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9 A—SUtHAIi N. e. " STALLING ON CIVIL RIGHTS MAKES HER ASHAMED MKAMV. V 1*^ for Presideii^ FranWy. wr i«f »■. 'hf-n ' f sny r4>}ectii« lo a w.-im«r. W.'.iTpiiif; />f thr L’«iir4 TW i1K n.rh>« r.i •^tmf that ih^ tp tW narwir, !)iir>l al«-ay' be h**.-' W m, >-i :hf dk'u* r-p{.rar> m «« tt» W a* tep - i'l;' ^thar the rifr^Vta ircn .'Owav> W a V hile p^rw.n. A irw Tnr- agv. a iwetmnfi;-- r.'iiir numf»er •>* vC-h the {'trimficM iftar -Sf crmrr .'ill t-ml ii a Ca;r>''^ic \ 'iiialiikd v^iaiaa Jhl> mtx-h rig4it to !ii.M the htfhe-ij •M&orJair.^^ naiiim aT> - tii.'tii. It oS3^autlie at> 7iis«;rr f.ivce «f th» oiiirr tSiail uaxac'of iht- male? V. !>ii have heW it. LAcft ist^-ii qaaJifiei! Xc- Jen. Indian or aay other citizen »*f thir *-.nntr>- has a# mnc-h njfht ib ajspire ami ?er\e ill ihe ofiice a« any r«rt»er ritirrn. W'e reni'i' I., -.nrreroler ti. the notwm that race (IT :lie Cidr.r oi t-ne's skin hat anMhtnp t4i .In V.iili hi> character or mental capacity. ■ t-:. .r: (■ >me hitroi ■' Cerrsir ’>> V -.:.r r ^ Ne-r.^. :'“t - 'rymeiit «*i the“ ci:i»en- •r>'^ the l*e- nfinf" irxJ i-reiiidice. will he e5ec;^^ :v. iHc The whiniate triumph »♦’ Tiffht i> ■ *ir 3n«i th'f^e \vht> 2ttenipt ti, Hav's thf .n«.ircl inaivh to the s;t"al I.-' ustrc-r • T a':. iv:H He ••verci.nie. Wh'^e ..•^nat* T Msrsraret Oia>e Smith m.iy Hi't ach'f'Ye the riiTict*. it i** niir freiinij ''ht. ha iourni'! the o|>eiiine i,ain «>t a battle that n-ill !K>t enii until the .victory i- wim. In her f.«.*tstn> '\ill come other- n'f her ^ex until line Ilf them marche' 'll-aight inltt the White Hou-e. Alter it i> all ovet:, there-will he un m*-re vintavorahle reaction t»i it than ther** i>„ n>»\ til Se^-ii cfing^resMuen. iM>licetnen >«r .ither [Mi'tion- nt inii»»rtanct' that were unce thi.ti^ht to he entirely the domain i>l men anil white iiu-n at that. FHKBi Sopporl For Skaw URwenSf I: now appears that the morp than .Wj.OOfl ?V'.ro Hafitiiits of Xorth Carolina have at l.:-i .lecided to come to the flelrn'je of .‘'haw I iii\ir-it> and (five somefliinp to the schiMil t.cM-ifs. lip service. I'niler the Icader-Jiiji nt I'r. , lames E. fheek. the new jjrsiileiit of ^h:a\.. things are beffinning to move amoni; :.liiiniii members and severa' of the leailiii;' U:.l tit Churches of the state. I '('"week Dr. Cheek paid visits to Wins- t..M '>alem and Fayetteville where he spoke til fiffiier'.. alumni and metnhers at the Fir.-it l!a|itist ( hnrehes in both cities. .\s a result :iii|irii\Iniately S4.000 were raised. Tliis i'> the -4-iw4—Slid Icadeiwitif^-it- fi t: I c ,'iiid we commend iJr. Cheek for not sit- til,;.; in hi' office and eiii;a(inp; in \vi>hful ttiinl.iii" and hopinff. We al.so commend the Ilf the two chttrchen, invnlveij fnr fall- iii;' ialieliind Shaw’s president ami .;;iviiiK him snjiport^ both cities Dr. Cheek outlined plans for th immediate and continiied donations to Shaw I)v alumni, friends and members of the Bap tist churches in this state and in the nation. The plan calls for altnnni a> w ell as others to ^ive frutn S.’.OO to .'S25.00 e.ich per month to .''haw fur a periofi of 22 niiiitfhs. \\ ith the next ineerinjf schedided ti> he held Febniary 22 it is expected that pastors and members Ilf miiny iither llajiti-'t Churches in the state will fall ill line and [irnvide the necessary' money to put the >chool on its feet financial ly. \\'f hHve 'aid a.L:ain and again that there i alj'ohitrly no need fur Shaw University to lie tiiianiially emlTarrTS'.