THE CAROLINIAN
RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1967
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We have hea’.,d ministers say many times
that "the Grace of God is sufficient to main
tain us.” The basis for this sta ement can be
found in the Book of Acts (Acts 17:28): “For
In him we live, and move, and have our be
ing.” This assures man that his God goes
ahead of him and projects him from all evil,
but at the same time the Grace of God is
‘‘subsequent" as one writer states it. By “mb-
Editorial Viewpoint
hy Do Men Resist Progressive Change?
it may seem that our youth are quick to
adopt the changing habits in dress, hair
styles, and social behavior. The adults talk
about going back to the good old days.
Conservatism is prominent in many areas
of activity in this country. In the Congress
of the U. S.. the U. S- Senate values highly
the out-moded system of the “filibuster
which should have been abolished at least
50 years ago to make our lawmaking more
responsive to the demands of the times.
States find it difficult these days to pro
vide a reapportionment plan because of
the reluctance to make changes in district
organization as well as in the will of the
constituency.
Faculties in our colleges and universities
are often afraid to make changes in cur
ricula, methodology of teaching, and class
room management. The new demands of
the educator do not make many responsive
to the need for the “trial-and-error” ap
proach to learning, for fear of failure.
We come now to the main point in this
editorial. Why do our lawmakers persist
in clinging to an antiquated and obsolete
balloting method of electing the President
of these United States? If a young fresh
man lawmaker dares to challenge the ex
isting legislative structure, he is sure “to
be ploughed under” in ignorninous defeat.
Our Congressmen are aware of the short
coming of the electoral college approach
to electing the President. Yet, Congress
itself refuses to budge an inch to make the
needed change. Congress must be waiting
for some outside force to start the ball roll
ing in order to device a more progressive
method of electing our highest political of
ficer in the land.
If our Congress is waiting for a push,
Let's Make Social Security Better
Ever since Social Security began years
ago, it has been the target for criticism.
When Medicare came up, it got another
violent lashing from the critics and doctors.
No one will deny that the intent of So
cial Security is good and humanitarian. If
true, then why not work to make the pro
gram better?
is well known that Social Security
payments have been provided for citizens
in their old age. The need for this has been
admirably expressed by President Johnson
who recently remarked: “Too many senior
citizens have been left behind by the prog
ress they worked most of their lives to
create-”
To provide greater benefits for people
when they retire, a proposal has been made
to increase the cost to the worker during
his active life. In geneal the Congress of
the United States is in agreement, because
the objections are minimum to say the
least.
If you doubt there is need for increased
Social Security benefits, let us take a look
at some statistics. Os the 19,000,000 people
over 65 years of age considerably more
than 5,000,000 have incomes below the pov
erty level; 2,000,000 are living on wel
fare, and almost two out of every five in-
Negro-Owned Supermarket Chain Is Planned
Good news has come to us that a firm
is being organized to establish a national
chain of Negro-owned supermarkets to be
started in 20 key cities in the nation.
Herman T. Smith of Norfolk, Va-, presi
dent of the new corporation (Jet Food
Corp.) told a news conference that the first
supermarket will open in Baltimore about
the first of May this year. It will be named
Super Jet Food Market, and others will be
started in other places.
This talk about big business is intriguing,
Some Laws Just Don’t Make Sense
On the spur of the moment, who would
voice an opinion against a person who fed
hungry birds?
Yet, a San Francisco new anti-pigeon
law (ordinance) led to the conviction of
James A. Shroeder whom the court found
guilty on a charge of illegally feeding the
birds—pigeons. He was sentenced after
wards.
While in court, Schroeder, a wildlife en
thusiast, had testified that he was merely
feeding some blackbirds when a bunch of
pushy pigeons shouldered through the
chowline and helped themselves.
We are aware of the nuisance that can
often be created by pigeons in a business
area. What bird fancier can insure that
pigeons will not come to feed when one
intends to feed blackbirds, sparrows, rob
WORDS OF WORSHIP
srqui nt” Grace, our God surrounds us with
his every protection to overcome In the face
of obstacles. The God of G-ace urges us on
and backs us up with his support. This is not
achieved by some miraculous power, but rath
er God gives each of us rational minds to
look ahead as well as reflect backward to
evaluate our accomplishments.
then at present the American Bar Associa
tion is getting ready for the strong shove.
