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’ THE CAROLINA TIMES Met lA—"THt TRUTH UNBRIOLID* SAT, SII*T. H 1M9 AT LAST, THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS ITS RESPONSIBILITY fttfiBTDf ftedtoning for Negro Chardi (s ttoi Twice a jwriod of fix months this iWtktn has hUDa Irrated to the sorry spcc- Mks rtf fcteiwlfionsl or national mtfcting^ Two tJf its latest ‘K’fgffo rrlifjious boffies. First it \v*s the General- Conference of the AfricM Methodist Kpisco|*al Church iit lios Alftlcs, Ofcfifomla, 5?«?tond it was the meet- lii|r Q|( IJatiofi^l Baptist Canventton in To both of these gatherings were 4 to the race is putting it lightly. The the lack of systetn, the lack o* J|1lli«llili iiiil bnsiness like procednre were to be laiqii^ed at instead of re- disgraceftjl conduct exliihited by the lea^rs of both cff these so-called religious '^tl^nizattnns was more like that of an Amos kM Andy sHow than a Christian organization. At the A. M. fe. General Conference in Los Angefcs money flowd like water. Suites at most «xpensi\>e hotels tor the bishops, most of whom were transjiorted to and from hrtels and meetings places in their Cadillacs, w«re the order of the day. Some of the bis hops had suites at two hotels, the cheapest be ing the place where they condescended to con fer with their laymen, and in-the-trench preachers. Wlien it is considered that a majority of the money to pay for all this show of finery came out of the pockets of hard working Negroes in cotton, tobacco and corn fields, the factories, the washtiA and cook kitchens it is enough to make thoughtful members of the race bow their hea4s in shame. I« fact it is a disgrace that uxjuld not be tolerated anywhere else ex cept by a Negro church organization. At the Lxjs Angeles meeting of the A. M. E. General Conference the sessions were held for weeks or more tti the Shrme Auditorium, the rent for which has been reported to havt been from $1,500 to $3,000 per day. To say that the lack of system, leadership and organiza tion forced the meeting to 5rag on for two weeks is no exaggeration. It is safe to say that with the right kind of teadership and organization all of the business of the A.M.E. General Conference could be transacted with in one week or even l«ss. ' Instead there is the waste of time, money ind tenergy in useless programs, meetings, ' arguments, near fights, and exhibitions of ignorance by bishops and other general offi cers. At times we have seen it take an hour for the General Conference to change presiding bishops while the delegates and visitor:) were forced to listen to some ministerial or lay lackey extol the imaginary virtues of ^ tish^ by recitiii]g, what for the most pait i* known ' to be a pack of Kes. Some of the sessions of the General Con ference of the A.M.E. Church resembled a ’Oieeting of a bunch o* gangsters rather than Hovenent for A MillioA A. Philip Randolph, President of the Bro therhood of Sleeping. Car Porters and Vice President of the AFL-CIO, is more than a great dedicated Negro leader who is uncom promising in his demands for the rights of his people. He is an institution. For nearly half a century Randolph has had the love, admiration and respect of his people. During all those years he has asked no quarter and given none in the struggle to achieve human dignity and the rights of Negroes. The annouticement last week that Randolph, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Confer ence and Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, have initiated a movement to register one million new Negro voters in lib- vember should electrify every member of the race in America. That Randolph has been se- l^ted as chairman of the crusade comes as no surprise to those who know the relentless man ner in which he attacks a problem once he sets his hand to it. It is our hq>e that the efforts of the three |eakrs of ^^he race will receive hearty support from organizations and individuals throughoiit the nation. It our churches, fraternal organiza- tioB, social dubs,, buskiess, other gnnips ^nd a religious body. Grafts, threats, Sch^ities, crooked i>^itics, near fights, doalftefetosding, slickstcrs and theiverj' t\-e.re Vl>e -oriAer of the day. In fact at one session it was necessary to call the police and