PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS !j EYNCHINGS GO UNPUNISHED I Several weeks ago a correspondent I wrote the editor of a southern daily pro 1 Hating against anti-lynching legiMatioi a by the I'. S. Cor gross. Hr argued tha'l lynching is simply a form of murder, and m as such should come entirely under tht | jurisdiction of the State, lie and other.- I have contended that lynching ha.- boeorn jg very rare: f (he law art ji to pmuab those who have perpetrated a lynching ? How doe.; it. work in lit l l .* .' Hen* did >t work hi Ib is and I *!7 I The l. r n ! icd Press presented rems fig me., in the course of its .-overage of the re ffit lynching in ftwinioo, Georgia, which ire highly pmtiuenf in this nico < A to the Stale of Georgia, IT report Iynrhings fcinc.*’ x 1030, nnd not tbv ic tion, Si o jO u t.l \arn 8t a to*-, s&. y s i P* '.'■plying on r* - ords of Tu regee I' V: t< ,fu*i the Southern Regional Cmmcd, “have had !Hi Ivnchinf in the last two deer 1- T?br\ have produced only four c«nvic tio nr. P ogress has been made, in r< ducing the number of Ivnchlngs. but granting a lynching does occur the members of the mob. whether a keg, or a small one. are about, as safe from punishment today a they ever v ••••(•. About the only ew fea ture .; that nowadays there may t»e some arrests. The processes oi me, tna; hero and there advance < von to the point of indictment and trial, as has happened :u Georgia, as web as k'orth Carolina and South Carolina, within the past three years. Bui the United Pros* figures for convictions tell the real • >vy. Nvtie for 25 is the score for Geoi kim Four Hr 116 in the whole South in twenty years. “The undisputed record’' certainly does not I ell us that, the law against lynching • seas been more effectively enforced than rpv other law ago: st murder through out the South” NOT NECESSARY ft is fa'.rlv easy to understand why a Negro in trouble in (he South would en gage h white lawyer to represent him in court. It would hardy be re a In-’a- »-• siv that juries always exclude considera tions of race from their deliberations, and there is evidence from time to time that even judges are not entirely color blind. THE CAROLINI AN .PuHisffMMJ by The Carolinian Fubliehina Cc*. 11ft R*st eondemu outright. Federal aid to Use sf a (os for 11 >*. improvement of public schools; he . that he iavors a- I ping some ;dates, iait O!). v (hose which could not raise cuoup !•• money thein;;**!v«v. |<» aiumr.- adeun.it e< |a t o!Ui ifo >'di! i But no ‘f. <• f if, a bill which w-mld end Federal fund:, into some states, and none at ai) into •t•* nl . II ju 111 ?:)jI h’ i ’.■> (it ('> ji u rrs.s 1 1 null state;; as would receive no benefits at all would not. bo inclined, to support such a i d The -it as passed by IN- Senate and await?na action in the House already makes dille;enccc. am-mg the states on the basis of pvim e lie. i, huj ad sf at e-. would get a roi’i mm ■ <> aid. It nught be very ciifficuii in p:.»\e to «’alifornia or Michigan Id the; -Tumid par faxes for the supp- ; I of public edwaHon some other sta’cs, when none of me mon ey at. nil would be returned to • here.. \nd no state in the nation has an edu* atimial system which could not use more funds < leneral Kiseiihowe”s argun -rd abou? greater centralization of ant;:- t.v in ilw Federal government loaves as cold. In the first place undue centralize’ •• is not verv likely under the bill nov. awaiting action by the House; hi the sw ond place, as sem(hern Negroes such a prospe t, if real, would not cause us any grief. General Eisenhower was a great gen era I. It remains to be seen whether he is a great university president and educator. I !;o two do not necessarily- go together. TOP MAN A rra < nt Sunday issue of ‘ho Now York Limes carried the -story, with an aceoir panying portrait, of a young Negro who this year won “the two top award- f , •academic excellence aw aided by Colum bia University’s .School of Dental and Ural Surgery.’