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* 'i.-j THE CAROLINA T i M E 5
fiir-li|t>«AHA, N. C. SATURDAY^ JMteMBER tti 196^
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WHY^OT THE SAME CONCERPl HERE?
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half-ci
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suld lik^to ’f§|cft'lbis'o^oirtunity to
peci^ SHeippEii "3f dfir readei'a tb
TOnceniljij'6! ihe Hal5-
ity Votafs "tfTWVWnent, ’ appsaritiR on
ij^ge of thnf'wcpk’s issue of the Car-
fes. 1(S wUV-W noted that the mehi-
he organiz^TlWn, mnsth' Nej^+o citi-
tHe county, Jjpve been careful to
enc«iuch the petition, which was to the T!ali-
fax ('oiinty Commissioners, in the' form of
rcquosts rather than demands. That they did
not j)«t their desiVes i« the form of demands
Has prol)ai)ly a seriotis disappointment t»
their adversaries.
So so elementary and so fundamental
en requests, to the exercise of citizen-
^ts, that respectable and progressive
:of both races in other counties of
! will be aniazed to discover that right
(Ncrt-th Cafolina, as well as in the
ized st.ate5 of the dieep South, like
fipi, AHJiama' arid Louisiana, there
white .i^opfe ■n'ho nre so possessed
with ai^ inferiority complex that the owly time
they can feel on a ]>ar witli othors of their
own tace is when they are kickinj^ Xegroes
arovuicj, •
Witji -a Negro [wpiilation that mitniimhcrs
that, dff the white citizens of the county,
rcsultij^ in the final analysis that Xegroes
are caiwying a .sizable portion, if not more of
the tax load, it appears that every one of the
ten requests, made of the Coiinty C'uiumis-
sioners, is a fai»- and just one and only a na
tural consequence of the gri)\vin'g intelligence
and ne^fds of the Xegro citizenry. It is also
to the*Vredit of the Xegroes of Halifax Coun
ty th.-^ for so long a duration they have ex
hibited so much patience, Christian spirit,
brotlirt’l\’ love and forfhearnnce tfiward their
fellow white citizens.
Forilhosc not fully acquainted with Halifax
Count^ it is expedient that we advise here
that, ^r the most part, the county is an agri-
nized Jarming, Negroes of the county did most
of thejjack-breaking and menial labor on the
farms, often at wages that were so low it
ktpt thetn one .step ■AboVl^ stVfdorti. In
-sj)ite of sdch h state bt affairs,
many of them, Mir'ougli hard work, sacrifice
and frugality, lloiight forms, homes, elucated
their childwh anti, in time, emerged r, land
lords, bUsirtifssnlth tiiW J>rttf(ts9fohats.
While tii^ thatt^(»vfer ttJ Hette^- uhderstahd-
ing and interrici'ai cooperation was t^ing
place in other parts of the state, the whites
in Halifax CtJuHty ttirttihlltd tthd stll! are en
deavoring td hiM llit to \he Wse-notion
that they tan kiftp the Negroes oj' iWiy
county in thfc dftch without stayitlg
with them,^ As » rtsriit, khe (►conoipif.jfitHj-
dition of all thft |>eo{)te is far below that of
many counties iH sfcctiehs of the state.
•Alohg witjx,such i bf affaita, the cli
mate is 1-eaay4rt»(le foi’ the Kit Klttx Klan,
racial atlitttostly, sttSplcloti and distrust. In
shol-t, I-Taliax CdUhty is k Vetitable hell hole '
that more becomes the sWtfc of Mississippi
than NdHh Caroll^j whtrt, aVleast efforts
in most sectiotts oftlie stift ate beitig made
to create a ctiftiaie rtf btUet' undel'standing
and goodwill bttweeti the nets.
