PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE in a paid l political advertisement in the interest, of the candidacy of Lawrence .Harris, of Wake Forest, Republican can didate for the General Assembly, ap peared the .following; ‘'The great State of North Cm idina gave as destitute and aged dm o ( ,y Id 17, sls. Off t-ach to live on. This was Ha* sm.di es t payment of its kind of ans slate in Union, One-half of this amount - paid by the Federal Government, am! ih e Fed-.-ral Government will pay on* half of such payments up to SSO a month each. Remember at the same time our state had 171 million dollars in favored banks interest free. The national average old age pension in the? United States in 1947 was $32.00 a month,” Mr- .Harris' advertisement went on to imply that to remedy this condition a Re publication legislature should be elected. His conclusion does not necessarily by any means logically follow nia £&c ts. but the facts cited are striking and depress ing. The figures may not be exactly ac curate as of today, but the substance of the story they tell is true. North Caro tin;/ has been piling up a large aid grow ing surplus in the state treasury for sev er; years, and boasting of the same. T; state government is richer than it has ever been, and there is no indication of : ny failing oft .of its revenues in the near future. Yet, and in spite of the higher and still rising cost of living. North Caro lina's aged and others aided by state funds and federal supplements are re ceh mg very little move than they did in iy.)o; ”nd even in 1940 these allowances \v* : e exetremely low when compared with actual needs, or with like allowances in other states to the same classes oi i!>-pi ndents. Meanwhile neither the in <.• itabie sales tax. adopted as an ‘‘enter* g-n.-v measure” away back in the 1930‘5, * raid which nm.sl he paid even by the aged and those on relief, as well as other poor people), nor any other state tax of any importance, has been reduced. Why is North Uarolina practicing this pinch-penny policy while building up a hope and ever-increasing surplus, Mr. Harris’ proposed remedy may not be the nght prescription, but he deserves, at least commendation for bringing be ipre flu people of the county conditions which ought to be- widely publicized and v, c)* cry t, correction. The write; can also sa for certain that 'Mr Harris has also won at least one vote. WHAT GOES ON HERE? We can’t make out the details from the brief news item appearing in one ot the local dailies but it looks as though so. lething revolutionary has happened in Johnston County. The story is that the grand jury of that county has returned an indictment against! the chief of po lice of Smith field -charging that official with assault with a deadly weapon with jr'.mt to kill a Negro whom he was try ing to arrest The wounded man was still in the hospital at the time of the inci dent. An indictment is only a first step, and sometimes no further steps are taken, pat for a policeman and a chief at that, to be indicted for shooting a Negro in t:. tern North Carolina is news. What is ;>s And this unusual piece of news is still .. mystery to us here, and the case will oe followed with interest. One familiar feature appears in the o, henvi.«e strange pattern. The police of ficer has alleged self-defense, and re ported that the victim of his shooting at tacked the chief with a knife as he was trying to make the arrest. Eastern North THE CAROLINIAN Published by The Carolinian Publishing Co. 118 East Hargett St, Raleigh, N. C. Entered as second-class matter. April 6, *940, at the Post Office at Raleigh, N C„ under the Act of March 3, 1879. P. R. JERVAY, Publisher C. D HALLIBURTON, Editorials Subscription Rates One Year, $3.50; Six Months, $2.00 Address all communications and make all checks.payable. to The Carolinian rather than to individuals. The Carolinian expressly repudiates re.