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• THE CAROLINA TIMES •A-OUHHAM. N C. SATURDAY, MAtCH 23, IMJ Negro Service In The National Guard Tlu' liill inirodiiceil in the C'. fi**npral A’x-niltly lljis \\ crk :mil >ijriU‘I liy 22 M-nat(ir> to ri-|>ca! tlu' raoiMl U;«rrifrs in llu' X«irll» Oroliiu N'.ni'inal (IiianI shoultl rccvivo tlu* '•u|»j>i>rt tf lucMnhi-r of Itiuli liou>»-s »s 'v*ll a> tliP citizcnry ot the state iti nonoral. If fiinctcd iiili' law. it will jjivc Nortli Carn- lin.T an n]i|>'ifttiiiity tn lu voluntarily whrit it ovoiitnaliy will liavr t» li «iii(li-r an unler uf the icileral convts. Tlie >c4rre}rat(;-il |ti»lioy of the X, Xational inarl. which i> niaintaiiu'il I.riiu'i|>a!ly out of federal fniuU, is on ii^ face nnctiiistiiutional and wull not have a letr to sianil on if contesteii in the federal eoilrts The efforts of the 22 venators coine on the liteV of roninieiU'einen on March 14 Ky the iMirliani I'onimittee on XefJT*i \ffairs that ii i> o"t'l)al'''d 1o 'n|i|>ort K-;^al action on he- half of three Xe^i-rci youths who arc serkin^ nuMnl)er.-'hij> in the X. C'. Xational (lUarrl and who have Iteen reierted soltdy because of thtir race, if the liill. sii^ned hy the 22 sen- i.tors. is acted on f ivorahly hy the present se-sion of the ('leni ral A'^senihly. it will nilt onlv ri}jl;l a lonj^ standini; wronfj snd injus tice. Iiui it will also save .Xejjro citizens of the '•tate the exjienditure of considerable time, money and enerjry to achieve such an enl. The law barring Xei^froes from Kervice in the Xational (Iiiard prohahly originated frnni the fear that tfoes with a {jnilty coiisciencc hrou^-'ht on hy the ninny wronps heaped upon the race, llowevfr unjustifiahle the fear has ]>Trtven. there are still thow whrt feel that to arnt Xejjroes. even as meinhers of the Na tional ’iuard. is to pl.ace them in position In retaliate. \.s the race harriers are moved in education, employment, sports and other fiehls, the fear will disa)i|iear and Xeproe.s will not only he acceptable in the XationnI (iuard but in other positions of trn.st invotv- ill'' tli,- safety of the citizenry as a whole. This newspa))er learns that |)leas made to the. frovernor and ieneral Mowers in Ueceni Ix-r. 1‘>f^>2 for a rulinitf as t) the iinconstitu- tioiiality of the .\. 1'. statute iiave remaiTtfd nnans\vered as of this date. We also icarn that in earl>- V>62 dtlrintr a conference with state .X \ \('P officials, (iovernor .Sanford re fused flatly to initiate an\- action desijined to admit Xejfroes to the X. I'. (‘luaed. Althoujjh the (governor anl legislature are ibviiiisly actin); only after learninj; of the preliminary steps being taken in Durham by the three youns; Xepro ii4>pliciu)ts and their attorneys, we trust that tlu‘ present .session of the (leneral Assembly will rennive the barrier which exclules Xej^nies from the N. C, X'ational (iuard. liy so doinjf, it will make it, ))ossil>le for inenibfrs f»f tHe race to serve their stt»te. as well as their country, in the safiH- inovmer a.s rther citizens; An invitation to Federal Authorities The attacks male on the Xefrro pu|)i1s at- tendinj^ formerly white school.s in t'aswelt County are to be rcf^retted. l)Ut they are nut, surjirisinfr. If spittinj,'' on the Xeffro pupils, calli’nt; them n.-inies an! threatenin'^ them w'th de-ith i,-. the only answer the white peo- jiie of the county have for the rulintj of the l^'deral Courts in the matter, we think they h."!ve sunk to the lowest j>ossfl)!e depths of d']iravitv. If the leaders of the county have one ])article of common sense left, they must know that such cowardly conduct is definitely the result of moral weakness rather than moral strength. f)n the other hand, the Xegro children who endure the insults and ahuse.s are provinjr liy far that they are morally stronger than their adversaries. We urjfe them and their parents to stanV steadfast and to not be shak en by the cowardly acts of their white neif^'h- bors. There is one thini; tha^t has always caused us preat concern in situfitioiis such as now obtains in faswell County, and tliat is the ever present imixitency of. the \vhite church. Its marked silence in racial■ upri.sinjjs in .Ala bama. Tennessee. Mississij)|)i. iC’asw ell (. 