North Carolina Newspapers

1 Peace, Father, Peace! It is a Peaceful, Merry Christmas THE CAROLINIAN Wishes You Its Patrons. BMTUN ★ ★★★★★ ★ ★★★★★ ★ ★★★★★ CHARGES FEPC GETS SER VICE’ NAACP BOABO SAYS PRESIDENT GIVING FEPC “LIP SERVICE” ONLY or;--' '^^*5 I ■ tr%' ■ -■ r - • '^ V .. .. LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT MEMMORIALIZES FDR IN NEW STAMP SERIES Wufilmigluii, U. C. I'iu' 'I’ll, man udnnni.-Uaticm l^ giving i>i . "lip snviti' u> uii- pMiuTpli ' fair finpliivin 111 pi.icin-'- af PrfSKlciU Iiumati 1j> .ii.-i ut'..' in Iht CupiUL 'run.sil iM'* Ii , '.il lio- . >,,)i;il! i' \;;Oi.l\ IS.A'l'l lil.iAY, *J2. l!>!r> FIVK (’EN IS Monrovia (ANP) — A new series ol stamps in honor ol the late President I'ranklin Delano Roosevelt is now on sale here. He and fonner President Edwin Barclay are shown reviewing troops from a jeep. Th'; photograph for the stamps, made in sets of three, two for postage and one for air mail, was made when President Roosevelt was on roulf home from the Casa blanca conefrence. ..pu-. ,\AAl blocked FKl't buUlCi oI ll .01 ing tu ;> ii'.souiii-u Ho:.iil id 0.1- c yi.d lelegi.-piuii in lii. Wl., iluue.s. Charging Ihi pus'iu adiiri sfatinn with l^^uing "Lui ve.ir w.thuul cfhctiv;. aiTioiii:, I! rifulution dei-iiiii’d; W belie It IS lime i«i: ' .e .id:ninolia:ii to d«-nionsli ate .\i.etiiii ii pi pu^es to laki all.' 111 til.e .iiTi toward iriMililig laii enij«liv’!i piaitiees Ini a.. Aiti i..n Thi leM n: He i-‘ ■> uimi, Tiitli-d In I'le .Kl. iP. I Waller Wm-e loi.ow. •One nl ill in-- i-p.-iu piobU'in.- .11 tnl^ .\.i .n:; .. to p.ue. i.m., i.-nn^ ,y i- righl ol cvijy .on. • employed •••. ..ho.il u'j’ii. i .n ..i C.teU, roloi ni ...na. Auvn-::i federal iimeiuniiy i' j'Uiiia.n fail i.tiipi>j.\meui pr..!';i.' .. a i e&i e.y Voters League eds Edueation I llolih Suite Meeting LEADER'" PNDOrSE TRU- MAN PRC'CRAf. alive tn«n in it pi.Mtni 11. las- - C«nie dedi'.aUu lo ti.ii princ.n • Since tiia'. -ii.u the pie... iv . riini.'itjatioii i.ai h' u niiih.nt rKrtvitwn i.p .Hv»;OL--e ^rb prm- cmle in the face oi irequent op- /«rluniiU*s to support ihe ixra mg FEPC and to enact h lion for a pio maneni federal ag n cy. “Coq^jpes-sional leiide: - i. adniiniTir.itinn. win . m.ik r el I tl, : rig n tibn m i; pmiloini lasi /.a. i came (k.Ui’.'ated 'm tiiia pnnc.Mli Since llial iirm the pres, ni ad nimi-stiation has 'g)V..'n nothing 7->dnr limn lip' to this priti- Ci^e in ihe face of irequcnt ■op- AhtlUDities tu support the exist- Tn; FEPC and to enuci ligl-sla- tfon for a pi-rmanent federal agin ty. **Coi)gfes.sii)nal tenders of tli - adniiniiiration. whi e ni^'king ri i effort vna'-ne-.i i to f.icililate th -nactmeni of legL.ilatiun lor H'.; Kd I ..nil R> V - NEGRO CONGRESS SAYS TROMAN BACKS JIM CROW WASHINGTON (ANP) - !•. . htrunp leil« r lo I’rciii.'teni Truma.' the Washington council oi the N'l lunal \egio eongr.'ss aeciiscit tr.-' Fie.sidint of .supporlii',;^ jim-crow laws and comfoi tnig ihe snulh.rn leartionaries who lead all Jigh's again.-'i Negioe.s. ■'Negro .Anieiicans and ihe .• gani/ed laonr movenieni will no accept this retreat brloi e the pr• .sure ol rtac'jon ari:l Ms uiid' ir. ■ crati” spoke.sini n." the letter r.m- tiiiued, ‘We ate del in.-aed . i o' pose this reireul witli all our jiow- ei and .drength. • Youi- Ir-tlei is a eyniea! \e l- coine toi th«- Negro v. terans n tuining lo iheii hnnies in W.i i inglon looking lor tail’ impli. na ht without discimiinatio’i. "We d inand that the -iawfi..h ing on the FKE’L’ i.s.ue (vasi*. V\ demand that you make yniu vonl.