PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS WHAT ABOUT THE NEGRO VOTE? 'Editorial writers, ntnvspape? and radio COlunifllsts and other political analyst? havo written and spoken at length on the subject of why T rum an v. as elected and Dewey defeated, arid about the poor .showing made by'Henry Wallace The labor vote, the farm vote, and the house wives have all been mentioned as being’ j erponsibie for .swinging the election from Dewey to Truman, The president's suc cess in presenting a program acceptable to the western farmers his positiveness in outlining his proposals, as against the vagueness and cautiousness of Dewey, the lambasting ol the 80th (’ongiTs.s in Tru man's speeches, and a number of other factor havi been examined in the press and on the radio as explanations for the unexpected victory of the Democratic, candidate. Mr. Truman's dogged deter mination to carry on the fight, his humil it\ hi--- sincerity, his symbolizing of him -re if as an average man in there swinging in behalf of the average man, and even the traditional American sympathy for the underdog all have come in for their part in accounting for Truman's triumph and Dewey's downfall But not a single writer or speaker we have read or heard has mentioned the Negro vote! This failure to include the Negro vote in the post-mortem accounting is all the more strange in view of the fact t h a ‘ southerners Dixiecrats and loose who remained true io the Democratic party alike attributed Mr. Truman's pea mitigating of the civil rights program to his schetvmg to snare the Negro vote in northern and border states. The Negro press in its analysis *>t" the election result = repo ts that, colored voters ;i’! over the country overwhelmingly sup ported Mr Truman. Harlem went for hirr two -or three to one. Several Negro Republicans in Philadelphia who were running fe> local offices were swept away by the. Truman-Democratic tide. Negro Chicago remained Democratic in spite of .strong Pew- y leadership among colored politicians In his bid for the Negro vote Dewey could point to his record as governor of NTw York, and one may be sure his cam paign managers did not hide that record, whu h included many good appointments of Negivec to impmtw* mt- pm .. a well as the New York State FEPC c dab Jithed during his administration. Vet Har lem followed Truman by a big majority. VYhat happened m the South ‘ -lust one small example. Raleigh's Precincts 10 and 16 gave the Democratic candidate G-n votes, Dewey 209, and Wallace 107. The reports from the South in general indi cate that wherever the Negroes voted they voted as overwhelmingly and con sistently for Truman. Negroes were influenced by the name net. of factors as the other voters of the country ,and in addition were, grateful for Mr. Truman's courageous advocacy of a cause unpopular with millions of hre own party members. Moat, of them doubt less felt t h a t Mr. Dewey would be at least as trustworthy an advocate of civil rights for minorities as would Mr. Tru man; but they felt that Mr Dewey's stand on the issue represented no sacri fice or political risk on his part He didn’t stick his neck out on any issue. Several influential Negro newspapers South as well as North, declared for Mr. Dewey; but the Negro press was evident ly as. powerless as the white, press in de termining the trend of the voting. Finally, Wallace’s very poor showing throughout the country among colored voters ea me as a surprise to many. The most outspoken of all the candidates in his advocacy of the Negro’s ideal con- THE CAROLINIAN Published by The Carolinian Publishing Co. US East Hurtffitt St. Raleigh. N r the Post Office at Raleigh, N, under the Act oC March 3 1879. P. R. JKRVA V, Publisher C. D. HALLIBURTON. Editorials •Subscription Kates One Year, $3.50; Six Months $2.00 Address aO communications and make all checks payable to The Carolinian rather than to Individuals. The Carolinian expressly repudiates responsibility lor return of unsolicited pictures, manuscript, etc., unless stamps are sent. ception of his proper role in Ament-in life, he nevertheless ran <* poor third among Negro voters,. He did no better with Negroes than did Thurmond with the whiter of the South, or riot ■: well EilhtT the colored voters did not trust him or any real he* ad way lowa rd gcftiiu' clcr else they did not truu* his ability to make ted, and preferred not to ‘wit :tc their vote.*' in spite of th<* lart that little i : 1 >oins.*; >.-iid about d by the commentators, one may he sure that Truman and the nation al Democrath high command are well aware of the importance of the Negro vote in contributiug’ to the Democratic victory Illinois, Ohib and California were earried by the Democrats by small mar gins, and the Democrat;'. < ould not have won without those .stales. Nonetheless the Nugro vote was not a him vole anywhere. The vote was distri buted among (he candidates, except that Thurman and Wright were uatureky passed over. With that exception, a com plete analysis of the vote, if such were possible, would probably show a close parade! between the Negro vole and the vote of the genera! public. EQUALITY BY LOWERING ’! here have been two recent develop incuts in the King George County (Va.) struggle for equal school facilities for Ne gro children- The reader will recall that, the Negro citizens of that county, repre sented by colored lawyer-, won a court or der from a Federal court enjoining school authorities from, continuing the provid ing of unequal school plan* and other inequalities existing between while and colored schools In a recent bond election in which few citizens voted, the majority vote author j/ed ;i >1 "'"f. Mi'o bond issue for the evc< - Don of a new school building for Negro children. But to meet the on ijoabt!- in another direction the school hom'd voted to re more 1 rom tin ni '< nm oi th white high .*-.* hoot 1 t- ni übj-ct now ia.ur.!*' there. -md toi which no piovjaou h;-ol been m-ylc ui tire Negro There,l The people, white and *■ oloi 'c! ar» Hr gtreted with the hoard bceau • ‘ tin unh' ard-ot method of biingmg anouf oquality that of lowooing Die to tter down to the lev ei of the poorer. Whc. t h ,i Hi, O or, H vc.. ' -U !\:. r r i>■ ~ ■ < or malice, or whai not, d cert a inly reems like cutting off on'e s iiryc to up He one a ft,,. White children are being made 1 * suffer. The white school may !*>;,«: IF-, rat ing { hNegro doe; m-* ward ‘he v kit*- man pulled d o w n to his level mo )he white man’s chi id pushed down ! •"> F" level of his own. His only idea ol ''quaits j , that of equality on ;* high and erei higher level, to bo attained by vairtug t.n*' Negro to the prevailing ."■latur- ol otlieia. and then advancing together from there FIFTEEN CENTS A MEAL Dr Ellen Winston, state commissi,,nor <-!' public welfare, and members of the stab* weifan: bo?,- i have appeared before th< Advisory Budget Com mission with a request far funds during; tin- ire.;! biennium sufficient to allow an ;-v< nig,- -:,nt ,f $27.30 for old age assistance tk. re. and a hoot s2l for depend* ni children per month At pit •ent the average is about $19.73 per month ,n North Carolina for the dependent aged. as com pared to a national , vorage of S3B a month. IV pendent children in North Carolina arc receiving sl3 a child, say.