Tl%E CAROLINA TIMES ^
2-A—SATURDA V, DICIMItR 13, 1MI DURHAM, N. C.
UNLESS ARRESjEp^ •UIL^^.JOWARD A SERIOUS EXPLOSION
A htM for Hk 'SttHh in Haay, tSeergii
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'it now ap|>ears iViat some kinf of a Ir.uce with the vNejjro leaders if a peaoeiiil and
Ut^n reached 1».‘^ tween Xi'ijco leaders of prrTna»ent .settlojiie^it is'ever reached,
crusade for freetV^MH i" Afl’anv. viewed closely l>y city officials in other south-
' d the police de^iartnvPH* - I-atest^-^ The Albaniy, Georgia incident should be
r j.irtN are to the cffeAt that a‘lii-racial rnm-
ttei has worked out al’i asreenieni In-H hich
i’ jailed XegTO crusad^i’rs uHll h(* released
ovided Nejrroes halt demonstrations
;rainst se^rejj^ation for (tl days. In Jhe niean-
■nie it is hoped that 9-prrmanent *ettlement
in be reached in \yhich sideef will be
ati^ified. y ' I
We think the success of the^^rnce.! so far as
a permanent settlement of,the [tronljle is con-
'^ned, is entirely u)i to.the ci'^y o(fficials of
l>e city of Albany. They sllov-Vl . ealize by
now that they are no loiifjer deiil'lug with the
hRt-in-hand. head-scratcbinR type .of Xefjro
who fears beinsj arrested, beaten ant 1 thrown
im jail. The very fnct tJiaii total of 30 mem
bers of the r:ice were Involved, i nc.hidint;
some of the most rcsi>ectfnl ^i^d in', telliRent
■n and out of the city i>( ,,\lbai1y. is strong
evidence that the movement is no fly-ti v-night
affair. The police and other-t^fficials ^ *f tl'at
citv should know by now that they C ^n no
longer use intimiilation and other outt uxled
means to Iwlt the protest-s:. They will h^ ve to
iit down and talk on e|ual terms and re.si >ect-
ern states as, an indication that Xegro citi-
Kens of the Sf)Uth have become of age. )|Iem-
bers of the race now realize that they as tax-
|>ayers arc full fledged citizens who must
shouUler their full resiionsibility as such.
More and more they will demand the same
rights in employment, government and every
other phase of public life as other citizens.
If these elementary rights are accorded them,
the South will soon come into its own a» a
land of peace' and imprecedented prosperity.
Otherwise it can only look forward to a period
of continued strife and misunderstanding.
The new Xegro is here, and he is here to
stav. He wants to live and work in harmony
with all other citizens of the South. He will
be )K)lite, he will be forbearing, he will be
coo)>erative but he will not be a belly-crawl
ing, hat-in-hand clown, fie wants no special
favors and no ])aternalistic attitude on the
part of others. Given these elementary rights
he will help to fortify the South and the
nation against communism and other sources
of evil that now threaten our coimtry.
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Letter To The Edi
The one regrettable tiling, ^out Mon.1^ ly
night’s disuc>sion of the Bttfk Muslim's po^-i-
tion on race rel.itions in thPs country is thUt
more Negroes were not present to hear f. ^e
prtKeedings. '' ' i
The Muslim movement based on all '
the negative influences which can attack an jd
cripple the human heart. Itbuilt on esca)>
inferiority, hate and a dream of Uto])ia. Tl’|c
Muslims purely anl siniplv l>i»me ftll of thle
evil suffered by Xegroes in this country ijn
the white man. Therefore, they want to g^ t
awav from him forever. They want the go^'-
ernment to ]>arcel out a reservation in tit is
country on which all of the Negroes can §0
to set up a sovereign black nation. “We ,cati-
not live w‘ith the white man in peace. The
only solution to our the problem is compl.^te
separation, not integration/' These were the
words of the Muslim -uprvkesman. Ministtr
Isaiah Karriem. m
As a result of such an intensive concentra
tion on the negative, the Muslims have be-
ome race su])reniacists. They , have rever.sed
le traditional jjattern of a'‘ predominantly
■hite culture. They view the world as black—
ne good is black, the white is etil. God is
7acl{. so TaTa“^!\finisttf Karricrn Monday
ight. They have come full circle.
