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Gardens Would Help Feed Hungry
One rides, speculates, maybe
dreams and, if old, recalls as the
wheels spin along the highways.
Riding from Areola, the editor
thought of the children going to
school hungry and the money spent
for food for those on welfare in the
rural sections, and as he saw the
acres of land in Warren not being
used he wondered why this should
be. He could understand why famil
ies of those without work in the
cities should be hungry, but is it
necessary in rural areas of surplus
land?
And he recalled incidents of many
years ago when he was a child on
a farm in Sandy Creek Township,
living in a house without indoor
plumbing, heated by a stove and
lighted by kerosene lamps in a neigh
borthood of unpainted houses in a
time of work from sun to sun.
The joys and the privations of
life then are too well remembered
by many to need recounting here.
The point that we would stress
here is that while we may have
had to skimp on clothing, had no
fancy food, we never went hungry.
Sometimes eggs were sold for cash,
with the result that the remaining
ones were largely diluted with fried
meat gravy and milk, of which
there was always plenty. This dish
was named egg gravy. Then there
was molasses to go with hot bis
cuit and butter; there were fresh
peas and dried peas, and turnip
salad, and there was fat back, after
cholera killed the farmers hogs.
And all wondered why those un
able to find jobs, with time on their
hands cannot find time to work a
garden in order to keep their chil
dren from going hungry. It may be
that there are some without a gar
den spot, but If there is strength
surely labor could be exchanged
for land, or a garden raised on
shares. If there is no money for
seed and fertilizer, it would seem
that these might be arranged by
welfare agencies, and even, as in the
old days, by the church. If super
vision is' heeded that could be pro
vided in lieu of cash.
Maybe someday it will dawn upon
these who plan the Welfare programs
that what the poor need is help
and not cash; understanding and not
condemnation. Whatever the need in
the cities where a different situa
tion exists, the need for super
vision is paramount, or so it
seems to us. Welfare checks are
necessary, but the spending of the
money should be supervised. In some
cases, it may be that a family could
be put on its feet by good sound
advice and enough cash to work
out a feasible plan of self-help.
Just turning over checks to those
in need is not the answer and at
best is a makeshift that tends to
perpetuate welfare needs.
During the depression, the
Federal Government worked out a
plan whereby tenants could buy their
own farms. The first step was to
investigate the potentials of an appli
cant for a loan. The second was
for a long-term loan plan. But the
crux of the plan was farming super
vision. The government did not sim
ply turn over a check to the ap
plicant and tell him to buy a farm.
It saw to it that the farm produced
enough to repay the loan. It worked.
It seems to us that some kind of
similar plan, on a minor scale
might we worked out for many of the
poor still living on the land. Raising
their own food might be a start.
Wiser Ways On Campus
The Christian Science Monitor
Surely, American collegiate Ingenuity is
up to finding a better way to settle dis
putes between faculty and students than
through sit-ins which disrupt university
life, penalize all students, often slither
into violence and, in general strike the
public as wanton and unwarranted. If Ameri
ca's centers of highest learning cannot work
out better ways of settling their problems,
they are hardly setting the example for the
nation which the latter has a right to expect.
It is right and desirable that college and
university students take an immediate and
strong interest both in the manner in which
their school is run and in the larger ques
tions of national and international life. They
should be encouraged to voice their own ideas
on these subjects.
Greater interest in what goes on around
They Also Serve
The Washington Star
It is all too easy tor the casual observer
to think of American young men today as
sharply divided between those who bear their
share of the country's burdens in the Viet
nam fighting and those who protest the im
morality or futility of our being there at all.
There are young men who manage to do
both. One was Pfc. Johnathan M. Splcer.
USMC. Pfc. Splcer, son of a deceased Meth
odist minister, was a conscientious objec
tor. ID spite of that, he Joined the Marines.
He was assigned to a medical battalion near
Khe Sanh. _
On March 11, the Viet Cong opened fire
on a helicopter engaged in evacuating the
wontded from the beleaguered outpost. Ig
noring an order to get Into a bunker, Pfc.
Splcer rushed forward to help the wounded
into their airborne ambulance. Enemy shell
ing continued. The medic Marine was hit,
and three days later he died.
Pfc. Splcer has been recommended tor
the silver star and the Navy cross tor his
heroism under fire and for his disregard of
his own safety tor the srice of Ms comrades'
lives. As with all heroes, Ma real distinction
is not expressed In medals but rather in the
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of torment tor many members
Tc. Splcer fulfilled with
him and what affects him intimately can
help, rather than hinder, a student's stud
ies. The more mentally awake he Is on
world Issue, the wider awake he Is likely
to be in academics.
And if the higher seats of learning move
too slowly along the pathway of reform, there
is no reason under the sun why students?
individually or collectively?should not make
their views on this felt. We must all recog
nize the fact that all institutions can fall into
ruts and that one generation does not always
recognize quickly enough the vital interests
and needs of the succeeding generation. An
Important element behind the tremendous dem
onstrations at the University of California
at Berkeley several years ago was a feel
ing of increasing student desperation over
the manner in which they were (or were not)
being taught.
