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♦ . Editorials a ommentv ‘'Ic €ht Camla Cim^0 PUBU&HLO V»££KLY BY THE CAROLINA TlMiiS-PUBUSHlNG CO. IMAIN OFFICE 117 E. PfcA«ji>» Kl. .... DURHAM, N. C. PHONES N-7iai. J-7i71 1. E. AUSTIN, PUBLISHER WILUAM A. TUCK, BUSINESS MANAGER UiAHLOne (tf'FlCE 42U 1-2 ^sLCOND STREET WILLIAM ALEXASUk.k, MMagwg Editor Eotiired aui MN:oii4-«i«sfi. at thd' post oiiita at Durham, N. C., utid«r the A«t of Marcli .arcl S.ATURi>AY, OCTOBER 2Ut, 193B THE NEGRO AND I HE WAGE AND HOUR LAW • hiu iust caii«d «>«u »tt«ni4«tt td * l«tt«r whicb it hti aUatlu iii« prtjcidtint u| the E^win Cotton Milli, piwtesting tlie tusfhttrgiag of *lw.o Negro Women swwtpers^ aud i.epl«4'iu4{ wtUi vutiiv lu^Jor in order tu avo.id paying to Nagroes the thiily twu aud oti« itail cw-n. i..r iiou: as required by i»y law. Beluw w« ure puuli^lnng tiic letter in its sntirety in order that our readers may get a lull aiiutr^tanding uf gome of the things we aie gioug to say in tius editur.ui. The letter ia as follows; "Xr. K. P. Lewis . ^ ^rasideut, Erwin Cottuil Mills iJaar Sir: At the last meeting yj. liiji Studcnt-W'orker (a local groups intbiuiiuu ,u uuU pruibluuis, aiid composed of «Mversity siuatiiui and inau;«ii')Bl^ oitice and p{ol'essional work- •r) it was bmuglit to uur utieiition tliat tne iil^in Cotton Mills had recently diHgiiaigcU twu i\^gio wunien sWbepers and was re placing them witn Waite Itnutii, la order not to pay Negroes th» 1-Si cents per huur requiifd hy law. i It is the cunvicUun of tiuii lii'uup tnat part of our South*.ii bwonumic problem can toe laiu »i the door of the policy by which Acgrowi are ki-pt in pcuuuniit; ^ubJeciioit, and that we shall nevar uav« a sealiy lieuUhy econoiiiic situaitua until all elements of our populatiuQ aie us^uteU a deceiit standard of living. . We arc also cu^vinced tnat direct econouMc disertmination against the Negro vill necessarily foster race an.agonit..ii and.n^^^isuuity and as such will produce social evils. Fur thuiie reasons we are opposed to stand taken by tue Eiv«iii Coit n Mi,h in relations to tiie iNegru sweepers, and to the argunvent tliat 1 J cents is too high « wage fu- Ne j;r«'(«vao thougn it is ouvious that the Negro, was doing the same job for which tne Ei wiii iiiuis will now pay -w^te women H2 l-'^ «a hdiir.) Lf, wages rise ui tiie naiural cuuise of tinae, we contin ually push jN^ioes out ox in order, to keep them from snaring with wnite workers tne bcufii s of sucli a rise, we can have o/ily a diaeaaed social uriiei- and a grt.it eeon^mic burden as a rasuit. The Council Baoctcil w- .ecretary to write you expressing o«^ views and iiski|ig •>>«-ta -rtiTOfwhicr the action of the EXivi* JUinii in this matter. A copy of this letter has been sent • tn the E.erald-i>ua, Tr., iimes and The .Union-Advocate. Sinc«5iely -yours, (J4RS.) BUOOKS Si'IVjSY CREBDY Secretary, iiof Councii ot^urham ' Now there is no que:$i,ioii atouui it 4he Erwin Cotton Mills is «.ffu:ceied and managed uj vet's.Qns of unusual abilityJ>Io industry t.s‘large and as far reaching c^iuld have been , built by men of laeaiocre »bility. buch dues not happen in thia competitive ag«. I., ' However we ait wunderiiig rf those whu contiol the Erwin Cot.«n Uilla kit lu t fully ueveioped on one side oi. their .Judg». mtut, while the (.Uwr siue is lacking ordinary development. Cer- laiuly it takes no i;enuii> lu -.j. if the attitude of the the local cottun im.^ vveie tne prevailing one all along thu line, the South would itie far more poverty stricken than it is. As has been suggested by the Student-Worker Council^ industry citnnut continually pu^ii the Negroes out of JoSs without ibringing oii»st«r to itself. Ui!