* The young man. .tuiiu K. M Rich mond, from Georgetown. RriKh Guiana, "'.v graduated this >v?r. He was also elected to the O-nic.ron Kappa Upsilon, •honor dental stviefy. Dr. birhmonc's j.icture. indicate clear t -1 ' that his ancestrv is predominantly Ne gro, j! not exclusive'y so. He and others are daily giving the be v> the old dogma of Nordic superiority and N ego inferior- My Eouaiity of opportunity, when and vio.'ic it is available, as it was in Dr. Richmond's case, brings out the facts. THE CARO UNTAN • Mplli' If if ua---- ■■■■ ■■■ i "oMT... "t i Km L* ‘ ..... . f3 C i “ i 1 3 TvT * I SENTENCE SERMONS KV V FRANK (M./VIO S< I 5«.‘VyK’V n?K \NP i: J ♦ ■ . . J,.. ..... t , :. . 4 . , . , , f.,'t G‘ t•- i■ W .; f 1... '!,.•- :.., ;- . . ~. ! T v• • .t i). f t* • ,t ?»: * r.'L. i, >1 is f n,h' ”.V. G lili ii- HOI r OdG .) , :t •'H lJ: |jr , , . U'/ :.HT te.vruU f *.ir no: > tbu ”■' * • Ain ?> : itv i: a vvru t . iht: 5 ’ (iii\- IN THIS OUR DAY By C. A. Chick, Sr. mob vioi.r v : wu tuk majority' (ifrorr f)n<\ it < i> i't ■ < Tie com pelted li >yn. t-ibise w'm anyone ‘' ; ~. t ' ■ ' r'. '".{ IT. v.';.y hv n mob And tspccinllj ees it '* rf - 'oei-TK rtpht.-ous ■ drynatiotr in ■ • r,r- -v;j ii vie 'i-W* vorm.ii rii:>i !■ ;r 7 p,m nr the of or n.tnrt it. c r> ..;: ■ white :-euplo in ohm words when th< rr- ; r trk ■ tto pc.c i'to. -inch aetif a likely i nvm-r hcne/icin; to Kc-f.ror.. ft is weU known how iruiit'- Oiont the lav/ ons.-. dm; officers /.!<- when iWgt '>o.; .-nolcncd by the mob oven to the extent n{ l-oinp. lynch.-ri Generally the nrncr. or t’. • mayo-, or the chief of police, or the snerl'f <■ r nukes a st vmont a'- ji follow,-. "A t l»i and co pi. to ;r_ vcstipaUori i.! be '■ ah 1 so that the perpetrators of such r, hein ous oiime may be i/rbaght, before the bar of Justice” But as fi rule that is the last ci ;t And if by chance a fwthfui officer < f th' law does investigate sulfieienlly to secure an indictment, the trial is generally a fare, to the nth degree OccHsJrttmily one read in LMMASK HIM. AMD HE WILL BE DOOMED. i\' - 4 f ~ >Jsr- l ■ m - m IgP m Wo o-rifi of w« iMox I iHi •< t.o - ,;- t vouch rcsoi’ch » l’ ; E» Jv K UU.X Ivi-Oi N u •'.:'■•* - Tted Al.-borc-i. But wc found tiuit tuc R;.hdch Tights on ,iimo ]5 pnno.G *'U uniiorj u whim ln or*'”;r hottof ••? b'H h suhjocis *c\ '{i?t- r.; ; ru doh'd hi? in Ihe l)ppn g'THil U; t. •* ci\ r f> | **»f> i unite;;?. Old: , i”; of ilvMd v«-'h M ' Thu cMiip inacr. tra?” Sup h ’dud «A\ ft i ’ toci (h o j.. -■; 1j» y}. -a icj r s »• jll v 1 ’ f i'U ‘•O'” ? . <■(' l’(\ >i | by "A pr”d joy in h win ton. >ff•, D- V J t r-t 1 ; Eh m »*■ • *.■ 's•*! jf?'? f:>ki . • N r, ‘r f > O.r grounds >f 'lt- iff;. Ml! The* •- A a *h!o of pnind ii 0 wijjvh to* ,:;h nos tier uoh and ii'.'- i-.* •:t myos 1 d Ivhf ?nnß> - ;, C ? ” V- x jT't'iilit r.iob *’t L I-OI.N p.'.T r.l\’o mental ”P --\j. *v; 1 ol lynch i ”'\ ; ’i r l I;; r »l ir ’!‘M - :■ i.•••h n spoiuibk- South arn y - u)-s ;>r.ri '.-.dividuals should s'- i; re* >rm -.• a !rv ’ > rc-edti- T , a v ... la va. r hia r-ncl <-- •1 • va.