-.rd with oviT Baptists in the slate. W'e aprain urge the I’aptist mini'ters tu show the way by falling in hehPrid Shaw\ president with the H;ind of financial support that is iiece'-arv for t!ie institution to continue 'erving the race and the nation- in keejiing w ith it' -.plendid ripcord of the past. Prelecting the Rights of Citizens h i' interesting and more often disgusting ti listen to some of the various arguraeuts and criticisms hurled against the Xational A'sociation for the .Advancement fif Cokired People, CORE, other organizations and indi viduals participating in the protest movements that have l>een launclied recently in the N‘e- gro's quest lor freedom and human ilignity. Thei^ are those whites in both the Xorth and the .South who ver>' readilv come up with the usual an.] ready made objections such as Xegroes are pushing too hard and too fast. There are otliers who !«y tliat Xegroes should petition instead of resorting to street drmonstritions. while thel'e are others who sa\ lliat Xegroes should wait for voluntarv acceptance by whites into the mainstream of American life. .\o\\ it is fun* (ipinitin that the average in telligent Xegro is not concerned with the nioilus operand! or the inannei in which free- diini conies to him. He is ilefinitelv concerne-j tliougli that it does come and cfinie now. He is not w illing to wait another hundred years and he iloe.s notimtend’to do so. Th* w'lllfn'gness' if many Xegroes tn endure jails, heatings, instills and even death in order that their race y SPIRITUAL INSIGHT REV. HAROLD ROLAND For the Full Use of Creative Powers We Must Overcome Fear mav take its rightful place in \merican life, we think is prima facie evidence that there Vvill be no turning hack whatever the price. .Mong this same tine we have watched with keen interest the flini'y argument about one having the right to operate his place of business as he pifases. Such an argument will not. hold water when it is consitlered that there are both state and city or«linances that prohibit one from operating his place or even his private home to the detriment of his fellow citizens. Certainly no one wdui owns a home or business would > expect to run a hoii.se of prostitution therein, sell intoxicat ing liquors or sit on his prirch hi the nude simply Itecause he happens to he on his own )>remises. Likewise we think it is just as silly for' one to contend that he has the right to re- fu.se to serve a customer in a public place ot business merely because such ciistonier, hap pens to be of another race. It is our further opinion that the same laws of goveriim.'iit that jirotect citizens against physical injuries In' artotlier should reaHly stand on guard to (irotect them against being spiritirally injur4Hi, "TViara stood by m« th« Angel of God Mying, fear not." —Aet» 27:23-24. An Angelic beine. in a dark hour of peril, calls on Paul the servant of God to stand in a state of fearlessne.s£. And rnan need.s this word of assurance he is to overcome his fears. Fea..' strangle and paralyze human ef forts. Fear is a great enemy 11 of man. Therefore, the Bible re peatedly caHs to stAdfa.st'ness in Gcd that we ma.v thereby over come our fears. On every hard we are beseighed by innumerabk fears. Thus we as human being need to hear and heed the Bible'- call to fearlessness. We can over come our fears. In overcoming our fears ou. creative powers are released. W' all have seen a little child frozen •*ith fear, when friehtened bv a dofc The little child becomes temporarily paralyzed by the strangling effects of this deva stating emotion. It takes time before the effects are shaken ofi and the child can resume norma' activities. So we need a powei to overcome fear. How then can we overcome our fegrs? We cap overcome our fears throush eilu cation, understanding and love Faith, too, is es.sential in over coming our fears. It was throu?! faith in Ood that .Paul overcame his fears. So through faith ir God we can overcome our fears We must overcome our fears, if we would use our ereat God-^v en powers. Fears rob us of oiii creative powers. Thus for the full use of our powers ■we must over cofe our