>charging of two, Negro women has not made liienn more able to consume the commodities of the Brwin Cotto.n Itiilis, nor tne coioin uities ot oi^ner manufacturing Concerns In stead it has made them u:iablfe to consume eltfteFT^ While the evidence poiu’s tJ such an attitude, we do not .believe tae men who comprise i»ie oH'i^iais yf the local., cotton plant «on- M“i*e such a destiucii've progtam. We are of the opinion that th'eir a^.cntioa need o,nly be called to the unfairness of^the action to ti.eni do, the jusi thing. ^ ^ jr . ' lu cuii fvi I'.ia suggested national boycott by Negroes of all g.ods manUi.itlured by the Erwin Cottoh l^ilU is a sujHfestion we uo not like to antertain. in the first place such a movement i» im- p^acticai, and if not, the cost of getting tne idea over to. the Negro pyi^ic IS a long and expensive undertaking. We think there is enough fairnehjt left in both races in Durham to do, justiea in this, particular case without having to resort to extreme methods. GALVIN’S Bjr L. BarM^rd W^iitnay CttJi 10 Mis. H. C. Yerger of Arkansas, o sei-lFred W. Martin, J. E. Shepard, *OIiVMHKJU! Ik a aervice is u cuinniaiiu vice, lufii 1 Biiuu Cviujlder my- uurham, W. J sch ■ lorvuimu- m aaving"been citosen I* jii'tpviuate _ tins uciunui uiitiir h.h usual title, as a luemoiiu. uttu a munumcnt -dl eiernai ^uou wal—to tne late .tloyd J. Calvin, fuunder ana suuur tin; Calvin New* Ser vice. ‘ i ♦ I'lis^ly, periiaps Calvin's read ers Would like to know that Various •phases, is being con tinued and will be improved. Mrs. Floyd Calvin is the sole owner and director, stepping into the shoes of l»er late hjia- band. She is being ably assisted by hei; two daughters, Bernice and Dolof.es^ yjhom you r.ll pro bably kn«fW as two- very ac- con^liBhed young musicians, E. L. Hercules and myself ate assisting. rMrs. Calvin, and all business matters should be direct ed to her. as u Cvuuiteiuai.ui ii^ Qpuiiuiiji aiiu.i be «expieSiiiy my awn, and are not intended -lo neceasaniy ' reiiect the opin- ^n of the uwner or other mem. oers of the sUtt. My humble strivings shall b® directed *to- ward ^he same fearesj, structive comment as Ctilvin's All in all, my forword ..i Bor- wardl "Neither fire, Water, nor , tlie air wei)reath is more necessary to us than Friendship.” Grateful: How abundantly true this 4s. in time of trial and triibulation! 1 speak now for the widow of Floyd J. Calvin, .she who has passed thru the Re fining Fire so courageously. Her friends stood by her; during her dark hoBrs tho light of Friendship streamed from many »doors and made her Path less ^itficult. Friends appeared from unknown and unexpected places. Ther« was active teaiti- n»oney of the. high esteem in which Calrin was held . bis public and his friends. His widow fell heir to the rewards of his integrity. And she is grateful! V£KY grateful! I Through this column the de- 'sirdes to express her moat sincere thanks and appreciation for tl^ many expressions of sympathy whJCh she rei'cived. She said, "Plaase consider this as a grateful personal acknow ledgement, specially to thoAe v»hose tangible experssions re acknowledgement, especially tQ those whose tangible express ions relieved a heavy Ifiad." These frienda included: C. C. Spaulding, Durham, Dr., and Mrs, L«nc of Lane College, CONTROLLED EDUCATION At Lftngkif^n University^ the newly installed president quit last u»ck after iteing c,n the only two days: ' The institution is operated ^y th£ st^ts of Ok^hom» for its Negro citiaens, and has awB^mrhat of a political fe:o'^*a|i-er a nuiriber of years. Pres. Turner’s resignuwon and the unfavorable publicity that goes with it will do Lang«ti>nV erstwhile president no harm, but tljjr'nstitu- tioD much good. ^ % Th« ancient and out of date custom of white educational officials trying to go too far in directing Negro eduftatio;i, instead of leav ing It ia tte h^nds of qualified Negroes, needs to ^e halted all aiopg the line. Mr. Turner sho.uld be commended for ta|jjng a de- tinita ftand against such high handed methods. W« think the time haa come when the education of Negroes ought to b« by