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THE CAROLINA TIMES THl TKUTH UNMIDLID- • OCT, *♦. 1M0 rroriE™i!«i®iBm®ggr YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT ^^jSmpC of truth •Hncnowl^Bpt i«a itmqn^cr lwfg|«.thfl« a|l whoie calUng it is to for informinifte P«q^ HW" with.* datorinln^d love for honest for the manic of UMt laM tbe JiMCtipMt of our natian b« perverted and I darkn^ ai^jdarkn^Di^. Sinqfi the H^ty and wladoin of a nn«on ?re in Mrjteunt tl^M tq set tl^Qajif nf, ipen oa fire for tte sOm of gain, er tliemst>Im th be Used 111 )ttit2iap tne mind of the people with falsraoods and the d4^-iuleM becaiiM th«ir deeds , , . , i*,wofMir suocesaoiv of the great li'. tbiqa qy wqiieli. imtibna live and for which men Ifeeac tff'tufln the unwelcani^ liirtt on t)mte wita iviw.tji STWNGLEADEI|aW4lilQ|)Kgt|^lt||4DING U||(fIITLy NEgOgP aould d^. Caua« Oieai to r«*1i*c that they h»TC • commonwealth^, and that W ‘■•S?*® •V*"^ k ^ otmapUf*. tileii««. Sr*nV them A Blowr^SqpiMttHi ProbnWy the most forthright statement on. the serious jjrobleni which fares Megro citir zens of Xorth Carolina in the field of eduair tion is that, recently written for the. daily press by McNeill Smith, chairman of the. Nortft Carolina Civil Rijjhts Cotnmission, It should be plainly clear now just why the Na tional Association ^r the Advancement of Colored People. oth*er ofi^anieatiqns and pro gressive Negro leaders have also considered integration of the schools the most important problem facing Xegroes all over the South. Mr. Smith pulls no punches in his state ment but.^dmits with frapkness that the plight of the Negro in North Carolina in compari son with white citizens is a sad one when it comes to education, housing and employ ment. Says he in part; HifaiiiK, iiuJnyinit «»4 edwaMon.are rdatad. Laidt of. akmiiic HfiiU botqe imr prewement; dBa^uihted-hontes and lf>w in*, come iiroapecU «fiaco)Brag4 parenta and., chfldrwn Childrapi of nriTalion are diffi> cnH to adncat^t Witlaovt- education, th«r«« is stl9 chaiiee for gtdnfol ampIoyfiiR^ Inabifity ta r«ad^ writo a»d apeak Ei^- liab U eiH MllieiAed, but parent* temph tlMir. cUMrw.naom than schooU. How oa» a schbol taodi a cbiU to read‘or apeak intdtfibljr, or to ficiv* o*' ^te, ii^mq tii* ch3d bn* nom of tbesc exporiancca at •hone? Iq MkijtfOll tp.hgiiia.and achool enee,. liic|[KW*«« prodncUoii job* reqaira akiBa bag* gaiB*d;fironoa-tb«-jiA expert- Ik G^gk C(UKt^ qi»M Georgia cburts sank to a new low this week marfcious tricks «M#t.If ai»r «INbi9l»>i» nMtricto4ito miBiial j0Mltpf||ici4^oAlife»,tlH|.py^Hciiim line, tDn, betwpw. wbf* bff can, coiitribfate t«NrreQ(m4ni|(-«i(l:wdwt> tfa® rmtt. of the fff«a ift. i* coitatantly Cttizena of both race* arc indebted to Mr. Smith for cxpositig the discrimination that is now going on in this state under the so-called "separate but equal” educational system. It shonid alll fair-minded citizens more determined to abjolish forever the segregated schopli system which now exists in the South. If North Carolina vt(ith all its claim to pro gress and *fairmindtdness is a land of such, rank discrimination in education as that dis closed by Mr. Smith, what must bf the plight of Negroes in states of the deep ^uth? We are not willing for Awerica to gamble with its destiny or its survival in a. world fraught with' so many outside dangers. Genius knows no racci color or creed. She is-just as liable to wrap up in the kinky head- of the most insignificant black child living in the backwoods of a Mississippi hovel the answer to.the. troubles of the piiesent world as she is the child bofn in a mansion.. What the South needs is a way of life that will give every child born in America an equal opportunity, to develop to his fullest capacity. To fully realize such a state of affairs every loyal American citizen should feel it his duty to do everything in his power to - abolish every trace of segregation that now exists in th« South. NegriesCoitliftecid^toiii SPIRITUAL INSIGHT By REV. HAROLD ROLAND Too Many Fail To Realize Honest Work is Honorable and lies'. Whether in the e^fs of all decent and respectable peo ple when Dr. Martin Luther King was sen tenced to four mpnt^h« in a Georgi* worit camp on a minor traffic violation. The stUr pidity of this revolting act will probably not be fully realized until some white citizen