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SATURDAY. MARCH 17, 1946 THK CABOUNIAN PAGE SEVEN Plain Talk By Dan Gardner Tilt I'UKT ClllCACtO MUTINY IKIAL A CHALLtNUE. U Were the 5o Negro 2>eamcii Sea- iviiccd lo 58lt Years Giveo "Mol toot" by Navy Bet-ause of Race Bias? ’Editor's note. This is the second ui a series ol articles on a subject that is of vital cou* cerii to Negroes t.nd whites «veiywhtr«.- wiio would see that justice be done and who wi.uld not want tiie postwar le* i-oid of a minority group blem- iM-hed or impugned because of late, creed or color in the mu- chani.itions of military justice during wartime.^ 'Ihe Pori Chicago Mutiny Trioi, in which fifty Negro seamen were soiiU'iiced to terms as follows — ten men lo filteen yeais. twenty-tour men lo twelve years, eleven men to nil years, five men to eight years — is as rank and disgusting a spectacle ut jus-tice miscarried as any kai • gutoo court set up m the dee. South or in the rickety ceil of some two by foul jailhouse where a bunch ot lagged prisoners gang up and give Hie works to ihe timiu new-comer. Usually there is a tendency on the part of Negroes to holler once or twice about matters of this kind and then quietly and even timidly to duck into their respective holes and pull the hole in behind them because of fear of reprisals. 1 think we are beyond that stage now. We are just as much entitled to a frank and honest discussion of things that affect us as is any other American Kois r.ET XAVV "HOT rooT These boys, it appears were giv en the "hot foot" by the Navy m this case and the term "hot foot I-, a mild manner of describing something that would probably have a more vulgar description if the boys on tlie corners were ask- e-cl their views on what actually went on. The spectacle of fifty men. unnerved and shaken by the tra gedy in which 322 of their fellow workers were killed In one of the most horrible explosions of ammun- uion on record, ordered to pick up the heads, arms, legs, torsos, and entrails of the victims and ihcm in ba.kels certainly isnt a pretty one to add to any official cnllection and. if the Navy la proud .,f it a new high in callousness has I uine about 111 official circles. Despite their classifications i: other kinds of skills, the fifty mei now in a Federal Penitentiary, had been placed on a monotonous as signment m loading high « ammunition from three to I'’'®" ty-three months. It has that until the time of the •mutiny" their record for had been perfect Yet, before the fcven-man General Coi^l Board that was held at Yarba B 08 Island, Calilomlo. headed by Rear Admiral H. W Oslerhaus. the Advocate General, Lt. Commander James F Coakley. In pt;esecuting these men called them "insolent "smart-alecky." "cowaidly." 'w"h- om character," and many other fL'iihet? jn. his nummary. question of race. MEN INVOLVED LN CASE Tiie Amcricun Civil Liberties Un ion — News at San Francisco, Cali- lornia said that about 2og men ol tiie 23b men who were star players in the grim drama that look place at Port Cliicago previously refused to loud ammunition on August 8, In this case il would seem that Ihe Negro seamen, who were court inartialcd and herded off to jail were victims of some kind of dis crimination that tends to show that people were picked a random as ust III ilie trial. These seamen «aiit to know why fifty men were piciced lur court martial and why ‘le whole 258 Were not picked. Some of the men, according to ihe Ainreican Civil Liberties News, ■aid tney were all lined up and the ■fficei'b went along indiscriminately asking here and lliere, "Do you want to work?" There were men Who said, "no." but were never court martialed- Il is believed from the Airerican Civil Liberleis News that the while officers just got lames indisciimmalely. The irenial, monotonous tasks to which the majority of the Negroes III Hie Twelfth Naval District are .issigned are a.s dieary and hope less as picking cotton with a chain iround ones neck, under a scorch ing sun 111 a field in Mississippi. Thi men who worked as the Navy Supply Depot were put to work as operator handlers and laborers re- gardlex- of their past experiences and qqualificalions These boys who were court martialed were "scared to death" of their jobs after being eye witnesses to me terrible ira- edv that took th«' lives of 322 of ii..ri m.Ttes Such fear was normal Old would be experienced by the •invest niei. regardless of station ■r tramiii ’ ^ . HERF/S JOB FOR NEGRO PRESS job for the Negro Press. Neuo Miuanizatioii>, und the indi vidual citi/.ens lo see that these boys •et a new trial. President Roose- v*-li. a.x Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Force.s should order a new trial immediately for these men and at thv '=nme tlrre, and I am here quutii.g Edwr G. Br.,wn of he Xrilional Ncifro C.,unci', "IHOe the L-Xfcuiive order emancipating Ne- ■ lo Servicemen and women from i.