fears. Fear is a great enemy of man kind. Fear is a great element in the bloody and de.structive war of mankind. Fear has taken its toll in the area of prejudice and race relations. Fear has turned many people into shameful en mity. Fear has broken Ihe ties of friendship. Thus if we can overcome our fears we add to the well-being of ourselves and others. It was a great victory over fear the other day when the leaders of two great nation.i: embraced in a friendship pact— France and Germany. These twc nations had fought three bloody wars in le.ss tha na century. Why? Fear was one of the motivating elements. Fear, therefore, the enemy of mankind must be over come if wo are going to realize our potentials as individuals races and nations. We must achieve the Biblical ideal of foarlessne.ss. The un hindred felln’A’shin of all men everywhere mu.st await the grea ' spiritual achievement of over coming fear. How can we do it? We must love, understand and trust one another. And this wil! call for the Christian princini''. of fair play enunciated iii the Golden Hule. Men must ceasi- to dominate, rob and opprt.ss one another. Ip other words thekten dency in sinfulness must be sub dued. Thus, finally, it must h in Christ Jesus the .Savior lhat we are to overcome fear. Actually, what are ,voii afraid of as a human beinp'.’ Is youi fear grounded in reality? I.et us try God’s .spiritual resources. Do we really need to fear what's in others or the things that is in us? Let us take the Rible seri ously when it says to each of us . . . "FEAR NOT.” Jackie^ Bebms^ The Trump Card in tlie lobxco Squabble If such doe*.not exist now. there use to be nil .icreptetl isile among whist players which said, "when in doubt, play trumps.” In short, the adiuoMition to a player on either side, whc loiild not remember or was in doubt as to which cards- }jad already been- played was to I'lay trrtmp.s. *4 It appears i#> us that tlve coiUroversv that has arisen between the tdlhaciO iixlustry aiuJ the advocates of better health raises entirely too .much dbubt as to what course to ptirme to play around with one’s health. Our advice then to the thousands of young people, who smoke or are beginning to sf)ine for no other reason than, it g^^'es them the feeling of grow ing »«p or alreaiiy having grown up, in to play their triinip card which is to lay off the use t)f tobacco in any form., The tobaeco industry, in North Carolina. |veniueky, Virfrinia Mid several other states, it witlimit a doubt an iitiportant factor in VublUkud' mfttf Sattttdn M Dusham, fT. C. bf dWto* Pul&ben, Inc. t, t. AU80N. PubUiber , StMBdCtu* Pmtm PtU. U Dirham, IT. C.» 27102 i gittsiatytiPN BAms - l«Ji W spar iSe fw i» N. C.) aaarwhare lit ; th* V.tL, mf Cmidk- Md to aervlcemen OreMeuf mMPi 9IM pit yw. Aagh eon IBe. OfOet Isettod at 4M K. Pettiirnr St. those states economic development and sta bility. We think, however, it Ts not as im portant as the health of the present or future generations of .American citizens. Therefore, we do not feel that any chance should be taken an to which course to pursue than to be on solifi ground and play trumps until definite proof has been established a.s to the harmftil effects the use of tobacco has on one's health. GAUD AND SUCKERS \ DOZBX times a year the newspapers in my city report in detail a confiflefice game that goes this way ■, Two middle-aged women begin a friemlly conversation in a big store with an elderly woman, maybe eighty. They tell her that one of them jtrst fiiand in the street ah envelope with $.T,(XX) in it. They want to share their luck with*;the oM lady and will give her $160) of the find, but fir.st she must prove she is thrifty and w«rthy. She is persuadtd to withdraw $4,060 of her sBving.s, The swindlers hire a cab and drwe the old girl to lier house whore she h«r bankbook, PrsuniBbly the