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Only Strong Civil Rightu Leg isU tioii Can Do T lie Job
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SAT., JULY 2S. 1»5»
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We Heed Cuifural Exchange, Too, Governor
.\«rth .]arolina's (iitvt-nuH- luiw in
Ku»ai;i with eiphi other riiors from this
counte'y, »grd that hr ;i}^rcfti with the
originators of tW lour of the Si>viet Lnion
that what is needed is an expansion of tl»«f
pre«eBt exchange of visit^. ”>prciaily in the
middle and local level ni jjovt rnnient officials."
The visit of the (jovcrnors to tlie Soviet
union wa« priyinated ami spoiiMired hy a
group £tor> Xfw York 1. uivorsily and the
Institute of International Ivhu'ation AfTairs
and DevelopineiU. ll is hoped that a break
through in the cold war will be forthcoming
because of the exchange visits. I his can be
done, the sponsors feel, if the number par
ticipating in th* exchantjes can be increased
from “the order of hundreds to the order of
t«n ttK)u«a.nd«.”
As expensive as such t. ;;igantic undertak-
ii^ will be, it will not b“ as costlj' a« a war
between th« United States and Russia. Cer
tainly. if thi« cciuntry can bpend billions to
priepare for war, it could sj)cnd a few millions
in an. effort to jirevent war. It is our candid
opinion that the sponsoring group is on the
riffht track in advocating expansion of its ex-
change program. We are satisfied that when
the pec4)le of the United States and Russia
know each other better and understand each
4>ther better they will not want war.
Both countries may get all of the wisdom
and knowledge j>ossible, but unless they can
get an understanding, war is inevitable. EfTort.s
diould be made immediately- to increase the
number and various types of persons partici-
pati>>g in the exchanges until the ]>eople at the
graat-roots of both nations have an under
standing equal to that which exists between
the United States and England or France.
Once is accomplished the awful tax bur
den the people of this nation are carrj’ing be-
cau^e of war i)reparations can l>e abolished.
If Governor Hodges can apply some of the
knowledge to North Carolina he has obtained
on the question of exchanges while visiting
the Soviet Uajion, it will £0 a long way to
ward solving some of the important questions
facing the peo_pk of this state in the "cold
war” now being waged on the ijiatter of in
tegration. W’e have said again that what is
needed all over the South is more lines of
conmiunicatioiM between the races. Jf south
ern white people would take time out to get
acquainted wiith all strata O'i Negro eociety
by visiting Kegro churches, schools, homes
and other ^lac««, they would soon learn that
Negroes, generally ■speaking, are no different
from the other people. They w'ould discover
that, in addition to having it* share of crimi
nals and irresponsible*, the race also has its
share of upright persons who are making
contribution to the sum total of the advance
ment of humanity.
Tliere are thousands of white people all
over the South clainiiitg to be authorities on
what the Negro wants and think Avho have
never been inside a Negro church, school or
home. If by chance the only communication
they have had with the race has been unfavor
able, they lump all Negroes in the same cate
gory in the same manner that many of us
in .America lump all Russians in the category
of war mongers.
The exchange program is a good one, and
we sincerely trust that upon his return Gov
ernor Hodges will put in motion machinery
for a state-w'ide meeting of at least 200 lead
ers of each race to discuss on an equal basis
ways and means of facing up to many of the
problems now confronting the people of No’rth
Carolina on the question of integration.
Red Faces in Georgia
If you have not already done so you will
rfad this w«ek the' story of how the son of a
Negro sergeant in the United States army
who is now stationed in Italy delivered a gift
ci $400,000 worth of medicine to the hospital
of the great Dr. Albert Schweitzer on the
Oggou River, 50 miles south of the equator
in Africa. The father is Sgt. Henry Hill of
Waycross, Georgia. His son Beliby, only 13
years old, de^mi to^help the noted medic#!
missionary in his work among the natives of
Africa by sending him a package of medicine.
His desire started a chain of events which led
to the donation by an Italian pharmaceutical
manuf^turer and others of the large amount
of mewcine.
