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The Human Carnage on Our Highways
are satisfied that a majority of
our readers will agree with us that
the time has arrived in North Caro
lina when some definite steps should
be taken to halt the human carnage
that is presently taking place on the
public highways and city streets of
this state. Whether it is within the
province of the legislature to enact
a law or laws that will prohibit the
manufacturers of automobiles, that
have a speed range up to 120 miles
per hour, from selling such products
in this state, is a matter that prob
abliy involves legal processes which
may or may not be achievable. We
think, however, that such a possi
bility needs to be explored, and that
immediately.
Frankly, we can see no need of an
automobile having a speed range of
over 75 miles per hour which is 10
miles in excess of that allowed on
the average highway of the state,
unless such an automobile is go
ing to be placed on a race track,
where those who desire to risk their
lives in competing with one another
in excessive speed races may do so
at their own choosing. Certainly it
must be agreed, therefore, that a
privately owned car, whether for
business or family use, has no need
or reason to exercise speed beyond
that allowed on the public highways
of the state which, at the highest,
is limited to 65 miles per hour.
Proposed Hospital A Big Order
Recommendations of the special
Hospital Study Committee to the
Durham County Commissoners that
a new sl6 million general hospital be
provided, along with renovations of
Watts and Lincoln hospitals into
"sub-acute and extended care facili
ties" at an additional cost of $2.5 mil
lion, or a total cost of $18.5 million,
to say the least, is a big order.
W helher the action of the commis
sion will in the end prove to be one
of wisdom, in the face of the pend
ing changes in its membership that
appears a certainty in the General
JSlggtion. in November, may need con
siderable study before it is approved.
The results of the recent Primary
appears to this newspaper to prove
beyond a doubt that there is con
Chapel Hill School Board Points the Way
A letter to the CHAPEL HILL
WEEKLY, appearing in the Wednes
day, June 5, issue of that newspaper
and written by one Mrs Jim Greene,
which we are taking the liberty to
reprint below, tells in more forcible
terms than it is possibe for us to
express the very advanced position
Chapel Hill has achieved in the mat
ter of integrating its public schools.
As a matter of explanation, we
think it well that we point out that
th? tep.-h— Mr?. Mnry T Phelley's
uH-niiua HI .Viia. Giceiio letter, is
white while the principal of the
school, Mr. Edmonds, to whom Mrs.
Greene referred,. Is a Negro. Thus,
as far as we have been able to ascer
tain, Chapel Hill is pointing the way
in North Carolina to honest integra
tion of its public schools in that it
Dear Sin:
The end of Another school year rolls
■round ... a year during which I hare
heard the Chapel HOI school* and their
teachers severely criticized and
condemned many times. I've even done
my share of it, for I began the year with
fear and trembling far all the bad
experiences I had heard my child might
have. I had grave misgivings and could
musUr only slight optimism for the
posiibility of her getting a good teacher.
Now I would like to aay a few words of
praise. Maybe it hasn't all been a bed of
roses, and maybe you have felt that your
child hasnt learned a thing, but look
again at the achievements of our schools
and teachers. Within the same 9 months
which have brought teacher strikes and
racial troubles to other parts of the
nation, our schools have succeeded in the
almost insurmountable task of total
Integration! While last August's sun still
burned hot, our teachers were attending
special orientation sessions to help them
In doing this job which "couldnt be
done." And we did it! I've been many
times this year to Frank Porter Graham
School to pick up my fkst grader; I've
stood there at the top of the hill when
the doors opened and all those little
bodies of "whoop and holler" come
bounding up the hill toward home or
ova. And I have yet to see this sight
without feeling a thrU-and without
hearing in my mind the words, "Black
and white together, we shall overcome!"
i This could not have happened in
Chapel Hill without our teachers. Yes, aa
you have surmised, my chHd has had a
good year... and this brings me to my
second word of praise. Publicly I exprees
appreciation for Mrs. Mary T. ftOajr's
creative and aensitive work and for Mr.