■Although this position at first seems ]>atent-
♦ ' silly, when one begins to jirobe the reasons
• ;hich support it. such a position becomes in
aman terms understandable. Hj' and large,
his is a movement compo.scd of se.nsjtive
ut down trodden ])eoj)le. Thij’^ar^ in the
awful predicament of being endow.fd 'mcrt’fe
than most with the ))ower to feel and to love,
jbut at, the same time are denied the opportu-
,'nity to ex|)ress it. They have felt greatly the
racial oppression which has been a part of
this country almost since its beginning, but
they have never had the chance to see in
practice the promise and ho|>« which is also
a part of it. They have in most cases been
isolated, uot only frf)m whites but, what is
worse, from their Xegro brothers. The cru
cial blow was the one delivered by their own
kind. They expected to be teafed as outcasts
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SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
The Promise d Christinas and the Blacli Muslims
by whites, but when their Xegro brothers,
to whom they now refer to cynically as the
Uncle Tomist black bourgeoise, did the same
thing, .it was too :uuich for , ?ii}y human to
understand. They arc left in a predicament
of having the awful power to feel this isola-
tirm but bereft of the chance to do something
about it. Black Muslimhood provided the
answer.
It is nfiit enotigh, as we have said before,
to ignore the movement. It is making con
verts eadi week. It is not sufficient to try
to laugh it out of existence, because that will
only hanlen the movement. Nor is it even
enough to alo])t a ))aternalistic attitude and
attemi)t to dictate to their leaders what to
do. Attorney McKissick’s summation in Mon
day night’s discussion was perhaps the most
eloquent response we have heard in some
time the moveriient. He told the predomi
nantly >white atulience that the shameful state
of Kice relations in this country had helped
pnVluce this movement. He challenged the
aiKlience to j>ractice the love about which
e’.eryone talks as the only cure for it.
It is fitting that at this sea.son 01 the year
Ave repeat Mr. McKissick’s remedy. It is
"obvious
politics are sufficient to answer the Muslim
challenge. This is a problem of the heart, and
money nor goYernment were ever sufficient
answers for such ])roblenis. What is needed
on the part of both Negroes and whites is
more of the love that the little Nazarene born
1%1 years ago came to give. The Muslims
need to be shown the light that will i)ermit
them to distinguish between the evil acts
that men commit and the goodness that will
help them to believe again in a spiritual
world that is neither black nor white. They
need to see a demonstration of the love which
will make them forgive their transgressors
and thereby redeem not only the forgiven
but themselves as well. Hoth races have fallen
far short of this ideal in the past. We hoi>e
the spell of the Christmas sea.son will renew
in all of us the courage to put into practice
these indispensible |ualities of himian life.
The Gift of tjod's iove to
A tost World is Christmas
"MEHRY CWUBTMAS" ■
"Th* Virgin will conc«i^»
b«ar • ion, Md ht tlH^l
h9 «idld God M
with u«. . MkI. 1^34 I
God out of the infin^e
abundance itf hib Love hi^
given a Savior to redeeth I a
world lost in the darkness
human sinfulness. So lel^ 411
mens, therefore, join In Ue
joyous chorus and say MERm
OH'RISnMAS. This is t$e
spirkual meaning of this grefat
Religious Festival. We «re
tempted to lose this sublime,'
heart-warming spiritual tru|th
amid' the . accumulfl«d «core-
tions of ;the materialistic.em
phases we hear and see «11
about us. 'We may lose
SPIRJTUAIL-MOBAL. MEAK-
INIG OF CHRISTMAS AMID
THE FIVE BiLLIONWORTH
OF THINGS WALL STREET
TELLS US WE WILL SPEND
'DURING OttRfSTMAS 1»61.
«re -Mfe- -i«mjAd«d'-of .the
urgency Qf recapturing the
true meaning of Cbri»tn>as as
declared by the word of God.
The real, orifiiial joy of
Christmas was grounded in the
fact of “JEMMAiNUBL ....
GOD IS WITH US. . . .”