The ABA has concluded that the old “elec
toral college method for electing a presi
dent of this country is archaic, undemo
cratic. complex, ambiguous, indirect and
dangerous.”
Naturally there is strong support in this
country for a more direct way by which
the people can direcly ballot for their pres
ident. In short, a method of this kind would
give the office of the President to the can
didate polling the most votes. This is not
possible under the system of the electoral
college-
Sccond. the national Chamber of Com
merce is in favor of shifting to the popular
vote or a district system of casting elec
toral, votes. However, this organization fa
vors the position taken by the ABA.
Third, another way of doing this is to
adopt a proposal made by Senator Karl E.
Mundt (R.-S. Dak.). This plan would have
each person vote for three elegtors, two
chosen statewide and one from the home
district, corresponding to his representative
in congress.
No matter what change is made, there
must be constitutional amendment, ap
proved by three-fourths of the legislatures
Oi the 50 sates. Yet this may work more
easily than it sounds. Already ten states
in the Middle and Far West have petition
ed Washington for an amendment of this
type. No matter what new system is adopt
ed, it has to be better than the present elec
toral college.
. The voters themselves must work ac
tively for this change, and it will take more
action than writing letters to the editors of
local newspapers.
dividuals have assets of less than SI,OOO. It
is imperative, therefore, that the people in
this group receive higher benefits because
it is both desirable and necessary.
For instance the sharp increase in taxes
which both worker and employer will be
required to pay into the social security sys
tem is apparent. These increased levies
were noticable on January 1, and we can
expect them to rise rapidly within the next
decade.
Citizens earning $6,000 this year will pay
$290.40 in social security payments to the
government. Furthermore, there are no de
ductions in computing social security as
sessments which work a hardship upon
young and poor couples with growing fam
ilies. It is estimated that by 1974, the tax
would be $599.40 on incomes of SIO,BOO.
This compares favorably with the one per
cent tax when social security first came
into being,—in the year 1937.
The analyst may question whether to
day’s generation is willing to subscribe to
higher benefits for the aged citizen, while
at the same time placing a greater tax
upon future generations. The politicians
will emphasize the two horns of the dilem
ma that must be resolved to the mutual
satisfaction of all.
and it gives us hope that the Negro is se
riously thinking of going into big business-
Big business will make the Negro rich and
will bury him in wealth if he doesn’t watch
out.
By giving local Negro citizens franchises,
they can own their own supermarkets, op
erate them at a profit, and thereby gain
dignity and a “chance to become a part of
America’s free sysem of enterprise”.
If other racial groups control and oper
ate big chain stores, why can’t the Negro?
bins and what have you?
Perhaps Mr. Schroeder loved pigeons,
too, but he was aware of his chance to win
his case if he admitted it. Was not his ar
gument of “pigeons filtering through the
chowline logical”? Did the court prove be
yond a reasonable doubt that Shroeder was
not telling the truth?
Rats, insects of all kinds, wild ducks,
roaches, and so on can create hazards of
immense proportions. But do we have an
ti-laws against epidemic of rats grass hop
pers and the like? Are not there other ways
to get rid of pigeons without making it un
lawful to feed living things created by the
Almighty?
The San Francisco anti-pigeon law is
ironical to say the least!
Only In America
BY HARRY GOLDEN
THE YELLOW PERIL
Around the turn of the cen
tury, William Randolph Hearst
and Senator Hiram Johnson of
California used to talk about
the menace of the Yellow Per
il. The Yellow Peril was
China and she was perilous
because she reported cheap
labor to America. Our first
immigration laws were drawn
against Orientals. All Ameri
ca used to worry about the
Yellow Peril.
We are still worried about
the Yellow Peril.
China is tough. China is
truculent. China wants to start
a world wide revolution and
make the globe 100 per cent
communist. 'l'he prospect
frightens us.
This fear has reached such
absurd proportions that a few
years back, when the Chinese
announced they were going to
make steel in backyard fur
naces, we had computers
counting their potential ton
nage.
I know of one steel man
who laughed at this prediction.
His comments appeared in the
Wall street Journal, but the
rest of the country took the
whole threat seriously and
there were economics who
urged American labor unions
not to demand raises in view
if this frightening prospect.
China says all these things
• -'cause she is OUT and every
body else is IN.
