PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS WE HOPE IT’S SETTLED In view oi ail the devices so i’nr use 1 to interfere with the development of the Washington Terrace housing project the (CAROLINIAN is afraid to start cheer ; ing yet. The opponents may yet develop another counterattack, though at this point the prospect of a successful one seems dim, and at the least it is true ■. that the 30-acre site, one of the best md most logical (and one of the few) left 1 for the erection of Negro housing in Ra leigh, is not lost to the use of Negroes. The CAROLINIAN has consistently maintained the position throughout the controversy that saving the plot for Ne gro housing was the paramount point. "There was ground for different of opinion as to whether rental apartments ; or houses for sale would be the more desirable use to which to put it. Rut : this writer felt that the tesidents of Longview Park were not the ones to or oide that point, being naturally biased • (and not necessarily with a racial bias) ’ tn favor of what they considered their own interests The primary considers tion was and is not the iterests of Long view, but of the city as a whole., and especially of that, part of the city’s popu lation most sorely and acutely in need of housing. The type ol' housing to be erected was a question to be decided on the basis of two considerations: the {relative need for the two types, both ab Mutely and in relation to the ability of the Negroes who want housing to take ; advantage of each type, and the relative ability and willingness of the promoter in question to provide either type of •housing. L was not until late in the de bate that much dependable evidence was available on either of those points. Meanwhile the desirability of maintain ing tire site for Negro housing of some • sort was evident throughout, and eve»y delay and obstacle threatened that out come. Some of the arguments for detached homes were palpably weak. Obvious: y the distance to churches and schools - and the traffic problems would be the panto whether the residents of Washing ton Terrace were owners or renters •; j< now thret* different bodies of city authorities have decided in favor of or approved the rental housing develop ment It is time now to concentrate on that, since that use has won the debate, apparently on its merits from tli < standpoint of priority of need and prior ity of practicability. Construction work should be started soon. M e hope it woi he, ' WHAT’S WRONG i WITH THIS PICTURE? An old man who beat a male when he was down has been convicted in city • court because of his cruelty to the ani mal. All the evidence presented seems to indicate that the eighty-two year old man did treat the animal cruelly. There was evidence also that it w as not the first time that he had been guilty of abusing animals. For this the CAROLINIAN does not excuse him. Cruelty to animals is indefensible. But someone else beside this old man should be brought to some bar of justice, 5 and convicted, and sentenced. Fr Old Man Dennis Vincent, aged 82, was try • ing to make a living by hauling. To do this he had to have some kind, of rig and some kind of draft animal. He had ho work and earn his living, because the sovereign State of North Carolina, with • (the aid of the United States of America, supplied Mr Vincent with only sl9 a month old age assistance. So, with prices ( of fatback and flour and other things THE CAROLINIAN • t ' Published by The Carolinian Ftfoltabiaf Co. 118 TCjwtt Huraett St. Raleigh. W. C the Port Office at Raleigh, N. C„ under the Art of March 3. 