- j-Yqu Avijl. have to stretch your imagination
to reconcile the fact of a Negro boy from
Georgia delivering by plane $400,000 worth of
medicine to one of the world’s greatest medi
cal missionaries and one of the v/orld’s 'great-
IheNMCP At Fitly
The convention of the National Association
for tbe Advancement of Colored People, meet
ing this week at the Coliseum, celebrates two
important -events: the organization’s fiftieth
anniversary and what it describes as “the be-
giniMng of jtj|^ pnd? ^afSg^ye resistaneej
fBoth its'achieyi^i^
jinicfiH'iti gSals lor the future w'ere sfched-
uled to reviewed during the seven days of
convention sessions in a program brightened
by many stars—including Governor Rockefel
ler and Senators Humphrey and Scott—and
ending with a huge rally at the Polo Grounds
on Sunday afternoon.
The N.A.A.C.P. can be proud of its accom-
plithraente and the Negroes of this country
deeply thankful for its existence. So can Amer
icans of every color and race who know—even
^lv>t4gh .they may not openly admit the full im-
pkationc pi their knowledge—that “all men
arc created equal” and have equal right# of
“iiic, liiXTty and the pursuit of happinc.ss.”
Diuriag the fifty years of its career the N.A.
AjC.P. hM built up an extraordinarily effec-
tivt tack force in the btruggle for what it
hdirve* to be the Negro’s rightful aspirations,
'‘working always within the framework of the
ffMIUM Nqr Satordajr at Duiliam, N. C.
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YOU AND THE PRESENT I
OpportwAes lor £n 6eiA
Of New Tecbnicaf Age Are ajilmd
SPIRITUAL imGHT
Uy REV. HAROLD ROLAND
it istlie Duty of Every man to Pass on
News of Saivation to Ifis Feiiowman
est living human beings in far away -Africa. If
you ha\"e ever lived in Georgia or even visited
ther-e for any length of time, you w'ill know
that Bobby never could have accomplished
his feat had he been living in his native state.
You will also know that there are probably
some red faces in that state because of the
international acclaim that has come to him
on account of his deed.
While 'the $400,000 worth of medicine was
being amassed and del^ivered to bring health
to the people in a land where it is sorely
needed, while this noble deed was being ac
complished, state Officials in Georgia were
and still arc fighting with a grim determina
tion to hold the line against the brotherhood
of man by opposing integration. Why should
an Italian pharmaceutical firm have more in
terest and love for Negroes in Africa than
Georgia state officials have for Negroes in
their own state ? Let us pray.
American constutitional system,” through sup
port of legislation, court actions and public
education.
The 1958 report, presented to the conven
tion mai,ntains that the advocates of segrega-
l^ipn Ibsf ground on every front last year. It
jj^j^syiparticuiarfy the Supreme Court decision
of September in the Little Rock case, whicli
amplified and clarifiad the historic ruling of
19S4 barring segregation in public education,
the election to Congress of liberals of both
parties who favor the Strengthening of civil
rights legislation, the alienation of public sup
port for segregation w'hich followed the clos
ing of the schools in Little Rock and Virginia
and the revulsion of feeling aroused by tbe
bombings of schools and churches. The target
for the futur* is “the complete elimination of
all vestiges ef second-class citi^nship under
w'hich Negro Americans still suffer”—in ern-
ployment, housing, registratioS and voting,
education, transportation and public accommo
dations.
We congratulate the N.A.A.C.P. for its out
standing accomplishments under the distin
guished leadepship of its chairman, Channing
H. Tobias and its president, Arthur B. Sping-
arn, and of its able and tireless executive sec-
retary, Roy Wilkins. And we applaud their
ambitions for the future. May they be amply
fulfilled.
—The New York-Times, July 14, 1959
^—O
WE MUST HAVE A DEVIL
“Humsns, as everyone knows, find it diffi
cult to see their troubles ip terms of imper
sonal movements. Many look for pefsonal
“devils” as explanations of what they do not
understand. To such the “hate-mongcrs” ap
peal. Hence when one finds what he hears or
xcads as attacking not beliefs and opinions
but the character of those hold them—-he
riiould look out.”
