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2A —' lHl CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1968 ■i* - ' X "Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. ">■ For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the freen herb. , Trust in the Lord, knd do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed." I (Psalm 37: 1, 2, S) Rencher Nicholos Harris Friends and rel&itves of the late Rencher Nicholos Harris who were fortunate enough to be pfesent at the dedication program of the new school here Sunday, Oc tober 13, which bears his name, were compelled to be moved by the many tributes paid the honoree and fine things said about him. It was one of those occasions when one feels so re gretfully that the person being hon ored or praised is not present to hear the remarks of praise and tribute being paid him or her. Too often, as has so befittingly been said, a majority of us humans wait until one is unable to smell the fragrance to hand him his flowers. Thus Sunday's dedication of the R. N. Harris Elementary School must, in spite of all its good intents and purpose, be recorded as most appro private the edifice but too late Another Register and Vote Appeal From the A. Philip Randolph In stitute in New York comes an appeal to the black people gf this country to register and vote in the Novem ber 5 General Election that is so similar to our editorial of last week, on the same subject, that we are tak ing the liberty to publish below the Randolph appeal in its entirety. Under the title "The Importance of Black Registration and Voting" the statement had the following to say: The results of the November election will affect black Americans for the next hundred years. The election may well determine whether the United States will be torn into two nations—one black and one white—or whether we will become one nation with justice for all. ' Social and political justice spring from economic justice. And eco nomic justice must be pursued through political action. The solu tion to the problems of decent hous ing, quality education, full employ ment, proper medical care and ade quate income depends on whether we can now elect an Administra tion and a Congress dedicated to voting the necessary funds. To achieve this is a political job !• Textile Employment for Negroes ■a» . . •i; The Carolina Times is of the opin ion that it is high time for Negro citizens of North Carolina to bestir themselves and make a determined effort to obtain employment in the textile industry of this state. As was pointed out in an article, published in last week's issue of this newspa per, the textile industry in North and*South Carolina furnishes 44 per cjent of the manufacturing employ ment of the people of both states. As usual an overall investigation will reveal that blade citizens of both states are for thie? most part always on the outside looking in. j. ; Under tittfeTVTl of the Civil Rights Act the textile industry cannot le gally exclude an applicant for employ ment because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. With this in mind it is our hope that a determ ined, if not an organized effort, will be made to secure more eimployment for Negroes in the textile industry which in the end will serve to better the economy of both the Carolinas Negroes MU Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey has ureed minority citizens, especially the disadvantaged, to register and vote this year for candidates and policies which will correct inequities in our aociety. "The way to correct any inequity, the way to change any policy that is wrong is not in the streets, it is not out there through violence or even loud d°.r.on stration. It is through the peaceful political processes," the Vice President said. "Ballot power is real power." The U. S. Bureau of the Census esti mates that in 1964 only 43 percent of those with, family incomes of under S3OOO and only 61 percent of those within the 13000 to $4900 range used their votes to elect a President and help de termine national policy. In contrast, 81.S per cent of those in income ranges of mora than 10,000 voted. for its honoree. For those who knew Rencher Har ris, personally, no finer man or citi zen ever lived or walked this earth. For those who were fortunate enough to cultivate his friendship the mem ory of his integrity, devotion and manhood will never be forgotten. Rencher was no hypocrite, Rencher was honest to the core; he could be depended upon in an hour of a crisis. We think it most fitting that the City Board of Education and other city officials have endeavored to per petuate the memory of one of Dur ham's most beloved and respected citizens by naming a school building in his honor. It is our hope that his photograph and his name will forever be an inspiration to the students and faculty member of the R. N. Harris Elementary School. involving political action on the part of black Americana who in many areas can hold the balance of power in this election. Under these circumstances, any effort to opt oat of the political process'is a form of political sui cide. We urge Mack people to reject the 'let's go fishing* concept. We urge them to register now! We urge them to vote in Novemer!" So important! is the matter of registering and voting that we would like to suggest that every secret ord er, club or civic organization of black people, with possibly the exception of the church, make it a requirement for membership that any and all applicants must first be registered voters. With only two more Saturdays left before the registration books close we urge the ministers in every black church next Sunday to impress upon