
comedy of errors, poor statesmanship and
foolhardy.
A Soutliern Paradox
The car had a New York license plate. It
was parked in front of a building in which
are housed Negro corporations with over 70
million dollai's in a«sets. In the car were three
•small white children whose ages appeared to
range from five to t+iree years. .“Apparently
their parents or parent had left them in the
car while they shopped. The three small chil-
'hnen were having the time of their lives
shouting to every Xegro who passed, hey nig
ger, hey nigger, after which they would fall
back in the car and roll with laughter.
We watched this scene for fully 20 minutes
and our hearts went out not to the Xegro men
and women who passed. Nearly 300 years of
insults, abuses and disappointments have steel
ed the Negro against the crudest insults and
treatment. He can take it. Our hearts went
out to these three small children who in the
tender years of their lives have already been
taught to hate and to insult those of another
race.
Our hearts also went out to their parents
who knowingly or unknowingly have failed
fo have enough vision .to prepare their off
spring for the new world in which they must
live 20 years from now; a W'orld in which men
will be measured for what they are instead
of by the color of their skin.
Dr. Bundle Teaches a Lesson on Freedom
Dr. Ralph Bunche, Undersiecretary of the
United Nations and Nobel peace prize w'inner,
scored a home run in his recent comment on
the refusal of a New York tehnis club to ad
mit his son to menibership on account of his
race. The club has a policy of barring Jews
and Negroes.
In speaking of the incident. Dr. Bunche
said the discrimination, while not nearly as
serious as many suffered by Negroes in other
“flo^s from the. ,same^|jvells of »a-
tial and religious Mgotry. No ‘American Cant
be truthfully ifree until raciail discrimination
is'wiped out. I am in fact glad to have the un
pleasant^ but necessary lesson made real in
this way_ to my son.”
The New York tennis club has doubtless
receiveti a blow from which it may not soon
fully recover. We recall a similar incident
years ago when the Daughters of the Anieri-
can Revolution refused to allow the noted and
world renowned singer to appear in concert at
Constitution Hall in Washington solely oh ac
count of her race.
It was the then Secretary of the Interior, the
The Wails of Segregation Continue to Crumble
The announcement this week that the Cra
ven County Board of Exlucation has approved
the admission of Negro pupils to two white
schools at Havelock is another crack in the.
•w#U ol se^r4|f8^icjn|..i^j' thijs^ etite;
tKi| pu^is are all /rhildfen d^-: Srfari^e Corpi'
pet^nntH living in government quarters at the
Cherry Point Marine Corps air station they
are without a doubt Negroes-and will in time
make it easier for integration in schools not
located on government grounds. The announ
cement of the Craven County Board follows
closely on the heels of that made by the
VV'ayne County Board of Education in conec-
tion with children of Negro personnel at the
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base at Golds
boro. The Wayne County Board had already
voted to admit .Negro pupils to a white school.
School officials of cities and counties in
which United States military stations are lo
cated in the South are going to have a hard
time trying to justify reasons for admitMng
children of Negro military personnel to
It is going to be hard for many Negro
leaders in this country to not lend their sup
port to the candidacy of Senator Hubert H,
Humphrey of Minnesota in his bid for the
Democratic presidential nomination. Senator
Humphrey is one of the^ nation’s most out
standing liberals and is probably more ad
mired by a larger number of Negro leaders
than any other person the Democrats will be
able to trot out for the presidential nomina
tion. If he is nominated by the party it is
certain that he will make a formidable candi-
dite when it comes to the Negra vote.
, Unless the Republicans come forth with
Rockefeller or some other well*known
UftflMl predict that many Neg'roet who
oow in the GOP camp will bt dimatitf
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attack USV WE MUST it \
ATTALKUS.y I
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I
Dear Sir;
Your paper of July 4th carted
en edltorhil,” Time to Kemove tll^
Adjectives” wtiiCh asks," Wfhy
should «e 'cotatiUtte tiy cling to
the aneitht cintKHn or 'idea that
there is Mteh'B- tHlng as a Negro
physiettn, te»eher **tbr, lawyer,
musician,' -wwlhre i»t>rker, ath
lete, banker, ^unrfiaHst, or what
have jrou?”
The question comes to my mind,
“If such progressive and out
standing people of the race are
not identified with the adjective
‘Negro’, how is the reader to be
informed as to the achievements
of some of the immbers of the
race?" It aeems to me that your
editorial might indicate an un-
called-/or'sensitiveness as to such
identification. To my mind it is
but the most natural means
available to “give credit where
credit is dlie, and honor where
honor”.