In the Christian Science Monitor
That you may bring salvation
to the uttermost parts of tha
earth . . . .Acts 13: 47
Paul reminds us that he offer
ed himself to carry God’s saving
truths as revealed in Christ. In
holy surrender, he becomes a
channel—God’s channel for the
good news of salvation for the
lost. A man is imprisoned and
someone comes with the news of
salvation for the lost. A man is
hnprtsoned and* someone -comes
with tbe new^ of his release. This
is good news. And man in his
spiritual blindness, lostness,
wretchedness has been given
good news through Christ—God
in Christ has come to save or
rescue men from his state of
depravity.
Good news, a savior has come-
many from his dark prison cell
of sinfulness. You, who know not
the Christ, can be saved, redeem
ed, rescued from your sins
through faith and repentance.
Only those who have been
saved can carry this message of
salvation. That is why the savior
said, “ye shall be witnesses of
these things.” To be a real wit
ness you need this experience of
salvation in your own soul. And
when you get it, you should not
keep it. This blessed salvation is
to be passed on to others. If this
salvation means so much to you,
personally, how can you keep
from telling it to'others.
Yes, this rich, blessed message
of spiritual freedom is to be
passed on to others who have
it not. Why not resolve to tell
some soul about the saving pow
er of Christ.
The great need of this hour
in the church, the community of
the redeemed, is for ordinary
Christian laymen and women to
tell the unsaved about the bless
ings of salvation in Christ. Why
waste your gifts as a witness?
Why would you keep this good
news of salvation a secret? Some
SiSUt crtes out for ddivefnce.
Some soul yearns for soul-heal
ing. Some souls—many souls—
await the coming of a messenger
of salvation.
'Some soul is still unredeepied.
Why? Maybe because you have
not made your witness in Christ.
Vou have failed to tell the lost,
unsaved soul of salvation through
* faith in Christ. Let us begin now
WATCH ON THE POTOMAC
to use our evangelistic gifts to
bring the lost souls into the
fold. Remember, the master told
us to leave the ninety-nine and
go bring the lost one.
The hour has come for the re
deemed soul to do more search
ing for that lost soul. Millions
are still lost in our land. The
lost ones are on the very door
step of your church. I know you
are busy. We are all busy, but
what are we busy doing? We are
so busy nursing the ninety-nine
that we cannot hear nor heed
the cry of that lost sheep around
us.
The church and its members
need an evangelistic awakening.
We need to go out now to. res
cue that lost sheep and bring it
into tb&iold^ The.talk
ing about an evangelistic aware
ness or awakening when he said,
“rescue tlie perishing, care for
the dying . . . tell them of Jesus,
mighty to save.” ^
Let us offer ourselves to the
Lord to help find those who
know not the Christ and tell
them that Jesus would save them
if they would only believe.
3y ROBERT SPIVACK
Exec., Legislative Brandies Refuse
to Sense the Moral Issue in "C R"
(From time to tim* during
th« summer month* I am in
viting guest coiumniets to
writ* their opinions on topics
of the times. Today'* guest Is
the U. S. Senator from Minne
sota, a man generally regarded
as a top contender for the
Democratic presidential nom
ination in 19M.) •'0
By Sen. Muiiert H. Humphrey
CIVIL RIGHTS: A MORAL ISSUE
WASHINGTON — It is not
enough to- say that the Supreme
Court’s desegregation decisions,
whether we like them or not,
must be obeyed simply because
they are the supreme law of the
land. More than a question of
law enforcement is involved. At
stake is a basic moral issue whi^
underlies our very concept of
democracy.
Thomas Jefferson struggled
with this moral principle in
drafting the Declaration of In
dependence. He was acutely
aware that Negro slavery contra
dicted the principles enunciated
in that Declaration.
This moral principle of human
equality is written into the Dec
laration of Independence, the
Emancipation Proclamation, the
13th, 14th and 19th Amendments
to our Constitution, the decisions
of the Supreme Court implem«n^
ing these Amendments and the
Charter of the United Nations.
Do we not have the right then
to expect that the President and
the Congress will affirm the great
moral principle of human equal
ity and brotherhood by d^nd-
ing the SuprBhie Court’s desegre
gation decisions on moral
grounds? The fate of the desegre
gation program depends upon a
deep understanding of the moral
issue by our people, an under
standing that can only be develop
ed through the leadership of all
branches of government.