It is all right for Kosygin
to talk peace and sign A-Bomb
pledges. He is IN.
China is no different than
the political candidate who is
OUT. The hawks, for in
stance, say of China, “Let's
clean them up.” They say
of Cuba, “Let’s get in there
and straighten out the mess.”
Just For Fun
BY MARCUS H. BOULWARE
SHEEPSKINS
At Florida A&M University
almost a hundred students
graduated on Dec. 20, 1966.
They were glad to get their
diplomas or “sheepskins.”
Maybe they got this name
because diplomas were first
made from Payyrus which
once served the ancients as
paper. Special documents
were often printed on vellum,
from calfskin or parchment
from sheep skin.
BILBOARD PROPOSAL
In case you didn’t read it
in the newspapers, in Salt
Lake City, Utah, young man
proposed to his girl friend
by means of a bill board.
During a two-week period,
Nadine Wiseman drove to work
and read this sign: “Nadine,
I love you. Will you marry
me? Garth.”
The girl accepted by writ
ing on the billboard, “I ac
cept.”
The young woman said she
saw the proposal for the first
time on a local television news
program, ‘q was shocked,”
she said.
That billboard sign must
have cost the fellow a pretty
penny, but no doubt he felt It
was worth it. He put enthus
iasm into his courting.
Yes, he did.
Letters to the Editor
HOPE FOR THE
DISCOURAGED
A friend of mine is great
ly depressed because she can
not go back and live her life
over again, leaving out the
mistakes and sins and putting
in their places, the many beau
tiful virtues that help to make
a happy life.
Now, here is a word of en
couragement for any others
who feel thus. May we sug
gest that you try the follow
ing prayer?
Heavenly Father, I deeply
regret that I cannot undo the
wrongs of my past life. They
are many. But if thou wilt
forgive and purify my heart,
I will (by thy help) do w'hat
I can to righten those wrongs,
to make apologies and restitu
tions and to lead a new life
of complete devotion to thee.
This I humble ask. trusting
the merits of Jesus Christ,
who died for me: for thou
hast saia, “Him that cometh
to me I will In no wise cast
out.” (John 6:37).
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Which is precisely why Chi
na says such things. We insist
she has hundreds of millions
of people who are expendable,
but during her recent famine,
China was paying gold for the
wheat from Canada to relieve
hunger. Obviously she did not
want s 'me millions of her
people t j die If she could help
it.
China had the compass, the
wheel, geometry and printing
long before the West, but she
did nothing with them. Shall
we fear she will be any more
effective with Industrializa
tion?
China reminds me of the
prize fighter, Harry Wills.
Tex Rickard, the boxing
promoter, was determined
never to stage a heavyweight
match for the title between a
white man and a Negro, but
he could never say this pub
licly. Harry Wills therefore
won acclaim as the man Jack
Dempsey was afraid to meet.
Harry was a good man, but
never even half as good as
Dempsey. He made money on
personal appearances but
when he fought he was unim
pressive in victory and little
by little he disappeared from
the scene.
We think we understand the
Chinese but in truth we make
of them too much or too little.
Either we conceive of them as
a nation of laundry men, each
Chinese dashing about wtth
pigtails flying, or we think of
them as a sinister collection
of Fu Manchus, each capable
of dominating the world. Let’s
keep our powder dry but re
tain our perspective, our
sense of humor, and our ever
lasting recognition of humani
ty.
WEIGHING A SNAKE
At the St. Paul Como Park
Zoo, a caretaker mounts a
scale with a 16-foot python
snake wrapped around him in
order to get the snake’s
weight.
The python Is an Asiatic
variety who tipped the scale
at 126 pounds -- that is, af
ter subtracting the weight of
the man who held him. If
you have any ideas about being
a zoo caretaker, you must
consider seriously the dan
gers of the occupation.
“Me, with a snake wrapped
around my body???” -- N 0...
n0..n0..” thousands times no.
KISS, SAVES CAT
In Bournemouth, England, a
Persian cat was recently re
vived by mouth resuscitation.
Muschen, the cat, got stuck
in a high rotting pine tree.
A fire bridge tried for an
hour to rescue him but coult
not since the ladders were
too short.
