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—THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, DEC 3, 1966 2A "THE WATER CURE" Sometime when you're feeling im portant Sometime when your ego's in bloom Sometime 1 when you tajce it for granted You're the best qualified in the room. Sometime when you feel your going Would leave an unfillable hole Just follow this simple instruction And see bow it humbles your soul. Take a bucket and fill it with water Put your hand in up to your wrist Take it out and the hole that's re maining The Death PemHy for Rape The findings of the 28 law students, making a study in eleven southern states of cases involving Negroes charged with rape, in comparison with white persons charged with the same offense, evokes no surprise to this newspaper. While we had made no similar study of the matter or knew of any that had been made, our observation of such cases over the past 40 years or more has sub stantiated our opinion that iustice is not always equal when Negroes 3re involved in such cases, especially if the victim is a white woman. While the records of the various southern states will reveal that again and again Negro men have paid with their lives for the crime of rape, especialy of white women, no white man so far as we have been able to discover, has ever suffered the death penalty for raping a Negro woman. In short, the law in the southern states provides little or no protection The Raging Conflict Over Use of Tobacco The bitter conflict that has been raging for the past several months between the tobacco industry and the various health agencies of the nation has now reached major pro portions. Where or when the battle will end or what the final outcome will be cannot be determined at this point. It is apparent, however, that those backing the tobacco interests have taken a definite and determined stand in defense of the use of tobacco and do not intend to give in. without a fight to the finish. Behind it all is the almighty dollar which, to a large segment of this na tion's people, is the only god they know Therefore any attack against their idol is certain to be met with violent resentment or a counter de claration of war to the death. While the battle rages in the public press and behind the scenes, it might be well for all of us on the outside to realize that at stake is the health of American citizens. This important factor should take priority over whatever interest, financial or other- More Highway Pitrohnen for N. C. The announcement this week to the effect that North Carolina needs 1,800 more State Highway Patrol men is a stark reminder that of the 700 men already employed as state troopers not a one of them is a Ne gro. To make a long story short the policy of North Carolina with re gards to the employment of Negroes as state troopers, appears to be one of taxing Negroes, the same as other citizens, to provide the salaries for the men employed in the depart ment, while at the same time deny ing Negroes opportunity for employ ment as such. In short the matter boils down to one of "taxation with out representation." As we see it state officials, from the governor on down to the State Director of Motor Vehicles and the State Director of Traffic Safety, are guilty of blatant and gross dis crimination. Just how long in telligent and respectable Negroes in Give God A Chance Now! Is a measure of how you'll be missed. You can splash all you please as you enter You can stir up the water galore But stop . . . and you will find in a minute That it looks quite the same as before. There is a moral to this quaint ex ample Just do the best that you can Be proud of yourself, but remember "There is no indispensable man." — AUTHOR UNKNOWN for a Negro woman involved in a case of rape, especially by a white man. As a result of the study, attorneys for a Negro convicted and sentenced to death for raping a white woman in Arkansas, are asking the U.S. Su preme Court to continue to stay the death penalty and clear the way for the U.S. Circuit Court in St. Louis, Missouri to consider their thesis on the question. Thus it now appears that southern justice for Negroes, especially in such cases, is being tried in the federal courts. We think there is much at stake in the outcome of this matter now before the Supreme Court. Cer tainly every Negro citizen of in telligence will await with keen in terest the final verdict of the nation's highest tribunal in a matter that too long has been allowed to go unchal lenged wise, any of us may have in the mat The most recent reports released by the government on the use of tobacco, particularly cigarette smok ing, are to the effect that American citizens born of recent years "are at higher risk of dying from lung can cer at younger ages than were their predecessors." The report indicates that this is attributed to the fact that people now start smoking earlier than when parents, teachers in our schools, and adults in general, vehemently objected to young peo ple being seen with a cigarette in their mouths, especially young women. We are, therefore, of the opinion that while the do or die conflict is going on there is one sure and safe trump card that can be played by those of us who stand and watch from the sidelines and that is total abstinence from the use of tobacco in any and all forms. positions of leadership will tolerate such treatment is a question that there is a strong possibility of being answered within the next few months, if not