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— THE CAROLINA iA-tATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1M2 TIMES DURHAM, N. C. Skoild 6t Settled Without (^t kdm NO STATE CAN REQUIRE THIS DISCRIMINATION SAYS U. S. SUPREME COURT LETTER TO THE EDITOR ‘ JFK Forgets (^mpaign Promises All of DurWih ihoutd feel prj^ ot thc'mas terful manner In which John Sylvester SteW- »rt conducted hirtself during the lengthy li"lSr!ng last llJonAiy lAli'ht on the matter of inttgrating the Carolina 'Theater. Stewart’s task on th^ City Council, as its only Negro member, is it ittbsi difficult one in that Negro leaders of Durham expect aVil demand that he perform his duties first of all as a city councilman of aW the towpfc. At the same time they rj^ct ahd doAiand that he face questions of oiscHmilnatory practices against thembef's of tbiefr nice v^^th courage and com mon sense. SleWart't action on the Carolina ■theater matter M'ottday night, proved con clusively that "he is living up to the full ex pectations and drthands of his constituency. We also wdufd like to salute the memliers of the Yoilth ChipteV Wf the NAACP for the very dlgnlfTeld and forirtttlght manner in ivhich t^ey Jjriestettte^ theVr side of the matter. We thitik, ti>t! members of the City Council should, tifci oonsideration that members 6f tjif NA^CP. group have been position to schsarA to high heaven thdt the Yduth Chapter 61 the hjAACP has threatened the City Council With litigations and (there fore the latiVr sh'rtWd not bovV tb Its rt'quMts or demands. Such action is an old trick and is often resorted to when righteous and just procedure is ih oWer and cannot otherwise be avoided. If the NAACP gVbup finds after it* Mon day night’s attemjit to peacefully negotiate the Carolina Theater matter has failed, it ought to take whatever stfefis It deehis ad visable without further qulbhling dr attempts at negotiation. We think Its members have very well estiblSshed In the mirtds of all fair- minded citizens of Durhahi that court action on their part !■ not desired hnd will only be undertaken as a last f'esolft. As pointed out by Councilman Stewart we don’t “feel that the theater managettieht will do anything until something unpleasant (sUdi as court actfon) happens.” As much as respect able citizens of bbth races would like to avoid Such if it Is the prfc'e that must be paid for unusually patient vyith tiie repeated delays progress and to get Durham in tune with that haVe been goinir on sittce the matter the world demand for freedom and human was brought to thtir attention approximately six months ago.,Tbe City Council should not ex^ct the Youth Chap%if-.4>f the NAACP to continue its patience iff(i^iiitely Another a»p4>ct ol. tbeJmatter is that we hope the NAAJCP grOiip will««®t alfew Itself to be maneuvereil Into a th'reaienmg''$lbSift3n anralnst the Qty Cpuncll. We happen to know that there, are c%r^^^n intertst* fA Oul-ham that would like no^ng mote ttiaai''to te in • Coanwiditiw lor Qty Hospital of Winston-Salein dignity for all ^teople, we say then let it tome. We hope,»h'6wever, that the managertierit of the Carolina iTheater will have ttie wis dom to negotiate the matter through the Mayor’s Committee on Human Relations as l"eluested by the Qty 'Co\mcii and do what It ultimately Wiust iJfo an^’\hit l« rtirow open its door to-all citizens without regard to race, creed 'or t'otoh We commend the management* *bf Cky HaspHal In V\(rniii'oh- Safem for i£s wisdom and foresliiM m naming a ^Jegro" physician % its medital staff The action Is a step in the i’ig'ht direction and we -trUst as time goes by fhat dthJtr qucaltfle^ Kejgfro physltian* will be aflded and that other hospitals in the state where Negro {^yticiant ai*e barred will sooti the stttpWty b1 their custom and welcome all huhiah With’ottt regard to race, creed or