-, D' Winston, or about enough to provide 15 cents a meal if the mother does not cat, and with nothing left over at all for th other expenses of living after the 15 cent meal has been bought. Dr. Winston points out also With the cost of bare subsistence 50 to Hu per cent higher than it was seven years ago only trifling increases in assistance- allowances have been made available to North Carolina’s needy li. should be understood also that under the So rial Security law.-- the United States Government is providing half of the munificent allowances made for the state*, needy children and aged. Meanwhile the state*;, revenues continue to in crease and pile up, and we are .proud of oiu solvency as a state—our ever-increasing public .-••venue and surplus. The budget commission and the Legislature should face Dr. Wjnston’s figures with shame rather than gloat, with pride over the .surplus reported from (he fiscal offices of the state. Then they bould do sot ' thing positive about the requests oi the Depart runt of Fab lie Welfare for a little better break for the under privileged of the state w ho arc- facing heartbreak ing problems in trying to live on the pitiful sums of which North Carolina supplies only half It is an axiom that a government collects from its people no more than it needs to perform Ire services it undertakes. Why continue to collect heavy taxes and at the same time -operate the welfare sendees on such a niggardly basis? THE ‘CAROLINIAN If 3 ' p/ - ~ ... ..-A ■ : / ’ r .y D'% f . -* .* . V . * -v , j , : -JT j 7 . jHjp Dt HO, re ' *rt •■: ; V - I, ■ pt' T*. ' 1 \ #- - v W4s. ! Jr - \ 11 m I \ - ■/ . s t | ki : ! 1 rty i4§- jdtmm # Wwss k ! a%. mm i ' I jfccoiltl llN>II!J»ll(% j ! J»v C. o. >uii.umi*T(>N * /■■• J-N ' V >:.J| * I ,1. !.), , ! ,!■ - . LV 'f . (■*'.'. pretty ;;red pi«;;l-.n«>i • (< in- mi ', ; v nn mdoniioi ■ 1,.-,.-:i-- :i now as this wnl.ng in, n- !.!: m two weeks *}!*? But 1 irk t i.,• in- Hu I r 1 " UCf' of us v *; c, ficj td;, ;i ‘' ci.;;, i '-e A,• re - !' c reodim; puh - :,- t re,:.- -t-b.* M.ihyci nr. i rt.--> giv. o->* tinai .' ,v r> ; I,- >jubiec‘. c c*. • r\ r'vhur.u for tire next I'wcral ;,>■ -,) he : i.K.-tffi arc ; ■ ,1 ,i |p<- • , • \\ ti'i ■ viitoo t he ;lcf,, n-',’ wan( to eiv c-M'iirv -! -mi;!,' - r. about the i l- • we, ( ; -,(<=.■;! f >.,- i . ~.e.: n .. I Iff f - )•>*-. ~f t.-,-1 11, who p-npbty rtayi?/c she r,,,,,, i.hiius. wtl-k •*. ,- • : • ■ i I .>.!! '-? cad JV-U I d: ' *;v,nl; h,- if -.,'i t,;. Ik- nnot Ot Aovv : -* • V, i rethi . F . rv:; { , i vF.f. -j r-rt- i ;-Ym?»ri G’’ : ■' ft: * I fhotijih? )rt ks '--nUI \ • i ■hvtioi .•}i: trt .ii 1)* -V - re, I F.,*iG •I. )" -i-v' lii f J'Jlt D.. j-. , j i ;.iK|, of rDrtrjv wi f I <ll*l Vs i".> f,\ v Tunrjcin br; 1 hv ’ ; rtd ;t bcl U:x i !V*n';o: f . ~ v ,, .0 ,T ,• } . i mrt .. ;•* f\ thx'U did }%'.vr THE ROAD TO! IT.AI.TI I yj vs s:i or ni i \ .1 in VO! f, i <*>lT MTV |t- v T't ,"it .i t\k,’. 11 "null i, 'SI 1‘ V. .1 V «rk I \>T ivmca l !;".’ iind -! •• Jbnr.i • • to ~ rtjv,, - ... r.r i i;y, T bo' \ P- ■' v , ..... f : . ,11:.. : nriybb'H' If illness i.~ p. p-,ni;ir ■ . a it tils!' and ! Is: rats ns. to ' S'rc:-s tin <<!>•■ h ihe rouin.'imitv, vc s . . ~ ( , t , it „j f-, n , i j: ;■. C m:r! inks* tiorcs -ai'.'. pi t cautions f > •Most conunumeabV diseo.-vs are well >;<:: •r, • >!led through the coin- . binrri ,xl irts of lioah'h \ ' merits, physic amr, und the gonna! public Ifr.r.farchpvs seek tireic' : - )v to provide new and gr enter knowledge in all fieid of medicine nrid to make avniiabic for the ben efit of all the best methods of pre vention, dim-nosis. and treatment. The citizen,: m this country hove great euntidcnce •»rsd rightly so. in our coriimued progress toward bo<- ter public health. The venereal diseases are com inunlcable, but. it is not widely realized teat (hey are far more prevaic:il than any oihe; serious eon i m unicable d iscasc, i ncludin 4 influenza. Furthermore this state ment is bated on reported c.ases only. I; is estimated that about two thirds of those persons who acquire venereal disease u -t apply for diagnosis and treat merit, and thus arc no! reported That so many ir factions are undiscovered avw! un treated e in- result <>f evasion, if.