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RALEIGH, N. C SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15. IWO
THE CARGUN lAH
Editorial Viewpoint
The CAROLINIAN'S
We have all heard that old story put m these
remarkable words: "Be gentle, don’t hurt. More
humanely put. "You can catch more flies with
honey than with vinegar." It often takes a few
more moment* and a little added effort, to he ren
tle and considerate, but it pays rich dividends. A
Last week in our Words of Worship, we
made a few remarks about giving to the United
Fund Community Chest This week let us say
a great deal more about a community proiect
that may well be one of the tests of our cha
racter and integrity.
Everyone admires a community according to
the image it protects by ‘‘going over the top' tn
its United Fund giving The United Fund drive
to one of the domestic affairs of Raleigh. It is
eur annual contribution to the ever-present
business of lending a helping hand to those
who need rt and of providing needed services
not otherwise available,
The North Carolina Council of Human Re
lation* charged recently that the State s 1 OS.=>
Pupd Assignment Act is ‘being used to preserve
segregation m the public schools of the State ‘
Most every Negro in the state already knows
that it was the intent of the so-called Pearsall
Plan to maintain the status quo of segregation
We commend Governor Garrett H Byrne of
Massachusetts for ordering a crackdown on
“slave dealer” employment agencies which
hav# been importing Southern Negro girls to
work *s maids for as little as five dollars a
week.
Byme said that under the employment
agencies' plan advertisements were placed
in. newspaper* of Georgia. South Carolina
and other Southern states offering employment
at from s>36 to S6O per week Upon arrival the
girl* were required to sign contracts and these
called for paying the agencies up to SIOO for
theif iob*. The girls, until the agencies were
paid their commission received as little as
five dollars during the first six weeks of em
ployment
Th* district attorney *aid he would seek
“‘immediate cessation of these reprehensible
practices. The dark days of compulsory labor
Dunttg the month of August the Depart
ment of Labor reported that a total of 68 28? -
m cnen were at work And while there was
f&f,000 fewer employed than in July, there
was *n increase in the actual number of iobs
—not including farm work, which normally
declines in August
There were 3.788.000 men unemployed in
thus country in August, a decrease of 20~.nn0
from July. In September the decline went,
down to 3,500,000. and in October the nation
expects the unemployment figure to drop down
to 3,300,000.
Labor experts say that unemployment held
up m August because of the lay-offs for an
early change-over of automobile models and
because steel production was still below norm-
Yhe first nine states which have completed
figure* on the recent voter campaign lead the
experts to estimate that we wall have 10,000.000
sew voters this year
The edge in the cities is claimed by the Dem
ocrats, while the Republicans say they are
leading in the rural sections.
Among this ten million new voter list are
thousands of Negroes. Their votes, if cast
might decide the election Independent voting
may have its merits but in order for votes to
count the most they must be cast for one of
An Associated Press football poll recently re
vealed the Florida A 8s M. University eleven
*t Tallahassee is rated tenth among small col
lege football teams in the nation.
Ohio University, located at Athens, is listed
first. Lenoir Rhyne College of Hickory, N. C.,
38 the only Tarheel team in the top ten.
That the Florida Rattlers earned one of
these spots should be no surprise. When we
peruse the list of their opponents, the Florida
eleven meets only a few teams of formidable
competition, This year, for example, A. & T.
College st Greensboro, and Southern Univers
ity' st Baton Rouge will be their toughest op
ponents
The Florida judggernaut: ran away with
Bendict College in the Tampa Classic two
weeks ago by a large score of 68-0. Benedict
was playing out of its class just as a number
of small private collgees are playing out of
their class in the C.IAA.
The Florida A. & M. Rattlers have three
units—Blood. Sweat, and Tears—-of just about
e'qiial power. They can wear down a small col
lege team with inadequate replacements.
