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M«|rogiu. Editorials a Comments flij Ca Ctm^ PI*LISMFD WUKLY lY THl rAROliNA TIMES PUBLnHING CO. MAIN OFFICE IIT F Pi AHnDV ST DURHAM. H. C. »*MONr,5 N./J2I. 1*7871 * L I AUSTIN, PUBLISHER WILLIAM A. TUCK. Maaacint E4lt«r HERBERT R. TILLERY, Ba(in««s M«My«r CHARLOTTE OFFICE 420 l-a EAST SECOND STREET SUBSCRIPTION RATLS f2.00——6 muntin^ 74c—3 MonUii. BBter*4 « a«coad-cJ«M ouitier at the post offtoa M Durhua, U„ under the Act'§f Marca «rd 187»." Ex- Soldier, In Letter ^ o President Pleads For Service Of Riace Soldiers THOUGHT BE MEkCIFUL UNTO ME. O God. b* «.,clful >.to b«, for my soal tniiutk ia yaa, in tko siiadow of tkr wine* wiU 1 mmk» my rafiiga, aatil tbaM cakmitU* bo oT«rpa*t. P*alu \ jST. Muct 1 |>e carried to th« akiei On flowery beds of ease, While others fought to Win the prize, And sailed througih bloody seas? At* there no foea for j^ie to face? Must I not stem the flood? la this vile woHd a friend to grace To help me on to GodI dure 1 must fight if 1 would reign— Increase my courage. Lord: I’ll bear the toil, endure the ]^n, Supported by Thy word.—Isaac Watts. DRUNK WITH POWER • It has been truthfully said that when an institution gets to the .place that it loses its soul, has nothing but an executive head and a board of directors dry-rot sets in and disintegration 'stands at the door in a looae wrapper. Likewise when a b0|Urd of education becomes so drunk with power that it refuses to listen to the pleas oC'huaible taxpayers—even tbougb they b« N«ti^oea—that they might at least have ^ voice in the selection of a principal for one of their own achoola, then that board of education is unfit for serv ice in a democratic nation. i The French revolution, the revolt of the Kussian peaa^lits under the merciless reign of the Czar of pussian and our own Revolution- sury War were caused by high handed methods «nd not by a ten dency on the part of those in power to cooperate with those over which tie!y ruled. Durham Negroes, for the most part, are n peaceful &nd humble' group—maybe, too humble. They like the idea of cooperating and working together. They are fully mindful of the fact th^ they are victima of taxation without representation even though living in a democratic country. Bet it reminded that humJble people are the Most determined when once aroused. Hell itself liath no fury equ^ to tSiat of the humi>le which resuHs from continuous ibulldozing The type of treatment whioh resulted in the appearance of the Executive Committee on Negro AtTairs before the Durham city board of educi^Jon last week is the kind of treatment which forces court lotion to settle matters that sensible men should be able to settle out of court. Certainly no sensible person could object to Negroes asking for the opportunity to be heard on the appointment of a principad to one of their own schools, as did the memi>era of Durhaai's board of education. For the memfbers of that board to even indicate that they will not consider the wis^hes of represent atives of all Durh«i)m’s Negro population and TAXPAY(!RS >s un usually hard to swallow—and it ihas not been swallowed yet. The and noble thing for the board of education to do i» to i&dvise with the committee representing Negro citizens. The committee cer tainly is qaulified Iby training association and experience to at least suggest principal for a school of their own race. The committee should not be forced to go to court to seek a righteous settlement in this matter, «ny man or group of men who is so drunk with pow er as to not listen to reason is acting in a way that i& not conducive to better racifl understanding. The CAjROLLNA TIMGS has been accused of stirring up feeling in dealing with matters of this kind, and for more than once it has aoffered penalties at the hands of those who would take from the Negro the right of self determination. It regrets that it again ia compelled to look forward to suffering other penaltieg because it dare liak that Negroes stand upon their feet rather than crawl on their balliea obtain tly|t w4iich is righfully theirs. CHICAGO, (ANP) — Of great interest to the colored members of the Nation’s Armed Forces and to citizens in general, is a letter addressed to President Roosevelt and written by Levi K. Pierce, ChiQaffo resident and former member' of the U. S. Army. — Timely, because