The Supreme Court is play
ing a magnificent role in teach
ing the fundamental principles
for which America stands. But
the President and Congress, too,
should be mstnunents of nation
al education.
This was a function of the
Presidency which Franklin D.
Roosevelt understood so well. “I
want to be a preaebing President
—like my cousin,” he onCe said.
We could use a little preaching
from the White House right now
—^preaching the gospel of deseg
regation Iwcause it i# right and
moral.
J am Hddpned in tiie more
(EditoHt Mote: Vlli* is th«
fiwt in • Jw
%.C. SmWtA— the CpAm)-
«el 4ne*Mwte at AAT oHege ki
Greensboro on yariou* oppor-
tunitie* for training ana km-
ployment in technical fields.
Because of the growing interest '
of major industries In locating
in the South and opportunities
attendant upon such a move
ment The TIMES (t protanting
Dean SmiUi'* series as a pub
lic service to our readers.)
you AND THE PRESENT
Ay S. C. SMITH
Your time for making yoiu-
future knd for making a contri
bution to the world is now. Are
you doing anything about ;it? Are
you presently «mplo)ted in a re
warding occupaticti that you will
enjoy the rest of your life? Is it
something that will five an out
let to your own crjaativeness? If
you are interested in a wise
and forward looking way to en
rich your life you will be in
terested in the following in
formation.
No doubt you have heard the
expression over and over that
“we are living in a new age”
but have you ever said those
words (lowly and il»t tbair im
portance really toter your
thought? The new age is, of
course, the Atomic Age and
basically it means a change in
your life.
NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLU
TION
Perhaps you have not realized
yet that we have already en
tered a new Industrial Revolu
tion. This revolution has per
meated the whole nation yes,
even your home State. Jnduatry
is here in North Carolina and
that affects YOU. Skilled work
ers in building trades are now
needed to plan and construct.
Your ideas and talents are neces
sary to fullfill this need. There is
a place for every talent and
there is always plenty of room
at the top.
Opportunities are available
now and are being ettpaiided to
train you for the information *
that you need which will make
way ^or the things Jll^t you
want whatever they be. State
supported school facilities are
within easy reach and t)je only
requirement of you is to take
advantage of them.
At A. and T. College, evening
and night classes are now in-
stltuSed for the benefit ot those
in commuting distances and those
'inable to attend during the day.
Regular day courses are held for
students who have completed
high school. Special courses are
also available,, day or night lor
any person 18 ^iiirs of age or
over, whether he has finished
high school or not, who has in
terest in preparing to take ad
vantage of surrounding oppor
tunities and making a 'better
livelihood. These courses may be
utilized by those wishing to re
fresh or improve themselves.
WE LIVE BY TECHNOLOGY
Self improvement is an item
ki our lives that has been dras
tically underplayed. Countless
job opportunities have been fill
ed by persons who have studied
extra subjects simply because
they had wanted n\ore personal
information about them.
In our ag2, we cannot learn too
much. Our lives depend on and
are regulated by knowledge,
knowledge of such things as
cars (auto mechanics), radio and
TV, masonry, carpentry, plumb-'
ing refrigeration, eletri^ wiring,
wplding, sheet metal, dtjcorattng,*^
ing, shoe repairmg Jnd others,
ing shoe repairing and others.
Think where our lives would be
without them. Occupations such
as these open he way for private
businesses as well as big indus
try and will save you many
dollars because you know how.
(For further information, con
tact the Dean of the l^chnical
Institute, A. & T. College,
Greensboro. N. C., Phone BRoad-
way 3-1773, Ex^. 74.)
AT FISK UNIVERSITY
Stagnation is Enemy to Democracy,
Race Refafions Institute is Told
than five years since the historic
desegregation decisions, we have
yet to hear from the Wliite House
one simple declaration that these
decisions were correct and moral.
Indeed, anyone studying the
statements coming out of the
Administration today would think
that the.,only thing that mattered
was balancing the financial bud
get. 1 suggest that once in a
while this Administration con
sider the importance of balancing
our moral’ budget.
