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iKiGBPmnt etnr WAft emms.. THE CAROLtNA TtMfeS COMME^ TS EDIl ORIALS fttlY UntK aOMbS .. SATURDAY, JUNfi l9tK, 1943 OPINIONS * PUBUSBiiD WEEKLY BY TOE CAJtOUNA 31MES PUBLJS^ING COMPANY 117 E. Peabody Strtet Dariuua, N. U. Katered m aecond clua matter »t th« Poit Offio* K Durhua. N. C. under the Act of March 3rd. 18721. L. E. AUSTIN. WILUAM a. tuck,. J^ubliiiher JAanatrinK Editor W. G. RHODES Business^Managcr SU^RiraON RATES; ^ IlOO a Yew SL2S for Six Ifunthi BETWEEN TtlE LINES THE PLATFORM OF . . . H • THE CAROLINA TIMES INCLUDES: Eqaal salaries foi Neffro Teachers. Wfcgw policemen whefa N^proes are involved. Et)ual educational opportunities, Neffro juryiben. Hiffher wag-es for domestic servants. I^ii participation of Neirroes in all branches of the National Defense. AbOiishnkrat mf the double-standard wage scale in industry. Greater participation of Negroes in political af fairs. '• 1 • N^ro representation in city. count}[, Jtate and national governments. Better housing for Negroes. By Dean Gordon B. Handcdck ^JUSTICE, BUT REVENGE - NEVER ' Ths esteemed Raleigh News and Observer, North Cciiolina's 'joamalistic''gentleman, in an editorial of. Wednesday Jxine 9i coademns without compromise, the recent brutal attack made OB Mrs. Maes haw Burt witlj. an iron wrench by Dr. Robert F. Young of the N. C, Health Depar)(hi«ai^ The condemination con tained in the editorial, a copy of which appears on this page, is ^ in line with all of those who are big enoug:h to look bc> ond the I line of the racial identity of the two parsons invcilved in this I mast unfortunate occurrence which took place in RaUugh on [ gqdaK. May 14. _____ I The dean cut attitude of the N^ws and Ouserver outstrips, i by far' that of the presiding judgs of the trial wh*> expressed ^.ifaa miscaaeeived idea that Nfgro citizens and taxpayers of North Carolina are objccts of charity at the hands of their j' state and are therefore recipiants of educational advantag;es tS I wfcich their citizenship does not entitle them under the feder- i al and state constitutions. The judge expressess this much f distorted, if not depraved, idea when he says that, “the «i|hite people of this state have* done a great deal for the V^tproes" Tha judge evidently is more schooled in the law than he is in the fundamentals of the economiois of taxation. •> We of both races in thus state are doing for each other, and there is no sound baei^ or reason for one group to even suggest that ths other i« an object of charity from the public coffers of the State. Such reasoning would deny th,e handfuU of Jews, Geeeks, Italians, Chinese and other racep in our various cities tbe right of equal benefit of pubMc funds, which lUider a I di^nrrHir form of government is repulsive. We Ihink all sen^ibie Negroes in North Carolina are satis- j figd with the penalty inflicted on the defendant (in this cage r ' . . i lift tlw eourt and are willing to close ths books on the issue. n» suggestion of our esteemed contemi>orary, the News and that Dr, Younir would have ho cause to complain the'State Board of Health determines that he has outlived UMfulness in his present position” is magnanimous to say ' Icatft. Such action would doubtless satisfy a segment of Ne- wim are more concerned with revenge in matters of this tkan they are with obtaining justice. oae Dr, Young is practically a young man. because he enough to expre^ himself to the attorneys, rcpresent- viciiM ^ aaaaujt, as being sorry for his rubh act, the Border line bstween the civilized and the unciviliz- Mt of us humans ifi so narrow, we are willing to meet way. We tl^k the State Board of Health should in- fsathw punishment, but that it should give him an fb prove to llis fellow citizans in this state that he one thaf^'^eattSUj'^4* without malice. I. btti rsminop^iever. It is becoming increasingly ilifflfult to arrive at the truth of current matters. Propa^^anda plans such an iinimrtant part in the news of today that ont* if" never certain jt-hen one has th«’ facts in the case; and so lonjr as any decisions are based upon a one-sided ataterai nt of affa rs they are erroneous, if not in deed harmful. A calm and dis j)assionate appraisal therefore i.s exceedingly difficult in current matters. I*rogaanda is fast over playing its hand anil there iiia\ be in the near future return to deliberate and dispassionate rea son on”the many matters that pertain to our social and eono- nuc salvatiu. During World War 1 The Ne gro Wiis propagandized at home and abroad. Returned soldieis tell of the bnrra^ife of phamphlets strewn upon the trenches of the alli^ armies teiiing Negro «iold- iers to la'y down t,heir arms ard cea3e fighting against thei' “German friends" and for the,!