A circus trapeze artist
climbed the tree and lassoed
the cat but the animal slipped
through the noose and he fell
hard to the ground. Muchen
was revived by mouth to mouth
resuscitation.
The next day, the cat was
enjoying a rest, sipping milk
laced with glucose.
When God answers that
prayer you will be one of the
happinest mortals on earth for
He says, “their sins and their
iniquities will I remember no
more." (Hebrews 10:27). Be
sides this, He will begin to
plan a beautiful future for
you -- one that you never
dreamed possible.
Mrs. E. E. Shelhamer
802 Park Avenue
Winona Lake, Indiana 46590.
Feb. 14, 1967
To The Editor:
TEACHER RIGHTS
While the Legislature is
considering a proposal to give
the benefits of continuing con
tracts to teachers, anoth
er protection should be added,
a protection against errors
in professional opinions. The
need for this protection aris
es when the superintendent
raises a question affecting.a
teacher's job.
An investigation and a pro
fessional opinion by a larger
group of the teaching profes
sion would assure the cor
rection of mistakes made by
superintendents. This can
be done by giving the Teach
ers Association the authori
ty to visit schools and make
Investigations necessary for
rendering a professional opin
ion by the Association.
With twenty-two years of
teaching at one school upon
the recommendation of super
intendents, I know what teach
ers have to endure to be re
commend by some superinten
dents and how unfair their
judgments can sometimes be.
The Teachers Association
opinion is a protection for
the Individual teacher and is
also valuable Information for
guiding school boards in the
election of teachers.
(Mrs.) Verta Stallings
Pridgen
Public School Teacher
307 Chestnut Street
Weldon, N. C.
Unless You Forget... Merchants of Hate Are Still At Work!
' Altar Cill
BY EMORY G. DAVIS, D. D. f
NEGRO PRESS INTERNATIONAL
“BABYSITTERS, NOT ANGELS”
Comic strip theology is quite the order of the
day. One which appeared recently educed for me
two reactions.
One: it’s great that this media is being used
to communicate religious thought.
Two: it calls the adult minds (if they read some
of these comics) to re-evaluate their personal
theology, especially that which they communicate
to their offsprings.
The case in point was “McGurk’s Mob’; which
depicts the rigors of family life, especially
larger families. One of the daughters, being tuck
ed in bed by her mother, asks, “Do the angels
watch over me when I’m sleeping?” Her mother
answers, “Uh, huh.”
The daughter goes on, “All day when I'm
playing too?” The mothei' speaks assuringly,
“They’re always watching over you dear.” The
daughter: “Then how come I need a babysitter?”
Without debating the subject of angelology--
which for some is mere mj’th and for others some
kind of ill-defined substitutionary force at work in
the world (on special order and assignment)—
the fact that a child can be sold a bill of goods on
angels, when that cnild can reason that angels
cannot replace babysitters, gives strength to the
fact that a child can be sold a bill of goods on
angels, when that child can reason that angels
cannot replace babysitters, gives strength to the
Athletics The Cure In School
When the late Branch Rickey decided that he
was going to play Jackie Robinson in organized
baseball evidently he solved the problem of racial
mixing. This is evident here in Wake County
when one attempts to appraise the progress of
school integration.
It has been a long hard road to integration,
under federal persuation, but it is reported there
has been a smooth general course in Wake County.
The recent incident a-t Knightdale, where the
foes of democracy burnt 1 a cross and are said
to have poured kerosene mto the well of a humble
family, whose only offense is said to be some
members of the household attended what is be
lieved to be a predominantly white school, in
Knightdale, tended to mar the appraisal.
The score is bettered when one takes a look
at the schools where Negro athletes have shown
their prowess there has been no bombings and no
threats.
Fred Smith, Wake County School Supt., opines
that Integration has been accepted, and yet he
pannot atone for the cross-burning in Isham
High’s yard and the threat to one of his neigh
bors.
Mixing Facts And Opinions
In his Inaugural message, Ronald Regan, now
governor of California said: “Government is the
people’s business, and every man, woman and
child becomes a shareholder -with the first penny
of tax paid. With all the profound wording of
the Constitution, probably the most meaningful
words are the first three. “We, the People.’
Those of us here today who have been elect
ed to constitutional office or legislative posi
tion are in that three-word phrase. Wo are of
the people, chosen by them to see that no
permanent structure of government ever en
croaches on freedom or assumes a power be
yond that freely granted by the people. We
stand between the taxpayer and the taxspender.