And I regret to report that the
record of Congress is little bet
ter.
The Unsupported Court
In 1947 President Truman’s
Civil Rights Conunittee said,
“The time for action is now.” It
is twelve years later and except
for the Civil Rights Act of 1967,
pared down under threat of Sen
ate filibuster to avoid any sup
port whatever for the desegre
gation' decisions, the Cot^gress
has done nothing to balance the
moral budget.
I know all the arguments bein^
used againstPresidential and
Congregational action in support
of the desegregatipn decisions.
Let us be,patient and t»kf
tbiqgf slowly', jiiiythe itandyat-
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—“Conflict
and tension are not in them
selves signs of deterioration or
indications that the pace of de
segregation should be slowed
down,” Dr. Herman H. Long told
members of the SUtaenth Annual
Institute of Race Relations, Fisk
University, at their closing sess
ion Saturday morning.
“Wherever there is change in
group status, where vested social
and economic interests are chal
lenged,” Long stated, “tension is
an almost inevitable by product
of change.”
His address ended two weeks
of morning seminars and after
noon clinics centering on the
general ^ theme, “Process and
FT(kni>e in Human Relatioas.”
I^g is Dinctor ^f the ^sti-
tuti and Race Relations Secre
tary for the American Mission
ary Association, Congregational
Christian Churches./
Stagnation Damtgas Democracy
He also noted, “The most
static and unyielding intergroup
situation is one in which noth
ing is taking plaoe, where the
forces of change are immobile,
where protest from minority
groups has been silenced, where
liberal opinion is frozen in fear,
where conformity has become
compulsive and > overriding, and
indeed, where the resources
through which democracy
strengthens, vitalizes and im
proves itself have baen either
lost or seriously damaged.”
Long said it is the task of race
relations workers, organizations
and agencies “to keep these pro
cesses alive, to prevent the forms
of conflict which lead tp lawless
ness and anarchy and to resolve
public feelings of tension and
anxiety into newer, freer, and
broader patterns of group asso
ciation and adjustment.”
In his closing address Long
stressed two other “practical
and helpful realities” which
emerged from Institute discuss
ions; (1) the basically national
character of racial problems; and
(2) the relative nature of “pro
gress” in the race reTaflohs TTeld,
as new standards and new ex
pectations- on the part of minori
ty groups follow each gain.
Comparisons Odious
“North-South Comparisons are
not only odious in the current
efforts to define intcrgroup and
racial problems, they are, in fact,
unrealistic,” Long said. He point
ed to the national character of
the Negro population, its strar
tegic distribution in national
political elections, the national
scope of racial propaganda and
the extent to which housing and
employment discrimination are
problems' outside the South.
North-South tomparisoris "may
even be conceived as a kind of
diversionary tactic aimed at the
neutralization of national opinion
on matters which are basic to the
national concern and welfare,”
Long asserted.
While recognizing the fact that
there has been “substantial and
significant” progress in race
relations in recent. years, Long
noted “the demands and needs
of the exploited, low status and
segregated minority groups are
never satisfied.” “Every gain
which is made by minorities to
ward fuller opportunity and
equality is accompanied by a new
frustration and a Jiew demand,”
he said.
Thus, new demands on the
heels of a reccnt victory always
catch the majority population un
prepared,” according to Long.
In a situation of dynamic and
accelerated change, the majority
is therefore constantly asking,
“What does the Negro want?”
ters. But fhie years have elapsed
sinoe the aeaegr^ation decisions
and Congress hw failed to take
one single 4t^ tp support the
Court.
There 4t still dis^imlnation irf
the North, aay the standpatters,
so why talk a|}out segregation in
th/I South. Np, we’re not per^t
HP, P^rth—i;*r frop» it.
Abovfi fU, lu-guf tl^ «t«adpat-
tm. * fihMf* in tb# hc«rt« of
mos jriU hm to occur befpre
the problem of segregation will
be solved.
* • •
I am the first to grant that
nothing would be as effective in
achieving racial eauality as a
chat)ge of heart in the peopl^
who barber racial prejudice. But
It it grievous error to assume
that govarnmantal aetioa oen do
nothing to emua • ohMVps ef
h«srt.