of equal stature to Dr. King, ritns afoul of the law on a similar or more serious traffic, vio lation. If and when that -tiwe «Mna* thdre will be hedging afid, fixing. You can rest assured that no whit« petson in Georgia of Dr. King’s prominence’, is going to be h't^rtded lyison sentence for a, minor traffic viplji- tion. In. the fstfe of . a preponderance of evi dence about the most he would get is a fttle. If the Georgia courts feel that they An humiliate tik Kiiig or lessen the respect, love and admiration that both whites and non- whitJBs hny/(. for him all,, over the world, as well a* im the United States, by slapping a prison sentence on him for a minor traffic violation, thej’'are sadly mistaken. The cour#e. they have pursued merely makes a greater martyr of Dtw King which, of course, mdri greatly endears him to- all oppressed Jjeoplfc of the wortd and’lovers of freedom. A» it now stands, fpr the first time, in thoj.f’ black an«ii miserable e^cistence Gfeor^e tour^ have at last com® (pce to face with a Ntigfb who by the naked power of his spiritual for^f will defeat all of tlwir behind-the-scene skiil- "Thy worked, for by trad* they w«r» rvnrlH«Htfr$ • " Acts 1t:3. Pauli the great Christian, re- copn’zed the dignity> of honest labor . All honest work is honor able. Some , people think that work with the hands may be dis- honarable. but this as a danger-; t)iisly false notion for any in-. dividual to be imbued wItB. This false concept of work is becoming rather popular among nuiny in our times. Many parents encourage this false idea in their children. Many look with a kind o£ cdncempt upon those who wprk with their hands. Msr.y falsely associate dignity with the tie is in prison, th^fblKr mont>s sen tence or eventually escapes it, thp Georgia courts are surfe to come out the loser in their entanglemenj:] with a map who haS' dedicated his life to thf cause of his (^press^ people. Every Negrjo living in the-South knows what it means to become entangled wiith southern courts. Even when innocent and with the best ... . •• • .,! ,.1 white-collar job. of laAV}W»,lUere is usually Httleaustice.t^be ^ ^ w.,^ found- On thle contrary the average southern court, has a ttndency tp look down on a Negro with a certain ao|o«nt.of judicial contempt. In mp6t_instancesi a* in. that- ofi Dr. King, a Ne gro’s freJdo)?i is snatched from him on the lealt pj-ovocation. I5nlt!sk we are sadly mistaken this be£^stly ana sOrdid act^ ofi Judge Oscar Mitchell of Dfckallj County, Georgiav will have world as well jits national' repercussions. The commu- niBt grist mitts wiH gp Ino high gear and grind out miles ol^|pr,oi»ganda for the consumption of non whites ill . over, the world, about the kind of justice American courts deal out to Nt^oiK Ijriiught before them on minor traffic violations. jWge Osrar for up- holdmr wijitd sijt|r«macy in Georgia but he ha* dtkit airifeth'blew'to American prestige in o^r ni^hs^bf th« world; a thing this C04^ti7 is ^ly iii' need of' at this stage of Uie^«axne with Sayict Russia. tiaiw recognize the dignify of all hontit labor. All work can be used to the glory of God. If your work is for the service and enrichment of mankind, then you ought be proud of it. It matters not whether it is preaching a sermon or pitch ing a baseball game. Thtis. let us be proud of our work and use it to the glory of God and the ser vice of mankind. L*t us tak* th» Bifal*, for Mampi*. Th* BibI* you hav* in your Church or in your hem* would not b* pestibi* without Ih* man. 4lfho cuts th* tr**s In th* forait. Th*r* li th* man wha m*k*s th* ink. And th*n th*r« .1* th* man who epM**!** th* printing pr***. Th*w l» th* man who driv*« th* truck. Th*r* l« th* cl*rk of sal**mfn sailing th* book. Thus w* can ta* from th* cutting If th* tr«* . to th* d«liv*ry of th* finish^, pr^uct th*r* it an C;:untlal chain of labor. Thus t;:0''lii ||ll sarvicaabla work b* ursd :«thit 9l**Y Cod. —-cfeil4rea-shouM .be taught (ho digqijty,,.qf labor as a matter cf chrisUftn' principle. Let uS tcitch QUT yC^ldren t^e true value of tipneSt, laW. Let us get away froin the f^se ideas of work. BcQker Washington had this in mind ap hp went into the heart of the black belt in Alabama some twMty,years after slavery. He preacn.ed and tau||lit the Christian doctrine of the dignity of- all honest labor. This doctrine was needed for those who scorn ed the stigma of slavery. And this New .Testament teaching is needed now. Then let us teach our children the important lesson of the dig nity of honest labof. Why be ashamed of honest labor? Paul, the great Mligious genina,* re commends the dignity of honest laboi'. Honasf work hat gr*at tpirl- tu|il valu** for Ifi* tpirH of man. Vfark It not a curt*. Work hat.