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FOR EXERCISING HIS RIGHTS, AS STAGED UNDER THE UW OF THE LAND
An Apofogif to Leaders in Ciiapel HiB Confroversy
Far if Am dtosedmr kaMest thjr peace
•t t&M dONi, tb«n shlJ] there enlvKement
tmi dUliwuf aroc to the Jews from
another gHwi* bat thou and thy father's
ho— ahall ha daetrojred: and who know-
•th whit hi thoa art come to the kingdom
for aach a tina as this:
—Esther 4:14 -j
When we entered the Chapel Hill School^
controversy, we did so with one and only
one objective in mind, and that was to give
our readers the benefit of our findings in the
matter by presenting to them a trne picture
of it in all its aspects. We felt that in endeav
oring to give an accurate report that we also
had the responsibility of interpreting to our
readers, to the best of our ability, the mean
ing and ultimate resultk of this most unfortu
nate struggle which has divided intraracially
the citizens of both races in Chap>e! Hill to the
extent that no ordinary person knows who
to follow or listen to.
In our desire to get at the bottom of the
whole affair, we sought out leaders on vari
ous sides, including ministers, members of the
Chapel Hill Board of Education and just ordi
nary citizens. Other interested citizens volun
teered their services and brought us informa
tion both oral and written. Among our infor
mants was ooe minister whom this newspaper
has known, respected and admired for more
than 15 years. So far as we were concerned this
word was unquestionable as we considered
him a persoa of the highest character and in
tegrity. As a residt of this faith in him, we
relied on certain information he furnished us
relative to Rev. J. R. Manley, Rev. W. R.
Foushee and others involved in the Chapel
Hill School controversy as being the unadul
terated truth.
Frankly, We were somewhat perturbed when
Rev. Manley denied that he had ever voted
f6r a segregated school as a member of the
Chapel RiH School Board and that lie had
told it» members that is what the Negroes
wanted ta charged m the minister’s written
statemenC htnded to us. We were satisfied,
however, AaC when the time came, our in-'
formant w^old stand by his word and con
front Rev. Muley with proof as charged in
is statement. Instead, when he was con-
-onted with both Rev. Manley and Rev.
ushee, he flatly denied having given us the
tement or cv?n bringing it to* the Qffipe
Carolina Times.'He did this not only in^ program of safvation
.he presence of Rev. Manley and Rev. Foushee *'
but in the presence of two other members of
The Carolina Times staff who saw him when
he delivered the written statement to its pub
lisher..
Naturally the action of our informant, also
a minister, as afore stated, shocked us almost
beyond recovery. In other words, our infor
mant turned out to be a Wretched liar. What
his motive was or why he deliberately lied
need not be discussed here and now.
The Carolina Times does think, therefore,
that it owes Rev. Manley, Rev. Foushee an**
other ministers or persons in Chapel Hill an
apology for having partially relied- on the
testimony of such a person in both our news
stories and editorial about the school contro
versy. We, therefore, are glad to make %uch
an apology and to know that both of these
gentlemen, instead, have stood forthright and
unalterably for an integrated school system
as well as for other rights of their people.
We do think, however, that the two minis
ters, along with others in Chapel Hill, have
a grave responsibility in the present crisis
which now faces the Negro citizens of their
community and tha^is to furnish them with a
dedicated and unfaltering leadership that is
uncompromising on the question of an inte
grated school system. To capitulate or waver
in the least to any other i» to surrender to a
plan that means inferior schools fo# Negroes.,
The damage already done to the race under
the pattern of segregated schools is too stag
gering for even the most conservative Negro
to waver iri his demand for equal educational
opportunities that can only be realized under
an inegrated schobl system.
In furnishing such leadership, the minsters
in question are" going to have to lay aside
selfish ambitions and denominational' pride
and form a Solid phalan:t. Only time will tell
if they are capable of rising to this high point
of Christian statesmansiiip so seldom teund in
places where the leadership o# masses have
fallen entirely into the handls of the Negro
ministers. In Chapel Hitl, the dtstiny of the
Negro school children is now marking time
while the parents await marching ot^ders—
marching orders that will m«a» (JeRverance
from inferior schools. M dieltverance dbes nQt
come from their ministers, then shaft it arise
from another place, a place wMch may mean
that they and their chtrrches shalt eventually
be destroyed, or m«il ln«|bcttva in th«itr
GROOIP^
IGHORAN
Timely Questions Answered j
On Veterans Affairs i
EDITOR'S NOTE: Veterans and
their fMnillM are asking thou-
tandt of qaestiont cencering
benefit* their Government pro
vides for them through Veterans
Admlnlftratfott. Below are home
repretente ive qiMriee. Adflftien-
- lil information may be obtained
at any VA office.