Whan a Japanese receives at-
tetition in the news, he expects
reference to be mand to l/lift as
a Japanese. So with Germans,
Bussians, Englishmen, et($., with
no. offense intended and, unfair
Journalism to use such an de-
sision or reproaeh as is done so
often, sad to say, by even, the
finest Negro joUmals, as well'hs
White, as evidenced by a. head
line on the first page of yolir
same July 4th issue, thus: “White
Marine Faces Death in ^S. C.
Rape". ^
I believe that you will agree
that my great expenditure of time
and mone^ in the publishing of
my book, "Slavery and Catholic
ism" attest my sincere intrest in
the Race. I mention the above
merely as a friendly suggestion
that you take no offense where
none is intended. My prayer is
that all Negroes, everywhere,
might so demean themselves that
members of the Race may ffeel
proud of the adjective.
R. R. MiUer
Durham
Missed Point on Governor Long
spirit;ual insight
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Jealousy Nurtured Can Grow into
A Vicious, Destructive Force^^
late Harold L. Ickes, -who dealt a world shak
ing blow to the DAR by having Miss Ander
son sing before the Lincoln Menxorial Monu
ment to an unsegregated audience of several
thousand more than could have gotten into
Constitution Hall. The DAR still survives but
it has never fully recovered the respect and
admiration it once had in the nation.
Dr. Bunche has truthfully reminded all Ne
groes in this country that racial and religious
is a national problem a|i4 tl\fti, the
Stfuggle for freedom must b’e cfinthiftied pn all
fronts. The tennis club incident also reminds
us that achievement by an individual Negro
is by no means a pass to equality, citizenship
and human dignity. The Negro college pro
fessor, businessman, physician, law’yer and
other select phases of Negro life must realize
that so long as the Negro in the allej's and the
“ msults
and abuses, the ivory tower life which he en
joys is not safe. That is what Dr. Bunche had
in mind.when he said he was glad the un
pleasant but necessary lesson was made real in
the way it was, to his son.
But when the Jews saw the
multitudes, they were filled i
with jealousy . . . and reviled
him . . Acts 13:45
The vicious spiritual monster
of jealousy has brought unhappi
ness to countless human beings.
Whoever labelled this thing as a
green-eyed monster was truly,-
right. The destructive power of
jealousy cancels the power of '
reason and decency. It warps, the^' ousy
sense of justice. It poisons thfe
soul and fills it with the vicious
ness of littleness. In brief, jeal
ousy robs humanity of,Jts best
to spring forth and strike blind
ly and furiously like a rattler.
And it carries a deadly spiritual
venom. Thns, il is very necessary
for us to work hard to keep our
hearts and souls free from this
thing. It can destroy you. It can
mar the beauty of your soul. So,
we must guard diligently our
minds, hearts and souls from the
destructive power of this Jeal-
Jealousy has destroyed many
livfes. Many lives have let this
ugly spiritual power destroy
impulses and leaves us Wind to '‘hem. It invades many realms to
destroy many fme people with
great possibilities and potential
ities. Thus, whenever it comes
into our lives, we need to get it
out as quickly as possible.
Jealousy grows from a simple
decency and justice.
We must strive hard to, ■ keep
our souls free from this frighten
ing spiritual blight. y/H must
realize that we all have-the ca>'*
nurse it until it overpowers us
and leads us to do things to hurt
ourselves and others. Beware of
jealousy. Let it not take root in
your life and destroy you.
Jealousy hhs destroyed many
homes. Yes, this green-eyed mon
ster has been the wedge to
wreck many a home. So-called
friends have let jealousy move
them tp destroy the peaceful
wetUljeing i ia} honi|p. Individ
uate Jlindad,..wi>i:ped^and poison
ed by jealousy have been used as
wrecking crews in many a home.
People become jealous about
seemingly little.
Dear Sir:
I have always enjoyed your
editorals for their great discern
ment and deep insight, hut your
recent editorial on Earl Long
was disappointing and showed a
lack of power to penetrate to
the core of the matter as you
have so often manifested in the
past.
A 'Period of fifteen months
spent in New Orleans during the
war years convinced me that the
Long brothers were often vulgar
and crude in their approach to
race relations, but they did have
a heart about the matter and
more honesty than their hypo
critical c>lleagues. The Negroes
of Louisiana almost worship
Huey Long. It is my understand
ing that they have the same
feeling toward E^rl.