of the possi bility—however remote of the Euroean conflagration reaching AmericAn shores, Pierce points out to the Presi dent that: “The Negro has been restricted in the Arihy and N^tvy and completely .barred out of the Marine Corpa.” His letter says in part: Of the 14,000 officers as signed to. our Regular Army OiNLY fire an Nagroes. .Surely the proportion of taxes paid by Negro citizens would entitles them to a far gre^.er represents tion ^han this. Only two of the five officers are Line Officers, the remaining three being Chap lains. Of ^7,000 authorized re gular soldiers only 4,316 are Ne groes ^e permitted in the Mar ine Corps. Why? Negroes can only i^erve in the capacity of Mess Attendants in the NaV^ Why? During the last session of Congress funds were appropriat ed for the creation of * Regular Army Air Corps for Negroes, yet none has been organized— Why? Eight months ago I gave up a n-ost treasured career in the U. S. amry ^nd returned to launch a united appeal in civil life to public opinion in order that the ever present plan of discrimina tion against the Negro citizen and soldier might be ^ated. 1 entered this drive knowing the odds to be pitted heavily against me, but believing that tiirough God and that dim flick* r of DIVINE TRUTH that my people could be led to a com plete victory. I served my coun try honestly, faithfully, s(id conscientiously, yet to day I find that I cannot find emplojr- ment even on a WPA project, notwithstanding the number of aliens who are employed by same. But with the ever present r‘versals which confront me I feel the s^rifice well worth while if I can enlighten my peo ple and my government* to its liabilities to the Negro, and the unjust r!present«tion which it has given to the Negro soldier and citizen. I speak not from hear^t^, but from actual experiences, having served nearly .12 yeara in the United States Army bolding Four Honorable Disch^'ges, Cl^racter Fxcellent” and by carefully anayzing the unwritten law handed down in the service and enforced by the War Dei^^lrtment a* well as those prescribed by law. — • • It is hard to conceive that de spite the horrors of enslavement the exploitation of the Negro welfare, find the most atrocious conditions which have been forc- i ott the Ntgro, iA« hae yet re mained loyal to his cause, how such injustices can continue. Thousands of foreigners have entered into this country ^d are living the comforts which have come from the sweat of the biow of the Ne^gro while he is lied the tidegl wbich are rightfully his. These people have not only taken the Jobs of the Neg^o shoud be completely ibolished and that Negro doc tors, lawyers, nurses jEjid com- THE LOST 6ENEAATI0N ■Y EMMETT J. SCOTT missioned offkers should be ad mitted into the Army, Navy and Marine Services without racial segregation and discriminf^tion. Also the unwritten law which prevails in the Medical Corps which neer fails the War De partment whenever a Negro en ters for commission into any ' the services shoud be com-1 plotedly obliteraited. ) Mr. President, by Influencing' Congress to create new regi ments and granting 20,000' Ne gro soldiers officered by at least 2,500 Negro commissoned offi cers, it wodld automatically . ere- | ^e about 2,00 civil service jobs I for Negro clerks technicians I and so forth and would open the avenue which has been clos- . so msny yeara. Mr. President, while it is true that you have done much to the Negro, if and when this is done you will go down in our m history as the . GRESA'PElSfr Pr«s- irent ever to occupy this posi tion. • • * Please bear in mind that 1 am no Commiinist, nor Nasi-Sympa- thizer was stated by Colonel S. W. Winfree, 9th Cavalry, my former Commanding Officer. I have served my country and slnnd ready to do so again,' but I do know and believe th^t the Negro is being unjustly treated and that a word of Influence f;-om you will do much to aid the relieving of the condition, and would bring about the much needed representation in the Military jlt»d Naval services with out \ii8chimination. Please turn to Page Seven NO BISHOP WA^INGTON, (A *P) — fitted of three men For the Two days of hammering away bishopric, stayed in the race, al- failed to produce the one bishop | thougb it w^ necessary to have due to have been elected at the] 266 votes to place him in office, 31at