eolof. Diseaik asd 'ItttMfS know no rice dr ctass but strfifc atjajil vHfce, and we see no reason ^'^iii^^re the victim* df ’.imetlee ihoiljd at tempt to of a pierson’s i6^£ 'do, it appears to us wouM ie meaMs possible to fight disesic ^i^.'ail^cilAss wherever it Is found wiflio^^idl^yiftflj^n. Sooner or later all of the fact, that no man's heaMti ^sa({e' id I3hg as andflie^ ?s'lB ill- health. There may be ways to bar a sick Negro from a \^lt^ h'ospitil bilk dlsleAseJ have their own ways of leaping over and across racial barriers and practicing the democracy of ill health to its fullest extent. The action of thfe Qty Hosjiltal In Winston- Salerrt, a municipally owned institution, ought to be morally disturbing to the Presbyterian Hospital, a church owned and operated insti tution of the city that, in spite of the oWners’ pioUs and long-facei taife about Jesus in chlfrch, has never been able to practice His teachings in Its hospital. It should also be embarrassfng, to Negro n^erAb'ers of the * pJ^esbyteHah »church in ■ Wihston-^len* and elsewfiere fn the state, to kno^ that the church of which they are members preaches about the Faiherhdod of GdJ A'nei the brother hood bf man but operates a hospital that slams the door in their faces when they are in need of medical treatment solely on the ^^rounrfi that they ®re Neproes. in County and Gty Government The Cai^lina Times had hc^ed by this time that the Durham Committee dn Neg^rd Af fairs would blvle.'shown evidertce^ securing sonie eiiWiTda^e's to run for thc'several l^sitions ilat wliK be availablt ifr'thjt 'jwr’t electioh. Th»e Is thi matter of Negro tepre- sentatloh rih We 6pard of County Commis sioners ati'd ^the State Legislature that should be seriously XQiisidered.l^the 4Bd, proper preparations Icffdrt frfi- a afict^ssiin. c^paign Not only shoifld,^'tpJniiiiRc® Jft Negro Affairs be giving. 8»u)HJ..tK5fll6:ht'1'o present ing Ne|frto '%Y 'the several posts that wilj be jivft^hle, bkit it should be con sidering wagingiikn jntensive registrjition cam paign in the'|f«y‘pfimar)^ and the Novem ber eletitw^.‘It^k ,>i^^ftcyQg that th^ije .ajq apprbximatefy ^ ^ailaSle Negro regis trants in Durham, but it is going to take careful plannihg and WaVd wort to get them on the books. Ottte thiey art bn thfe hooks. It will be mucb -easier to secure some of the A The itand taken by Dr.-Alfonso Elder, presidlent of North Carolina College, on the righta of ieachi^rs and students to take an active part in such demonstrations and social actions as stt-^htt and picketing Wm)# 4We high est oirdet khd voonds a new note for Negro colle^ prieildenks. Too long the heads of varitius Ifatiio eihie«l!onaH«stItutlonsv espe cially bKpuhllc ; have beeta -Idcpiect^ to as a guardian of the statui i|tto dl thk^opes, alms and asplrattens of N%ri*i. » pattern the Nerrd iiiiiMM ItaV#- tohsr since learned to look be^^Mtd -ifce ^rts^of ecfucattonai instHu- tiofli for pil!Hh^s!rie lea^lershlp wfiere m«f- ters ot tiieii’ difll rfRtrtB fivn bent «f •Htlie. ])r; ’-lMler^'tfthd will be aODt«- ilfc idWib ■oAer fl\si8fro edvrct- For Nsiira SPIRITUAL INSIGHT By REV. HAROLD HOLAND y feve on Clirist, Accept tlie Terms Of ttie Gospel and Be Saved many jobs in the county and municipal gov ernments from which NTegroes are now barre^i As it ndw stands Negro employment in the cottrthouse and the city Katl is confined en tirely to janitorial jobs or the low salary level. Even the tAx list'eVs are all white with no thought b'eirtg giveh to tWe fact that Negro citizens are entitled to employment as suc^» ” the same as others. We think it is tlltte the Comrtilttee on Negro Affairs ceas^'i itA b’eg- gltl^ fok’ entpioym'ent in the cdunty and muni cipal governments and resort to the more effective means which is the proper use of the ballot. The ^egiStKitlon of 15,000 or more Negroes wiil do inore to bring