In the effbVft to itnpK^ve their lot, we
charge the'NejJHies, ofj^HtJifix County to
continue to be pblit^, lo-^h^t be .boastfid, to
resort to no vioUhCe, ‘‘to ^K*”|ustly7^nd to
love mercy, anii! to walk humbly with thy
God.” At the samt w6uld remind
them to stanH steadfast and Immovable in
their (Juest frtf fil-st'-clliss Mttzenship In their
county. If the^ Wi^I dd.Vhest things they
will draw to their sidj inan^ fine and up
right white anti Negro citizens of the state
and the nation.
In the nlbahtitht, vrt call Upon them
to continue Ifii tTToHs' lowSHl ihcl’easitlg
theit voting stret)gth. In this they must
never cease ui^til fcvcry Ne^ro Ifi Halifax
Coiihty, who is of fcge, |i^ ^ttiltfiedl to vote’.
Once this is done a majority oP the obstacles
'Kwcy^ wttt vtmistv Kke
the snow in a summer’s ^Itn.
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The Case Against the 21 Soute
Every liberfy Ibviiig Ve'rson in America ot the i4tii Ataeiwjtaeiit ^iiU9 states that:
H vnifcei to any
Every liberfy loving '5)e*rson
should slipfwrt the efforts of the NAACP Le
gal Defense Fltnd to imseat the 21 southern
congressemeh who have been elected to Con-
gVess__fr6m states that directly or indirectly
deifjrNp^o citiEens free use of the ballot. Too
lonR such, members of Congress have had a
field day m oppmsing civil rights both in and
out- of the Senate and the House of Represen-
We think the time has come for a
show-down. Eithef a Congressman should
bi^^l^ted by all the people of his state, with-
outtT*gard as to race, or he should not be
sc.Tf^ iti either the Senate or the House of
Rpprtsentatives.
I^'npw appears that the N.'L\CP Legal De-
fei^^^und has the law on its side. Section 2
» V«le H
of the thmlk ihh&bitailll; W '«6rH Ktiitfe . i
*'WhW thb Vii
Wl to
inh&bita
being ii iffc i'V . %»ls for rfepte-
sentatibtt ^IK't^j^es^ shall be re
duced in‘'We^fiiithber of
such mi^« -titUens wtJl ^air to- the whole
number of. tHaie c1tize,rts 21 y^rs of age in
such stitt.'* ■ '
It is tfeit PJAACP Legal De-
fense Fttftd wjt Bf the 21 such
souther.it fcon^ts|^f& . tS‘ rae fullest extent.
In sd (ioittg R imi tW thti orge>ni-
zation ,«ri|T HjiWJm dtiuici^ «s well as the
moril sUmM^ 4f Miiztft in this country
who, IdTei iifetty....
Question to k Considered NCC Iiiite Board
By WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.
THE MUDDLE IN MEDICINE
The health ot the American
people leaves much to be desir
ed.
Contrary to the ballyhoo and
back-slapping indulged in by
some medical men, the cold, sob
ering facts issued by the UN’s
World Health Organization
(WHO) reveal that we aren’t in
first place—or anywhere near it.
In the «Fueiid area of 4ntant
mortality—regarded by medical
itlen as a good yardstick of a na
tion’s health—this country lags
disgracefully.
Our showing—when one meas
ures the number of infant deaths
per 1,000 live births—is inferior
to many nations including Rus
sia.
Among those where a child
has a better chance to get thru
his first year of life (35.6 out of
each 1,000 born die here) are
Russia, 32.0; West Germany, 31.7;
Israel, 29.0; Japan, 28.6; Canada,
27.2; France, 25.6; New Zealand,
22.8; United Kingdom, 22.1; Den
mark, 21.5; Switzerland, 21.0;
Finland, 20.8; Australia, 19.5;
Norway, 18.9; Sweden, 15.5; and
The Netherlands, 15.4.
Our medical care is a crazy-
quilt, catch-as-catch-can non-sys
tem in u’hich mo.st of the poor
have no real “doctor-patient rela
tionship.’’ For 30,000,000 whites
and 10,000,000 Negro citizens
To Be Equal
mired in poverty, medical care is
a national disgrace.
