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Comments d»Ca PUBUSHED WBIKLT BY TMK CASOUNA TIMEJ FUBUaUING CQ MAIN (MTICK 117 E. PEABODY ST. PHONES N-7121. PUKHAM. M. C. hjm L. E. AUSTIN, PUSUSHER WILLIAM A. TUCK. MamcIm E«Mr MEKVtRT R, TILLERY, ■«»{■••• Maaayar CHARLOTTE OFFICE LaROY M. WASHINGTON, Maaagiafl Edker 410 1-2 EAST SECOND STREET _ SUBSCRIPTION KAT£a fS.OO—Year, montbi^ 76c—3 Months. _ ^ tBtorad m Mcond-claai matter at th« post ollie* at Dorbsm, N. C., auder Uia Act «f MarcJi «rd 187»." SATURDAY, AUG. 3rd^ liMO ■ -||- •- ' ^ • I I'i»M 1 H' ’t44 I H I I l-H I I i-l-l H-M"!'H-l 111 MHI I'> BETWEEN THE LINES BY GORDON B. HANCOCK ■mil H-l I l-l-hH-m-t "I'l- I’l -l-l-H I I 11 U II THE REAL TROUBLE AFTER THIS I LOOKED, and, behold, a door wa* open ed in heaven; and the first voice which I heard ai it ware of m trumpet taUuag with me; which said, Come up Uther, and 1 will shew thee things which must be here- •ftar.—ilevclation 3^4. U fartifies my soul to know Tkat, Utongh 1 perish, Truth is to; howsoa'er I stray and range, .Whata’cr I do. Thou dost not change. i staftdiar step when 1 recall Tfcat, if I slip, Thou dost not fall.—Clough. Old Man Gamer John >teaee Garner, someiimes referred tg as the "Texui. Rattl- *n avil oldi man and a poker player has ovade his exit from n*ltloMU political arena. More ttmn a quarter of a century ago "thia almost illiterate, Ibut smart, country lawyer came to Washing ton-from Uvalde, Texas to develop into one of the most astute yolftictans of his time. His rise to the office of vice president on the Soosayelt bfaaidwagon was a gannble between the powerai-that- be in tha Danocratic party, and its liberal white element and Ne gro conatitttency, that Franklin Roosevelt would not die in office •ad automatic^y elevate Gamer to the presidency. The democra- power»-that4>e won. # Aftv almost serving tW(> -terms as vice president Old Man Gar- mtr ia still hate and hearty. Instead of stringing along with the Baasavclt machine and popularity. Garner was dumb enough to let ••■M parson or persons fuol him into believing that he could be namiutad to head the democrsltic party in the 1940 presidential ne*. Thus what Old Man Garner thought was his own popul,sirity was maraly the shadow^ of the great Franklin D. Roosevelt. The •Id atan was hardly in the running for the presidency; and not aran aanttoned for the vice presidency. ▲nothar quarter o^ a century from now politicans will laugh jut haw tha democratic p^rty rid itself of an evil old man whose ■tiad was too slow to k^ep pace with the Rooseveltibh speed in natioBal affairs^ but whose knowledge of political strategy, learned through years of experience, was forever a threat to putting ov«r party legislation. 81«wly bat surely time is catching up with southern political de- BsagAgucs who because of the ignorance of the folks iback home and tftfriog of Negroes from the polls are returned again and to the congress of the natibn. Cole Blease, Tom Heflin, Var- Fomifold Simmons are several of the congressional ignot|Sr whose political prowess have already become the victim of an awakening south.Among those who are destined to reap the same harrast as that of Old Man Garner, as‘soon as a little more ignor- .tlca in the south can be done away with, are Senators Glass and Byrd of Virginia, “Cotton” Ed Smith of 3outh Carolina, Josiah W. B*Ury of North Carolina, Geooge of Georgiy and the Bank- haad brothers combine of Alabama, one d senator and the other the speaker of the House. ' i i' Old Man Garner goes back to the cotton and com fields of Texas from whence he catne, not ae dunvb as he was when he left, bat atill too dumb to realize that he has ''ho^HQore business Aiing ^aaidaat of tha United States than a rattle snake!'’fia£koa Uvdde, Tazas he will have an opportunity to. chew afatd spit tobacco juice Wkaravar he damn pleases, cuss when he feels like it and be looked op to by ignorant whites and blacks alike. E^t Old Man Garner. Good riddance. WHEN ITALY W®NT INTO ErmiOPIA A FEiW Y£ABiS AGiO and riaughtered its defenseless inhabitants, it hid the tacit underatanding with England and France that its course had their approval. Two yedrs before Mussolini ordered his armiea to strike, he had the date marked on h>* calendar; and