Today's series of sit-ins, seizures of
dean's and presidents offices, and block
ing of passageways have been to a con
siderable extent stlmc ated by racial ques
tions and in many instances are on behalf
of greater college opportunities for Negroes.
This, in Itself, is a worthy aim. It Is prob
ably even more. It Is a vital necessity as
part of the national effort to close the edu
cational gap between black and white.
But there are fatal flaws In demonstra
tions which begin with however good a pur
pose and then degenerate into violence, ob
structionism and even hooliganism. Such
tactics are not needed. Furthermore, they
inevitably run the risk of losing more In the
end than they gain. They are oat of tune with
the wisdom and reason which should be as
sociated with higher learning. They forfeit
the deeper type of respect and considera
tion which a more measured voicing of griev
ances or wishes would command. And they
have come perilously close to the point wh
colleges and universities?In the Internet of the
whole student body?may fed It necessary to
call In outside help to metntaln order, ft
is time to rethink the present anode of stu
dent demonstration.
Quotes
Marriage Is s method of learning shed
women the hard amy. t
"My advice, sir," said the mechanic to the
r, "is that yos keep the oil a
? the car."
Lawlessness Mean* Bloodshed, End Of Dreartw
Archie Moore, a Negro who
grew up In a St. Louie alum
district, is a retired Ught
heavywelgtit boxing world
champion. He currently works
In behalf of a program called
Any Boy Can (ABC) which Is
operating in San Diego and Val
lejo, California. Other cities
have expressed Interest In
starting similar ABC pro
grams in their communities.
In this article, reprinted from
the Republican Congressional
Committee Newsletter, Moore
addresses some blunt remarks
to Negroes who believe that
riots and violence advance the
cause of civil rights. His arti
cle, taken from The Richmond,
Va., Tlmes-Dlspatch, Is repro
duced by special request of a
reader.?The Editor.
By ARCHIE MOORE
THE DEVIL Is at work In
America, and It Is up to us to
drive him out. Snipers and loot
ers, white or black, deserve no
mercy. Those who would profit
from their brother's misfor
tunes deserve no mercy, and
those who would set fellow
Americans upon each other de
serve no mercy.
I'll fight the man who calls me
an Uncle Tom. I have broken
bread with heads of state, chat
ted with Presidents, and travel
ed all over the world. I was
Habits Of
Eating Are
Changing
RALEIGH ? From breakfast
to dinner, from picnics to
snacks, we've been changing our
eating habits over the past 10
years. Despite the fact our su
permarket shelves are loaded
with an abundance and variety
of food, our diets have slipped
nutritionally, reports iolaPrlt
chard, extension food conser
vation specialist, North Caro
lina State University.
The spotlight was put on
American eating habits when the
first report on the 1965-1966
Food Consumption In U. S.
Households survey was releas
ed by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture early this spring.
The 1 facts from this study
Indicate only half our families
had good diets as compared to
60 per cent when a similar study
was made In 1955. In addition,
the number of Inadequate diets
Increased from 15 to 21 per
cent during the Interval between
the 1955 and 1965 surveys.
It's quite a paradox and one
that's puzzling the experts. Our
Incomes are higher and real
food costs relatively low, but
adequate Income seems to be
no guarantee that adequatedlets
will follow. Even at a $10,000
and above level, nine per cent
of the families had poor diets.
Best explanation Is that we're
not making a wise choice nu
tritionally from our almost
overwhelming abundance.
Biggest losers at meal times
have been fruits, vegetables,
milk and milk products, says
Miss Prltchard. Nutrltlon-wlse
that means we'refailing short In
the consumption of the import- |
ant nutrients, vitamin A, ascor
bic acid (vitamin C) and cal
cium.
What's afoot to reverse this
trend? Greater emphasis will
be placed on helping home
makers use more milk pro
ducts, fruits and vegetables In
meals; an Increased effort will
be made to get bread enrich
ment a law in all 50 states;
more interest will be stimulat
ed for adding calcium to bread
products; and a new look will
be taken at the possibilities for
fortifying non-fat dry milk pow
der with vitamin A.
Marriage Licenses
Ronald Gilbert Andes, whlt<
of Remington, Va., to Murlc
Day Haley of Culpepper, Vs
David Paul Meadows, whlt?
of Essex Falls, N. J., to Wlnf
Juanlta Sanchez of Essex Fall!
H. J.
Arthur Lee Scharf, white, o
Porslppany, N. J. to Judith An
Doyle of Livingston, N. J.
Herman Rooker, white, o
Tampa, Fla., to Janet Irene Fall
of Warrenton.
Em matt Ray Stanley, white
of Route 1, Ashland, Va., fa
Kathleen Frances Wolf of Rich
mond, Va.
McCoy Hendricks, colored, ot
Route 1, Warrenton, to loam
Williams of Route 1, Norlina.