Quardenni^ session of the AME Zion church in conference here at the W^ley church, and GiBT-AftCH-QUICK SGHiHMEJS ,aire irresistibly attractive to frugal people. WE SEE PLENTY OF ROOM for improvement in our friends and neighbors. YOU CAN’T get away with a tiurift talk to the family with a It-eent cigar in your mouth. IT'S A PITY that no way hfi^i been found to harness the energy that is dissipated on golf courses. PIEmBAPS THE SUREST WAY to reach the pinnacle ia to have aoek a {parsing desire to get there that nothing can divert us. WETBB HOPING that rules for domestic w^fare will sometime be eataMiAe^, and that one of the rules will provide for a signal or geat«i«#y which a huAand'can indicate that he’s had all he take, tfMrdby stopping the fight. BY H4ANNING to take |are of yourself, you can relieve the Big Plawers «f part of their burden. TRY UiU'iirheB climbing stairs: Bre^slthe in as you start up. “If yoa CM^ manage a whole flight of stairs on one breath, stop while exfaafriBiid then continue upyard on the indrawn bro^,'' says informant. “The inhalation seems literally to lift the body up tbajfeairi*' WSt nffiE so MANY uyly mugs when, according to tlie ^ihnrttssmanrtf “It's so simple to be beautiful"? after nune ballots in which each of the candidates showed con- sideralble strength, yet not enough to g^k^er a two thirds vote necessary to elect, the whole thing was caled off until netx session. (Beginning late Monday even ing, tSire ballots were cast, in which some fourteen candidates were nflmed ‘ a tone time or other. They included the Revs. Alstoek; Medford, -Carrington. Ilobeaon; Kross; Wtftson, Moore, Gordon, ^ack, Edwatds, Blake, Fondeville, Lanford, Welben. One by one they gradhally fell by the way side, with Revs. Alfltock ^d Medford leading the candidates'in the number of votes cast. On the fifth ballot, the Rev. B. C. Robeson of Mother AME Zion church of Ntew York, City withdrew, thanking all who had supported his candidacy, but did not throw his 18 votes either wptr. He had at one time con trolled votes, but he never rose beyond this figure. Meanwhile, the B^v. Doctor Carrington, also of New York was climbing steadily and by this time had a poll of 60 votes to his credit. '« B«it on Tuesday, Bishop Kyles got through fit resolution declar ing that if after 4 more ballots hbd been cast, there was no one man elected, ihe election of the one bishop aSreed upon would go over until next conference. And to late Tuesd^ night, the balloUng continued with A!- , to the ehanlel or a two thirds majority of the total votes to be cast. On the 9th and final ballot the standing re^, Medford, 136; Carrington, li26; Alstoek, 114 and since neither candidate had sufficient ballots to elect, the bishopric ^remains va^t. Rumors were rife concerning the election'iind there were many who declared the bishops had conspired together to brin^ about the staTSmate in the elec^ tion in order to forestall the naming ^ |i|nother man. Declar ing tbat salasies were in arrears for those now in office and pros pects of paying them dim, lay men were out^oken in their dis appointment in not selecting ^tnother Bishop. Early on Tuesday, a prosposal, signed by James H. D. Bailey; B C. Robeson; S. A. Brunley, Willie L. Madiaoi), H. R. Jack son, Dr. Victor J. Tulane; H. P. Rumford, and A. A. Perry which rettf: “I wish to serve notice that a motion will be made at tbe after noon session today to be elected by the general conference hpW in session.” This resolution was promptly voted down as the conference had ruled earKer there would be only one bishop elected—and sensing this a move to elect two bishops instead of one—which proved Impossible, the confer ence profptly looted the issue down. I As soon aa tbe failure to elect a bishop was announced, pan demonium broke in the congre gation. There was a gnnd rush and delegates . . . t parts of the country leading and cuttmg each other's clamored to be heard. stock, Carrington and Medford AB IF MANUAL WOdUEXR. ia freed by machinery from muscu. baia is given an opportunity to function. CE bring anything, they sfiould bring 39 W MEANB8T cracks are spoken with a smile. chances of being elected, since neither would leave the field to his opponents. On the 8tii ballot, the count stood, Medford ,116; Carrington 119; Alstoek, ISn. Brightened by I his steady climb, Carrington, whom