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4 THE CAJtOUNIJIK RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1967 WORDS OF WORSHIP The Apostle Paul wrote on one occasion, “I Save fought a good fight, I have kept the faiffi, and I shall receive a crown o. righteous ness ...” This means that, if we follow the example, that we should do our work well in eve&- career, keep faith and confidence in our abijjty to succeed in spite of difficulties, so Editorial Viewpoint Are We Concerned About The City Council? Raleigh’s electorate will go to the polls Tuesday and elect a 7-member council to govern the city for two years. There are 14 persons running for the seven seats. We are wondering what the electorate will use for a yard stick to determine which seven will serve the best interest of all the peo - ple. We are wondering whether the electorate will wait for someone to stick a “slate” in its hand Tuesday morning and say these are the ones to vote for. We are wondering whether the power structure will dictate to the humble electorate whom to vote for so it can enhance its grip upon the life of the city. We are wondering if the electorate is go ing into the recesses of its conscious and examine the record and even the history of the candidates, as they relate to dedi cated service to humanity. We are won dering whether the electorate will examine the character of the candidates and deter mine which seven have conviction enough to serve without fear or favor. We are wondering if the choice will be that of the electorate or that of a few who »aat certain candidates elected so they can Tfsther their nests. Raleigh politics, like Ihgf in so many places, is a matter of elect ing. electing and electing, without regards Sor the need to study individually the aims ?end objectives of the several candidates Recking office. In the course of political f ( I It Negroes Must Serve Their Country In Battle i , "The nwspapm are full of incidents of ;@oung men who ‘'tear up and or bum their ; craft cards" Cassius Clay, the world’s jfecavywright champion who is labeled the l Lip”, says he won’t wear an ■ Army uniform "under any circumstances." The inimitable Stokely Carmichael also talks about not serving in the army > * Clay and Carmichael both have refused to take the oath of induction, or at least •Carmichael said he would not. and the na i tkm is waiting to see what will be the con '*Bi?qu.ences. .**• The great opposition to the Vietnam War is that it leads to a dead end. and it is not decisive because no definite side has been drawn to bring the conflict to an end, Many young men say they wouldn’t mind fight ; mg if the United States was in imminent danger of destruction by g formidable foe. : Thirty Children In Station Wagon lmpossible * Can thirty small children be crowded in* ; to an automobile station wagon? It is not impossible, because that is what a nursery school owner in Greater Miami did remxt ‘ ly. A policeman saw the woman with the ; sagging station wagon and stopped the ve- L hide to investigate what was going cm. He I found that, besides the driver, Flora Dfck • i«aon, there were four persona cm the front seat and 25 children, one to two years old, in the rear. The woman driver was charged with op erating an unlicensed nursery school and carrying a concealed pistol. She was also charged on two excessive passenger counts. Chicago Job Corps Graduates 50 Girls The federal Job Corps over the nation ; is one of the “crash programs” for aasist ; mg Negro youth in learning the skills that ' them a contributing citizen to the * optional economy. • ..JJere’s what happened to fifty girls in the ; Chicago Job Corps. They learned how to ; .develop their reading and mathematical : ifeflity and to perform the skills and du -1 ties of a nurse's aide. ’ '-'"Why did these young women enroll at Job Corps Center in Chicago? Simply, because they wanted good-paying jobs. sfow these are preparing to start work in .hospitals near their respective homes. - The worthwhileness of the project that fttegan three months ago conies from the mouth of one of the girls who graduated on tr * HE” 't'-- Employers Warned About Wages * ' "Investigate before you are investigated * is the advice of United States wage and t hour consultants. This is the counsel given to business men. ; To steer dear of the minimum wages Saw. records must be accurate and com l plpte tbe wage* paid to wwkm ineiud * 1 >4iill >lll h . all t .iHi 11-1 9 » I.® ©VSStteS. ’ » 1 is the employer*# responsibility to be * able to prove his position and to disprove dunce made against Mm fey invest!