<r. >'r complete unaware:mss of m feet inn. Too many years of bush-hush” arid luck of knowlod o' fostered these mistaken ntiitud. s b is now recognized that Ignm • arc of lads is the cloak under which pyi'ltilis and gonorrhea hav* gained such a sirorif* lead in jac vai.ynce That is why you, as a riti rep. are reading and hearing rr >rr and moj-c about, the venereal dis eases their symptoms, their dan gers, how they are treated, and why examination and treatment 111 1 so important, in the cony i hii ik*iH thdik Hi ii\l\ t . Hf n ! hi' 011 i« t t,v;;y *, .: *ri J. 1 c ?; ;* v: ; . i VOf.Qb 'tii 1 ; iG.iyn Ire • hA»n vi'H&.mx Oiiv '• >1 l ,-k, T; mum ::d f • N vD* to w hi* hhe v . - ’•- ( 'i it t>l1‘c lis 1 llai 17,-w '. :n • t recta 1 -'Pi'cml tm re 1" *•*• • - .. t . 1 ■;}- . >■>** tn : * *f' f'l ’ ’ . re -••• v . rt - an. *s i.'- « ' . « r V ;* ! la*'* vvilh Mr. Dg • .» ;• ■ l * '. i ' \ ■ ■ : ‘MI rll‘d t Ot' C& '* H ’ ? ' f d t! T» tn hi., p'rivcG'i i ! f r * r-.r -vio-u id’io: -• i? |hn.£ ejbr. ‘ ■ u < n |,s ,M ;?n H *.T- • > I*. i hrtd b’rt' re.op.t* • ' Pl'* , | Grx rt j .‘O' .f b>’ •.‘rtFlU'ii •.’ ’- t !-1 M.‘ : } •• 1 i u fj vM ifp . u O , .1 j t'rtrt )fD V.-d rt jrt-bl K\ >- , - ! . ' •- *•"j s'* •/'rv mxo-d- j mV' !iub g i re ji |. i nt *. ' •ft j * •' i •G * <* re »: . - v *•» f o rr? g 'VI oh • • •' V H /'i \r\ic m:' * ‘m 1)v N / ! ‘ • vinch ki n *v,■ t -jnd ■si \p-v■ \v*- s* ;r i, n)jor,l. in t DO'iTDon.'! Ey vx h ton c* dWOite r.J T •?. ■:* v h iv’ it • U ZZI-l COOJ € ? ..ill ?!'* i , itj-i plrv re!.;".-., and health ’ to: i X'ce ->1 disc 3cs ere- h* l •" ! i : , fe-t iiifUi idiini rise f<w -his communiiv , re -■ ■ ! • syphilis aside fr<m, the physical t lain age- o may inflict, rn ,y cut ) •bort d person's fd..ruuii* r'*it.*jcvty, vj:,;. ciirrupt Ttiv horru- nun jvcacE if mnui. nr cl YrtU't li.rrtiiv • d v yec-ikpH i 1 burden. <*n the comimitii- •» ; Ann via J\ v ixj a tiy v4ct i vfis -ot un- ; ,r<:■: U’d verrt:rc*?i] disc arc plat- 1 •-.! uii-1e: me care ot tax-sup’poriea 1 ■ fiijimic;:-. and .tgenc.c,-: brerevee <t hlfndness. -.U cfntres. revniah-ni, •:id insanity. This hidden cost end , [Tifflt NE M iI!E j* "StoTT*l*\ a .. •-> viriM wc s:.iiT.r.LCEn in i j \H lo*'"' r, v SPIT* OP HANOICAP’S/ Vl :T;. ‘T' WUP/ ; OWNI K or A Si mil fe.,-, CAR RAILROADf f - \ Continental F««mr»«f_ Y-l l her; " ■ .-.-r ilni, An -'l'tur ■■!!' <ii tit,’ g,i duv-'lrig ( if i,jj:i'r v.-.,v ur:i>. : : ; HponswA-tr,... oi \J Bevvy's Ni-'V' l i'iijjtH’vii ft icmi:. fit.-- {jin - - vrnnr 1'i■ r : if arrived. lit’ b'/ijan ti'*oV(• nijii:! the V (.-.in, PvU !!; r,-; -'if i’ quc-t'. of t -to nows-- paper oarm cm*?; - in small ip--(.itps Evervon k-;■! v/aH.iny for Uv- ev.rmrmtu bat -: i . fnt i; 11 ! ■ ;i- - : i jhftf : I hi ; .1 But ;ici .-I R-w n-üß’., .it mssif: Ij-'ilft;: <hr v;.:.:) r\ 'ii-iHi r, - 1 .-> j. :i- c, Yiip r . ■ : H WinnsT Y A . .. rj, pm,, , ,: l ,u-:TlJal.p for pv< - ut',i . V- Dewev had . i!):»•.> ill in u, Hating ru . .I •, . 1 0 1 , • !, (( | N iy) >.4ni'* .He cli: ■! not. "C'o , . , - .-l j n i, t> ~•* s- 0 \ M, ‘;•-( Iru vh-:.. >v.: -.-vial • • .• need r. 1 r'CCUI •j. .• ,i?;cif ; ..;i-»v effective, quo (>. -li'd convenient fr the t. < ifnf Daily !>!i'.'j• : fbe given in .a pin i.cwnV. office o! in a clinic •■■■ \t hml <rt >n:A ini!" runt inn ■'.*n ! !,Hl! ill - '.VO:"* !'