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" THE CAROLINA TIMES ’ SATURD^Y, MAY 7S, 1H3 DURHAM, N. C. Birr CIVIL RIGHTS ARE WANTED NOW, MIt PRESIDENT An Easy Way to Get Rid of Demonstrations In an editorial nf Fridav, .Afav IJ, entitled “Miiw To Get Rid of Freedom Mnri'hers." the (]rr i-nshoro Haj^Iy Xews points to the laihire. in 'he |wst. of liusiness |w>\vt structures to e\crt their influence or leadershi|) in :ihoI- iIiiTi}i the soprejjated pattern in tlie South. 1'hf editorial praised the action-; of the ('irt'«'ns- hor.■ Merchants \ssociation and the (irccns horo '.'hainher of Commerce in askins^ for “:m end to all jMilicies—in both government and bu.-iness within the citv of (Ireensl)oro whicli deny rijjhts or services to any citi/cns," In its final coninient on the demonstrations oi freedom marches the editorial declared: “If CrAMsboro, or any othn- Southern c'ty wants to know bow it can ?et .-id of fre‘(k>m niarckcrs, it Imls the answer. It is fnTbodicd in the timely resolution^ passed yesterday: Give them rqunl . citizenship rights. Treat them with the same dignity. Then theyTI fo home." Heve, we think, is the kind of sound think- in{^. advice and leadership that a new'i>appr ."honld exhibit. It shows plainly jnst why Creenshoro is 'o far ahead of Durham in population, industry and otherwise. Instead of talkin" about a “Hetter Way Than Demon- stratif»ns” the Greensboro Haily \ews faee.s tij> to the problem fearlessly and frankly. We have said aeain and apain that when ever or wherever those in power speak ajjainst i)iju>tices heaped upon N'eproes in education, employnient, or elsewhere they will be done away with. The Merchants, the ('hambers of Commeree and other influential orfanizations in the cities and communities of thie .South h.-tve the key to better race re.latons if they will only use it. These ortjanizatio'tls in Greensboro are, on the ri,!fbt« road to bring about a solution to the i)roblem confronting tiiat city and we pre dict that it will idtimatelv be settled to the sal i.s fact ion of all concertied. Opposed to Mi F.ornis of Vioience This new«pa|>er would like for it to be dis tinctly tmderstood by all that it stands square- Iv )>eViind and in support of the Freedom Ma^rhes and other forms of jieaceftd demon strations that are I’ow beintr carried on in the .South. It would also like for it to be dis tinctlv understoof) that it is absolutely f(j)posed to anv and all forms of violence, or unseemly con!uct on the part of those participating in the demontrations or others who mriv think thi-v are lendins^- their supi>ort to them l>y throwinpf rocks at individuals of the ojiposito rare or at cars in whicb they are .riding-. We ae opposed to nan>« callin,?, profane lanfi;uas;e or anv and all, conduct oil the part of XVgroes or others that is not in keepinfi; with that of ladies and gentlemen. Reports cominji to this new.spaper that Xe- proes in certain sectifins of'Dtlrham have re sorted to throwinsf rocks at white persons or cars in' which they are ridinq; are to be re- Cretted. .^uch eondtict will not be supported I)^• ,'idiilt or youth leaders of the demonstra tion and will only Serve, to undermine the ef forts now being made throu«^h them to obtain better race relations in Durham. Tt is our feeling that any citizen who knows the names of such a person or persons wottld be doing the entire community a service 1)V reporting- it to the police department imme diately. Such persons are a menace to the commtmity and the quicker they understand that their type of conduct will not he tolerated the better off all of Durham will be. More Reasons For Demonstrations The attitude expressed bv Xorth , Carolina’s ■Assistant ,\ttornev General Ralph Moody con cerning the I’. .S. Supreme Court’s nding in the sit-in cases is exactly and )irecise1y the attitude on the |)art of ])ublic officials that has made the present dejuonstrations against segregatifin necessary. It would have been far more l^ecomiinj and statesmanlike for one in his high po.sition of public trust to have /lonestly faced up fo the nding and declared that the highest court in the lan1 has spoken, and it is now the lutv of all loval and la'v pbiding citizens of the 1 'nited States- to com ply or abide by the ruling. Instead of exhibiting sound leadership as becomes a high official, the Assistant .