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PAGE FOUR The Carolinian SUBSCRIPTION RATES Six Months $2.00 One Year $3.50 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ADDRESS ALL COM MUNI CAT IONS AND MAKE ALL CHECKS AND MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO THE CAROLINIAN Interstate United Newspapers, InO, f 543 Fifth Avenue N. 7. 17, N. Y., National Advertising Representative. This newspaper is not r««ponsSWo for the return of •Boo! ir.lt ad news, pictures, or advertising copy, nnlwti neresaary postaga accompanies the copy (Published by the Carolinian Publishing Company, 118 East Hargett Street, Raleigh, North Carolina Telephone: 9474) DUR PLATFORM: We Stand for Full and Equal Constitutional Rights and Privileges, and Civil Liberties of All People, Regard less of Race, Creed, or Color. filtered as Second Class Matter, April <l. 1940. at the Post Office .it Raleigh. North Carolina, under the Act us March, 1371. PAUL. R. JERVAY, Publish-* UN HOLLOWAY. Managing Editor SOME CAN SWIM COME LITTLE while ago the News and Observer printed an ariesti-k little editorial captioned. I Can’t it concerned an incident at ™ . JuMkisk. <N. C.) Assembly, • * ioua gathering, A Negro gw - one 1 was attending a religious con ference at the famed retreat The quer tion came up as to whether sue . - ... 3 in the lake v.it., be permitted to sw.r th6 other members of the H tetris that the trustees had adopte a rule which would have prevented he groes indulging in that reel eating Lt.vt "all but 13 of the 250 students voted to refuse to swim themselves pending the removal of the ‘■an The young Negro 1 lend an unselfish stand, for which the New. and Observer, we think properly, com mended her. The editorial quoted her statement: "It would be a shame for you to deny yourselves swimming privileges just because of me, and besides. 1 can t swim.” We think it was a thoughtful, Chns would cause his brother difficulty, he • She would no have 250 people deprived of a pleasure because of herself. On the other hand, the 238 young white per sons who were willing to deny them selves something that a sister Christian was forbidden also took a Christian at kilude, and one recommended by Paul, who said that if even his eating meat , ould cause his brother difficulty, he would give it up. But the News and Observer writer .took a slightly different view, or an ad ditional one, which we cannot follow. It emphasized the fact that the girl L* could not swim anyhow, and therefore that the controversy was academic and uncalled for. We think this is a very short-sighted position. It did happen ” that the girl could not swim, and so it *£, would in that particular case have been useless for the others to deny themselves. But the fact that she could not swim was purely an accidental circumstance. Lots of Negroes can, and many who cannot can learn. The princi ple remains the same, and the principle had to do with the rule forbidding swimming on the part of people of a certain skin color, or social classifies. Lion closely or remotely related, de pending on the individual involved, to skin color. The ban operated regard less of the colored person’s ability or inability to swim, and it was the prin ciple, rather than the individual, over which the controversy arose, and it is ,the principle which ultimately is in volved. The CAROLINIAN hopes that the principle will be established according to Christian teachings, for it is obvious that the particular young lady’s in ability to swim, as it turned out, pro vided only a postponement to the- fac ing of the real issue. The News and Observer, then, appears to be wrong in characterizing the incident as a "some- - what ridiculous controversy/ 1 unless either the JunalusKa authorities are going to bar Negroes from participat ing in assemblies there, or unless they are going to limit the attendance of Negroes to those whose inability to swim has been establishd before hand. AFTER THE GOP CONVENTION y»HE REPUBLICAN National Con vention has come, and gone, but it is hard to say yet what its transactions meant to Negro citizens as such. Foi ‘ them there was little to choose, on their respective records and on their pry convention statements, as between the top two contenders for the nomination However, Eisenhower may clarify his i position on questions of special inb'jmst Ho Negroes as limp goes on. A good deal will depend on whom the Democrats nominate and what platform the Demo cratic convention adopts. The average Negro independent voter (and most of them are independent In national poli tics) will follow during the next few weeks a policy of watchful waiting. As for the Republican platform adopted we think Drew Pearson, the well known columnist, has