Sen. Mike Mansfield (D.-Mont.),
the Senate majority leader, saw
the tie-up between ill health and
poverty clearly in a recent ad
dress urging a comprehensive
medical insurance plan for the
elderly. “We are not going to
attack poverty unless we also
attack ... ill health and dis
ability,” he declared.
Disease kills 1.T milUon Amerl-
cans every year and absences at
tributed to illness in a like period
cost the economy $13 billion,
the senator observed. This tragic
loss is sustained even though
Americans pay an average o(
$114 each for uncomprehenslve
care although in England, for
instance, the typical man pays
only $50 and seems to live a year
longer in the bargain.
It takes no sage to recognize
that this country is short of
hospitals, nursing homes, medi
cal schools, clinics, and other
health facilities as well as the
doctors, nurses, technicians and
other personnel needed to staff
thenl. In lust pne city alone, Chi
cago, Dr. Karl S. Klicaka, head
of the hospital planning council,
said the city lacked 17,000 hos
pital workers.
Few persbns, Negroes included,
are willing to etiter hospital work
given the pitifully inadequate
wage scales which now prevail.
And few families miredJn p6ver-
ty can affwd the luxury of put
ting a son through med school,
even though doctors are so des-
parately needed, many hospitals
are bringing in Latin American
interns.
The public needs to bring some
order out of the chaos that js
medical care today. ^at tHany
hospitals perform si|pert^-nls
beside the point.Therfc are not
enough that do, and 6lteM t^cir
“philanthrophy” Is sul^idi^'by
the low pay of thrir ^mp0|^s.
A national insurance'plaff ^>a
pay-as-you-go basis covering all
citizens, not merely the elderly,
ought be a first step. And a mas-'
*lve federally-assisted program to
build new facilities and train the,
perronnel needed to staff our.
medical facilities is a companion.,
move vitally needed.
To do less is unconscionable,
unpardonable and not in' ihe
dynamic American ^ tradition.
Those who look to the past on
this subject will neven overcome
the obstacles of the present.
Those who look to the present
know that we must prepare for
the future.
As the novelist Albert Camus
has written, true nobility lies
not in being superior to other
persons but in being superior to
our former selves.
This is the challenge to the
medical care profession today.
m mi MCHoim "sums y
We w'ish to apologise to the membel’s df
tI^>iiiTjrustee Board of N. C. College for the
ediMmel we published last week on the de-
pl6liftile state 6f affairs now existing at NCC.
We^^iA time that a meeting
pii^o^ to^^^^^to anlic^dte the agenda
of mwtings of the Board or to attempt, in
any «ay, to influence the thinking of the
memlifrs on matters of N. C. College ■^hich
have been entrusted to them and them alone.
Since this editorial, th^refote, will not be
read until after the De;^mber meeting of the
NCC BoaVd, which consequently will give each
and every member ample time before the ne*t
meeting to carefully and thoughtfully pond^.
some of the perplexing problems now con
fronting NCCj we would like4o respectfully
submit, for thfc board men\bers’ consideration
the following information.
It ptobably was not on the agenda of the
December 11 meeting of the NCC Trustee
Board but the next scheduled meeting should
face Uj) to the question of the lat^ number
of facility tfesiBhatltths that occurred at NCC
during its i9(53-B4 tetm. It ought alstt 1q^
into the la^e nuinber of faculty metHlrtfs
who are leave for the present school tertn
with tht idea in mind of checking on just ,
how HiAby will fail to return aftet the leaVe of
absetid ha4 fijt|))red.
It ik only hatilrM that any education^] lil-
‘ : “ r -«5- -■
i atBiy iatnrd^ at t)w*l(Ha> H. Ci
I If tlHtad m.''
k It AUBHN, vamut 4.....