As you know, the politicians in
that state have attemped to set
up rigid barriers of segregation.
Earl Long has fough Against
point. The man is not mad, -far
from it. But he is not diploma
tic enough to clock his resent
ment in high sounding phrases
and double talk. He openly ac
cused some of them who were
fighting to maintain “daylight"
segregation of participatng in
was embarrassing. Something
had to be done to save the face
of the guilty ones. True, the man
does resort to language that one
would not expect from a gov
ernor. But with all of his crude
ness, Earl libng has a sense of
fair play.
Why not try what the Negro
constituency of the state of Lou
isiana thinks of Earl Long?
Joh'n W.,^Plenling
Raleigh.
Senator John Kennedy Airs Views
On U.S. Relations with Africa
Editor's Note: Pullowihg art ex* cities and districts dominated by
Seiwfor whites — on mining gold, dia-
John F. Kannodr (P.Mass.) ehair- . ^
man of tho Senat* Foreign Reia- mends, copper and uranium. It
pacity for this ugly spirit. It is
a part of the fabric of our God-
given nature. It lurks, there
fore, in the mind and so^'of us
thought or feeling in your heart
and soul. It grows and becomes
unmanageable. We nurture and
WATCH ON THE POTOMAC
3y ROBERT SPIVACK
white schools while refusing to admit child
ren of Negro civilians to schools not located on
military grounds. Some enterprising young
writer might take a cue from Gunnar Mydal’s
?b(jpW “Tht American Dilemma” and write a
book On-tiie southern dilemma. From all ap
parent evidence it is becoming more and more-
confusing, frustrating and distressful to dyed
in the w’ool southerners who are trying to
hold the line against onward march to true
democracy in t/his country.
While military camps, the sports world and
many segments of the theatrical world are iri-
merry way indulging in lip service about the
tegrating the Christian church goes on its
Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of
man. Someone has rightfully said that the
greatest hour of segregation in America is be
tween 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday
when Christians in this country are at wor
ship. This we think is a sad indictmept of the
kind of religion now being taught from our
pulpits and elsewhere in our churches. •
Ike's Stand on Race, Economics
Humphrey's Bid For The Demoaatic Nomination
to the Hurhphrey bandwagon if not to the
Democratic fold. No other man in public life
is more of a symbol of the liberal eleme'nt
in this country that Senator Humphrey, and
his bid for the Democratic nomiilation w'ill
probably be opposed by southerners in Con
gress more than any other candidate the Dem
ocrats might hope to nominate.
The next two or three months should see
the hats of bther Democratic hopefuls thro\Vn
in the ring, some of whom will prol^bly rep-'
resent the right wing of the party. Hum
phrey’s bid for the nomiuation may determine
whether or not .the Democratic party w4ll
continue to be dominated by the southetn
phiioAophy.
WASHINGTON—Hypocrisy in
high places is nothing unusual
and the inclination of the prest
corps to pretty everything up
where big names are involved is
also commonplace here in' the
Capital. But this week the an
cient habit of kidding some of
the people most of the time has
been carried about as far as it
can go.
Take the following epiy>de—
The President and Segregation.
Of all the exaggerated stories
that have come out of here ^n re
cent years those blaring head
lines about President Eisenhow
er coming out strongly against
segregation as “immoral" were
the most misleading. The Presi
dent was reluctant as ever to ex
press himself on the moral issue.
This was the entire exchange at
his weekly news conference:
Q. (William H. Lawrence, NY
Times) — Mr, President, quite
apart from the legalisms of the
situation, Mr. President, have you
»any opinion as to whether racial
segregation is morally wrong?
A. (The President)—Myself?
Q. Yes, sir.
A. Well, I Suppose there are
certain phases of a segregation,
you are talking about, | suppose
segregation by local lawp—
Q. In 4>ublic facilities.'
A. (Tff?T*f64idenf'cdlltHi(Blng) ’
—^In other words that interfere
Uie
portunlty in both tlie eebobn^c
■■ ’
and political fields?
Q. Yes, sir.
A. I think, to that extent,
that is morally wrong, yes.
High Interoft and Inflation
If you think the President’^ re
marks hardly sounded like a man
afire with indignation over seg
regation you would be right. He
could barely bring himself to ^ behind the scenes for a plan to
discuss the subject and he seem
ed upset that Reporter Lawrence,
, a close friend, should have been
the one to ask it.