Negroes. We believe that Negro, school heads ought to b« given a free hand in the selection of their teaching' per- suonal, iMtead oi being forced to accept persons merely because thef are what white people usually call “good darkies.” Is Charlotte, Durham, Kaleigh and many other citias there are a liiimfber teachers in Negro schools who are holding their loba f«r other reasons than that/they are qualified scholastically. The hasulf 4 the schools interfere with statui quo for f^'ar of losing their own .JoImi. For quite often these makeshift teachers ■rf„in tee food gnces the educatioTiat offcist* sna 'sfe danger- oua to Ikjther with. Evently L«ngaton’s new president was what was in store for him •fid got oat of the, picture rather than to remain in it. Sincd* he was not soleljr dependent on the Job we believe he could, have ma44 • contribution to the school by remaining and fight' hig, C«rte^y he would have had an opportunity to exp««« more 4t tk» roUMi Modition that exists than he had time to difcover in W« tnu^.tlM •€Uo0 ot pre|id«pt Turner i^ a 8igny*for other Ne- giff nation to tfke a dffiaite stand ■ Male, Nasnville, bdgar U. Brown, Wa-»uiagton, 1. C. Jurvuy, vVilmingto.i, N. C.; Ucoi'ge h.. Hunton of the interracial Uevicw; James A. “ijilUiuard” Jackson; Clau4e A. Barnett of thft ANP; 1. Willis Cole of Louisville, h.y.; t'eneral b'oiids Co.; 'i'nolma Buriack- Bouzvr; Uikida; Uaicourt Tynes U. James Fleming, Mr. and Mr.s. George Schiurlor; Mr. and idii. ii. C. Ticnh.im, fir and Mrs. A. Philip Randolph; Mr. and Mrs. ^fSbenezer Kay; William Clarke, Cleveland G. Allen, and many others. ■ lifcNEt-* ACTOR.' Already lauded, ^ celebrated, Demcdaled a»d rauiosd, George W'ashington Cai’ver, the liumtole genius wno t saved the isouth from economic disaster, will receive the . Theodore Roosevelt Medal on Friday, Oct 27 on- ■which date Carl Sandiburg, au thor, .and. Major Gen Frank R McCoy, retired, will be similar ly hrfnored. Yes, “the world do moTe." GOMMlNr' ANP T.'A irf'^XTTK— ■ Someone is hut^ilng down the lid at Howard in the medical school, and despite the «>fforta higher ups, a bad odor is cmana ting fro niRe place. 'Tis rumor* ed that a special meeting of the board was called to sit in judgment up on a well kiiown member of the faeillty—atid he himcelf is reported to have a friend he would be looking for a Job. At any rate, is is fully aware that b.is contract %ill not be renewed upon its termina tion this year. The foot)balU>ug certahily ISlte* 1^ie^ 1B.a«hiT^gtonian h^rd. Hundreds of them attend the games played by the Red Skins here. And last Sunday, the Washington i^ng' was enhanced by a band of loyal Negroes '•^-fr^m Portsmouth, Va., where Ace Parker, the great Brooklyn player, roamed the pastures lor the local baseliall club a year 'o. Strange light to see thest Negroes trooping down -o shake han^s with.«ttie p-reat Parker i^nd he being so d«nged graci- orts^abotft it. —- li is goud to realize that in rccuat ytiUiS xNcgiu genius„ and liiuetk race talent and brilli ancy, i.as' ijet'ii given duj re- recognition. it was not so many years ago when me only mention of JMegroes in the white press related to crime, and his photo- giapa waii u/lcninkiaible—-unlesa it was a “necktie party.” Dr. Carver’s ‘spittin’ image’ in The New York Times, and his dominance of the news ar ticle on the Roosevelt Medal, strongly indicates his superior interest to the world of acitnce. Specifically, the Meda? tS’ given annually to those who have distinguished themselves m cer tain fields Associated with the career gf former President Theodore Roosevelt. Opportunities to earn, great «H;aitu thiji employment with large corporations were .