'oilnty ()t our own • state, and other southern states, we think, is an indictment, (if the kincl of t’hristianity that is benjf preached as Avell a' practiced by both'its lealers awl followers. ' Oil the other hand, the Xegt'o' citizens »>f tlie county are'being forced hito a position where they have no alteruatiy* but to call on federal authoritie.s f^r j>rote£tion. If and when thi| occurs.' the white peo|)le of_ the county will have no one to blame Init them selves since their conduct iii the matter is tantamount to ■ extendinjf an invitation to federal authorities to jfome in and unhold the law and order that they. arpi>«rently will not. ■ HI**- tit' COfflMUNJST MIU Os^ ^ Pitoo Get/. f>l Mo^to 0$ /*« MADE yUNCt Ml\pK /N US!) too pyaff 'W O^PORD M/sS/ssiPPl ush pnoor mr>t it4 ^iNci eeufm usn '•* Fnoof LANGSTON HUGHES ^ jHHI ,f — — Know The Negro SIMPLE’S GRANDMA LEFT NO WILL More Support for Negro Offi^ Seekel’s We have observed with a dejjree of interest, Negro caiididatts shoufd not he asked to inere- as well as encoiiragement. that in st^eral cities ly run for office ^ust to be iltjinf: so and of tlje state this year Negroes arc ramning increly to create iintere.st in registering and for |>iiblic office such aj^city councilinan aiijl^ voting. They ought to have a reasonal)le as~ county commissioner. In State.svjile. T, V, surance that they have « chAnce of being Mangmn has announced for City Council arid elected. This^ cannot,.Kir ac1iie\!ctl unless Xc* in Kinston. ^Irs. J. J, Hannibal has announced groes regi.ster anrl vpte in sufficient^ niitii- bers to become factor in determining tUe otitconie of all candidates- in .the race. ■ .\s t\ e see it now.. N'eKToeS ,'in Statesville and Kinston are drag^'ing, their fe.et in the tnatter of increasing .thelt- vxfti,ng strength. UecatHit'-of thisv' ^'e ■u wuld'llike to urge them to', launch a rkj«ir to door ^ainpai^n to; brinj; about a 100 per-cent iricrease hi the registra tion of their people wjHiclv. ir('titrn, will'nulke it possible for them to have the ‘n^uch needed. ; ^f;},)re!sentation on the' bo.arcfs tfx which their candidates are seeking ekwtion. tor County Commissioner. W'e have observed, however, vhat. in both the abozve-mentioned cities, the Xegro regis tration is about half what it shoulil be. The latest rejxirts indicate that in Statesville and Kinston the number of Xegroes wlwi ha\t* reg istered in each city is less than I.tOO. IJoth cities, however, have a iKitential Negro reg- stration of approximately each. ' ' It is a fine thing to place Negro Candidates in the f^e fl'J5.1>ll'>lic to tfie i?iner^\|^^irdi^j»|erjfc>|!a|id K fVin}!;. ,\Ve think, howevel*, nliaV the tiirfe has come when Calm and Forthright Action Needed The situation as it now oirtains in the Crest Street section of Durham, formerly known as Hickstown. calls for calm and forthright action on the part of the city's )«)lice department as well as law abiding and res]>ectal)le citizens of that community. To say that the situation is exi)lf>sivc in this particular section of Durham is putting it mildly. 1 his newspa|ier's investigation dis closes that a veritable )K>wder keg now exists in the area, and that if present condititms continue any minute may see an exi>losion take place. •\.s revolting as the crime of rape is. it is mly a degree less revolting than a gang of hoodlums who will arm themselves and parade through a community shooting, swearing and callin^^anies. I{|ually as revolting are i>o- licc officers who a|>parently refuse to do their luty when called to such a scene hV OwCa^atlCf. pmmmt Publiched tvtry Saturday at Durham, N. C. by United PuUishera, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, PMblisker T«leph«ne MS-W18 and 6S1-SS12 Sccood (3m P0itaee Paid at Durham, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES §4.00 per year (pint 12c tax in N. C.) aaywtMre ia tts U. S., and Canada and to Mrvicenea Overseas; flk BMMiths, f2JM (pluf 8e aalet tax in ' N. C.); JCMCtgR. fT.OO per year. Single copy 15c. Offie* M 4M K. PetUfW# il. Owffcaa. North CNliM law abidhig citizen.s. Such action by our jiolice. as reported elsewhere in this newspa per. not only generates a lack of confiilence in Durham's law enforcement agency but it creates disrespect /or it on the .