- .spoken in lavoi- a! KEI'C match action whicli will usuli i the permanent stablishing >>1 tlie agency. "Your party u.si*d tlii.s i.s^ut > ltM4 to gather the votes ol N giiHs. In I!M5 those same vol'i demand fulfillm. nt of your plat Jo'ni proTiiise. l>urmg the elocli' . campaig! ol l5H4^our parly p|. d gid it.s-i: to thi rnactmen! o. . pirmanent FEPC!. Tliis pled ■ teused many Americans. Neg. and white, lo vole for you ano oihers on the Di-niocratic ticke; Till se ..lam • .Americans now d«' maud that you tullil! thi.s plutfor : pledge and keep vour faitn wi.h th: people of Atiii-iica and t Soldiet'.s no\« jc'luriiing from if tnilU'fi: Id " PUGORfSSIVE VOTERS LEAGUE HELD AT SHAW EOUCATIGH GITEO' AS AEY T9 PRGS- i EEITY OF SOUTH New York (ANP) — En dorsing President Trum£in's licalll. plan and contributing funds tc pay for favorable ad- '•ertisements were many pro- minent persons mcluding the following Negroe#: Judge Francis Rivers, New York; Dr. Fred D. Pattors-n. president Tuiikcgco; Dr. Char’es S .’chnson. sociologist of Fisk university; Judge Herbert De- ianey of Ne\# York; Mrs. Mury McLeod Bethune. Na iiai ilourcil of Negro Wom en, Washington and Hazel f'.!,!;. pju'dst. New York. New York — The United States Guvermnenl should secure un- et’uivocal pledges that none of the $4,400,000,01)0 or any other loan lo Great Britain shall "be used to perpetuate imperialism or to deny any colonials of the British Empir" full freedom and justice," till NAACP declared lo day to Frtsident Harry S. Truman, See- roiurv of State James F. Byrnes and Secretary of the Treasury Fred M- Vinson. The NAACP also characterized the reported use of American war uuitei'ial.s by British troops In shooting down Indonesian pcoplo because they seek freedom as "one (if the gn-aie.si scandals and trag- ‘. (fics of contemporary history." Although the details of the loan te Great Britain have been large ly agrc’d upon, according to V.'ashington reports, there are iniiny slips, including approval h} Congress, yet to be taken. It is the determination of the N. A. A C. P. to exert every effort in gi iting a.s many organizations and inlluential individuals as possible to join in its request that no A*i‘eircan funds be used to con tinue exploitation of colonial neo- j.lt s bv Great Britain or any oth- i.HUPlA INVITES IMMIGBA- CH or AMERICAN NEGROES MASONS CLOSE SEVENTYFIHH 7ALEICH “ The North Cure- iVogresstve Voters League held l-gk ibrogresstve V 5tJ5te-w'fde fqceiing en I>cmibrT JjA in Rofeigh. oq lliB wnpu!* .N-.W ORLEANS. La. (ANPi - The key to the .souin’ prospci ily . education. Uti lIlB ^ y iiichniciit vCathiT, the meeting wa> . I ’ vf of :i wide cro.s.i-sei-- tuin of both Hires iii the State. * Miriij CIVIC. fHilcrnal. nnd eduru- J* :,fii 1 (V’g.iniHit ons w:r{ lepri-sen;- *' ed at the mieting. The main purpose of the meet 1'-^ •’.a-- to pirfei-i .That analysis qf the. aoirth'.-^ j ^ibc jUnlied States. , i..l knn* J V. . Sr-^aait ^,oa. the bqMbcI o. '.orgi C gt*n-«tl hH Inayigr^U Oh Jaa. !■ . iK.gcr -if to.’ Atlanta Journ.il ^ 1944. heiSBl: ■ erl mean R1..1 .orgi _ „ ....^cr -if il'..- Atlanta Jou'-n.il of tiiv leauing nl•w.^p^lptT■5 ' f ..^nMii. l.el.u' th. South, •minors' vortiicnci'- tlie 'lorleni .shortcut that 1 I 1 ;,ik. to ..Ill ..n.I *• .I'Ul." he J..U I t ,i ! -n-; !i,-l "1 .'la '■ ' Monrovia (ANP) — There no rhu’.