M Mia^ Ni at DvnM,.!!. «U fINI
■mnattrnoif
—i.eSii»4.Ca*ll had ^ iitVliMm
ItM iMiM at,49( m nitlINi Ik
stitutibn SbnA Vestgnalifilis and that
it ¥111 haife ieVi^l.lBf its faculty members to
be away on M abienc^. In the latter
instances, U hiaj t^tiK a httUfvful ihdieationi
e^^htiy !h4iW IteH biil to be
ciiti'dnai br t^iness iasmtifidH can thrive on.
too man^ VesigKandtiA Mr i contlntioUs turn
over ift itB
The Tjnatib, BOilrt migbt also look
into the matt^,»f.'pt^^ident of
the coll^ rtfu^S lo* ^^3ve iH’e faculty se-
Iecti6H ftf tH". W. E. Fi^is^j f(^r, ^ppfeientai
tiVe of tKfc &c|^ye*t^^4iittee. The
members of me Board ibottld lo^ carefully
and long into (hi (tH IMt iAbillbefll bf the
Acuity, well ai llil jjil'fcsl^eilt, weW a^re
that Dt. FarVisbh fcl aWity ttoW the
college is, “oHfc bIF thfe humani
ties Fellow»tu|>s at Dulic Univ«f«ty.’*
Thejr khoulj i^quiit as tb whyi to the face
of such MoWIMfe; h( ^eited the highest
hUthb«l> Bf Ibill I6r Hil fbsitMH. SiMMId the
fioard iuqtiii^ ltldu|H i6H) tk« biiitei-,'
they might discover, in# ineiriiH!>i>A)l'i*he
faculty had bfcc* ffilgr satisfied tttetf'feH* Fai^-
riseh’l tt^Buk* trMld not
With hiH Vta IM flCC1^e«tiU^..tbim-
ftiittfce. .
i/uy m 'wBut //wfie
0ic6ff6ucs \
WOMet^ TffA^
V0£$ m.c6/^
THE CREATIVE REVOLUTION
Martin Luther King, Jr. often
refers to the “marvellous crea
tivity” which has characterized
the movement of the American
Negro toward the goals of human
dignity in this country.
Dr. King is right. The Revolu
tion has produced tragedies. It
has given rise to heroes and liv
ing legends like Dr. King him
self. It has cost blood, sweat and
tears and it has opened the eyes
of many white Americans to the
justice of the Negroes’ demands
and stiffened the resentment of
others.
But the Revolution has done
more than this. It has made fam
ous the Freedom Music of the
Negro—music which we, as a
race, have khbwh for genert-
tlons, music sustained us during
the days of Slavery. The move
ment has bhjught about the pro
duction of some great books,
sbme fine paintings, some classic
poetry’ and editorials -whicll are
gems, written by both white and
colored people.
One of the exciting creative
by-pfroducts of the Revoliitibn is
the’arrival on the entertaininent
scene of a unique singing trio
which is known as the Pilgrims.
This group—two young men and
a girl has been featured in sev
eral importtftit television shows
recently, will be profiled in the
December issUe Of Vogue Maga-
tlhfe and has just signed a con
tract with Colutiibla rfecords.
The Pilgrims came into being
little less than a year ago when
the three Members met, quite by
accident in the studio of Chuck
Stewart, a topflight photograph
er. The three were Angeline
Butler, the oldest daughter of- a
backwoods country minister in
East Over, South Carolitia; Rob
ert Gnillaumie of St. Louis and
Millard Williams from Bermuda.
The afternoon of their meet
ing, the three yoiing people de
lightedly discovered common
bo'hds—mutual values, sympathe
tic Ideals and, most of all, a vital
Interest in folk song. They began
dt^iming—and something about
—becoming the first all-Negro
fblt trio.
Those who have been fortunate
enoUgh to have heard this group
do not have to be told that they
come through as one bf the
freshest and most appealing voice
blends to come along since the
revivals of folk music in this
country. With the type of book
ings whidh have been procured
for them, there is little doubt
that they will occupy a top posi-
.tion in the business in the not
too distant future.
