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■ tH£ CAROLINA TIMES —DURHAM, N. C. , SATURDAY, JUNK 12, IMS 2-A MPresident and Vice President Speak on Rights Preglent Johnson sounded a'_ new hope to the&O million Xfgro citizens of this coun try in&is c'otpmencfment address. delivered at Ifowaßj rniversity last Friday. In announc ing; tlmt he intends, to call together next tall Negro leaders and officials at all levies of gov ernment, for a conference on civil rights, the president gave encouragement to all lhu.se who long & -see the dfty when Americans of all r&ces,Breeds and colors will he accorded the full riljfe'.s of firstclass citizenship. It ißsignificanl that Vice, President Hump hrey m a commencement address at the 1 Di versity of Maryland, only a few miles away, was als° calling for equal rights and opport unities for all Americans, Said \ ice Presi dent. "VV e must discover whether crn o 1 American Negroes and other minority groups can now be brought iui'.y into mainstream of our political, economic and social life." It thus appears that the present administration is fully qgreed on the matter of according equal rights ti> p.)! the 'citizen.-* of this coun trv. Almi -it is ja|)paJ"ent that both the presi dent and president are determined that the job of' equal rights for all must be The Example Set by the Prince HaM Masons The 'announcement in last week's issue of w*.is newspaper that tlie Prince Hall Masons had contributed an amount in excess of S.IOO, COO to the XAAt'P Legal Defense and Edu cational Fund within the last 14 years is in deed comiijpiulable and to some extent encour aging. The Example set by the Masonic order couJd well be followed by the Odd Fellows, E'.Jvs and Pvthians: to say nothing about the Greek -letter fraternities, sororities, social and religious dubs. With the exception of the Prince Hall Ma sons it probably would be a revelation if the werc-knowii as to iiou much the fra ternities and sorities spend a year for social activities, antj just hqw little they spend for thefsupport of the XAACP and other organi 3a?iins involved in the forefront of the civil rig) ts struggle. Even in the the case of the Ma- ons the $.}00.000.00 when broken down to i,n annual contribution amounts to ouly a I ttie more than $20,000.00 per year or con iidrrably less than SI.OO per year that each member gives ip the struggle for Democra cy'. ,nd human j The Speaker-Ban If now appears from the editorial comment in $ majority of the newspapers of the state, coiKerning the awful debacle created over the law. that the people of North Carolina are begirmijig to awaken to the fact leadership is con cerned it -ft found in the present governor Of - thjs state. -It appear that either Goyervwr, Moore is totally without the kind of foresight- that is necessary for the offfoe he flow 'holds or he is looking to Dr, "v. Beverly Lake to furnish it. Wf thjnk the best summation of the entire raaHe&»*:fo T be found in' a piece clone by Mar ry Golde«'% "Only In Anicica." published in last week's" issue of the CM.\PEL HIM. WEEKLY uyder the caption: "Tlie Tragic Lack of Leadership." Said Mr., Gulden : , jFor time in a generation North Carolina i« without leadership. But. fortunately, in our country there are also intellectuat, ad Well as political, checks and balances.' For exaMtptc, .Nq?th Carolina's Speaker- Ban Law. Ihe last Legislature rushed through a-bijf on the last dav, without dis cussion or hearings, barring from the plat forms of state-supjiorted schools, com munists ami fifth-amendment-niks. It was a stupid law that would prohibit, Poland's Ambassador, for instance, from speaking here, or maybe another Soviet scientist who has something important to tell our medical schools about mental retardation. (Fifteen years ago one Russian made a nbtabje contribution in this field.) Tbi law was so Stupid that even South Uroljna dismissed a similar proposal with tfe bfck of its hand. And S o North Carolina, sVPPqpedly "the n , ost progressive" state in T.r th ' is nmv tl)e °"nly state in the union wpth this nonsense on its statute books. the guts to start the ball Published eyiry Baturd*y at Durham, N. C. t \, done now, if this country; is to hold its head high among those o." fttfler iree people President Johnson's stnnd in behalf of civil rights must be exce?dingly painful to all south erners of op|M)site views, h is also safe to say that were he not a southerner that the wrath of a majority of the sou Ihp rn press would have long ago been turned loose