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EDITORIALS
THE PRESSURE IS ON
No one in his right mind and with prop
er appreciation of the just claims of war
deny that they should ho taken care of
when they suffer from any injury, illness
or u Liability brought about by their scr
"ice :n armed forces. The people have
approved extraordinary educational ben
efits and unemployment compensation for
veterans. Tee people have been behind
government aid to housing for veterans to
a' far greater extent than the majority of
tile 80th Congress appeared to be,
"ißut. now the Veterans Affairs Commit
tee of the House, headed by that redoubt
able patriot, John Rankin, and supported
by several veterans’ organizations (but
njpt by the A ravels) is preparing a raid
on the treasury of the United States, or
actually on themselves along with the
rest of the taxpayers, of the kind which
lias usually followed all wars.
The proposed legislation, which was
bulled through the committee by Ran
kin’s obnoxiously arbitrary tactics, and
which will soon reach the fleer, would
give to nearly every honorably discharged
veteran of any war. regardless of need
or of any other pension or bem. fit, a pen
sibn of S9O a month for life at age 05,
As originally drafted, pensions would
hhve started at a lower figure and at am
Oh, to be raised to the higher amour
at age 65.
It is estimated that die cost of such
program would be about $130,000,090
the first year, and would reach a peak
of $6,000,000 by 1990.
.The tendency of people to want to get
' s>me!rlng for nothing” from “The Gov
"S&ment” is well known, though this de-
Tt*.*u represe ll ls shortsi gh ted ness. Tl l e
* fact in this case is that there arc
.ay millions of veterans, a large pro
portion of whom are members of one of
the veterans’ organizations. The leader
ship of these organizations will either be
left alone to formulate their policy, or
wsil be supported by the rank and file
who l ink they see where they will get
something for nothing through a system
of pensions which will boa tremendous
mjd largely unjustified burden on them
v- H •v. vest of the people.
,confidential poll of the House of Re
» .. t i.*es would probably reveal a
substantial majority of that body to be
against this blanket pension bill. But the
organized veterans represent one of the
rnpst powerful blocs of votes in every
congressional district in the country, and
the majority of the Congressmen) wil;
probably vote the way they wank imm* vet
eran constituent-®, want them to vote on
the issue.
"it may be up to the Senate, and then
thte President, to try to block his raid
on the treasury. There will be a fight, and
l the veterans may win it. if they do, the
country, and that includes the vet era c.,-
aifd their families will be long time losers.
,A Congress which has been cold to 1 ; -'
fundamental nee a lor l .setter schools, to
the need of the whole American nation
L Por comprehensive health legislation to
P • .
thp pressing necessity for more social so
euritv foe millions now imidccjuatCiy in
eluded under the protection of the sys
tem, or left out altogether, may be moved
by considerations which they ready pugh
to ignore, to saddle the country with a
hiife'e and unjustifiable burden. Mr. Ran
kin has let it be known that he will push
the bill with all his might as a “friend
of the veteran.” and has boasted that m
gets what he goes alter, ihe tragedy A
, that he may be right when h c makess that
I boast about this veterans bill.
RELUCTA N T CONCLU SI ON
I In a representation lo the House Corn-
I of Mental Institutions of the North
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is oMwttscript, «tc.» uaisss stamps are seat.
Carolina General Assembly, some public
spirited ladies from Randolph County
have stated that only one child had been,
transferred from the county home to the
Caswell Training School in 12 years.
The ladies were pointing out the inade
quate capacity ci the state’s institution for
the training of feebleminded children,
and lightly so. But the CAROLINIAN
would like to bring up again the fact that
no Negro Cold has over been sent to a
North Carolina training school for men
tally deficient <T,i ! dren .because the-re A
no specific institution at all maintained
by the state for that purpose.
Caswell Training School doubtless is
inadequate, but the only place to which
Negro feebleminded children may bo sent
for state care and training is a depart
ment of the State Hospital for the insane
at Goldsboro. And that is the lone institu
tion to which the Negro insane may be
committed, though there are throe such
hospitals for whites, in addition to the
Caswell Training School for feebleminded
children.
We hesitate to draw this conclusion, but
in the light of the soparatc-but-equa 1 prin
ciple under which North Caroliua supplies
state services, we are forced to it: North
Carolina Negroes as a whole are of strong
er'intellectual constitution than are North
Carolina whites.
A STRIKING TRIBUTE
The tribute paid the late Dr. James K.
.Shepard by the North Carolina General
Assembly recently was a well-deserved
one, and a gracious gesture on the part,
of the Legislature.