>gr*«t Hi*rapu*tit *r h*al- Iny value. Thit gr*at Id** It th* batlt of' occupational th*r*py. Q« to 0|nav*ly tanitorlum and yati. wilL ta* tbara^ thai _thay hav* made cr*alW* work an.*** t*ntlal p*rf of th# pr«c*st of rahfebilltation or hMlIng far fh* patient*, it g|v*Si man an ^ opportunity for cr*ftlva *x- pr*toian *ml4 th* gr**t bl*ta- Ingt *«f Go4% pro«id*nc*. Then, as Christii^iB, let us use cut work for the glory of God-and the enrichment of our fellowiiian. yitle " Known Story of How Hammerskjold ^nuevered ft) Get Cbn^ Army Told By Writer Ik hm illliliMi Caspign th^ Security Council—Mbngi Slim, He asked M. Slin) if two . mi'^ht ,b^.f made available for UN|;Ope^tibns in the Congo.” Ha^^inS gotten assurance of Tunilian ' troops, Hjimmanik ' jold-Was able to receiVe promise of “aid from Morocco and E^hiOr pia. “Thus, “Kraft writes, “while still officially talking techni- cid assistance, the Secretary General had assured t^e nu^eus, of an African force ready to work under UN auspices.” ' Kr^t notes , that ' already Ghana and Guinea, the tw.d r'(i dical nationalist countries, ^eire forcing the pace by, making available battalions of troopi; officers, and even the Ghanian Chief of staff. On Tuesday, November the 8th the people of the United' States will go to the polls to elect a new pr«teid«jflt. At no time in the history of this country l|as a, presidential election meant so m;nch,to so many people of the world. At no time m'tlie pa^t History has a presidential election involved so much out side the United States as the one now facing the Anje/ican i>epplft. This tnily is no time f^r the vptert of the United States to alk>w party, L. I. AUSTIN. MbHalmt AMWi ■■ eaaMi'daaa ifeatter at tbo M OOee rtHiiW,mctt OtMliaa. «qHler A» ti MM* ai tmt) DiMM# MMk osrtdtaa *t 4M ErPMtitMV ft MsMrnHKBL O^Mlar ' race, religion or sectionalism to influence, their voting. This is i time for each voter to prayerfully and carefully weigh the ability, training and experience of both candidates running for thp office and cast his vote accord ing to his honest conviction. The issufes involved in this year’s election transcend those of race, religion, section or party, loyalty. Truly, the next president of the United Stages may find himself the leader of thC; entire western world arrayed against . Soviet, ppwcr and; 5ts' communi'stic satellites. Ther^k will be decisions to be made which nu»y i|prptra.t|M, cotltinunnce or extitiction of civilifeafion, 'Rlerefore, the election On Novem ber-8th iathi ntfl*t momentous in the history ofi' thfi Unit«4« States, The Caroline Time* has noted with grave coni^rn. the cqntention of both m^or parties tj|i|it. pq,!^ l^yflltiK ip the only issue at stake ini th^ pMsmti: poiiti(»l campaign. We have noted^wiih ^ra4e concern- the contention of C^fhoiif;* l^rptfl^tants th^t the only issue SlESENT.CAWpAIGN'’, Page 6-A Urges Support of GOP Tidiet E. R. Meares, Sr. Clarkton, N. C. Q 0 w Dag Hamraarskjold managed to get a mixed force of African troops loyal to the U1)I into the Congo before the /ijaflical nal/x)nal(st cousitries could rush in, is revealed in the Noveinber issue of Harper'-s Maga^ne. Joseph KraTt, in his article “The Untold Story of the UN’s Congo Army,^’ says that Ham- marskjold used Lumumba’s re quest for “technical assistance in the military field" to pro mote an all-African lobby for UN military intervention. The Secretary Gener|| as sembled ill his office nin|( Afri can countries and outlined to them the technical assistance he wanted to sen the Congo, re ports Kraft. ' ’ The Africans, however, felt than much stronger help was needed and so they urged their governments to ask Luioqmba to demand all-out militatjr aid from the UN, Thus, says Mr, Kraft, Hammarskjold Won the first trick aid by having the Africans themselves ask for troops. In taking preliminary sounds ings, Hammerskjold considered both the need for French-speak-: ing troops and the need fqr troops from the more conserva tive. nationalist states. “Just after the African meet- mary; n tout vote only suceeeds cans Brooke’s campaign “unique" **^*1 '■fducing thp Rfcomcgiflc, ma- since there af*. qnl« 93JH)0 Ne- if.