WORDS OF WORSHIP
Give To Community Chest
Nothing New To Us
Bringing Culprits To Justice
Employment Scene
Ten Million New Registrants
Florida A. & M. Eleven
hasty sarcastic word, however, can quickly undo
or offset many good advances toward good Sel
dom is anybody won by being nagged, irritated
or belittled. Hurting those most host-le to religion
is one sure way of driving them away farther.
We are called upon to give whether we like
it or not One intensive drive to support two
dozen or more agencies is better than giving
to numerous separate campaigns
Raleigh has always demonstrated its„ gen
rous character. This is a prosperous city, bless
ed with abundant resources and a citizenry
with energy, ambition, and pride. How well
we respond to this system of combined char
ities is an accurate reflction of our concern for
the less fortunate.
Judging hv our performance in the past
the citizens of Raleigh will rally around thr
United Fund flag again this fall.
in the schools of the state In many instance'
when Negroes carried their cases to the court*
the judge ruled that the parents had not ex
hausted all administrative remedies
The application of this law has cost the state
a tremendous .amount of money and loss of
time.
and. involuntary servitude are over . . . These
condition? approximate slavery.’
One can readily see why authorities investi
gating these charges found that "several re
cently imported girls suddenly landed on the
welfare department rolls." We have no way of
knowing how many of these girls were led into
the profession of call girls to earn subsistence.
Our schools must intensify their guidance
programs and urge Negro girls to prepare
themselves for some special vocation other
than maids The skilled person doesn't have
to pay a commission to get a 10b It is regret
table that so many young women must use
the facilities, of employment agencies to find
employment.
The offending Massachusetts employment
agencies should be brought before the courts
and dealt with harshly and promptly. There
should be no delay in bringing these culprits
to justice.
ah Both these factors should be corrected this
month and in November.
It must be kept in mind, however that even
with two basic industries such as steel and au
tomobiles off. the employment statistics for
August were the highest ever recorded for that
month. Seymour Wolfbein the Labor Depart
ment’s chief authority on manpower statistics,
says that this new high in employment can be
traced to what he describes as "being at a very
high plateau.”
Let the facts be what they are. for who wants
pre-election pessimism designed to create na
tional economic alarm. This is no time for
peddling a program of depression character
istic of the New Deal period when government
pump-priming had to give hope to millions of
unemployed men and women.
the two parties—Democrats or Republicans
While we are encouraged by the increasingly
large number of new registrants, we are also
disturbed that it takes a special campaign to
get some of our citizens to the precincts to reg
ister Thre are some things a citizen must do
without being persuaded and cajoled, regis
tering and voting is one of them.
In less than a month, the naional election
will take place Every' man and woman who
has registered should go to the polls and
vote next month.
Then, too. FAMU can get the cream of the
crop players from the state of Florida and else
where by reason of its scholarships—many of
which are distributed to the Florida state uni
versities from monies collected by the state
from greyhound racing, a very profitable ven
ture.
There needs to be a reorganization of athletic
associations in order to assign college teams in
the proper class. A new league composed of the
following teams would make the competition
more equal: Southern University, Texas South
ern Llniversity. Tennessee A. Ss I. State Uni
versity, Florida A. & M University, A. &■ T.
College at Greensboro. Virginia State, and the
like.
Coach Jake Gaither has done a remarkable
job with the Rattlers, and he is a coach par
excellence. But what the big state university
teams need is a schedule of more power teams.
It is regrettable that the Rattlers, because of
segrgation laws can not have the privilege of
meeting some of the stronger teams in the South
on an interracial basis There is no doubt but
that the Rattlers would hold their own.
Only Its Elimination Will Enable Us To
Hold Our Leadership In The U. N.