abdu^t the de- ^red change in the attitude of those in con trol df city and coUnty employmeht than all the beeging thlt cart be done. We ti^ge the Comihittee to begin planhfng now foV tin all- out registratTdrt campaign for the primary In May ahd the elTecfion in November. "M6W wise ... be beptlxed end wash ewey H«y sin*." Acts M:15. The salvation of each soul calls for a basic spiritual process. What is this essential spiritual process? It involves an awa^^en- Ing, a baptism and a cleansing In the soul. Each must come to an awareness ot his or her lost- nfess. We must first be awakened to the terrifying state of human sinfulness. How can we ignore this business of human sinful ness? Its vicious, destructive in fluence is seen all around As oh ev^ (laid In the Jl^ U pe^e.' Wfe iee its elYetti % our families and among ov cloee friends. Then why do we not face this thing fir what it is and accept God’s healing rem edy as revealed in Christ Jesus our Savior. Christ is God’s answer to the awruhiess df human sifrriiTheM' Man can do nothing about his state of sinfulne.ss. Thus, God 6ut of the abundance of his love had to take the first step. In Christ we can find healing for our soul sickness. God loves your sou! and wants you to be saved from the devastation ot sin. The pre scription is already written. The wav of escape is already opened Behold the Christ and His Cross the true source of salvation fm- oiir sinfnl souls. We accept this sniritiial healine for our souls hv fjiith in Jesus Christ. Believe on Christ, accept the terms of the Gosnol and thou shalt be ssved, Hod In l(M»e sent His Son Jesui Christ to save our souls. w» must declare ourselves for JnHM Our $Mlor. Chidilt, dpplored Himself before the world iM He came to the waters of the •Tnrdan to be baptized of John. Wfl must acknowledge Christ be fore he can own us. Baptism is »n nutter svmhol of an inner sniritual operation in the sinful smils of human b‘tnn. Baptism follows faith in Christ and re- n'pntance toward God Almighty. The Gospel is a call to repen tance for a sinful soul. Thus Bap tism becomes a very beautiful symbol of the iqner spiritual change called conversion or re generation. ' Basically, salvation Is a wash ing fir cleansing frqm the cor- ruptine influence of sin In the the soul. Sin is uprooted or wash ed awBV. Sin com»ts everything It touches. Sin is like cAncer Cancer left imarrested In the hiimnn ofoanism leads at last fm dpnth. And sin ten. l»»ft tf> do its dirtv work to death, Thiis piirh snnl that would find health ai^d wholeness mnst he hroueW iiiid»r the h«>(r1)ne a nd clnanjlhg Twwer of R^ as rw*»1ed In, Chrif# .TemK. Ih the 'NntlvitV gtbrv He w»« to he railed .Tesjis for he ■ows- to'save from sin. ftod sent Ron to s^ek and save that which was lost. Let us then ree- opni^e that. Jesus, and .Tesus. Is oiir salvation. Jesns said himself, “rcame not to call the righteoUs but sinners to repentance." tlie stubborn Inescapable fact of human existenre is that man Is a sinner and that Christ came into the worid to save us from oUr siqs. ms f’^ettevllle Street DttrhaiM, N. C. FOmMty 28. »W2 Hon'orable J. S'. Kenneliy, Preifdfent ynited States 4f America Washington, D. C. 'tiear Hr. President: During your campaign, in 19B0, you were very generous in the uie of yonr kin^ influences to havie Dr. Martin Luther King re leased from prison. 