Christian Leadership
and a man named Jack
It is important to remember that
The Atlanta Constitution is by no
means a conservative or segrega
tionist newspaper. Its editor is
Ralph McGill, regarded as ex
tremely liberal and a longtime ad
vocate of forced integration of the
races.
Just the same, it is The Consti
tution that is pushing an inquiry
into this man, Jack O'Dell. O’Dell
is not only a Communist, clearly
identified. He has been an organi
zer for the Communist Party. He
also is, or has been, an important
official of Martin Luther King's
organization which has been pro
moting racial unrest throughout the
nation.
When this bit of information was
first published, Dr. King began to
cry “smear” and “McGarthyism.”
He rejected an invitation to dis
cuss the matter with Georgia’s At
torney General Eugene Codk, de
spite the fact that Cook assured
King that the invitation did not
imply a full-scale investigation.
King, meanwhile, told a news con
ference that the Communist, O’Dell,
“no longer” worked for the Negro
organization, that O’Dell left the
organization on June 25 because
as King put it, "it was feared that
(O’Dell’s) presence would be used
against the integration movement
UJ vgauvuwka nuu
«»•” .
Well, maybe so. But that does
not answer the question of why a
Communist was in the echelon of
King’s’ organization in the first!
place. And it is significant that
King offered not the slightest in
dication that he was embarrassed
or concerned about his relation
ship with such an individual
But there is one further aspect
which, it seems to us, demands ex
planation by King. One day last
week, United Press International
telephoned the New York office of
King’s organization and was told
that Jack O’Dell is the adminis
trator of the New York organiza
tion. Not “was.” Is! ;~r
We do not accuse Dr. King of
deliberate falsehood. Nor do we ac
cuse the integrationist movement
of being either Communistic or
Communist - inspired. But the
miserable position in which Martin
Luther King'now finds himself em
phasizes a warning which all Ne
groes should heed.
The warning was spoken elo
quently on January 16, 1958, when
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover ap
peared before a committee of Con
gress. In response to a question,
Mr. Hoover said:
“The Negro situation is being ex
ploited fully and continuously by
Communists on .a national scale.
Current programs include intensi
fied attempts to infiltrate Negro
mass organizations. The Commu
nist Party’s objectives are not to
aid the Negroes — but are designed
to take advantage of all contro
versial issues on the race question
so' as to create unrest, dissension
and confusion in the minds ot'tbe
American people.”
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Hoover’s words were spoken as,
we say, in Jartuary 1958. All Am
ericans, including Dr. Martin Lu
ther King, should ponder the full
filbnent of the FBI Director’s
warning. Precisely what he fore
cast has come to pass.
And there is still another citi
zen who should ponder the situa
tion —* Attorney General Robert
Kennedy! Mr. Kennedy told Con
gress the other day that he had
been “unable to find” any Com
munists in the civil rights move
ment. Perhaps Mr. Kennedy Should
consult with Mr. Hoover. In the
meantime^ it is to be hoped that
Senator Ervin will direct a few
pertinent questions to Attorney
General Kennedy in this connec
tion. /
For, after all, the Justice Depart
ment which Mr. Kennedy heads is
required by law to investigate
Communist infiltration in the
.United States; The files of the
House UnAmerican Activities
Committee and the. Senate Internal
Security Committee are brimming
with names that ought to be of in
terest and concern to the people of
this country while evaluating the
so-called civil rights movement.
The racial unrest that is running
rampant throughout the country is
now far beyond a political issue.
If it is now a spawning ground for
Communism, the nation needs to
know it. And if it isn’t, Martin Lu
ther King and other ledaers in the
agitation deserve to be cleared of
suspicion.
They have not, as yet, done very,
much to clear themselves.
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
JONES COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
MARY ELIZABETH LEARY
w*.
ELLIS LEE LEARY
To Ellis Lee Leary:
Take notice that a pleading seek
ing relief against you has been fil
ed in the above entitled action.
