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DuMr^AM, N. •.. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1M3
PASSAGE OF aVIL RIGHTS BILL WILL PROVE WE ARE READY. MR. PRESIDENt
Tk Gioiitic lesk iiifiTrusteij of NCC
As we inrticiltrd iti an editorial last wfek,
it is probably too late now to hope (or any
action on the j)art of the \orih Carolina Cfal-
lege Trustee Hoard beyond that of- accepting^
and approvinp ihai of its special Committee
appointed for tite purposr of finding a capable
and worthy suc«essor to the rttiring' presi
dent of XCC. However, becaose of our deep
ifitcrest in the .school. Durham, the race in
general and our desire to help in the urgent
and gipantic matter" before the N'CC’ trustees
we would like tp cail thrir attention to an
observation we did not make in our last
week's comment on the matttr.
W hen -the tri^stee board of other Inrpe and
distinguished e(hicational institutions of hiph-
rr learning in thi3 area have been called on to
find a successor to a retiring president, in
practiraily every instance they have endeav
ored ‘to replace the outgoing president with
one of proven adniinlstrative experience as
weFl as academic achievement. The record
discloses that Duke University for exampi",
sclectcd as its new pfesident a man from a
smaller western collegt who had proved to
be a successful administrator; Haitipton In
stitute selecttd Dr. Jerome Holland from Del
aware State College; Fisk University chose
Dr. Stephen J. Wright from Bluefield State
College; Virginia State College. Dr. Robert
P. Daniel of Shaw University: ai.d and T.
College. Dr. S. D. Proi-tor from Union Univer
sity,
Jn short, the record discloses that in every
instance that trvtstees of the educational in
stitutions named above took no chance that
a good and well trained scientist or person of
dfhir aC:rrfemic achi^^ertftnt might not turn
out to be a good administrator if placed at
the head of a university or college. To avoid
the risk they sought out and sequred the serv
ice Of those Wf jiroven abiUty. They did so
bccause it just doieji^not st.nnd to reason that
one who has been merely a classroom teacher
can be trarisfbrmed over night into an edn-
cntional adniinistrator capable of'^qimirrg a
SIO million institution such a NCC. \
It is most unfortunate that with an of
their planning to improve the field of learn
ing that universities have no program for
^ training college presidents. It is also Onfortli-
nate tliat those who head our larger educa
tional institutions are seldom far-sighted, in
telligent or unMtlfish enough to take some
younger and promising person under their
wings where they'could learn and e.xperience
the grave ahd heavy resiwiisibility of heading
an educational institution of liighiT learning.
.\s a result, when a vacancy does occur at the
top of one of them, the trustees are faced
with the difficult probleni of finding a (juali-
fied successfii.
” In spite of the lateness of the ho^r and
because of the gravity of ’the situation, it is
our hope thaf the trustees Will consider
thoughtfully and prayerfully the move they
are about to make. As urgent as the situa
tion is. we feel it would be far better to de
lay another month, or even several months,
in selecting a successor to the retiring presi-
lent of X'CC than to place at the head of the
institution one who is entirely inexperienced
in such matters as directing the affairs of a
large educational institution.
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-AND YOU STJU^ •
BEUiVE THC U.SwA
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LIAO YOU 9
BUGGED
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
REV. HAHOLO ROLAND
The Negro and the Southern Vote in 1964
N'o i>erson who is outside of the Republican
Party high command is able to determine what
is cooking behind the scenes for the 1964
presidential election campaign. In spite of
all the noise that is now being raised over
the rush of some political figures and others
in the GOP c-amp to jump on the Barry Gold-
water bandwagon, we cannot bring ourselves
around to the point of believing that those
who control the destiny of the Republican
party are stupid enough to try out the Ari
zona senator as their standard bearer in next
veaf’s election.
Human Imagination, Creatively
Used Is Gift From the Creator
Therefore the 1%4 campaign may find both
the Republican and n»>nocratic parties in a
new role, so far as the South ami the N'egro
vote are concerned.^
As it now stands no self resj)ecting Xegro
is going to take kindly to getting on the
Goldw'ater bandwagon, wh^ttver the GOP
intentions are. Even dyed-in-the-wool Xegro
republicans are sure to vote for Kennedy in
1964 in preference to Goldwater if he is th ?
GOP nominee. Once they enter the Demo
cratic fold via the Kennedy door it may be^
hard for them to turn back especially if the
It might be that the powers-that-be Repub-Xjuture leadership of the Democratic Party
lican Party circles have already conceded the
1964 presidential election to Kennedy and haVe
decided to rid the party once and for all of
the Goldwater enigma by making him a scape
goat in the 1964 campaign. If this i* the case
the Republicans may find that they have lost
for a long time to come much of the support
they have been getting frfltrt northern and
western Negro voters and all they hope to
get from the jrowing Negro vote iii thfc South.