But if this episode was played
out of all proportion, another
example of hypocrisy in high
places has barely been mention-
ed'in the press. That is the ques
tion of whether the Administra-
' tion is really trying to keep
prices down, or whether it seeks
to keep profits up for certain
favored groups in the ^onomy.
The fight over high interest
rates is a classic example of the
double-standard in American pol
itics. The President, as all know,
has month after month talked
about reducing the cost of gov
ernment. Now he suddenly wants
'to raise the ceiling on the inter
est paid on bonds, purchased by
the large commercial banks. This
is a real “Budget-buster." The
higher rate, of course, comes
right out of taxpayers* pocket ^ ocratic “leadership" in the Con-
and'it costs billlona. gre.ss won’t even let 'the party
* * * make this a national isstie. Yet
art- told—thcrr (• an on ^ the question of Interest ritai;
iafolved. ii tjiere is a wide^guU iMtweta Ba*
insignificant tions Subcommittee of' African Af- avoids the jungle village in need
fairs, before rtie ^ better way of life. . . .it can-
... u V. conference of the American Soc- ^ .
of jealousy, they have been jj,, African Culture at New “Ot do the job alone. It will not be
guilty of destroying homes. York recently. attacted to non-profit schools, hos-
Let us keep our spiritual sani- In light of such fantastic var- pitals and social services, dr even
{> end balince in “ouf sSulS tsy lety and fevarufl(mal:j> l^njtesa, to the necessary network of com-
guarding our souls against the it is a mistake for the United munication and transportation,
spiritual ugliness of the destruc- States to fix its image of Africa ***
tive influence of jealousy. in any single mold. We can no ... .economic progress in Africa
Irniger think of Africa in terms of .Is not the responsibility of this na-
Europe. We dare not think of tion alone. It is primarily the re-
Africa in t^rmsjof our own self in- sponsibility of the Africans. . . .
terests or even oUr own ideolo- Parhap* the most effective way
gies. But neither should we shrink to provldo financial help for In-
from the tremetidousi problems vestment, development and per-
Africa pres^^hts. With an excess of soiinal might be through mutlla-
caution, conservatism or pessim- teral cooperation with Africa, Eur>
ism. For they are problems of-the opaan, American and other cftun^
greatest triumph modern man tries in an African regional acon-
might even know. They are the omic plan. Such a program should
probJeipi»,^'lrt^dipt i upon, newly*properly be initiated by the Afri-
jwoh,)ir n*4y'w^,'|tmom.' thiy can /independent states, and be
are prableini M a , . . .rich contin- suffifciently elastic to negogiate
ent filled with 'millions of poor and coordinate bilateral and mu-
that keeping 'interest rates high people. tilateral arrangements, ^he Afri-
would ha've the effect of making **** ^ states would partltipate on the
money “tight” in the market- Our goal, for the good of Africa, basis of complete equality — as
place. People, it is argued, for the good of the West, Is a givers as well as receivers,
would then not buy foolishly. strong Africa. A stA>ng Africa can * ♦ •
But at the very moment the only result from strong people. For Africa and Americti, with
Administration is engaged In And no people can become strong common ties and common con-
propagandizing for a thghter In a climate of servitude and soc- cerns, are —and should so con-
money policy, it is also working ial indignity. ... sider each other — partners in the
* * • world community. We must seek
permit the big banks to reduce ... it is not enough to say to understand in particular . . .
the amount of reserves they must that private capital should take that racial segregation and vi-
keep on hand to meet depositor” the lead in Africa. Private- over- olence which badly distorts our
demands.
In other words, a bank that
now keeps $2 in its vaults for
every $10 it has outstanding,
might how-ljeep only $1. The re
sult is to free an extra dollar’s
worth of credit for lending. But
the question becomes: At what
rate of interest?
The Administration (and lots
of conservative Democrats, too)
favor increasing the interest cost
to the customer who is borrowing
from his banker. And the same
customer, as a taxpayer, is also
passing along higher interest
rates to the banker when the
banker “lends" money to the gov
ernment. So you get it coming
and going.
Where Are The Democrats?
Whtit is distressing about this
whole situation is that the Dem-
seas investment in Africa has image abroad while weakening us
been largely concentrated in the here at home, constitute only a
few metropolitan ■ areas — in the small part of the American scene.
PutaMkcd Satnrday at Durham, N. C.
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