on him at full blast, instead, respectable and intelligent whites of the South have Iv-en forced to leave it up to the Ku Kltix Klan, the White Citizens Coun cil and other such organizations to vent their spleen against the present occupant of the While House. Thus, as regrettable and horrifying as the manner of, arid the untimely dath of Presi cent Kennedy was it is safe to say that had he lived nothing he could have said in hrhalf of civil rights could have been a seffective. so far as the South is concerned, as the word* '' uttered by a southerner in the office of presi dent. Sometimes "God moves in a mysterious way bis to perform. He plants his footsteps upon the- sea and rides upon the storm'.". We think it is tinie for the era of fezzes. lodge aprons,, parades and other worthless show-offs to end. It is time for Negroes to become concerned about what is in their heads rather than what is on their heads and on their backs. In short we would like to call for a moratorium on all grand lodge meetings, an nual sessions and the like and in thHr places we would like to hold some workshops, in stitutes and other gatherings for studies as to ho w Xegroes can increase their voting strength, obtain more and better jobs and edu cation. The Prince Hall Masons have, in a small way, set a fine example. We think though with a little better organization and harder work they could increase their Contribution to the XAACP to $3. Million instead of $300,000 for the next 14 year period. Likewise the Odd Fel lows, Pythains. Tents, Kappas, Omegas, Al phas. Deltas, the AKA's arid other- such groups could add their amounts which would swell the total to a,sum sufficient to effectively wage a full and. alt out ,\var against discrimina tion instead o DeMle Cwtinges rolling toward repeal. Everybody waited tor the Governor to gfve the signal, a sig nal which never came. Governor Dan K. Moor* was elected by the 200.000 votes whiph the third candidate. Dr. I. Beverly Lake, had delivered to him. Dr. Lake is our foremost segregationist philosopher. He .still-dreams of someday putting the Negroes. in the last row of the bus again, and he fame out publicly and de cisively against any tampering with this Speaker-Ban law. .And on top of that, Mr. J. Edgar Hoover sent, a letter, which he authorized to he made public, supporting the ban. If there were some high-minded legislators prepared to vote for repeal, the Hoover letter shut them up tighter than a drum. But now we come to those wonderful "checks and bdances." The Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Schools has indicated that the North Carolina Speaker-Ban law fits the totalitarian state, rather than a free society, and thus North Carolina is now threatened with the loss of the accreditation of its state university and colleges. Further more. some three hundred members of the several faculties have indicated that they "would be forced to find teaching positions elsewhere if accreditation is withdrawn." But the trouble, as you may have already suspected, goes natch deeper. There is no leadership. That's the r?al trouble. No one outside the University itself seems to have the faintest idea what,higher education is all ahout today. They do not know that when it comes to a university, you can tear down in ot»e year what it has taken a generation to. establish. Even if this law is repealed, the L niversity of North Carolina will have received a wound \ylnch will take at least ten years to heal. It's a seller « marker, in higher education today. The competition is- fierce. Other state universities had been forging ahead of North Carolina even More .the enactment of this law. A more favorable tax Structure Ls help ing tbem mov ahead of u*. leaving North Carolina oply one chance for successful competition—excellence. But as of this mo ment the grett Uniyfrsijjj of North Caro lina is in. tJje.fcaJaJs of. a. fcw %emi-Ut«*ate poMtici%w. "Sin produced in me wrong desires... " Rom. 7i'B. Man's life is a running en counter with wrong desires produced by the inclination of man's sinfulness. We would to God it were not true. But we must face the stubborn facts of life. We are ever~*Be seiged by the threats of those inner evil-inclined desires. We have little time for the care free idling of our spirituafapp tential as Christians. We ffijjt be ever alert lest we be whelmed by the wrong dejw| within. For the christian in essence, is a conunous vjffe tling or grcppling with the perils of our inner desiijgg. Whoever said there