^)art of all its citizens. I |p' spite of all this, in -spite f)f the added week long and embarrassing (|westioning of law abiding Negro enifdoyes t>i Duke I'niver- sity by Durham's police, we would appeal to the Xegro citizens of the Crest Street area anfl elsewhere to keep calm and to not do one thing that would tend to jirovoke trouble. By so doing, you will show strength and onwge iptjier than weakness and cowardice. ti’will show your superiority to those who come into your community bent on starting trouble. Kvery resjiectable Negro citizen in Durham stands ready and willing to do whatever he or she can ti apprehend the jiersoti or persons rts(X)nsihle for the reported wave of rapes and near rapes in the western section of the city. .\ll Negro citizens feel, however, that when the police are called to the scene of a troubled area they ought to do more than .seize weajHjns and order tlie instigators to leave the scene. it is our feeling that city officials >voiild do much to aid in the matter if they would integrate the |K)lice jiatrol. Such action would at least erstore confidence to those who live there that they will be |)ro- tected by the police rather than intimidated "Last week,” said Simple, ‘‘I gas ,.a woman buried with her^Wig on. But I have newr seen any tody buried with theit glasses on. Have you?” "li most admit I have not,” I “W-' i “Tlfey bury people with theirclothes on, sometimes with their, diamonds on^ but I never saw ;iiobody buried with their glasses on. Why?” “■Why?” 1' asked in turn. “■VVh^?” “People who been wearing glasses all their lives look more natural with their glass- -eit on In-a-coffin .than, they: do. without their glasses on in a cof^n,” said Simple, “so they ought to have them on, dead or alive. Besides, if there be telephone books in heaven, folks will need glasses to look up the numbers. In hell, I do not reckon the devil permits anybody to use the phone. I wonder is hell segregated?” “Why pick out hell to won der about?” I asked. “Because in heaven every body is washed whiter than snow. This the Bible s&ys. There is no way to segregate white angels when all angles ar« white. But in hell,” de clared Simple, “you stay your own natural color. So many Negroes has been going to hell for lyears, it must look like Harlem down there, or Miss- isSit^i. Of course, all Dixie- crotis is going to hell ^— so there must be segregated, al so lit-ias and freedom rides theri. A lot of Negroes I know will| Insist on eating a^ the devil’s lunch counter.” “Maybe the devil is black himself/’ -1 said, “in which case h* woifld not permit se gregation.” i “I always heard the devil were red,” said Simple. “But if the devil Is black, more power to him. May he reign over Hell. And I hope he se gregates all the Southern white folks what enter his gates. I hope the devil turns the tables on them and say, ‘Nay’. No matter how smart you may be, you cannot go to the Univer sity of Hell, neither can you eat in none of my Howard Johnson Restaurants. Also you oannot go to any of my gas station rest rooms if you are white. Jim Crow in reverse rules here. ■ This is hell. If you must go, to the toilet, so in the burning bush where the fires of hell will singe your hips to a barbecue. BLACK ONL'Y says the sign up on my devilish toilets. We has no facilities in hell for whites. I, Belzebud, is in charge here.” —^iWhat -a cruel -devil you w^ould be,” I said. “That is the way white folks treat me down South. They will not even let me go to the toilet. Was I ever to get them In hell, I would give them a lesson in democracy — in reverse. I would say, ‘Suf fer for your sins on earth; That is what hell is for, to teach lessons. But heaven is eternal time off for good be havior. No work, no suffering no pain. Just set and be white all your days, and rich. If you want