jjfll CAROLINA TIMES SATORDAY, MAY 22, 1971
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EDITORIALS'
UDM YM VOTDL
We trust the growing element of li
beral and progressive whites as Negro ci -
tizens will not become disturbed or dis
couraged by the defeat of Asa T.
Spaulding in his bid for the office of
Mayor. It must be remembered that less
than half of the City's registered voters
participated in the election.
We must continue to urge all persons
to register and vote. There can be no
time for general apathy as many critical
issues face us. Voting in all elections is
both a right and a great responsibility
that cannot and should not be neglect
ed. It does appear that residents of
most other countries are denied this
right and other democratic nations
value it more higlily than we seem to
do.
When elected officials ignore their
constituents, it is usually due to failure
of the voters to select the proper candi
dates. The number of blacks aspiring to
high offices in the Nation's big cities is
increasing. When such persons offei
themselves for public office, it is our
responsibility to support those who
have the best qualifications for the of
fices to which they aspire.
We know that other blacks will be
seeking top offices in many of our ci
ties as well as in Durham. It is hoped,
therefore, that the dignity, integrity
and goodwill, evidenced for the highest
office in Durham, will continue to pre
vail as other persons seek high offices in
local, state and national elections.
During the past 45 to 50 years the
Carolina Times has endeavored to serve
its in this city, state and
nation; we have sought to be in the
forefront of every movement for the
advancement of all citizens. We recall
very vividly, around 35 years ago, when
we led the effort to secure the enroll
ment of blacks at the University of
North Carolina. It will be recalled that
the never-to-be-forgotten Raymond Ho
cutt vs University of North Carolina, an
employee of a local drug store, volun
teered to become the specimen for the
effort, which finally ended with a loss
Things Yoa Should Know
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in the state courts after a long and
lengthy trial in a local court.
It will also be recalled that the now
Judge William H. Hastie, a member of
the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals as
sisted two local Negro Attorneys, C. O.
Pearson and Cecil A. McCoy in prepar
ing and conducting the trial of the case
and its lengthy litigation. It must also,
be remembered, that at the time,
several local civil rights leaders were op
posed to our efforts and participated in
a meeting to oust us from Durham.
Again, let us thank the liberal, pro
gressive whites and blacks who support
ed us in the Spaulding effort. This was
no different however, from the efforts
organized against us to prevent securing
of Negro policemen and firemen for
Durham and many of the progressive
achievements we have sought to bring
to pass.
We thank Spaulding for the fine de
monstration of leadership he exhibited
during the campaign and we charge
those who come after him to never
forget the fine example of leadership
set for his race.
The movement now underway to se
cure the cooperation of Russia, China
and other nations who oppose th£
United States will never be embraced
by those countries until our own
America has learned that the color of a
man's skin has nothing to do with his
qualifications for a job of public trust.
So long as these countries can point to
the policy of United States to oppose
the advancement of Negro citizens, just
so long will this country be sitting on
their doorstep for an audience to dis
cuss peace and safety of the world.
Finally, let us not forget that the
220 million citizens of this country are
no comparison to the other teeming
millions of the non-white world in
China, Africa and other countries. So,
we again salute Asa T. Spaulding and
the others who supported him in seek
ing to get American on the right trtck
before it is too late.
JUSTICE &ERGER SAID, TRANSFERS WERE AN
INTERGRAL PART OF MANY DESEGREGATION
PLANS* STATE POLICY MUST GIVE HAY WHEN IT
OPERATES TO HINDER VINDICATION OF FEDERAL t
CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEESI
Union of South Africa
Makes Dent in Rigid
Separation Policy
A small crack has been opened in the
rigid wall of the apartheid policy of
the Union of South Africa. For many
years athletes and sports lovers in the
Union of South Africa have been lovers
and practitioners of the games that
were popular in Great Britain, chief of
which was Cricket. It was just a matter
of time when Black men in South Africa
and "coloureds"—the offspring of par
ents of different races—would achieve
excellence in Cricket and other ath
letic games. However, the rigid policy of
separatism prevented athletes of differ
ent racial groups from being pitted
against each other ifi the Union of
South Africa.