On the other hand if the Republicans/aiT
actually serious about winning in with
Senator Goldwater as tl.eir standard bearei
they appear to be willing to write off the
Negro vote nationally with the hope of off
setting it with a new found source of strength
to be derived from disgruntled Demotrats of
the Sotith who ar* dissatisfied with the Ken
nedy administration’s civil rights program^.
Respectable and Intelligent leaders and citi
zens of both races in Durham will not be
come too alarmed at efforts now being made
by a segment of the city’s population to per-
feet a semi-secret organization that has as
is intents and purpose preventing Xegroes
—from I'btaining their constitntinnal rights in
this country. The record of Roy Harris, the
Georgia apostle of race hatred, is too well-
known in X'orth Carolina for any "but the very
lowest sort of the state to be led off by their
noses and by his asinine philosophy. In spitt
of what has transpired so far> we are confi
dent that,the decent citizens of b(ith races
in r^urham will not permit any apostle of ill-
will to destroy what has already been achieved
here bv oar mayor ami its bi-racial committee
in the way of bringing about an honest and
better tinderstandinjc between the rates.
No sensible Xegro leader or citizen In Dur
ham or Njrth Carolina expects.or is going to
ask^ tor jnore ,than the U. S. Constitution
^bUalMd ararir Baturdaj at bsrbim. N. t.
b7 Uaitad ^pbtWMn» Joe.
1. a AUITIN, PnbUtiMr
Tilapfcoaa MMtU ud Ml-WU
•Moad Oka PMta«« PtM at DnAaa^'N. C.
•UBICMPttON SATBS
94.00 ^ ym (pHa tSc tax tu n. C.) lnr*1>Mre te
the U. S., aM CaiMQa to M»rtlMRt«n OverMai;
Six ttteflii, «.)M> QHai te Mm tH In N. C.);
fT.«b e&pT 16e.
Maripal OlMl lMiMl'M IM «. PatUcrew It.
follows the trend of the present occupants of
the White House and backed up by his broth
er, the Attorney General.
If and when the present .Administration is
able to-maneuver its omnibus civil rights bill
Into law that is now before Congress, which
•^incltides legislation that will make it possible
for large numbers of Negroes to vote in states
of the dtep South without fear of economic
and jJhysical reprisals, it may be the begin
ning of a new day in political affairs with the
GOP depending entirely on the white vote of
the South to replace the strength it will lose
by having Goldwater as its prT^iflential stand
ard bearer in 1%4 and the Deim^cratic Party
depending entirely on the new Negro voting
Strength otthe South to off-set/whatever it
will Joie to the GOP. | ■
"TtMt baeain* vain In
Imaflnation*.'* Rom. 1:31. *
Spiritual blindness can move
iis^to a vain mlsusa oL tha jraat,
creative pw.ver of human imasi
nation. Imagination, when creat
ively used, is a great gift from
God the creator. And tbia crea
tive power from God can become
the basis of Some of the great
works of men, Creatice imagina
tion is a great factor in the pro
duction of poetry, music, litera
' ture, akA the great worln of art
And on the ottier hand tti|« tane
creative power from God mi*v be
Inl^ued and abused by those who
are criminally or evilly inclined.
We marvel at the creative genius
of some criminal.s. But this is
vain or destructive use’%? the
Gbd-Slvih power of imagination.
Thus here the holy writer re
minds m of the vain or lAeatruc
tive nature of misued imagina
tlon. n
ChrM gives a creative touch
to man’s God-given power oi
imagination. The magic tjanch o>
regeneration or redemption in
the personality of min releases
the fruitful powers of human na
ture. God wilts creative expres
»ie« for every htiman b*4n*. Antf
every human being needs crea
tive expression. This creative ex
pression on the part of human
beings means satisfaction. It
gives the human being a sense
of counting for something ond
being of service to mankind. W«*
cry out for expression. Tlien le*
our lives find expression ere*
tively. And the highest ereutivity
for the hmn^ being is found
‘«h6n Christ In love redeems
^rom sin.