gold, reach down and pick up a handful off of the golden streets. If you want milk and honey, say the word. If you want manna, reach up and It will fall. In heaven, no worries. In hell, damnation — and for them that ^ not Of the devil’s race, no toilets.” “If the devil is a red man, Indians will be the only folk not segregated,” I said. “Woe betide you. black, iny good fellow.” “But I have got Indian blood,” said Simple. “Can’t you look at me and tell I am a Blackfoot?” “I thought you told me once you were a Cherokee,” I said, grandmother could set on her hair. It was long, black and sillty — so she must of been an Indian.” “Hbw come then you did not inherit some of that long, black silky hair?” I asked. “Grandma did not leave a will,” said Simple. Yes. We All Talk the technique of teaching the new sound in nonsense .syllables is effective in tenacious cases where the child does not respond to auditory stimulation, and where he holds on strongly to his error. By MARCUS H. BOULWARE When a child is making an er ror sound, one of the best '^ays to correct the sound is to isolate it from the rest of the wo-':’. Once the child can product the sound in isolation, then have him use tfie sound in syllables of nonsense syllables. Many The Efland-Cheeks School wiil speech correctionists use an elec- hold its Sixth Anhual Family Life trie approach — trying various Workshop on March 26, 17, and techniques and using what seems t8 at 7:90 P. M, The theme this to yield the best results with the year is “A Challenge—To Meet particular child. - - the Pressures of Today Through One thing we do know it that Family Living.” By ALFRED DUCKETT Every so often I think about a kind-eyed, elderiy gentleman who lives in East Chicago - a suburb of the Windy City. He is an old-time-religion Baptist preacher who has a son with ^a fair reputation. The old gentleman is the Reverend James Cole. His son is a singer named Nat. I was a feature writer for the CJilCAGO DEFENDER chain. Father’s Day was ap proaching. Executive Editor Enoc Waters, one of the most creative desk men in the busi ness, thought it would be a splendid idea to have an inter view with the father of a fam ous personality. _ L _ phoned - fiev. Cole and asked if I could come out to do a Father’s Day story with him. He was gracious, courteous and willing. It isn’t simple to get to the East Chicago home of Rev. Cole. I didn’t mind, however. I was imtigucd at the thought of meeting this man and hearing what he had to say about the son of whom people in the music business com ment: “He has never made a bad record.” I was admitted into the modest home and found my subject, old-shoe easy to talk with, a man of quiet humor and deep philosophy. After, preliminaries, I ex plained the nature of the piece I wanted to write. I was sur prised to see a cloud come over the minister’s face. Shak ing his head gravely, he said: “Oh no, I’m sorry. I couldn’t give you a story like that.” The reporter’s nightmare - vision of returning to the of fice, mission unaccomplished - took hold of me. Had this been a wasted trip? “But,. Rev. Cole,” I objected. “After all, you did have me come all the way out here. You did agree on the phone.” Nat Cole’s father spoke de liberately. “I’m sorry,” he repeated. “I can’t give you the story you want.” Indignation was overtaking diplomacy. I stood up, “Look, Rev. Co'*, I began. He continued quietly. “You told me you wanted to do a Father’s Day story,” he explained. “I agreed. I didn’t know you wanted a story only about Nat. I couldn’t do that.” There was a pride drumbeat in his voice with the next sen tence. “You see,” Rev. James Cole told me, “Nat is only one of my boys. I have four sons. And, in this family, each one of my sons is as important as the ether. Nat would b* the tint to agree." Jackie Robins^: JA CK/£ fZ03/^S0A/ - Louis Lomax, who doubles as an author and an aspiring politican, got himself some na- Uionwide publicity the o!her day wfth a brutal attack against New York Governor ^Nelson Rockefeller. Lomax, who once ran (or local office in his Long Is land community called Rocke feller a ‘‘capitalist