* iil'lii' ViOt !V U i". : 1 • • ,!'is available ‘" any ■ who needs it atirt who wwl faltiutiily a hide by the medical crime-; I‘tiiiiiiei'! for bis bf-fitfil The paMont must know when to suspect i;: I'ot‘tion, and lie must be alert to the advantages of getting medic:.! examination and treatment as so. n as possible. The earlier a wrnv:,; infection is treated. tin better are tne chance of curing the disease before it. causes or ganic damage. The patient must understand too the importance <>i WEEK ENDING, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 27 1948 PICTHER cun REAT VINDICATION VOT? The returns of the recent ' ' - - ■' ut tt .y an ups-t In the prevailing opinion, ,-bnl ti ■' u r .vy ' shoved 3 vincf!- «•■ 100 voir of the people. One of -t .! itr*»ngth of ‘Pn >c ■ is Um. /.t’JT.anic: rapacity o; Inr .1 n-. ;.n people t.> i'gudvr in an unmistakable way their opii uolu matter* If i true that them are some Re u- o-an 1 1 hard, wii - at< ti um; to disparage the intelligence >.f the Atncriran voter, but to there \v... say, the same American vototv have ,formerly .'gß-ered thentfblves in favor of that which is Republican, just a.-, they hav vci.entlv declared themselves in favor of that which is Democrati In !P4fi the American voter turned Republican, and gave re publicanism a ’ break" but the old tin,- Republicans muffed their chan*.’,- by engineering an obstructionist policy through the B(Hh Congress. The American voter became disgusted with such sh ; ; i an I d..play of midge! i •; I•. and enounced such hn-tu: in thv recent election The remit Democratic vote and r ictory was a vindication us 'he lamented Franklm Delano Roosevelt who sleep; at quiet Hyde I ’ark. It was the genius of Roosevelt that saved this nation from :iic throes id a hitter revolution. The Republic ,ns had not set the for this tragic eventuality, hut Roosevelt was too resourceful and. too imaginative in the promise It is true that he brought ■ ff the revolution with American billions but ours was the better m the bargain Our ship of state that was listing badly resumed an even keel 1 ud- r the magic touch and genius of Roosevelt Truman's promise !:, eoninue the New Deal inaugurated under Roosevelt appealed (,> the people and their vote vindicated, Roosevelt. It is true that -inee his passing there are those to disparage him and even malign hue. but this is merely a ease of rats coming out to p I when the tom-cat is away. The vote war a super-vindication of Truman, the abused, the iitiigned. dispaiaged, the ridii ulcd, the despised and relucted „f the Dixiecrats. And why? Simply because lie advocated the most unpopular doctrine of civil rights for Negroes It must he observed however that the cause of civil rights for the Negro is not nearly as unpopular with the people as with the press. Herein lies the bright hopes for the cause of race relations. Tie 11 cent vote was supervindication for a man with moral coin ;,p ;< :! »v! up ;>nd be counted as unequivocally committed to civil , jghts for all the people, Negroes included. It. was this stand that enraged the Dixteerats and their northern sympathizers of v»om there are not a few. The el. ction was a vindication for the better south. With Tuck ( ,f Virginia and Thurmond of South Carolina trying to stampede m,,. ;nu.th against Truman and hi? civil rights program we v-*'.t • one oi the superbest flUHiro campaigns ever waged in the ;, ul th Os ’he K! southc’-n stat' ; the flat tire Dixiecrats carried „j] v three states, the writer here is giving Alabama the benefit „f the doubt and assuming that had Truman's name been entered Y would have carried Alabama. The name was left off by th« ■•leader;.-" and not the people, who spoke in the other nine southern The writer repeat, what he has often asserted that the aouth „ growing in mom! stature in way- too often obscured bv the Tiiurmoftda and Bilbo.; and Rankin, and Tuck-. Hie fact mrupn? ;p.bcioil South .