^e cf senll- ..'nt here rcgaidlng the in- vllaiton extended to Ameri can Negroes to male* this ^on'ilry rheir home shortly aflOT I^esident Tabman viiit- «4.1bc ;Unlled States. ANNOAL SESSION BT GEO F. KING ‘Thiring .my r«emt visit to ihe United Staten. I was vary much imoressod with the 1 ieh education, thrift, inltia- titv iind wealth of a very lari'' perlien of our racial '• oup in that country. It I* WINSTON-SALEM — Tb* 7iSth annual session of the Most 'A>urKhip- ; tut Prince HaU Grand Lodge of P. A. A M.isohs of (be JuriBdtciiun North Carolina, which met m Uu* ^city Decmeber U-12. was one of the ■moat epochal annual communica tions in the annals of thl^ jurladic- lion. That inis body cf represenu- Uve Masons Is a potent (actor in the develognfrnt and co-vatkm of source sfor the progress of the race, state and nation attested Ib-ogressivc Voters League hrid ITie key-to the goiltH’ prosperity lt#-wtde iqeeting on Decmeber is educalioft. !i RiiJ^h. ou the Cfunpus at -Th^ anbly^U of tlie.^rth' mclcnicnl 'vCather. the meeting wij* "^lorgi' C. ni^^TV. ^ncenl .• p' '•nihit ve of a wide cross-ser- i' ■ ntiger v»f tn.- AHaiilii Jim';i;!l. tion of both races in the State, u.i, of the leading newspapers of Miiiij civic, fraternal, and educa- Ih*' •'«Hilh, beforv th;' Southern tinn.i! organizm ons were represenl- (M.-.Vrnors ed at the meeting. The mam purpose of the meet ing was to perfect way.- and meam I ; nizng ih Slate -m a unit- wide basis. The piirpor.' of thes.' units will be to get people to reeis- ‘ t‘ I- .iiid vote in local. '(010. und na- ^ tioiijil elections. It is hoped ‘ >ty 1 com 4 afie niry' /heir home shortly ■r Kosldoat Tubman visit- 'oiled States. tr,'t|oM«cr «} ‘ I •Ar Jta. I. rence. I hr .shortosi .shortcut that e lUt i.r..M liikr to a!lli ami hi a’tjt." -Ite s:ii i -.''rii luol' iL> a ! in't list of sta'i:;ti •.( ii •tliKjiii'-T' anl stale incoiiii "l! .; il ..IV southern .stall- builiifi-- of new .schools, acad. - -ational. and then coniu ll- . . , III; -vity hoy and girl to Miii ■ every county, village, town and city ^ nr idr in Ih.. Sl.ile will orsnnizt. units und iirurluri. shoiil 1 !,.■ .ifflh.ilo with the leasus rn-.uinini-tl with thn nlua ot u I- •The meeiTg emphasized the fact . ciafieienl :■ venue in .1 l.> r that it hope.s that the united ‘ in.r ct.uitabli- manner so ll;ii 1 the units, when organized, will . . M-luxil.t nMld be bunt an': greatly assist in eliminu'.in;' the un- tftj.j ;„,;m,-it nt ti aebi-r.- -it a.’>- fair taetks of many of the registrars pi,v t i.ild be hired to • du in purposely misintiepi etint; the . ,j;,. (’li'c;., ii.’’ lr. A for registering nnd voMng, It Biggi it. who is also president of \\;is p.itnted . lit in one instance that t|i( Southern New.spaper Puulish- 11 rrgi.slrar had ifoniT'ri two young ;i,.'(!,H-iati(-n. remind-d 'he..,.tv- n’.en who preyentid thom.-eive* for that of •’i.- 17 slates sm n:l- icjiistrutinn that they -vouid have lo ing l,s.s than $7.^ per year o-1 mi- r'on'iiiMcfl on page Hi ■' •'•nm-i 'i- pac’ei hH 11 , 1944. he’^ "thiring .my rbcctbl visit, to the United Siatee. I was v«ry much impressed wUh tb* high educ8l)On. thrift. Initia- tieV nnd wealth of a very lar-io perlien of our racial '•••oup in that country. It Is *--m this dess wc should «e- ket the 'vpc of immigration we des’re and lo whom we muf* extend *he erv of Mace- den’a." That ir.vi'aticn to Negroes A-’eri'-p stiM sl.mds. mem- b'^rs of the President's cab- eel s?id recantly. 7 MVFTS GUILTY OF JIM ertow \vashmgton (ANP) •— In spite of its professed libcral- i.y. ihe Am; rlcan Veterans' lommitlec-. which is trying tu fell congress to eliminate ra cial se(.:ri'oati-n at« diacrim- inaiicn >n r.r armed 100 Negro Sailors Injured In Collision Enroute West i'scif is g'Jilty of these things CHICAGO 'ANPi A railroad william Gownc.