- is that we might receive the plaudits of the peo ple around us. Those of us who serve our fel lowman will get their greatest reward upon this earth. All good work is worship, and dedi cated service is prayer. In this way we can become a carpenter with the Almighty. campaigns much can be evaluated about candidates as they appeal to the public for votes through their pronouncements. In fact, many times there is little difference between candidates. However, this little difference should be looked for to try to get the best possible group of candidates a va liable. It is the thinking of this newspaper that Tuesday’s election is one of the most cru cial that we have ever faced and should we vote blindly. We should seriously consider the yearnings of a depressed people, the needs of a progressive city and the voice of the under privileged who have been de nied those things which make up a fuller life- We are calling upon the electorate to turn out in the largest number posible. We are asking that we display vision and elect those persons it has put before the tele scope of its mind and found to meet the high standards of dedication to service, the ideal of lofty' character, the yardstick of honesty, and the criteria of integrity. It is our earnest hope that when the electorate goes to bed Tuesday night, white and col ored, rich and poor, trained and illiterate, it can say I voted the conviction of my conscious and it might, at that, not elect the right persons, but it would be a fine thing to say to itself I was fair to myself in the way I felt was right to vote. ARE WE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL? There was a time when countries count ed upon professional soldiers in the sense that they sold their services to any coun try. And while many have their misgivings about the matter, the Senate Armed Serv ices Committee was urged Tuesday to abol ish the draft or military conscription in favor of a highly paid army of professional soldiers. Opponents of the idea conceded the in equities of the draft law but questioned whether military manpower needs of the nation could be met without it. The men of Greece and Rome were held up in disgrace for refusal to serve in the military, or if they deserted the field of battle. An army “slacker” is considered even today an undesirable citizen. Negroes must shoulder the arms of their country even in the face of injustices. The children were taken to a welfare shelter while police sought to learn their parents’ identities. They got virtually no help from the children who were too young to tell. Isn’t it terrible that the parents did not have enough interest in the welfare of !he : children to find out if the nursery Bcho<~ facilities were licensed. They must have known that the nursery school director ov ercrowded her station wagon. The station-wagon driver will be pun ished. but what about the parents? Cer tainly, they were not all ignorant of the facts. April 16: “Who wants to live in this mod em world without being able to read or count their money?” These young women graduated from their course with specialities in several areas: geriatric nurse aide, home health aide, psychiatric nurse aide, and pediatric nurse aide. Their beginning salary •anil range from S3OO to S4OO per month. Who knows, maybe one or two of these girls will save money and take training to become a registered nurse- Each girl is now in position to do whatever she wants to do, providing she has strong motivation to ward a particular goal, Like the late Mary McLeod Bethune, each girl must make up her mind that she ‘‘is going somewhere in life.” gators from the Wage and Hour Division, Employers should take a close look at their overtime practices, particularly in re gard to salaried workers. Overtime is where most of the violations seem to occur. The minimum wage is $1.40 an hour, and this amount is little enough for 8 grown man to receive for his labors. There fore, all business men should be willing to pay the legal wage scale fairly &nd square ly. Only In liiirlca BY HARRY GOLDEN THE HOPPER’S FULL OF NAMES One; can always spot when a political party is in trouble or when it thinks it is in trou ble. It’s easy. Once can tell when the political hopper is suddenly check full of un political names for important nominations. The Democratic Party may or may not be in trouble right now’. But the names come tum bling fast and furious. It cer tainly thinks it is in trouble. All of this is very interest ing to the public which dotes on all star movies, intersect ional football games, and has al ways wondered who would win between a wrestler and a boxer. It is even more interesting to those so named. Every body likes his or her picture in the papers. Certainly it is Interesting to the probably opponents. It is interesting to everybody save the profes sional politician who exclaims to himself, "We are going to do bad enough with the tried and true. Why do we have to compound our misery with the amateurs?' 