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—THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JAW. >.
What Price the Fight for Freedom?
The resignation of James Farmer
as director or the Congress of Racial
Equality is most regrettable. Coming
on the heels of the resignation of B.
Elton Cox of High Point as field sec
mretary, the latter comparatively a
minor office, it is only natural, that
those deeply concerned about the Ne
gro's struggle for civil rights would
begin to ask searching questions about
what if anything is happening within
the official ranks of CORE. _
In spite of the fact that Mr. Farm
er says that: "I will never sever my
commitment to its thrust —its prin
ciples," there are those among us who
will wonder if there aft not other
reasons attending his resignation.
It might not be a bad idea for a tho
rough investigation to be made into
the reasons behind both the. resigna
tion of Farmer and that of Cox. Such
an investigation may disclose that the
personal sacrifices, plus the long hours
of hard work, were too numerous for
a normal person to carry. It might be
well for all of us to also be reminded
that even the Son of God had His
moments of deep despondency. One of
those momei.ts came when He looked
into the bitter cup and beheld the
contents that He was being called on
to drink if mankind was to be saved.
Thus we hear Him crying out in
agony: "Father, if thou be willing, re
move this cup from me: nevertheless
not my will, but thine be. done."
Fortunately, the organization has in
Attorney Floyd B. McKissick, one
Headquarters for the CR Movement .
The naming of Attorney Floyd B.
McKissick as.the new director of the
Congress of Racial equality and the
decision of CORE not to move its
headquarters to Durham, where Mc-
Kissick is presently domiciled, raises
once again the highly debateable ques
tion of whether or not wisdom would
d*'.ate the location of the main office
of iuch organizations outside the area
in which the*ovil rights struggle is
most pronounced.
sThere is no doubt that the location
of such headquarters outside the
South, especially the deep South, is
personally safer, by far, for the civil
rights leaders. We think though that
careful consideration needs to be given
the practical side of trying to operate
such offices by remote control or ab
sentee management rather than with
on-the-scene individuals. Try as we
may to think otherwise, it appears to
us to be utterly impossible for one to
feel the full impact of the injustice
suffered by Negroes in the South from
Indicative ol
The election of a Negro as mayor
of Springfield, Ohio should cause no
unusual interest within the ranks of
white or Negro citizens of this nation.
What has happened in Springfield is
indicative of what is certain to happen
in other cities, eveq. those of the South,
just as soon as a few more funerals
are held. Those persons who still cling
to the silly notion that "only white is
right" are. in for a great awakening.
Not only do we expect to see Negroes
elected mayor of many cities of the
country but the time is not far away
when they will be elected to other
important offices, from the highest
on down to the lowest.
From all indications Mayor Robert
C. Hecry is well qualified for the
office to which he has been elected.
The fact that he is a Negro is certain
to focus the eyes of the entire nation
on him and we will be praying and
polling for his success. His election
is a natural consequence of the change
Support TAP March of Dimes Program
The TAPs will be trying to turn us
on this month. We think that means
a group of our energetic youngsters
who make up the March of Dimes
Teen Age Program (TAP) will be
out on street corners and in shopping
centers asking for contributions to
support the fight against birth de
fects.
Even if our translation is off the
mark, we hope youll give generously
for two execellent reasons.
One is that we believe young people
who take their own leisure time to
plan, organize, and carry out such
worthwhile projects should be en
encouraged. They are laying the
groundwork of good citizenship; in
addition to showing a healthy concern"
for an important community problem.
The second reason is that problem
itself birth defects. We could cite
who has proved his worth in the civil
rights struggle, to assume the leader
ship of the office that has been vacat
ed by Farmer. We are satisfied that
McKissick will more than fill the
shoes of his predecessor and that
CORE will suffer no great ill effects
because of Farmer's resignation.
In view of the fact that McKissick
has his law practice to sustain him,
economically, he may not be called on
to make the sacrifices for CORE that
one would'have to make who devotes
full time to the task and has no other
means of support. We think though
that sooner or later the new head of
the organization is going to have to
face up to the question of whether he
is going to practice law or direct the
affairs of CORE. As we see it, McKis
sick or no other man "can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the
one and love the other."
t This brings us around to th« awe
some question of just how much are
Negroes willing to pay for their free
dom? And to another which asks=
Should they continue to depend on
others to make the personal sacrifices
or drink to the dregs the contents of
the bitter cup?" Officials of the Na
tional Association for th« Adrance
ment of Colored People, CORE and
other organiaztions, that have been in
the forefront of the civil rights strug
gle* will tell you that there are times
when the most enthusiastic is prone to
cry out: "Father if thou be willing
remove this cup from me."
afar. From a practical standpoint then
it might be that the headquarters of
all organizations engaged in the civil
rights movement should be located
in the area in which the problem is
most pronounced and in which a
majority of Negroes are domiciled.