^repeat- ediy turned down by Dr. Car- Mef^ who insisted upon rt^main urg at Tuskegee and actually GIVING AWIAY his scientific secrets and knowledge for the lasting benefit of not only the- SvUth but of the Nation and the world. He often said that God gave him the knowledge of how to get 28® useful ro-, ducts from the peanut and 11>8 froK the—sweet pota40| that he had no right to sell this knowr ledge Materialists would* criticise this viewpoint, but how^cnn you prove him wrong? This genius of our race ^- dispensable: Humility has at last humbled the proud! Chari i e Spearis ’Em ^ TO KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE WAR is a, “properly conduct ed contest' of armed public force4T’^ When. - differetices betr ween nations corns to the poijit that diplomatic relations ease, ht is usually followed by war..- and force,,.jSiLarms =>xc«:ised until ofie' i»^»Mtde to accept such terms as the other will grant. . . . - I i- BV®RY MIUTARY N|A- 't'lQN publishes instructions for the goverKment its armies in the_ field and the navy on ‘ the high seas. These instructions are Imowh a{ the militarv laws, of a nation. Ordinarily th? belli gerents are “Independent na- iiohs, However it is not absolu-. tely necessary that both parties should ackflo^xdedged by other naflons j|S an independent 0^ aover#!^ ctate. Thus The Ceiif«d«rale states in ouv Civil wir were not acknowledged by any nation yet the United States-and the world at large accorded them belligerent rights. P.4‘5D0(N see fcr mentioning belligerent ri^ts withput an ex- j?lant(f!on. Rules which are *- served and ..enforced on ife e to Be recognized in internation al law as belligerent rights. These rules are rather 'or the soldier than the civilian, they are enforced Tn'^order to allevi ate and mitigate the cruelties and misery produced by the scourge of war. However 1 feel th&t a knowledge of , the laws of war in the f«ld wfll be of v.&nie to my read,ers in under standing the European war dispatches. ^ BELLIGERENTS are prohi bited to use poisoned arms to poison an enmey or to kili or wounJ" an enemy who having laid Sown arms, or having no longer means, 6fi defense Tisi surrendered at dircretion., 'rO DEC£3K1lJEr''THAi’ NO QUAETSJR WILL BE GIVEN or to make impreper use of a flag of truce is also prohibited as well a? to makeTmproper use of the .enefey’i uniform and military ensigns. TO kfth OR w o'u N rf TRDAOHEROUSLY. individuals belonging to the- hostile nation or army nr to compel the na tionals of th^ hostile party to take part' in the. operati >ns of war direcTed "against their own field by the armies and at sea'country evastjli. they were ia by the battlt force have come | the belligerent’s service before It is with no little pride that your Jolunjnist casts rn eye over the dailies these dine days (although the thermometer is beating a nasty 93 here in D. C. right now) and -gloats over the rave otices WllUam King of Long IsTand university ■ is getting fpr RA foobballlng at that institution. Our chief will bear us out when pride- fully say we were the first to belt the drums for the “school 4j«y’' as his many friends called him two or three years ago— and as Dolly continues thr ugh this year, he may well be called upon to play in the next all star game at the Polo ground'^. And from down here in the capital, we contine to shout about “Dolly.” He^s *il they say he is and some more. Pity he isn’t ih the b>ckfl^d where ae be- ■Iwjfgs. „ * . Advertisii^ man Garvin !from the Afro ii one of the few we have met who seems to realise what it ?ill, fs about. Associated with Brother LaCouPr^ **ic is a capable team mate. At least they have an. advertising staff here hard to beat, the other members being Louis White and a young woman whose name escapes us alTiresent. Your correspondent waa al- mos thrown out of a .night spot here last week, a taken "identity, it- would seem, yot that we were clowning or cutting up, but Brother Mike Wilsnn of Mike’s establishment mistoon us for »someone from the ASCAP and was more than ’ccH-r-he was positively dowti- right sore. Wonder who crossedj his path and why—and made him tKlnn it waa us. The (jance season is with* us here as well as the football sea son^ Xft hands *re turning out to Murray's ne^^y decorated casino for* the JittjeHbug events. ' Hovud univferaity ’ ■ Ireshman class, according to a known insurance man who haa an aye for such things, is tops when it comes to feminine pulchritude. We wouldn’t know, we have no way of telling. Miner Teachers college ainit so bad either, bud.