France amd Britian knew it was marked. EHhiopia w»i' a member of Bri> tsin’s League of Nations and ap pealed for help, but no help was forthcoming; and so the little empire was subjugated by Italy that tried out new methods icodem warfare upon a tribai people and gloated over its sooceas. It is true that France and Britain talked About sanc tions, but this was a hypocritical gesture to appease the interna tional indignfttion that their treachery rightly incarred'. Haile Selasaie made the grave mistake of taking seriously the pledges of League of Nations and he ahould have been occupi ed with the defenses of his coum try be was drinking from golden goblets, wearing his white trous ers and carrying the while his inevitable » umbrella. Umbrella carrying Selaaeie was duped stnd So was umbrella carrying Cham berlain. We hope that our states men will not tiflce to their »m- brellas for whenever the states men take to their umbrellas their nations must take to the bushes for protection.'^ It is true that the French did not have their untbrellad sttltesmen, but theae walked in the shadow of Chamberlain’s. With outstretch ed hand* Ethiopian# cried unto God and Britain’s League of Ntltions far help >» her distresses but she found herself forsaken ,nd her allies in federation with her enemies. This was the .bold est stroke of interaational hypo crisy ever witnessed before the bar of public opinion. Today we read thdt Great Britain with her back to the wall is acclaiming Ethiopia aa her ally. The Ethiopia# that was sacrificed a few years ago is now hailed as her comrads in arm»- Great promises which she will never fulfill ike being vouchsaf ed unto Ethiopia in the hope that even tha little help that Eh^hpiopia may render in hrperps trate condition, may relieve some of Britain’s pressure. When a socalled mighty nation like ■ MEN flBOULD BE eternally grateful that fllaed woBMB. they don’t under- aOi®rtttt3 IT IS BETTER to forget the pe^t for the sake of A* fatwa. WE’SK HOPING that the coming generation can pull us through. ' fJHi! BSGfiffi AT FQRITY, «nd s^ does a diff'erence of opinion ahavt radio prognuaa. ABOUT THB ONLY IWING we’ve learned from experience is 'Aat w« Min’t maka money without woridag. GOWN that was the envy of every other woman two agto is “that old thing” today. NtUMBEBS AND DfiNTiMS are always tJble to poke around m dalhr wd taetk and find a |60 job. IF OOOUiXSe did fiddle ^hile the country boomed, ife have a kiadly feeling for his memory and we had a lot of fun wVm ha mUd . votmrs HAMM AND NO«£S are nearly aa big as men’s and JVl Ifecjr vat alone with bandbcehiefs stnd towels a^urth the iim 9i Mflfi’s. W« casH as^laia it. *A04*E TO MOVE F0&WA8i> with the times is tha cUef 0t I—oiyaaey. Britain seeks help fram poor Ethiopia whom aha betrayed be fore the startled gass of a won dering worlds things hiuat be serious indeed. It all goes to abow what Eng land is at heart. Aside from ito gre& protestations about its con tributions to western civilisation; aside from iU pretenses at in ternational patemaliun the fact muat be faced that BriUin has done her share, of the dirty work this lrorld. Germany ia not the only internv^ional danger thia world must deal with. After the French bore tha brunt of tha fighting on the First World War's weatern front, England imposed upon Germsny a shame ful peace, and it is that largsly nu^e Adolph Hitler possible. It is safe to say that Hitler was "made in Britain” When Britain recognised Haile Selassie as the ruler of an empire that was ^crificed on the altar of in ternational duplicity, we gat an idea ai the real trouble with the modern world. For quite a hundred yeara Britain has ruled the waves and the miles and the modem world is largely of her making. The heart of Britain cM> bast be seen in her recent tranaactioBC with E^thiopia. To proclaim ph Aly one recently betrayed by her is' the height at intemation hypocrisy In other words, Bri tain can use Ethiopia now and the so proceeds,' Britain used Fntnce for many generations to bear the. brunt of her fighting, and now that Prance is no more she turns to punny Ethiopia who she stood by and saw deapoiled. She stood idly by and MW • cripple struck down by a giant and offered no sucdour. Bace Leaders