— I’m a Korea veteran, hold"
ing Gl term insurance. I under
stand, by a recent, law, I now
convert it to a permanent plan.
ni thi9 so?
A— Ye*. Kerea veterans lloMing
term iniuranee polieiet «li’h the
letters "RS" before their policy
nurmbart may elt.'ier aonvert I*
permanent pien iniuranea or ex*
change for a term policy costing
one-third at much.
Q— On my discharge from the
Armed Foroes I recaived a lump
sum disability severance pay
ment. Will I have to pay this back
to the Government if I am award
ed VA compensation for the same'
disability?
A— Yet. The law raquiist t>iat
VA monthly cempantatiim p«y.
ments r0*9rt to ih# Govomment
until the amount recovered it
MpMriltht innaliif «f dtMbtilty
a^foranc# iMy Aa vifavaH^ recei*.
eA I
t am planning to sellmy GI
home but cannot pay off pe loan
with what* cash I wili |%ceive
from the new pmehaeeL Do I
have to have VA-’s confent tp.
make the safe? »
M-~ Ms- Yod> db> iMt as«|f yA'*
MiSient *» sell y««r il^rty
Howaver, If yaw with
hMtad from poitiMa
tha Govemmaftf, yow mwa apply
to VA. 1
Is it possible for a |Usable
••peacetime*’ veteran to di^ VA
eompenaation at wortime fates?
Yet - if thtt dlMhllM^retuH.
ad from exfra-hannfowt Mrvice,
at, for exampla, parHcipaflen in
•imulated warfare, the aateran
may be aliaiWa far aompakatifn
at wai>*mle rafaa.
b Mkba ra-
NaMniy.to
SPlRrrUAL INSIGHT
4- ’
wioi.
/i-.d
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By REV. HAROLD fiOLANO
Die Law, However UnjHrt,
Always Be Obeyed in Our Soc
Hope for Restoring Man to God
Is Real lleaning of Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS
"Behold, I bring you good tidings
of Great Joy ■ . - " Luke 2:10.
Merry Christmas. God bless
you, my friends. Christmas, t|dT
ings of joy. Christmas—God has
remembered man at the point
' In yo
ms
C|o4«;4l> Christ, has become our
Saliff^fAU. Then let u« uU rejoice
this^f1ij}ristmas time, for Christ
is jpii/tfid the joy of our Salva
tion.‘Debold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy. . . . “Merry
of his deepest need. Christmaa>;.^bfist( tq bring us Salvation from
joy. God’s greatest gift has come sin,^tj^r^
i
"Love Ye One Anotlier/' Our Christnn Message
Sunday, December 25, is Christmas Da^ government, has misetibly failed Jesus in
when all 6f Christendom will pause to pay helping to sow seeds of love. As a result, we
homage to Him who walked, the earth nearly find her* is- fiUf own cjtJL a 9P-(falkd Christian
2,000 year* afo and tiught mankind to love
one another. That humanity has failed to heed
this simpU iMIon is no fault of the sower or
the germiitt^ing power of the seed. The fault
lies in the fact that the seed, for the most
part, Mias teMen on stony ground.
The truth of this statement may be attest
ed to by the fact that Christmas Day will
find the world in a state of unrest instead of
one of pcicc, solely because mankind will not
heed the simple lesson of love. As a result, we
find hatredi Miapicion, malice, envy and dis
trust rampKnt in the world today with na-
tiogj thrie^ehing to "rise against nations and
kingdoms against kingdoms.”
Our own country, the United States, sorely
needs sowers of love, especially in the deep
South where men continue to sow seeds of
hatred. Here, men still piust somehow be
taught to love one another and to respect
human dignity without regard to race, creed
or color.
It might not be a bad idea for us at this
Christmas season to confess our sins and ad
mit that the church, even more than the
to mankind. Merry Christmas—
God comes to dwell with us. Mer
ry Christmas—spiritual light hak
come to banish our spiritual dark
ness. Merry Christmas, Christ
the Savior Is born.
Merry Christma»—for’ God h*>>
eome in Christ to bring the joy
ous blessings of our selvatioB.