*** the Tunisian joritjt to 10,0(N|, we will, all: fare groes in the. st^te of- ir»«v sole African reprejpntattv# on better. To the Editor: I am an old Republican. I am sure I can qualify as a friend cf the Negro. I was County Chair man during the 20’s; I found it almost impossible to get a Negro registered no matter hot? well qualified he was. Since, a good many hpve been registered es pecially in the larger towns. First Negro Rons h Massachusetts NIW yORK-^’Hie candidacy of n Negro Boston lawyer for secre- difficqlt^for tary-of state in Massachusetto on qualified-Negroes to register, es- ,u. d-_ ki- *• i. pitlplly In. the ruraj, c^tie^ “cket was called Nw, I \Mant to ask all^ Negroes * ' direclion." viph can to show your rewnt‘ coMiVient about Edward W. meitt thilk year by voting the Brooke was made in an article “A Stat^ Re^blican ticket. It you Negro Runs for State Office” in will w^te in a block, it will count; Look Magazine. It counted when you gave Prank Notkig^ that a Negro has rarely Graham' tyour friend and mine) asked, for the support of a pre- a 29j000 plurality in th^ first ptj- dominantly white ele^orate, Look ma#y?'li your vote only suceeeds calls Brooke’s cain^ign By Frcnftlln H. Williamt For th« Non-Partitdn Cruta^ to Mobilize Negro Votart More than one-ienth of those Americans ^igible to vote in • the coming national election are voters to be courted, not counted. Of the total national papulation over twenty one, of 104,000,000 more than 10,500,- 000 are Negro-Americans! Of this number, it is conservative ly estimated that more than 5,- 500,OQQ are registered. This great potential does not constitute a bloc vote! Negroes as other Americans respond to election issues as businessmen, union members, housewives, or any of a dozen other interest groups to which they * belong. They are acutely aware of their stake in evnry major pqlitical decision which will be made by the next administration. On* Ittu*, hew*v*r, will In^ *vltably color the eholc* of th* N*gro voUr wha>h*'r h* It , ^ farmer or mltsil* *xp*rt. That ittu* It civil rights. The rapid tempo of his legal gains, during the 1950’s has been followed by dramatic action by implement their legally recog nised rights. Both political party platforms reflect a sharp awiireni^is that the Negro is looking more than ever for the full attainmeht of his civil rights. Theirs is a searching and impatient look, which reads between the lines of party plat forms and campaign speeches. It is a highly sophisticated look, hardened by years of empty promises. Th* burdan It on both par ti** and ,th*lr c*m4ldat*t to provide convlnclnv •tturance that meaningful action on clvlf rights will com* n*xt ya*r. Tha r*ward for th* most convincing *pp*al will b* a tls*aW* portion of th* N*gro v*t* • aneugh possibly to de- t*rmln^ th* outcem* of th* *l*c;i*n. It is a v*t* t* b* WOe*d and woni More than 3,700,000 Negroes live in ten.j>ivotal states, wlt|] a total of electorial voti^' In a close election they can tip the scale in any or all of them. These strategic states, their electoral college vote (in brac kets) and the estimated number of Negroes of voting age in each Are as follows: Califoniia (32), 426.000: Il linois (27X 500,000; Indiana (13), BOOO; MaFylan^ (9), mOOQ: Michigan (20), 340.000; Missouri (13), 235,000; New Jersey, (16), 240,000; New York (43), 750,- > 000; Ohio (25), 300.000; Pennsyl vania (33), 475.000. IN DIXIE In addition to these there are two southern ^ states in which the registered Negro vote now ainounts to more than 14 per cent of the total adequate tp swing any close election. There sre more than. 135,500 Negroes registered to vote in Tennessee and. an additional 227,000 in Texus. Tennessee has 11 elector al College vutes and These 24. l^bie 35 added to the 2^ in the 10 pivotal northern states is enough to put either party in office. /> A 1055 survey of Negro voting by 'the Congressional Quarterly indicated that 35 non-southem congressional districts had 10 perMpt or more Negro popula tion. There are an additional 37 distHcts with a 5 to l(^ percent Negro population. In these 72 districts. Negro voters can sig nificantly influence