^ That clever manipulatov of Woxdfcge, Marguerite Meiti'n, who columns Trivia,, for ANl* seems destined to ga places. She surely can bindy words around. Besides being secretary to Henry Craft of the Harlem ‘Y’ -(a job. in itself,y 'she find"*, time to ?olumn fof' file Y paper and lerves a hoateasr ioi, a fcOcM group and onTift d*y* * ** coun sollor for the junior department in the Y. Only busy people find time to. do tISRgs. j T. Arnold Hill, of the Nation- the commencement of the war is likewise forbidden. -It would carty ui toJ far afield to further ^follow the vaTflous laws of war in he ieFd. flowev^ a few the chief rules are summarized aji'ove. But war itSelf has been well ■ suibmarixed tn three wards (by by • Gaheral Sherman ‘■WAR IS BEliL" International law permit# the tiking by force the property of anoffepdihg *tate or ite sub jects'WijWout war thi« is called “Redress Without War.” So BSI GOOD and keep out of war and we’ll talk ab.out that neict week right here irt . .Uie ■**»• old piM*. Thtnto. KELIj:, MILLEI? SAYS THE ETHICS OF Tl>|E WAR NOW RAGING EUftOPE The rallying cry of the Civil War was furnished by the clos ing —Wjixd- Battle Hymn of the Republic— “As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free.” President Woodrow W i I s o n sought to infuse\ moral Idealism and to qui£ke 1 internallonal patriotiem by the slogan—A War to make The World Safe For Democracy. The League of Nations was tevised in further ance of the same idea. We laude his noEle purpose despite ita lamentable failure. Winston Chwohill has sougKt moral 4 Justification of the Allies cause by comparing the issues with those between the North land the South in the. American Ciyil Warnfilt' _ lying moral distinction is dia- cernible as between Trepdom and slavery. “ In JntCruational disputes as in personal ncoun- ter,; each party aims to justify his contentiorf" nd to reprobate hat of his adversary. The provocative word proceeds thfe blow. Ugly epithets are bandi ed back and^ forth %y which each contentant *^eks to.justif; his side of the issue and^ Cj dt'mn that of his adverse Skakeipkeare*' aphroisBi; “Thrice armed is he who has Jys quarrel is abundantly illustrated by the verbal Justifi cation of both sides of the quar rel, whether Sght or wrong. In the prevailing internation* al • controversary the Allies as sume nitiral superiority by cre diting themselves with dr'ense of the week ftom {&• *uthless aggression of their advemary. Had England, and France not jnd wh^ed at the rap ing of Abyssfnia w? mfght' be more ca.sily convinced of the sincereity of their 1^0 wed al- truyltic pr^Jentiuns. 'Austria, Albania atul Cse.choslovakia suffered same fate as Po land, while England and France looked fmpotently on. When he -\postle Paul stood by and con sented to the death of the fir t martyr he reproached himself as guilty as the murderers who stoned Stephen to death. Hitler in his adroit latter to Premier Deladfir (]ecla/es that he is fighting to right a great wrong while the Allies are fight ing to perpetuate that wrong. of one side of"the other requires profound stu9y and analyaft of the Treaty of Ventailles in its vindictive provision^ The noVnfaf moral judgment of mankind prone to sidi with the allies in upholding ‘a prin ciple the saieredness f intern .