firemen to qiftfll the ire of these so-called rel4g4o«s Ivko only a few days before iwrt lin pulpits and |we»clwd abcnft iowSy NiA- rene. At the National Baptist Cfniventioft in l^ll- adelphia tfie scene ms no different l>i«t the some old coon WTth ton^fes? rrhg arotrtid His tail. Fr^ all over the tm^n 'Hiey fciiWe tn expensive cars to stay at ei#te«sive hotels. Instead of a meeting of disciplfeed, hitefl%eht and restrained men of God the ies^kMK fltially 'turned into bedlam and endei In diaioB with two presidents. Now the Baptists—thrnlt ^f it—have tttmid to the civil courts to straigbten out t^ iffaits , of a religious body. While tW* neWgioUs or ganization awaits the decision 'of •» non-rtK- gious court to tell them What' to do jSjoiit God’s busitjess the young men *hd wptnin from our high schools, aild cofleg^ all^ftli^K- ing, thinking about the Sunday, sermons if their preachers, thinking about wherip 'they can find a message of peace frm i’ trde messenger of peace. ‘ •" ' - " V We think we see a handwrriting on'tte »mlls of these two largest religious bodies ol the race. We think we see the time ajjproachinlg when they will have to set their 1k>us^ In order or go the way of the ox«cftrt, tlie mule and wagon and the fireplaoe. They oaf^lhot survive in an age that demands inte/Bige*ce, honesty and integrity. They daiirtibt tstMtinile successfully this religious ba#oohety. If ottr churches at^e to suiTnw aM iprtrtahi attractive to the ihtelligtht ani edttca^cd se|;- ment of the race, their mihisters, frotn tHe top on down to the smallest pastorate, hare got to stop operating the business side pf them from their vest pockets. Tliey t«ust also be willii^ to expose the business siie of their churches to periodic inspections aild audits. The day of the p^^naiistic i^roach with the minister as the financial directpr, business manager, bookkeeper, aujditor, eral manager and cuftodism of all church's funds as \vell as pastoris 6V^. •ministfer from bishop in the A. M. E.’Ciiurcn or. presi dent. of the National Baptist Cohvertti»« on down to a local preacher who dots recx)g;- nize this fact is' riding -for a fall. Already thpre is ^a growing disrespect, for those of the mihis'terial profession; Unless w^e can show in owr chtircftes a^v?^e«ient in the manner in w-hidi the Wsifcss -of i'eHifidn is conducted there, will be less Ve^ct'fe$r odr ministers and the progi%.m ■irf 'diurcti. For the Negro mini^ttfrs ttwt'day of i^ckbit- ing is not cojawif. It hi - ^ LETTER TO THE EDITOR WrHir dppHes "Negro" Fair Dear Sir: We as Nairoes must stop light ing with «ur right hand and paying for it with our left hand, I do nitt see how Vhy Negro who refuses to patroi^ize the five atad ten cent stMres for six Months on attend the DOHHAM OOUNTf NEGRO PAIR. • Althoifsh I never re»d it ih in the Bible, I have been told in Sunday School and Church that yem caiti^t be a CbHstiwi on Sun day and A sinner the rest at flie week and eJcpect te go to htfaven. So, we most stop fif^ttog o^e end of segregation and paying for the other end of it if we ex- We as Negroes must te wlllii^ pect to get our freedom now. to fight segregation in *v«y Way to gain our freedom. Let ua, as thinking Negroes, stay away from the DUliHAM COUNTV NEGRO FAffif CAROLINA THiSATER, CENraR THEATER and any other place which practices seg- * regation. I hope all Negroes in Durham •will stay away from the DUR HAM COUNTY NEGRO FAIR and show the world that we want our fraadom now. Sir, I know cne Negro who will not attend, the DURHAM COUNTY NEGRO FAIR this year, you know mybod}, sir?” Yours for Freedom Now. John Wilson Edwards DtH-ham, N. C. Past History of tlie Congo Is Record of Severe ixpfoitation SPIRITUAL INSIGStT By REV. HAkOLD ROLAND Human Unily Is Major Theme In Teaching of Christianity V' * I individuals mote register »l»d 't'crti *h . )6tp«fy county, city, tO'Win ilM sHttis, the mark of a miHiM i#ew be reached. If tkat is 4^, s public office IholdkTs Wifi Ht resfi^iEft^ of Negro rights. ' ‘ j One crtijective tor ill Tdferii ^sliould be niore and bsrttet iti {4*ce's. Tike Negro should httVe slilM (>o^itiois as clerks ani sitttwojgrtUjAert ?ii #t4te, cd^ly and city offioes. As it now s’fcawijs lite gets employiftent «bove tfert ter which is tbe Very low^est, wWh it cbtn'ts towages, ■ ''M.' 