- AmeftDiHi enma^. Negro soldiers know the truth of much that was said, but they stood by their guns and saw the battle Ihrou^fh. In World War 11 and in proving himself the superpatriot. He turned the deaf ear to p-o- paganda in World War 1 at'd he is doing the same heroic thing in World War yl. It is true his sacrifices may be taken ii3 matters of course, and there may be those who discount hl’3 f auperj-patribtisiu, hut jhistori will, not deny him the high placc on its honor roll that Ju bus «o signally deserved. Because the Japanese arc dark people, it was easier for the propagandist to break through the Negro’s patrio^i; guard. We live in a coFor struck ivorld and “Color” is the pass worT" at the gates of alni>st every earthly paradise. Bec-audi* of slights and affrontd Negivvn have been driven back upon ore another and there has been en gendered a loyalty and sympathy hitherto unknown. Because the Japanese were dark peoples there was a subconscious} bond of unity and amit.y between the Japanese and Negroes. Axis propagandists were not slo« to take full advantage of tnis circumstance and so proceede.l to propagandize the Negroes. The closc watch the FBI hao instituted on Megrocs was doubt less basefl upon the known acti vities of the propagandist? oJ the axis nations. Some Negrof's ame dangerously nearer to hearkening to the pleas of the propagandists than in eWorld War 1. Negrors are Tnore -tnrt- spoken in their resentment of semi-citizenship to which they have been assigned in this eoun try. This resentment is uior" stubborn in its manifestntiai. than ever before although tin; Negro is not leas loyal. He knew that axis propaganda wa.s designed to. undermine his mor ale;,Ifut he also knew it eontiin- ed much truth and it was in this that his resentment was bots- .‘#red. And while a few Nfgroet here and there were awed li> the axis propaii^anda, the race as ■I whole stoo^ firm. The race will stand firm to the bitter end! • There are reasons, however to believe that the white south hna succrnibed more generally to the propaganda of the axis hencTSien. A few weeks a^fo it was by'^ance I was tfRr#wn in to conversation with an intelli gent white man on the streets of a certain city. We had just come out of an interracial meet ing and he inadvertently or or purpose let slip the remark »hdt certain organizations of- ^h? southern states Had been form .1 nhd instructed to watch out for Negro uprisings. These uorls- ings were to be put down in sho. t order-any by force. Of eourSe 1 had not heard of such plans for the suppression of imagined Ne gro uprisings for I know that there were no such uprisings planned among Negroes. It is true there may be cla.sh- es here and there as is always the case when the wrong white man bumps intq the wTotig Ne gro. But that there is any plan o^a general Negro uprising to overthrow the white man’3 rule of the south is propaganda pure and simple! It just shows that the white south has succumbed to a.xis propaganda in a way the Negroes of tbe south have not. PLAIN TAtK B7 ELME& A. OABTBB There is overwhelming evid ence of a deliberately planned effort on the part of certain oli.- ments of our population to head off the integration of colored men and women into America’.! industry except as unakillcl laborers. The walkout at Mobile, /Vlabama a few weeks ago and the aiore recent strike of up wards of 20,000 workers in the Packard plant • itv, Deti;Qit cMKp three Negrnea had upgrade dto jobs requiring skills, has all the earmarks of being engineered either by axis agents or by unregenerate tran splanted southerners, who soe in breakdown of the patter/i of racial segregation in induil'v the floom of that system Itv which^^he measure of m vi is the color of his skin, and who therefore are panicky lest tht unfair advantage they have possessed for 300 years be on its way out. Of course it conld he a combination of both. Bnt whatever it is, it could not have happened i" the management continued without censure, it the shipyard in Mobile and the f Packard'plant in Detroit ha I nt the outset taken a firm and forthright stand. In all iustunces of jtnass walkouts such lis theae^ the agi tation is initiated and sustain ed by a very small and ins'vgn.- ficant group of men, in mj->- casea not more than fifteen or twenty. The number of the rank and «ie who would risk theii’ job;/because a Negro is up;irart- :^L.yi]IJbe_ found ^ be infiteSi- mal. They are persuaded, caio- led, threatened by a few vicious leaders strategically situated in various departments. Mcn'c often than not, the propaganda i.