As a compromise in the matter, if
not in the deep South, it would ap
pear to us to be most logical to locate
the headquarters of such offices in one
of the border states, at least. Such a
location it appears to us would make'
it far more practical for those furnish
ing the leadership of the civil rights
movement to gain first hand know
ledge of the problem instead of hear
say or relayed information.
In short, many Negro leaders now
residing in the South are beginning to
turn over in their minds the question
of, what has New York got as the
headquaters for the civil rights move
ment that cannot be replaced by a city
in North North Carolina, Virginia or
some other border state?
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that is taking place in the nation and
should be welcomed by all the lovers
of liberty and the rights of mankind.
This newspaper will never endorse
the election of any Negro to public
office who is not qualified. Likewise,
we. will never endorse 4 the opposition
of any person for public office solely
because of race. The democratic way
of life demands that all men be, treat
ed equally, and with this in mind the
Carolina Times takes its stand.
Here in Durham where, Negro rep
resentation is needed on the Board of
County Commissioners as well as
more representation on the City Coun
cil. Negro leaders, therefore, should
already be grooming their candidate*
for such office* in the election that
is to take place in November. Not only
should they enter candidates in the
race for the County Commissioners
and the City Council but the Legisla
ture as well.
several sets of tragic statistics to dem
onstrate the terrible toll these condi
tions exact. We think the mention of
just two will bring the message home.
Nearly one in every ten American
families experiences the suffering that
is caused by the birth of a seriously
defective child. Every second child in
many medical centers in this country
today is there because of a birth de
fect.
The March of Dimes is attacking
this situation vigorously through the
treatment centers, scientific research,
professional and public education—in
cluding a newly launched program de
signed to raise the level of prenatal
care. t
The March of Dimes can do
more if you'll loosen up when the
TAP hits you. Dig us?
REAL INTEGRATION, THE ONLY SOLUTION, MR. PRESIDENT
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT By REV - HAROLD ROLAND
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I am thy «•*" IM. 41:10
With God we can move into
the unknown future of the
New Year. Here we have the
assurance of God's presence as
the future unfolds to become
the living pretest la trusting
God as this future unfolds we
can indeed say God will take
care ef you. In our frailty and
blindness we dare not go alone.
Thanks be to God we do not
have to go into the future
alone. For here we have the
promise of the presence of the
Eternal God who is the sov
ereign power behind the cre
ation.
Let us team up with God as
we f«ce the future of the New
Year. Beholding the Tartness
of the universe in our weak
nesses as individual human be
ings we must recognize the
need of a higher power. Truly
we need help from above. The
help of finite, weak and sinful
man is not sufficient. We know
that the arm of flesh will fail
us. Then let us invite God to
be our guide and our strength
during the New Year. In put-
Seek truth in lending again
As Congress re-convenes for the cur
rent session next week we shall hope, that
Sen. Paul Douglas will again try for ..gas
sage of his Truth in Lending Bill—a meas
ure he's vainly sought to have enacted for
a number of years.
This modest measure would sim
ply require all money lending agencies to
disclose the true (annual) interest rate
charged on a loan. Last jummer this bill
was in effect killed, as it has been several
tunes before, by referral to a subcommit
tee.
I Tilings You Should Know j
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IRAISED IN BRUNSWICK, GA., AND
ETXJCATEO IN TUSKEGEE SHE BECAME EQUAL
WWBM WELL IN NURS,NO / AS A GRADUATE FOR HER
K LOCAL OF HEALTH, IN 1935,5 HE HELPED DR.
WINCHESTER PERFECT A CURE FOR MALARIA /
MARRIED TO GUY R.TRAMMELL IN SHE WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST TWO NURSE-MIDW IVES TO BE
TRAINED A USED UNDER THE ROBENWALD FUND/
With God We Can Move Into
The Future of the New Year
ting God in our business for
the New Year there will be no
thing to fear. Ia teaming up
with God for the New Year
we are assured that whatever
the changing and shifting cir
cumstances may be we can saj
everything is all right. So in
the company of God we can
face the future unafraid.
In this unkixrwn future God
sayi to his own "1 am with
thee." What a promise this is
and what a blessed askance.