-uM ’J:-:." ir.uni! >’s aa-i i. ■ i'ii'w:-papers it an o/fu-er of tor persueord ~ mob bent on ■■:s n 1 r;■ .i • to permit trie ■■ ■■> Sake • --'trsc. • r that be task. l -•'.th Uu: moo while some* < the Negro a wav t.i an ■ toil. And for •, ,t.i: action the S m hern net.- tapers fjyhi’e) Jrul nun her ■ Bit* tv l note Intent ; ‘ a.eatnj.f the mob that trrvetoued vii ier.,v Nov it seems t ■ that .1 on officer t.uks with a tro. long t-'ionph to persuade it t.< .-hr its mind, or long v-noogh fm someone u temove t' ipias tier to another spot, he si ."id be abiv io ee. oymae, at, i .-' K-mc o; the members of ti'C iTOUp. But when the mob begins to r. v/biic. pr.tii'ae as U is cuc i ••ml" doing in the south, it is . different story Immediately >he righteous iriignat.ion of t.he whites South i.s aroused. Civic organiza tions become terribly disturbed • vr r such disregard for law and order. Public sentiment is very critical toward law enforcing 1 of ficers who are accused of not protecting people (white people) against mob violence. Let - h nc that some day be fore it r- toe late that the white South will realize than none of its uttzen. rich or poor, white or Mad have “ifci.. ■nd reeuvity of Xecond e li!!j BY C D. HALLIBURTON it 1 rfcics i. i v better r * content! : r. ' Aa long os masked, or unmask the fv'iith in defiance of mi.-ib li>nod laws d commit outrages and lynching.-. with jmvuc.ity, toon S'Hjtheri.or:-: who art ■ \f ,. • •>i.*|enmij'g lyneh»m*s inri {’-‘i i.'i-i of lavel• .sess are n 1 'ugh 1 ■ ; '.mi out that 1% ucii sigs m v-- fit ! isned in frc-vion*. v ■t. - ! ■ i * ift-ci i. ; : ’ . •irii-.hinent of lyncher* and •’thcr ninhsteris Ihe South ran in n tn t iwbreakers as iaw w. ,'keiv s ; "idd oo treated It •oi >"• :> respon.siUUtics i crely espre.g.ing disappmv rr.s (I)mim; men to ten i William Horn Hull fm \\|’ H may lie hard for you to .-.re But bro: >oj it is true The v.-rong that w u ha\ e don. h- r. i: . - k to you think i-K-.-ai.tse u may hr long !I v.-ii! : •;( he severe, Bui brother, where there is ,-i wrong The remedy is near. Yea, be who sows shad reap Ids fruit. Though bitter it may he, And he most rear.- much more '•> boot That is i fast decree PO'sort unless dl of p s citirens h »v'> ihat protection. Let us hope I.P-U ;he South will rc»'w before the hooded nand completely takes over, that the coward mob at tacks first what is regarded as the weakest clement in the pnpuia ti"n. ft.; that it it curves the I'unishiTtent of 1 v law for Mich ht up, it beer-met. dr.ir.k witn its it wrrs and apparent sucre > anti attacks vh never disnlcu-es it. ! do net mean to inyly the! the South is the in ly section of till Unit‘‘,-f States ri.ut safer; ii. u i violence But »hw article ■ con cerned only with the South Then, luu I iiunk it ran be truthfully aid that in the South mob vin lence has been directed more against one particular rate than it has in any other section of the country. Let us pray that the ; res. nt wave of public sentiment i t the South against moh violence will continue until the spirit of the mob is so completely broken that all people regardless of race, color, creed, and regardless of economic standing may really en joy a feeling of safety arid se curity for their lives as well as for their pr-ppertv WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, .ITT/Y 2, 1949 BETWL EM . fits!! ~mr : 7 «v n> *n nmiic'oas /m »up j It! I I V«S VI v t (tifO i 111 ItISIVJ When 1 ,ri i. cii -m ii : •-i Union s ran,:si ~;i y.'.u. ar>> thi l.’.n-tic'dar field ui which my -«i vice.' vvul.ld |i, utiij.'.ii vs- n I (I fn.it' . a.ui ijince I 1',,al bCPV ii.lined in both the field,, of I! .