\ttor- nev General sets out on the dark and dismal road of endeavoring to find wavs and means of circumventing the ruling. .So, he. blandly inforfflT ttraf stupid element bf Xorth Caro- lina whites, whose menikers have never been able to rise above a below-standard level of . iivinir. that Xorth Carolina’s segregation law is still safe and sound, Thi.s, of course, will give them comfort to believe that their white skin is still a badge of superiority whether thev are possessed witli intelligence or not. The Assistant .Attorney General of Xorth Carolina has proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Xegroes of this state need not look Th^ (joivn^\hi!i we^ by the I'. .S, .Supreme Court in the sit-in cases sur prises no one but that segment of .American society known as segregationists. It is go ing to he interesting to watch the antics of southern goverenrs. mayors and other high public officials intheir efforts to circumvent the ruling of the court and continue segrega tion as'the i)attern of the .South. Every person who has an ounce of common sen.se knows that segregation is a ‘Mead duck" an! that a new era is coming into being all over the nation as well as in the South. It will remain, as tisual,. for southern whites to be the last segment of .American society to realize the old pattern of segregation is a lost cause. Conse)uently there will be resent ment and, lisorder in many cities, towns and communities where the leadershij) will not as sert itself anl direct the course of the ])eoplc in the direction of acceptance. We urge X'egroes to keej) their heads and nfit to become panicky or discouraged. W'e urge them to he j>o1ite btit firm in their doter- Published erery Saturday at Durham, N. C. by United Piib^hers, Inc. L. E. AU^TDf. Publisher Telephone aSMtU and 681-8912 Second CUas Pottage Paid at Duiliam, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATS* $4M p$e yu (plm 13c tax in N. C.) anywhere in the U. S.. taA Caaida and to servicemen Overieaa; lix Mate, lUd (plus Be Mlet tax in N. C.); roral«i. SingW copy 18c. rrtaOpit mt0 leeatad at 4M B. Pettifmr St. North CuMliaa UNSUNG 1 now quote a ]>aragraph from The Blessing Cif Husiness: ‘When you visit a public park, you not that the bronze and marble statues -usually represent statesmen, warriors or poet*. They should represent the more useful businCs.s men ; so should the pictures on postage stamp.s and paj)er money. Look at the average com- ninriityt anl consider what bil^piness men have done for it; the teachers, preachers, statesmen, writers, artists and orators, how ever crcditable they may be, have not done as much,' k J«T BUT WeT^B MAKING LANGSTON HUGHES SIMPLE’S PRESIDENT SJPIRITUAL INSIGHT REV. HAROLD ROLANU Tlie Fact of God's Redeeming Love Is The Good News of Gospei to its high ptiblic officials to do whaf is hon est. what is upright and even what,is lawful. .So, instead of an atmosphere in which intelli gent white and Xecro leaders might sit down around a table and work otit a-solution' to the present dilemma "in Raleigh, Greensboro and Durham the ignoble Mr. .Aissistant At torney General Ralph Moody has m.-ide it absolutely im|>ossible for any \e»Tro leader of standing to do anything but fold hi« arms or the demonsfrations lest the presetit^ generation of youths! of ;his rncr sf»it in his face anl the unborn generation spit on lti.'« grave. ‘ •- . ' . ' So, instead of asking for a cessation of the demonstrations, as we- had hoped we could be able to do after the -Supremr Court; ruUrijf, in order to give time for arbitration; .we have no alternative-but to give our bounden sup- ■poiT to rhrtSP^atff'fldy ln'pr5f^ss arKl-:pfaiy“W .Almighty God that Nesrrofs 'in fither cities will see that so far;as officials of.'Xorth Caro lina are concerned the-tcausf- o--f arbitriitiftn is lost. We. therefore, hope Aey ivill begin to fall in line by raising thrir cry hi similar demonstations against this dawnahl* systepi that has kept them in a state of s^mi-bondage for approximately 100'years-ajtd. threatens to cripple the efforts of-our fhtifitryi.to promote democmcvt al»F6n«t.-«! ^ ingja tjie Sit-in Cases mination to become first class citizens, fh.e law is on our side, right is' oti |ur .side and a growing segment of yo{ing. Upright; \vhife southerners afe'oh our side. In the end ViS» can’t lose. ■’ There is. one way hoWPY^,,.ttot,;*,every Xegro can help to imple.inent the ruling ,of the Supreme Court and tliiitt. is to register ai'id vote. When high- public officials realize that the Negro has Sufficient voting, strenffth to influence elections they will be less prone to attempt to defy the Supreme Court’s rtil- ings in the various civil rights cases. We think a determined register and vote cam^ paign is now in order and urge Negro leaders in all fields of endeavor to use their influence in seeing to it that every Negro tnait and woman who qualifies registers and votes. THIS GOOD NEWS "The Gospel God announced in'tbcrad scriptures through his ptophaH. "Rom. 1:2. , The Gospel of God was' re vealed through Jesus Christ, tfte Savior of the world. Thfough God and Christ, there fore, we have the good news. 