In a joint resolution passed by both
houses Dr. Shepard w;w described not
only as far-sighted but also as eouragi: our.
It is unusual for a Negro ieadi - b> b.
lauded for his courage and here the Gen
eral Assembly, in addition to giving credit
where credit was due ref seeded credit, on
itself.
The entile resolution was moH felici
tously phrased. The educator w de
scribed as a man “w ho served without in i ■
viity; who spoke without guile; oho
fought without rancor; who could ins«»
with dignity and win with humu.ty.’' Thus
the legislature landed a fighting spirit in
a Negro who could fight for principle with
no bitterness toward any man, and who
could be a true servant without the odium
of obsequiousness.
The resolution was not weakened as so
many tributes to Negroes are by citing Dr.
Shepard only for his service to his own
race. It said rather that his life was one
“of sincere service to his race his State
and his country.”
Few will dispute the striking estimate
of Dr. Shepard’s ]•■ >n bty as a “pecu
liar combination of persistence and tad,
courage and discretion. ~, or the con
clusion that his contribution so his own
vuce “was exceeded only by his con tv: in)
tion to better feeling between the races. ”
Dr. Shepard’s total contribution to en
lightenment in North Carolina is not like
ly to be overestimated. The nature of this
tribute to him bv the General Assembly
of North Carolina is a sign that ms
influence for good might have been deep
er and more far-reaching than has yet
been realized.
CONDUCTORS, BE CAREFUL
Not so long ago a woman collected s2;n)
■damag* s from a railway because she was
forced to change from the coach in which
she had been riding to a jim-ermv coach
when she crossed a certain state line.
N’i she did not :■■>’.l1■ ,‘t. tir.- rm (she risk- ! for
$20,000) because she was a Negra bong d'.-crlnv.
natod against in interstate travel. She collected :t
bcattso she was able to convince the jury that
siii v NOT ;« N't - ; ) (and presumably still IS
not.)
So the damages awarded by the jury represent
•‘heat bal-m" fur be lag taken far and treated iik'
a Negro. She said that not only was the conducto:
uni,ymijw.thctii' toward her in -her predicament,
but that the colored poricr showed no sympathy
■for -her in her humiliating situation, of being tak
en for mm treated like a colored pc'son.
The lady admitted that she is dark, -but at-tri
buted that fact to some Indian blend m her veins.
However, .‘he was catefuJ to make it clear that
sht had never before been mistaken for one -of
African a ntercdcnl s.
It is an interesting thinig that being mistaken
for a Negro should grounds for civil action aivi
thp collcdwn cl dvtpapes It speak.*- vobstne;;.
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be apidied in a durru-idlatoiy
way by ro;J:sirai.6& oS< ; . aols. Wo
t.w.V) ..ptuHLiH) ji. .. it . *.(.) , d.'cflH.it
u’ht o»hor.-? i‘!i vo.H ,i|(' who hL
)>u roi.y L-übju'cii vo a? d a. bit vary
<2 is Da r <ll ic* :-a . a.! i t n.f clvca td* i'
voters of Georgia. Tlu; lainiculgf'
firoun hrg hr' Grip'' ’h *
d* r. » t. onadge tiioo I
*i!i his iogT'lfcitors, t(; h lor !' •
vast majority of the whito ju-'
p3e who s to for TainiAdee and
fifty reu 1.-'t a a '
IN THIS OUR DAY
By C A Chick. Sr.
Ultimate Results ci Brotherhood
Wesk Observance
Bv the tune these lints reach
3r;v reader's the observance o!
•Bmtht.Tlv.Kiii Week will have
come to an end. Many of us nu
doubt have listen to many .fine
speeches and high sounding
phrases pc rt pining to brotho-.
,".i. Not only have we listen to
speeches but a;ao we have read,
in newspapers and magazines,
articles wtint n (by sincere «ni
•pr( found making picas lor pr.'
lier- of omthernood cirnoncj itki'v
kind.
But alas we come to the end
<>f another Brother hoed Week
•ad mid-St the same old racial pro
;iudices, class antagonisms. re
ligious bigotries, economic gre cl
land exploitation, end political
.strifes! Not only do we find the
above conilit'cns everywhere on
a domestic .basis, but they r ;so
•hat e their in'-; r r.‘ i mni implu »
tn.ns. The leading notions of the
world, to Ki.v the an rX
t-rshy stiSQjcioits of e::c:i oth
c r.