-u --logv and o > -1 1 . I vus a jrd i tueal e« lmmitor on: il I o, g.inizcH the departrneiii n |- socioloi. v ami eenn r mies winch idm was re garded sis tin- be:-! in the Nog, ■ Fci'.nols at ‘hat lime il.it while teaching both sociology and liit’o logy I tried t.» briny to the latter field a breadth of thinking that characterized the former. Consequently s teacher in Tie >- lOjty-. I invited ail shades of ;he legical thought for discussion and Mndy. I often recommended for coi!,iter- 1 readings tile most vic ious mhnstie wnlcrs, from hi rers U and Tom Paine on down to current times Some of the student* raved and file Riehr.mno Baptist ministry in general gave me "‘hail Columbia." hut i f»;lt then, as I few! now that sin elding young ministers from atheism them til. dot. nd tiiooio-jv h i:v can Maud mi . 100 in -st miserable 1 tvie. ; cure Ah . vouch and tumble" kind that can Sake in a knock u w-,-dr;m-om fieiit With d die -I IV. 11 to r-vC: . ilfi 1 v o.c In other ii- [ If; mb h. v-: Mfr.iiti of v,:m; -■ ill - short of ;,:f . Tile ff>n-i;o,nc set-, f•.etrnv tualiy My faith in dcir.-on ary PROGRESS OP FEPC Omii ;: :i;» hfe of this Exc; Ord.u mm riiv ; ;,-oiow n.-.de :■!! i-'-E- i ; .ms N- ricu'p'.' p:i c' uld refill a man a job si ft) differ, ni No per. .novi no . ' could ■ .i.‘. 1 om .Scuyv , and Rcpri-sentativrs felt that de iv. o r. at the hiring gate ”■ to,, . •<>eOjj,e a, t read right aid <-f the book Fortum a .'y thus did ii“t cad a fight for Fair Fhr-ni yment Prac- S’.rc I egisiafurex took up the :: ;hI '.' here the Federal ffnv eminent left off New Y-.vk was fivyt in hi fa. Ti.cn Massaciiuse'is. *Ci ,11 nee tic: it, and New Jersey followed, who Rhode Island, Washington New Mexico, d Oregon pa sin;, t E. P. C Laws this yea’. Tremendous progress has been muds ir, the pas* .s;phi years.. I; ;M’ v iv.iys N- \v York inn proved that discrimination ~c !) !t?'i i nit! <\i Hr'’akin: ri'-w*- thr> ; n ien ■ f discrimination is \va that t'-.c commttn l, wc; d 1 delivering, rut by ••rondirg up f< C. m nt.ii'.-.n! with a v. ,i\ : I fe ml r- suj.> >'ic,i ''f'T'o coverntTu-nt of the people by tin people and for the people' which | .in.'nil. prayed should tot pc ,'h ii -ri toe cart!'. can -d dug n govcrmr.er.t te few by the few and for the few. oliran hy e;-n never measure :-tn iudh vviti dt'moi racy m.iu ius( vvey we become rictoricvrl in c> nsidcring this is more tiian this voile; ran ttndci.t.md Why are wr. net more sure of ourselves is .< oil sim:' .piC'iioii ■ i one ilia', dcuiends immediate ationt on. A few days ago enrol,’-' from Clave 'an dt-- fii.'. h i. 1 chanced to bump into an architect of the lat ter city. He evidently was a man Os .treat W--He ;>•’lilted Old bridge* that he ronctived anti trurted cud bridge.' coat m. mi; 1 r-; -,s. I';: is man talked r.itir,,’ a.--- .vhat . great counti v •vc hc.d and hew wc got it Me ( \ii; a:id dt olaj <.d iH. ! if W' a.;id ne \Ur uiin iN. .iciwav ii; this c • •• u rii r > b <-r • -1 : . •: r - Jtt: •'(;: 2 nt V y \v :• ■ • • • Tf*.i I • • FHI -\sd nur «r» .F id*!',; • 'OOP'-Tlbr-r •<» i-S •- v' ' Vv ■'(. itr-■■ : il r. '• •; n YVOti:.! V - *iVi o•: S'.. iv.a|.'rj..-ibi ■. Hi; t f jI v ,-) v { y ' ,1 OV j* y; ... r.i. .t : iur’ c ’ ■ A n Pin?; ; ,/•;,• j ; j) . V&PC 1 ,ck• r *ii;hot !i\\r c*'t" p} r.'VTv; pr-i-.-UCr.s j)i / ■?f I;? 'ri ,-}ti;*f*riship i'H-rf 9 Jttj VfaxqhhcftA a By Bn > Pai'i.sow AOi , j . 1 U ’ ' ' ■ 1 v ... • VV, P ! :r' ‘‘So much chaff Mowin' about in flation *hat we oti <»yc: took the > vsi cause • •. Inct; of go-td*. it*’ j««t haren't heen pitehin* hard enough "