We are satisfied! however, that
there are those who will argue that
there are extenuating circumstances
or extreme instances, involving life
and death, when the highest speed ob
tainable of an automobile may be
necessary. In reply to such persons
we hold that no case involving the
protection or safety of one's own
life can become so extreme, that
in the pursuit of such, he or she
should be given the right to en
danger the lives of others of their
fellowmen.
Add to the 120 miles per hour
obtainable by most of the automo
biles manufactured and sold with
out restrictions in this and other
states, the awesome problems of the
speeding drunken driver on the
public highways, and it must be
agreed that the present situation de
mands positive and immediate ac
tion. In the case of drunken drivers,
it is our feeling that more stringent
laws against such should be enacted
and more diligently enforced by
those into whose hands such respon
sibilities fall. Drunken drivers, when
apprehended, should be made to feel
the heavy hand of the law to the
point of having their license per
manently revoked, as well as suffer
the heaviest fines and longest terms
of imprisonment, possible under the
law
siderable disatisfaction within the
ranks of the constituency of the pres
ent Board of County Commissioners,
which to some degree may be attri
buted to such action over the years
as that taken by the Board in the
matter of the recommendations of
the special Hospital Study Commit
tee; actions to our way of thinking
which do not presently represent the
sentiment of a majority of the voters
of the city and county of Durham.
Thus, it already appears that an-
bond issue that is badly needed
for the improvement of hospital fa
cilities for Durham is headed for cer
tain defeat when it could be assured
if only fair, proper and just proce
dures were pursued.
is the firat city of the state to have
a Negro as the principal of a pre
dominantly white public school both
student and faculty-wise.
So it is with a degree of pride that
we point to our neighboring little
city of Chapel Hill, in the operation
of its public schools as setting an ex
ample of interracial goodwill and co
operation. By so doing, the Board of
Education of Chapel Hill has proved
beyond a doubt that where there is a
will to do what is -right there is a
way. Likewise we extend our con
gratulations to the principal, faculty
and students of the Frank Porter
Graham School for the high plane on
which they have conducted them
selves and without which such could
not have been achieved.
Edmonds, the principal under whom she
teaches. I suppose the success or failure
of any given school year for a given rhiiH
is influenced the most by the kidividual
teaebw. If your year has been a had one
because of a teacher, remember
year is coming up. I know IH lave the
opposite experience somewhere sometkne
before all three of our children are
through school, but for this year I want
to say "thanks," and suggest that maybe
■ll of us could be an encouragement to
teachers who face untold problems in
these days just by "giving praise where
praise is due"
Lest my motive for wrttti* be
miainderstood, I must mention the fact
that we are moving away from Clwpei
Hill. And one of the things well miss the
most will be the Chapel Hill schools!
Mrs. Jim Greene
Flag Day Affirms
Our Faith in U.S.
"Flag Week" was proclaimed in Phila
delphia last Tuesday to begin June 7th
and to conclude with the observance of
Flag Day on June 14.
It is traditionally accepted that Betsy
Ross, then living at 239 Arch at., was
the maker of the first American flag. It
waa in Philadelphia, Mayor Tate has re
minded us in his proclamation, that the
"Continental Congress resolved that the
Stars and Stripes be adopted as the flag
of the United States."
The Outcry Against 'Crime In The Streets'
I'm not too sure that you
would write this in the paper
but if you can write a lie, you
can also write the truth. Yes,
I worked at Watts and was
fired, but I am proud of what
I have done because I'm not
afraid. But I would like to
inform you that this is only
the beginning.
John Moulton has blamed
the employees for endangering
the health of the patients, but
that is untrue, because we have
written him and asked him to
sit down and talk with us as a
group, but all our letters were
disregarded. So I will say that
he is to blame for the patients'
health being endangered.
Moulton says that 19 of the
employees walked off their
jobs, but that is untrue, be
cause out of the 88 dietetics
employees there were only six
there Tuesday to carry on.
He said that he could not
immediately determine how
many were on vacation or on
their day off, but that is very
untrue because there are time
sheets, vacation sheets, and a
day-off sheet. If he's going to
write something in the paper,
why not the truth?