*fMN«
BY REV FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANF
A MOTHERS INTEGRITY
This meaningful word "!n
--tcsniv portray? a real MOTH
ER’S character witfl perfect
clarity
For she i? the embodiment of
virtues d,v np and by Heaven
held responsible if they fail to
shire
Charged ;r " i*h absolute
entirety, to give the world a
What Other Editors Say
BROADEN AT HOME OR
SHRINK ABROAD
And now. it ouzht to be ap
parr-nt, even to the most con
firmed traditionalist, that this
is one world; that no nation can
exist in isolation, that we ae
sustained as a nation by the
mutual mterpendencies of ail
the nations of the eailh.
The convincing picture of toe
United Nations Assembly, which
with the acceptance of the new
inductees represents at least a
hundred nations who have come
together because the leaders of
thesp nations are cognisant of
toe fact, that a peaceful world
cannot be achieved without to
getherness This ought to move
even the most rabid of the rac
ists and the religious bigot to
the realization that the positmn
of special favors for special peo
ple is untenable
From Miami. Florida to Okla
homa City, Oklahoma and be
yond. the hold-outs against the
current campaign for unlimited
services in restaurants, unlimit
ed opportunities in industry, un
restricted opportunity to live in
any area and unreserved accep
tance: within the framework of
this economy's social order,
ought to come alive to the nak
ed truth that stares this nation
in thp face, that it must either
broaden its policies to include
all its people in all areas or
shrink in its power, influence
and stature among the nations
abroad
By simple arithmetic we know
that those who have reckoned
themselves the majority in the
past are now reduced to a con
scious. fearful minority.
In recent months 14 African
states have gained their inde
pendence and their membership
established in the family of na
tions The voice of one of its
spokesmen has already made it
clear that the African states do
not, come into their indepen
dence either expecting to be
dealt, with as an inferior or as
a dependency, subject to some
stronger nation. They expect to
be treated as equals and from
their new vantage point they are
in a position to insist on this
equality If the western powers
are reluctant, they can always
lVpair to the alluring offers of
aid from Russian Communism.
The die is cast. The world
moves forward toward the lib
eration and enlightenment of
the peoples of the world. The
movement is destiny-born and
an irresistible force toward
world federation.
There is no alternative for
any nation and our nation is no
exception. She must broaden her
national concept as it relates to
its citizenry or shrink into no
thingness in the world scheme
abroad.
—THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE
THE GREAT ONE-SIDED
DEBATE
The initial push of the Presi
dential campaign reached its
pattern of love and peace *rd
allowing them never to wane or
cease
A responsibility that- demands
Heaven's aid. and those of earth
who would face their tasks
squarely, must be courageou*
and not afraid
Her INTEGRITY ' i? the bal
ancing force that keeps Sa’an
at i safe distance, and well he
full momentum Monday night
when Vice President Nixon and
Senator John F Kennedy me*
in s dramatic face-to-face tele
vision debate, with an invisible
audience estimated in astrono
mical numbers
Tlie encounter was drastically
limited to domestic issues,
though some salient ones were
omitted. Those dealt with were
treated without hysteria or o>a
toiical bombast The one-hour
discussion had for setting the
Columbia Broadcasting System's
freshly painted Studio One
Not in modern political his
tory have the Presidential nomi
nees met in frontal debate dur
ing their campaign. The closest
parallel was the unforgettable
polemirs between Abraham Lin
coln and Senator Stephen A
Douglas exactly one hundred
and two years ago this summer.
Douglas won the Illinois Sena
torial election of 1858. But in
1880 Lincoln beat him for the
Presidency on the issue of slav
ery.
Though Monday night's debate
provided no central theme, and
no measuring yardstick by
which to gauge the political
strength of the two candid; tes,
it. afforded the viewers an op
portunity to size up the Presi
dential contenders.
There is no question but that
Senator Kennedy displayed a fa
cility of language and an ac
quaintance with the supporting
data of his major premises that
amazed those who had fallen
for the exaltation that swirled
around Mr Nixon's invincibility
as an experienced and skilled
debater.
Well, the Nixon legend that
Republican chieftains had been
peddling with such passion and
gusto, simply did not stand up.