within the next few weeks by resort to the federal courts. In short state officials are standing right now where officials of the major cities of North Carolina stood 15 or 20 years ago when appeal after appeal went unheeded about the employ ment of Negro police officers. Finally with Charlotte showing the highest crime rate among Negroes of any southern city, Negro police were employed. Other major cities of the state followed in short order until to day it wil be hard to find a city or town of any size in North Carolina where Negroes are not employed as police officers and that without in cident. Not only has the employment of Negro police officers in the cities and towns of the state been without in cident but it has helped to lower the crime rate in Negro sections. Need leas to say not one of the Negro officers employed has turned white and no white officer has turned black. As badly ar additional state troop ers are needed in the State Highway Department we are opposed to the addition of another man until the de partment changes its policy with re gards to the employment of Negroes. We think further that the employ ment policy of the department should be opposed even to the point of securing a federal restraining order until it gives evidence that it is going to be fair in its treatment of Negro citizens of the state. Responsible Leadership Must Take Over SPIRITUAL INSIGHT i %■ k W .r M "By the spirit put to death ll the base pursuits of the body, ♦hen you will live." Rom. 8:13 Most human being love life and want to live Just a few beaten down into the arinding depth of despair do not want to live Even Job. that soul made noble through suffering, had a temporary flash of this sense of the meaninglessness of this our common life. But most of us love and want to live We shy away from the disciplines demanded for true living In our spiritual blind ness we fail to see and under stand the of this life of ours. But in the spirit we can overcome the base in clinations of the body and scale the Jofty satisfying heights of true living And where are those heights? Jesus ascended to the heights and he calls each one of us to climb the lofty pinnacle of life and really live. Jesus before us has trod the way to true life He has FACTS ab T°„ u J NEGRO "'=s Alum Ahiyou 1047 AND BUILT HIS OWN DOCKS AND BARGES. WHEN ■E=^^Ks=E==iF^ WHITE COAL-DEALERS, HOPING TO FREEZE HIM OUT. 9HL -sr-* LOWERED THEIR PRICES HE SENT NEAR-WHITE NEGROES ——SLZ WHO BOUGHT UP THEIR STOCKS. HE LATER CORNERED i- tl n,pg !■ Send *1 for 49-Page, 147 Illustrated FACTS ABOUT THE NEGRO (2nd * rf a .Series) to The Courier Book Club ... 2628 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219. Discounts on bulk orders. Man Finds Life When He Gives Himself Through Redemption cleared and opened the way Jesus plumbed the true mean ing of life. He has lived this life. And thus he stands ready to help us to live this life. When we surrender and com mit all to Jesus we have found the secret of life. What are the basic spiritual elements of this highest pattern of life. They are faith, repentance, con fessii/n. cleansing, healing, joy. peace, reconciliation and com munion with God Here we have the true meaning of be ing in Jesus. When we pass through these stages we have been initiated and have crossed the threshold of true life—Life in God and Christ Life—what spells life—Jesus spells life. Life is more than it biological components. Life is more than its psychic pow ers. Some scientists recently in their incessant search for the basic essence or meaning tried to reduce life to a chemical formula. But life is more than a chemical formula. Life is its By REV. HAROLD ROLAND biological, mental, psychic and chemical components set with in the framework of the re deeming love as revealed in Christ Jesus our Savior Christ is life for he adds up to life at its very best through a love of God and fellowman For Christ is indeed the Way, the •ruth and the life." So man truly finds life when lie gives himself to Christ through the act of redemption made possible by the Cross. Christ's act of salvation frees man from the crippling and strangling power of sin. And Christ alone has this power to overcome sin Thus Christ be comes the giver of true life or life at its best Thus our great love for life should lead us to Christ and his spiritual free doni. We really live in Christ for He offers us peace and healing. He gives this peace and heal ing by removing cause of sin as found in our natures ©uCara^ftCta''® PAIUM .» *«•*» - N ' C by United Publishers, Inc. L E. AT '".TIN Publisher Second Class PosUfe Paid •» Durham. N. C SUBSCRIRNON RATES (5.00 per year pluo (15c tax n where in the U S , and Canada and to seTV '®*" Men Overseas. Foreign, $7.30 per year, Sl® {le copy 15c ' Principal Offioe Located at 436 E. Pettigre* Street, Durham, North Carolina 27702 To Be Equal By WHIXMK* M. IOUNO JM- The Freedom Budget rrpHE LAST several yean have hfunta 1 tional c ° m^ tme ".Un To million people must struggle our land. More than JO minion v to exist on budgets below trover* — government, and almost as y -nr: r proposals to *l* u U*ihe n!t?on knows what on Poverty are effective and important, but to make a maximum Impact they must be I part of a master plan to eliminate poverty within a given period of time. A few years ago I called for a Domestic Marshall Plan which would do for the American poor what the original Marshall Plan did for war-torn Europe. Just as that ■■■■K stricken