1878. J P. R. JKRVAY. Publisher C. D. HALLIBURTON. Editorial* * Subscription Rates* ' ' One Year. $3.53; Six Months $2.00 Address ail coiMpimkatisma and matte ail necessary .for sustaining life even for the aged being what, they are, Mr. Vincent, not surprisingly, found sl9 a month not quite sufficient. So lie tried to keep a mule and wagon, and contribute to his ov/ti upkeep by hauling things for people. He didn't get too much business, though, and hud a hard time feeding both hirnself and his mule. Organized so ciety was not too much concerned with all this. )i provided him sl9 a month “old age asistanceT But when he mis treated a mule, organized society began to function, in the interest of the mule. Maybe we need a Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Old Men, Old men who believe in the American philo sophy of individualism; who don’t want to go to the County Home because they believe that a man ought to supper him self as long as and to the extent that he is able. Old nn-n who don't succumb to the newfangled idea of the “welfare state” any more than they have to. Old men with the habit of working, with the desire to be set-supporting and in dependent as long as and as much as they can. Old men who have too much spirit to surrender to the poorhouse, but who get only sl9 a month old age assistance, more than halt of that sum generally and on the average coming from Federal funds. (It is possible that this sl9 a month ’’pension ' represents less than SH contributed by either tin state or the county.) It is not the fault, of any individual hut the situation which vieimized old Mr. Vincent exists. It is the business of tii* desire to be self-supporting and in to Animals to function for the protec tion of creatures which are powerless to protect themselves. It is the duty of po lice officers and judges to enforce tl Low. But obviously if is also an obliga tion on society to take care of old men by some means mere efficient an t hu mane than furnishing them less than $ a v%eek for .subsistence, tt is public apathy end p ihhc igiior -1 h;>t the situation which victimized old fur cases like Mr. Vincent’s Maybe L: belongs in the Count} Home. Certainly he should not be left to his own dev ices lo try to squeeze a hi mg out of $39 a month. A man can be punished lor un derfeeding an animal. \\ ho is to be pun isbed when an old man is underfed? North Caroiia can do better Ly it aged. We North Carolinians ought to be .shamed id ourselves for permitting -•. situation to exist sin h as was revealed by an rid man’s trouble with mis mule. HARRY T. BURLEIGH Harry T. Burleigh lived lo a ripe old age, consequently then art .many of his •race who knew little about him when news of his death brought his name to the front pages again Yet Hairy i. Bu rieigh had a distinguished career. He was a musician. He nevei reached the heights, of Atanan Anderson or. Flo• iand Hayes as a concert artist, but he did have a beautiful baritone voice which whs heard by thousands from the concert stage. He was best, known, how ever, as a composer of songs and as an arranger and adapter of spirituals and other Negro melodies. He name has ap peared on many more concerts than he ever appeared in as a singer himself, for his con positions and arrangements were popular among singers and with audiences, arid it is probable that, many of his songs have been rendered by ar lists and to audiences having no idea that he was a Negro. But thousands knew him in another capacity soloist in a church choir For practically a lifetime he was a fea tured soloist in the choir of St. George's Episcopal Church in New York, and to hear hi.s rendition of “The Palms” on Palm Sunday became a tradition with hundreds of New Yorkers. He was also soloist at a famous Jew ish synagogue. Mr. Burleigh w as a great musical ar tist in a Held more limited than that of Marian Anderson, for instance; but within the narrower range in which he THE CAROLINIAN “AND WE CALL THEM UNCIVILIZED ‘ rs inis oi h sm H\ i VI Hit K Till VA l iOi l Y A \ li »a i lAßii iI V Ol lA 111 Ui.lM t il 1.