the out come of elections in tight con tests. The 1960 census will un doubtedly show more non-south em districts in which the po tential Negro vote is an im portant factor. TRUMAN WON BY NBCRO •VOTB The ovenyhdming gave Truman 80,423 votes in 1948. He received 66 . percent of the total Negro vote cast in those cities and won the state by the slim popular margin of 7.107 votes. JOHNSON OWES DEBT Lyndon B. Johnson owes his present prominenco to Negro voters of Texas, When^he was first elected to the Senate in 1948 he won the elwtion by the incredibly narrow margin of 88 votes. The 100^)00' Negroes then registered to vote in Texas cast their balkits. alniost solidly ofr the man who'is now the Democratic Vive Presidenti al candidate. Av*rell Harrlman won tha S*t* In 1955 by some 11,000 votes due to Ih* heavy major!- ti*s h* pfiled in Harl*m *«|d oth*r N*gro dittricti • fMr H*rl*m Assembly Diitrlctt *ioo* gav* him a plurality of 577,000 In local elections, in the South as well as in the North, Negro vofvv’^ have lime and time again been the balance of power. MORE VOTERS The number of Negroes re gistered to vote has bben in creased substantially. Intensive campaigns have been held in many cities and a natk>n-wide . campaign has been carried on by our broadly representative .4 Non-Partisan Crusade. More than 20.00 Negro^ have been added to the voting list in Bal timore, bringing the total of registered colored voters in that city to more than 108,000 or about 65 per cent of the potenti al. A drive in Memphis netted an additional 14,000 registered Ne gro voters enabling them to elect a member of the Shplby . County Democratics Committee for the first time this' year. Cincinnati reports 51,090 out of 60,906 Negroes ovier 21 years registered. Philadelphia sourcos report an unofficial registration count of 280,000 Negroes, or 83 per cent ,ef the pptentiaL Slmiljir ■\ui*iyioiaT ’ 'statistics from throughoijt the North and West reflect high optlminm for ij eator porcentage NegM ref- gistration than ever in our Tfts-' tory. FREEDOM AT BALLOT This is the unofficiirt record. No doubt can be cast upon the significance of the Negro vote given President Truman 1948 by Negro voters in Cali fornia, Illinois and Ohio provd- ed him the slim margin by which he carried those states and won the presidency. In California, Truman won by a margin of 17.8M popu lar vate*, N*gw** In oil* L«s Ant*lfit Ata*mMy District alqnt. vv* Hhn. 99i748. vofot *r TjS pareant of th*lr vetatl Mr. Truman carried Illinois Chifl^go i^lone caft; 64JI62 vote* for him. He received 71 penoent of. the Negro vote cast in that city, Uearo vntera in four Ohio citias: Akron, Cineinnati, Cleve land and Dayton; and thnee cn November 8th. To date, in dications are that it is a vote yet to be courted, not counted! The Non-Partisan Crusade to Mobilize Negro voters urges every qualified' Negro-American to vote for the candidates and party of his choice on election day, Nov, 8. After voting, everyone should telephone or call on f^o friends reminding them to vote and asking them similarly to^ contact five other persons. In a democracy, freedom can be found with the ballot! • O Bechet's Own Version of His tJfe Published In this autobiography, tran scribe from tape recordings com pleted shortly before his death in Paris in 1959, Sidney Befhet recaptures the me^mories that that inspired his moving interpre tation of blues and ragtime. In colorful and earthy style he describes the early days of rag time in New Orleans, when big bands played at private parties for fifty cents a man, paraded/”"^ suppprt "through the streets a weddings and funerals, and engaged in “bucking" contests at picnics and fairs. He writes of the great names in early jatz;i Louis Armstrong, Jon "King” Oliver, Manuel Perez, Bunk Johnson, Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds, and many other. Bechet "toured” the South on freight trains, then migrated to Chicago and New York, Later he went to Paris, Berlin, London. He did the vaudeville circuit with the great blues singer, Bessie Smith, and worked with Duke Ellington i^ one of his first bands. treat IT GENTLE is the per sonal story of a great Jazz, artist, whose career* coincided with the birth and growth of jaa as a na- outaU* 3BcjM*ti. tin Aflj*rican art f«ns.
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