summarized for us better than we could for ourselves. He has written on the subject: ‘‘The battle over the platform . . . was so heated that it might have been pulled by the Democrats themselves In fact, one phase of it will win the Democrats lots of votes. “For, whereas the Democratic plat form has gone right down the line for a compulsory Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) with enforcement powers, the Republicans argued for a couple of days over whether to support a purely advisory FZPC or whether to leave the problem of race discrirruna tion up to the states, “Most southern Democrats would be delighted to accept the latter. They've always wanted discrimination left to the states, (Emphasis ours.) And many Southern Democrats, including Senator Russell of Georgia, do not frown on an advisory FEPC shorn of enforcement power to step in and tell a Southern state what to do. “The GOF battle over FEPC was waged under the picture of Abraham Lincoln, founder of the party. Oratori cal outbursts constantly paid tribute to the founder of the party. However, that debate could cost the election in No vember “For the big-city Negro vote has been restless of late. After having sup ported the Democrats about 99 per cent for the last 20 years, Negro lead ers were wondering whether they could’nt do better elsewhere. However, when General Eisenhower spurned an inquiry from Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell on Negro rights but answered an inquiry from Jack Porter of Texas on tideiands oil prop, erty rights, Negro newspapers seethed “Today, following the FEPC argu ment in Chicago, it’s almost certain that -the heavy Negro vote of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Kan sas City and St. Louis will even go to Kefauver. And that vote, in a close election can tip the scales one way or the other.” If Eisenhower sticks to his idea that full citizenship for the Negro is a question to be left to each state to be determined as the white people of the respective states see fit (Governor Tal madge, for instance), he may possibly carry some southern states, depending again on who the Democratic nominee is; but we think Drew Pearson is right on what will happen concerning the Negro vote. The Republican party has done nothing in recent years to win back the Negro support it once could count on. Taft played footsie with the southern Democrats and so did many of the Other Republican leaders in Congress, especially the Senate. Republicans in co-operation with northern rather than southern Democrats could have done a great, deal to effect a legislative pro gram against racial discrimination and for equal citizenship rights. So far CHICAGO, HIRE WE COME -SSeaABESo 1 ". -y-vjSgC ff weir-”“ITs- neither the platform nor Eisenhower -' statements forecast any change in Re publican policy in that or any other area in which Negroes as Negroes’ or as citizens mostly in the lower economic brackets are vitally and especially in terested Ihe egvo voter G I:read *o listen to anyone who has something • o sa.t. Unless he hears and sees some . • of . Hcllih rs *n "s J||| SECOND THOUGHTS T Vtf.c.n o bC'k cntltltkd, Econorrv in *r t y a fional Government written ’jy my favorite gw ernmvnt otft - i ial, Senator Paul H Douglas of lilinoj.-, and publi-b.-’i in February of -hi;.- yar AS HAS NOTED RE FORE in this space, Nona’ n Douglas is a con 'ant - ,-i sir! oero advocate of or. r.niv.v s-■. unlike the Senator probably best known toi hi, plugging fco reduction in federal expenses, Byrd el Virginia Senator D ■: :■ s * a lit - ini ind i k. shamed -f it p is |n|ei. -*h»£ to nfttp wlmi Bteiloi Douglas him self has to so; on *h» <,ub Jject. of being both a ijb eitt and a pUma**?- foe gi»v. enunenetal economy Under the caption, " \ Hberai ts Vo 1 a, Wastrel." he weite-3 in his new book U beco.ro es , : stder»t that to be » liberal one does not b?‘ t" he - „'a;.*r £ d it .afiife tn fc-m-eromm* bene *lts nn one l* is a trutpr. ijajf . a.wav of resouroos which could be used to tmprer* the lives of nee plr- "Wben the- government bud got is balanced, the money which is spent lias to be raised bv taxation .And fax moneys are taken from individuals and corporations which, as a re suit, have less o one to spend, save or invest Wasteful ex penditures. therefore, re due® the disposable income of indi viduals and corporations ‘‘ln the main, taste has to he borne by the poor, the mid dle c!a ; s. and the •-derate'y well-to-do These people could spend or invest this money which is take i av. ->>• from them to much belter advan tage Even among the very wealth.-,- governmental - as i does no* merely replace private waste It also reduces private saving, private giving, and in vestment in productive fscil? t : es and hence is urdesirTr!