-. h,.i (al .no education <•*.':•for l -i- the New Yo: * Tiroes, .‘/riling >• tlv- ;•;« .-. y.y 1 im« ur September ±ti p.-n: 1 .- out nat mo, ,? si .d rr.oi e educators, are Legintnng t.< -,. • i.-.c validi ty and reliability of th.. vat iou types f standardized intelli gence lexis Tor measuring me intelligence >,i .u, individual or a group < f individual- He v-Un-uu.-s that ben'-eoti row .. -■ Jur. 20,000.000 chil dren v. .1! be t,«r>je;-tod to -as measure inei* itsiedi.viui. A- Mr. Fine points out in nearly u-atf-i ,-,i .... p. d<- U-I man wVug) is rhiiti v,no i!ci !a - ad. an:,ir«*r TFjc ijetTLior. l 17. fi- . r iu*i Vi- \i ti'OiYi J} •». ft,if rt r J % li i I Moreover, from I’r.r rtrSiiiU Ol the diriouri; of iim« und jUoti iiiC‘. at< *:*ru d j- ipii. UC.utCUT, 3ii. ht' .. i!, L./ i c ti. rt.t ; Idi., Mu} * -- * Ivv v$ i Fine quotes, an. Harold A • ’ director of the Kdu< a! mu Guidance Clinic „t ;,; >cho Bvt row \m- *i; , t ihat ui must foi- .dr; .ut i: U>. -- t *ti ul;(t cJ'rtj t ♦ Llij.,j} lviutionslop- .- .r.teiligfttre t infurajati. n piel.*d ap ay the cnildf -v, ivi then rrspc.i.ve 'ura! envi, .-iiiient The ullmli\a r. Hi .sms ot in lei-, l nee le- 1 ; c j relate vt , y closely v.dli i. . .;tjn,.-!u:.jU'i us ’> Ids l ‘ -A t t C(,iiiS» ,ji F,-.'tu-: 11> ri " D..,-u;a a-y ine n. » ■: nt»*!iii»eriee le.ts t.. Uie jT.'-iaaj Mapeiontv ul race ovi i anuUv i .',< e. he :V>»; “ T c C.iliclu. ,ul whwii ... a ;>,. ,-fc.-,wn lro:r, n„ data (,f thfcT,, .-(>'.•* lira’ll* r V '• ■ J,• J . j r . j i, . . * V ft it* * 1 I •I ' » I.j - . Ui3t ho km "A ,f ‘ tin tin it? ot* the Id:!’ Hi- Th/> whult thing ib «i depifss- Lr u c« srnn*i Li ij y on tfiu cynicisr.i ~nd hvp-uriiy prevailing within th** bounds of the . orp.vcr.it t American nation. Governor Tai di’c. I'tr-caufu >1 i.hf r u id it hiy t.ilirt-! ai;d Ins own 0 1 01 1 • ••onldno v e • o x pcc t wit /: iny ri •. •c1 do t Jugicahty tr»»- Y'otfT • i any f a/u- and nonfat Nc P ; i»* .u ol The Vcu'iou- «T*-- ».:>i on of the i 3. - ,:j'4preii]? I t*n; pi • tu bar N p i;' bvs frr.m riot;t isi- Out \- I) L d a SUpl’i'Jbf'-) l fircct method to t *nd v\ hai h a '‘vt-iy '•cnTibl- and L.fui n.rci v'Ur Os O’Ui’vß l!a*y vi*l«*d in u block -9"onM Htvmaii. AJi but a handful iikv Old Man Holley, As a malt* i of fad Govt*i • uoj Herman Tuimarii/t- r-» veai :l the * uaJ mala v« :tu& objeu- Ij vc Ithmd hi: program number ui.x -vhi-.fi he said tiiat if ia couiu tii;t make tht (jTui ;h3 t>H' ! 1 < 1 ..1C Will! .iC US b;'9IIIF Tu iJisiKt it JU t as \\ Jlli.f ,i\V)' J'uimacigc -:n a hi.s suppurtci in lilt Georgs;; Jcgi.slatuu seei.. to (’> el reasunably certain that they have succeeded in d ung by mdireetion what c>;uld nut be brought about dincUy in the face of U S Supreme Court mi cedents They believe that they can, cynicaliy, bul within the lelftr of the iaw. disijualUy Ncg/ue.s who by any objective standard# would be qualified. The Georgia Supieiric Court has given its sanction to thi* disfranchisement by indirection in its recent decision in these words; ’’The mere p-.ssibility that the board of registrars under this statute, may act arbitrarily oi recklessly in administer mg the law and thereby- violate con stitulional rigtits is not a gyduttd for declaring the act as a whole uncanst.it utfoha).' But after ad that is not the ..a-fend of the storv. Surm ; ■ m-’i m v. ; ! lt'r !