This indeed should be a time, of
joyous tidings to celebrate thei
advent of the one who came , pri
marily t(v bring Salvation to. ’a
world lost in dire wretchedness
human sinfulness. Then let us
rejoice and give thanks to God
that He in love rememherfd w«-
and came to bring the blessed
gift of salvation.
educational institution, £)uke University, still
refusing to admit quaU{id Negroes even to
its divinity schoof white only i2 miles away a
state University is adiitHtlng them to any and FOR/THE PXJBLIC
all courses for which they can qualify.
This sad state of affaitft is not because the
law is stronger than Christianity but because
the seeds of love have ^Ilen on the stony
hearts of Duke University trustees "where
they had not much e»rth .. • a*nd becawse they
had no root they withered away.” Thus we
find at Duke University massive and beautiful
buildings of ifone, stpn? hard and cojd, like
the hearts of the men who in the name of the
Christ child (6rect ita aftairs.
In spite of all thiS, ife call on Negroes
everywhere, to love thcs^ dear people, to be
patient and forebearing with them. If at this
Christmas season of 19^ Negroes can gene
rate love instead hate, forgiveness instead
of revenge, they will eventually overcome and
live to see hearts of stone turn into hearts of
love. They will be truly living exampes of the
doctrine of love and ■\rill be celebrating Christ
mas with ite fullest meaning.
Ksscue from imprisonment is a
timer0f great joy. God in Christ
has performed the greatest res
cue' operation of all human his
tory. In the fuUneiw of time, God
came to rescue man fron| the
da|ki> agonizing confines: of the
spirtt«Bl-and moral imprisonment
of Chirst has come to rescue
us and ,give up the bleffiings of
si^ritual freedom. Thus, in pan
dering the moral-apiritual mean
ing the birth 6f the Savior, every
n^drtal being should cry out. Mer
ry Qhrlstmas, for God in Christ
has £ome to rescue from the
"Of' sinr *^Behold, brmg
yottt tidings of great joy.”
frtater Joy can we know
Hie Kennedy "Ap|)ointment" of Rep. Dawson
This newspaper does not believe now and it
never has believed that President-elect John
F. Kennedy ever intended to appoint Con
gressman William A. Dawson as postmaster-
general of the United States. To us the whole
affair smells fishy—that is rotten fish.
We do not go along with those who severely
at Dorfaam, M. X
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ft tJUktd PHblirtMn, Inc.
i« ft Jtanm, nbiuber
M MOMid da« matter at the PMt Offloa
m tmtm, lloith eatattna. ander Act of
tm.
CaroUaa
: at 496 S. Pettlcrew SL
Controller
IHk: $*M res YXAB
criticise the! president-elect for appointing his
brother, Robert Kennedy, attorney general.
So far as w*e have been able to determine, his
brother is weTl qualified for the position. In
view of thf marvelous job Robert Kennedy
did in. helping his btother to get elected to
the office of president, we can see no real rea
son why he: should not receive an appointment
in payment of his services the same as any
other person. After all "to the victor goes the
spoils.”
The appointment of a 74-year-old Negro
(This it the seeond of a soriet ta-
plaining p*blie w«Har* in Wa^Hi
Carolina) ^
Ca« disabl*d*(W*Blt'ipMf ftn-
anciat help frem public welfaMff
Yes, if the meet the eligibility
requirements of the program *«f
aid to the permanently and total
ly disabled. '
What are ifie r*i|uirement*?
The person must be between
the age of 18 and 69 years.
must be malcing his home in tkis
state. He must not be an inmate
of a public institution. Re musi
be permanently and totall)^ dSs-‘
abled. He must be in need be
cause he does not have the es-.
sential requirements of daily liv
ing, such as food shelter, clothing
and other necessary items.
Where should application bo
made?
At the county department of
public welfare.
What information must the ap>
plicant furnish?
Proof of his age, iRforraat|jtt(i
concerning his financial sltuatioti
and his living arrangements, and
a risquired medical report. A ca^
worker in the county department
of piihnc w^are will help when
the ((dividual has trouble in get-
tiiig necaasary infctoation or
ia a||iAEing an appointment for
the n^eal examiution.
WliM fad^ afe eontidered
When itie appfieatioiti it reviewed?
Anjr resources of the applicant
are eimsidoied in determining
bif need tat financial assistance.