Indeed so rampant are the
a-beve nam. i eorol *. >:v. that
then ;ve thos> who sincerely
feel that to do bamr"c is Broth
< rheod Week. ev any , r Wi o b
the aim of which is to draw
mankind to a closer understand
ing end low., is a .farce Unfor
■tunateiv .there are those who. if
thev do net sty immediate re-
I- its for any , s „a ■; put firth,
ore prone to fool that the ,r'f-.orf
hr: been a ernpiets failure In
jfoii ft less in nut*i
TTTF GATIOTJNTAN
1?. us Uuo that dis■ hill now be
“b JSvv,” hid i’:u.r- .*bil l ?ic nms’.
:• '. Ard TO THK SATIS
r- Ac noN or rm: rkgisthau ‘
body. S'-me • ; them 1 have, boon
liiviru l-r v(\? rg |>> *s c *<-
am nation a va the Amor lean Gov
ot at ;.: r*9»n*Bo witich l tear 1
* • * i - ‘ ... 1 (i ci 11 > ~v' <> 11 j i l lL ~ i■*
DDOJ.xii ail O-.tCl* t• i;’;J1 nsr» tiso
stitulion prescribe the number of
judges on the Supreme Court?
VOl-V unpie ones- Mich ‘*Wi; >
Si a.' Pcm ember t ’us: the RFTG*
iSTRAP. SELECTS twenty qucs~
nis alu mt y to read intellicentiv
ji spile of their anr.arent *
pi i 11j <y inei e i. luiie dfitiot tiia*.
the law? will be held imconsti
tutional if passed, But that will
take nine, and meanwhile many
Wu urAud. of Negmes will be utv
iupt.firdily vrfvemed from vod-m
ration which I sc, hear over the
r..-di< , and read about each day,
i for one, ant not ready to fee]
that to -set. aside a weak each
year known as Brotherhood
Wi m: i a fruit loss effort. The
© b erva ne f. r/ Brotherhood
AVe 5,11 v- :■;■! ak. ramm one
to the mountain ..top of human
relations. It carries one up out
th •• mud. the mire, and the
scums of life. It lifts one for a
whilt at least, above the level of
pu T dees of all kinds, above
ieelo.m s, 'hatreds, suspicious
and It is trite that a per
son mav not remain upon tile
mountain top of noble human
relations. But it is also true that
having th ought for a week on
v .odd be without such an ex
fy e* oei hood, be is not likely to
go ail the way back to the feat
of the mountain, ibut he is more
iiiu :v to approach it than he
perien.ee.
It con not be over t mphasizcd
t!wst man was not horn with hai
red in his heart for other human
(beings, regardless of -the differ
ence in the color of their skins,
or ci. f.i'ei'enl. religious and ipnliii
e l views Indeed o.e was not
horn with any of the character..
is!‘.os which ; 1 th pro seat tuna
serve to jrnnede the .progress of
hnnheriy iywy They were all
■tK'quved And, therefore, 1 am
optimistic enough lo believe that
mankind carmen and will not go
on itiTc-jirately hating each oth
er. Those -.v-tiuse hatred and ig
nc i;:. ue c: , r>ovv •.•rf u 1 weapo r, ■;
though they re.av be. wiii not
HERE AND
THERE
(BY ANLF
N c .c vo or,i;ai\izal io ll ‘)ad • -c••; t. r r
..rnily bchnid the Hoover Kcori’ve
jzat ion canmiiUtß: .> ; ecojnn'iOiida
| rion that Civil Service he giwr. a
thinks that all is hunkv-dimky
1 in Federal einployn'K'nt (despite
any and all Free-dee lial d ire a
lives? is just too. too naive to be
: o.nc. 1* oi our money as jobs
tiley v- .1:. j. uior, t roy w i -.) > No
‘ ciV l ' R<_>!l’M* -• . ti-i thCfTi'
reives .farther beh nd tnc ci.yht
fea'JJ in Federal anpioym’eni un
less we yet f urr«
A-< as eauii-med m this coiuna.
F:..a thr civil- rights conference
sponsored by the Elks in \Va?h
jrigu.ni drveloneci js.i‘o a rally for
• Pi yir: : ivc y>:•; tva Ha •; 1 y VV•'i’ -
'.oee and his bang stole the rlrov.
a co::Id have hrra exyeeh :i.
* * <v
An the: warning; lire NA/YCJP
ai' oft kv lli d benV v •»* set a
M••• :. Am Hodgrm.vi ‘ Pie
the Truman AdmirL?: a turn etu
cause she allegedly referred to
throwing that "Red" swear at ny
QuerLe-!! 1< r the week Who we:
take -i'n baton .f; m Ma Bethniv
wnen she releases het grit# iv.i
NCN'W:
Letter To The tditor
r-T: I v y "•
Mr P R ,l.>vv«?v. Publisher
THi * lARriLIWIAN
tell you how much THF CAROLIN
IAN meant to the March oi Dimes.