• gltly by any objective It-'.. and me ca.se win reach bii- U. Supreme Court. It will take seTis time, but it will hap- P< u Tin n and only then will the constitutionality of the new dot c to make the Georgia eic-et. rate all white meet l't* d R itue t« ; t The Georgia Sti- P>vn.« Court had the first w -id, and it ’i.ir.r.t have done itself proud n\ dt-eiai ing the act -au* (• m titutiofikl It did not Rot the Geoi gci Eiij-rtm.- <' •,i. t doer not i<.r, r the last word. SENTENCE SERMONS in Ki t iHA NK * r, \KI M t I uHiiV it).': AM* ■ ' . • . I. ;r. ~e u by hUf: - <, * ' t.'UifliJtllilCllliftDiS ‘ 1 * 1 1 Vr* i > *l’ 1/1 i••Vi V JsOUi ..ufi-r-:. }•;, rj.iiji r.y Satan’s t-nioiun'i^nts S.ttarT;. gifbi to upai ently mee t'Aks hav*.’ n special g lister and tinkle, but results to them will i * 111 r -..i: t. as others it with his company they juviuilj rmn u!e. Ye.u !ht y look mighty attrac tive- trom a a outward appear at tee i.nit have proved most de : tractive against righteous per * &evf ranee. ! > the physical, and ''Ulv liiUj p.ntliall) touched can ik reach beyond the na tural It is the nold things. begin lij begin In vanish anti uft' suu deniy begins .-tie w, heavenly jc-, tiepin to spread their ii: - crease, ;u.d worldly desires fade iiWin' a Hie dew How it *s diiiif. no scientist ran discover —• why Christ loved ui; to - fa, beyond any human lovet Alj one e.Jh say after such at' operation from sin set free "th.ii, wtHie once I was blind, now I can see.” Mar-,':, early recognition of nis lost and ti';i»*ly state gives nim longer days to be with Cod, and his daily protection from iiii ill-late. The scon ,-r ungoldly men and women realise that they are empty, before a God of plenty, and make no defense for being so dense; then will come that mysterious sight that can see God's works both day anu night God needs plenty high-class mei humble enough to reach down and lift that poor forsak en fellow who lias been cling ing to the ground T hesc are the towering heights sublime toward which more men ought to strive to (limb: It would make life sweet WEEK ENDING, SATURDAY, OCTOBER J, 1949 BETWEEN MSi THE gjjjg'JJP nr DZAN ts HANCOCK ro// ANP run: huhkson riots ltcgardJpss .f our sharp dir agreement with Tau! Robeson and his idcuiiiplcul dep:a tli. es we must no; tori'et :ior re turn Uco oui democratic Uadi 1 1oi)s it is c;uiti ,/.sy io pas. li'onj protest to pers^cutioii. The violence attending the ap peal ance ot Robeson at }‘etK skill was a disg: .ici- to our vaunted democratic traditions. No serious student of national and d*a national .dfan- can vi* •the current scene- without tveiling deco concern over mat ter:, that ;oe transpiring befoi< on! eye: ! lit pattern Oi a in. ii : tale ai e fine: :• i ,g in way!«;> lift ill it t- . bf di. (lilted Klai’isni whether masked or Until, 'an I- . : viViDt.)- 1 , of Na ze .: • lie -dit! i- -ta-, - !it i \V i-. -1 tile Ivi.iiii- tn ut heck;!-ill and that . 1 Atiaiit., i merely one of ie -alion and m both instan ce- in. j ut-iiiuU the he dm':'. * !.■ ! i at.os i- file important thing I't.e rct'u-. al in .<•< i 111 pii- .1 matin is ,• irini; Hit lnimev. .u'k oi 'he law .■ a dangerous yinp ta Ml it a. i:\ia:- ot wllCi t- fOUiiO. 'iiieie w-..s a lynching- in Peck - Kill just a. sorely as there a i.- tyiii. kings heie and then about The ou'a. itiat no life wcs lost was only an incident UV L> 1111:aRU ]'K« Ufcr OI C’j.l'CHlTiSt*-* 11 cc: ami c - a-,- d.