many believed the better Fic^ting for opportunities to speak into the mkrophone, names were put before the body for election as general officers, and some were hastily mtiied through. Wednesday afternoon sam the introduction of the resolution for organic co^lidation of^the three divisions of the Methodist .nurch. It was paased as reau, hut not without a fight. With Bishop Wallace presiding, the resolution asked the general cOiiference to appoint a com mittee to continue negotiations in the matter of organic union with the AME church, the AME Zion and the CME church. Dr. Eiche«>erger was out spoken saying he was in favor of organic merger, but not in the naming ©f the churches by specific designation nor as Ne- gi-o churches. The appointment of such a committee, he further said, was too much like begging on the party of the AM£ Zion church and he was not in favor of “racial religion.” He suggest ed that all mention of the AM£ ai'd the CME churches be delet ed from the resolution. Doctor Crooks spoke on 'behalf of the ..ulution which finally carried. An interesting interlude oc curred when Rev.‘Martinez, who has been a self avowed candidate for the editorship of the official organ of the denomination, de manded to be heard on a point po personal privileges with re- feience to certain endorsements which bad been sent the bishops regarding the case. He was ruled out of order by Bishop Wallaco dei>pite vigorous protestantions on his part to be heard. Wednesday saw one of the stormiest of the sessions when after Bishop Shaw had been stripped practically of all his powers. Rev. B. C. Robeson of New York harangued the con- ifeT^nce and bereated the group of bishops for their “unchristian , attitude toward a brother.” Following Rev. Robeson’s de- , nunciation, which won the ap proval of the majority of the delegates, Bishop Shaw was t given additional asaignments af- .ter he himself ),ad made a teyir- jful plea for a better handling at the instance of his fellows. ThuFS^ «Kw th» last of the koelegates waiting patiently for their refunds. After payments had been made to ocicials and Please turn to Page Five WASHINGTON, D. C. —At pTEsent one third of ths younc pe»i^le of this country between the ages of 14 and 2tS are out of school and unable to find em ployment. They number approxi mately 4,000,UUU. It is a sad tragic situation in which they fino themselves. They are often referred to as The Lost Genera tion. .. Out of school and out of em ployment, they have no oppor tunities to lealizo their best possibilities. Serious consequenc es tg our n^on are imminent under these circumstances. Born sin^e the World War of 1914-1918, in which we partici pated, with the Declaration of War by the Congress 0 the Unit ed States on April 6, 1917, they aie victims of poverty, distress, and a serious crippling of that makes for virile young man hood and womanhood. The ao- called Recovery programs of the past seven and 4 half years have not relieved this condition. Added to the unemployment of these millions' of young people are also millions and milions of men and women who also have| donned garments of economic and spiritual desimr. Governjnent debts, Govern- mfnt deficits, widespread unem ployment, and the millions lost in waste and extravegance in administering relief, and other agencies, aire the main causes of the suffering and des pair to which reference ia made. Our National Income had de creased from an average of |70, COO.000,000 during the years of Repurblicaei administration and control to approximately |62, 000,000^000. Parti^ relief for many Kas been secured by em- ploying nearly a Million persons on Federal payroll as contrasted with Half a Million duriAg the yodirs of Republican administra tion. The American Coalition, an organization gf more than a hun dred patriotic and civic organiza tions, recently issued document which indicates how far along the road of national bankruptcy our country has gone; our poli-' tical, social and industri,a«i struc ture seems on the way to com plete breakdown. Whereas on December 31, 1930, the National Debt had been reduced to approximately |16, 000,000,000, fk per capita of 1130 for each inhabitant of the United States, the National Debt has gone up to more than ^43, 000,000,000 with a per capita of ,$320, tl^t is 1190 higher for crih of us than it was