Any income of the appHcant, any
aaviogs, real property in excess
. of that used as a home, and the
iac^^ iii the home in which the
apraMht or recipient lives will
also^ considered.
the application it made
af^Wlewed, what it the next
If^^ county department of
pubUg welfai« finds that an ap
plies ia in need of financial as-
sist(nce, the social information
nedical report are sent to
Board of Public Wel-
alei^. Thiere the case
fed by a: consulting pi^-
who determfhes whether
(terSon is totally and per-
ebn''
Before N[egro voters become so ea^itli'over
President-elect Kennedy’s ^ibeirtivilill^tnre
that they swallow it hook, lintf siuk#, we
congressman, who is already reported in poor ^quM like for them to eali^ly con«3Sr tftat
health, to $. position iiivoWing the. arduotis Dawson is the only appointee who has been
and tremendous responsiWlities of |«stm»st- reported to have refused a post offew4 him
er-gen«ral 4nd his forthright refusal! of that by the president-elect. Or at least it* ia the
appointment appears to Us to be just another only refusal made known in the ptiSlic press,
cheap polkital trick dceiflkcd to further hood- Any town constable knows full weft f1»t long
wink Negro voters *f tW* eoon*fy into be- before an announcement fs inafe p^Iic of an
Heving that the Democratic PBffy t» HdeiWn’a office the appointee is cdnaftftid- and the de-
refuge for tMu. tails of his acceptance or refuant at* lim^ad
than this; that God in Christ has
come to redeem or rescue us
from sin. ,
Merry Christmas—for God in
Christ has come to restore the
beauty of Holiness to this sin-
Christmas for God has come i^.^ cursed life. The glory and beauty
/-■i—i.i. U-:— — — 1 of^*life had been lost. Man iso
lated, estranged and cut off. from
God had lost the beauty of life.-
Christ, the Sa/ior, has come with
the power to regenerate, renew
and restore this life to its ori
ginal, God-intended pattern. This
great truth is the basis of good
tidings and great joy. Let us re
joice then for God in Christ has
given us reason to have great
joy; God in Christ has come to
restore the beauty of holiness
for this sin-marred life of ours.
Merry Christmas — Christ the
Savior is born. Merry Christmas—
and thank God for the rich,
spiritual blessings we have in
Him*^pemre, hmr, joy, and Kfe
forevermore.
Disabled Persons are EKgigle to Receive Assistance
gin neeiving a monthly check.
Should the recipient keep in
touch with the county depert-
men* of public welfare? '
Yes. He is responsible for dis
cussing with the caseworker his
situation from time to time in or
der to determine whether or not
he is still eliiiible to receive as
sistance. He is also responsible
for notifying the caSfeworker of
any change in address or anv oth
er change in his ^situation, such as
an increase or decrease in his
needs or income.
Doe* the county department of
public welfare review the cates
from time la time?
Yes. Active cases are reviewed.
periodically to determine if eligi
bility (iontinues to exist and to
determine the current extent of
need. Emphasis is placed on help
ing disabled persons help them
selves to the fullest extent possi
ble.
O
The cranberry-orange combina
tion, given light, fluffy texture by
ly disabl^ as defined in whipped crystals of instant non-
‘ Mllcy. It the person is fate dry milk, is the perfect fill-
be eligible, he wil> be- ing for a holiday pie.
out. Only the acceptance of such is made
known to the public.
Dawson's so-called refusal of the office of
postmaster-general is probably one of the few
times in political history that so much noise has
been made over a refused appointment. We,
therefore, are of the opinion that if such an
appointment were ever sincerely offered to
him by President-elect Kennedy, it was done
so with a full understanding that he would
u«e tht pertaotly good and sound reasons he
i»ve for ilot veeef^ing the position.
It cannot be left to th^ indivi
dual to decide what laws he will
obey and which ones he will not
obey. Such a system would lead
to chaos.
In suggesting in his TV de
bate with a southern segregation
ist that an “unjust” law is “no
law at all” and need not be obey
ed, Dr. Martin Luther King was
{reading on dangerous ground. As
much as we admire him tot hi^
courageous stand against segrega
tion and for his leadership in the
Montgomery bus boycott and the
sit-in demonstrations in the
South, we cannot agree with Dr.
King that an individual has a
right to disobey any )aw he con
siders to be unjust.
One of the duties of a good
citizen is to uphold the law
whether he agrees with it or not.
One of the most fortunate things
about our democratic system,
however, is that citizens are free
to protest such laws as they con
sider unfair and to fight and
fight hard to get them changed,.