Robert Guillaume, raised on
the Mississippi levee, worked as
a streetcar motorman, mailman
ana candy maker before complet
ing his musical and academic
education at St. Loui.s Univer.sity
An alumnus of Cleveland’s notiKl
Karamu Theatre, he has been
featured in numerous Broadway
shows and starred in Langston
Hughes’ "Tambourines To Glory”
as well as in the Sportin’ Life
1-ole in New Xork City Center’s
“Porgy find Bess” revival.
Bermuda-born Millard Williams
studied violin and attended the
Royal Conservatory of Music in
Toronto, Canada. He toured with
the Lebhard ' DePaUr Infantry
Chorus, appeared on CBS Radio
Net'wrk shows and won the
Martha Baird Rockefeller schol
arship which afforded him a
chance to study in Europe, in
England he joined the Birming
ham Company and had his own
radio show as the leader of a
vocal quat-tet on the B. B. C. in
London.
The writer first met the girl
tnember of the Pilgrim.s, AngP-
line Butler, when she was attend
ing a CORB interracial action in
stitute in Miami. I learned that
this girl who had such winning
ways, had been one of the first
“sit-in” leaders in the Nashville
Movement. She was a member of
the same central committee
‘*’hich brought into civil rights
prominence such courageous peo
ple as Diane Nash, James Bevel
John I^wis,'HTarron Berry and
Bei-ftara Lrffayetle. Angeline was
one of the first 97 students lead-
ers jailed in Nashville. It wa.?
these protests, you will recall,
which led to student sit-ins all
over the lan^ and re.sulted in the
desegregation of public facilities
in scores of communities.
J^CTl first met Angeline,
followmg a shopping center sit-
m- I was so impres.sed by the
strength and dedication of this
abt itv t ‘he
dPr ft "“"-''iolent un-
and hp® n conditions siie
and her colleague.s had faced.
Angeleline Butler and her two
richly the success which is
coming jheir way. Miss Butler is
Fisk music majM-., She was nn
scholarship at Juilliard. During
Pf ‘ -'he ha.s been pre
ehled as a soloist with the Bus-
ter Davis Smgers on the Bell
Telephone Hour and has also ap
Sutherland
Robert Merrill,and Carol Law
ler^ But-
dwi”® dues- in the
and hlr ."‘'■“gsle. May she
^ s'nging mates live lone
d enjoy increasing success a?
they interpret the inusk of
S'S!”»' ™»y
Know
True Facts About Alcoliol
n Mil
thfe 61 It. l!;
eiie^i woric tl ttil flS^ &f ^imiitiry, which
fthat
Ibtia .sbme
exceiiefit wonc w tMt tiW&f i
is in sharp cbnlVasl lb What he hae dene as
ft cSlli^e aiml>i^rM(^ We think, there
fore, th4 iMlrtI «« fulUn»d id
i In th«
otuce M tiie M Qt it should
piact tM ^emistr^
MbcMtoff/lwds Mvrfeit «p|ite#s he right-
fiim» IlM blMfevti Ilk irtS&M
iblH tfllU ^aUc«t Jol, la kji
II yI U i^erai
No. Actually, less than 10% of
alcoholics are Skid Row derelicts.
Those afflicted with alcerfiollsm
come from all walks of life and
represent every segment of th4
tt>tal population regardleu oi
education^ status, social at ecih
nomic background, or race. They
all haveibne thing in eomffloai
the coppuUive, uncontrolUa
heed to drink.
WHY ARB THERE FIWIR
ALCCmOLICS AM0N9
WCNMEN THAN iMENf
This qaestioa is oftra aslnd.
However, scientists ar« eer>
tala that thU is true dtia ta th4
fact that sbciety tendt to protaet
wt>men more td than me*. Mtat
Women are hom«naka»^baflCay
they are tmeniployed BBd>.eaa
drink in the confiiMB tt tkfit
homes. Many feel that the num
ber of women alcoHoUcs is in
creasing. According to the latest
statistics, men outnumber women
4 to 1 as. compared to a previoua.
