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PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS MOORE SQUARE MAY GET TREATMENT, AFTER ALE ’ We note that the City of Raleigh wan* permission of the State to shave off the margins of Moore Square CTmplirt. G'mvc”) on three sides to provide park ing facilities for motorists. State ofl'iciaU scorn inclined to permit this cm. roach ment on the square, now < hie fly used a an old clothes mart, and in season as ,« marketplace, rent-free, for the sale at atrocious prices of Christmas greens. Bui we nolo also that the state officials say that permission will ho granted only nu condition that the city improve that part of the square which would be 1* ft after the parking space has b e e n ac quired. (Readers who did not know it will have gathered by now that Moore- Square belongs to the state as does Nash Square.) The CAROLINIAN has advocated the improvement of Moore Square, having pointed out that, it is probably one oj lb few parks of jts kind m Ihe world if not the only one, without any seats at ail in it. The- CAROLINIAN is therefore very glad that the state will set up some con ditions by which the city must do son; - thing about the ft rove if it. is to get part, of it to use for its own non-park purposes. According to the News and Observer, City Councilman Cor re 11 said that he “propose when the City * ouncil govern ment became effective here . . . that the walks lie fixed, a lawn and shrubbery ho planted, benches installed, the part; pro perly lighted and properly policed." It is claimed that the city hasn’t had the money to do these things. But the park ing problem which worm s the toe 5 ouneit and the City Manager no end, may yet be a blessing in disguise, to some extent. It may put some benches in Baptist Grove, as well as more cars outside it. of Martin Street New Born Avenue lam -■ The traffic problem cut. the schedule in half from mid morning to mid-after- Tioon, Maybe the necessity ot accommo dating motorists, which allegedly om.< sionecl the rerouting and rescheduling ot buses to the great, inconvenience of the residents of East Raleigh, will at least result in providing tin m with somewhere do sit. while waking, r ill GOVERNOR f El n In a single public statement- recently ■Governor-elect Kerr Scott proved him self in two different respects an unusual if, not an altogether unique individual among the statesmen, politicians, office holders and prospective officeholders no' only of North Carolina but of the South ill general. In one ot these ivspc:* ts ue joins a very small company of Democratic politicians, taking the country as a whole. Mr. Scott has publicly acknowledged the loyalty of the Negro voters of this state to the Democratic Pally in the re cent national election, li has been re. marked in these columns more than once; that there has neon a singular lack of publicly voiced recognition on the part of politicians and publicists of the signi ficant role of the Negro vote in swelling Mr. Truman's majority and that of other Democratic candidates in the November elections. Our governor-elect pointed out in his statement that the Negroes of North Carolina were better Democrats in the last election than many who had received more recognition from the party in the lpast than the colored voters ever had hoped for. It is true that, the national Negro vote has been paid a left-handed compliment, by Sen. Moey and others in that they have THE CAROLINIAN Publisned by The Carolinian Publishing Co. •'» ft Karffkpt.t S>fc. RjiJHcrb W Une JPosi Office at Raleigh, N. under the Act of March 3. 1879. P. R. JERVAY. Publisher C. D. HALLIBURTON. Editorial* Subscription tinte* 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 responsibility lor return of unsolicited, pictures, manuscript, etc n unJeae stamps are sent, f 1, . ! :—. ■ . ' , ■- ■ . lined up behind the move to revise the presidential election system vo as to re move the ‘‘undue” influence of “minority groups” in states where the voting may bo close, and the “minority" may, a the candidates know, determine under 1 h e pro.