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-THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1967 2A New Jersey's "Mother of the Year'"' In selecting Olive Bond Polk for the honor of its "Mother of the Year," for 1967, the state of New Jer sey honors itself. We trust, however, Olive's own native state of North Carolina will not let pass, unnoticed, the singular distinction that has come to one of its own native daughters. We trust, instead, that North Caro lina will insist that New Jersey move over in order that this state may take its stand bes ; rie iis nister state in honoring on 2 of America's most noble women. We have kr.own Olive foi well over a half ceniury. To say that sue is the quintessence of .he best this na tion has to offer in the highest ideal of womanhood is putting it lightly. From humble birth, her strugrli! through the early part of her life to get an education is concrete evidence that it can be done if one has the de termination. the character and the faith. In these critical times when every basic ideal of manhood and woman hood is being assailed from all sides as being out of date, old fashioned Irresponsible Student Gov't Leadership We had long wondered about the student government leadership at North Carolina College and if it un derstood the heritage of a distin guished North Carolinian, Dr. James E. Shepard. Well, it is now known. A dark day in North Carolina Col lege's history occurred on April 21, 1967, when Samuel Thomas, presi dent of N..C. College student body, stated on a* Durham television pro gram that he preferred or rec ommended a white president for the College. This television appearance was the culminating activity after two nights of student unrest mani festing itself in two demonstrations accompanied by a panty-raid. The leaders of student government by their news releases, which have been deposited in our office, have used the most vitriolic language as though their courses in English composition meant nothing. What the North Carolina College students call a "panty-raid" had serious repercussions. Our office has been informed that two House Direc tresses suffered traumatic shocks be cause of the invasiop of tjie women's dormitories by yourjjdujffen parading on all floors. One House Directress had to be taken to a local hospital by ambulance, and another resigned from the Institution immediately. So the President of the Student Government made the television appearance and through his mumbo jumbo mutterings attempted to pour venom on the present administration of the College, cast aspersions on the President-Elect, who will take his seat on July 1, and indicated or rec ommended a change which this news paper and loyal alumni bow their heads in shame even to quote. It will be a sad day throughout the nation when governors, legislators, and boards of trustees of state-sup ported institutions turn to student government leadership, as demon strated at North Carolina College, for advice on the administration of a college. It has come to our atten- Time for Positive Action It now appears that the recent statement made by Drew Pearson in his Merry-Go-Round Column in re ference to the cases involving the ■ins of Senator Tom Dodd and Adam Clayton Powell to the effect that, "what the House of Representatives will have to decided when Adam Jr. stands before its bar seeking admis sion again is whether there shall be one sauce for the white goose from Connecticut, another sauce for the black gander from Harlem," contains a bit of prophecy. In the face of the multiple of sins committed by Senator Dodd it is hard to understand just how the Senate Ethics Committee could recommend punishment for Dodd that stops at censure. If the Senate accepts the recommendation and Dodd is seated it is certain to raise the suspicion that Congress, as Drew Pearson has suggested, is deliberately using "one sauce for the white goose from Connecticut and another sauce for the blade gander from Harlem." , There is also strong evidence that thejr* has been entirely too much slackness In the handling of funds by sevsnl members of both houses in Hi mis— We think there it great nesd for a strong hand to take over even stupid, it brings great hope to see glittering in the midst of the muck and mire of the conflict a jewel of humanity in the form of a great and noble woman who is still un scatched and unmoved by it all. Elsewhere in this week's issue we have published the first installment of a short sketch of the life of Olive Bond Polk. In spite of the fact that the full story of this noble woman cannot be told in such limited space we invite and we implore the young men and young women, especially in our schools and colleges, to read the story of Olive Bond Polk. Wo think some day before the cur tain is rung down on those who •vould destroy the age-old ideals of character, they will discover ere it is too late that, "Times change and conditions change but the price of doing 'wrong never changes." Thus it is our sincere hope that our young people who read the sketch of "New Jersey's Mother of the Year," will find hope and determination to en