1 Out in California, Gregory Peck, the actor, and Sandy Kou fax, the southpaw, are being bruited as possible nominees for 'he Senate seat now held by R publican Thomas Kuchel whom many liberals consioer a good guy. The Republican apparatus will gobble up Gregory Peck like balsawood whale gobbled him up in "Moby Dick.” That same apparatus will give Sandy not only a more trying afternoon than the Baltimore Orioles gave him last October but a more trying afternoon that the Dod gers did on the same day. In New York, of course, the big news is that UN Ambassa dor Arthur Goldberg may seek the Democratic nomination to oppose Senator Jacob Javiis. It could prove a real contest. Just ForFii BY MARCUS H. BOULWARE ON TO “FLASHA” “Flasha” is the clipped name given the Florida speech and Hearing Association which met at the Causeway Inn last Thursday, Friday, and Satur day, adjourning at 4 p. m. Two years ago, our associa tion met at the International Inn in Tampa. The theme of the conference was limited to stuttering, but 1 was permitted to read a short paper on the “Attitudes and Inclinations of the 50 states and the District of Col umbia toward Implementing ASHA’s Certification Provi sions.” This topic is interest ing at present, since on Jan- Letters I© tie Editor 703 Pritchard Ave. Ext, Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514 April 22, 1967 THE CAROLINIAN Raleigh, North Carolina REPLY TO MR. HANCOCK IN HIS EDITORIAL FEATURE OF April 22, 1967 To The Editor: Mr. Hancock seems to feel that both Dr. Martin Luther King and Stokely Carmichael are doing an injustice to their race by urging Negroes to “desert their nation”regard ing the national policy of the Viet Nam War. The above editorial also makes suspect the lnteations of the two Negro leaders in question, conclud ing that two wrongs (the first being the historical treatment of the Negro) do not make a right. Mr, Hancock sums up his argument by saying, “To much Kingism and Carmi ehaellsm will eventuate into communism... then slavery for us all.” To begin, Dr, King's ren unciation of the U, 6. involve ment In Viet Nam is meant to urge not only the -Negro bm all Americans to effect uate a change In Foreign Po licy. While Dr. King is an avowed pacifist, does this ne cessarily detract from the lo gic of his arguments? I think *mm etiSKOtJHwat "Covert** The CMoJtoß#" PBMUtamt fesr fee autmkm m S. Martin Street. oatoieh, w. c. vs mi suniime A£er**«: w. o. Box <sa K*iel*H. Si. C. tim Second CUat Pontage Paid at St iei*h, *l. c. vim sirascHipnoK ratis SB* asonth* P-S8 Sale# Tex ■** WML One Year BJB Saties Ta* M TOTAL Ml Payable lr. Advance. Addrssz all eomimmieniions and make sll and money orders payable to THK CAROLINIAN. Pubilmher*. fee, 810 SSadiwon Avenue. New York 17, N. Y, National Advertising Re r-rwseutotive anti member of the Associated Negro Pvem and the United Piw XaternationaJ Photo Tlir Publisher t 8 not racponetbla tor the return of unsolicited news, pictures or advertSain* copy unless NMMMty postage *c*w»- EMSiI&RS th*Z COOY. ©pinions expreeMtf by eolumn- S*ta in lists newspaper do not nee- Mresriiy represent fee polity «e ttv mmr, But we must remember Art hur Goldberg has already been a rabbit pulled from a hat. He was the rabbit Lyndon John son pulled from the hat when LBJ wanted to reassert our commitment to the United Na tions and persuaded an Associ ate Supreme Court Justice to step down from the bench. I am not sure how many times a smart rabbit can come out of the same Democratic top hat. There are occasions when, the gambit works. In 1948 every smart politician figured Harry Truman was a loser and they threw away their chances, u tilizing the opportunity to re ward the talented but unproven. Adlai Stevenson went to the capitol, Hubert Humphrey and Paul Douglas went to the Se nate and Abe Ribicoff went to the White House. There are experts who Insist part of Tru man’s victory can be attributed to the new names who sudden ly adorned the Democratic ticket. The trouble is profound, how ever, when it is not names the desperate are mentioning but schemes. In Connecticut, Sen ator Thomas A. Dodd's term runs until 1970 but there Is a sneaking suspicion he may not finish it. The folks up there are talk ing about what a wonderful spur the Senator has given the A rr, eric an economy. Singlehand edly he has revived an interest in the long-dormant chain let ter. The chain letters are now’ called "testimonial dinner*’ chain letters. Correspondent A writes pals B through z urg ing them to get 'together and render him a testimonial din ner, not a dime received from which is taxable. B through Z round up their own testi monial dinners and it's nothing from now on in but bucks, bucks, bucks, and not a grasping In ternal Revenue Claw’ to be seen. uary 1, 1965, the American Speech and He a ring Asvi olation adopted a new Code of Ethics which said that the Master’s degree is speech pathology and audiology would be required for membership and the Certificate of Clini cal Competence. The question now Is still the 50 states and the District enforce this proposal in their teachers certification. The Causeway Inn has one feature I haven’t seen before, namely, a coffee kit for coffee breaks. You can do It in 4 minutes. Before desegrega tion, see what we were miss ing. not: Rather, I think King's arguments that the money be ing expended on this unpopu lar war could be better spent to Improve the standards of living in America can stand or fail on their own merits. When King expresses