About three years ago a South Afri
can "coloured" cricketer had risen to
stardom in Great Britain, but when he
was chosen to represent the Mother
Country, he was barred. All Whites,
yes! All Blacks, yes! All Coloureds, yes!
But no mixed teams.
Veterans Should
For Service on
The failure of returned veterans
from Vietnam to set employment poses
a real and serious problem for the
United States, and specifically for the
communities in which these veterans
reside.
A traffic ending of failure to secure
gainful employment occurred in a west
ern city within recent weeks when a
veteran, who had won a medal for valor
on the battlefield, unable to secure work,
attempted to rob a storekeeper and lost
his life in the abortive attempt.
Very few returned veterans will lose
their lives in this manner, but many
of therg, far too many, will ask them
selves about a country which drafts
them, sends them halfway around the
tvorld to fight, and when the fighting is
over for them makes 110 adequate pro
vision for those who are fortunate
enough to return home alive.
Some of the millions being spent to
People addicted to black humor can take
a certain satisfaction in one aspect of the
latest national rail strike: it coincided with
National Transportation Week. And in a
sense we were seeing the United States'
railway system at its best shut down.
But there was nothing really funny about
the spectacle of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Signalmen, a union representing two
per cent of all railroad workers, paralyzing
the entire industry. It was, in fact, a na
tional transportation setback, coming as it
did immediately after contract settlements
with other rail unions.
But the 13,000-member signalmen's un
ion refused to extend a strike deadline
when the railroads balked at meeting its
inflationary wage demands. By striking,
the signalmen threw approximately
500,000 other railway employes out of
work, seriously inconvenienced several
hundred thousand commuters, halted the
delivery of bulk mail and put a crimp in
the operations of industries and businesses
that depend on the railroads for delivery
of raw materials and supplies.
Off the track again
REPORT, WHITE HOUSE
STAFF STILL TRYING TO
DETERMINE HOW TO ENFORCE
COURT DECISION....
However, within recent weeks the
Prime Minister of the Union of South
Africa has relaxed the requirements
slightly to permit non-whites to com
pete in some tournaments at the inter
national level in the Union.
Unfortunately, the rules are am
biguous. Apartheid will continue to be
enforced at the club, provincial and na
tional level. The new rules do not cover
all sports—and one of the sports left
under the apartheid rule is THE sport
which South Africans would most like
to watch Cricket. Unfortunately for
them, some of the-best-cricketers in the
world are Black. r „
The Prime lilinister has moved in
the right direction, but the slow pace
indicated means that it will be quite
some time—perhaps never—before to
day's non-white stars in Cricket and
Rugby will have the opportunity to test
their prowess against a South African
mixed team.
continue the war in Vietnam could well
be used at home to help make the lot
of able-bodied veterans a better one. A
war veteran should not have to be hos
pitalized, sometimes blind, sometimes
without the use of both legs, before the
Government makes an attempt to re
ward his services on the battlefield.
Why not make some financial allow
ance for unemployed and unemployable
war veterans, using some of the money
that would be used for paying them if
they were yet in Vietnam?
Why not provide some training, at
Government expense, that would fit the
returned veteran for gainful employ
ment in varied fields?
A growing reservoir of disgruntled
men who bared their breasts to shot
and shell in a war to which they should
never have been sent is not a pretty
picture to contemplate in times like
these.