without a conscience.” ’ He c7irged that the Gover nor “prpaches liberalism in Detroit, kisses babies in Har lem and gets his money from gold mines in South Africa where black men are chained to their beds every night.” in labelling one of the most nhl7ii?thropic-n:iinded men in the world » "capitalist with out a conscience,” Lomax speaks as an author without authority. He is, however, running true to form - for Lo max consistently attracts at tention CO himself by making sensational statements and charges which reflect on other people. He once broadcast -some ridiculous remarks about Roy Wilkins and what he re garded as Wilkins relationship with the Black Muslims. He once wrr^-e an ar'Jcle from which one might have easily gained the impression that there is nothing wrong with our Xegro leadership which a little sage advice from Lomax couldn’t Cure. Now Lomax comes up with a new absurdity. It would be just as unfair to attack Nelson Rockefeller for making money out of gold mines in segre gated South Africa as it would be to attack A. G. Gaston, the prominent Negro business ty coon of Birmingham, Alabama, for making money in that hell ishly segregated city. Finllay, we hav.? news for Lomax - news which might be heloful to him in his future flights of fancy. This column checked out Lomax’s state ment that Nelson Rockefeller has interests in gold mines in South Africa. We can sta» "With authority that he does not. Try again, Lomax. The important thing is what Nelson Rockefeller docs with his money. He does the same thing that three generations of Rockefeller’s have been doing. He gives generously to help eduqate people of our race who want to become authors or college presidents. A friend of mine in educa tional circles told me recent ly that virtually every Negro college president in America owes a debt of gratitude to the gifts of the Kockefellior family for help in some part, if not all, of his education. When Negro churches were bombed in Georgia recently by local apartheid-minded thugs. Nelson Rockefeller promptly gave $10,000 to help begin re building them. I hope - al though I am not aware of it, even though 1 chaired the 'Na tional fund drive - that a few Negro authors kicked in with $10. This column is curious as to whose script Lomax is read ing in this vicious unwarrant ed attack on Governor Rocke feller, Lomax is not our fa vorite author, but we believe he knows better than to ha-ve written thi^iine himself. I sat down - a pretty humbled reporter - getting ready to do an interview for my newspaper - an interview with a proud fathor who had four ion*. Heroes of the Etnancipafion Jermain Wesley Loguen was born in Tennessee in 1814 of a white slaveholding fathA and a Negro mother who had been kidnapped in Ohio. While he was still a young boy, he escaped through Kentucky and Indiana to Detroit and Cana da, saved some money and learned to read, after which he returned to the United State* and went to Rochester, N. Y. to work. Later, he studied under Beria Green at Oneida. N. Y. Reverend Loguen became an elder in the African Methodi.st Episcopal Zion Church, served pastorates at Ithaca, Syracuse and Troy, N. Y., and in 1808 was elected Bishop. It was while Reverend Lo guen was residing in Syracuse, a prominent well known mem ber of the community, that the Fugitive Slave Law of 18S0 was passed. Outraged by this new restraint upon the slaves, which in its application could also endanger free Negroes. Rev. Loguen, addressing an a.s- sembly of his fellow citizens on Oct. 4, 1850, asked what position they would take if they were requested to sur render the fugitives of the city. “Now you are assembled here, the strength of this city is here to express their sense of this fugitive act, and to pro claim to the despots at Wash ington whether it shall be en forced.*' here — whether you will permit tha government to return me and other fugitives who have sought asylum among you to the hell of slavery. The question is with you,” he asserted Soon thereafter, Rev. Lo guen, along with 23 other re- S«e AEROEB, S-A
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