-wi, to ttie credit oi tioLody :: particular and ot every o,,cty In general. The ..w • .-t proton is a .-.acred ont in die American tradition out the right of persecution has never ~ i. eiiablished in cisiy i.oat. say nothing of America Tiir lic it troubled angle - f tr.e ifol'C-: <,:i riots i;e, tn tile tact that the protest partake- oi the mil are of a pei . a ultoui Frov.i J.!P- : iiCCOUlit:; it -.ViHlld up j i.'il Ik-at thr re c only one (.'uirunuc ist in tins country and that is Foul if -beson It semns to nave been for c. He n that the I 'unimunist pa:- tv in New York is a well-de fined political organization with cue of its members elected to one the hied! offices of stab fmd notion. One begins there f..oi t i >,.- dc-r why the na tion’s vial of wtaUi against t'ominu.'ii-ini ha- 1 .t-eu presort ■ <-i! a. -id- - i > - ;-C" .-ii old •. iliCoh-: ioi ;o j; VV'iiy be log a ( c-rnmuihst sc rnuch ivioi <* • trii: liii-e iii N i -gro.; - :- t r'l til 1 in iri •it m the hulk >-i t o.:- cannot iu-.it to an Aitieru an audience- Are the Robeson “Remove The Soon WTb Dnuklnur Your Coffee*’ - **gr 't» k AB.f\ a"6wea-'^ sot a jL.,uSl JOS, SARAH K.TANNER C’i Ml also welpsd OR&AM2E. mamt I WBI TwE A.M.E. VWSMSN'S . . v - * MAVS AIREAOv . bkn SARAH EUIABEW TANNER | ' ’ * M * f * FOUNDER! riots being arid methodically and with malic:- aiou thought to flighten Hie Negroes into re juainiiig loyal to democracy.' Race eiiit -s many situations in Hu '] a rutieth i '-. nimy world; iui a o in HA ut! I*, oude- hand v. Ii rue - ituc-t tniei iritii tiy.it against Connnunisni ii is sale to say that the ex tenl oi which the Commit hist light is centered on race, is me extent to .nil'll the fight against Communism will be lost Tib- uni.b's .rabie thing about Cc mmuiiisni is its basic concept., snU muji.-t' premises ai-! net tH.< fad that Negtoes »t(.- ni provocation may embrace o file Robeson not.- have dan ;-tn -i-i implications in that tidy oh Hr- . i-d niaoH'i-sU-lian of Hie Juslifiabl hle.ropiiLiihu 'hi.it is swt e-plug the ••ountiy The eni igy lit-;eg ex-peiided to make an example oi Robt-sun tor 1 1 e* t ent-;, t of ids rat i could more Vv.-u;!y 1> e (■ ---s so l In pir-iri : n... way of life- 11. at h inimi cal J*.. i otTuiuniiMi; Deinoctacy in piUetice will .iU (. 'oia'iiiun i-in i i.ot and tuuu. a out riot en: • Lass si upon iUta- Wili si'unu lato tiir- growth ui Communisni ui something else just as bad '1 he mots staging the Robe son ! i ts r.lio ih! see i Hi- dangers till.. inhere in uvei-killing their in m A!> .-u-i’v a wave of sym pathy i: being s.neiated in he iiaii .1 R.‘be: on it i. not goon } -he 1 tc -. i!lily :•» man tiut i: a i.o -hi pi i..g up to ‘i. iec-st lin .sr.K: tactics fii.'in fc used to defeat Truman in in, .'.-i:-in presidential dec ticii tv- u they •vere used iiv ■S'ei to c.cstr-'o. him pehtieduy m the i.ot campaign. I Tad tile traducers and fie k ll i o.- a Wnei'l 111 Stop, ‘I lU n.•in. we old a* -ii now be dO!Til ' 111 ii ill TllUl j.-t nis lice Mo. But ti e . i.i.i s alliance of Demo c; ai. and sh ..üblicntis and their - -killing tactics boonn-ranged .s : M?v ti the scales of tee citation whereby Truman won, Hid made himself the political wonder «.*f Hoc Twentieth Cen v. or id Tile hecklers and liofer- who are bent on mak !i,t; nn exampti- of Kobesoii i.irh i,i■■ -.:i.i! sereoil fear among . .■ > II- e ICa. e j. (: - oves-ktii tneir man and f-' .jiSkiriSe h:* positiAn. Com ‘. :;>!a •fi 1 }'! "i :i } l i'jt- -tO p p f?d bU l iv.i-bt or< ID- v ill nut do i* : ntt tUt;..;; til UK-American j. i; .1,-1 tin. is j... .. • They