is no rest for the weary must have had this wrestling wits these wrong inner desires in mind. The Christian must fight for the maintenance of spiritual life in Christ Jesus. Yes, it is with struggle that we maintain our integrity amid the vicious corruptions of life. The glory of this christian life may be ours but not without a giKt struggle. The price is dear-ftr those who would main Jn CommltfeeJor Professional Opportunity Last summer a group •£ scientists at the Marine Bit logical Laboratory at Vfooks Hole formed a Committee f|r Professional Opportunity** ait*~ tlie following declaration: Negro constitute a minute fraction of the American scien tific community. The waste of Negro talent, originating in racial discrimination, deprives American science of its full potential. This inequity is a social and moral challenge tor the humanizing and liberating spirit of science. A basic cause of th e under-pai ticipation of the Negro in science Is the lack of adequate educational opportunity, beginning with the earliest levels of school ing, in North as well as South. To make opportunities equal in fact as well as in theory will require an extended per iod of time. We believe that it is time for scientists therh selves to take positive action and make special efforts now to accelerate the entry of Ne groes into all aspecte of scien tific work. Edu ca 11 on a 1 institutions throughout the country are be ginning to undertake ityea sres which will help improve the quality of education Vor smell numbers of Negroes, Ex amples of activities being cur rently discussed or intijrted are: a) An examinatioqt, of ways and means for helping to bring Negroes into stream of American techno logical and scientific lifts; b) Promoting the enfry of -Ne gro students by provUjUig special preparation prior. Ho collegt entrance and ap&Ufe T ' • SPIRITUAL INSIGHT B » * EV HAROLD OLAHD Be Promises of God Often Saves Us From Defeat and Despair this nobel, sublime life which is ours in Christ jesus. We can succeed but we must make greai sacrifices. V/e all must know the grinding struggle before we can share in the giory. There is no easy way to walk life's glory road. The poet says we must fight and struggle if we would win this wrestling match with our all too real and unholy inner de sires. The promise of God's help often saves us from despair apd defeat in this spiritual wrestling match In the strug gle we grow weary and ex hausted. This grim encounter leaves us, all too often, wasted and spent. And then we read again some promise out of God's word and we have new hope kindled in our souls. And with this new found hope we go again to enter the bat tle. In some rare ana match less spiritual insight, we learn of the importance of this bat tfe. We find that the battle must be fought on bending knees. \ye learn that prayer is a mighty weapon in mak ing this spiritual wrestling financial and tutorial aid to marticulated students; c) Ex mpral activities such as sum programs for teachers in ""Negro high schools, and pro grams to improve educational methods and content in Ne gj-o colleges and universities. Recognizing our responsibi lities as individual scientists: We welcome and will active ly solicit applications from Negro science students and frbm scientists who seek to work in our laboratories or departments a s techincians. graduate student, research assistants, or staff members. We will endevor to help in securing loans, scholarships, fellowships, time-off for cour se work, free or reduced tutl tion, for those applicants who wish to continue with course work or graduate studies. ,JU an applicant for gradu ate study does not satisfy cer* tain requirements of our re spective institutions, but is otherwise an Individual with potential for successful work in science, we will try to ar range sutiable adjustments to allow the applicant time and flalcillties to make up such de ficiencies. We toll solicit our collea gues to teach and do research In Negro colleges and univer sities to collaborate In re search projects a n d to parti cipate for stated periods in the woyjc of our laboratories and departments. The declaration bears the signature of 32 scientist* from institutions. We should like to ask the readers of 'Science* to Join us in this declaration by getting in touct. , the *• i f- V >, i • * »> match a glorious success, we go again and again to God's word for the assurance of- Vic tory. Are you beccoiing dis couraged ih the battle, then fajl on bending knees, reqd again God's