their members the necessity of regis tering and voting in the General Election on November 5. Especially do we urge them to seek out any and all members of their respective churches who have not registered i and impress upon them the impor tance of their vote in all elections as well as that of November 5. as a whole, which in turn will better the welfare of all the citizens. The sooner a breakthrough can be achieved in the textile industry and other fields, where blacks have here tofore been excluded, the better. It is certain that black soldiers, return ing from the war in Vietnam where they have, proportionately, provided a greater percentage of the nation's fighting men than whites, will not stand to be barred from employment in the textile industry or any other because of their race. Along with the above comes the matter of upgrading blacks in all areas of employment on jobs with whites. The general practice of set ting aside certain employment and upgrading of the white employes only must be abofished here and now if peace in the valley is to be expected in the future. In short, black citizens have reached the point where only full citizenship and the human dignity that goes with it will be ac ceptable. Among black Americana of voting age, only 98.5 per cent voted in IM4, while 71 per cant of the potential whit* eieo tanto MM ta fltayofch "I believe that la not a tingle inequity in the country that we cannot change through the peaceful political processes if we set ourselves to the task," Vice President Humphrey said. He urged action "to get people register ed and then politically informed." "They will make their own choices. I'm not sure how they are going to vote, but one thing I do know is they ou£ht to be voters." "flo candidate can sit back and count on the support of the poor and the black voters," the Vice President said. "I want to earn and merit it." Humphrey said he thought he deserved and would get strong support la. the black communitySMoMT Fortunaielyr- You Have A Choice! _ _ WALUCe f'l'M FOR . • N I - SEGREGATION . SEfiWE(JATtDv HP' Htrv« MY WORDS,NY FELLOW ANEWCANS-THBSTRATEGY * OF ORGANIZED LEFT UNANSWERED AND UNCHECKED CAN LEAD AMERICA TO DiS" .; ASTER* - - W£iv Or- ..; v. JJTWGF OF GEORGE WALLACE AND THE RADICAL RIGHT, NEGROES CAN ILL AFFORD TO StT OUT THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. THE SUPPORT HEHAS MUSTERED THROUGHOI/TAMPRJCA BODES ILL FOR THE NEED OF POOR NEGROES FOR IMPROVED EMPLOYMENT, HOUSU6AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES." _ , XOYWMJCtHS HAACT Do's And s&y* ./JWy J JB9 Negroes Are Urged to Become Owners of Business at Confab CHICAGO - Howard J. Samuels, Small Business Ad ministrator, warned that "the inner cities are dead econom ically" unless Negroes and oth er minorities can become own ers of their own businesses. Speaking to the National Bankers Association at their recent banquet higilighting their 41st annual meeting, Samuels said, "the nation faces a serious ownership gap be tween blacks and whites in American business. Negroes and other minorities account for 15% of the population, but own only one or two per cent of the business." Samuels, who recently launched the SBA's Project OWN, continued, "If this gap is ever to be closed, loans must be extended to minority entrepreneurs more on charac ter than collateral. Prorate busi ness groups, with government leadership, must offer manage ment assistance to help the new bulneaaes over the first hordes." The National Bankers As sociation waa founded In 1926 In Philadelphia and presently has a membership of 20 Negro controlled banks In the United £h* Carolina Ctmi* i---~ •••-• Sfpf PnMtfmf ooery Saturday at Durham, N. C. bp United FubUthert, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, PubUther SAMUEL L. BRIGCS Managing Editor J. ELWOOD CARTER. AdoartUng Uanagat Beoood Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C 2770S 18.00 par year plus (15c tax la N. C.) auywfceie in the VS., and Canada and to aesvicetuen Overseas; Foreign, |7JM per year, Single copy 90a huicuAL Oman LOCATED AT 430 E. Paim—w 9TMBT, PWWMII, Nonrra Canwjwa *7702 States, with $162 million in resources. Dr. Edward Irons, execu tive director of the association, opened the convention in Chi cago with an outline of a deve lopment plan made possibly by a $230,000 grant form the Economic Development Ad ministration. Hie theme of the sessions was "To Serve, To Grow, To Profit." Dr. Irons said, "this means gaining the know-how for successful bank ing and then turning it into service to the- economic com munity at a profit." Jesse H. Turner, vice presi dent of Tri-State Bank in Mem phis, Tenn., and outgoing pre sident of NBA presided over the seasons. Edward Tillman, president of the Bank of Fi nance, Los Angeles, Calif., wac elected president of NBA for the current year. John W. Wheeler, president of Mechan ics and Farmers Bank, Dur ham, was toastmaster at the banquet. Richard Linyartl, tice pre si dent-cashier of Seaway Na tional Bank, and Henry Her vey, president of Independence Bank, the two Chicago member banks, were co-chairman of the Host Committee. Complaints Made On Practice In v Other Counties A Negro member of a task force study ing state election procedures said Thursday he would like to look into election complaints alleged by the North Carolina Voter Education Project VEP. David Stith said he was sur prised and concerned VEP filed a complaint to the State Board of Elections with out notifying him first. VEP works mainly with Negroes. STITH SAID HE would be "very interested in knowing what the specific complaints are. 1 would like to look into any complaints with a view cf taking them before the com mittee and trying to correct them." John W. Edwards, project director for VEP, said in a telegram to the State Election Board Executive Secretary Alex Brock that a registration test was illegally ad ministered in Green county before the May primary. EDWARDS ALSO charged Warren county officials pro vided pencils to applicants but them to take a literacy test with a pen. Other allegations were that voters in Martin county were prevented from using sam-ple ballots as a guide in voting and that Bertie county law of ficers stationed at precinct registration places copied down the auto license num bers Of Negro registration campaign workers. Edwards also said at one Bertie county precinct an of ficer had a aog which tended to intimidate registiunts. 