- :! ystera which wn.v the electoral '• oP of Inc M ile will go. Miff oidler timn that flic NegroV pari in (lie national pari;, victory and in several parti wl.ur states and localities, h b.‘ on ig; ..r.vi >r gib-Mu! over. i;i i ’ i'H r Amo lie:! 1]" M.'<.U, distin guished him ■•:!{' from the ordinary poli tician by making promises after hi- elec tion. Not only does hr acknowledge Ike loyalty of Negro Democrats to the party, hut he says that, in recognition of that loyalty Negro North Carolina will re reive some recognition from him when he takes office. Since candidates usualiv of fer inducements before, election rather than give pledges afterward, wo believe i! is safe to assume that Mr, ,Sc oft will do something about whai he has as id. He socm-s to be a remarkably' indepen dent man, and he is in the happy posi tion of owing little to the old. line powers that~be bi North Carolina Democratic circles, so he is comparatively fn e to car ry out some of his own ideas. Specifically the governor-elect says that Negroes should have more rrpro-ro tation on stair boards and commission:: The CAROLINIAN has been saying the same thing fur a long time, and we use glad to know that the next governor not , niy feels that way. but further is not afraid to say so. Come progress has been made under the last two governors in tiff dilection but there is still plenty of room, as Mr. .Scott evidently know a for improve ment. There is no reason wharves why boards that control or supervise state s- r vices exdusivGy for Negroes should have no Negro members or so few: and tbpso which adminiri t services far all the people should not be so appointed as f > ignore a group representing 30 pei. cent. ■* if the si at i ’> citizenry. Kerr Ac off. gives promise <>t neinp u governor whose horMom; arc Dreader than the average. Time will to)), EVERYTHING HER HEART COULD DESIRE An unusual news story circulated by the United Pres early this month to id of a 16-ycar-oki girl, the adopted daugh ter o< wealthy Long Island couple, and two b<>y companions (one of ! m m inci dentally a Negro), who staged a "wild party” at the home of the parents. At the conclusion of the party, which had featured the finishing off of two bottles of scotch, the trio helped themselves to two of the mother's diamond bracelets and went on their way rejoicing. Before leaving, however, they borrowed, a re volver found in I lie house and fired a shot mto a mattress just for fun. The striking part of the story is no; found in the escapades of these “modern" kids, who were arrested while strolling on Park Avenue. in the wee hours of the next morning, li is rather in the amaz ingly and pitifully move reaction of the mother, a tonne r vaudeville peri or nice. Concerning the daughter, adopted when she was only three weeks old, slu: said: "I’m sure Barbara is a victim,’’ and •she gives her reason for being so sure. "We have done everything possible, for fun. She has unlimited spending money and closets filled with clothes. She is a member of our social set end our < ountrv club. Last Easter we flew to California and while we were there Barbara asso ciated with Barbara Stanwyck and Burns and Alien and other movie stars She had everything her heart could desire." 1 Os course mamma was right- Barbara r, a victim. The tragedy ts that mama docs not realize Barbara is a victim of mama's own conception of child-rearing, and of what it takes to saHsfy the heart’s de sire. When one reads mama’s catalogue of the 16 year-old’s possessions and ex periences. even in the bare outline given in. the above quotation, the mystery of Barbara’s conduct and character is solved. One is moved to exclaim, “Poor Barbara !” - iviiti-v rvi-fA THE HAROLfNTAN “OPERATION MOM OW n iy tii promise ipu anything v ’ Vi' taou let me. operate . ■ ry- / ,<w*v ~/ 4 uyv f ..., - & b Aiv.. v : N g v ;>^' lx X x\# 5 .. "’ : ‘ Y A '$A ■'# Iky : -® |'VT® ry - • \\ i' L A:. " Bm* -A- 1 §■■ t tse-xx: .. ■ Cl * r y. 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Vi: v- If -‘ vs uit is w r-.aiE! \vi:!