t«Uiw tri« t*»> dis- sufcd her ftom tak-ing mrt .so- tmich eash, bttt her greediness is ovenvhehning. Shorfty, by a trick, the swindlers disappear with ttiA cash( lea-ving the bewildered la«ly cJotehing an- ew*- pty envelope. » 7h«f newspaper* usuaUyn.firiitf Continued page SA OUT or Ti« Most of us recall that tragic chapter in American history, style 1963, when segregation- iata irr Georgia burned three Negro churchea to the ground. This happened during thfr" per iod when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Ralph Aber nathy, Rev. Wyatt Tee Walk er, Rev. Fred ShuUteaworth and Dr. W. O. Anderson were leading Negroes of Albanry, Georgia in demonatrationg for freedom. I am happy to tell you that, from the charred re mains to which these churches had been levelled, there now rise the concrete walls of brand new churohM. Built from the ashes, these houses of wor ship are fitting tributes to the determination of the Negro pee pie to be free and the willing- neaa of whites of good con-' science to help him. During the late summer oi- 1962, the thra« churches, two of Mdiich had been used by the Students Nen-Violent Co-Or dinating Committee aa Voter Be gisUation headquarters, were deatroyedi The Shady Grove Baptist Chureh in Lea County was bombed and or bumad in tha early morning hours of August Id. Tbia WM beliaved' to be in rapriaal a#»inrt 9WCC« regiatnaiion - aetivUy and the vigacoua Albany l^ov«nent. Two weeka latar, on a Suadair moraiag. th« Mt. Olive and Mt. Mary Baptist CbuKhee war* dareolisbed. On that varjt SiJ!hrSy,TT>ad'stopped over In .^laite, an route to ^Albany Know mNeqro i/££TT'.. THANK YOU. LADY ANDERSON »|‘World-famed sipjjer, Marian Ander.son, announced recent that .she will retire from the concert stage . . . Miss Ander- .son said she plans to devote time to aiding the civil right.'- cause." Marian Anderson. What a Ringing namel What a magni ficent person. Not only has she given rap ture to the listening ear and flooded with color the great songs arias. Not only has she been an inspiration to all the young who aspire. But al.so. ir her dignified and beautiful person, in ■ her personal state liness of bearing and depth ol eharact'r, she has enriched th( world and made Americans proud and Americans ot color even more proud. She will aid the civil right.« cause. How wonderful. Yet, has she not been doing this for the \ Jong and .splendid time duriruf J which she has boen bringing us joy? Ye*, ■'ihe ba-s. Few ,.vcPts in American history have so tiellttled the false gos pel of bigotry as the incident in which the Daughters of the American Revolution denied her the use of Constitution Hall. The thought that such di gnity of person pnd authentic ity of talent could be .so af fronted around many Ameri cans who had not been con cerned. ^ Someone once commented that the life of Marian Ander son is like a rose gently laid upon the grave of Aljraham Lincoln. It might well he said'also tn be fine of the sparks which help.s to keep tht*- Eternal Flame at Arlington aglow. Thank you, Mi.ss Anderson. We love you! Heroes of Emancipation JOHN MERCER LANGSTON Born in 1829 on a large' plantation in Virginia, Langston was the son of its owner, Ralph Quarles. His mother, Lucy Langston, was a slave who be came Quarles’ mistress. He em ancipated her after the- birth of her first child. John was the youngest of four children. Jolin’s parents died when he WB.S about five years old. His father, a man of strong aboli- ti^ist leanirT^, had ma3(, pro visions for his children and John w'as sent to a friend oi his father in Cincinnati where h(, was reared as a son. Langston was strikingly handsome and affluent orator. In 1883, he became the first president of the newly esta blished Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. By the House of Representatives, he had become