This promise Is great when we
know that men may come and
go in the very nature of the
case. Our dependable loved
ones steal away in death. Our
best friends, on the human
level, take sick and are left
helpless. Others we might have
trusted at times will let us
down. And sudden and unex
pected disasters lesve us
stranded and our hopes shat
tered. But we can face the fu
ture unafraid when we are
sustained by this great prom
ise from God to us "I am with
thee." As the children of God
we can face the future of this
New Year with an unshakable
Its significance can best be illustrated
by revelation of the fact that the "small
service charge" of ii/ 2 pet. a month on
many retail and major gasoline charge
accounts is actually i 8 pet. a year. And
the three pet. per month plan of some
small loan companies is truthfully a goug
ing 36 pet. a year while same four and
one-half per cent loans for autos are ac
tually nine per cent, and standard six
pet." installment loans on which full in
terest is deducted in advance really cost
the borrower 13 pet.
Divine guarnatee.
The unknown future of this
New Year will take on a new
look with the Divine assurance
"I am thy God", Who is this
God who gives this great af
firmation for the future? He
is the one the word tells us
created all things. He is one
who out of his rich, gracious
providence giveth us all things
richly to enjoy. He is the one
who has come in his Son,
Our Savior, for our redemp
tion. He is the one who holds
all healing power. He is the
one who helps us to fight and
win our battles. He is the one
who brings order out of chaos.
He is the one who said he
would hold us and lead us by
the right hand of His right
ousness. Thus in trusting our
God we can move into the fu
ture of this New Year una
fraid and confident.
So as you move into this
dark, unknown future go trust
ing the God who has promised
"I am with thee, I am thy
God."
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To Be Equal
By WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR.
Unfair Racial
rl WERE FACED with the decision of making a single
wish for the New Year in Race Relations, I think it
would be thai generalization about any ethnic group,
based on the activities oi a lew, be ruled illegal as well
as immoral and Illogical.
Not long ago the noted attorney and president of the
American Jewish Committee, Morris Abram, spoke before
a highly sophisticated middle-class Negro audience. He
opened his speech by reading from * diary odf a New York-
er. The writer pointed out how much
New York had changed, and the fact
that a group of newcomers had made
the streets unsafe for decent people. That
these newcomers in their dress, manner
isms, lack of education and criminal be
havior represented a serious threat to
the continued happiness and safety oi
other citizens.
As the audience reached the height of
indignation, Mr. Abram commented that
the diary was written not in 1966 but
in 1890 and that it was not referring
to Negro citizens at all, but rather to
other low-income ethnic groups that had migrated to New
York City during this period in large numbers.
History Repeating Itself
1 am reminded of this story daUy as we witness the
same fears being expressed and the same descriptions oi
the newest Immigrants to our cities, namely Puerto Ricane
and Negroes from the South. It is this tendency to general
ize, both on the part of Negro as well as white citizens,
which must be recognized and challenged on every hand
if we are in fact to make the kind of progress in attitudes
in the last half of the nineteen-sixties that we have made
In this first half legally and legislatively.
At a time when Negro leadership is trying honestly
to face up to the serious socio-economic gaps and social
disorganization born and developed out of years of slavery
and discrimination, it becomes extremely discouraging
when those same facts are used to label a whole racial
population or to Justify their continued exclusion from the
mainstream of American life. This is why researchers, re
porters and writers must be as sensitive to the effects ot
titles given to their studies and reports such as "The Ne
gro Family" as they would be to the identification of com
parable problems of dependency, illegitimacy and crime
among low-income families of other ethnic origin "The
Irish Family," "The Italian Family," "The Polish Family,"
etc. For even with the disproportionate amount of social
disorganization with which the Negro has been plagued, it
is well to remember, that 75 percent of Negro families have,
in fact, less social disorganization than is true of comparable
white families.
Damaging Racial Relations
It is equally damaging to the cause of race relation*
for Negro,citizens to generalize about all white citizen#
based on the terrifying spectre of the depraved personalities
found among the Ku Klux Klan or even the more subtle
racist groups who claim super-patriotism. In the final
analysis, those who write the history books for our day
will mention little about either the racist or the rightist,
but rather the growing number of courageous white Ameri
cans who put a man's character and skill above the color
of his skin.
Neither will historians write about the less than one
per cent of Negro citizens who participated in riots, or who
in desperation, turned to Communism. What historians will
write about, will be the 99 per cent of the Negro population
which, in spite of unprecedented humiliation, slavery and
discrimination, remained restrained and loyal, and retained
faith that some day America might, in fact, live up to Ma
democratic creed and its ideals.
May 1966 represent the beginning of that period where
no American will generalize about another, human balog
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Cheerful Courtesy Costs Nothing
But Often Pays Big Dividends
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MR. YOUNO