*. u - r.’hc (a! g.'iii ,■: cl!:il \Vt! O-t -al'.'a . stiflcr I':--., n the fact w r ■ tan dovvn-fiv c-<mfh. Pc: v.ps wo arc. It i? poasjbi..’ that w ‘ ottld use a little more o' the "I-a. A.aSnA wi-lc": ;-,T . ’-.Adi W * iv- l»<*f n ridsV’U-'.Ti f«»* i>’>•*.-*. .a .m;;: It is soni! Ih-np 'o fh.-ai: . : - id. at < 'h'ri.sliVf-'i.s 1 boo. ItHimir it that Use NaAO’ in t... Am*, ‘os is in <J, -.a.c;- of (<>;.. i,i!.•■-. e'e H-’iC. Kor-cri: Commie in tl!', :i!:on, wni nU.uaaU.-ii ie eUo: ;a.ip. < War-iir.g P, ittiirp i-rrinciic-s: bet tei 1.!.' -.n Uv alori to those twin d.anuors.i MY RESOLUTION I 'Oil THE NEW YEAR By the time this column Khali have rc'cchcd my readers the y< .!>- of 1048 will have* become hi.-.lory. No doubt looking back ovi c the year at our many many it'vi I lure--. and. I hone, a few sue ,, man. of us will be forced to repi ut the words of Pilate at : r tr 1 11 nf Const: •• i iuu 1 imvc v,. :tten I have written " Certainly many of the tilings v.v did during 1948 we would hit,.- veiy much to undo; many word we nave spoKCii we would like to recall. Not only •to many us feel like repeal ing the words oi Pilule, but ,nu);iy of us would like also to reecho again the words of that great Christian philosopher. Saint Paul: “For that which £ do 1 allow not; for what 1. would, that 1 do ml; but what 1 hole, that I do." However, the veai: of 1948 is now history. p,ui; very little that we did or o | not do. can be corrected now, and nine of what, was spoken by us can be recalled. Therefore, many of us will in ,i k c jo solutions rogyiding what wo plan to do or not to do what wd plan to say or net to MV. during 1949. On tbu othr-t hand there are those who will not make resolutions. Peo ple who do n >t. make resolutions give for their reason for not so doing that they will r.nt he, ,i them and, therefor 1 :, will have falsified to themselves and '{, r ? )( j., If! ; ■ ;j„, (lot". ii'.'l fe ' that j t-,.. fear of not keeping them ; h'ould keep one I rum making resolutions. Even though a pet - iijov is ;, keep ids resolu nort. he accomplishes more in fhaf direction than he would without a resolution.. Vh-"v;t'o"r, a d termination, a ourpojo. osnionarv define;; ;i resolution Smiles say.v. “To think we ere ihle ir. almost, to be* to d< ii-rn'ine upon attainment p* ■ts,. I.isnf’v attainment its' 1 !; er, iie-'t s :notion ban, often ; eenui ! In have about it _ almost -) - ~vor ,• t omnipoten: Even (;• urib my rcsuiatinn iin ,y animd r-ither common J; . e . iam r-goU.stk* ei M,h to pa .. it on to inv .readers. 1 am resolving nev< r again to <•■■!! joke that reflects disparagingly a the Negro race. My m ’’ making this particular re* .-mintion is that during the ; ,i .a Negroes’ slavery in i.-i --country their eonfidenc?- hi. and r' "oect for each other, .very ompietly destroyed tl ■ t until yet Negroes do not have the confidence in and wsiic: pa -; other that they should have ... , .■; | r]( <]' ~ai ii 111 ■ V '■ iU ■' survive i.n this country as a a- ;jnr.l. race. No doila* ' l;■ a Utifar’Cl able jokes have been ; ;.i ; . n and about the Negro j i<’t than about any other race in this country. 1. them! ore. for a 0 he’ eby and now of my nwti free will and accord, ro j.,dve that my jokes about the Negro race from now hen a:‘or hi and ever more will :»e only t.f, o ce that tia.v the rr’<? very I;i compliments. mm; \m> there ... (ftV AND Seldom h.i : ; io athlete of \f: • rnenoa been given more cordial farewell Hum that accorded the immortal Kenny Washington at the Uains-Kedskins game in Los An* i-c1,.-last Sunday. The thousands of pro football fans stood and cheered the popular hometown boy as he sang his swan song to the some iG -i. a ih'v. car and televi sinj) ..of, toc.i 11 was u heart-warm ing .spectacle. ' thing ha: h mpened '-incr he }, ’neon on the job that, has ]:leased “Rig Joe” Albright more than the recent red hoi interest be ’ ing taken by top-flight Negro enter - tamers in VA hospial programs. The project, spearheaded by NCNW 'particularly the Pittsburgh Coun cil of the ladies. Daisy Lumpkin. . Toki Johnson. F.lhel Ramos Harris, eie.i. has the officials of VA sing ig loud hosannas of praise. 