'W'hat is this good news? The good news is the Gospel of God’s redeeming love. The «ood news is what God in Christ has done for us. The goaa,i»ews ts that God has oome liT'ClirijJr td save or 'redeem ife God in Chri,st lifts th"'heavy, wearisome burden of sin. It is indeed ^ood news that God of fers a remedy of hyaline for man’s sin-sick oul THIS IS GOOD NEWS! This Good News brings a new outlook for man in hi* miserable condition. Good News Gfld_ia_Christ Jireaks. IBa^ viQ-.,- lous circle of man’s wretched ness and sinfulness, Christ is ♦he, healing for our si»i-sick souls. H-e hr'iaks the ensls^ving power of sin. And he releases taan for the fulfillment of his great GDd-giv.»n potenMaJs. Truly this is the world’s gfeat- est good - news. It is good news for it brings moral and spirit ual freedom for man. Yes, Christ and his Cross rob sin of its enslaving power. Countless souls now for two thousand years have be?n finding thils grpat freedom in Christ the Savior. This Good News heralds man’s true freedom. In a world gone wild about freedom what is the ground of nil tru9 free dom, Christ is tlie ground of true freedom. Why? Chri.st gives freedorn from ,sin. W e must realize tM«t tli^viciotisness of sin 18 the real enemy of hu man fSreedom, All the things we firfit against grow out ol human sinfulness — pride, pre judice, env.y, hatred, injustice, greed and countless others are found in the real enemy of man; SIN. Thus Christ becomes the key to true freedom. In Christ we become the new crea. tures of true freedom. Christ takes away things that make us to be isolated or estranged from God A-imighty, And when sin the thing thnt separates us from God is tak“n away we are freed indeed. Good News* Christ gives us spiritual and moral freedom. This Good News brings us to -the fulfillment of life ac cording to the Divine plan or purpose. In Christ we do find the highest, richest fulfillment. Good News just look what God in Christ has done for us, Christ frees from sin and cata pults us into a life of the no blest dimensions — a life qf loving service, Christ tak'JS away our sins' and gives us spiritual harmony, fellowship, peace, joy and the true blessed ness that God alone can give. O that we coul.1 call the roll of the great souls whose sins have besn taken away by Christ; that they in him might find tulfillmsnt according to God’s eternal purposes. The list could begin with Stephnn and end with that humble Christian who lived and di'd nobly , in. the mountains -.at - North Carolina a little more than a year ago. Tbs world’s 'great Good News is what God in Chri.st has done for a world of lost and miserable einners. Good News Christ is the Savior of lost souls! “If I was President of the v'^'ited States in this year of the South, 1963,” said Simple, “I would make me a spc'‘ch which would lie a statement, and I would say, ‘Citizens and fellow-t’itizons, friJ.ids and Republicans, Democrats and Dixiecrats. it is about time all of you, each and everyone, North and South, begin to real ize that you cannot fool around with l^egroes an.vmore. Also you should realize that our U, S. A. belongs to everybody, leaving out nobody. It is about time everybody realizes that the word our me.ms belonging to everybody. Including .schools, swimming pools, police com missioners, and governor.s. Who would want Btill Conner? Who would want Faubus? But we are stuck with th“m. They i," ours. They belongs to colored citizens as well as white. The City of Birmingham b'?longs to colored citizens as well as white. So do fir» hoses and po lice dog.s. belong to all. So I would sav, tflk'' them pnli-’P dogs away from them cops •down South,.-Negroes, Them dops are yours — since the last tour letters of your* rneaas ours. ! / ‘Citl7ens and fellnw-cltlzens. Republicans and friends. De mocrat* and Dixi''crats. voters «nd voteless, particulaly in the South, take the vote if you d'"* not already have it. Else how can you u.se it? Take j the hoses and put out the fir^s ragiita in the ‘ heart of 'Divie. ■you bought them ho.ses with vbiir tax money. Take Alabama, including Birmingham, and voii won’t have to bother anythinc «ls» in the future. The ho.ses belong to the citv and the citv bslongs to us which is ours, I nm (speaking as the President of all the people, nil the riti''s. •ill the states. Thfiiv. what mi'- i.ises asd abiise.