Reap, white, of Blng
, N. Y? to Dawn Wslct
:a of Btnghamtoo, H. Y,
Martin Oscar Terrell, white,
of Richmond, Va., to Ruth Ana
Brooks of Richmond, va.
Wilkinson Gee Kidd, whits,
df Ronto 1, Lacrosse, Vs., fa
Clara Mas Tolbert of Route 1,
? Va.
born In t ghetto, but I re
fused to stay there. I em ?
Negro and proud to be one.
I am also an American, and
I'm proud of that.
The young people of today
'think they have a hard lot. They
should have been around In the
'30's when I was coming up In
St. Louis. We had no way to go,
but a lot of us made It. I be
came light heavyweight champ
ion of the world. A neighbor kid
down the block, Clark Terry,
became one of the most famous
Jazz musicians In the world.
There were doctors, lawyers
and chiefs who came out of that
ghetto. One of the top police
men In St. Louis came from
our neighborhood.
WE MADE IT because we
had a goal, and we were will
ing to work for It. Don't talk
to me of our "guaranteed na
tional income." Any fool knows
thai this Is insanity. Do we bring
those who worked to get ahead
down to the level of those who
never gave a damn? The world
owes nobody?black or white?
a living. God helps the man
who helps himself!
Now then, dcn't get the Idea
that I didn't grow up hating the
Injustices of this world. I am
a staunoh advocate of the Negro
revolution for the good of man
kind. I've seen almost unbe
lievable progress made in the
last handful of years. Do we
want to become wtldbeasts bent
only on revenge, looting and
killing and laying America
bare? Hate is bait, bait for
the simple minded.
Sure, I despised the whites
who cheated me, but I used that
feeling to make me push on. If
you listen to the professional
rabble-rousers, adhere to this
Idea of giving up everything
you've gained In order to re
venge yourself for the wrongs
that were done to you In the
past?then you'd better watch
your neighbor, because he'll be
looting your house next. Law and
order is the only edge we have.
No man Is an Island.
GRANTED, THE NEGRO still
has a long way to go to gain
a fair shake with the white man
In this country. But believe this:
If we resort to lawlessness,
the only thing we can hope
for is civil war, untold blood
shed, and the end of our dreams.
We have to have a meeting
of qualified men of both races.
Mind you, I said qualified men,
not some punk kid, ranting the
catch phrases put In his mouth
by some paid hate-monger . ..
There are members at tbe
black community who call tar
a separate nation within
America. Well, I do' not In
tend to (ire up one square Inch
of America. I'm not going to be
told I must live In a restrict
ed area. Isn't that what we've
all been fighting to overcome?
And then there is the dement
that calls for a return to Africa.
For my part, Africa Is a
great place to visit, but I
.wouldn't want to live there. If
the Irishmen want to go back
to the Emerald Isle, let them.
If the Slavs want to return to
the iron curtain area, O. K.,
by me. But I'm not going to go
to any part of Africa to live.
I'm proud of my ancestry and
of the country that spawned my
forefathers, but I'm not giving
up my country. I fought all my
life to give my children what
I'm able to give them today; a
chance for development as citi
zens In the greatest country In
the world.
I DO NOT for a moment
think that any truly responsible
Negro wants anarchy. I don't
think you'll find Intelligent?no,
let's rephrase that?mature
Negroes running wild In the
streets or sniping at total
strangers. God made the white
man as well as the black. True,
we haven't acted as brothers In
the past, but we are brothers.
If we're to be so many Cains
and Abels, that's our choice.
We can't blame God for It.
Something must be done to
reach the Negroes and tho
whites In the ghettos of this
country, and I propose to do
something.
As a matter of plain fact, 1
have been doing something
for the last several years. I have
been running a program which
1 call the A. B. C. ? Any
Boy Can. By teaching our youth,
black, white," yellow and red,
what dignity is, what self re
spect Is, what honor is, I have
been able to obliterate Juvenile
delinquency In several areas.
I would now expand my pro
gram, change scope. If any boy
can, surely any man can. I
want to take teams of qualified
people, top men In their fields,
to the troubled areas of our
cities. I know that the people
who participated In the recent
riots, who are participating, and
who will participate, are mis
guided rather than mad.
If some bigot can misguide,
then I can guide. I've spent too
much of my Ufe building what
I've got to pot It to torch Just
to satisfy some ancient hatred
of a man who beat my grand
father. Those men are long
dead. Do we have to choke
what could be a beautiful garden
with weeds of hate? I say nol
And I stand ready to start
Operation Gardener. I Invite the
respected Negro leaders of our
country to Join me.
ANNUAL ROSE SHOW
RALEIGH ? Plans have been
announced for the 20th Annual
Rose Show to be held Satur
day and Sunday, May 18 and
19 in the lower mall at the
North Hills Shopping Center.
The Raleigh Rose Society
will host the Carolina District
Rose Show. The event should
be the largest rose show ever
seen In North Carolina, with
more than 800 roses exhibited
Ln specimen and artistic
classes.
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