all dur ing the years of the so-called Old Deal. All ei this is indicative, not of T—♦— recovery, but of aoanathing that must be called by another ivMme; futility and almost completa fail ure are prabably better charac- ' terixationa. I The conditioM referred to l^ve come, about by reason of J certain pertinent facts known to men and women who take the trouble to acquaint themselvea with this realistic and depressing situation, and the end does not soem to be in tight. l4ie President promised to re duce Government Bureaus. In- st(>U there are now mure of them than ever before in the hia- tory of the country. The alphabe tivbl designations which cannot be remembered, and the astron omical figurea representing the colts of administration filone, tie beyond the contemplation of the average mind. Business ^as («en hobbled and ()•« money which would or dinarily flow into business is now piling' up in the cofers of bank ing institutions throughout the country. The free money and the free energies of the Amtri- cun people have been frozen. Those who entertain the idea tliat real improvement has been made are cherishing a delusion The enormous sums of money which have been expended have got to be paid b^k and the re sultant burden rests not only on the mep, women and children ©f thii ge'neration, but ALSO upon the two or three generation which are to follow. Back-breaking taxes, the load of unemployment, and the fs^- tors above referred to, have brought about thia situation, this condition of affairs. The .\bundant Life consists now main ly of “more abundant debts, of more dt>uo)}|^t taxes, of more abundant idleness, and more abundant poverty.” In addition to the heavy taxes whieh rest so heavily upon busi ness and industry, th« man ^tnd woman in the street are finding out that the Government is also taxing them for everything, as was recently said: “From movies to refrigerators, from cig^lrettes 4 automobQei^ ttom face powd er to gasoHne, and from radios even to the sugar in our coffee! These are the hidden, the in direct taxes. The hidden hand of Government is in your pocket every of your lives.” These facts are undisputed. Thoroughly unmasked, N e w- DeaUsm exhibits its utter incom petence. TOis is the herttage this is the destiny which awaits mill- icns and millions of children, yet unborn. Present-day condi tions strangle every effort to ex- Pt'lnd our energies and rec’/im this present “lost generation.” The iVfint Makes Money Without Advertising BY C. MONTAGUE CORLEY NEW YORK — Does it pay to advertise? Some business men say NO, and they believe like wise. “Business is too slow”; “I’ve spent lots of money with out getting results; I’ve ad vertised repeatedly, but folks won’t buy from us; It costs too much to advertise.” The aft>ovs statements are a few of the answers gotten by me after makjing the query “Does it pay to jttvertise.” Well ad vertising, like prayer,* must be done in a proper manner, to ob tain maximum results; planning is yohr primary step. This plan n>ust include a specific purpose, >t must be built f#.ound the following structure attention vfilue, readability, belieyaUlHy, and retention valtle, fnr if it neither seen, read, believed nor remembered, you’ve wasted your time and money. > Advertising ii f, Tjrofessi')*’, men speslalise in its various branshes. Advcrthir.s ia the science of selling. You must have a grasp of the elementary principals of this profession to obtain even a modicum of success. — Advertising is to business, wh^ health insurance is to the family. In the family’s case, a few pennies per day of the daily income is spent to secure tiie attention gf ■ physiciai^ to pro hibit serious illness. In business, you've invested capital from which you are en titled to a certain percent of re turn, above invei^ment, intelli gent' planning and expenditure of a small portion of expected yearly income in advertising in sures the return of these profits. It is a tonic which keeps busi ness running smoothly and cir cumvents sluggishness. In advertising^ I believe the old adage, “One picture ia worth 10,000 words,” but this picture must tell the reader your story, it must be illustrative of the thought you desire to convey. I’ve often wondered why peoj^e spend good money for News paper apace, into which they place their personal photogiipph. yes valuable space that