He also said that the meals
were served without difficulty
and without additional help
but that is also untrue, be
cause Watts Hospital is the
only hospital in North Carolina
that doesn't have the help they
should. If there are two people
out sick, they don't have any
one to take their place. So
what do you think when there
are 50 or 60 of their employ
ees out of work?
There was only one thing
that we were asking for and
that is every other weekend
off to be with our families
and to be able to go to church.
Yes, I knew that to work in a
hospital you would have to
work on Sunday, but at the
time I was hired we only
worked two Sundays out of a
month. So why can't they give
It back to us? Yes, we are non
professional, but we are not
too nonprofessional to do their
job and keep the patients din
ing. And without these non
professional employees, what
Is a hospital? Okay, so we are
out of a job.
But, J. Moulton, Holt, and
Miss F. Monroe— how well did
you deep last night? And how
do you feel to know that you
have taken the food out of
some child's mouth, and that
moat of the people you have
find wen the sole support of
their families? So let me close
by saying this:
We an not afraid
We shall overcome
What will you tell your
friends, your families and most
of all youraehre*? Yea, you can
be, and you can steal, but
God is an equal God and He
la not an unjust God. He la for
us all. So I want you to nmem-
ber always that you are to
blame for what is happening,
and you are taking a lot of
lives Into your hands, because
you could have sat down and
talked with us just as well as
you flred 19 of us. So may
God bless you, but the same
people you have walked on
will be the same place you
meet Him.
Donethel Thomas,
Watts Worker
STATEMENT BY ASA
T. SPAULDING, ON
SENATOR KENNEDY'S
ASSASSINATION
v The assassination of Sena
tor Robert F. Kennedy is an
other tragic blot on our coun
try, and is indicative of the
cancer of bitterness, hatred,
and lawlessness gnawling at the
vitals of our nation. How we
best respond to and treat this
malady is of great concern to
me. I am convinced that we
must find a better way to
settle our differences; other
wise, they will destroy our
democratic way of life.
I shudder to think of the
possibility of the future course
of our government being chart
ed more by the bullet than by
the ballot.
To the Kennedy family, I
extend my heartfelt sympathy
and my prayers.
AM T. Spaulding
It is the responsibility of
the free press to persuade Car
dinal Cushing to persuade Sen
ator Ted Kennedy to run for
President. Many political or
ganizations have the visible re
sources to lead our country.
But only the Kennedy family
and organization have the true
understanding of tragedy nec
essary to bring Martin Luther
King's Dream down from Hea
ven to this Earth. Only Cardi
nal Cushing can certify that
now is God's time for this to
happen. Only the power of
the press can give the American
people the chance to vote their
acceptance and approval of a
politics of courage to overcome
tragedy.
F. E. SATTERTHWAITE
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Wellesley, Massachusetts 02121
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Assassins
Kill John
And Robert
Older Brother Died
In War; Spotlight
Now On Edward
Ted is the only one left.
Of Ambassador Joseph P.
Kennedy's four sons, his
hopes for whom were unlim
ited, only the youngst Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.
survives.
TWO IUVK been murder
ed assassifls and the third"'
died a hero in World War 11.
Now it falls to Tod to pick- "
up the torch so tragical 1 y
knocked from the handa oof
his three older brothers. Be
ing a Kennedy, 9nd the eon
of a man who expects nothing
less, he is sure to try.
TED, WHO hates to be call
ed "Teddy," turned 36 on
George Washangt on't last
birthday. He is a respect e d
and liked member of the U. S. •
Senate. *
He was elected to the Sen
ate in 1962 to fill the same
aeat his brother, John, had
given up for the presidency.
In 1964, despite a close brush
with death in a plane crash,
he won reelection for a full
term by an overwhelm in g
margin.
IN THE Senate, he has be
haved as the establishment
thinks a freshman senat or
should quietly and dif
fidently. Because erf this and
his diligent work, he is more
popular than Sen. Robert F.
Kennedy ever was on Capitol
Hill.
Regarded as a team play
er (Bobby was a loner) Ted
heads judiciary subcommit
tees on the aging and.oa ref
ugees. He has made the prob
lems of the refugees of the
war in Vietnam his maj or
concern.