->cial diacriininalion, segregation. mi»-trealtm-iit. and mass convict on while members of the United States Army and Navy " Whatever tl-.e average person • l.ioks of Eduar G Urowli credit must be given him for lus tenac ly ,11 puhhing issues thet are really ij' rliiifiit for the well-being and welfaie of the American Negro and ti.e nation as a whole. Right now Ed«ar G Biuwa is circulating pe titions for one million signatures to get Piesident Roosevelt to immed iately order a new trial for these fifty colored sailors accused ol mutiny and sentenced to 588 years lit prison at Port Chicago in San Francisco. There has been a singiar silence on this whole matter of these ivicenien by press, pulpit, and or- ganizaions which should be all the more ahrt to appearent outrages, such as occurred In the sentencing of these men There should be a na tional day of mourning set up and OiN bbLNG klSD BY RUTU TAYLOR Wiiul kind oi a person do you Uke Uvsl.’ What quality appeals to you il'.USl.’ 1 limik if 1 were asked that, I'd say 1 liked kind people most. Most people would agiee witli me. Would- ni you'.’ There's one man 1 know who is liked by everyone who knows him — even by those who don't agree with him. "Why is be so thoroughly apprecialc-a'f ' 1 asked soineuiie once. The answer came af ter a little thought, "it's because no matter how trivial a thing you go to him with, he listens courteously and answers kindly." That's a pretty fine tribute. 1 watched him for a day at a conven tion. iTlie specciies weie unusually dull.! He didiiit go out of bis way to hunt up people. He sat quietly and calmly but everyone who came up to him received tiie same cunsideiatiun and courtesy. He had made an art ot beuig kind. This IS one virtue any of us can possess. We can all give kindness. And It IS one measure we can safe ly let overflow. Always try to be a little kinder than necessary. have all suffered from the people who are so intent on keep- ng all they can get for themselves :i.at they try to knife everyone who seems to get i" their way Let us not be like them Let us rather be help ful to all need h»lp, "Giv'ng never i-, erish" .vas ; fav ir He line of my mother s And 1 nev er knew anyone ricliei in friends ■fhere is enough for everyone. The greater the man the greater the, couitesy. I Think ovii- today. How much easier it w'ould have been if those whom you met had offered knid- ne.ss. But -- were you kind and cour teous to all with wh.>m you tame lit foiilacl,' Il works both ways you know. The Lenten season i.i a good time to prove this truth Make a habit of being kind and courteous to those you meet or with whom you work. You will find it will pay great dividends in case of heart alone. You will havo done your share. "Tliose who bring sunshine to the lives "f others cannot Ke«*p it from themselves” — a great man said once. And a still greater said; ‘'Do unto others us ye would that men do unto you.' The Golden Rule is still the most practical rule of Life. SOITIIERNPINES Cicero Carpenter, Jr., celebrated ,his fourth birthday Sunday, March eleventh at the home of his grand mother, Mrs. Elmmaline Graham of Southern Pines. N. C. Ciscero is the son of Mr and Mrs. Ciscero Carpenter. There were twenty guests which helped him celebrate His cousin of California was special guest, also Lillie Caldwell. VETERAN TURBO GIFT TO INV'ENTOR A turbosupercharger with a top ranking operational record of func tioning flawlessly on 102 Flying Fortress bombing missions against German industrial and military tar- cT«tc ■■..TO nrocontpH ac a sift from the 1nThe\VaKE OfTheNeWS BY ATTT. ROOBR D. O’KBLLT SPIRITUAL S GO TO WAR In the North Carolina Sharecrop per:, shanty where Glenn Settle grow up, his mother used to sing ine old Negro spirituals to him. Beiweun songs, she told him: 'Tf white and colored folks just got to know each other belter, everything would work out all nglil." Using Hie old Southern spirituals as his tools sturdy, mile-mannered Glenn T. Settle, now 48. has made a career out of his mother's advise. This week his tamtd all-Negro choir of mixed voices, the "Wings Over Jordan' 'chorus, is headed for a 28- week baltlefront tour — the first religious musical group to be giv en a USO booking. For the past eight years the Rev. Mr. Settle has combined his choir work with the pastorale of Cleve land's Greshemane Bap,ist Churcb. In over 1,500 concerts in 45 states and J74 • ns. ■;utive radio broadc.. ts, he has provea that there is no U. S. color line when it comes to the Ne gro hymns tSwing Low, Sweet Chariot, Sometimes 1 feel Like a Motherless Child, etc.). For the past year, service men and their chap lains have bombarded the Rev. Mr. Settle with requests lo bring "Wings Over Jordan" .overseas. Good humored preacher-director Settle is convinced that U. S. ser vicemen are turning to religioo more and more and he offers as proof the two songs most popular with overseas fans ol his broadcast; "He'll Understand and Say Well Done aad Just a Closer Walk With Thee." In his warm musical voice, the Rtv Mr. Settle usually introduces tlie choir’s songs with a bit of ser monizing. While he and his 21- voice troop are traveling and sing ing abroad, he suspects thta the fighting men "may also get a bit of sermon and Bible-readmg now and ^then, ^ (Time. March 12. 