his views on the morality of the Viet Nam War, he speaks not only as a pacifist but as any concern ed citizen should. The real tragedy in the present poli tical climate is that the ma jority of the populus is apath etic, willing to accept without question a policy of its gov ernment, If followed to its logical extension, "my coun try, right or wrong,” can lead to the greatest or injustices. Admittedly, Stokely Car michael is not a lovable hu man being; In his brief ca reer as a political activist, He has probably set back the Negro Revolution two steps for every one gained by nature white and Negro Liberals. Still, when Carmichael fo ments civil disobedience to a war of frustration, does he not do all America credit by forcing the issue of dissent? Carmichael shows onlyhis in eptitude for politics by focus ing on the Negro community a lose. My personal belief is that a "good case” against the war can be made on both legal and moral grounds, that they in fact juxtapose. While the right of the President to con duct foreign policy is beyond dispute, the right to commit the naMan to war is constitu tionally a legislative function. This function was exercised only llmttedly in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Should a person be allowed to refuse to fight in Viet Nam on tbs ground that the war is Immoral? The issue, believe it or not, has already been de cided by the United States while a participant in the Nu remberg trials after W. W, n, The results, citizens of any nation are national beings and, as such, are responsible for Immoral acts. “I wap under orders” is no longer a valid defense, if it ever was. Theo retically, this has been incor porate into out legal system. One must then ask, is this a defensive war or one hi which the vita! interests of the TO WHOM? Altar Call BY EMORY G. DAVIS, D. D. NEGRO PRESS INTERNATIONAL “THE CHURCH BUILDING IS TOO SACRED” What relationship does the church have with poverty? It was Judas Iscariot who said, “The Poor you have with you always.” It was the Man from Nazareth who said, "Sell all you have and give to the poor. ” Perhaps neither of these envisioned the day of the War on Poverty, as It is practiced in’the United Staves. And yet, the descendancy of the Nazarene - the Church - as an institution, seems to have more of the Iscariot’s attitude of indifference than the direct concern of the Man. Some ministers and churches have related to the War on Poverty with programs that enhance the church economically. Inescapably there have been those victims of poverty who have profit ed by the use of church building facilities for such creative program-. But, the church has not really run the risk In utilizing its facilities and the poverty program funds for the more daring and unpredictable programs. What has the church in metropolitan areas done for the gangs? Has it been as ready to allow its building facilities to be used for those more destructive victims of cultural deprivation as it was to let the “little angels” come In for . Tie Cop - Out “Look over your shoulder, Pm walking behind” theme song of our leaders. This is one of the most difficult editorials I have had to write. Difficult because if one could look dispassionately upon the man called Adam, one would have to say that the House (I have no Illusions about the other members of Con gress who have milked the public trough for years, either through phony roadbuilding programs, sub sidies to special interest groups or payroll padding) is punishing the one member of its select group who has long played the game of power poli tics but who, at the same time, has been astute enough to keep his finger on our anger and frustra tions. But, alas, the issue is bigger than Rev. Powell, and we in the Black community areonce more forced to fight the wrong battle, on the wrong battlefield, at the wrong time. Such Is the legacy of our 350 years in this land called America. The place for Adam Clayton Powell to have been on Sunday, March 19, 1967, was In Harlem with his people. Thousands of Black people were ready to lay down their lives in order to insure Adam’s safety. The least he could have done (instead of falling back on erroneous information supplied to him by his 'aides’) was to have made an ap pearance we were ready; we were waiting. Even M. L, King, certainly never known for United States are immediate ly imperiled? I would suggest that the answer Is “no.” My final dispute with Mr. Hancock concerns his conten tion ‘hat "Kingism and Car mtchaelism will eventuate into communism...slavery for us a11...” It is precisely this Holy War theory that has guid ed foreign policy of the Un ited States for the past twen ty-five years. Under the guise of an’i-com.nr dsm, the U. S, has supported dictatorial re gimes th~oughout the world, notably in Latin America and Asia, E. G., Chlang Kal-Snek, Diem, Trujillo, Batista, Jime iv»z. Small wonder we are unloved by the developing na tions of the world. If Mr. Hancock wishes, nev ertheless, to interject the re lative moralities of democra cy and communism, is he not condemning the very ethos of our culture, the right of dis sent? Without the right to "moralize” and subject gov ernmental decisions to re evaluation, do we differ from a political system under strict party control? There is no triumph of reason in Mr. Kan FACTS AND OPINIONS Human Events recently asked this question: • How bad is the Post Office service? A letter from Washington, P, c„, resident, sent to the Hon. Everett M, Dirksen at Ms former resi dence on Massachusetts Aye., was returned tothe .Senator stamped, ’Addressee Unknown. 