'Hj"'.','.’'-, The CaroKna Times ur^es NegVpfts *11 oVit America to fall in behifid t)ie .wfi for^ million new iNegro voters, 'fevery Negfro In this country, should talk amd wa4k regist^ and vote from now antii tlie «l^ti^ on N6- veiiibcr 8. **Aml ha mada from ana avahr iitWph af man to dwell on the faM of the earth ... Ae!« 17:36. . tsod has made of one blood an bfen everywhere. Men in their blind and arrogant pride have trted, vainly, to deny the oneneiss the human family. Many rif th,e haman problems of oifr times rest on this iittempted de- lUai ef the oneness of the human family,^ The problem lof race lis grounded in this attempted denial a the unity. «f the hUman family. 11iet« is but one blood bu^ 'jre jjave tried to say tl^re Is moje than one blood. We have at tempted to set Up separtrte hTobd benks. But God, in His Eternal \Hsdom, has made of one blood irtl men to dwell on the face of the earth. Our unity is derived ^m the fact that we have one Creator, God Almighty, who has 'ipade ■ 6f'oi»e "Hood all men7 ‘ ,'^tOur,.very snrvivM demands ffl'e mo'gnitipn of the theological ^ct of (human unit^ The doc- tVJ'.n.e of divisive separatism tkrieateiis the ve^y existence and lurvival of the human family, the word olt Ood teachei that otu: unity is grotmded. in God the Eternal Creator of all things. There are several type; but there is one blood. And this one bloed is tlie common band of human unity. We are one In our sinfiil- ness. \Ve are one in our common destitiy tif death knd decay. Aad further^we are one in our coin- mon need of salvation from sin through the healing and claaits- ing blood ^pf Jesus Christ. oUr Saylor, Those who,teach any otlh- er doctrine 'aside from human unity is deadly enemy of tike (TkiSteheet and survival of tl^e huitian fa^^.' te’^Hhg of the word miAt f/Hsed and recognized hy al? "len'‘tevArywhere. The word tnaohps oneness nnder God the Creafeiq We all must fade tliSi^»0Kfi»cll aiid theologlcti trutli. contrary teaching his been roo^ grounded in hti- mai| selfMiness, contraily doctrine l^ds to, injustica and « ■I i)i>; rank kind of selfish gain. The selfish would divide men tor the taking of profits. Look what is happening in our eity and county governments one third of the citizens are shut out. In keep ing with the selfish nature of this doctrine one fourth of the citizens are shut out on the state level. The docrine oi human divi siveness leads to one the sev en deadly sins; GREKD? A God of justice calls for the immediate recognition of human unity.,Now this shameful, sinful I»'actice is too coStly. It is costly in its disruptien of human fellow ship. It is too costly in the fruifs of Conflict, ft is too costly for it is an immanent threat to the peace of the world. It is too cost ly for it blocks the coming Of the Kingdom of God. It is too costly Tor its stifles the dreams and (deals W The naTloh. Thus we must heed the word of dod and wok-k for human unity. Wheh? Now, for tomorrow may be too late. Solidarity Is What Aicans Need, Samett Claims After Series of Talks Ifrth Mali Federation Loaders -oo- a^itay Saturday at IHnliidi, R. tX VMM PfibltA^ lac. 1. k Xtffitm. l>ilblUbar kfc JOHNSON, C4ntraHer ntedlNIl cffee located at 434 fe Pettigrew 6t Iba/tim. ^0(4 duiriiaa Bellii IMIiliid Wli li«w it lile fB* oifc* Hoilk CMMh. ^ ket M I Mmh % wik. tUMuuruuif «LHD m vnu The Carolina Times joins with all good citi zens of North Cir‘o1fna te*tcAdln|{ fc \ieai^y welcome to ^e new president of A, and fT. CoHege and his family. Altfiough he fornae/ly headed another eii^tioiml instkiMioii in Vir ginia, Dr. Sani«el D. Ptt>c*6r fe wleM'-icnoirn and admlfed %1«! hiHefeW* %Mici.>ttoAal circles of Noftt Ca^^lnA wftefe %h ^ntorerdus occasions He lias dellvei^ sermons and ad' dresses. Itecvase of the ita^rtent ro^ k l«as in the past in the education of Negro ofCfz^s of tbe state, A. and T. -Cotl^pe tlolds « «trate- gic position. It n our kope that its futiire coi^se and devetopwuuit under tkt gntdkig hand of Dr. Pt^cw wHM it» pMftftm MAcAtf ihlMtjiitdni bf the state dt iA* Wi hAalf that tl* !