-wallowed TAtman, i ivil right; and ail and tnu to it? credit must be said. T1 „. Aortidft was a vindication m thr Neg-n in his stubborn fi.-M • full citizenship in this country As we predicted in * ( , (j( . in , th( . ,->, (•(ion -;-■■!ld in many ways be a race ot.p, nut poll indicating just bow fust and how far the Negro had {: ■„( f, v . rights The election returns were gratify f. r ' Tb'r. ok - - tion was a 'vindication of She people in particular who defied a reactionary leadership and registered, their own convic !: - n .. ~t ihe poll with unu :ut result:' The i\ir-c-rvon people ore doing their own thinking, tnank> Ji- Ti .„ v j.,, not m in- herded any more like dumb driven cattle. The Ami-mv, people takes .vn- Ou. CvMt findicatiop vote! Scnlcnce Sermons 8 y p, V. FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY (FOR ANP) ■j ~, vou progress toward success may seem much delayed, but ls \,pu>-"aims' "arr good ones, with determination you will make Those rho a.-,; looking for ,omething good must be pfepa’-«| v ,r . reception - make prep-'r-ation . T .;,.; v in t h,; torn! of Dlenty. with modern improvement*, iu.v ,Jlieu."'7;ave f and tenrnle, royal of creed and choice, man for the VI , O V p 3:, has become worldly minded, and to God, wont evem r ‘."f ft ! vnirf . }s<v.v (an a w-m expect to really prosper, arrayed tn mxur./ l!kr , k ,ng vet m v-c! raises his had to thank God, much less His 5 ‘"inerSdo is the curse of the fortunate; it Is eating at the v ia!:-, of the race . . . thus man is liable to crowd himself out back wards without sufficient space to hide his face. But now let those who know their Cod and His matless matches nu , u ,. to all mankind, renew their faith, increase their love and give endless thanks: to the father above Real success .s founded on virtues that cannot be bought there arc counterfeits that can be picked up like diseases that u » But the kind of suec-ss that really lasts, is the kind that put: iv-.i'i -first things, first. ’ Anv man who tries to reach success by any uprighteous course. Avr plenty of time in his old age to drink from his cup of remorse, ' Vvc two su v’-i route.- to success arc those known as T.uth and if’.nesty" no doubie-cr-ossers are familiar with those mgnways, and the crossing flagmen are men of integrity. Success comes -by hard work, it offers no towards or ‘-monu ments to those who think they can shirk The folks who believe only in luck get so far down thc ro- Hup success to them begins to fade because they substituted the wrong thing for pluck. Real success also hides its face from those who *J el tha /’ „ -pul!" alone, they can evade hard, work and ascend ■ e " u ■Success starts with *«" and ends that way too. and y-’u havt ! to possess all of the parts -before success will recognize you Success building, is a slowly arranged, well planned anc. piaym - f„] operation; It is like a skyscraper - - - the inguei it re,u - . architectural perfection, the stronger and deeper must be its d at ion j A k'»- ««• T wh ., r , he has of the excellent facilities for treat |.bti:-(’ persons with wn-ir.' n< hew- in el re contact. Thus he will ".ent and to make every effort to nr! only protect himself from re- correct those conditions whten * infection but he will also protect lead to the- spread of venereal o»s --other persons Sr, his home and coin- ease muml> Cooperation and km pledge, com- A community will further aid m bined with modern therapy, v. ,11 tlie eradication of syphilis and rid our country oi these serious, gonorrlten by its willingness to eo.aiy dise.isi-s BETMEEII .' rm: orara :• nv D1 AN R HANCOCK f OSt ANP : ' -'.rorvrr rnnua; r-wt utc|>,»y , 4

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