promise to his children. . i . The successful fighter in this battle must know the cre ative spiritual power of cross bearing- You must suffer in this struggle. The suffering is just for a season. And this suf fering is nothing to be compar ed with the day of, tjie glorious ending. Thus the master calls us to hold on steadfastly ,in the midst of our suffering and crosses knowing the fruits of victory will be Joyous. We know the darkness of suffer ing may endure for.a night but joy comes in the morning. We suffer today but tomor" row's dawn will bring the fru its of victory. We 4)1 must wrtaile with our sinful desires-and those of our fellowman. But in the Spirit's power and with God's help we can overcome. undersigned. TERU HAY ASH! Department of Zoology, Columbia University, New York 10027 ' -Publishers Continnued from front page ception-buffet Jijne 16; the An nual NNPA Awards Dinner June 17; a sunset boat ride S.S. Belle of Louisville and a' private preview cf ' Shenandoah" Jjflxe 18; a tour and lunch al world fsmous Churchill Downs, an Afternoon at Miles Park Racing Course and a tookout at the Ohio River resi dence of NNPA president and con vention host Franl' L. . Stanley June 19. Major topics of discussion are (I) The Negro Revolution, (2) The Six-Column Newspaper, (3) Jour nalism Profession of the Future. (4) The Negro Press, RetExamiped, (5) Nt vspaper Opportunities Creat ed by Television, (0), New of Printing and Publishing and (7) The Single Advertising rates. . -Teachers Continnued from front page at Winston-Salem State College, received a $290 regional schol arship. -Wife Continnued from front page pie has required courage and clar ity of thinking. There was no place here for the timid or for the dialectical hair-aplttter," he said. , L • Straight From the Heart kETjjtf&s t&.fjh sprW \jfpo.ls a tfjaqher? A teajphpr Is one who teacnes by precept and' example!' ft is wise" for a teacher to practice what is to bi taught and learn what you teach. The real teacher is congenial, sure of purpose; aware of individual differen ces and finds basis of pupils past experiences. A good teacher strives for excellence in cfaracter and integrity. The adm of a teaclier is to lift up from past experience to new horiznns. A teacher learns to mingle with people, teaches self discipline and good manners. The authentic teacher learns to reason for simple facts and apply these facts to life situatios. A good teacner connects history and economics. Why did colonies settle along sea shores and river basins? Why did colonies florish in sea ports? Why did colonies ex- Letter to the Editor By Robert Q. Page. Jr. There I was minding my own business—fat and fifty and foolish—when wham! -the great-grandaddy of all stomach hit me just as I was going to b?d on a Friday night to catch up on .all that sleep I had lost working into the wee hourj two nights before. I never did-catcli up. in fact. I never did get to sleep. I thought it was just another little spell of gastritis until I had chewed six antacid tab lets "for relief of gastric hy peracidity" without relief. I tried getting to sleep on my back. I tried lying on my stomach. I tried lying on my side with my knees drawn up under my chin. Then, after a couple of hours of this kind qf torture, I sat up on the side of the bed and broke out into a cold sweat that wouldn't quit. Finally I gave up and apolo getically woke up my good wife Sara. "I'm sorry, honey, but I'm sick." She took a good look and called a doctor. He listened to the symptoms and, even though it was just sa. m. he told her to get me to the hos pital emergency room in 20 minutes. My doctor admitted he was n't sure what it was, but he was going to find out—and he did. After a series of X-rays ahd tests to determine the cause of my abdominal pain, as well as several electrocard iograms, my doctor spotted part of my trouble. Although my symptoms had not been typical, my doctor's verdict: ACUTE MYOCARIDIAL IN FARCTION. It took a little while for that to sink in. Those ugly words simply mean—heart attack! Why, that couldn't happen to me. That was something that always happen to the other fellow, just like a traffic ac cident, and my job is knowing everything there ist o know about traffic accidents. Come to think of it I had helped bury three close friends within the year—all heart at tack victims and all in their 50's. With detached Interest, I had read North Carolina Heart Association materials on heart disease and I knew all along, but with equal detachment