-!. 18. Colum- collision here Wednesday evening ] 1,4^, C.. laceiations of head and injured around 100 Negro sailors. | ;,nkle; Willie Weaver. 18. .Agus- in its pT.ipwS" i veterai.i* nous- project ir> Vt'rshingtan. Only recently the Washing- ion chapter addressed a meme tc congress demandLig d c!e«in up of disciin.ination. s'.gregation in messrrg. re creating ana heusini for the Thi'C ri'in er' coiivtiTC at V’ ntt> luld ■ nmi\i.,l pro.-lf. I cent [ i-iuh Nvgro Youth cr. and Vid.va Kanii'i ..| M" India Slnden’ f.ri’ i.i'i n ■AN'i* IVioii' Ir. Hi'il dpi. liunn.n Claim GOP Senators To Rush FEPC Legislation who were aboard a troop train car rying 243 navy men to Sliocmaktr. Cal, from The naval base al Bain- ! ; dge. Maryland. I The troop train was rammed from Ihe rear by a nine-car Pore Mar- pas'-enger train bound for LIBERAL WHITE WQiHAN EXPOSES ‘REFORM SCHOOL’ CONTINUE TOBACCO COMPANY STRIKE W.YSHI.VGTOX. n. C -- "Piiblic «' . lire .ipi., .irs (o be breaking Ml., -i.il. n.iti th;it for many ■ iidi.-’ h... nili; u), .'onurtr.-ional ■Liin on Jh rmain iit FFPC.” sa-d r N.itional Coiiiu il fi r a Pei iiK.n- ’ EI-.I'C di a 'juria] me-.-'iige to ■ affilhilo- nil i-d todiy. A . .■•..O ' of H(>|inblic',in lea't- '•)![( i'. House and S' oatc that cf- )' wiiuld be n ade to pr cipate nor .ic'ion .- 'on after the turn of I •.:..r were reveak-d in Ihe mes sage. Philadelphia (ANP) — More than 700 women of both races employed by the Amer ican Tobacco company in its plants in this city and Cam den. N. J., continue their strike for a 25 cent increase- in pay and a n:>-discriminz- t:on clause in their contract. In its seventh week, the company haa tried unsuccesa- fully to persuade worker* to return. Those who repurt are barred from entering b'c buildings. Pick-'ta work in shifts. S') far the ilr'k r, hove declared that no cigars will be made until their de mands are met. I’lK- ' |■llaIlgmg i!-.> N ■ i!ii. Tl n'l.. Tin .sln-fkinj; on ndtini;' ian'\ading r«ri l>\ a liip i':-! ■.v;i, illhM I.-1" i-si . N.' - Vi.- '•lin r. tinn'-, -’.ir I’-J’'-; III .ut.r.r,. ■■ .Mi, ' .Oc'';.!!- ' ck.' thot 40 'M 80 i >>•;: .u'. 1 :1 i ;i(n biirrack ronr.i nt nigiit w It)' .•■v«'n a ru,,ii n'jr bomn to :tn 'j wfp .'ind 'h'. ji .1 I.v’V bid W'’'( no '!' ■ i c;i d iiigh in tb* hi ' ■ ■ f Tt.iiu.-c 1 . . 1'...4 . tCuiiUiiucU oil poiiv ci^iilj the Senate, the Council an- i.ouni:(!. a gn.up ,f Kcp)iblicrn .Scn- iiiti ii'!' ••tn iiiKk'rlakc an ag- • lolc lo force the issue lo flix.r of il)( Scnati at llic fir.-t op- poi-iiioiiy.'^ This Ii.idt'i>hip gruup inihidi'K S'li.ifor.' H’j-vr.e Mors Oregori; .joM-ph H: 11. Minn.; H. AltXiiruler Smith. X .1.; Miltun R. Vourii'. N I); Wi'Lam K. Know- lir.rt. (k.lif: Charli-s W. Tohey, .N, K. Gi-orgo D. Alien, Vl. Ill tbr- Hou.se. the Council an- noi nrcd. Ii has word from Minori- IV Lea'’,T Jos:p!i Martin that '‘as soon as pnsi'hlr after the House holida> ntess ••nou'jh Republinuis w'tl 'i.ur. the pelilioii lo bring the bill tn th( floor of (Ik- House." "'i'lie ptutvsl icaigiidlioii li'oiii tint Prcsidenl's FEPC of Altorncy Charles Houston," the mes;ige dc- '•l.ired. ••has made the country acutely consciuu.s of th-. futility of a f .AerniTient agency wnich must rely upon Ihe Executive fo*^ enforcement I ;ii'vl emphasizes the great ned for .1 PertniiiuiU FEPC with full authority." 