Christ saves us from the vain,
futile expression, of our Brral
imaginative powers. Sin cau.sos
the misuse or abuse of our God
given imnginative powers. But
the soul redeedmed by Christ
Jesus is ready for the crattve
exprer/.on of our powers of
imagination. Christ saves us
therefore, that we might find
creative expression for the God
given potentials of our sin-niHi-
reB lives, T^n let Christ tlic
Savior free ynii so that vou may
find creative expression for vour
life,
PJtll nSPd his Kri'at powers Tif
Imaoination viciously and di>,s-
tructivply unf'l hr met Jesns Ih.il
dny on the lii'diway at hi"h
nocn. But with liis dramatic ic
generation his prent powers were
chflnnelled or harnessed for
thp Invir® ptirpnsps of God /"■
mifhtv through the maslc toiicli
of God’s redeeming love as found
In Christ Jesus, And eountlofin
others have been transformed
by Christ and turned their I1ve,s
to creative expression for Chris*
the Savior. Christ can do the
same for any Ip.st nr imnvi>d
sonl. Will vou consider Christ
and Pivn Him a chance It) youi
life’ To everrunsaved soul I bear
Christ calling—come let me're
lease your great God-rriven pow
ers for creative exprc.s^on in
the Kinedoiii of Tiod
We all have gifts. Will we u,»
them or abuse them? You, and
you alone can decide.-
"From what kind of li'sect*
comes th*> word bugged?"
ask/n] Sirtiple.
"You mean to bug, to he
bugged? I asked.
“Yes”, said Simple. "I
mean to be bugged. Frort
what inaect to you recktin
that word comes — from ;o
mosquito, a fly, a gnat, a chin-,
ch, a roach, a chigg^r. a flea,
or from a daddy-long-legs
Llght-bugs around a lump ul-
ao can bug a man,’’
‘I do not know the origin
of the word bug in tba at'nte
of a verb,” I aaid, ‘‘huk’'OTy
one of those pests yon men
tion are enough to Irritafe u
man, certainly.” ■
“Anti it looks likr, that Is
just what Negroes is doing ^o
wiifte folks nowadays, Aft^r.
they h«»vfe been bugging tls
more than three hundred
years now we got accu; ^1
of bugglpf them when we tify
to get them to stop buggiiig
us. White folks is like mosqiil-
toes that .have the nerve nht
only to come zooming aroiirid
you head, but to s “We
have our rights, too-Mo bife.
you,’ Then , when^__you slrfii
hsek, they clnim(^3u aro biig
Ring them. Do jwu dig whit
I mean,”
“I dig,” I said, “But ytjii
are speaking of minor irritants
like little insects. This yeir
has seen so many racial de
monstrations, North and South,
that they have become really
bie irritants to many of otli
while fellow Americans,’’
They It hugged,” said Siih-
pie.
“I think morn than bugged,”
1 aaid.
"Anyhow,” said Simp le,
“civil rights is too much fdr
them. ’They keep talking more
and more about we Negroes
ought to fo slow, pipe down,
stop demonstrations, behave
nur black selves. Is they not at
last trying to do right by tis
Negroes, says our white folVl,
Them peoples that Is doing
this slow-down talk hda ndt
been wet with water hoaea,
chased by cops with billy clubs,
prodded with electric rods, or
put In Jnll for wanting to vote,
work, and eat# Them that Is
saying to us to'go alow would
be going as fast as they could
If they wa* In our position —
and had nothing to loan Hk**
Negroes hasn’t. But the fact
that we Is getting wetted,
chased, beat, prodded and |i>rt
In jail bugs tb»m. My whili*
boas says he is getting tired of
reading about it. Me says »•«
oilgh is enouglT— we oiiuht tn
4uk« it easy,*^ I wouldn’t be
aurprised if N*groes didn't btiR -
white Amerlcahs so until tliry
ups and gives Malcolm X and
the Black Muslims a separate
state just to get them out >>r
their hair — or which ^ wmim
\^ant to hava no p«rfs utiteMi
that state wa* New York."”
“I thoUfht you were such
an ardent race man.” i said,
“that you would want to live
Jn a Negro state.”
“I would,” iaid Simple,* “if
It Included Harlem, Manhattan
leland, U, S. A. — gimme Har
lem and I would stay. But rev
er no move to Mississippi, Aia-
b a m a, Georgia or points
South”;
“Siippose the government
gave the Muslims Alaska?”
“It would be too cold up thara ^
me.”
"Wo«r about CallfoThla?”
"Too fir from the Apollo
■Thtotre,'^ Mid fMmple.
“Ifell.llnaybe Now Jersey?"
*’"Too many moaqultetes,”
“ttawall — that’s a state
whi>rA iltfc' eUnuite ia tdraaent,
the lategrated, tiic
httlas h6t and (hr trade winds
. eool. 11 the go^exno>0t gave
Maleoim X the Hawaiian is
'landa, wouldn’t you follow tiie
Negroes tHera#’
■‘‘I hear tell Washington is
iibeut tn move the capital tn
Honolulu. And- I would nt)t
want to be nowhere near where
Eastland Is or.any of the retl
of them Southern Dixieerat.>i
Congressmen.,Besides,,that far
off, a man would have to have
a mighty lot of plana fare to
get back to HaHem on a visit”
"WhW'fir It ysirnit-'? m much
aboiit -Vnrlenti”? I asked.