1 'tank you for ye;;:- .support and
ir: tloicy thi- 1 express thanks for
1 her sands of pclui patients pa
wait Dime in :■ our contributin'! to
the 1H49 March of Dimes
Many members r>l our stuff
played important role;, in me sup
port g.vcn to the March of Dunes
by yi.ur newspaper. I ran not drink
th.-m individually, but 1 hope you
will tell the entire staff how much
1 heir coop.: a. :mn meant to thu
M rt:h of us:; annual fund-rav
ing campaign of Uw; -National Foian-
The National Foundation s pledge
that no victim of infantile paralysis
shall go without the best available
medical cere, for luck of funds, re
gard less • I ape race, creed or coi
m . j ; gti, ■ i:ivi , iho c:ci:ui iris
soptcrl of tile March of Dimes by
the press
Again expressing thank.' to THF.
CAROLINIAN. I am
CHARLES H. BYN! V:
Director
Interracial Activities
to: be able to keep nuukkm;t
separated. M; n of flood, white
iifid black. N> rth arm South,
£;ut and 'Ww.t v. ill not always
lull fur ■faOso doctrines, .that
man's .greatest < nc-iny is hi: fei
ftowman. I share very much the
epwiion r«f Lymon, Abbott a ou -
option from v. Tom 1 close my
thoughts for this week,'
“T!it* brothe/boo-t of men is
•an :n’i*y-iil part • f Christianity
(no Jess, than the Fatherhood of
God; ainit'o deny the one is no
less iiiudel *.hap is- deny the
Otfer/'
TTEEK FNDTNr; f: ATI r FID AY, AIARrH g, mu
H~ BETWEEN
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BY DEAN B. HANCOCK FOR ANP
TRUMANIZING THE NATION S LEADERSHIP
L ist.. Sunday win. race relation,?, day throughout the country,
7n many v:a> this i - the most imp: rtant oi' the ‘day observi 1
Um.-ughet.it i "•* year, ! c it must be obvious to even a m ual ob
server t.hiii thi fut'.;re not only of the Nc.yo hut of tin nation de
pends upon the out me of N'-.gro.white relations throughout the
nation and world If ChristianUy and democracy will not work
across race Jim .•> in the U. S. they cannot work across the other
lines everywhere appa;•mt-
II ia: ,-afe to say that, the color question is the acid test of
b>»th Christianity and democracy. The hope in the promise is that
there are signs that the dykes of prej-udico and racial hatreds an
giving away before the onme-hing tides of u h-bcralism that stems
■from Christianity on the one hand, and democracy its first i>orn,
on the other.
This writer had the hon-m of addressing u large audience of
Roanoke's iic.-.t Tice:: - and white citizens and proceeded to express
in no uncertain terms his current optimism concerning the whole
■held °f icro rehifions. in this «. f.untry In ,spip. of the resurgence of
the Ku Klux Kian, in spite of the return < f the southern d-emago
■ c;e, in spite es the rlse'ef the Dix.iecrats, in spite of the return In
very definite fashion of Judge Lynch, end in ito of the impend
ing congressional abortion th it will be the impending filibuster, the j
reasons for hope arc many and there lias not beoti within the sur-
vey of my & rious study a time when I was more optimistic. The
things mentioned above are all on their way out and they arc tiro
measure of d< ,-porat; >n! Christianity and democracy and righteous
ne. me • n tb,. : way in To the former it is “farewell!" and to the
latter it is * Hail"!
It was heartening to fin 1 the -writers encouragement shared
h. honor hole William llastie, g ivi.-mo:' • f th,. \ t-gin bh.nds. In >
recent he • i.-.piiasi. -<1 a growing Uibralism in the south.
This i-mpha-dc in many ways is long overdue
It i- : ' urnt-listicadly dangerous for southern Negroes to stress
t •» dr: stesv the rrogies? hein.g made in race relationst of th-'
-’Rth K-: i -miit.; . > not hes itate to call such emphasis “Uncle
i. > -.-n ! • 'Hanakerchif ■ hendism - ’ on the part of south
- N.-i.i ■ ■, a.'- nigh ti. re Ivgrce? see the signs of a great
hre.n: sos s' • in the south. When the NYgrocs met in Durham
in 194:2 i •• ' . :: what Governor Hastie sees now, that ther-.-
• •at.- • - belt, r .r. ’ south ancnig the bett.r tie mentis.