1 *m quite sure that every believer in hu man decency appreciate this gesture. However, he has been imprisoned many times since and you have not had either the time or the urgency, since be coming president, to intervene. This letter comes tb InfMm you that there are many people who question your sincerity in this gesture, in view of the fact that the Rev. Fred L. Shuttles- worth, another minister, and the Bev. B. Elton Cox are now being held for crimes, which their ao; ciisers would have jailed Paul heverie and Patrick Henfy, had they been different In color. Mr. President, Is it thie that since you became president that the milk of human kindness no Idnper flows in your heart? Mr. President is it true that your gesture toward Martin , Luther King was for political reasons only? Mr. President have not your advisors, such as Louis Mar tin and Congreswnan William L. Dawson, told you that Shuttles- worth and Cox are now languish ing in southern jails because they dared to be men? Mr. Presi dent does the highest seat In the i^affalTs of 4he American way of life close your ears to the please of these two men, or is it th ^it you served your pur pose when you were able to get Neero ministers acclaim you as a friend of People (rf sorrow. Mr. President would you be a Pilate and now w«8h yoUr hands? Hiousands of Negroes, who voted fw you, because of your seaming Interest in an op pressed people, watched you as you hailed Lt. Cofonel John H. Glenn, ttpSsn hi* retittn ftoia apace, aAd thay w^eTed lf^dU would forjfet'tllenn as ^^Ickly ii you f(^g»t Kittf, after he had served your purpose. Mr. Resident we appflecirta Attcqney General Robert Ken nedy’s telling West BerUneis that America would defend them at any cost snd yet two N*^o preachers are now being h^d in prismi because they attempted to use some of these rights that your brother told them he wtold uphold, in another country. Hr, President I would like for your to have your brother go (to 4 gociMlI tour to HiMUalPPif Ark ansas, Georgia, Alabama and Si C. a nd assure the Negroes to that foreign section of demo cratic America that he will figi)t until the last veitige of jrtccmd- class citizenship has been erased from the humblest person-down there regardless ctf race, ereed or cdlor. Mr. President there are JW Ih Maryland, '^i^hia, N. d., jtentucky, Tennessee, ArMjrl- m ihd Texis. where thiert hSi been token Integration, Who ♦ot)ld Ike to have your brother ^in^ie to tiieise states and tell the ailthwitles that he will fight un til the Si^rem,e Court’s decidon M the ySrdetick by which |h^ gr&ted education will be meas ured. Mr. President your brother cannot sell a double standard to the other nations of the world. If Martin Luther King needwj your assistance while you were candidate, then certainly Shuttlesworth and B. Elton need your executive authority now to liberate them from the evils of these southern jails, W which they find themselves. Hoping I have been able to etpress the purpose for which this letter was designed, I re main ■yours tk justice, Alexander ^riies. Dir., Public Relations and - Social Service AM&Z Church. " . ■ COCTF Report on Tlie Negro Maritet GOP Makes Move to Aid Unemployment Problem cation, supe^-itltehUents ahd others who have to do with the operation of oUr cdlteges and schools. Especially should this hew approach be applied to the principals of Negro high and eietwehtairy ichddls. A Jnajorlty of them appeal td llte Ih ccmstant fear df their Jobs and are s'eti^dM fVe'e to take active part in the social ahi ecdrtdi^tc Btruggfe of their p'eoiile. ■"-* ! If br. ttder's staii^ Is adhered to by edu cational iuthdrlile's, we may see in the next few years Neferd principals and teachers head ing local NAACiP proUps and talcing over active panti hi the strufjrple* of the Negro. "We commend Dr. EWfcr for bis most roura- reotts stand and twst it will be heeded hv thiJse^ tHip mce iriiVI engfljped IH the of iMcitton. EDITOH'S NOTE: The au thor of this article, Mr. Laulier, is a distinguished journalist who was formerly a Washington correspondent for the National Negro Pu- blflmeni Ajsocialion. Ha is now a special assistant lo the Republican National Commitiee. By LOUIS LAUTIEH House Republican.s on Wed- ne.sday, Febi-uary 28, gave a positive image to the approach to unemnloyment, one of the most critical problems facing Negroes. By a record vote of S.M to 62, the House adopted the Repu blican sub.stitute manpower development and training bill establishing a two-year pro gram costing $262,.'