The Vice President looked beat
en bewildered and at times
dazed He had to rely on hack
neyed expressions and over
worked arguments to fulfill his
end of the bargain He wras for
ever on the defensive from the
very outset, and was never con
vincing in his attempted defense
of the Administration s policy.
Even his most myopic follow
ers will admit that, their idol
fell down miserably when he
was unable to point to a specif
ic instance in which his opinion
was accepted by the Adminis
tration's high Council He could
cite none, for the obvious rea
son that, there was none.
Yet., a powerful legend has
been built around Mr Nixon as
the one member of the Presi
dent's cabinet who has helped
shape the Administration's pol
icy on countless high level mat
ters And this is one facet of Mr.
Nixons experience which has
been inflated all out of propor
tion to its relation to reality.
The Republicans have been ar
ticulating the Vice President's
experiences in government af
fairs as a measure of his supc
•ior fitness to run the country.
Maybe we have been looking st
know? it would he futile to try
to put up any resistance
HONESTY' another valuable
smile. with faith and trust,
though in the midst of guile, but
a living example for any child
Only for Gods loving kind
ness. in allowing us to share real
MOTHERS fineness ts the world
today a better place, for in new
ness to her we can see HIS
FACE,
the ’.' inns end of the ‘ele-cop®.
B'.t of this we are certain when
*Senatnr Kennedv said that he
was not satisfied "until every
American enjoys his full consti
ttmona! rights." and when he
alluded to the manifold handi
hap:- of a Negro baby. Vice Pres
ident Nixon countered with s
resounding "No comment "
Since there are Three more de
bates to follow, maybe Mr Nix
on will do better the next time
if r:s knees hold up
—CHICAGO D AT! V
DEFENDER
THF AWFII, TRUTH
The truth hurts Sometimes it
strikes worse than a dagger
plunged and then twisted into
the heart Premier Nikita
Khrushchev hit upon America s
one real vulnerable spot in his
speech before the TTmtcd Na
tions last week—racial prejudice
within the USA
The pudgv premier suggested
that the location of the IJN he
moved mainly for this reason
He stated in one part of his
Speech:
“The burden is very great for
the United States, seeing to m
that the many numbers of dele
gates of color are not c nbarrass
od during their stay in America
while attending UN session l "
Switzerland or Russia might
well be such a place for exam
ple "
“I ran declare in all respon
sibility that if it should be con
sidered expedient to house the
UN headquarters in the Soviet.
Union, we guarantee the best
possible conditions for its work
complete freedom and security
for the representatives of all
states irrespective of their po
litical or religious convictions
and of thp color of their skin.”
he declared
The majority of news com
mentators and reporters failed
to comment on this part of Mr.
Khrushchev's speech: neither
did U S. Ambassador James
Wadsworth nor Secretary of
State Christian Herter. speaking,
later in reply to the subject.
It is most unfortunate and
frightening that America should
have its infamous racial prob
lem thrust inio its face at this
crucial time, but the truth will
out. It,can be ignored but never
defeated
As Rev Martin Luther King
suggests in all his talks, "Let us
pray for those responsible "
- THE OHIO SENTINEL
SAFELY
JUST FOR FUN
BY MARCHS EL BOULWARE
The Rattlers
It's maddening and thrilling
to see the famed Florida A&M
University 132-pieee all-male
band perform at the opening
and halftime of football games
they play. Not only do they
march trucking, but they swing
their instruments either up and
down, or clock and counter
clockwise while the big ba?'
horn rumble and bass drums
boom.
The band's performance is a
show by itself, and I would pav
$2.50 just to see these fellows
perform.