Decision
The Louisiana
The following edlto^al ap
peared in The New York Post
on December 13, 196il;
Celebration over the Su
preme Court decision revers
ing the conviotion ol ip
Louisiana sit-ins would be pre
mature. It may constitute the
rough handwriting on the
wall, but it assures no'defirti-
tive in the textbooks of con-'
stitutional law. The great tests
are still ahead.
What the Court majority
has done is to decide the case
on a narrow, base. It has
chosen — as the high trt-
bunal has often done -V to
avoid broad issues wher^' it
did not feel obliged to meet
them. It has ruled tthat tbyre
was no “evidenciary” supijgrt
ior the charge that the ae-
monstrations had br.each«d^e
peace; it has left ,deeper. Oin-
stitutional question unanswr-
ed-
While it is the £tratice ^of
•the Court to rule on the m(t^t>
linaited area, Jjut^ae Hai4a»,
in his AOBncuming. apjlBrion,
forward .« p«rte«tws i-
-tutional ^oint. Arrest «f'
eit-ins on chaEg^,«itter of tres
pass or breech «f the /powpe
conM be «on»fcrued jm
tion oif the right of 'leeedoift* W*
apeecAi, he p«inted ovt.
-This is ,a -fsMiaiohhiC
obsenMtion. ^
maiy become. evidant .arlMB
hi^ court.ndw «n the
pa?s ,^K)ealA vrhieh.jirc
ing. Justice Harlan’s
gives ^rojund'^or Uft tbU
vote will insure a ;na4ority up-
hoUiqg the 'QonrtHtHlenal
right sit-ins to d«inon«tra:te
Ja j?rote«t f^iqst aegregation.
.bomnvnt^ qm the -dsci-^
•ton. .'Moy VTfllcijai o ‘Ike
Merry Christmas, God Is
With Us. Why? God is with
us to push back the ravaging
forces of darkness. We all
know how the powers of dark
ness are about to engulf and
crush us in this very hojir.
God gave his son lin love to
be born in the simplicity of
that Manger to be the light
of a dark world. God comes
in the flesh, God is made In
carnate to be the LIGHT FOR
A DAJIK WORLD. Threats and
curses will not banish the
darkness. Light, and light a-
lone, can banish the darkness.
Heaven gives a light for a
dark .world in Bethlehem’s
manger a long time ago. And
now we rightly sing joyously
Jesus is the light of the world.
Jesus is also the blessed light
for the sin-darkened souls of
men. Merry Christmas, God is
with us as light to banish the
darkness.
ilk{«rry Christma.s , God js
with us. It is so difficult for
us to really understand the
full meaning of these words.
It makes a difference, in the
in finite vastness of this uni
verse, to know that GOD IS
WiITH US. God with us means
Soo Killed in Automobile Accident;
Welfare Aids Elderly Mother
(This is the 13th of a series
explaning public welfare in
North Carolina).
Old age assistance is a money
payment in the form of a check
for needy persons, 65 years of
age or older, who meet eligi
bility requirements under law.
Such financial assistance is
made possible by Federal, State
and county funds. All of the
person’s resources are taken in-
. to consideration in determining
the ei^tent of each applicaioh,
and as cases receiving as
sistance are regularly reviewed.
A typical case history from
the files of the county depart
ments of public welfare in
North Carolina is the story of
a 74-year-old woman whose hus
band died after a long illness.
The woman went to live with
her son and his wife. However,
the son was killed in an auto-
4»oble aocident. The daiighter-
.iniam was unable to care for
h^r JhjUfllMmd’s mother, so the
>ld laK^ returned to her home
tewm. Her > buaband had been
ei)r>plo9«d for many years but
his' .watfes were very low and
althoufh they had been able to
liv« and pay thejr taxes, they
were Twt aWe tj save enough
for their old age.
Upon his death she had be
come eligible to receive min-
iKUun Social Security pay-
hut aicain, this was such
M iim#U 4>QV0unt that ahe was
NAAOP said:
' ^‘Itae deetsion assures «m-
txitilled fljouthem youth .that
the' courts, iM>t « loeal police-
MaA, wni be the jud«e of civil
rtglHs.'’
seems to be -a rMtfon-
■«HAe'«q>eetaAioB.
unable to meet her daily needs.