ratio-Of il to 1,
OOlt M-CpHm. CAUSlI
iroiMACH ULClKIt
No. Alcohol Itself doei noi
eause stenaeh ulceti, btit It mat
a«niTatk l»itatihk ulcfets. How-
4yer, medteal reslMtrch hjis prov-
N»ha
ielop cMitM t>lt;
in itidlr At re^t
Hdtt M ttttM
4it that alcAhoUeii l^ttMtiy de-
tdtt M Hum arb
ottfht ibiMt
.VltlttM
dt ftwa
«td raat. HhmM loag fieriod ilt
dHnkltig whM tte drinket faih
ttf- gM vrapar itit and foOd, be
may develop alccriiolic psychoses
and imagine that animals are
attacking him. ^heta this
pens, he is in need of hoSpitSli.
zatfon.
tAN XutOifOL kill
A ^ElltONt
Yes, if a lal’ge quantitF Is tab
en very rapidly over a short |ie.
ridd of tiihe. The Stata of an In
dividual^ health, age, weight
and previous drinking all play i
NtH in hdw sobd death will
cur. It it possible for delth ti
oecitr if therfe is as moch ai
pm-cent concentration bf
In the blood. EMesfeive drMtei
over a long period of tlm# %i;
alae Innisk fl^^riorattoii d
brgau in tha .body, tt bat
eatinwted that , c(u
^Kirtcil tha Ufa apaii 10-U fMi
Now here comes the head of
state of a foreign country known
as Ul^l^sit)))^ m^dling In the
affaits oi the JtmeHcan people.
Goveirnor Paul B. Johnson says
hfc,; agrees with Mt'. J. Edgar
HooVfer th^ Dr. M^ttin lAither
King, Jr. it-jj^V'ndtdrious liar.”
So, Mr.' JohnsSSd observes, do
“tnouAhd of people.” He did not
add whether the “thousands”
were White Mississltipians.
one Is cttrttt\i« to know why
Mr. Johnson has injected his
opinion into the Hoover-King
controversy, He and hJs fellow
potentates below the ltflson-I)ix-
on are constantly crying that
Northerners are interfering with
their interna! business. If there
is virtue in practicing whst one
pi«aches, then the sovereign rul
er of Missitiippl ought ^0 eschew
comment on this particular issue.
For Mlesinii^tii has denionsthited
that |t eonyid^ itself foreign to
the United States, autonpmouS
in its regard of the Constitution,
the Bill of Rights, Declaration of
Independence, Civil Rights Bill
and certidnly of the Golden Rule
and the jude«-Christian ethic.
it is rather curious that the
Bqli Cpnnor-like attapk on Dr.
Ung i^ould come at a time
yiMB he has ^ei^ selMte^ td
l^^ve Ae highest fwfrd || ii
p^lbie to give to qian. But theij
$^ ,is not so ourlpm, I| woul
that„^ rw^ni^im o
% »ng as niiS'S "iTan Of TIk
id y^r," hSa reception W the Pi
and, ftnaUy the award of tlii
Nobel Peace Prize have gotten
to be too much for the extreme
rightists. Mr. Hoover has been
smoked out ihto admititng that
he is a States-Rightcr — and I
^Upcrase that, If we are going to
hive a StatesRighter for our
ehlif fcot>, we aught to know
about it.
With typical charity. Dr. King
has stated that he feels it is
time the eoAtroversy end so that
all paHles concerned can get on
with the business of civil rights
and law enforcement. Dr. King is
an Incurable optimist if he hon
esty believes J. Edgar Hoover
entertains a passion for law en
forcement when that law en
forcement relates to the Negro
in the South—or even to whites
who espouse the cause of civil
rights. But then, in these trou
bled days, someone has to be
an optimist.
MdNTlMl ilROTHERS
Apording to the Catholic Di-
gest, Pope Paul has two broth-
ejr^: Lodovlco, a year older, and
Prancesco, five years older.
M||M6rIAU day MILEAGE
^ce drivers at Indianapolis
g^ about four miles per gallon
Unng special fuels at a $l a gal-
Ovarheard atlan office snack
figure my job is safe. It
pay eMugh to make it
went a machine to