19 a few hours each day? The answer is No. A case is point is one of a group of gang lead ers who are willing to lay down their switch blades of gang rivalry and unite their energies in attacking the more subtle problems of their existence. Their efforts to find quarters for meetings are being met with the stern resistance of rejection of the church. I know of one church whose doors are open to these outcasts of our society, and despite the intimidation of police and dogooders, the church’s administration yet has faith in these gang-bangers, welcoming each and everv oppor tunity to work with them. The Man of Nazareth was not afraid of the demented demoniac of the Gardarenes. The church today must not he afraid of the social maniacs whose terror imprisons neighborhoods and schools. Perhaps a little love and concern on the part of the Institutional church would redeem teen-age gangs. No church building Is too “sacred” for humans, particularly those lost to violence and terror. The Altar of the Open Chur to, is not just for the well dressed on Sunday at 11 a. m. There are hundreds if teenagers despairing and some dying in violence on the very threshold of the church with the closed door. courage, knew enough to make a symbolic visit to jail once. Our leaders belong out front with a clearly defined program for our libera tion. not just the mouthing of such slogans as “Keep the Faith,” “Black Power” (as an idea logy yes, as a slogan no) or "Down With Whitey.” Whitey did not climb to his dominant position in the world with slogans not backed up by pow er. Slogans are not going to make it for us. So let us dispense with slogans and begin again. We must understand why we are voting to re turn Adam to congress. The issue here is one of representation for the people of Harlem. The issue here is the Black Community and Its power to combat white backlash -- not Adan’s pre rogative or right to sit on the sun-drenched shores of Bimini and model seashore clothes and flat beer. In the years to come, if we strive, I hope we will develop a new breed of Black leaders, and then it will be us who will turn out of office the Adam Clayton Powells. Until then, by ail means, let us close ranks and use some of our power by voting to give Adam the largest plurality he has ever received. For, in reality, we shall be expressing our agent, our will, not Adam’s. —DANIEL H. WATTS LIBERATOR April 1967. cock’s conclusion that King ism and Carmichaellsrn will lead to eoirnunfsm and sla very, I fear not the dissen tion but the M< Carthyism of a not-too distant era. Sincerely, Michael S, Shullmson Chapel Hill, N, C. NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO CLOSE RANKS Dear Editor: Gur Negro candidates ran strong to the local race, and many thanks go out to the many supporters; but It must be re membered that the general election to tie run May 2nd will be an even greater chal lenge. Therefore, we must join ranks and put all of our support where it is needed most, and that is behind our two candidates who ran strongest for the various of fices. There is no doubt in the minds of most of us who is the people’s choice. Our candidates must be men ofthe highest integrity, men with a dedicated purpose, men with a willingness: to serve all of its fe ceremonies commissioning the Navy’s 3130 million Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center at West Palm Beach, Florida,, Vice Presi dent Hubert H. Humphrey said: "This center las been established primarily for purposes of na tional security. But the knowledge we ga.tr, here will help us in. other ways,»> citizens without prejudice or favortism, men who are in terested in the little people and their problems, the for gotten people who live in the back alleys, the run down houses, the ones who are try ing to live on Insufficient wages. These are the people to be remembered if our can ditates are elected to office. It Is to be hoped that these men who are seeking public office are this type of men, and not men with a selfish motive to further their own personal gains. Raleigh Is growing and Ne groes are apart of that growth. Whatever affects one citizen affects ail citizens. There fore, the Negro segment of our population must have more voice to the internal affairs of our state., We are apprecia tive of the support we have received from our white friends thus far and will look forward to their continued support to the general e~ lection. Thank you, Wilbert M. Sanders