« anv peonle in •iny state, I dcclare out o f bounds, I hereby command th" TTil«>'«»r.s to turn over all dogs, ’-irod rod«, and fire hosn.. fo Tf"v, Martin Luther KSn®, all patrol cars to Rev, Shuttles ''or«h, and th»' constitution of the .Stntpp of Alabama, Geor-ri,-. and Mississlnni to Diek Gre- 30rv heenu.se them eonstttn'inn' must he fnnny, Dck could read them foi- lauphs. ‘All r)»ht, hern pm I sneak- tng-TTObterlmt-’spenchas is tmc thinn and action another. Some papers and some so-called lead ers of civil rights has been try ing lo bait me, the President, into hasty action. This I have thought about well. None of you baiters ever thought T would do what. I now intend® to do. The next time an Auther- ine Lucy is barred from the tjniver.>;ity of Alabama, or any ebildr"n in Little Hoek i. locked out by N'ational Guards or a Meredilli is denied en trance to any University likf IVIississippi, or six little girls is hooted at by white mothers ifl New Orleans on their way ■to .school, or a Ro.sa Parkes i« hustled olf a bus in Mon t- t/omerv £>nd cuss"d for being colored, or the fire hoses and docs is trained on any of our citizens in Birmingham, I, me. President of the United States — President of all people, black as well as white — me. I am going down there into Dixie wherever it, is where siieh things is happening in the South. ‘I am going to take the next Autherine Lucy by Ih* hSnd The next James Meredith 1 will personally stani beside The next lot of little girls try ing to go to .school, the next group of would b? voters in Greenwood, Mississippi, or th* next line of marchers in Bir mingham to leave a church to march for freedom, me — Pro* sident of the United States —• I am going down there to march with them, I ami going to carry a sign: BfeUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL, any hoses are hosed or do^s ore sicked, or electric prods are prodded, th"m hoses will wet mo, Ihe President, Them dogs bite-me, el''cted by all. Them prods will shock me. Them po lices will lock me up, the Pre- si.-l‘'nt of the U. S, A,, Land of the Free — which is a cduntry for all which I am determined to mrke it so — Colored, 'jvhiip, G"nli!es, Jewsh, CatholiO, Pro tostant, rich or poor, Thei least I can do for b^'ing ton mian in the White House is to ble ton man for all in this land of top democracy which is’th" ;U, S, A,, Capital of the Free 'World I menn what I say, i I am sick and tire.1 of this stuff again.st any of mv people, particular ly my colored i-v^onjle. Here 1 dent! I leads this line. New Gastonia Councilman Lauded Jackie - Robins^, sUptHekn nightmare I LIKE THINGS to turn out tks I planned; they do in my case^ and at my age b^eausq I always cxpict the worst. column is being -A-ritten •oiit.'the, morning of the day of my trip to Birmingham with Fleiyd Patterson, l,ast ^jnight—Or' rather, early thi|','»ijomingr-at about I o’clock —i received an urgent call from a brilliant and brave young man for whom I have the greatest re spect and admiration. His name is Wyatt Tee Walk er. He is a thirty-thrce-year-old minister and Executive Assistant to Dr, Martin Luther King, Wyatt was calling me less than twenty-tour hours after some die hard segregationists of Birming ham, angered because White,jiusi- nessmen had given into Dr King’s demands, retaliated bv at tempting to assassinate Dr. King with a bomb planted at the Gas ton Motel, Had Dr, King been in Birming ham and in the room which had been his headquarters at the Gas ton, be would have beeyi mur dered. Wyatt wanted to know, if I knew anyone '*'ho could make an immediate White House contact If so, he was asking that | get in touch with them and seek to persuade someone of the need for the meat vigilant FcdeuA Se cueity to guard the.persou ^jE Dr Kn| and Dr. AheirnathyJ^.^ Noel Marder, the .youif k«r| buslnMsatan who iMM|is^ the “Back Our Brothers’’ Move ment had also been contacted by Wyatt, Noel and I got the tele phone wires burning to Wash ington. A contact was. made with a top I’residential advisor who got out of bed to assure us that the White House had been alert ed about the danger and that every precaution was being taken to safeguard Dr. King and Dr. Abernathy, I think the White House real izcd that, if any harm came to any of the four horsemen of the Birmingham civil rights battle— Kmg, Abernathy, Shuttlesworth (already hospitalized after being hosed to the ground by local police) there -would be no stop ping of brutal race rioting, not only in Birmingham, but all throughout the country. As it was, Wyatt himself, had already experienced first-hand the murderous barbarity of Gov ernor Wallace's storm troopers. That same afternoon, while Rev Walker’s petite and attractive wife had been visiting him from their Atlanta home—accompa nied by their four small children —the local Gestapo had rushed into the patio