Pfolesl Tliirt_" Term Somiiialion 01FDK It i» this kind of spirit that has brought damnation to Eur ope. It is ttils kind of spirit that will ever make the nationa moum. It is this kind of spirit that win keep this world peopled with Hitlers. So we are Justified inr M'Ug the real trouble with E}urope today ia that it has been largely ruled by a nation that wi| USE even {hoae WkSIK she has berayed. Britain is net inteAsted ip tha reslordkion f Selkasie’s kingdom but in the preservaion of her own hegc- mpney. TIK RfiAL TSOUB^ YOU SAW IT IN TIMES THE The Despotism Of Egomania BY HENRY CLAY DAVIS Chicago, aurri^ Mvcnty ona yeafs, are declared a qmofl Thajr doa’t know what fon they're Nature J}as ordained without man’s aid that no human being csh depart from his individua lity, that every human act is a definite and direct expression of the actor’s personality, and Uiat acta, like his fingarprinta, Ae inevitably, characteristically, and unalterably his own. In view o^ this great tmth no two human beings should be ex pected to sict or react alike in any given circumstance. The most careful and tlie most con scientious of us are not exenqit from error and since error, in the opinion of some us, is sometintes virtue in the concur rent opinion pf others, error might well be deemed incompet ent to incur tha derogation and penalties we inipose upon others because of it. whenever it is our privilagre to do so. Unfortunately there are some people in thia world whdse every afct, whose daily contacts, and whose slightMt gesture are cre ated and executed on the princi ple that Oteir imporUlnce and knowledge are second only to that of the Almighty. They in cessantly radiate k self emfid- encs which «aa be based aaly on ttielr itastinctiva belief in their own infalli>Uity, Aid they as cribe to themselves an almost divine omniacience which to them h positively tneorroptlbla imt which to evei^ody else is much more anreliafcle than tha pee- posteroiuly overra.ted woman^s intuition. ifiuch people are unquestion ably egomaniacs. More often Uian not when one of them is placed in a position of authority which iaelndas the privilege or necessity of sitting in judgement over the actual or presumed con^ traventions pf other people, he is guided (or misguided*) by hif ow^ supercilious self assundncs rather than by the indisputable evidence of the psychological factors which, to the altruistic and ibst, is the one and only in fallible method of determining hunutn responsibility. lEgomania, being the off spring of superfluous self esteem and and self importance, generally renders its pitiful victim incap able o^ any metaphysicdl endea vor and thus blinds him to the sanctity of just administration. It leads him the conviction that the element geneijtUy known sJt bad luck it, forevery|>ody excepthimse U, merely a defen sive and self consoling synonym for inefficiency and-he promptly moldi 1)J8 decisions to complete ly harmonize wittii Ae influence of such a conviction without regard for the effect it has qU the adjudged, and without ^ow ing the lestit measure of mental fiffort to dwell on the whys and wherefores. * / PsychologicaT analyaia is a^ nnknown and unttsed factor where egomania prevails, and only malfeaiince un abide. Egomania- ia supremaly dtaitheti- cal to and the',arch enemy of wisdom, Justice, and equity. Ego mania is morbidly despotic and therefore dangerous. Any in stitution which ia frae of egomsliia is likewise free of de spotism and the ahaence of dea- potism will, to say tiie laast for it, allow man to fee! that his ri^ts are aa sacred aa those of Ms jadgas. WAaHSNCKTON — Colors^ Leaders throughout the country ara deeply stirred by Third Term Issue that baa baen precipitated by the reoomination of Fresidsnt Roosevelt by the Democratic National! Convention at Ohioago. ’These outstanding Laadais tbs Colored people of the United States make very plain their well founded • fears that Mr. Roosevelt’s re Section In Noveur ber will mean the coaiinuanee of •very New Dedl POLICY, every New Deal EXCESS, and every N«w Deal THRiEAT to the con tinued exiatence of CSonstitution- al Government in the United States. j ,' ’ ^ . Also, they sea in a Third Term added harshness in connection with tbe administration of New OeiU