dure and survive the critical times in which we are now living. tion that the President of the Stu dent Government Association is from New York City and4he Vice Presi dent. from Los Angeles. It could be that the colleges of New York and California would better suit their purposes, and it is our opinion that a student government leadership that cannot support the best interest of North Carolina College or any col lege for that matter, should be shipped out. The taxpayers of North Carolina ar.d the N. C. College Alum ni Association do not make appro priations and contributions, respec tively. for this kind of leadership in the name of academic freedom, free press, and the right to dissent. We, therefore, repeat that a student gov ernment leadership which cannot support the best interest of the Col lege should be shipped out. We think the Interim Committee of N. C. College has taken a forthright stand in its position. President James Nabrit of Howard University took a forthright stand with Howard's stu dents when they broke up a formal program when General Hershey was the speaker. General Westmoreland of the Vietnam war stated recently that some of the college students of this country who are in campus lead ership roles and find adequate time to create disturbances should be put out. It is high time that college ad ministrators speak out against the rash of student movements to take over the administration of their col leges. Enough is enough! It is this newspaper's hope that the North Carolina College Administra tion meant what it said in its state ment to the press, that it will not tolerate looting, damaging property, assault upon young women, defacing statues, sit-ins in buildings carrying on business purposes, etc. We would also like to suggest that North Caro lina College could very well carry its non-toleration pledge to faculty members who lend active encourage ment to such disturbances from the side lines. and let the chips fall where they may. If Senator Dodd is guilty of the multiple of sins, which outweigh those committed by Congressman Powell, it is hard to understand just how Congress can end its punishment of Dodd with merely censure. Certainly the people of this nation have a right to expect more of their representatives in Congress than conduct becoming gangsters and thieves. We think the time has ar rived for positive action, either by Congress itself or the president. It is going to be hard for the 22 million Negroes of the nation to believe that race did not enter the picture if Senator Dodd is allowed to escape with merely censure for his sins, in the matter of spending the taxpay ers money, which outweigh by far those committed by Congressman Powell. We find it impossible to understand why anybody can take credit for what was done by an ancestor. o • P Waiting for somebody to arrive, when you know they art probably not going to arrive, is one of life's most tiresome businesses. A National '* / wZmL, v Bk JH B^JI SPIRITUAL INSIGHT "The root sustains you" —Romans 11:18 Man, estranged from God the root, can have no life. God in His power sustains the life of man So man detached from God is rootless and descends into utter meaninglessness. Here is a great lesson needed in these times of the affluent society. And man surrounded by so many of God's rich bless ings may in his pride and ar rogance begin to feel sufficient, and consequently has no need 4 God the very ground of his Sting. This is one of the great spiritual perils of the affluent society. Many are stumbling over the rock of truth into the dark depths of human self-suf ficiency—into a life of futility and emptiness. Apart from the sustaining root, God, this will be the tragic, heart-rending end Man, forgetting the sustaining root, may in an affluent so ciety begin to suffer from a bad case of Spiritual Affluenti tis. What is Spiritual Affluenti tis? It is man giving an undue reliance on the material and forgetting to put his trust in -Tobacco Continued from front page ternational which is responsi ble for the corporation's activi ties outside the USA, and Phil ip Morris Industrial which op erates the corporation's flexible packaging interests, specialty paper business, and its spe cialty adhesive and textile chemicals company. -Agents Continued from front page executives serving on the com mittee include: B. V. Gregory of Chicago, associate superin tendent of combination opera tions, Supreme Life Insurance Co. of America; Octave Lilly, Jr., of New Orleans, agency di rector, People's Life Insurance Co. of Louisiana; E. B. Payne of Memphis, agency director of Union Protective Life Insurance Co.; Ernest Shell, CLU of los Angeles, agency director of Golden State Mutual Life In surance Co., and Forrest Strick land of Detroit, agency director of Wright Mutual Ins. Co. -Shipbuilding Continued from front page pervisory job* immediately. • 65 Negro employees are on promotional lists for super visory positions as seen M va cancies occur. Before the agreement, the yard had only 33 Negro supervisory employ ees. • 42 Negro employees have entered the apprenticeship pro gram. compared with six pre viously