-ormsibiJity for return of unsolicited pictures, nr. luscript, etc, unless stamps are sent. Carolina has been long noted for its high death rate among Negroes reaching Info back pockets in the presence of i ohc* men. Usually the word .of the policeman to the effect that the victim had let his hand wander toward a pocket has been all that's necessary to exonerate the offi cer of the Jaw. Invariably the dead man. has not been in position to explain just what he was doing with his hands, so all the evidence offered has been in d-Tei, * of the shooting officer. STATES' RIGHTS OR OLD-FASHIONED RACISM? A letter published m the “People. Forum” column of the News and Obser ver of October 27 reveals the thinking of probably the majority of the suppor ters of the Dixieerat movement. Though the Dixieerat campaign was launched and carried on under the abstract principle of start, sovereignty, and although many persons were doubtless attracted to the support of its candidates on that issue, the real attraction of the party for the v«M majority was nothing less than the old doctrine of uneompromising -white supremacy with all its trappings. The writer of the letter referred to, Wyatt Painter, of Wendell, has stated : boldly what is the background and root of the Dixieerat movement. Mr Painter puts it this way: “President Truman has not ad vocal- i ed social equality,’ ” said the editor’s j note in the People's Forum of October i 20. But briefly, what is this program if not economic, political and social equal ity? There is no middle ground. Once we tolerate any form of political and so cial equality, a crack will have been mad* in the wall of segregation and the wall will eventually collapse, and soon the white man well be lost m the inter mingling process of bleaching the Ae g no* To Mr. Painter it is as simple and as awful as that . The ballot, equal pro lection of the law, economic uppertun *f\ —ail must be denied the Negro, oth erwise racial intermarriage and the dis appearance of the white race are certain it is because some people do not believe that such results will follow fairness and justice and equal ciitzenship rights for the Negro that they cannot he trusted Hvrv muthe-rn .tale west. linovlMro la run in its entirety by people who know the ki n d of “facts that Mr. Paintei knows. There are millions of Painters. ; n d there me hundreds of thousands m North ‘ Carolina and the South — white people, we mean who know how wrong Mr. Painter is, but aid and abet him, either ■ by silence or by plumping for the prim . eiple of State-'.’ Eights in such a wav as to make Mr. Painter and his friends be- ■ 1 lieve that they are all thinking, alike. N Then there are some, thank goodness, and ; a glowing number who refuse to !:h iden tified with men an r.otw -a and pervert- v ed creed. j ANOTHER GAIN c The North Carolina State Nurses’ As- , social ion voted 52-22 in its recent annual convention to open its membership to Ne gro registered nurses. According to tin: news report making the announcement North Carolina was among the only nine slants left in which colored nurses were still excluded from membership in the -• state asocial ion, so the action taken so T , recently did not pi ace North Carolina in i the vanguard, even among southern • states. . Nonetheless it has been accomplished, and the accomplishment is laudable ■ though belated. Os ail the absurdities lor y which the traditional policy of racial , separation has been responsible few are • more unealed for than the keeping of persons apart who by profession have, so • much in common. The artificiality e-f t such barriers is a constant reproach to those who insistt on maintaining thorn, when eevry possible consideration would , dictate the opposite policy. E| ''; ' ' .' ' ■f '* •;* 1 W' , ’IT •’ 'V-'- ! 'TjafrA '■ if S -•> J -•'x?' •- If Tv- I kyli j. i -kf-Ui it.*?; Hu oil ar.eii a7 hv Doors Are Opening . , 5pk t mmi, # ec;cnd Thoughts C C " D ‘ MJ D-URtmTO* m There appeared vcc«'nn> :n tiie Kaleigh T ,-.n > 1 a SO n. 11'l.il'Kable : •'' extended *te;' ■ 4 f title. 'Nun- . f.',rei’.at:i a; A * ing -f .r the Na . v upp-’-i > 1,: .‘.Oldie-: !ievo,y -e U'.--. time:- even -it. ’- dr e b: mg rep:--.- cat* i “> 11,1 a.v o!>t* of lh* - : : i;; ■:. I .’lit . - ami t.-'i-t •:■ • • dl. Gold* : I.’■ li’e !. 1 •e f'‘ ;aW r ■ Vj’.j . t*‘ t : : , fj which ;he IfllU \l: *1 e.-O serves groat eiemt and pru:h< “It is reported that the! U. '■ .Navy s ■■ '•■■■’ ok 1 1 ”'■ ■ ' ‘ alien ol ia< i.d .-.*■>ll l eiiv. -i ajtloll* , u; J’ 1 ' : • on: n. flii. “Thj» !S : O compi.visna-.'tt. . r.c ■.: i ■ bear no reial/i’U n> tie t h year fin ore ■>\ civil Way and ha.- f eo ' < . k v in general Sl( i>:-. *h v : a y ; of lour years. ' P.- Veassly. bear a* eruited by t:, r t.er the Steward’s ' ai:ci a.: Jl, tiu- unpir" ii Oi/ /UiC t.V lor inum. in ,'.L-t-i ; •• > •■.u. L P. - ! am a :.nW moo-. ■ of ye... ciilurnri. • ,>- .. help many pt ar.d t rw der could y u :i* r Ti 1 -- 1 been going wee ~.r , y.. past 18 rears and sir - !e!t-: rbout getting m: -:e - • D-> \ v think 1 s.'ioiild m.