«ndieticy’ on tht par* ^ ' wtktmut n Amtf tui ‘•'■By CLAUDE A. BARNCTT Director, Assoeiatad Nagro Press DSTSTALLMENT IU ^ This is \he concluding install ment ql ilr. Barnett’s interview with Mobida Keita, deposed preSi- ^l|nt of the' Mali Federation ^hich-is now in a state of civil IjHMlict. In the first two install- ilfehU;' Keita first outlined the ^^j^oty and problems of the ne# iteration, then in answer to Bar- ttett’s question, told of the kind >e( aid the new nation would like tb have. In this last installment,' Keita, lit the request of Mr. BaVnett, ex tends a message to Negroes in the United States. It 4att«ws; Keita—I knew that aheady. at the beginning of the 19th cen tury, the American Negro was eflihged in tlte ll0/t for the libe ration ai)^t|!^‘. bUick man. 1 knouD t|Mt since that tinrie, certain' AMeMcan Negroes hate cpntinue^'i^ieir interest In tlie evolution Africa. ' What wi^uld be desirable is thit the Afr^ji^ and the Nejprois from ove^^ give each other a hand >in'OTder to better undeb- stand ea^'*^er and aUo to i^- hefbiUtiite'^^e' black tnan. , A^a laekk is the bei^- ''fit fffaanelal poWer, of edo- noMitc poif^r and of the materM p6#ler bf tJie United StatM. Ay th0lr adion tn the heart of ?fe- gro gMti^ rttd with the' AmaeH- can gort^eytiroent, the Ntp^dbs shall be able to place Atflca Tn Inaterlal an3 moral con ditions sq that Africa may affirm herself as a complete entity in t|»is WbkA wefid tof the 20% 20tl) century. In my opifliiy), there is & peo ple who gives a beautiful exam ple of solidarity. It is the people of Ifovel. Wherever they miiy be: In Europe, in Africa, in Asia, in America, the IsraeHans suppoH the Negroes overseas to suppOH are cause of Israel and 1 ihvfte the Negroes overseas to sni^ort the cause Africa. Mr. Barnett indicated that his wife has Wen in Isriiel where she had the occastAn io give several lectwe* «m Africa and on An^ri; ca, and that wherever she Went, sMe was very impressed b)r the attention given to what she hid to say. She drew the followiiig conclusion; "The Israelians haVe the same goals and aspiratiorts bs the African peoples. PRANCES WALTERS SPEAKlW The bar of public opinion is the final judge in all fitatters M events Which liiflhehce history but the judgement is often long in forming because of confusion —sometimes ‘ delibera|ely manu factured—which surrounds the events themselves. The present situation in the Congo is an in stance. The Congo was not only the trial ground of a new nation, it also was the trial ground of tite United Nations, which for the first time toek an active role’in world polities. When the United Nations drew a line between Israel and Egypt and stopped the war between those two nations, it was ablk to do so because of its immeasur able prestige, the fact that neith er Egypt not Israel wanled to of fend the whole world, and be cause of the masterly diplomacy of Ralph Bunche, the U.N, media tor. \ DIFFERBKT SITUATION In the Congo the United Na tions was confronted with a tot ally different situation. Its actions there may mean Mfe or death ior the United Nattens, Already the ^werful rule^ of the Republic of Ghana has giveh notick that he will withdraw his troops from the United Nations forces and join thosft of the Congo if tljere is evidence that the United Na tions force is being used to pull Belgium’s chestnuts out of the fire instead of bringing order to the Congo, Other African Nations Let us not be fooled: The Con go is a battlefield between black and white. The blacks, though overwhelmingly in the majority, and though they have right on their side—for the Congo be longs to them—, may lose this battle unless the United Nations exercises complete impartiality.. There is plenty of evidence that its present r.epl'esentatives in the Congo are doing anything but that, STANLEY EXPOiSED LEOPOLD Belgium first infiltrated in and Belgium first infiltrated and then annexed the Congo under the name "Congo Free State” iii , 1878, after Leopold it’s cupidity had been aroused by the r'Ports *0^ IVemy M. Stanley, an Ameri can Acipfi4«r who had gone to tljc t3oBg6 to find the misstoAary JjivtagartOTie. The name "Congo Free State” was always t'idicu- loQs; King Leopold named himself as both Monarch and President rf the “FYee State Company,” Native Congolese were used as tabor to mine diamonds, .copper and other minerals and to plant and harvest rubber and coffee plantations. Sometimes they were paid, more often they were slaves. Early in this century the world