Agencies as tiiey affect tlie Negro group. They resent tha apparent persistence of he et^ fort of the Democratic Adminisir tion to mske Colored citisens permanent "warila of the nation” by placing them on direct arid work relief rolls instead of open ing Ute doors of opportunity for employment regular Joba in industry. Extacts at this time from a few of the doxens of leibters which have come to Republican National Committee * Headquar ters, which follow, indicate the present stslce of feeling among Colored citisens aa the Third Issue becomes almost the para mount controversy in the strug gle which liea*ahead; PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY ENDANGERED JAMSS A. COBB, Washington, Former Special 'Assistant U. S. District Attorney, and Former MunicipdB Judge of the District of CoiunJaia; “While it is not a technical violation of the Con^ otitution of the United States for a person to be nominated and elected for a Third Term, It cer tainly is in viol-€don of the spirit and the custom that has existed ever since the adoption of the Constitution of the Unit- ^ St^M. To say that the p>e- senti President of the United States is the only one capt.i;j>e of .^e^ing the Govemm«nt in an emergency is to admit that D^* miocracy )s a failure, I do not believe the American pe4>le ale ready to sacrifice this great un written principle the Constitu tion o* the United States. If so, one of the strongest pillars of AlMricf^n Democracy has fallen, EXPANSION OF NEW DEALISM THREATENED KABL F. PHILLIPS, Baltimore Maryland, Former Director of Conciliation, Departn»ent of La- ^r: "In h^s sacrificial accept- anea of the PresidentifA nomina tion for a Third Term, Presiden tial nomination for fk Third Term President Roosevelt has unfor- gettingly established himself as the Super Preaidential egotist of all times. Thus, if elected, he flutly promises the American people a generlA expansion of New Dealis^ in t^ia continued and g^ver form* of futile aocial and economic cx|>erimenAa- tion, increased taxation, hejwvier public debt, the increased stifl ing of free enterprise, new threats to the Masters of IncKis- try, scorn for Constitutional government, a”*! ^*®t, but by no means le&M, larger beads of sweat on the brow of ev«ry laborer. It is good, indeed, that we hav* an adequate dlefense against Mr. Eoosev«lt’s office." THREAT TO CONSTITUTION- AL GOVERNMENT PEBiRY W. HOWARD, Re- publiedn National Cossmittea- man for Mississippi, and Former Special Assistant to tha A^rney General of tha United Statea: “I regard the Third Term Isstw precipitated* by the Presidsnt’s re nomination the greatest) tkre/wt that Constitutional government has had since ths effort to f>ack the Supreme Court. It is even a greater threat to the safety of the American Negro because of its near approach to tampering with the Constitution. Next to this, we shsll be further chained to tha iniquities of the New De«l.” DEMOCRACY ON THE WAY OUT CHESTER ‘k. GHJjBSIPIiE, Member, Ohio House of Repre sentatives, Columbus, Ohio: “If the President can be electtSi for s Third Term, it clearly nseans that «ur demoicracy is ended. Negroes in this country should cooperatiS fully with ths people who have built the United States *)lid who hsve semet4iing the Ne gro must have, to wit, employ ment. The President aPP*>^«utly hates the people in tha^l^ited States who can h^tp us stance properly.” ^PEAKS AS A CITISftN, VOTER AND TAX-P'AYER HENRY A. 30YD, NashvUle Teiyi., President Na^ville Globe Publishing CompaViy: “As an American citizen, tax payer and voter, I believe in the prin ciples of our Grand Republican Party. I consider it unprecedent ed, unAmerican in principle and out of i^^rmony with our pro cedures, to submit a Third term er to the Presidency of our Re public. It would be setting a precedent gs well as shattering a tradition tha^ would border on to a caliAnity, as I see it. 1 t«^vel constantly, and I have yet to find any pvd>lic spirited business man, profcssional or even the 'ane l^Vman, but who shares this view, I further be lieve that it is a threat to ths continuation of our free Ameri-* c|in Republic. As^ Time Marches On W'l T H Wm. Strudwick iiston Ms ’44 Mrad IN THE MIDST OF LIFE Last week a young mother aiid child were called to