-. > :■*.• ■ he you trunk I ,-h >ul 1 /> ;.-.••• >•„ • alone? Aiis Ti.e ’-.ill : ■' you should m;.r; V uim :! . ’ U-gc-tf-er air: in;.- • ■■;. * e. you a chan >• t>. - d •••our < "■ jngs and at- ri ;u life. She*]) make- yen :. good L. M. C— I jar- ' ion nit ‘ school .-r:J working : ir In* five year Mr ambit j, ■ s becoiTif. ■ m - • 1 : ! ! to quit school in DiV : «-ouu year and g- to Work 1 e is • ’.Um ing of working ;>- - nu. s< aid hi the h , ! e-uit - . adviccv AtiS: Fna! \ oiiji; ■.oi .sis i Set-UO since von ;r.i- *•., ;: 11. ■: * ■.-1 *■ 1 in thi- In Id You ;• nllv i-hoiffd arrange to siite- night school *1 OR W'Pi Nominal !<:.•■ for the rnoH tvi upid people, K 1 "u m, vi', , persist in spending the:; hard earned chance with store- wind') won’t hire o' .t r Negroc- in any capacity. When Dr Art hi., I\ is war. t-tl by ,n the selections of Hump ton’s proxy. the- Capital Press club o-f Wa.'Tiii.'i.'.itOr' ■ ii! lo li Davis v, m high favor wiiti i., ( , flight Negi-i, rretitritn, Negro rnedf me no* interning in Geiiuipcn t: • ■ f>• tai I t’t and an other viidotv over un-Aiitcncam.-m hi;;; bet u won in (he Capital. Sew :; tills one it, tin.- v. u colun-.ti -.1 radi cal unity, n.'f-y-'u groups really went to to! that time All-time high in mist talesmen Is: “no Qualified students are now be ing rejected on the bests of race, color or en-f-.v' - Board of He gents of the Unit pi sily of Mary land -• Yc-s, junior. it is fantastic or .somethittg.l If wba! is bi'tng openly said about S.’.-H-i'.'i Paige's inability to conduct bimvtdf ; . hv .-mould in the big time it true, the t 6©ner ! ■ gels out oi te:.,,U( suiv «: • • • well that ns>a o crew,, '.-.ere trjt *cl at s a; asdiin the /vsults •a.e-ie good and r- icy , on’ Co mm on. Now, ■a gted training has bee.: „ -card* a! th.i big Great Lakes b: ■ r Sdaliun. .‘>;ei ire .vavy - LO'/b lin- r-liHirnatjon of iteg + . * ' ‘ X at l . *>■ con <• l:.< Wmisatici: vgatiori th« Navv i;. n t an act /nrohidied fact, and pro bablv tv ill not be for year: to uol4lu, v. ••• any Nu H'. ■ * \vhi> un ? su'Fv't'J '• v is now j.» in It uojid mi CL m - .n(\ m tcrcrtitifiti u*'ad:* foi oonfii ivu.t , X ij : <; , ~w, p.jt |f H y,. hav.' •u: , r-ut-n uhflyjg(is uu vS*a» ► pa lii v dui iGH ti if jua.it .•a’vui'al \'C«rs, arid thu Tnxic.s u absfdul* ij. rmhi as to ’;w low ‘ : >'• -* I ’ ’ '■ ■ ■' ■ 1 '; • *\ i< - ' u- : Gll U'■ u. dshed Nincf the hog innings 1 w.* a.• ?, irt,.. .;j)y 3 fit; i ~ {".'[ed }i* ;in fiit* QCwspsxjC'X u ADVISORY COLUMN When you -do .so. you can entci nuis ng school and • n< ’.y:s’ -cd nurse. M -Last yea/- .my -Us : ;! I (i ,e: i I find ! V It.-:. ”-■■■' : ivy the cay i .'sin i ■ 1 \ -i: ■ ■ r.v.- i .up. on u * .-t/ r , to make his home with me diunag the schonl It-m’i i t ’UiU c; o a lot iw him u.- it. dwsi. t i*ave many advan tag’.: VI-her. h* lives Would I - W, - < 1 !■; ! this • An..: Ni vc- The presence of a yuth in your home, will bring .. : - ,• Minshim in > our lift. Tlie toy c ill be company and a joy to . ai vund. The money that you - ’.n ml rm the hoy’s education ;ilui ...|!u-i :;i*r-i iijes will be- d iostiiif ben« tit to hnn L A T -'Jet; n., did 1 make . irii.-.tak -- ;• :i i i/ought this i,-.Site ill a-., in eon,.- cisf-s uaiijc.' 1 ffhnct- 1 ,e.iied „ . this person . t act::,.; tin came. I am veev a!> ;t th» v jinlt thing HERE AND THERE belter. :> ■■ (I'ampantlLa aud Rom im-on have brought too much credit to the f-l Time (and 1o us) to hav* U>€»r t'vchi i-llVrfs dummed by any bniy even Paige iNo , is.-, tt is u.g;.'-. i UiHii tliv gciine. folks* Don’t kick now, but that buzzing :-oi; i you iirjti- i.< being made by ■ angry vet who will descend on c v-; i.-osl year wish a snvvv vlovvn iicniß mi on the huosing situu !ion, which t,y tin way, j;, still nbomiiiihlc Especially for Negro vets. Speculation i. slid nmnin;- high ai* tIK capitol about Joe Albrights cumin u*o confer*-'rices v/ith his I;-'-;*-:-: 11 friend- v py-fr-rts,- I Army and Air Force* ‘Just in line with my trfuual duties" the hard punch ing V A aide sayu Maybe, maybi: but, as to bits rwn old servioe -AF), mi l thing Is certain: "Bin Joe" ;s roeor.Uetssly plugging to have Coh Benjamin Davis, Jr,, elevated to a genera office. As to the army, he has repeatedly t-cid that he is at a complete loss to understand why the interracial goodwill possibili ties m Maj. Harriet ’West, (ranking Negro IVAC )sre not being Inly advertised changes. The editor ial concludes: ■ It is by such patient and care ful directed efforts that racial conflicts may be supplanted by tv.taßiishim.