But until the law is repealed, it
must be obeyed or the violator
must suffer che consequences.
In the civil disobedience pro
gram, of which the lunch counter
demonstrations are a part, those
- who violflto
to pay whatever penalty is exact
ed of them. By going to jail; hun
dreds of college students have fo
cused attention upon the “un
justness’ of the laws they violat
ed. It was the students protest
against the laws and tHeir will
ingness to be jailed or fined for
a principle that has brought about
a change of climate in many
parts of the South. The thine that
brought sympathy and nation
wide support to the students’ de
monstrations was not a belief in
their rieht to violate the law but
their willingness to pay the price
for what they believed was right.
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, speak
ing in Kansas City last spring,
brought out this point most ef
fectively. After expressinf* him
self as fully in support of the sit-«
in demonstrations of the students,
the Morehouse college president
said;
How long must a man obey a
law and custom that he knS^
deep down in his heart may bis
wi^bng? Does the^time ever come
when a man places individual
conscience over law and custom?
When a law is broken, however,
the person breaking it must be
prepared tp pay the price. The
students staging sit-ins are will
ing to sacrifice for their rights.
Whenever a people is willing to
go to jail and suffer for freedom,
it is a new day. No people will,
ever be free until they are will
ing to pay the price.”
Dr. King’s argument on telev-
sion would have been far more
telling had he emphasized the'
students’ willingness to suffer
and sacrifice for a principle rath
er than their •‘right" to violate! a
law. Ghandi disobeyed the Uw
but he went to jail and thereby
eventually won freedom for hia
people.
For many years, Negro citizens
of the United States considered
the ‘•separate but equal” doctrine
enunciated by the U. S. Supreme
Court in ^n early case as '‘un
just.” They attended segregated
schools, not because they wanted
to but because it was the law. At
the same time, they put up a
vigorous protest agaioit Uv un
just law by filing case af^ case
through the NAACP. finam after
20 years, their protest Imught
about a change and in l^M, the
U. S. Supreme Court threw out
the “separate but equar doc
trine and declared segregated
schools unconstitutional. .
The sit-in demonstrations bring
results more quickly than eourt
procedure. Both are methods ft
protest against “unjust” law*.
The right of protest is onft the
foundation stones of our system
of government. But the right to
disobey a law is not a part
our way of life. •
KANSAS CITY^CALTi
Kennedy Creates
New African!
Affairs Office’
ew ei-
By Francis Walters'
President-elect Kenned
very properly created a
binet post and appointed
ster for African affairs,
be a ,li|ii.$qa. officer betwd
various African republic
ambassadors thereto, aiti .Mi*
presidency. ■
It is significant that t
almost the first cabinet Mpolili^
ment made by Mr. Kenneqy. TH#
vital importance of Africa !lto thll
nation is recbgnized by t^e ne#
administration and will gr4w fait
in the months fo come.
Africa is the world’s ^eateiA
source of manganese, uijpnium,
copper and iron,, and majf short*
ly become the greatest export Of
oil and gold. Two of the ^ewly .»
constituted states Gha$a an^
tlk Congo — contej|t witly Souffa
Africa her “monopoly"
mbnds. Africa also is the
greatest reserve of hardwc
almost the only* source
oil, coca a^ many vari
nuts. And Africa is the
under-developed contineni
nndreaniM riches still to |
covered'and exploited
All of these riches
long to the African insteal
the colonial powers. The .excep
tions are the cbpper of Rlodesia
and the products of the:Portu-
guese colonies. For manj years
their exploitation must itt
hands of European and jfUnerl-
can technicians, until thQ. Afri
cans learn the arts and ci^fts of
mining and industry.
Competing in the exploitation
of AfriM’s wealth are the ITalted
States, Great Britain, Franoe|, 1^1-
glum, Portugal, Spain, West Gei*-
many — and the Comitimist
block.
As I have frequently said be
fore this, a proportionately lartfll
share of the wealth resnMill
from this exploitation most bk
spent in Africa for the advanctf-
ment of the Africans, pirtictklaf-
ly in matters of education,’hMilin
and transportation.
The nation which finf pute
this principle into active'opera
tion is the nation which wilf Sen6-
fit most from the emancipaMan (rf
Airfcan after the AAAcant
themselves. !
That is why Ifer. Kehae^l Mp-
pointment of G. Meanm
at' mUMuf ftt'^rieaa afUUtM
li^ o( ttw jstisw fan^|6rflea t^^
this country. ^ j
f.