answer the final taps of the great Band Ma^er, victims both the dark o^literaterater Death. Pain ^ack- ed sobs filled the day and the long night; querulous cries could be sensed in the seething, “Oh God, I wan^ to live, I want to give Ufe”, from the lipe of the mother. From the babe, “pressing at the threshold of life itself, crying, “Let me see >the world, let me see the life 1 aln to have let me live.” But the Prince . f Darkness deemed otherwise and ths taps were sounded. Loving husband, relatives and friends all gasp And.i^re sad. Why were they not allow to see tha world of the cherished, at loved and beloved? The answer lies with AU One, His will alone rules ths destiny of the millions. •••••••*•* REST O Earth lie wearily upon her eyes Seal her sweet eyes wetlry of watching. Earth; Lie close around her; leave no room for mirth With its harsh laughter, nor for sound or sighs. She hath no questiona, she hath Bo replies. Hushed in tiad curtained with a blessed dearth Of all that irked, her from the hour of birth; With stillness that is almoat Paradise Darkness more clear thdn noon day holde«th her. Silence more musical than any song; B^ven her very heart has ceased to stir; Until the morning of Eternity Her rest shjfll'not begin nor end, but be; And when she wakes she shall think it long. —-—C. G. Rossetti. “And Father, not my will but thine be done....” ••••••••• HAYTI HEARTBEAT Crushing heat rushing down from the skies and up from NORFOLK. Va. — In contrast tu the treatment given Miss Aline Black, who sued the school bc^d here for equal pay ^ith white teachers In the spring of 1939, Melvin O. Alston, who sued the school board this year has been offered a contract by the board of education for the school year 1940-41.^^ , Mr. Alston, whose c^site was handled bv lawyers for the NAACP, lost the decision in the lower court, but won when ht sppealed to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting In Asheville, N. C. That court, on June 17, htdnded down a de-i|'“Bigger’' was born. cision reversing the lower court and in effect directing the city of Norfolk to cease discrimina tion in pay of school teachers ba^ed on race and color. ■* The city of Norfolk has in dicated it will dippeal the deeis* ion of the circuit court of ap peals to the United State po|)r- eme Court. When Mts« Black filet^ suit in and compared ths reception he received to the reception given Mr. Wright’s “Bitfger.” Mr. Wright, in expliiining, why he wrote j^bout this sort of Ne gro, simply stated that out of the seething chaos we may find ourselves in, these Biggers, both white and black, will be the nucleus for revolt years hence. Wright spoke under the spon sorship of the Durham Negro Youth Council. At present he is coHaborathag with Paul Green, famous Chapel Hill playwright, in producing a dramatic version of “Native Son.” The completed work ia due for production ^metimes in the Fall. Orson Welles dnd John Housman are Co-Producers. •••••••** FROM THE SANCTUM .GRATITUDE Tonight I know freedom from the echo of sighs, 1 know now of the kingdom that exists without lies. I i^ave touched the press of real souls and free— I know real rest men and women see. As I sit tlnd ponder in the atill and the calm T marvel of the faith that has carried us en. Thia nigiit is a blessed night serene, God's mystic power felt and seen. **********^ SILHOUETTES FROM THE SANCTUM Sitting iione in the sanctum dissecting the thoughts that follow a weary day. I shy away from the shadow shape of yester day thvjit comes intd' the ken. Time has msde the spirit image of you hasy; but it is still visi ble on the garden wall in the starlight hour of the ending dtV- And when these flickering im ages come I know there ia no surcease for me until I commune with my Creator and get the calm I need for the new day. THE WHIRLWIND of chang ing events ,.iind the dastardly Mother Earth strikes you full in successes of the dictates ratUes th^ face in the morning and robs yon of sleep at night. The pupulei^e wilts, “chink chee” and the laundree flourishes. Uptown, downtown, lowtown and high town are all nearly frantic with the heat wave. Numerous devices for dodging the heat A'e no avail. In fact, even riding along, the bre^e coming in like the breeth of a