For many months she lived
with friends, going from one
home to another as the small
circle people who knew and
loved her and had enough room
in their homes, could accomo
date her. She was the kind of
woman who had always liked
to keep house, and she missed
having her own little kitchen to
work in, and the potted plants
she loved to tend. Also, she
resli;^d \hat her friends were
not in a position financially to
support her.
She applied for old age as-
sistanfce at the county depart
ment of public welfare and was
found eligible to receive a small
money grant to supplement her
Social Security payment, which
made it possible for her to
establish a home again. This
home is a tiny apartment in a
low cost housing project which
she rents at a minimum rate.
Here she is happy again, seU
sufficient, land able to take
care of her physical needs her
self.
Her .whole attitude toward
life has changed. Instead of
being a forlorn helpless eld
woman dependent on the gen
erosity of friends, she is again
a self sitfticient person in her
own ri^t. She attends church,
talies port in sonte of Ihe com
munity activltiM, and through
out the year spends much a
her time making attractive, tn-
ejcpenaive aricles for her chtmih
bazaar.
This is just on*__of. the
titousends of oaees in iwhich «ld
age assistanoe taM helped an
tMerly person in North 'Oa«o-
«na.
;iln Abe ,«eventh .aeries ,«f arti
cles enilMning ‘P«l>Mc Welfare
4n MoMh r C«Mina, ike third
paragraph y,ou stated;
"Under Pfarth Carolina Law,
^y \W«re -eeqwvtd to give a
JU»n Jfrm »r on any other
,4WoMfty *l#icb they ao|ttlrc.
Upttn Itaeir tdei^,; all assistahoe
4o Hm«i constitute a
oMm agalast ;Uie, Estate”.
.Ihis ,is Riyipascd to be a
Public Welfare Program???
Perhaps the citizens of North
Carolina need to acquire a
dictionary or they must be the
most guUable people in the
world. ’Then It maybe that the
term Public Welfare does not
mean the same thing to them
as it does to Webster, Merra-
man and Thorndike Barnhart
Dictionaries.
Public Welfare is a term us^d
to devote the part a society per
forms for its uneducated or un
fortunate citizens. It is a
.«>rviee tg-(«derad ,to people
ceiwly and gfatu*to«#ly bih|
freeJy. tlowevw^ the -State *f
North Carolina is far from per-
formins its duty in the cliSs
cited. : indeed they aj% -Mmlr
fimctionine as a Trust Comnmr
iUegJlly.
(1) They are lorcing people *0
pay for assistance in Uu looD
of a lien.
(2) They are managing and
supervisim; the private affairs
of two persons.
The State is doing nothing
that I would not do as a private
citizen, if given the same wond
erful opportunity,
Think for a moihent - If you
could gain a farm just for assist
ing some elder persons, to live
comfortably before they pass
on; wouldn’t you aid them, if it
meant you would acquire ten or
twenty acres of land, more or
less?
EARL KENYA MILLER
Veterans Questions and Answen
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
PEACE. A conflict-ridden, war
-weary humanity longs for
peace. In that Manger long
ago we had the gift of God’s
peace. The Angelic host declar
ed that He represented a gift
of peace. The Prophet also af
firmed him a^ God’s gift of
peace for all mankind. We
wearily cry for peace and
there is no peace. But in the
Incarnate Son the wise men
found in the Manger we can
have peace. Merry Christmas,
God is with us to give us
peace.
Merry Christmas, God is
with us for the healing of the
sin-^kness of our souls. This
is indeed the Good News and
the Glad Tidings of Christ
mas. Then let us really have
a Merry Christmas in 1M2
rejoicing that God Almighty
has sent his Son Christ, our
Savior.
- 'Merry Christmas, God Bless
you. Merry Christmas, God has
come as light for a dark
world. Merry Christ, God is
with us to give us peace.
Merry Chirstmas, God is with
us mighty to saVe.
Q—Do servicewomen receive
the same benefits as service
men after they are discharged
and become veterans?
A—Yes.
Q—When a veteran bellves
he holds re-employment rights
in a Fderal agency, but the
agency refuses to re-employ
him, to whom does he M>peal
his case?