in the »l-year history of the company. • Tto Negroes have entered other formal educational and training prograau to improve their chances far promotion. • The apprenticeship ashool has added two full-time Negro teachers and the apprenticeship Apart from God the Sustaining Root, Man Will Wither and Die God. Yes, here we have the spiritual-moral peril of affluen cy. Affluency has a tendency to lead man to self-sufficiency. Man is quick to feel that he does not need God. But this is a fatal error on the part of man. There can, in reality, be no conceivable state of affairs in which man does not need God. But man intoxicated by afflu ency may worship at the shrine of Affluency; and forget God the Root That Sustains. Here is the great spiritual danger olf our nation in these times. Tfcvery Christian nnist 'fight in cessantly afearhst this perilous temptation. Lest we get lost in affluency and cut ourselves off from the sustaining root: God. God in His goodness has giv en us life and all things rich ly to enjoy. The Bible is right. God is the Creator and Giver of all things. God is the ground of human life and all life. Then how can we ever, in fact, really become independent and self sufficient? "The root that sus tains you is God." This can nev er be changed. It must, there fore, remain ' eternally true. selection committee is now in tegrated. • Transfer and promotional opportunities are now posted in the yard to enable all employ ees to bid on the basis of sen iority and ability. • Locker, shower and toilet facilties have been fully inte grated. The Department of Labor de termined last year that the firm was not in compliance with Executive Order No. 112- 48. This regulation on equal employment opportunity is ad ministered by the agency's Of fice of Federal Contract Com pliance. -Creft Continued from front page the former Annabelle Little, four sons, Hubert, 111, Julian, George and Daniel, two daugh ters, Alice and Anita and one sister. Mrs. Mable Creft Moss Active pall bearers were: O. H. Leake, Glendell and Nor man Brooks, J. J. Jones, Leroy Blanton, and Dr. O. E. Tillman. Honorary pall bearers were members of the National Guardsmen, The Old North State Medical Society and the Union Medical Society. -Wallace Continued from front pace speech" itam*. He aa id hi* or ganization objected to the hon or being conferred on • racist More than a dozen dignita rie», including Pittsburgh Ma yor Joseph M. Barr, boycotted the dinner after major group* had protested Mr. Wallace's ap pearance. Whoever .becomes imbued with • Mile idea kindles a flame fro mwhich other torches are lit, and influences thoee with whom he comes fat con tact, be they few or many. —Henry flaorga By REV. HAROLD ROLAND Man is thinking and acting dan gerously when he would de ceive himself that he can live and thrive apart from God. God in His goodness has pro vided all things for us. "In the beginning God create the heaven and the earth." God gives the necessities food, clothes and shelter. "In him we live and move and have our being." Only failure and dis aster can be our sure lot if we persist in the folly of suf ficiency. So we must guard against the spiritual dangers of the de lusion of human self-sufficien cy. There is no such thing as human self-sufficiency whether it is in the affluent society of America or the pverty-strick en conditions of the millions of India. God the root sustains you. We are by nature, highly dependent creatures There is no doing in us. Power, all pow er, belongs to God. Then let us rest our destiny in the sustain ing, roots of the things of the spirit of God. Then, and then only can we miss the pitfalls of spiritual degredation. -Contest Continued from front page test may yet develope into a battle royal between Mrs. Car ter, Mrs. Oneila McGhee of Dur ham, Mrs. Aline Baldwin of Chapel Hill and Mrs. Rosa 0. Bass of Rougemont. Other contestants who also showed signs of renewed awakening are Mrs. Pearline Lennon and Miss lola Allen both of Durham. Relative standing of contest ants for this week are as fol lows: This Week In Negro History Twenty-one years ago (1946) on Monday of this week the first Negro in America was named "Mother of The Year." She was Mrs. E. C. Clement, wife of Bishop George C. Clem ent and mother of Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University. Other events of historical in terest this week are as follows: May I—Elijah McCoy (1844- 1928), noted inventor was born. May J—The U. S. Supreme Court in 1948 declared' racial covenants or private real estate agreements to set up race dis crimination in home areas, can not be enforcd in court. May 4—North Carolina legis lature in 1784 answered petition of Edward Griffin, Negro Revo lutionary War soldier, com mended him for his service and set him free. Gu £ni§mn PubUeKtd every Saturday at Durham, R C. by United Publisher!, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, PwbiUher SAMUEL L. BJUGGS Managing Editor J ELWOOD CARTER Adrcrtiling UiM|»r Second Clan Postage Paid at Durham. N. C. 37703 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year plus (15c tax in N. C.) anywhere in the U.S., and Canada and to aervicemen Over seas; Foreign, $7.50 per year, Single copy 20c. PUHCIPAI. Orrica LOCATED AT 430 E. PITTICIIW STM»T, DURHAM, NORTH CAMOUXA 27703 Standings of Contestants Mrs. J. A. Carter, Durham 2.754,000 Mrs. Oneida McGhee, Durham 2,568,000 Mrs. Aline Baldwin, Chapel Hill 1,916,000 Mrs. Rosa O. Bass, Rougemont 1,187,000 Mrs. Delois Boyd, High Point 808,000 Miss Geraldine Alston, Chape) Hill 612,000 Mrs. J. L. Connor, Concord ...) 