- tional covehants againstthe attitude of the Germans ho, in practice refl:ard such ■'^■ee- ■ 'liWhts onlV as scraps '^ paper. The League of Nations which Pre.sident Wilson ordained as the clearing house of interna tional d -ipi.tes wts regai'ded aa the moral zero hour and slabliz ed fhe map cf the world as con stituted at that date as fixed and unaHerahle for all come. Although thmr intanw- tional boundaries' had baan drawn by tha blood dipped swored frem tisa* imveorlal, each culp4'it was abaolved from tormur guilt, and to fettt^n iiotrty^o tha ehd of days, provi ded thoa* that atuie would ataaL no more. It would b« embarraaa- ing indead to req\;ire England and Fianeei And tftn tha Unit* •d States to go too far back is- to htttoiT and to give a aoraT accounting of how they eaae by- their present dominion. The settlement of this day of Judg ment met with approval of the "have nations” which tha lion share of the earth*a aurfaca but w«s repudiated and bitterly nounced'. by the ‘have not’ aa- nations who complained of the inequitable distriUution. The American people all but llatTiWwtaa the tinU,f r»tiwn i B Amea in tha preaeal atrur gle. But sympi^hy is expraaaad in the passive rather than io thethe activBe voice. PrMident R^s>velt advisea the nationa to observe Neutrality in eondtiet though it cannot be neattal in though attid conscienca. Hara is a tough nut of ethics for tha casuist to crack. Self preservation is tha fizst law of nationa, aa of the natuira. Whether the United States hall :r shall not become involved in a foreign War, of other ocoplaa making, ia not fundamentaly a queetibn of right and wrbng, but of our nationa peace, aafty and well being. Whooping Cough P WHOOPING cough killed 170 North C^feUna chikiren last year During this same period only 44 children died of mea sles. It is' hoped that these figur es will bme remembered, for there is the feeling on the^part of the public that whooping cough, while it is annoying and inconvenient to have, is not a serious disease ' and the^afore does not call, for any unusual precautions or care. This article is one of a ^ies authorized by the Dtirham-Orange County Medical Society in its effort to reduce- infant ni'Jrtality in this area. ‘ "V' VTnooping cough is much •'re fatal han measles, ih fact four time as deadly. Yet some par ents dread measles and df not pay, enough attention to whoop ing cough. Of the 17'0 deaths from whooping coach in North Carolina last y^ar, 109 were in infants under one year of age and only 4 were in children over four years of age. Thus, infancy and early .childhood are th^ dangerous perils f r whooping cough. How can this p.rolblem be me'*'t Primarily, tnrough prevention and secondarily, through sroper care. Whooping cough is started oniy by contact with a person wh has or who is developing 'cough. If infants are kept strict ly islated from young children, thei3 is \^/ littlo '' cliance oi their developing the disease. This .is rarely ^ssifele, ao the next best method is'to immunize them during early infancy. This is done by the fourth or fifth* month by hypodermic injections (shots) of a vaccine at weekly intervals. This procedure will immunize 'from 8i5 to M of children. The immunity will last i^out five .years . (past the danger age). It is not harmful, does not cause any aerioua* «c tion. Once the disease has de veloped, many of the de.aths can be prevented by proper are. The sick: should be kept in doors on ,bad days and in the sunshine shine when the weather is good and kept away from other child ren, who sBoiild be guarded ajgainst exposure. The patien.t’8 meals shoulj be nourishing; they should be gjven frequently and in small amounts. Very young inSants should be watched con stantly in order to prevent chocking. Any evidpce of fever should call for in^ediate ex- mination by a physician. When cases are diagnosed early, irt- al Urban lei^e, ,is a frequent visitor fcTthhr eity, wher^ he ■once enjoyed an assignment with |^gamizat!bii‘B fourteenth one of the alphatoetical agencies. George Goodman, local, arban league man, is an old smoothie if trere was one. At