-nt of true . civil rights. Little good can be. ac complished by the mere passage or repeal of laws and regula tions. And oratory is not a sub stitute tor sensible try-out,” V Ihe word "likis is a .saving won] in thi above passage. Thinking people realize the real and. concrete limitations of law making and law changing, but legislation, has its definite if lim ited part to play in bringing about the establshment of “true civil rights.” Basic also arc a des);i- for and ari anmovaf of the accomplishment of justice, brought about by any fair and -x-nsible means. And that spirit is what wp liked so much about toe Times' editorial. Here is also another demon stration of the principle that when those in authority have the courage to go ahead and do : ornethihg that needs doing, in the fact of old -but unjustifiable tradition, the action will often win the approval of the thought ful and tin* fairminded Axis. You have no claim on pro perty that is bought in some one elsv'.s name—you do have c i ,us;/ lor worry. Go to a lawyer and get this matter cleared up right, now before you invest any mon- monev in the place. By act ing promptly, you may not stand a loss—but if you put it off, you will stand to lose the money you have ,;tul in this investment L A. T.—l am in love with a man and he said he fell in love with me the first time he saw me. He says he intends to marry me if at instead of him getting, his divorce- as he promised, he Iris now returned to his wife. Why did he go back and should I depend on him? Arc His wale changed his mind about the diiuircc-. Give up the idea of him meaning anything in > jur life You and this fellow found each other abusing but it definitely was not a case ot true love. He loves his wife. You tan find a mate by choosing friends that are single- and unattached utilized by the service. Having completely sold Veterans admints -Ist ration on the great good to be derived from an honest and -sin cerely conducted interracial pro gram, the former war-time inter rum; trouble shooter for the Air force is no doubt trying to re con vince his service in peave, too (Bet he'll do it, chum, if they lis ten.) In the meantime, vets, Albright continue;-, to refuse offers to leave VA tor other jobs (he- had 17 years of commercial and industrial ad ministration before enlisting in the AIM "I will stay as long as rny buddies, friend- .y r) sur-r-rtors think I cun be of service,” hi says, "and not one minute longer." Question for the week; Are wo ready to WORK and PAY lor citi zenship, and stop BEGGING for il? Pst! if we are. we're as good as free.i Blue ribbons were awarded to 18 of the 28 animals entered in the Pitt Co. junior purebred hog show held at Greenville recently. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1948 l^L BY DSAN a HANCOCK FOB HNf> THE STATE-RIGHTEBS' GAME One of the cleverest cut political standi offered to • these United States for consideration in dr presidential election was trial of the State Right*ms : Kpmsvnu-d by Thurmond of South Carolina. Truman ma> not bo d< -drive and d» y -bo vague , ■ i pi.d'.tu-lmous, Wallace may •be enthusiastic and incere, but Stub Righters have taken a mountain-top stand and that stand m against the full citizen ship of the American Negroes. They leave no ir,ua for dour.'-- or u They aro n- t evasive an- in tK< .■ .jy.peais. They arc- out and out against Truman Ik - au.se lie n fu.-ed tui back down on his civil rights stand. To the State High levs, civil i ghts for Negroes tied up with white supremacy and to tire perpetuation of white supremacy the, will give then all. State- rights as defined by these State Righten, are irrevocably and unmistakably anti-Negro in their implications. This ; clearly defined in all that the Slat- Rightors do and say. State rights to them mean the right to hold the Negro down, and they mean nothing when dissociated from whit,- domina tion of Negroes. It is true Gov. Strom Thurmond, declared that this is not a campaign of race hatred and prejudice, but if it were, there would be little difference in the linal results. There is a group of whites in the south who are determined that in so far as power in them lies, Negroes shall never come to full citizenship in this country. The State Righters are the champions of this school of southern thought. What Gov, Thurmond says may be well enough, but what he is doing, is trying to forge more securely the chains of political, economic, moral and spiritual slavery for the southern Negr-.