412,000 Benjamin Williams, Oxford 392,000 Mrs. Willie B. Chapman, Grifton 277,000 Mrs. Doris J. Hopkins, Kinston 185,000 Mrs. Pearline Lennon, Durham 172,000 Miss lola Allen, Durham 168,000 Paul Mason, Durham 94,000 Mrs. Daisy Kizzie, Durtiam 43,000 Mrs. Mary H. Clifton, Winston-Salem 30.000 Mrs. Ruth Worley, Greensboro 30,000 Miss Mary Curry, Smithfield 30,000 Mrs. Nancy G. Wilson, Rocky Mount 15,000 Mrs. Agnes Lee, Burlington 15.000 Mrs. Addie Turner, Statesville 15.000 Mrs. Mary Boddle, Tarboro 15.000 Mrs. Bradsher, Roxboro 15.000 Mrs. Fannie Dunlap, Winston-Salem •• • 15.000 Mrs. Hattie Wilkerson, Virgilina, Va . 15,000 To Be Equal By WHITNEY M. TOUNG JR. Vietnam And Rights THE FIGHTING in Vietnam has resulted in a war of words here at homebetween the "hawks", who favor stronger military action, the "doves", who favor a negotiated settlement of the war, the sooner the better- Caught btween these groups is the struggle for civil rights for all Americans. Both the hawks and the doves, for different reasons, Ssay we can't fight a war in Vietnam and carry on a on a war against poverty here at home. Both sides are wrong in this matter. Many hawks seem to feel that the war must get top priority and that domestic issues ending poverty will have to wait, since we can't afford the costs of both wars. But we can. The federal programs labelled "war on poverty" are costing less than the farm subsidy pro gram, the proposed supersdnic airplane, or the space program. For every dollar spent to help someone out of poverty, we spend almost $4 to put a man on the moon. MR. YOUNG So we can afford both wars if we spend more wisely on those programs which wall, pay off by getting people jobs and helping them become tax producers instead of tax consumers, instead of spending on programs which should have lower priority because they are less important. Resources To Raise More Besides, we have the resources to raise money for necessary pro grams. Nobody'liks to have his taxes raised, but sometimes it is essen tial for the good of all. Americans are taxed less than any other in dustrial country. The doves would probably agree with this, but many of them say that the war on poverty could get the money now spent on the war in Vietnam, estimated at $24 billion this year. This is unrealistic. There is no guarantee that this money would go to the war on poverty, in fact, judging from recent experience, it is highly unlikely. Ending the war in Vietnam won't mean that the money won't be spent on other foreign needs. Billions will have to go to Vietnam to repair the damage done to that war-torn country and billions more will have to go toward bolstering the poor nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin-America to help end conditions which make vulnerable to social upheavals. Like it or not, America is the prime power in' the world today and it must bear the costs which go with the responsibilities of its position. It is highly unrealistic to expect ths situation to change in the near future or to expect national priorities to shift overnight. But why do both sides put so much stress on money? This nation can do much to advance the civil rights of its citizens without spending one cent. Look at the current civil rights proposals to end discrimination in housing. An open occupancy policy would give Negroes the right to live wherever their incomes and desires take them, and it would be a giant step toward the current practice of forcing Negro citizens into overcrowded ghettos. This is not a spending proposal, it is a human rights proposal. This does not cost money. Existing Civil Rights Laws The same holds true for proposals to end the intimidation of Negro citizens attempting to exercise their rights as citizens, or the proposal to end discrimination in choosing juries. The federal government could drastically improve opportunities available to Negro citizens simply by enforcement of existing civil rights laws. None of this costs money, so the statement that the costs of the war automatiaclly stop further civil rights progress is false. Both the doves and the hawks who spend so much time and energy talking about costs and money should spend their time fighting for these important civil rights steps which are getting lost in their debate. Whatever our personal feelings about the war in Vietnam may be, we have to recognize reality. It does no good to say to the nation: Civil rights or international security—choose." Reality indicates what tiie nation's choice would be. That is why civil rights should be kept separate and apart from questions like Vietnam. Do's And Dorits KM
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