'Let's rill get in on this one.) One thing is foi sure the 81 u congress is definitely «oin • to do something about housing And by •something" we mean more decent homes for low-income people. Ne groes will ret a fair shake, too. * >}i * Intern: ting sight. Negro. Mexican and while students studying prill c;,bJy togothci in a barber college, owned by Negroes in Phoenix. \i( Who said we weren’t on the march'.'. * *■ * Going to Washington for the in* oucuniitonv Petter get your reser vations in now. Capital will, be fill ed to overflowing, and it will be too cold to sleep In the parks. * * The 1949 vocational opportunity campaign of the Urban League will he bigger and better than ever, folks. Give this effort your unquali fied support Nothing is of more importance' to us right now than the business of training for and being placed In GOOD JOBS. (Tout's right, junior, money stiil talks, i <V ri 4c Question lot the week. Is Joe Louis really as broke as gossip says’ * * « Five will get you your own odds that the report of its commission on education to the 1949 conclave W LEE ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1949 l /,?y < >IAN H HANCOCk* FOP ANP THE SOUTH TAKES THE DEFENSIVE When an enemy or .n opponent can ibn driven from the of tensive, it. may be construed a: a sign of weakness if not indeed the sign oi final ful't capitulation. It is a matter of history that the Cord-deiate armies fought one of their most valiant pwav up in Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, where the tale of the Confederacy fell to rise no more But the surrender of the groat hob rt E Lee took place at Appomattox in Virginia J; is a long way from Gettysburg to Appon.ntox. When the Confederate armies were lighting in Pennsylvania, they were on the defensive, and on the way out. It is even so with the dixie cratic south. There was a time when southerners of anti-Negro persuasion rather boasted o', that fact and nothing so inflated the southerners’ ego as to have it known that 'he was from dixii with decided anti-Negro propensities. Such southerners traveled ay missionaries, carrying the message of white supremacy an I of the bold-the Negro down doctrine which they religion iy spread , throughout the earth. The horrible tales some southern white soldiers told in Europe about their Negro comrades in arms will in the coming genera t on; constitute one of the sorriest chapters in the annals of this country. There wa- one© a sector of the south that boasted and blustered when it was failed upon to discuss the Negro question. Bnf within recent years the south is more cautious in its ap praisal of its handling of the 'Negro question It is not so sure that its position is safe and unassailable; and great pains are employed to prove itfi stand in a subtle effort to win the a 1 probation, of the nation and world Th,, .south is not haughty anymore wheni it reflects on -its froo.tm.cnt. •*£ its Negro citizens. In other words the south G not. ,!. , r 1 v ..;«*• Mir. of itself a:; it Wo . even 25 year; ag". Then i an • .j,. 0 f uncertainty even in the .south's subtle plans to eLunalut: the subjugation, and domination of its Negroes. More and more the south is -being forced into an apologetic iposition in the eyes of the world. According to Gunnar Myrdal. science has driven the “quack" writers on the race question old ( ,f burin ■. and in order for a writer to be respectalble. he mu t observe the findings of science and these more and more- disc-Hint the ideas of race superiority, thereby undermined the 'foundation of white supremacy. So the pitiless light of publicity is being played on th« ban- Ir diviccrrtic south and it is no wonder, then, that the ordinary dtxioerat ir, beginning to :;ce what, intelligent white;; of the ooutu have sc n so a long time and that ,s. -the •« dcs and fortune'.