I b«n a n orphan."
said ^ftnple, “Harlem is, my
mama. Since I been homeless.
HaHem Is my home. Slnrel
beeli friendlekf, I have found
In Marlern friends. Beerlew. I
have found here beer.” i
"There are homes and friends
and beer in other parts of th''
urorld,” I nii^^
*. '"tliia MuallM do not belleva
In tirnking,” said Simple.
‘*ni«y believe In race pride.”
I said.
‘‘I too,” said Simple. “But I
do rot want to go to M I s s-
"flalppl, Alabama, Oeorgis, Alas
kt or Honolulu to find It, I
want to stand on my own two
feet rlfht hare on the corner
of itflth aad Lenox ahd ba
proud.”
y' *‘I*roiid of what?” I aaked
y “Of ll^ng so long on to lit
tle,,’’ said ^mple.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
White Man's Burden
allows him. No Negro leader or sensible Ne
gro citizen in the state is going to join or
support any organization that he has to
object to his picture being made in its meet
ings or object to any decent white person be
coming a member.
'The meetings and membership of the Na
tional Association for the .\dvancemcnt of
Colored People. CORE and eVery other or
ganization in Durham or elsewhere in this
state, now working for the improvement of
the Xegro’s stdtUs. are wide open fo any and
all law abiding white and Negro citizens, in
cluding the press. In fact. Negroes in Dur
ham anfl North Carolina woirid be greatly
disappointed were it not for the encourage
ment and help they have received from sym
pathetic white citizens who have been fair
enough and kind enough to take time out to
look into the objectives of individuals and
organizations engaged in the struggle the
Negro is now making to achieve full citizen
ship rights in this country.
Finally, we are satisfied that the good and
decent whitfe people of Durham and this stattf-
have dmple confidence in its good, decent Ne
gro people to know that not one of them
approves flpM, attacks on women or-any
other lawleitrfMs that may occur, regardless
of the race of the person responsible. It is
this mutual respect, understanding and confi
dence that in the end will safeguard Durham
and all of North Carolina dgainst such igno-
rante ai'y fUol hardy action a* that displayid
at the CoMty ^tiditiih itit wC».
A few years ago, Ounr»ar
IV^rdal; a 9wedish sociologiat,
cmne to' America to make a
social «tudy. He concluded
that America was in a diletn-
ma, and gave the title of a
book that he wrote as a re
sult of his study, AMERICAN
DILEMMA. True, he was, but
this was largely philosophical
on the part of Mr. Myrdiil, be
cause at the time the white
man was well Ih control; he
had chartered his course; he
had appointed his captain to
direct his ship to the shores
of unreality. Mr. Myrdal saw
the seeds for thl« and he was
sure thd Kirmlnation was
good. He apparently .saw an
America who was able to
amend her ways In time to
avoid the crisis she Is now »UI
luring, America’s racial pro
blem is one made wholly l»y
the white man, yet the Negro
Is called iloon to help hfm to
bear the burden.
This is the greatest task the
Negro has ever been asked to
perform, because It means
going the second mile with a
man who ha.s respected h 11
dog more highly than he has
regarded his ^«gro brother,
yet in the name of God w>
must make It. Our vigilance
and our march t o freedom
must be eopUmious and crm-
•tant, yet must never walk
without the awirenen nt anr
white brother who needs ottr
help *.0 give him a consclenre
woMhf nnd in accord wtth
the religion he |>ro«lalms. Yes.
they are hhi burdcni bilt 'Ms
burdens ba^me our bq)E4pw.
H« la afralA Ma faar tt
based on his guilt. The_ very
nature of his questions reflect
the fear of retributipn for his
(ina. We must let know
that vengeance| 1i not ours.
How can this. be done? W e
must move and work In. love,
never allowing ourselves f.n
hate though we reap the cruel
ty of his Jtand. We must helpi
him to understand that retri
bution is controlled by EternI
ly, and that ever once it has
h“en set In motion, no bumnn
force can Influence nor stop
It We must be kind to him,
and realize that he Is h.TvIng
his trouble adiusting hi.s pwir-
tlce with his ideal. Our white
brother is victim of his own
power. We must help him to
r»alix» that power,has its posi
'tion in the Universe, and its
usefulnms to mankind d e-
pf^’ds uDon th» morality of
the posse.ssors. We must help
him to .save himself by giv
ing him a smil that Is oiilrk-
ened bv a force that Is abovie
himself. We must be nnlek tn
hear his cry, and ready tn
lymnathize with him In the
predicament he has brought
himself.