*^ spread by petty bosses, foremen, Or superintendents who hope to gain the confidence of the work ers under their control by mak ing a show of looking out fo their niterest. Long before the walk-out occurs, the manage ment itself is aware of the an- derourrent of agitation and i.s able to identify the ringleadei^, And where this agitation ‘*i.s assumed by the great mass of ■ivbrKers that antipathjr toward Vegro workers has the saoctioi? and the blessing of the manage ment. , The Packard Company liaf; been for many years one of the most reactionary of all the auto motive companies in the iJe- troit area in its attitude to“ ■I ward Negro workers. It hw stub bornly resisted the introAuction of Negro workers, far a (juinti':' of a c^^ntury, except on the low er lever. In contrast to the Ford Company, Packard has maintain ed a racial policy that was and is a reproach'to America^ indus try. Because of its past' history, it is difficult to believer that of ficials of the Packard Company are blemeless in this latest and least inexcusable sabotage of the war effort. If the manage- iiietit did not stimulate the walk out, it certainly is guiltv of criminal negligence in not taking steps to prevent it before it oc curred, by summary aet^or against Qie leaders whose acctivi- ties must have been known. IN THE EDITOR’S MAIL BAG The case of Officer Gates of the Durham police foicc and V S&ss Dotfs Lyons has exeited considfefable interrat among graduatQA and Divinity School students at Duke University During the spring of this year both the afore-mentioned groups awsited expectantly the decision of Judge Borland in thja matter, feeling- that here, at least, was a case in which isaues of right and wrong were so clearly defined that (ieicision inevitably must be in favor of Mi«3 Lyons. The dismay w'hich the Negro people of Durham feel Judge Borland’s dec^ion is shared by those of us at Duke who hope and work for the day when the ideal of American ihocracj^ may be ^alizedu ^ » "bQir Solace, and ]f>erha)[i» ^uim, is the knowledge of the fact th||t at the heart of this nation is the will to realize the Amerl- cancan ideal and though it naay be slow,* it is inexorable. Sincerely. WILLIAJI D. MILLER the thjD over i^ho de- AN BOUTED - CASS RUTH TAYLOR SAYS There are some soap* box phi i osophers who say that the oHy ivay to g( t to the top is to )j “aggressive.” They are all for “standing up for your right.^,’’ “not letting any one put any thing over one you.” ‘Makin^, your voice heardf” They pooli Pooh “turning ^he other chc^k and denounce as servile and paci- fistic any one who disagrees with them. The trouble is too many peo ple use words without knowing what they mean. Aggression it “an unpro'voked attack.” Is that the kind of action that would appeal to youT Of course not' And aggressive action is not th( kind that is neede to get whe-i* yon want to go. Aggression doc^' not get AHEAD. It scatters shot all over the surrounding horiann ivithout any particular aim. iTbo word we want iSrNOT •fJOBESSIOK -it is PROG^KH- fclON, which means “advance ment.” We want to progress -to fjo aheiid steadily, securely to ward a final goal of intell'gent. freedom, of equal rights and equal responsibilities, ready t > fulfill the rcsponsibities fhal we may enjoy the rights. W'; want permanency of place, Sol temporary' privileges. We want to be friendly with those around us. We do not want advantages enforced at the COit of enmity. We know how ihe aggressive person annoys iis. Instinctively we can sense a crtri- bative attitude and it puts as in a fighting mood. Well - it doef the same thing to the other fellow, too. It is this attiudc into which the professional agi tator would lead those whom h; wishes to arouse. It ^Jiis stock in trade because it creates hatr ed on both aides and thus is a w;ppon against unity. Aggression is push through force. Progression is advance ment through merit. One is s skyrock, the other a tower. Our present war illustrates this per fectly. The Axis powers have used the tactics of aggression • conquering* wholesale, but leav ing behind them hatred and re- I sentments w-hich will prove their ultimate downfall. The Allies ar^ those nations which have progressed- too slowly in ninny eases - but with a definite goal of ultimate freedom for all, through which they will achieve the final victory, a victory bas ed not on force alone but on uBderstanding that the pro blems of one are problems o! all. Aggression or progression — which shall it bet Don’t be ag gressive. Be pr«gres*ive! Doing Ml* wismt ping of your Ilfo by b«»y^ ing moro War Bonds* ' Dr. Robert Young, an employ* of *1;he State Health Department, who assaulted a Negro woman pn the streets of Raleigh sever- al_^week» ago, on Monday ent'r- ed ‘a plea of guilty to the charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Judge Burney sentenced him to one year in prison, to be sus- peai4!d upon payment of cost* and a payment of $500 to thi injured woman. ' Tliis was light punishmeut. Dr; Young would hav6 bad no eaus^ to complain if ;he had been required to serve the sen tence. He will have even lcs.t calls* to complain if the Stat» Board of Health determines thnt h% has outlived his usefulne.sa ia his present position. It is unfortunate that at Ik difficult to dispose of case of this nature on the merits of the case alone. There is always a disposition to inject racial is sues %hich have no proper bear ing apon the one pertinent ques tion of law and order. This ;,aSi* was aggravated by the fact that the assault took place some time- ufter the original encounter, which furnished whatever prj- vocation that may have existed. On the other hanf, there was a disposition on the part of 3onie Negroes to magnify the case oat of all proper proportion. Neither Qf the participants was a native of Raleigh and the occurrence was one between individuals and not between races. This instance is an Isolated one in the history of Baleigh and the offender has been trie I and punished substantially, even though greater punishment might have been justified. The case should now be forgotten. The incident was regrettable, but standing alotie does not furnish any ground for impair ing the excellent relations be tween the ^jaces which have long existed in Raleigh and which must continue. There should be no moro iu-' cidents of thi« kind. If there arc other incidents, they shouM he dealt with severely. — The News and Observer. FROM THE EDITOR’S PEN The idea that Jpan will fight to the last man is not on idea. ! The Axis nafaions now kn#w hpw it feals to wait and look out. China continues \o fight Japan because it is either fi^tht or die. . A man is getting old vffien he realizes that he is getting old. ^ ■ Who remembers the ggod old days when there was plenty, of meat? ‘Don’t Cash In Bonds’ Advises Spaulding. Ifl Message to Buyers Dr. C. C. Spaulding, presidei.t of the North Carolina 3ffutui.l Ufe Insurance Company iui.1^ one of the most influential Nc>' grOet in America, advises .'nuui* bers of bis race to prepare novv for post-war security, lu a re lease from his desk, Dr. Spauld ing Bays: “While we are particulaviy interested in life J|iaiu'ance, ’ A* " iv5t 5e true to our trust if we were not e^^ly as inter ested in winning this war. As civilians, lelt here to k«'Cp up tha home ffront, it is our duty ^ to purchase and*hold war bond.} until they mature. Qur^Goyem- m'ent does not prohibit the Cit.^h ing of our bonds after si'(ty days, if it absolutely necessiir}, b\rt the needs of our war effoita are. so gre^t that every availcbie deUw- l»-B^edo^"to citrry^ ^ the program forward. Your bonds are; registered in your name, hehce, they are as safe as the Oavermiient itself. To cash them before maturity may me..m the boys at the front will aufter Our boys need the guns, plai»es, and ammunition your invest ments in war bonds are supply ing, These bouds are interest.-' bearing and ate guilt-cdge invest- uwets. After the war is ovev, all of' as will need the money w? • are investing in bonds' to prt- vtat &ead lines and help us a- long the road to Security^ As a race, we need to hold «,« to ur bnds, purchase more and not eash them. Let’s take the war aerionsly; help finance it; and help win it. Buying bonds and holding them until luatuvity is one way those of us on ibo hotnc front can help win thia war for we, too, have sons, btothtrs, husbands, and fathers in the armed services to whom we Owe a fighting chance. , BUY BONDS AND HOLD THEM UNTIL MATURITY! Sincevly, C. C. SPAUtDINO Kidneys Must wuMf In mr •rt remov* Bunung Va Often ara ckuMd b goes rigii th* Sidnay« flush out Hceu tcldt wksUi. aad thM* oletiulng, parlfsrtnii KMite; Action, in Jiut • day or so, mar eu- Ut make you ttcl youngvr, ftrongcr and better than In jreari. A prlntad junraotea wrapped around;e(uia iMCkage of jOrwes In- ■luret an Immolate refund of tha fuU oo*t uiUewjrov are oompletely eatiifled.Vou ^e to gala Md npthliw to taa* m . ^ m money back guarante* ao , > irom your dnigfiat today for oolyil its
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