1945) t LAXTON DEFINES BREACHING AS TEACHING WITH A DIVLNE PLEA FOR OBEDIENCE DDED Preaching is primarily the art ol teaching with an urgency, the Rev. Dr Allen E. Claxton. the pastor said Sunday March llth, in his ®er- mon in the Broadway Temple-Wash- mgton Heights Methodist Churc^ Broadway and n4th Street. He s^d that preaching was moral and spir itual instruction with a divine plea for obedience. I •‘There Is a great deal of loose ■talk thes» days about pre*c^ which tends to minimize the h^r- lance of sermons." be said- preach to me" is an idiom whi^ carries the implication that preach ing is not only inefficuve but pos- cihlv harmful. guilt that makes us uncomfortable in the presence of preaching. Our low Ideals and coarse materialism have taJeen such a bold on ua that we try to bluff our way past funda mental ideals by minimizing clear- cut enunciation of our misconduct and crime. ‘Sometime ago an outsanding clergyman called for a moratorium on preaching. He fait that we had become anesthetizied to sermoos, t^t a vacatim from them might restore them eventually to their rightful place. l do not agree with him. In my judgment we do not needless preaching, we need a dif ferent kind of sermon. Jesus was a preacher. He announced the ar rival of the Kingdom of God on earth and in the hearts of men. He called people to renour.ee every thing in their civilization and every- thii.g in their personal lives that ob structed the spiritual laws of that K. .gcon.. Hii called m.>u to (k.i- sonat repentance and lo social right- eousnegs. He insisted that his fol lowers take Him seriously and He expected a complete and uncompro mising alleg^nce from His follow ers. When His contemporaries asked Him for a sign of a miracle to demonstrated His authority. He re plied that the only sign He would give them was the sign of the preacher— that is, the spoken word, "Preaching after all it primarily the art of teaching with an urgency. It is moral and spiritaul instruction with a divine plea for obedience.' THE COCnTWAXES NEW YORK — On a special re cording date last week. Count Baeie waxed three side for Columbia with 12 strings complementing the full Basie band, and NBC songstress Lynne Sherman bicog featured vo- caliy on two sides. Tbe Count recorded an oldifc "Thta Old Feeling,' and a new hit ^lallad, "This Heart of Mioe," from 'he forthcoming aOtb Century-Fox musical production, ••Zicgfeld Fol lies.” Miu Sherman handled both vocals, and Columbia recording en gineers who supervised the Basle session predict that her style will set a new pattern for female singers- With the added strings joining the mighty Basie brass, reeds *nd rhythm, the full aggregation rocked out on a free-swinging jump spechd, "Avenue C," which the Count pen ned in coileboratinn with his per sonal manager, Milton Ebbins. 'nils marks the Jump King's ini tial exp^immt with strings, and from all indications, tbe new Basle discs may well become the Count’ most sensational products to date- The fiddlers were carefully select ed from among the finest free-lance LEGAL NOTICE EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as exeeuUlx of the Estate of Georgiana Wall, late of Wake Countv, Noi'Ji Carolina, tills is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of the said deceased to eio.i'jit theni to the un designed at 915 SouUi State Street. RaJeigli, North Carolirz, on or be fore the 8th day of Elarch 1941 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said Estate will please make inuneJUte jkiymcnt. This the 8th day of March, 1945. Mrs. Bessie Wilson. Executrix F. J. Carnage. Atty. March 10. 17. 24, 3l-Aprll 7. 14. Reurning to the east to resume his position of assistant band leader of the Army Base Band at Boston, Mass., is S. Sgt. Robert W. "N'Jts" Chestnut, of Dedham, Mass. Inasmuch as the 372nd In fantry, Fort Huachuca, Arizona., Regiment's military band is in activated, Sgt. Chestnut's duty calls him back to tbe outfit he left when he entered the Army. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, a perform er on the trumpet, plane and Trombone. Sgt. Chestnut has won the Regiment's undying gratitude for writing its Regimental March ing Song, "Faithful and Heady." Sgt. Chestnut is also a licensed radio amateur. —Burrell Photo. alien has announced its intentions, SAFF.R FLYING to release these Basle platters early April. EXHIBIT ATTRACTS ATTENTION IN N. Y. NEW YORK (IPS) — A 22-paiiel exhibit of "The Races of Mankind" held at the offices of the African Academy of Arts and Research, 55 West 42nd Street, February 14 to 23, from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. daily, in celebration ol Negro Histoij Week drew the aUcutioii ol hun dreds. Ihe public was cordially in vited with a si>ecial invitation ex tended to teachers and their pupils MAN HELPS LEAD SON ASTRAY WILSON - In tbe first case of its kind in the courts here, a father Hyman Jackson, 35, was found guil ty of contributing to the delinquen cy of his son, age 14, Andrew, and was sentenced to 90 days on the roads. The case was tried in Recorder's Court, as part of a program ol the police department here to fight juv enile delinquency in Wilson. Army Air Force fields now have instrument landing systems at stra tegic airports along their 100,000 miles of milltarj- airways which make it possible to bring planes down through low celli.'ig conditions (■- within 50 feet above the center of an airport runway. CAP.T.. . CiXF COL-t BOTTLINO CO. MS W. Meigaa 6t PileSufferersUrgedToAvoiA CONSTIPATION Hof Water and Nreiefees Salts fetor# freaktast. 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