My white brother has dis
played all the weakress of a
Ihunwn beinc, while he hn«
worked hard to show hlmseTI
as a super human being. He
flays the atatement "the white
mrfn Is on the run. let us
keep him on the run!” No, the
Ne«to must never adotH this
attitude. He cannot adopt th)-
attitude. The Negro must
T>ev«r r^tolce Over the dllem-
m« #hfeh ftiprtiaea the white
man'a poaltlon. We mHkt tt*v
er add to his burdens; rather
we must help him by giving
him the spirit and courage to
practice the ideals he ex
pounds as a society and na
tion. No we cannot and will
not make the statement that
“the white map is on the run,
let us keep him on the run.”
We must be controlled, com
manded, and guided by the God
l.v Force deeply impanted In us.
We shall not wish him any ill
will, nor shall we work to th?
ill of his cauWv Ye^ ^he state
' ment in quotatt(^ isVottfTcny
what the 'whitf^-^ap has snid
about the Negro, (we have the
Negro down, let us keen him
dov;n). Here is a clear indica
tion of weakness on the part
of my white brdther who
seeks to avoid the exnerlence
of what he has practiced to
wards others for hundreds Of
years. Yes, my brother we arit
ready to go the second , mile.
We will not seek to exploit
your troubles, but rather we
shall helo you to ref^ive an
Inward birth that will enable
you to live with your God and
yourself without shame or
fear, as we march to freedoril.
Wilson W. Lee
’The HlitOfJ chain It reallV hold- pf tHe !(ocktf4tIerDurtdo, *bich
Ing its own in he global cMipitl- 1« li brief distance from the
tloit to conatruct new, splendid kllfnn boitelry, it is a most in-
terestiag golf course. ’Hie wind.
w»(er. and sand traps are haurds
on each bole. We found it most
hotels.
I’ve Just returned from a de
Hilton, jUst outside of San JiMn
Puerto Rico, where I participat
ed in oite of the finest golf |^r
namcnts ever put on.
Irtie hotel fronts on the Atlan
tic Ocean. You can see miles of
sea and iky. I suppose it was par
tially this atmosphere which help-
It was great falling aut of bet* ed us to have one of the smooth
onto the toDghest golf course 1 est tournaments in which i’ve
have ever played. The touma- ever partlctpated. ’The tournament
ment wis played an the Dur.-do- enmmittee 'itm headed by Earl atid
Hilton greens. While this coUi-aa Warren JacUjion and Jimmy Mor
is not nearly as elaborate at tha* row. Marv Campbell, of the Choi-
Club, did a great job at
cation card wWch I can use to toumliweht directdr. Richard
enter any VA ho*plUlT Browti. the Hllten representative
A— The VA does Pot Issue ^ "• here to
carda for blanket admiuion to P*eaae yo«—ind avary effort Wat
hospitals. Each admlaaion la on J" dli»ctloli. While the
an individual baals.
Q— I am in need of money.
May I obtain a personal loaA
from the VA?
hj^lp was litw at the Durado, they
went atl out to fiv» us th> ulti
mate in serrice -and attention
Vets Questions
And Answers
Here an* authoritative an
swers by the Vetiirans Admin
istration to questions from for
mer servlceme t and their fami
lies;
c*n 1 mm Ml liMMifi-
Jamea fira^fell,, who fought off
th^ challfehgtf df james t>aul with
varlotia bene- tQmg it’ern^bddus potting, **on the
fit* granted to vttlirana by liieni dlvlUoh ot the tournament
Congress do not include pro- ii^rtle Rudgliia tit her usual
visions for personal iMtti nfl« ielf ik Ihe off with
Q -My claim f» aWblllty ,b, corneas cbampioasHlp.
pension Was denied flve » Ifcnere the wlnnar of tha
•go becauae my dM^tT di«hipbmihlp fUght and the othei
not severe enough; lte^ c.n t #er« More pleased than
A 8»ven them
gorgeous awards 1
which prevloutly stuHftd >^r h.w. *vAr um
claim and encloM. • ata^lnt “r* '
ffOln yotii* doctOf> ga 1o m I think the Inte.T.atlonal QOU
ttire and •ete>lty of y«or (Ha- ttMuil *Hd the ttilton cHtln hat
•blllty. Thb VA Olti«a «ia HttMi iMboi on ib fnttkrb tpia
)^r * iMWkMnta ihtt h eka