widely know throughout the state. Langston had been a- profes.sor of law, dean and acting vice president of Howard Universitjy and for eight years Minister-Resident to Haiti and Charged Affaires of the Dominican Republic. In 1889 he was elected to the House and served until 1891 Langston, who was an Oberlin attorney, also served as a mem her of the Oberlin City Coun cil and on the Board of Health 'under President U. S. Grant. In 1894 his book “From the Virginia Plantation to the Na tional Capitol” was published. Langston was the great uncle of the poel-uiithor, Langston Hughes, collegiate instuuie. r>y mu time he sought election to thc^» What Other Editors are Saying to speak at a Registration Rally. Wyatt Tee Walker, Ex ecutive Assistant to Dr, King, met me. He had just learned of the buntings. Wyatt and I flew to Albanry and proceeded to the scene of the carnage. As I stood there, sick at my stomach, surveying the ruins, Wyatt sug gested that we ought to do .something to show th^ world and the vandals responsible that burning down our church es would not stop the Freedom Fight. I replied that I thought we ought to rebuild the church es and that 1 would intitate the fund with a $100 contribution. Later that day. Dr. King phoned from the West Coast and asked if I would serve as National Chairman for an SCLC Rebuilding Fund. I readi ly accepted because I felt that the sick challenge of church- burning bigots must not go un answered. Since the Fund was started, we havg raised nearly $50,000. Bill Black, my boss at Chock Firfl O’ Nuts contributed the fint $500.00 Prank Schiffman, of the Apollo Theatre in New York, gave another $1000 and Governor Rockefeller gave $10i 000. We received gifts from all over th^ nation and in every denomination from $1 up. Our w*rk baa been supple mented by The Atlanta Consti tution Fund' and by moniea col lected by The Georgia Council of Churches and the United Citizens of Christ, as well aa other ' groupi. The Trappist ModIu at tha Monastery at College from which be rccaiv* Conyers, Georgia supplied stained-glass windows for all three churches, the work of their own hands. The Toombs Amisano and Wells architectur al firm in cooperation with Georgia Institute of Architects, have drawn, blueprinted and supervised the rebuilding of the contracts, lotting of the con tracts to the Blaylock and Kin- non Construction Corporation, as well as decisions to keep the building program moving have been under the supervision of a Steerinrg Committee in Atlanta. This Committee is chaired by Dr. King and composed of pas tors and representatives of the organizations and agencies in volved. Coordination of the day to day detail over these past months has been handled by Wyatt and Miss Helen Bullard in their Atlanta offices. We are anxiously looking forward to completion of t^e churches. The cost of construc tion is $99,000, exclusive of furniture and equipment. Thus, with approximately $50,000 in the SCLC Fund and another $25,000 in other funds and in surance, we are still lacking $20,000 needed to clear c o n- struction costs completely. We are hoping that our readers , who may not have contributed to this program will supple ment the deficit We now face. Checks may be made payable to Mount Oliver Baptist Church Rebuilding Fund, care of Jackie Robinson, 425 Lexingtorr Ave., New York City — or sent direct to the same fund, care of Dr. M\artin Luther King, Jr., at the SCLC offices, 334 Auburn Avenue, N. E., Atlanta Ga. "Appoitited Continued from fmnt pai»t RULE BY INTIMIDATION The pushing oroiind to which the Southern Conference Eiliica tional Fund has recently hrten subjected in Louisiana is more than a matter of local concern. It involves some supplementarj. high handedness on the part of a United .States Senate .oiibcoininit tee; and it al.so involves a fla" rant