continent was assisted to its pres- Mh YOUNG ent prosperity by a well-planned massive effort, so too should America's poor be assisted out of the dependency and poverty which entraps them. Randolph Institute's Program Now the A. Philip Randolph Institute has released its Freedom Budget, based on a similar principle, and includ ing specific cost estimates for the various programs which are needed. All of the major civil rights and labor groups, and many others as well, are backing it. Many, like the Urban League, have given their assistance and cooperation t# the plan. This is important, because while we often hear of the strife and disagreements between these groups, we now have an example of joint action for the good of the nat '°Tne basic premise of the Freedom Budget Is that true democracy should include freedom from want, and that pov erty has no place in a nation as rich and abundant as ours. It offers a ten-year program to wipe out poverty. The program includes measures which would bring about full employment; assure adequate incomes for all (about 20 percent of those in poverty work for substandard wages); guarantee an adequate income for those who can not work; end slums with massive housing and urban re newal programs; provide medical care and good education for all, conserve our national resources and develop ade quate transportation for. all; and sustain a high rate of pro duction and economic"frowth. How It Can Re Done The Freedom Budget not only suggests what should be done, but also how it can be done. The main problem with proposals for expanded domestic programs is that objection! are rasied about ti#lr cost. While the cost of these pro grams may come to about $lB5 billion over the 10-year period, there will be no need to raise taxes or cut back on other federal programs; indeed, it envisons more federal spending on defense and space. The Freedom Budget can be financed out of the con tinued growth of the economy. It envisons a growth in out put of about five percent per year. Thus present tax rates will produce enough to finance these necessary programs. The figures are staggering truly indicative of the enormous economic capacity of the nation. -Teachers Continued ftom front page Discussion Propj>als: 1 The name of the new asso ciation shall be The Xorth Car olina Education Association. 2. All property of the two associations shall become the property of the joint associa tion. except that the beach property owned by the N'CTA shall remain the property of the Negro teachers of N'orth Carolina under such arrange ments as the North Carolina Teachers Association may de termine. 3. The obligations and lia bilities of the two associations shall be assumed by the joint association. 4. The headquarters facilities of the North Carolina Educa tion Association shall be used as headquarters for the joint association, with the headquar ters ofthe NCTA being used, leased, or liquidated as the Boar dof Directors deems best. 5. For a period of three years, in order to facilitate the union of the two associations, five members of the Board of Directors shall be members of the NCTA chosen by the NCTA before the two associations are united. The duly elected Board of Directors of the NCTA shall be the remaining members of the joint Board. Membership on state committees and commis sions shall be based op the ra tio of membership of the two organizations for this three transition period. 6. The president of the NCEA shall be chairman of the Board of Directors deems best, time as a president shall be elected by the joint association, after which such elected presi dent, upon assuming office, shall be chairman. 7. The members of the staff of the NCEA shall hold their respective positions in the joint association, subject to existing election and discharge proce- duies. 8. For a period of three years the following staff members, se lected by the N T CTA before the union is consummated, shall serve with the staff members of the NCEA as the staff of the joint association. (1) An assistant to the execu tive secretary (2) Two field representatives (3) An assistant to the editor of the journal (4) Two or three secretaries, as needed 9 At the end of three years, directors shall be elected by majority vote of the joint mem bership, and staff positions and Appointments to committees ind commissions shall be filled without regard to race. 10 The constitution of the N'CEA shall foim the basis of the constitution of the joint as sociation, with changes being propored as the Liaison Com mittee (or a special constitu tion committee) may deem ne cessary, and subject to the ac tion of the membership 1. Dues of the joint associa tion shall be those charged the prior to the merger bv the NCEA. 12. The effective date of the union of the two associations shall be July 1, 1969. 13. After three years from the date of the merger of the two associations, each member shall have one vote, shall have the right to hold office, and shall have all other rights and privileges of membership with out regard to race: and no in dividual or group shall be giv en any special consideration because of race or for any other reason. The proposed merger of the two organizations will not be unique in that Virginia's similar organizations agreed unani mously to merge; the effective date being Jan. 1. Virginia's merger will mark the third of its kind in the South; Florid* and Texas having already com bined.
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