'Ih' inr -ui'.e called upon the 100- odd local councils for permanent PC • -.d ti- -of d iiiiii iia'i collabor ating org.inizatinns through, ut the • Continued un page eight) C/^LIFORNIA TEAM MAY SIGN NEGRO BASEBALL r LAYER Durham, I. C- (ANPi -- Cl el Brewrr, a piomi .iny t.r-ball pla‘/i*r, ha', been rie- ck/'-d elijib)'- to n;n wilh Ike Bakersvilie club of the Ca,iforr>la elagne. .icco-ding 1 , . ruling >-;.•,■> las; ivev’k by .V. G. Bramhv.n. pnsidcut of the National assoriition. 7 he signing cf Jackie R'.b- ii:on by !'ro)k*y.i f.-r its k'enl-eal *dr'ii ci'n establish- Eramham remarked. His rul ed a precedent in such cases, ing clears the way for the Bakersvilie club to sign Brew* Gmnd Raptds. Mich., when it cjx.'.sing to the Alton tracks here at Kockwill and 36lh streets. It had lowered its speed to about five Tnile.s per hour preparatory lo stop ping so dinner could be served n ore t-a.sily to the sadors. Many of the sailors were stand ing in aisles to receive chow tick ets when the crash occurred and were thrown to the floor or agnimst winclow.s by the impact. The crash soundcci like an explosion, said Hy land C. Williams. G7-year-iild Bal timore porter. "We had to break the window.> in the car to get out. I rememb:-' one of the sailors at the end of the car almost flying past me," The .'t-.it "acro.s.s the aisle kept me from_ being crushed to death by the pilciip." he related. A conductor. J. W. Covington. Jr. Baltimore, kicked out u window ns soon us the cur fell on its side and rescued two cooks who appeared to be •’badly burned." Weaver Johnson. 53. and Fred M. Jones. 20. both Pullman porters from Baltimore, w' re seriously injured. Mrs. Anna Hcllycr wo. praised for opening her home for emergen cy treatment. The injured were treated at three local hospitals while the rest were given lodging at the shore patrol headquarters. Six of the injured sailors are Chi cagoans. Tho.se treated at the county, St. Anthony's and Wesley Memorial hospital for injuries were: Julm Wuircii, 21, Zuniu, Va.; head | head und left leg injurie Charles .Sykes. 19, Wilmington. N. C. lacerations of sculp and shoulder; Floyd ^fcG^llia^d. 18. Donalcjson, La.; ‘Ciintinui'd on page cighti More appcintm.mts of Ne- grce.s 10 Wes! Point und An r.. polls also ’vnre udvoealrd in the memo.'J r.h.im. Howev er the projecir-d lak'ng over oi one o) the H->f'*nse hoiiucs I rojerts for vitrians is to be '■lily-white’’ affair. TO MEN OF GOODWILL {An Kditorijil) Tho Kingdom of H>d has not .vet come to tliis world, Init (he Chriatniiis anjri*ls will .see more 1‘eace on Kartli llii.s year than Ihe.v h-ne found for many a year. In .spite of the turmoil and imre;d and actual physical con flict still exisliiiK in many part.s of the world, in spite of the hiHiK'r and misery and de.solatioii that blanket.^ iTian.v other part.s of it. it i.s .still true that the terribh* carnaKP of the past six.s yea».s Is at an end; and to rha( ‘•xtenl tlie world is nearer pejice and prood will. Literall.’- millions of men who last year, and many of them one, two or three years Ix'fore that, could onF' 'hi.ik of ami lonjf for home at ('Inislhias lime, will lie ‘here this .vear. Other homes and heai'th.s will have places made permanently .jicant. Hut jtll can rejoic- ’.hat ('hristmas in HlIT) will be vastly different and vastly belter than Christmas in 1911. (which came only cijflUeen days after Pearl Harbor), and Ihe three whicii followed it. Tliis Christmas there i.s even some itround for b».'- lief and hope that then* may never uKain be .such a j)eriod in the history of the world as the woild found it .self in this tim* last year. There i.s ren.