of the Gaston and ordered everyone into the building. When Mrs. Walker turn ed to obey, a hulking police of ficer smashed the butt of his earbine against th back of her head. The blood streaming down her face. Mrs, Walker .was. rush ed to the hospital. She was In great pain. But later in the day Wyatt decided to send her back to Atlanta in the family car. In Atlanta, police stopped her foi “passing a stop light,” When the argued that she had not been guilty of this offense and spunk ely refused to pay a $15 fine they promptly jailed Mrs. Walker and the four small Walker chil dren. As this was goln? on, Wyatt himself was returning to the po lice-surrounded 32-block area about the hotel, Althoujh he had been given permission by police to leave the area, when he re turned his car was stopped and he was told he could not re-enter. He got out of his car to •A'alk the rest of the way and two cfficers jumped him and beat him unmercifully with night sticks. As he talked with me, Wyatt was a scared young man. This was all the more disturbing be cause I know that he doesn’t scare in the most dangerous situ ations and, believe me, he has been through them in a half-doz- en Southern cities. Yet, I noticed ^that—with his wife beaten, with his own body aching with cruel pain, Wyatt was not scared for himself. He was afraid for his children. He was afraid for what might hap pen to Dr, King, He was afraid what could happen in America if King or Abernathy or Shuttles worth were killed. The "Back Our Brothers” Movement is sending Floyd Pat terson and me to Birmingham to thank Dr, King and the heroic Birmingham youngsters who free- dom-marchsd on to the world’s Only once in a great while do we feel that there is one candidote who has so exempli fied those good attributes of citizenship that he should be singled oiit for public ap praisal. This is particularly tf^uiff 'Of neWCoitiers! ,In tomorrow’s city election there is such a man. Thebaud Jeffers is a quiet, unassum ing man who sets about the task of being a good citizen in unobtrusive manner that one does , not realize the ex tent of his influence until it has already b^Jen effectively used. Dr.'-Jeffers, long the princi pal of Highland High School, h^s, long been recognized for th^ guidance he has given and the contributions he has made, to thousands of our Ne gro citizens during the most sensitive years of their lives. Less known is the profound effect he has had on the en tire community, A "gentleman and a scholar’’ whatever th'* color of his skin, .has set in the “councils of the miehty” pointing with clear lo^c lio the rodls o f many a problem and suggest,- ini^ a workabl'’ solution. De cisions of importance have re sulted from his suggestions, but rarel.v has he receiv'»d credit for the part he played In shaping the .solution. H'* not only has served as a member of the Mavor’s Committee on Human Rela tions but his was one of the ?uldlnp hands that helry>rt to form the group in the first in front pages and into the world’s conscience. That’s the least we can do— to say “thank yon” to Martin King, to Wyatt, to Ahernathv and Shuttlesworth and Mrs. Walker. We can do mora. We don’t have to fact bntlngs. We can send stance. It is doubtful if Erwih Pork would be the fine facility that it is today, if it w»re, not for the efforts of ‘T Jaf- . fers. Certainly the Gastoi County Negro Hbspital,- what* ever its limitations, w'Oifl®i’t proviij' the services that U. does had not he had soma, part in its operation. As president of Excelsior Crodlt Union for 12 years, IS \earncd importance of fiscal responsibility and proper busi ness planning. He is highly re garded among educators in this state and spends many of his summers teaching college courses. Dr, Jeffers’ stand has beeii clear, Extrorfie ‘racists’ shouTH vote against him, for he will not bow to their wishes. Never militant nor overbearing In his attitude, he has neverthe less worked st^jadily and con tinually for the progress ol his race. But more so than an.vone els-" we know. Dr. Jeff«rs’ Iff" it.solf is the best argiT- ment for equality. Today, one American farm worker Prows 124 per cent more food, fih'T, and other products per man hour than he did in 1947-49, The most raDldl,y\expanding segment of American agricul ture is th° family term with $10 000 or more wojlh of an nual sales, according k th« TT, S, Department of A Jcultur*. dollars to the Back Ow Brothers Movement vhlch is raising a war chest so that the Martin Kin!;s and Wyatt Valkm will know we're with them/ Senfl your contributions to this «61ima or to “Back Our BratbeK” c/a Noel Marder, 788 YonkaA I
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