invisible chains and disturbs our sense ^f security and eqoaili- brum. Governments and principB ties change hAtds overnight; yet the ALL SEEING 0N1E pnta a sort .0^ serene calm in the hearta of those who seek surceaa communion with him. -So they carry on with true calm that only comes with a sense of security in some thing they know MARCHES ON. RICHARD WRIGHT TELLS HOW “BIGGER” WAS BORN Richard Wright Author of the best selling novel, “Native Son” Sumday night 'White Rock Baptist Ohorch told just how ^ n iicii muf iw 1989, her case was postpbned' the various “Biggers” he had until after the school year clos- I known and isolating them to no ed, and jfa a punishment for h«r one group—^I thought .of another Cohtinued on Ps|:e Five realistic writer one Emile Zola, mnny^tongued furnace. AS TIME | is more poiwerful thah all tilings. Man, then, sleeps the blesaed sleepof peace and forgeta tha hideously real day marea around him and toils cheerfully on on through each day. , > •••••••••• ^ ^ THESE THY PEOPLE " The true story of perserverjance and stick to itiveness comes from the Pea^ State, Ga., One Mister Adams, former agent qf the N. C. Muual Life Insurance Com-, pany reported that he sold some 1000 people life insurtince with a company which later failed; all people sustained losses. Neverthe less, Mr. Adams continued^ ‘The minute I became connected with your company I went hack to these scime people and success Cully sold all of them aC*^n and added more! CAN YOU BEAT IT? EVER TRIED TO SEC^ ANYTBINGt Graphicly, and in the same gripping way the book itself is written, the 31 year old author told the !(jdience he was a mem ber of a school of writing which has i^wn up since the depress ion started and had ar object the portoayel of the influence of society upon the Individual. On listening to the realistic description Mr. Wright gtive of Roosevelt In 1932 Campaign Said^ ‘There Is No ‘Indispensable Man^ r BY EMMETT J. SCOTT WASHINGTON, "Only one man can save the country,” the Doctrine of Indispensebility, ii the New Deal slogan for the Presidential 'Campaign of 1940. Why New Dealers should put President Roosevelt forward as the indispensable man is ha( d to anderstand in view of his own etatement upon this subject in delivering a camipaign address before the Roosevelt for Presi dent lieagne in New York City, November 3> 1983. Upon -that oecaMon Mr. Roosevelt said: “la speaking for the com mon purposes of all of these forward looking—^men and women I have, I bsHeve, avoided the delusion that this is s camipaign of persons or ^personalities. To indulge in such a fantasitc Idea of my own Individual importance would be to beray the com mon hope and tiie common cause that hdj brought oa all together this year. A great man left a watchword tlvat we can well repei.f.: ‘THERE Is NO INDXaPEOSI- ABLC MAN.” Detamiaed Te Be Third Terss Cawdidat# The effect to establish plausi bility has cloaked every step of the “build up” program of. th* New Deal Piflaee Goard whleh broufht about Ur. RooaaTaH'« nomination for Third Term, at Chicago in response to a manu factured draft. It is known to i^tl men and women who read newspaper dur ing the past year that tbe Presi dent intended to be a candidate i(d Term. As the Chicago Tribune stalt- ei, in describing the various steps begun ten months ago, to bring about thia New Deal. nomination “Mr. Boefovelt’s predecessor’s when their intentions were aidded -had .been quick to say that they would under no cizcums^tkices accept a Third Term. Only Mr. Roosevelt refused to answer that queatlon. He not «nly refaaed but ]x« created the eonvietion in the minds of all the people that he would take the Third Term, that he would used iJi the powers of his office to get It, Aid that the firmest determination of his life was to break tradition and to slay in the White 'Bcmum, be coming ijistorically notable as the President who did what no other President hali done.” Sa^h then for the hypeerkqr a so called ^>ontaneoua uprising of the people, demanding that the President be a sacrifieial offering for the good of the country f A condition, and not a theory, confronts tlie ~ citizenship of America. That citisenaU^ ia call* Continued on P*C«
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