*'- for this group, as for all oth ers. ’Moreover waste in govern ment reduces the amounts which can be spent by gov f y-ntnent for w orth v c urpos® The cause of underpaid labor ers In field and factory is net furthered bj the presence of an excessive number of clerks in the Labor Department. Govern mental waste does not clear the slums, relieve suffering ot reduce disease. Tt burns up hu man energies and material re sources which could be used for worthy ends.” WITH FFDF’RAI, FKJffHTU'RES for lbpast fiscal year taking roughly ?S per cent of the i«iai na tional income, -which was for the same peviori at ar: all-time high, certainty ev eryone. is vitally aifreted by the need for govern fnent economics wherever expenditure can safely he curtailed, and we can ail THE CAROLINIAN 2 eTtf TS'ifly inrfet LOUIS'" that reducing $n no Inconsififtnt IH % f ualiw; in polificT) vkw <, J M** t Rf s er * nniUsPci with SQO/iF'ifrinf monf-y. V sunsihl •- jjnri rur^! tvtir rpc?»*fJ for ft ft on on.i v Arid isnr.ompromlsinft 4>P tinbitinp <n n astf in no way \ Mr Douithfi or an VOP( 11 f i 1 ?bf ? ll As (Rf ;«• MniSfif a — —— —- w Ki -i«wr.: I ;• . , , • , n* V.* .*>VvV® ; > -rfor> >, Hancock x >/•• v. .wC I BETWEEN : nifc-aNEb jgyp > «mietgsKgßMfc«iiwßre ,t,r: ’ frwwwnereasrW'.arSMtquucwßa lwm*v'-•,-/«kw**y:i*rt.T«w«.c*w*- wj-cjua-'aow.'v jwMkJ iwpw.-jr.i-nx—wwwaii A BTR IN rni Wfvp For ; erne months this writer hss deplored the deterioration ;f our foreign relations as they pertain to good will among the nations for *his country There has been g subtle outbreak of anti Americanism among the nations which we succored in th*' times of theii great dis tress Tt England that gives the most glaring example of this disaffection and it is espe.ciai -- England from '''horn we would least expect such in ternational dealings. With or without pretext we are always ready to sign England's dotted hoe- It has been aptly said ’>>at England j s quite ready to spend to the last American dol lar.men as -he was alleged to have been ready a 1 sundry time? and in sundry wars to fight to the last French soldier. This country takes set:i euslv its Anglo Saxon bleed ties which somehow ?r”‘ohw the Nordic myth. But England is not so se rious hr a I eng sight When th* Nordic blood considera tions involve England's *»• cheouer .England is strong, hot nnrf- esclieflwer coosi-d-, erafiens drop out el sight, England hcenmes outright ant (-American in pci- inter national reactions News account;-, of repent date have it that while the Big Three representatives are sit ting in historic Oxford, pack' ords are being paraded with “Go Home Yanks" emblazoned thereon. This is the treatment given in the England we have saved in two world wars and time and again ji: her acute financial emergencies. This is the Eng land that we coddle and bow to in obeisance to from time to thing that promises better than what he already knows about the two parties, balancing both tin-; good and evil of each against the good and evil of hhe other, he >? not likely to find reason fv» making a change Again, much de pends op what the Democrats do as to a platform and who is their choice for f!ie nomination V time This is the England whose white supremacy ideals we seek ‘ faithfully to emulate This is the England American lives and treasure* have been offered so save from destruction at the hands of a ruthless Germany This is the England that Ame i’ica must save from commun ism if indeed she is saved at all. England offers us first her outstretched hand and then her heels. Go Home Yanks!” The unpopularity of this, our benefactor nation, should fi'l thoughtful men and women with profound distress. Our subtle attempts to buy off com munism have failed Just a? striking has been our failure to buy up good will among the nations. Like the baffled disciples on Galilee. -We have toiled all night and have taken nothing.” Whether the succoured nations would come to out rescue in an hour of distress remains to be seen, but from all signs now apparent it would be exceed ingly doubtful. It is high time ■;e are ere appraising this cri tical sit uailon. When the studied and stu dious English flash their "Go Home Yanks” placards it, is high time that we ponder our plight, ns it pertains to the way other nations feel toward us, then benefactor. Th* inmrf. potent explana tion of this situation can be 'found in the disparity be tween our preachments and practice of democracy be- Uiri' the world. Even today our nation is split asunder over the elemental is sue- of civil rights. Our nation has renounced through its eon- liberal docs not bait to b* ftOF. c wist? h with other people’s monov hr i»a-ys. True Ub uralism K noble faith upon a firm belief ih o essclit ia J woi th \n d d?