'Separate But Equaf Did Not Work! i 'WE HAVE g I A f /BUT KJUALSCHOCLS/ \L /AA ■ "If WHITNEY M. YOUNG . \ Black, White ONE OF HHE REASONS black people are questioning the sincerity of their liberal friend* 1« the refusal of , many liberal! to place the problems of the black man at the top of their list of priorities. Black people are busy .trying to survive in an increas ingly hostile society. Hiey are concerned with the basic, gut issues of feeding their kids and finding decent homes and jobs. But the minds of white liberals and radicals are oc cupied with other things Vietnam, changing university administrations, and protecting their own vested interests. We see this attitude among frustrated liberals who say they will sit cut this election no compromises for them. They say they want to spend the next four years reorganiz ing the Democratic Party, and they won't sully themselves by voting for any of the major candidates. Can't Afford To Be High-Minded • But black voters cant afford to be so high-minded. For us. th#~ Hext ifour years could meaVi life or death. We've got to live in rotting ghettos and we have to send our kids to schools that don't teach our kids. We can't throw away our hard-won political rights by not voting, especially in such a crucial election year. .. The school decentralization fight in TJew York is another example of the way many white people ran out on the black community when they thought their own interests were in volved. ' , - • F6r years they've been giving lip service to how bad the schools are, but when the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district representing black and Puerto Rican parents got into a Hassle with the teacher's union about the transfer of a handful of teachers who weren't sympathetic to com munity pontrol, many wtiite people put their own sym pathies With unionism ahead of the needs of black kids and the black community. Campus rebels offer yet another example at the failure of white radicals to communicate with black people. They are quite willing to use issues of importance to the black community jfunong the issues around which they organize demonstrations and pretests, but that's primarily to attract black students to their banner. When the cards are really put on the table, the life and death issues of importance to black people take their place behind Vietnam, the CIA, or other concerns. Disciplined -Black Students Black students have shown a discipline and a maturity far exceeding that of white student rebels Last Spring, during the Colutnbia University "rebellion," black students had to organize a separate demonstration of .their own to protest the university's callous attitude toward its Harlem neighbors, because the white rebels were too occupied with issues o»f the war or the draft. WO MINUTE k/rtH THE BIBLE BY CORNELIUS I. ITAM MIS. / I MM AN •Mil tOCMTY I A CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60&13 / VNUf -^| / MERCY TO ALL Years ago, during Mussolini's in vasion of Ethiopia. I asked a class of boys: "Who is the most respected, most honored, most loved man of all history?" Immediately hands shot up. as ofte said this and another one that. One boy said Mussolini was the most beloved and honored, but the others laughed at that idea. Finally, one sincere-looking lad said: "Je sus." But hj was as far off as the one who had suggested Mussolini. We wish that our Lord were as greatly honored and respected and loved as He should be. but He is not. Rather He is widely rejected and blasphemed, while many are hvpocritical in pretending to wor ship Him. * - ; Without question the most hon ored. most respected* most loved mail of history is Abraham, proudly owned as "father" by millions of Jews, millions of mohammedans and millions of professing Christians. Clearly this is why God used this man to demonstrate to all mankind how we may be justified In-fore a just and holy Cod. Note what Ro mans 4:2,3 have to say about this: "For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to boast; but not before God. "For what saith the Scripture? ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD. AND IT WAS COUNTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS." Thus God uses the most beloved, respected man of history to demon strate the fact that salvation is "bv grace, thiough-faith, and that not of yourselves; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD. NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST" (Eph". 2:8.9). And thus the apostle concludes: "BUT TO HIM THAT WORK ETH NOT. BUT BELIfcVETH ON HIM„THAT JI'STIFIETH THE UNGODLY. HIS FAITH IS COUNTED FOR RIGHTEOUS NESS" (Rom. 4:5). 11l every age man has been, saved by doing ,whal God commanded them to do then. Now He tells us to do nothing: just to trust in Christ, who died sins. This is Gorf'i plan of salvation.
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