It appears to us that the root of the evil
in this case was greed. The union's wage
increase demand was exorbitant. Other rail
way unions, among them the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, recently settled
for pay raises averaging about 42 per cent
over the next 42 months. That la a
steep increase l2 per cent an
nually but it isn't enough for the
signalmen. Their union wanted a 54 per
cent increase over a 36-month period, or a
yearly rate of 18 per cent. The railroads
had offered the signalmen a 43 per cent
increase over the 36 months. Congress
has now given them a 13.5 per cent retro
active increase.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen,
has again demonstrated that a small,
closely-knit band can throw a monkey
wrench into the system with the potential
of bringing on a national crisis. But its
action could result in repressive
against all railroad unions. In an editorial.
May 18, The Wall Street Journal suggest
ed that private industry strikes that affect
a great many people, such as railroad
By JOHN MYERS
Carmine Macedonio, 20 Long bland, N. Y., Vietnam,
dead. '
Phillip Gibbs, 20 Mississippi, Jackson State, dead.
Allison Krause, 19 Pittsburg, Pa. Kent State, dead.
These three young people never met. They were
from different parts of the country. There is one
thing however, that they share. They are all dead. They
were all killed.
"Part Of the Family," being broadcast Wednesday,
May 19 at 8:30 p.m. on WUNC-4, eulogizes three
young persons who died prematurely when caught
in the cross-fire of our nation's political and social
crises. It studies the emotional reactions of family and
friends to these deaths, reactions ranging from grief to
bitterness and hostility.
On this, the Ist anniversary of the Kent State
tragedy, "Part of the Family, forces its audience to ex
plore the human drama of death and revolution.
Mr. Macedonio speaks of the Vietnam sponsored
death of his son. "Mr. Nixon and Mr. Johnson ought
to come to some people's, bouses and just sit around a
while when there's a death like this in the family, and
maybe they'll sort of get a different aspect of what's
going on. Because I certainly think that between John
son and Nixon, these two Presidents, one of them
should have ended this things. Of course it was John
son's tragedy, but Nixon doesn't seem to be doing too
much with it."
Phillip Gibb's sister speaks of his death. "There are
people here that won't forget it. They look at us .. now
they say, oh, that's the Gibbs family. They know but
don't understand why, and they don't understand the
price that was paid, and what a loss we had at that
time."
Mr. Krause cried and talked. "So - 1951 to 1970
Like a lot of people said, good riddance, huh? - She
was a good girl. She cared about people, she didn't like
war, and I guess she cussed. Is that a reason for killing
her? Some people think it is. She helped people.
Those people that are saying she's no good, what help
are they doing except hating? She loved.
It was a lot different last May. It was sunny then. I
made some, irrational statements. I %sked if dissent was
a crime/and t cried' then, ahd I cry 1 now. J cry and
hope and pray no other parent and no other child -
some people said to me she wasn't a child. Well, she
was my child. And bullets took her away, because she
was out there hollering at the brave National Guard.
You butchers!
You brave boys, you aimed at them, you aimed at
their knees, you said you did. You can't even, shoot
straight! If you aimed at their knees maybe only her
'eg would have been taken off.
I read what the FBI said. Well, I'm going to keep
after you boys and through legal methods - not with
guns - and you Mr. Cantebury, and you Mr. Rhodes,
and you Mr. Delcorso. God have mercy on your
soul! Because I don't have any mercy on ya!
What did my daighter do to deserve to be killed?
Did she deserve to be out here? ... Why have we
had to go through this horror because you people
didn't know how to control, you didn't know how to
lead, you didn't know how to manage. All you do is
call named at these kids, but you don't swear; you just
cut 'em up with gums."
These three youths died in each of their own causes
One in Vietnam fighting for one belief, one at Kent
State for another, and one at Jackson State just passing
through.
They were born into a world which seemingly no
longer cares. They were born and never reached legal
adulthood before they died. How many more before
someone says stop?
strikes, should be put into the same cate
gory as public service strikes, which are
customarily illegal
This was the fourth national rail walkout
since 1967 and the third in 13 months. In
March, 1970. Congress moved to postpone
a planned railroad strike for 37 days.
Congress undoubtedly will get the trains
rolling again this time. But something
•more is needed than emergency action by
Congress every few months.
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