could have been used to tell the read er why their goods or services ^rrn the ones to use. . Illustra- lions can be used effectival]^ to sl ow proper use or ^^Iditional usage' of your goods cf pro- Nothing but the mint money without ADVEtEl- TIBING. Negro Business Is in very bad need of good advertis ing. it is the duty of the Negro Press to cooperate with local and national business men’s^or- gsni^Mtions in educating the' business man in sound advertis ing. .. .. I^ucts. makes Conversalloo Piece BY MARC MORELAND NOW YORK (TYP) — In th* lively and progressiva tampsred session of the National Negro Congress meeting in Washington UM week, no figure was quite Co striking no voice quite so clarion as the figure and voice of the Rev. Owen Whitfield, leader of aharecroppers and out cast farmers in the foothills ef Mfssouri Here was a man whom the peo- p7o h^d^d gladly—a man close to the soil snd the problema of the folka of the “middle border.” Owen WhitfieM ia a preacher of prophetic atature, and like Amos of old, he is not loath to leave his fields and go about the coun tryside in the intereits of justice acd the good of his people. '^is liddreas before the Con- giess drew repe^ed ovation, and set in sharp and glowing out line the main purpose, the apirit and temper of the Congress. Eloquent as simplicity and hon esty of purpose can be, forceful as a determined man of good will must be, of the earth, «#irthy itiitt with that curious mixture of humor and intense seriousness one finds in the seldom seen up- from-the-soil folk leaders, Owen Whit|^ield was a voice eagerly Keard, a presence deeply felt. After a frightfully dispiriting speech by A. Phillip I^lidolph, retiring president of ^e Con gress, a performance unworthy of Mr. Randolph and disturbing even to many of beat friends, Owen Whitfield rallied th» spirits of tlie Congress and called to a new awareneaa of pertinent isiiues the thouaaftids ot delegstet assembled. If Mr. Randolph talked dryly nd meaninglessly abeut interna tional polities, Mr. Whitfield struck home and hard about staving neighbors and dis possessed farmers. If M.. Ran dolph talked coldly of foreign intrigue and the collapse of l£urop«an culture. Mr. WhitfieM spoke warmly of the current systematic undermining of Amer ican democr^y and our tradi tional standards of living and re marked in his curiously forc»> ful, homes pun manner the threatened premature death of the Americ^ dream. If the peo ple listened with obvious pain and offended amazement, if at ail. to Mr. Randolph, it was be cause they sensed the impertin ence. snd the f^'-fetchednese of his words strung out ovar mm hour and n half. If they warmed to the words of Mr. Whitfield, it was because he dealt with warm aubjects ^d topics close to them. Moving, as were the words of Owen Whitfield, ita waa hearten ing to note that hundreds of lesrer known and less articulate people not only bore enthusiaa- lie witness to what he i^d, bat brought, in their own ri^t'and on their undisputed testimony, moving reports of the struggle for a better way of life in Arkanaaa, Louisana. Texas, Ga., ^d elsewhere in the iSouth and North for Negro Americans a«d Inseparately, for all Americans. The Confess gave proof suffi cient that the fight on the fron- •er of freedom goais on unabated- ly. skid that more and more black men and women, young and old, are taking their right ful place in the right. Ifce struggle for real American de mocracy has, by the progr^ and action of the Thii;d Nation al Negro Congress, moved- to • higher level; for the conscious ness and courage behind tiiia program ^d thia action maka n)cesssry a new basis for tt»e solution of American social pTo- blonis. .. . • Apparently, a temporary de pression kss now become a more or less permsnent way of living. Fanvilies. one by one. isonfeas th^f, in most eases, they have lets money, fewer opportnnitiaa, ard more burdens to bear than during years of the oft-derided Old Deal. Utter failure has been the fote of one New Deal experiment (rter another. A cempleta frus- trstion of those promises which poured forth in volume torrents beginning in 1993 havs followed. The lost and coming , generationa are to be concerned wi^ pi^inff these staggering sums. They will have to pay the debt* of onr Please turn to Paf« Phrt
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