But :;i;> l)o ham confovenc,-; was gainsaid ond rnisu.nder
rte-.>d ar: doon-rr-oi and misrepresented and how some of its
•.•n.-itr.pn n- (•••<• m Yo-fned! Wlierejn the Durham conferees saw the
■mo of am. urueul.-.te lihera.lis.in among the progressive ele
ments; ■ ! i ).• . -ui" r. o n indicated a v.-iilingnes? to i-ooporatc with
ha :-r Fro iJ'-r,■ a a. . of b«-*!cr ro :e re’ it. ins an inva’.u.
■'ha* ?<■:•• .[j son:;-how th“ le.idersbin the ? Hith. both Negro
a'.- -r ■ p -a II 1 , ca-iane j
of ilu mferaa eY t, r.rdom m both thi. North a.iaj South.
This or;{ ;• has Mug cent Tided taai there is enough f good
•vill and -niiiwn sett.-e and Uaristiandy in t:ts- .«-uth and nation
to aco :■ t!u •din.; on if uo r. i;id and mo; ,i oi of eourag ■
to stand up and tv count: a- The time is. not ripr-rs.’’ the “it can
not be d o-o p-hv-.t-, ’ ore ng professed 'nl.vraciaiists lire today
some if dr gieafcs: 'ir’id: mors, to int< rriino ! arivmtc. These in -
d . "a: s’ P.u Piiatrs da-paruged bumhV H iny Truman a.t
;'aosi( ; ;d.; tia-.y p.ecaged and belittled him as candidate for the
a. "ia a n ;■ aa Yack:! pit ok hoy -.pp : • i iiun and his. avr rights
o' ! : 'tc m;i {-. v, id the vi'eai;.. pa::? and pn ,
1- ■ ;.v ■: ;di . f <' r rr-l on if y .. -id v-n a. y vc air w ;th Truman
da and .. , vi ih hna. a -a.f th y with any man er
•mo-,,; i?: na.Y h,.'kbo;i-' im ins the moral courage
to say wdh hi v. rds wins h- feel-, in ia? heart If race relations
fi ;n aiv ■ ■ 1 ■ . ia, f • , lea".- •' * ’] -uirw • a-o ■ai -if Neg: * and
white leaders!’:p m this emintry, it served nobly the cause of hu
a ..a belt rm< md pd t’ dkftoitt thi advance of right-
SENTENCE SERMON
■ o I i P:r-nv :i ' l l
San--' the y■ rdeti of Eden, o -n ha., 100.11 warding time and most
of it nos Iven spent. r»v,ing the dolla; sign.
Won now - ret a. to be devoting most of his lime and skill to
<-J ~':ng -ri;. ra ighb's. - and learning mysteriously how to kill
He is spending the least tune in thoughts of kindness and is
fast breaming victim of spiritual blindness.
He tak< ; ioo much tinte noticing a hrptheiskin arkl lose? the
oppad.n.'atv to mould character within-
Tjius his Lara be-■.:••.- 1, a. a-ifnt. builder oi empty anal stride
that Jxangs over his head like a deadly knife.
H‘- ■' -iila help ; mar', and the world too, " nt would
take a little n.iie time to link himself thru.
But his old adversary trains him to be contrary, and he would.
2at he t find fault and look airy
For himself he must have on:y an honest to goodness square
deal . but fri-re anybody 01.-e. it .? ;,1! right to •steal.
He 0r.;." ' his thinking and reasoning to become blurred and
ro.'.n 1 of this will never conn to until Gabrial’s horn, is heard-
Thi.- ;s Ihe w> rid in which striving good men are outnumbered
and the crust of hellish -deception with which this world is encum
bered-
But despite this sad picture of world-wide events every true
hea:ted, ‘holehranted and loyal. Christian must take an unwaver
ing stand in God's defense- g
THEY’LL NEVER DIE g y
•\v'V’ _ I*S£ &ORN HO YEARS AGO IN PHILA..
I '> V v s* PA • C HAR LOTTE FOWTIA AAtMNE
Jr*' y *'■ RECEIVED HER NORMAL SCHOOL
Ms. ' '".sJak TCA n n®- IN SALEM,MASS
* '-O' y£L AFTtR GRADUATION SH6
jjfej M TAUGHT IN SALEM A (HP L.ATPST
*Sr' 1 MOVED ON TO SOOTH CAROLINA
• ll'f '•mh I TO CONTINUE with her work in
■ i ’ EDUCATION-WHILE THERE SH 8
\ / WWOTE' A SFRIES OF ARTICLES
<ctPi£k. v <l*jP based upon her expeßiepCE*
mSli j; v j AS A TEACHER ON THS I&LAHDg |
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