ALTHOUGH affable, smil
ing and ensy-manncred in the
Senate more so than either
ef his broothers Ted has a
voided the limelight. At th e
beginning he was very con
scious of being the Presidents
younger brother. He is still
the youngest member o the
Senate and remembers.
Like Roobert, Edward went
to Harvard and then to the
University of Virginia Law
School. Ted had to work
harder to get good grades
than his brothers did.
HE PROBABLY is a better
athlete than they were.
Of the four sons, Ted w a a
probacy closest to the par
ents, especially to Ma moth
er, Rose.
It was Ted who told them
ef the aasasslnatloon in Del
las. And it was Ted who had
to tell them of the assassina
tion in Los Angeles.
• I V
To Be Equal
By WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.
Teaching Negro History
BLACK STUDENTS who have- been sitting-in and demon
strating on many college campuses in recent months
have many legitimate demands, but few are so obviously
right as their demands for courses in Negro history and
culture. • • ...
find it hard to imagine how the intellectuals and J*.
scholars who run our universities can resist instituting such
courses. They aren't just for Negro students —they are for ,K
all students since blacks and whites in America share a' com
mon history. Because schools at all levels have refused to
teach Negro history,. Americans of all races are ignorant
about their own country's past.
I'm convinced that pert of the problems
HK we face today are directly related to the
■ way tihe school texts have erased the Ne
gro contribution to America,'
H People are always talking about the
R. Pilgrims and the landing of the Mayflower.
But how many know that Negroes weve
»n. America long before the English? In
W f ac t j g Relieved that a navigator in Co
lumbus' little fleet that discovered America
Mr. Young in 1492 was a black man.
Neoroes Jn American History
Negroes were with the Spanish explorers who discov
ered the Pacific Ocean, Mexico, South America, and .the
American West Esteban, a black man, was the first non-
Indian to set foot on present-day Arizona and New Mexico.
And he was just the first great Negro explorer. Closer to
our own day,. Matt Henson was the first explorer to reach
bhe North Pole, although he doesn't figure in the history
books which give all the credit to Admiral Peary. Nor do
the textbooks mention that the first settlers in what is now
Chicago, was a Negro Jean Baptiste due Sable.
From the way the newspapers play up the Negro fight
ing man in Vietnam (quite rightly too) you would think
that Negroes never fought in America's other wars. But
black men took part in every single war America ever
fought.
Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave, was the first casualty
in what became the American Revolution, killed by a British
bullet in the Boston Massacre. Black men fought at Lexing
ton, Concord, and Bunker Hill. They were with Ethan
Allen's Green Mountain Boys, and were among the Minute
men who responded to Paul Revere's famous midnight ride.
And they were at Washington's side at Valley Forge.
Aibout 200,000 Negroes fought in the Union Armies dur
ing the Civil War, figihting for their own freedom. Black
units were with Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Or
leans, with Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan Hill, and with
Pershing in World War I.
Benjamin Benneker, a famous Negro mathematician,
was on the Commission that drew up the pJans for the city
of Washington, D. C., and the poems of Phillis Wheatley, a
slave, were read and admired in America and London. Even
the shoes on our feet were made possible by th.e indention
of a shoe-lasting machine by Jan Matzeliger, black man.
Stop Teachina Such Lies
Next time your kids come home from school and say
they learned that slaves were relatively content with their
lot, tell your local school authorities to stop teaching lies.
In little ways, like damaging machines and playing dumb,
and in big ones, like the Nat Turner revolt and the nearly
2250 other recorded rebillions, Negroes, resisted the slave
system. The whole South was in terror of slave revolts,
and even the defenders of slavery admitted that Negroes
would take every opportunity to run away or to fight for
their freedom. t . . »i •
. ' flniW 11s way into American class
rooms, but it should be taught. Negroes helped to build this
country. Our blood was shed in its wars, our sweat was
shed in the unpaid labor that its prosperity depended on,
and our tears were shed in the countless brutalities of racism
For good or ill, the history of America is a history of the
relations between blacks and whites, and no amount of
falsified teaching or censorship of the past can erase the
glorious contributions of Negroes to the American past
and present.
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