- of the white and Negro south are inetrtvvincd after such fashion that they go up or down together, a thing Booker T. Washington tried to m,-i. ;c plain 40 years ago. Promoter:. >o Birmingham, Ala. am j-vmg !,<> build up :> Vulcan Bowl football game as the game nt r.outh. betvv'een northern and southern teams Tin dbjeet of the said game will be to court, the favorable opinion of the north Heretofore the south has not givn a ran what, the north thought about it. They haw rather spurned th- t appr,-ivd of tj-.e north and tho nation. Today the South -seek to appear decent in the eyes of the rest, of the nation In a recent meeting of the southern governors, if has bee.* proposed that a rather pretenthrus amount of money he sp nt in r , campaign to set the south in a more favorable position befor the world. When the south takes low and even admits that it; Position need • bolstering, w« have «omc nourishing food f’»' thought. The South takes the defensive! The handwrting i- on M wall and that there are broad-guage-d southernors who are lx coming ashamed, if not indeed -alarmed, 'at the deterioration oi th,. south’s national prestige, is gratifying to those who hope agamst hope that the south will look upon the brazen s-crppnt of a changing world order and live. The anti-Negro attitudes of the south todav afford Russia one of its stomgest talking point. ~,a j n c ; | this country. White supremacy must go or C-inmumsm will come. Tim south has the key to the intcr-idcological ' iW-' !,.->n The defer-'vo attitude of the south is In happy augury! IS Sentence Sermons The Nev.« Look is just « change in dress from hign degrtc to lower; but high degree of Christian living is more valuable • the owner. Looking fine from outward appearance is not to bo dispised, but greater still are Christian virtues -which men should ful:y realize Too long has youth in general been fololowing flashy outwai-1 looks and left undone the fine lessons that! follow men of char acter and good books. Silver and go.’.d have always had a charming old and now look to mm -bent on ill-gotten gains, though having to 'bear tiv li.une of a crook. When, for the alone, men strive to get ahead, d all snnp.y means in -the end a pretty hard bed. Looks, are but a passing .pleasure, but. Christian virtue* are an eternal treasure. It was thr Adamic sin that caused men to look on outward appearances from the start, while God has always looked upon the heart. . . And now. the way to Took different in days like these, is always to do right, and God only, please. Clothes will get men by here on the earth, hut to get who..: God is, one must have a new birth- The real New Look will always reflect. G"0. porsonaL-Lv men learn to practice real Christianity Prophet. Jeremiah who spoke in anm't*-r d,,.v .*-• o- 1 turbed about Now I»oks, for we still hear hue - c '".i - ' t}- 1 Lord, stand ye in the ways, and s-t ..ud ask to. "’* paths, w'ni’re is the good way and walk (herein a»d 1 ; Mail fiiv rest for your souls." But they said, we will not walk tiu rein This proves old. Jeremiah to ibe right; that we need no .Nt- Book, but a proper sight—and when men ‘begin to see alike witn Him who supplies all their need, then there will be no more wars, avarice and greed. nf the National Negro Busines.- le~.,ire e<>t;ig te make '"'ic red r.if-cs. Report wiil undoubtedly P int out glaring weaknesses in our ir-lining facilities and oppor tunities. V * * Nomination f> r a ijrade A suck ci A Negro who will walk through a picket line of striking Negro em ploye;; cut to improve their living conditions i. il V Warn in;* ‘o the Negro press. If you do not take the lead in expos ing treacherous Negro leadership, we might as well call this whole fight for advancement a failure Nothing will do us n greater dis service than a tongue-in-the-cUct-k attitude toward these rats. * f -y A thought for today: Nobody ever got. tree who wasn't, willing pay for freedom. Joined the UAACP yet? Ferquimaii-. County has been selected fur the South': first trial of the multiple crop insurance, a program which offers Uk farmer protection f, n more than one crop on the same farm. Only two othei counties in the United States, both located in the Middle West' havt ever tried such a plan. * I 'fmm | jllll