« ri’ty nf hum ais beings/’ Crr i man <:an hold to Ih. a i *■ * ♦ 4?I aft fl > (ill hr r» xt pfv-cd io waste- of the peo 5 money hv glHfrnjßlfnf, WEEK ENDING SATURDAY JULY 21, 1982 T "Tames a. shepard’s WT* Uic JS TU A I OI k$ 2LH.CS 1 O /%, j 'j iiTin *•*"***>«»«»»—w'iM«««a^»t««WMawMM»wiß>w«s’y<wMg'.*g7i CHOOSING A COM EOF thousands ok our re CENT HIGH SCHOOL gradu ates since their graduation, have been busy with the prob lem of choosing, selecting, and “fussing" over what college to enter this fall. No doubt by this date thousands of them have made their choices. Mv only hope in the mat ter is that their choices have (seen made thoughtful ly and wisely. I hope thr y have not selected a parti cular institution of higher learning to attend simply because their relath es. friends, acquaintances, and former school mates have already entered that insti tution I do hope that none of them have selected > particular college simply because of Its many extra curricular activities ami the accompanying publicities of such activities OF COURSE ! AM WILLING to admit that there .are many reasons, legitimate reasons .too. why one selects a particul * college to attend. Such things as the financial expenses, be mg able or not. able to secure a part -time job " hile in school are certainly matters affecting what college- one may select to attend Also I am willing to admit that there are many reasons why an individual should desire a formal college ♦reining. They to, are legitimate reasons The definitions are seen to mean the same Frank ly, 1 like the definition which stages that '••Learning is the process by which we become able to do something which previously we could not do." And there you have it in a nut shell’' v • reonle desire an education and why people go to school and why we spend millions of dollars an nually to support schools. LVe believe that having gone thru a pci iod of formal training we can then do something better than we could before hand. Being able to do something bet ter 'ban we formerly could, we thus hope to increase our in come thereby raising our stan dards of livin: The fact of the matter is after reducing all of w hlgh-imijidinc phrases per taining to education, such as learning to live a full life,’' ’preparation for < democratic society.'' 'personality develop ment,” "preparation for worthy citizenship in the home, the ccm.muni'y, arid the state, one goes to college that he might increase one's productivity and thereby one's standard of liv ing It is my coiisi.de'd opinion that when an individual increa ses his productive capacity, by and large, he i- on his way fr ward.- woi th y citizenship, per onality development and all the other high sounding-phras es Ha to the purposes of an education Here is hoping that those who arc entering collet* this faM for the first time, have chosen wisely the colleges to attend. The col leges to attend for them, of course, is the college that will enable them to increase their productivities in their chosen fields of endeavor and thereby raising their standards of living. And , moreover, i sincerely hope ♦bait they will constantly remember and never forget thai regardless to what col leges they may select, how well they util know how to do something better atter studying in <hat college for a. period of time will de pend moo on them than any other factor in that college. gress hat the people gave it. as a mandate in an election, four years ago Truman has been politically crucified for his stand on civil rights. We arc being treated to the sad spectacle of seeing two Re publican candidates vying with each other in competition for dixiecratic support, which .sup port is conditioned on state’s rights, which arc based upon the idea that the South shall have power to deal as it thinks expedient with the all-vexing color question. In other words, expediency and not principle becomes the motivation and activation of American politics and the world wanders. “Go home Yanks!’’ This then is the straw which shows the way the internation al wind is blowing. A few months ago we were willing to play ball with Franco who was reaching his hand for his turn at our financial trough, but said Franco balks at the idea of giving us military bases in hit, beloved Spain. Money by million*, yes, says the cagey Franco. Mil itary bases for onr fight ing legions, no says this tame Franco. Our international pres tige is pressing for atten tion. "Go Home Yanks!" _ The Bloodworth Street Y ?f t A begin; its 7th annual membership drive this week and is asking you, who are al ready members to renew your membership, and you who ate not members to please become members That last you is the higher one a far too big a one and it is hoped v hen the membership campaign closes this year, the non-member you will be materially reduced. The ' appeal is a bilateral ap peal. You need the Y' and the V needs you. but lj the ra tio of comparable values could be properly evaluated, we sin cerely believe it would be pro ven that the emphasis would have to be placed on the first part of the statement, you need the Y' An institution as available ■md time honored as the Y M G A. needs no introducua Fot us to attempt to enumerate the. contributions of community ser vice? made by the Bloodworth Street YMCA would be asking c to read a list of worthy activities with which you are already very familiar. When you give consideration to the (act that the planning and stra tegy used in the promotion and carrying out of just about ev ery idea touching the lives of ad of us, are conducted from the V you begin to get some idea of the scope and magni time of y activities. Although tnc Y' is supposed to be pri marily a youth institution, as its name implies, it operates on such a broad and liberal level ,t!>at men of all ages de pend upon the V for services and guidance. There may be those who pre ,- f ntly are Y' members but are now questioning the wisdom of renewing their membership on the theory that the Y’ has not, a - it seems to them, met their particular needs or require ments May we humbly suggest to all such that they make their wishes known to the ‘Y’ management at once. We dm promise that not only will the requests be most, favorably re ceived. but insofar as they are at all reasonable and pracally possible, they will be integrat ed into the 'Y' program The program of th e‘Y’ is not rigid or fixed but is designed year by year to serve your particu lar. social, civic, physical, edu cational and spiritual needs How vvel lit can serve th f;- needs, entirely upon your making your needs known and the extent of your support Bmc you evei stopped to think that it may well be that you are alive today because >ou have a YMCA in your city, or maybe your home or busi ness has not been entered and robbed or your mother, wife, sister or daughter has not been molested because either you or other men have made it. possi ble for you to live m a citv influenced for good by a Y. M C A A- before stated, the pri mary work of your ‘Y’ is the .spiritual training and develop ment of youth. To that end. bbe Bloodworth Street YMCA. promotes and carries on an ex tensive youth program. This program of youth training is mou inclusive and embraces all phases of youth activities This evil restraining program is open to boys of ail. ages on all social levels, and from every section of the city No membership or other fees are required and thro is nothing to pay or buy. Literally, thou sands of boys have been stimulated by this program and their lives have been influen ced for good in all the areas of human behavior Anti-social instincts have been curbed and replaced by a desire to gro f up and become useful citi2?'/ This spiritual awakening in stilled by the Y’ not only pro motes an individual desire for good but it also causes that a wakened boy to influence his friends and companions and re strain them from violence and lawlessness. thus setting a strong chain of protecion for you and yOur loved ones. If you will kindly view the situa tion in the light of the pat tern just presented and take in consideration the present day violent activities of unrestrain ed youth, we do not feel it v ill be too difficult for you to understand why we say that yon may owe your very life, and *he continued safety of your loved ones to the exis tence of your Y". These facts, we hope, may also become the determining factor in your de cision to renew your member ship if you are already a mem ber or if you are not now' a member, cause you to feel that you owe u to yourself to be come a member if only from a purely personal point of view. Too often we neglect and by our neglect, handicap trample* upon the very things which if properly nourished and cared for, would be the source of added comfort and joy for us. Our local ’Y" has never been able to extend and develop its program as it would, like to. Ivsck of funds has prohibited the development of some ideas which would increase its use fulness many fold. The Y wants and needs a swimming pool, a health clinic, a bigger and better recreation center, more space for guest accommo dation. more trained workers snd many other additions to make it the institution of ser vice it would like to be Your membership can provide these things Let us make this se venth year a truly sabbathical year so tour Y’ Lot us not on* Continued on Faye 5
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