?!>7,0(M). The bill was drafted by Re presentative Charles E. Good- ell. New York Republican. It was accepted by the Demo crats, given biparti.san sup port, and was offered as a sub stitute by Representative Elmer J. Holland, Pennsyl vania Democrat, for the bill reported hv the House Educa tion and Labor Committee. Sent to conference to iron out differences with a $655,- 000,000, four-year Senate-pas9> ed measure, the bill woj^ild especially benefit adult Negro unemployed workers who are heads of families and have held jobs for at least three yeara. Under its terms, 450,000 persons will be better trained to take on new skills to re place old ones for which there is no longer a need. Matching funds are requir ed ft^m the States for the admini.strative cost and for the training allowance cost after a period of 18 montha. l%e unemployment compen sation fund will t>e protected Whites, by a system of reimbursing ua- * Of the total of 4,663,000 un employment trust funds which permit the pay^ept ,pf l^e- fits workeft wh^* a#e under going training. 1 Tli^rwiriivision would 1^ especially beneficial t6 ui»- employed Negro workers be cause it will be an inducement to state legislatures to extehd the payment df ben^ts to workers who are und^golhg training while collecting ilh- employmenl benefits. In most of the States this is impossible at present. A woilter who Is unemploj^ cannot be trained and still draw unemployment compen sation. The Republican bill re- ouires that there muSt We ah Immediate Job opportunity if training is to be for less than twf> weeka. *1116 Republican bill also pro- tlBcIh the unemployed Negro worker against racial dis crimination by providing that selection of individuals for training and the placement of such individuals ahall not be contingent upon mnnbership of lack of membership in a labor union. If a Y^orker is offered an opf portunity to train and ti|TW it down, unter the Bepublifan bill, he wil) be lne|i^ble fbr a training allowance, for a ye^r. The program is design^ to help workers get off the w^V fare and unempIoymMit rolla and get a job. Neiroes ar« |Mrtleu|ar)y hard hit by unemploym^t. As repo^ad by the I#alK>r ptfiart- mentl Bureau of I>abor13iatiBt- on Jamianr 31, M.T per cent of the 872.060 penom In the civilian lalxv A>rce who hM l>een unenyildyad for or loatar employed persons 14 years of age and over in the clvil^n labor force in Janiiary, i^i.7 per ceijt were npnwhites. The unemployed whites represent OTiIy 5.9 per ci#ht of the white persons in the labor force, While thie unmployed, non- whites represent 13.4 per cent rat, the nqnwhites lA the labor fertfe. Speaking on the Houk floor In support of the Goodell bill. Representative Charles McC. Mathias, Maryland Re- publlcah, sdld: “It give* jJSed^le on the unemployment rolls a new hope, a chance to rekain the confidence, dignity, and sett esteem tlitat derives tirom the full employment of their individual talents and potenti al." •y 0. PARKI OttSON In some product cltssea,! Ne groes tend to spend more than do comparable income white families. The soft driiA is one of these product classes. Accord ing to independent research sources, Negro families, per capi ta, consume more soft drinks at home and atniy than do wWte families. In its trade advertis ing, EBONY notes that “the ur ban Negro has alM>at the same median incHMne as U. S. white families; but he buys 4 times more soft drinks.” Last month, the Pepsi-Cola Co. set a precedent for .inereatlpg its share of the Negro market when its president Herbert L Barnet, announced the election of Harvey C. Russell, a Negro executive directing special mar ket efforts, as a vlce-presldeiit of