The nature of the relief being
sought is as fololws:
An j absolute .divorce upon tji-fe
grounds of two years separation.
You are required to make de
fense to such pleadings not later
than September 18, 1963 and upon
failure to do so the party seeking
service against you will apply to
the Court for relief sought.
This 30th day of July, 1963.
s/Walter P. Henderson
Clerk of Superior Court
Darris W. Koonce
Attorney at Law
Trenton, N. C.
Aug 1, 8, 15, 22 g
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The undersigned, having qualified
as Administrator of. the estate of
W. M. Howard, deceased, late of
Jones County, this, is to notify all
persons having claims against said,
estate to present them to the un-'
dersigned before the 30th day of
July, 1964, otherwise this notice will
.be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to setjA estate”
will please make immediate settle
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The Twilight of
Darns
That provision
heart of representative
It is the essence of modern
cracy, for it provides the means
by which the people of this coun
try can control their own political
destiny. It is part and parcel of
the American concept that the leg
islative, executive, and judicial
branches of Government shall be
independent of one another under
a system of checks and balances.
Yet today we are witnessing the
the decline of the legislative branch
of our Government. We see the
Congress more and more yielding
to the executive and judicial
branches, abdicating legislative au
thority in the face of power grabs
from both other branches.
Members of the Federal judiciary,
appointed for life and immune from
public reaction, constantly extend
their power over the, people by nul
lifying legislative enactments and
substituting their own 'concept of
what the law should be. Week by
week, we see increasing evidence
of Thomas Jefferson’s wisdom in
warning:
“The judiciary of the United
States is the subtle corps of sap
pers and miners constantly working
underground to undermine " the
foundations of our confederated
fabric. They are construing our
Constitution from a coordination of
general and special government to
ment.
This the 30th day of -July, 1963.
Dfrrk W. $Copnc£,
Administrator of the Estate'
of W. M. Howard, deceased.
W. Koonce
Attorney at Law
Trenton, N. C.
Aug 1, 8, IS, 22
turnon
says:
a general and supreme one alone.
* * * To consider the judges as the
x!—-ite arbiters of ail constitu
questions is a very dangerous
ne ■ indeed, and one which
would place us under the despotism
of an oligarchy.” ,
But if the Federal judges are
moving us toward aft oligarchy, the
executive branch is hastening to
ward. autocracy. By Executive or
der, by Presidential directive, by
bland assumption■ of powers not
heretofore exercised by circumspect
Presidents, John F. Kennedy is en
larging the sphere and the author
ity of the Presidency beyond any
thing contemplated by the Found
ing Fathers. ' •'
Through political pressure, ad
ministrative manipulation, and par
ty machinery,'the President has
come to be not only the Nation’s
chief executive officer but, in very
large measure, its chief legislator.
He has moved boldly and brazenly
into the fields of education, of
housing, of defense, of private ec
onomy — wherever he has felt the
need for strengthening his political
power structure.
: It is easy to understand his greed
fbr personal power, recalling Lord
United State* supjn
entative of their inc
tuencies and their i
bend their knees to
uusorpation of authority.
Never has the United
stood more in need of congress
ional courage. Seldom has repres
entative government faced a great
er trial in America. And at no time
has the Constitution of the United
States been in greater danger of
internal collapse. 1
Congress has the right, the re
sponsibility, the duty and the op
jxjrtunity to save itself, the Con
stitution and the country. But does
Congress have the guts?
SATURDAY WRECK
Abdel Magid Husein Sehadih of
Rocky Mount and Jesse Herring
of Jacksonville, Florida were driv
ers of cars that collided early Sat
urday at the corner of Queen and
Peyton in Kinston ->■=
timated at $400.
GUILTY, NOT GUILTY
Albert Howaro of 410_„
Street Tuesday was found, not
guilty of assault upon a minor but
he was ..found guilty of damaging
the jail cell he was placed in.
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