Many of the readers of this
newspaper have seen this ag
gregation perform at Greens
boro. North Carolina, when the
Rattlers played A&T College
Last week. FAM-U played
Rrncdict College in Tampa, Fla ,
before 14,000 fans The Rattlers
beat Benedict 68 to 0
Last Saturday I saw the Rat
tlers swamp Lincoln University
of Jefferson City, Mo While the
Lincoln Tigers played a better
game than Benedict, the Florida
aggregation is just too powerful
for their competition
Some of you rrfav not know it.
but T am now employed at the
Florida A&M University as pro
fessor of speech. My major duty
is developing a speech and hear
ing clinic where we proposed
to train speech oorrectionists
We are no wwaitin for the rent
renovations to he completed and
our first quarter's supply of
equipment, material', and sup
plies to arrive
I have an enthusiat e gro,;:
o? young people mato'-ing in
speech correction, and for the
past two rears the have been
neglerted because they had no
one to tea r h them I'm " orkmj
hard dav and night trying to
bridge the gap 'Hard work
Gordon B. Hancock’s
BETWEEN THE LINES
HEROI7INO KHRI'SHCHF-V
AND CASTRO
Just why the p’ess of this
country concentrated on Itemiz
ing Khrushchev and Castm >s
just more than thr- writer can
comprehend Both rime to the
United Nations with the avowed
intention of u?in: t-v ru’rrnt
meeting as asp", :hoard for
their boastings and thv< at? and
propaganda and e\r pv -f pT j -
ed into their r.ands by handing
them the first page and the
screaming headlines
The l.'i ted Nations rrw be
long' to Khrushchm and Cas
tro, not because they stole it,
IN THIS
OUR BAY
BY DR C. A. CHICK, SR.
The i 960 Economic Boom
Despite the Bio: mu? proph*
cips ai the Lie.... .nn. this rear
by the cop-: ~ m• t ‘ ' .• o
ing economi-is. industrialists fi
nanciers, and politicians for a
most prosperous and boom mg
1960, many authoritative sourc-s
now admit that we are in a r>
cession. To what degree, or bow
severe the recession is o. just
how long it will last tit ere aie
many different points of view..
That we are hating a reces
sion in the fare of so many au
thoritative sources that we
would have such an economic
properous year, simply brings
clearly into focus just how litt'e
the "experts' ot ' '.-pennlist
know when they attempt to
forecast future happenings.
It is not the purpose of this
article to paint a pioomy picture
of our economy In fact, this
writer still has implicit faith in
it Certainly our econo: y has
its "ups and downs' But the
long-time trend has always been
upward.
Economic growth may be de
fined as the expansion of the
nation's capacity to produce the
goods and ser' ices its people
need and want Judged by Pint
standard our economy is an ex
pending one We hare the
world's highest economic stand
ard of living For example, in
terms of 1959 prices, the gross
national product rose from $lB4
billion m 1930 to $479.5 billion
in 1959—and increase of 160 per
cent
Moreover, there has been a
steady trend towards a wider
diffusion of income and wealth.
The number of families in the
lower income bracket?; has de
clined sharply while the number
in the middle and higher income
groups has increased corre
spondingly.
For instance, the number of
families with personal income
of under $4,000 (in 1958 prices
and before income taxes was re
duced from 47 percent of all
family units in 1947 to 36 per
cent in 1958 and the proportion
receiving $4,900 or above in
creased from 53 to H 4 percent.
Along with the foregoing
gains, there has been a notable
strengthening of economic se
curity, through social security
and the rapid expansion of sav -
ings.
Thus, this writer advises h;s
many readers to be concerned
about our economy, bin do not
become panicky, confused, or
frustrated.
makes me thrive: I'd go nuts if
I had to loaf Like one man said,
"Let me wear out instead of
rusting out." That's my spirit to
be sure.)
The Debate
Heard the Kennedy-Nixoti D*
bate last week, and I was thrill
ed with the way these candi
dates landed those hard verbal
rights to the jaw of their oppo
nents. I felt that Kennedy was
hitting the issues harder ana
smack in the eye.