the Ujjion- Miner football game the other he sat"- quietly mapping plays and charting plays. Spott- 4ng playera, eic, fQE -daalL. old alma mater,-Wncoln. Jections certain yaccines or serums may decrease the rever ity and shorten , the cbur*». of ii- J- J— the disease. • to>i»Revent WHOOPING COUGHi Keep infants but of crowds. Keep infants away from older children. — Ihf.nunfze infants at the age of 4 months with wlwopingt cou^ vaccine. Give the child with whooping (ough as much jittention, con sideration, and medical care as you would if he had meas- sles or one o the other con tagious diseaiei.,i ^ AF OF L CONFAB BACKS ANTI LYNCH BILL ‘CINCINNATI, O.— Support of S'Tederal anti lynch ing bill and - cotidemnation of various forms of racial discti- minat^n, dnicluding discrimina tory practices against Negro employees^ aeceived a unanim ous vote of approval from the American Federation of la bor’s fifty ninth annual con vention meeting here Ociober 9. . . ^ Both resolutions were ifttro- duced on the convention flwr by A. Philip Randolph, president i*f the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. lecalls iward In Iffi- NEW YORK,—When Ctoorge Washington Carver, the fam ous scientist at Tuskegee In stitute receives t^e Roosevelt Medal award here 0|t. 27 for “distinguished service in the field of science,” the evemt will recall the honor a> corded bi« by th« National Asstci&tioa for the Advancement of Color ed People back in 1923, the same year in which the Rooae* velt Award was dsta'bliihed. It was in l&SS that the a'- sociation awarded Dr. Carver the Spingariji gold medal for the most outstanding achie^> ment of the year by an ‘ Ameri can’ of AfHcan decent.” The aaward was made at the or- annual conference held in Kansas city, Kansas, , ' Carver received ‘the 1939 Koosevelt medal, together. with two other . recipient*: , Carl Sandburi^, the poet and Major General Frftnit R. McCoy,‘'Re tired. - V - , •4 HALES THEY TOLD TO SCARE US Tn^ wallah Hiirnriir^ t TtffAiNP tha tha liJ There were wotvea out ia thicketa; There were snAkM out ou hills, There were tha thoaaands knd crijcl(eta In the haunt«d window . TKere were fb,otlcaa paople walk ing To the left and to tha right; . There were leadleaa peopla' talking ^ In the darkness of. the nl^t. These are things oar aranta taught us In the days of long'affo ^ iiAadi "W ‘ fioCfisi^ sought us ■ ■ , As we travelled to aAd fro. >^Y YOBiC, Attempts on tha parr clriBelinf ' ampley era, to sal>otage the Wages and Houra Acti whose new provisious rp inf(j. effect October 24, by Bow ing dissension between white and colored workers will be fought ^ tiie National Aaaocia- tion for the Advaneement f Colored People, it was announc ed here today. When the' jict enters >tfc se cond year of operation, inereas ed wages and shorter houra will affect more than 12,000,000 Tvorkers in intwstate industry, a large part of them Negro workers in the South. Oa Oct. 24 these empljj^eea will have their wages increHeed from to 30 cents an hour. T1»a regular work week will be re- reduced from 44 te 4S houn. . It“ %ill be mandatory for em ployers te pay for all overtime ia cash. In a memorandum sent oui. to all branches of tlie organisa tion in North Carolina and fVirginia, the NAlACP warnad ita members to be on 'he alert for evidences of dJacriminatton toy employers, who will attempt to supplant Negro woricers yrtth whites, rather than pay tha fprmer the increasatf wag*.. The tobacco workara iis tinea- two state were citafl aa an to- sUnce in particular. With tl» coming of stricter a^plicatloja- of the act through the itraagK thening pt »t* enforceaaant •§» cy, ’Association, gifleiala-^ employers in tSe * tdMM«o Is^ duatry will need to ba cartrfttUy, ? *11* ,,^,1
The Carolina Times (Durham, N.C.)
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Oct. 21, 1939, edition 1
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