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MOUNT QUVE TRIBUNE |Bapti#iteaders Condemn Themselves Baptists, from, local c vent- pinnacle of convi dom, have coodcnni stituents for failing 1 in. the fields ofi race t emizafioa of thought cupjentj social gad. * lems — and many. 01 Here in, North first of all, it should be remem bered that by far the majority of the delegates, or messengers, to this convention, are ministers — members of the '^hierarchy” of the church, ifsthere is such in the Bap tist denonuhation — and that when, they condemn the convention’s ac tion on any matter, they are in ef f e c t condemning themselves, or fellow ministers — npt the average member of the average Baptist church. These folks. usually can’t, or don’t, attend these week-long affairs. Secondly; 'tt^tfre 'Baptist churches of the Southern convention are so far behind in their thinking, so unaware of the great social up heaval which is '“going on. all round them,” as these purist of ficials claim, whose fault is it? Who have their leaders been ? Why haven’t the congregations been il luminated, instructed, and brought up to date ? Does anyone have more to do with shaping the thinking of a church' than its pastor? Thirdly, why vs it that these Bap tist leaders all believe, or say they believe, that integration of the churches is'the answer to the mod ern needs of the church, and is the Christian way for all churches to behave, but we never hear any of these Baptist ministers answering calls to predominantly Negro churches? To be sure, not many of them have received such caills, which may suggest our 'Negro Christian bre, thern might not want any-of the white minister’s preaching. As one who has heard both kinds, we jnust admit the Negro preacher? are way ahead of their brothers in interest, fervor and sheer entertainment. No, if the truth Were known, any Baptist minister in the great ma jority of Southern ng a call to * church ^Gponderance of Negro we doubt there's more sail handful of Baptis or editors, either for it, who would interpret invitation as a "call” fro* rd/and therefore woul cision squarely oh God, who, ately, can take k. real trouble, as we see it, is have abdicated their responsibili ties as church and denominational leaders. Therefore, the ministers had to take over. They, in turn, have fallen down on their obliga tions to be true shepherds of the people, which means their congre gations have never learned any. better. Anyway, as just one Bap tist, we’re getting mighty tired of preachers and editors looking down thier noses at us for being what we allowed them to make us.—CB. As Congress begins the fifth month of the current session, the deadlock over the civil rights bill continues. The Dirksen Amend-. ments have been offered to point the enforcement of the bill toward the South." ‘ No test of strength has occurred since May 6 when by a razor thin margin the Senate rejected the Morton jury trial amendment granting defendants jury trials in all criminal contempt actions aris ing out of the proposed civil rights bill. While this straggle has been go ing on in the Senate, other legisla tive proposals have been undergo ing hearings in the early morning hours before the Senate convenes. Last week the Senate Appropria tions Committee, preparing for the! next Federal fiscal year which be gins July 1, was conducting ses sions on seven of the fifteen mon ey bills. The Senate Armed Servic es Committee was receiving testi mony on the authorization bill for military construction. The Senate Post Offcie and Civil Service Com mittee was concluding heatings on the revised Federal pay measure. At the same time, House commit tees were considering three major major pieces of legislation. Thej House Labor Committee cleared the $962.5 million anti-poverty bill, the House Foreign Affairs Com WHEN YOU NEED AMBULANCE SERVICE ': \ :V call p ? sj Gamer’s funeral Home DIAL J A 3-2124 or JA 3-2125 Ambulance Equipped With Oxygen iliillslilisii most spending programs. He current $315 billion national debt ceiling expires on June 30 when the Treasury's borrowing limitation drops to $309 billion and then reverta the next day to the permanent debt , limitation of $285 billion. The new debt resolution would raise the ceiling to $324 bil lion for the yea? ending Jnne 30, 1965. The 25 member House Ways'and Means Committee is reexamining the Controversial medical care for the aged plan under social security. Since this is a tax measure the House Committee has original jur program would be financed by an increase in tax rates and the an imal taxable earnings ceiiing which Contfaanad oa Pm* i ' Judge for yourself which candidate can keep peace and calm in North Carolina for our children and our families. Richardson Preyer has taken a sensible and realistic view on the prob lems of race relations. Listen to what he says: \ " : . ”r *-r “I am opposed to the Civil Rights Bill now before Congress;*' % .'.y. ,yX v."j • . • “We can handle our own problems in our own way, and we don't need the federal government or anyone else to come in and handle them for us. 1 believe in loc al initiative, so ’ problem in our ' 'V * •-y'v ^'5;'' •• "I will not poses. I will that each community can approach this own way. inflame the race issue for political pur not - on the fire. ■M •v “I believe in the North Carolina way of approach ing race relation* — the way that avoid* violence and Vote for the
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