the Pepsi-Cola Company, In charge of special markets. Russell now has becmne the highest ranking Negro «ceeutlve Itt the soft drink industry, and this SpiMtttment reflects k com- pBiiy’s success in developihg the Negro market. Admittedly, through a^^mslve ifiarketlttg, Pepsi-Cola Is one of the major competitors in the cola field, and this li espeeially true in urban markets where Neero concentration is heavy. WhHi iHe Coca-Cola employ^ out gro males, side public relations counsel, and John H. Wilkins, Inc. Wash- Royal Crown Cola has a special ington, D. C.. is sponsoring “Wil- / ^orta .with Ctmpaiqwinied l)dt- tiejrs. -t - No soft drtni teompa^,^luM||».v ever, ajpproaches the Ne^ mar ket with Pepsi’s sound approach —nor acliieves sales gains like Pepsi—with a sound marketing prt^am. Much of this prograip .is an extension of the program the company is doing in the gen eral mai%et. And tfie Negh> Malr~ ket can be a pivotal one for isoft drink bottlers; In FORTUNE (“The Compel tion That Refreshes", May 196]^) which described the "wwldwidl war against thrist — and eaiih other” between Coca-Cola a)l| Pepsi-Cola, a key marketing fael was given; .“the ten to tweniy* nine age group not only DIM the highest per capita consumK tion rate for soft drinks, but n Is in this group that P^si mada Ito greatest advances since lOM.” '(Note: the median age for Ne groes* is 3.2 vs. 30.2 for whitea— and the Negro population is 1^ creasing at a 57 percent faster rate.) Schick, Inc., New York, la launching a Negro market p*0- gram for its electric shaver. Schick has appointed DaVe bor;l Enterprises for Outside sales promotion counsel and servic^ tte company Is conducting w- searoh on "ingrown bewd hair,* a cVmdition peculiar mihy r^resentatlve Pepsi also has a man in public relations and an other directing q>ecial market Veterans OiiestioiQ and Answers Bere are BMwera,^ by the Adminimation to audioritatl'ra Veterans question /rom fornfer servicemen and tiheir .families: . How many v«!terans are MU i^ sdiooia and colleges under GI education and train- tag p^^am? Is thif gram still op«i to World War H ve^rans? A—T^re w^re about 188,- 000 veterans still in .education- aij pr9granu u^d^r the Korea . Bin as of Octo)Mr 31, ivin. Thls.pr^am ha# end ed .for World war n veteraqa. Q—understand ttat ildns are paid to some '^diaia War” vetarana, Doaa thli -wo back to 'Cotoi^ SUmt A—/Tha imHai] Waqi eiMi- •uAiM tii tha adoiUiiraaaM of veterans’ pensions are those sidMiequent to 1960 and before 1«9«: briefly those Indian trouljliea concerned with ttie openlnK up of the West and Far West. About 160,000 troops participated In thMe encountew at various times and about l,b00 died as ^e result of conilMt. H)era ari» still 29 veterans of these IniVan Wars living today. Q—Is Govenvment life la. aurance still available to the . .jroung men entering iervtca today? , A—life Insuranea ti Mt Iswed. iipday, ,do i^ow more Korean CoidUct va- taranf of aU other wanT Jt>-i8ecaliifr pMpla n* MU _ ‘Wil- kins Coffee Courtesy Time.” a radio program featuring WpMi' ington, D. C. area churches, along with an interview with a community leader. Firestone Tire and Rubbw Company, Akron, entertained del- eeates and guests to the reeebt Alpha Phi Alpha Convention (largest Negro f^aternUy> in f hospitality suite at thj» conven tion site in Louisville, "rte Cori- pany’s Negro public relations >nan also showed two col,or 'ffl'm. from Firestone’s film librair. Delta Bowling Center, the first lanes (^ned to Negroes in New Orleans, drew some 3,000 per sons to opening nlrtt activltiea. See MARKIT, I^A leaving active service and i great nuoUier « them aer^ In tha Korean Conflfct. HB they served hi WorM War it a1»o they are coniHlenii Korea veterana I6r beHWi PttWf.) They are not cMt- aidfcrea ^^MaraiM nntt nMA
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