A—'In the case of a field ser
vice position, appeal should be
made to the Civil Service Re
gional Office having jurisdict
ion over the area; in case of a
departmental service job or
central office position; appeal
should be made to the Central
Office of the U. S. Civil Ser
vice Commission, Washington,
D. C.
Q—I am a World War 1 dis
abled veteran drawing service-
connected disability compsensa-
tion from the VA. In the event
of my death, what benefits (if
any) would my wife be entitled
to?
A—If your death reiulted
from your service - connected
disability, your wife would be
entitled to compensation. If
your death resulted from a non-
service-connected cause, your
wife would be entitled to a pen*
sion depending upon her. annu
al Income. , 1
Q—I know one widow of a
Spanish’American War . veteran
who receives $65 a month. An
other one gets $75 a month.
Would you explain the dif
ference?
A—The $75 check.goealo the
widow of a Spanish-American
War veteran who was married
to the veteran during all or part
of that war. The widow who
married such a veteran after
the war will receive the $65
check.
YES, WE ALL TALK
By Marcus H. Boulwara
If parents and teachers want
a helpful book that will help
them to aid children with
their speech, I recommend:
Speech in the Elementary
Classroom, Van Riper ,ajid
Butler, copyrighted in 1955 and
published by Harper and
Brothers, 49 East 33rd Street,
New York, New York.
Its topics include; (a) speech
unprovement and talking, (b)
the alphabet of sound, (c)
self-hearing and vocal phonics,
“Grave Yard
Continued from front page
than to a city cemetery.
Guilford County Law enforce
ment officers, called into the
investigation Monday, said at
mid-week that there were more
than 20 mounds which might
contain other bodies on the pro
perty.
They theorized that several
other infants might be burled
on the land. A court order was
obtained Wednesday authoriz
ing law officers to unearth the
remaining mounds.
The Hargett funeral home, in
volved in the discovery, is
owned by one of the area’s most
well known and prominent
families. It is directed by
Nathaniel Everett Hargett.
His son, Nathaniel Everett
Hargett, Jr., whose late model
foreign car was found half
buried on the property, was
charged with fraud in attempt
ing to recover insurance on the
car which he had earlier re
ported stolen.
Young Hargetf is also opera
tor of Everett’s funeral home,
The elder Hargett, father of
N. E. Hargett, was at one time
associated with the Durham
funeral firm of Scarborough and
Hargett.
-SHAW UNIV.
Continued from front page
the University Board of Trustees
adopted plans for an extensive
capital improvement program,
looking toward the celebration
of the centennial anniversary
(d) improving fluency, (e)
thinking aloud, and (f) im
proving the voice.
Oral communications , is so
important in our lives that it
must no lonfior-be- neglected in
„ .o*i,r ^!
REAlDERS; ifor W free d^
cussion pamphlet, send a self-
addressed long business en
velope to Dr. Marcus H. Boul-
ware. Box 310-A, Florida A.
and M. University, Tallahas
see, Florida.
Demoerats Ursed io
Keep Promises
WAfiHINGTON — Roy Wil
kins, speaking this week for the
Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights, called on the 87th Con
gress "to make a determined ef
fort” to enact promised legisla
tion.
Wilkins, who is also NAAOP
executive secretary, referred to
the Democratic party’s plat
form during the IMO president
ial election can^taign.
Democratic leaders prornised"^
“equal access” to all AmerlcaiM
in "Community life, lncludin|g
voting booths, schoolr o o mj,
jobs, housing and puUic facili
ties.”
“We call upon President
Kennedy to reoontunend and
support this legislation,” WSJ-
kins said.
of the institution in 1,985. Tlje
program includes two new dor
mitories and a combination
cafeteria-student union build
ing.
A speical committee, composed
of trustees and ' prominent
local citizens, has be^n appoint
ed to seek large gifts and grants,
and funds will also be sought
from the Federal Housing and
Home Finance, (agency. The
total cost of these and other
improvements will be approxi
mately two million dollars.
The protfrtmi jiis designed io
meet the need o increasing
student eiu-ollment and also to
provide better facilities for tli*
educational program.
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