disregard of some funda mental American riehts ■ Tinder the guise of enforcin" a local and exceedingly diih ii'n legi.slative concoction called the ‘‘Subversive Activities and Com munist Control Act." policemen acting at the behest of the Loiii.s- iana Joint Legislative Conimitee on Un-American Activities, raid ed the homes and offices ol three officials of the Southo'-n Conference Educational Fund, With dra’A'n revolvers, they ar rested the.se reputable and re spected citizens, terrorized thei” and their families and confiscat ed their papers and files. The triumph of the Louisiai'a legislative committee would havi been short-lived had it not beer for a helping hand from the In ternal Subcommittee of the Unit ed States Senate. A Louisian. Criminal District Court promptly dismissed, for lack of anv evi dence whatever, t h c chnr?e again.st the three SCEF official that they had consoired to sub vert something or other; an'l i* would ju.it as promptly, no doubt have ordered return of the .SCF.F files had they not siiddenlv been subpoenaed by the Senate Inter nal Security Subcommi'tee The Subcommittee’s role in this affair duserves scrutiny, Its seiz ure of the aCEF files was je complishgji, it appears, hv th" u.sc of a subpoena si"ned in blank by the chairman. Sen. Jas. O. Eastland, and filled nut tn b" served at the ia.st minute on the state legl.slBtive committee b.v the Subcommittee counsel. Thio was precisely the scatter.aun nrac tice used by the Subeommittee in the case of Robert Shelt >n whose conviction for nontemp of Congress was reversed just the other tiny because a subpoen.i ed a B. S. degree in agricultural education. He is a one-time school teacher and also has worked as a coitnty agent. Gaddy it married to the for mer Mist Bliaaboth Beverly ot Wadesboro, who teaches com mercial educatKSi) at West Char- lott* High sisned in hUink w.ns used ti* summon bini We tliini: thic '■ thoruuqlily trresponsilile con met hy tile Siihconim.. .'c staff. A thrce-i'.idee Federal court now has under consideration j suit by the SCEF attaekin® the constitutionality of the Louisiana Siibver.'ive Activities nnd Com munist Control Law. In the man nor of its enforcement in Louisi ana, the law seems to he a nioi'' infringement on (he advocnev of ideas--aii(l as such in violation of the Pirst Amendment I* seems obvious that it is bein« usi'd against the SCKF for the sole reason that that oryanizatinn is engaged in advocaiinfi civil riyhts for Negroes in the South If it succeeds in this case, it will be used in other Southern stiites to tag the civil ri’.'hts movement as “suliversive” anil- Comuuinist. This amounts to ii'ie by intimidation. It is the anti thesis of the dcmocraic process —.The Washins;oii l*ost Yes, We Jkll lalii To Rescind By Mar^s H. Boulwave If a club wishes to render ineffective a vote formerly taken upon a motion, its mem bers should propose the motion “to rescind. The motion “to rescind" should be introduce only when there is nothirrg before the as sembly. It may be applied to all main motions, questions of privilege **nd appeal, except when a resignation has been acted upon, or when some mem ber has been elected to, or ex pelled from, membership or of fice, and has been notified of the fact. Thp motion "to rescind’’ may not interrupt the .speaker, re quires a second i.s debatable, re quires a two-third vote, may not be proposed again If lost, etc. Example: “I move to rescind the action tnklen on March 6, 1961, when this organization went on record as being op posed to making a donation to the United J*und.” READERS; For my parilo- mentary law chart of motions, send one dollar to cover tt^e cost of handling. Write to Br. M. R Boulw»«», Bim Sl'0-/», . I^orido-A. ^ M,-. Unly«n|)|^, Tallahassee, * ■ Fla., Zip Codt 82307. ^
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