-^on lo hope lha' ’he world is once moi’t* Ki'dpinjr toward the day when ‘-he ChrUtmas sonij of the angels can be clearly heard, because there will be no roai- of kuus. no crier, of the oppressed and miserable and liespairinK- to drown it oub So the CAUOLIN'IAN, with ovpj’y one of its staff luenibers nnd employes, sincerelv and hop(*fully wishe?’- all its readers a really merry Chii.stmaa and a happy and peaceful New Year. > WINSTON-SALEM — Tke 75Ui , annual session of the Wurahip- {-ful Prince HaU GraiKl Lodge of F. A. A. Masdfn'of fbe Joruidtctiun oi North Carolina, which met in tbia ;C)ty Decmeber 11-12, was one of the • most epochal annual communlca- Uema in the annals of this juHadlc- Uon. That t)^ body cf representa tive Masons is a potent factor in the develo^rihnt and coivservation uf source slor the progress of the race, state and nation "wfe uUeated by the annual address of Dr. Jam4e K. Shepard, M. W, G. M., preaidenl uf the North Carolina Cullege for Negroes, und the sustaining reporLi made by the grand lodge officers. Approximately 700 relegates at- ii.iide.( the communication. Greet ings from grand lodgts in various sections of the country, with Heimnylvama having uiu- of lU gr’and lodge officers to bring its greetings, revealed that the Juris- dicticn of North Carolina (vas emi nently attained recognition for its uchievementa. The highlight of the sessions was the annual address of Dr. James E. Shepard. M. W G. M It proved a veritable source of ’nspiration for • ho gi’iind lodge and -licted punc- tuateci aplausv nnd pr.:nounecd comments at the conclusion of same. He in part said: "We have much lor which to give thanks ns we near the ':lose of an other year. God has been good to each one of us. He has been espec ially good to America. He ha.^ thro” n around America seomiugly walls of protection so that America can fulfill her mission to the op- presed people of the world. The fu ture of America depends upon her recognition of the “Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man ’ If America fails in the future to recognize this great reson-sibili^, some people In the centuries lo come may stand upon our shores • and wonder what kind of civiliza tion we have had. for instead ol monuments there will be min. While , we give to the Ruler of the Uni- . verse our heartfelt thanks we also ^ pray for guidance and for wisdom and pray that our eyes may be opened to see on every hand the : tremendous opportunities and also ' the greater responsibilities resting ' upon us. ’’There must not be haired among us there must be no racial- disorder; there must be practiced cvery.wiiere ; ihe principles of brotherhood — each man recognizing the rights of the other, each -trying to do hfs duty ,us God has given him the wisdom lo sec. Until we are ready for peace, wars will continue everywhere. There cannot be peace until there is a recognition of justice and a sacred reverence for the rights of 'iithers no matter what the color of the skin may be or what creed. "I again reiterate tr.e statements which 1 made last year —> that Ma- I sons have always exercised the dem- H)cratic principles and rights which shruld be accorded to every man; . that man has a right to live and to ; hope, and that he must be accorded these rights In a free vv^Id. Ma sons then, must begin to help in the reconstruction of the ne wworld — they must-exercise their rights and privileges as free men; they must contend for those principles which have been handed down to tbm since time immorial; they must be tCuntiiiued on page 8)