Guess I was sort of biase-t
Kennedy s accent caught my at
tention: it reminded me of that
fire-side idol FDR. who gave on;
financial structure a shot in uie
arm At that time, I was stand
ing on the corner unemployed
Yes. I worked on the PWA.
The Words Count
In a Kansas town, motorists
who ignored "No Parking" signs
in front of a church refrained
from parking there when- the
siens were changed to read.
"Thou. Shalt Not Park ’’ They
probably' thought a new com
mandment had been added to
the original ten
You Don’t Believe It?
Don Pulley, who operate* a
drug store in Miami, is certain
that people are honest.
Just before Hurricane Donna
came he put away all the bill*
to keep them from water dam
age. There wasn't any water
damage hut the man forgot
where he put them
So he wrote letters to all hi*
credit customers explaining
what happened and asking that
they let him Know how much
they o.vrd at his 'tore
Within two weeks he received
about $590 from his 259 cus
tomer' The druggist says that
he e:| mates he has been paid
about. f‘t per cent of the total
The letto « ware just a shot
ir. the dark, but they paid off.
but because our pr«s* handed it
to them on a platter—these high
handed bullies from Russia and
Cuba who flaunted insults and
defiance and threats in the face
of the world
Tnink of Castro taking so , -
hours to viliifv and abuse and
taunt the West was trying; to ob
serve decorum.
It was a case of *«ntl«men
casting their diplomatic pearls
before bullies who were, and
are determined to destroy the
United Nations unless ft aarve*
their purpose d# aom
mumsm in the world.
Even a casual obMFvwr must
note that the West & eg* de
fensive before upeurgenee
es communism and out current
methods of handling K seem
lacking to effectiveness
One thing we have •to hand
to the communists and that is.
they work seconding to 9 well
wrought strategy. Castro dra
matically- mm ed from a down
town hotel and nut up at Har
lem's noted Hotel Theresa and
thereby sought to capitalize on
the had state of race relations
in this country while Khrush
chev hurled into the teeth of
this eouo-ty it' record of dis
crimination and lynching
Os course nobody knows how
Negroes would fare under com
munism but Khrushchev plays
the prejudices and the vagaries
thereof before the colored peo
ples of the world Whatever ad
vantage the communists may
hare in the moral struggle, they
can thank the Negrophfifties of
the Old South, whose activities
and machinations have plarod
(his nation at a fearful disad
\antagr in the current struggle
between communism and de
mocracy
The main point of the current
United Nations sessions, is not
lhat toe press plaved up Castro
with his four-hour harangue and
Khrushchev with his fist-shak
ing and fist-noundmg and his
unbecoming behaviour in gen
eral hc-forp that August
bh hut whose is the advantage
in the premise' 1
Chalmprs Robert* of the
Washington Post is of the opin
ion that the West has lost in
exchanges of rerent date
He feels rather disturbed with
the turn of events, for it seems
obvious that we are nn the de
fensive He feels that Khrush
chev's attempt to create a neu
tralist bloc to deal with the com
munist and Western blocs is
bringing into the neutralist bloc
strength for the communist
cause.
He feels that the center of
gravity of any neutralist blor
will move toward Khrushchei
and his pause. We are amazed
ai the implication that the form -
ation of Mexico. India. Ghana.
Indonesia and the United Aran
Republic into a neutralist - group
ss't II mean more strength for the
communist cause: for the bloc,
will lean more toward the com
munists than toward the West
ern bloc.
Roberts is abetted in his diag
nosis of the situation by Kilpat
rick of the Richmond News
Leader. Says Kilpatrick, "These
findings bode no good for the
West.
They add little fuel to the ar
gument of wishful thinkers who
see in a ‘third force' the solu
tion of world problem?, and
they lead inescapably to Mr.
Roberts' own conclusion that
once again the United State* is
on the defensive; that, the
change taking place in the world
balance of power need not be
fatal, but it is another step for
ward for the Communists, an
other step backward for sh»
United States."