that, heart trouble was the big gest killer of man. After a a couple of weeks of lying in bed with a minimum of acti vity, I was pretty certain it had happened to me, and my interest in the heart and its ailments became a very real and personal thing. For four months now, I have had plenty of time to think)—and believe me, this is thinking time. I am not pre pared to depart this mortal cqil just yet. There are still too many things to be done. What about my family? Could my wife get along with the only source of income" sud denly cut off? What about my third son just finishing high school and looking forward so eagerly to going off to the University next year? What about my darling six-year old daughter who came along af ter 21 years and three sons, the tfrst much-wanted girl in my family in 70 years? That new will I have been going to draw up for the last few years will have to be made quickly. Thank good ness now for that life insur" ahce I had hung onto grimly even when my wife complain ed that we were Over-Insured. My doctor, who talks spar ingly and is deadly serious -jr.... » *. • A, + , p*nc} west? questions are related tq t|»f( of our IOCJI, state' and national well bieln-g. I belfeve that it is a teacher's duty to teaph pupils about, local, state and national problerps in »ur changing world. It is also a teacher"s responsibility to connect past history and eco nomics with current history and economics. l N or some reasons my ad- ministrators did not agree with my ideas. I. therefore re signed from the Inborden School in the Halifax County Administrative School System. If some principal seeing this article appreciates my ideas a .id can use a teacher of my caliber, I would appreciate it very much. Agnes Edith Jones 309 Dixie Street ' Oil Enfield, N. C. ~i when he does, parted with these reassuring words: "Sopp times a little illness like at your age is the best thing could happen." He didfltt have to druw a diagramii'for me to understand what meant. «rfl I am the lucky one who ha,T been given a second chaA'?£. Now it is up to me to mA the most of it. If I my doctor's advice, he tells 'nit, my chances are good that 2 will fully recover from thfc first Mtack and in due timi be almost a s good or better than ever. He cannot say hoijr long I will live, but betweefc us we are going to do every thing possible to make it quiti a few more years, like my fa ther before me who is stifl. hale and hearty at 71. Q It means a new way Of'Wft for me, this I have to Mpny things that seemed'l& 1 - portant beiore heart have lost much of their imp^r 1 tance, but there are some-,!** 1 gent matters to be attended to while there is still time. It's a question of deciding 'WhSt really counts. I must discipline myself' fc live by a new set of rules: (1) Do what my doctor advises but don't worry about my hea lth. 2 Have fun without over exerting myself. 3 Enjoy work but don't live solely for It. 4 Conquer my work jitters. 5 Don't blow my top. 6 Make family life mutually enjoyable 7 Keep life simple. 8 Live only one day at a time, and make the most out of It. --Jack & Jill Corttinnued from front page 11 p.m. Registration will continue on Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m., Mrs. Carrie D. Jopes is presi dent of the; Norfplk Chapter of Jack and Jill Mothers; Mrs. Htfr riet R. Selden, general chairman of the regional coherence; 'ana Mrs. Gratia F. Mitchell, co-chair man. , , Other committee chairmen, are Mrs. Lijlie Riddick, kits; Mrs. Ed na Hopkins, registration; Mrs. Jocelyn Goss, workshop; Mrs. Mar guerite Harper, luncheon; Mrs. Gloria Seldon, banquet; Mrs. Doro thy Saddler, budget; Mrs. Marga ret Bowser, secretary; and Mri. Madieth Williams, hospitality. -Press Continnued from front page Viola Liuzzo, a wliite Detroit mother , me( her death at thq hands of the Klap. "It also was on thip high way that our people \yere bru tally beaten and gassed by law; enforcement officers at JCd mund Pettus Bridge. "I pray that you distinguished men of the press give serious thought to these two deplorat ble events while enroute here," Rev. Reese said. The Selma SCLC affiliate ap r pealed to the touring editors to look beyond th ? false facade being created by Govenor Wal lace. -Baptists Continnued from front page June 21 at 7:30 p. m. when M»y or Wense Grabarek of J. S. Stewart, member of the City Council and other outstaiodh Ing personalities pf thf city Will bring words of welcome 'to the Conarw. ■'* ' *7
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