became aghast as stories of unbe lievable torture and cruelties against the native population by thA Belgians began to Seep out into the outside world. Blacks who did not produce their quota of rubber had their arms cut off. Mothers were forced to work a day after childbirth, their ba bies on their backs. Wholesale massacres were common. The fact that these outrages wicre perpetrated by a presum ably "civilized” nation—Belgium was a leader in the arts and manu factures of the time—oub'aged miblic opinion and Leopold was forced to punish the criminals, CONGO EXPLOITED, During World War One thfe riehes of the Coiigo were exploit ed to (Treat profit of Belgium, although that country was occu pied by the Germans, In the East- fm Province of Katanga some of the world’s deepest copper mines were dug. Since then, uranium atid radium have been discovered itt l^uihllty, ' of the wealthiest small nations in The Congo made Belgitnfc one the world. The Congo itself fited nothing. Belgium bull schools nor roads nor other amen ities except those necessary to production. It refused to train natives for government. White of ficers led the native armiea. The knell of doqm for colonial powers began to be sounded dur ing the depression of the early nineteen thirties. Great Britain, Belgium, France, Holland a^d. Italy began to gei rid of^eir colonial acquisitions one m (me. ’they simply couldn’t afford them. (To be Continued) Spingam to Represent NAACP igeria's Independence Day ^ f IntegratioH in is Sriuect bf New Novel Does a man—any man—have ,ivolved are those that ere fress- pnMi»H6nt. The linieele fSk 0 buy fhe house next 4tMr? A Westch'e^^r author, ^Whei/let of ^ariidale, N, V., tadkites *this ^ifaotion-wtought "fe t rteV hovel, "Peate- able Lane/’ ptAfliijhed cbn^cfAite^ in One ikAie, In t)ctoher todies’ ftoMe Journal. Whet hanMi “^n « tlA^nted mti hMIMiiA NVagra Itito % cMtamity HIm ithMlie of •ev^. Tire 'peoitte who «re lollhit raA hi/t the Vaiali ffess- fag upon U. S, society, the Joar- nal ^iton point out. “R carrlet ‘a greater amount ef tmtti ibdut a iKuatiqo which a^ctt evely one of Hs Maa liMay factmd ai^- clo; can ^nv^. That ia Mte M the reatan why we pabltriiM it,” tfa^r say at thia hook. ^radM||^^ Ims been the ftoilM (rf t^ fftther asi his iamQy fUr ^at atito yetfa, alttwtigh fir. Whee^ aaeift ttuw )^arl «f thii in th« Mi* Bast, hned ih y®'" «traeU»«bt i# . ISeflW, w*a«au Haadlor oawi ** » n viiiwd anM. pnMi»H6rit. Hie l^heeleik an ifee iMi'en'ts two dMghtters, !M»a, net 1% yteln, k ft-cMmtft a SMAwore, and iShelly^ age 11. "]F*eaceable Lane” is a Be^«f -^e-Month choice for Deecwb^r, soon to be published by SimOn * Schuster, It is Mr, Wheeler’s third novel and fifth piihlMifed bo«k, —0-^^: Aatl-'Pheft Wps; At ni^ *el-k NEW YORK — Arthur B, S^ta 8«|m, veteran president of the Na tional Association for the Advance itient of Colored People, will repre sent the Associltidn at the te^e- moqies marking the birth cif the new Afilcah hWifln, NigeHa, Oct 1, Th* NAACP Soanl of Dkwti- tars at Its rofular menthiy maet- bi« «n S«frt. 12, 4asi«i*ated Mr. tplnvarn to raiirosant tho A«so> elation at Lagai, «ai«ltoi of Hl- «arl«, whara the eawnisiwtas %*ill ha held. WHh a population of 35,000,000 Nigsrla will ba the Urgts:' nation on tha Continent of Africa and one of tha Isrgast within tha Erltlsh Common wealth. A noted civil rights attorney, bibio^ile and world traveler, Spingarn has been president of the NAACP since 1^, He has long been interested in Africa. He will leave New York on Sept, 28 and will remain abroad for a month. WdMii's Day at St. Marie Sunday. sa^ftday, ^Sepieln^r 29, his tieen set aside as AiMnfA) WoKnen’s biiy at St. IMrk A. M. B, »oh Churdh, SoMh ttoxlhofh tiiifl Ptekett ^s, lift's, SaVhtttel L, l^ifttns, a mehi- tler of flie itfcSfty ILivtttgrtofte €cl6rigfe, SrtilAstnry, will ISe the guest q:toBMr lA itk eleven o’clock htm. Mrs. MliAeth itnMum, « na- tfta til nmnt, OMk,m #»k at 3:30 p, m. A film and fellow ship hour will follow. llie llev. Mrs, Dorethy keith WiH (leliver the evening message at 7:30 p,m. The public is cordially/invited to attend these services, Mrs. Min- ^e Alston is the general chairman eS'OAtse a'cffvnies. The ^v, R, L, Speaks it ttle imm* «f Mark.
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