-es. The game of the State Righters then is to destroy a maa like Truman who dares to afront them with the idea that civil rights include rights of Negroes, Civil rights as an issue, only refer to the civil rights of Negroes, for they have never been an issue for Lit whites who have always enjoyed them. Why iha more advanced stare- , f the Union make no la mentable cries- about ' state rights'* while the more backward state; of the south are .weeping and gnashing the teeth about “state rights” is a stimulating question. What the State Righterv fear most is that their right? to eternally subjugate and dominate the Negro will be somehow jeopardized if men like Truman are not ham -strung and ruthlessly destroyed and that is exactly what they are out to do! Just a.-, old Roman Cato cried “Carthage must be- destroyed!”, so the State Righters are crying “Truman must be politically dbstroyc-d” >1 the light to subjugate and dominate and segregate and aggravate Negroes is to be preserved. The State Righters game is dear and how well they are play ing it is current, history. Not only are tile State Righters out .to destroy Harry Truman but those of the white south who voted for Dewey are just as: determined to attain the same results So far as the Nego is concerned the:,. ~ really no distinction to be made between the lewd-crying St at- Right-ma and the silent bolters who went into She Dewov camp. The object m either ■case is the total destruction of Truman to: his civil rights stand and his refusal to give a damn in the premise. Not. only there fore are the State Righteis playing t;.. gaua 01 destroying Tru man. but the bolter? who voted Republican art- playing the game for them. This is just as true of the supporter., of the Wallace tick?' They had no more hope of landing Wallace in the White House than the State Righters had of landing Sti-.-m Thurmond The WailaeeiU-s are also playing tile State Righters game far them however inadvertently or unwittingly. The same is true of Negroes who voted the Republican ticket. There arc through-and-tnrough Negro Republicans who are honest and upright in their political but they must also know they ployed the Slate Righters game— dealings. They must not be ieproachrei for their political choice, the “kill Truman” game This writer refused to play the Stale Righters game for them. Up or down with Harry Truman, who did not give his damn for me Dixiecrats! Seek Injunction OKLAHOMA CITY Vigc.rous ily continuing it- tight for equal ization of educational opportunity and ultimate Licakdo'-vn * Oklaho ma segregation laws ?tie NAAOP this week sought court injunction ending segregation of G. W Me- L.Turin from whitt -on , at ! ■•■ University of Oklahoma Admited to the graduate school of the university after a u. Judge federal court ruled that the state’s segregation lawn wen- m. constitutional an d unenforceable insofar as they prevented him irom obtaining the education Tie eesvs-'d, Mc-Laun nhas beer segregated in every way since he began hi-- stud ies on October 13. He sits in a email 'inter-som ad jj. trig the regulai class room; studies at a separate table m a corner on the top floor of the Is brary; and assigned u separate eating place ’ PETITION HI !l» .11, tiling a pell*n i> seeking to have the court prohibit segregation ,i McLauiin. NAACP Special Conn THEY’LL NEVER DIE 9** awr W 'l'A W& PIONEER SCULPTRESS Mi i ’_ Jf * \ ./ ffigg >*3 .-JOUZZ sel Tnuigood Marshall made clear :y a federal court hearing on Mon day, that an attack was being made .-■n segregation as such and that the i/s'fgat;un of this -tudent denied him tfte equal protection of tr.e laws guaranteed by Ibe Constitution ot t- United Siams Marshall al&.. a-sorted that the federal court decision was broad tnciigh to include others vvno seek adntfssicn to the gradaute school and asked the c lurt to Include in its case the lawsuit of Mrs. Maud erie Hancock Wils in, another Ne gro seeking admission to Oklaho ma University. State’s Attorney General M. Q Williamson had rul ed that the University need not ad mit Mrs. Wilson under terms of the MeLaurin decision. Aha in Oklahoma City, the of ficer* of tbi- Oklahoma State Con ference of NAACP branches me! last week reaffirming their oppo sition to segregation in any form in public educaiuiii. and unanimously voting lheir full support to the tight to break these barriers dowa.