* * *
According to the National Federation of Inde
pendent Business, Inc., “The seemingly present
day . . . public be damned’ attitude of labor
monopolies is apparently no more palatable than
it was when expressed by monopolistic indus
trialists around the turn of the centurv.”
* * *
A good requirement for all public officials
would be the following as outlined by J. Edgar
Hoover for FBI personnel: “Selection of personnel
is a primary key to effective operation in any
' organization. We feel that our personnel do not
work for the FBI, but rather we consider that they
are the FBI. Our recruitment and selection
program is, therefore, calculated to enlist em
ployees of fine quality men and women who have
a capacity for growth. The Agent applicant
in particular must meet r igid physical and edu
cational requirements; he must have a real in
terest in a career of service, and his private
life must withstand the closest scrutiny.”
* * *
George Hagedorn, economist and vice president
fact that many of our progeny are not buying
what we’re selling about religion.
Then, there was Peanuts’ Charley Brown some
time ago, who was told around Christmas time
that there was no Santa Claus. Charley promised
to investigate “this business about a baby Jesus,”
too.
Religious myths continue to be passed along
from one generation to the next. It is easy to
recall those which many of us received from
our parents, our grandparents. We were not
allowed to challenge the authenticity of those reli
gious “facts” they surveyed. Oftimesinthe quiet
recesses of our minds we hund a question mark
until we could find out for ourselves.
Tragically, many of today’s youth, upon dis
covering earlier alleged facts to be myths, throw
the baby out with the bathwater they discard
all religion with the myths.
The solution to the problem of racial harmony
and the contribution organized religion ought lie
making to it is thwarted because we are still
encumbered by religious myth. Reality has small
chance for survival.
Negro and white practitioners are both guil
ty. Perhaps we ought put some of these comic
strips alongside the Bible on our Personal Re
ligious Altar, so that our youth may discover
the truth about man’s humanity, in order to ap
ply theological reality to our problems in hu
man relations.
The statistics show that only 3 percent of the
Negro school population is enrolled in former
white schools. They also show that 70% of Wake
County school faculties have been integrated.
The survey is being made by W'ake County
School officials, allegedly, to meet federal de
segregation guidelines, which will measure gov
ernment aid in the 1967-68 school year.
Smith is said to have reported he anticipates
“no trouble” in meeting guidelines next year,
due to the fact there has been “significant
gains” in integration.
Those who have kept in close contact say that
if Integration is to really come to Wake County,
the Negro student must carry the brunt of the
approach. The Negro athlete must bring un
heard-of laurels to his school and bring prestige
by his superior performance an then, and only
then will, teacher, and student, and even parent,
accept the Negro as an intergral part of the stu
dent body.
The Negro student’s ability to learn in best
attested go by Smith when he says, “The per
formance of the Negro students has been sur
prisingly good. As a matter of fact I’m pure
surprised.”
of the National Association of Manufacturers
says "... if we are to avoid subjecting the economy
severe inflationary strains, we will have to settle
for somewhat less rapid growth than we have been
used to in the recent past. According to these pro
jections, our potential growth in the remainder
of the 1960’s will be only about three-quarters
as rapid as our actual growth in the decade
so far.”
* * *
Said Maurice Stans at the 71st Congress of
American Industry, “We don’t have to reverse
or reconsider our federal programs on a whole
sale scale, we merely have to hold them back
a bit. We don’t have to set the clock back to
1896, we simply have to slow it down while we
close the three year lead that spending has gained
over revenues. We don’t have to veto progress
we merely have to abandon the ‘crash’psychology
that we can solve all human ills by massive
doses of instant money.”
.* * *
R. Conrad Cooper, executive vice president
personnel services of United States Steel Cor
poration believes there is little evidence of true
collective bargaining being practiced today. He
observes: “Instead, we see a succession of mas
sive power plays. In my opinion, such tactics
are heading us in a direction which endangers
both collective bargaining and the competitive
free enterprise system of our country.”
* * *
Portland General Electric Company predicts
that, “To provide America’s electric energy
needs by the year 2000, the electric utility
industry plans to build the equivalent of seven
additional power systems, each equal in electric
energy size to all that is serving the American
people today.”