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THE CAKOMNIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JULY IS. 1946 EDITORIALS ^ NATIVE PRODUCTS The delicate hand of that great states man and patriot. Congressman John Han- kin, can be seen in the decision of the old Dies Committee in a new from thal there is no reason to condu’ an investi gation of the post-war Ku Klux Klan. That authority on Americanism held that the Klan is wholly American and there fore not to be molested. What the com mittee is for, he says, is to hunt out the promoters of foreign “isms." Of course the Klan is native. So are skunks. And so is Mr. Rankin. America in far m.ore peril from home-grown fasekte. fanatics and bigots than it is from arty Soviet-Pi'oduced THE DRAFT The Compromise draft extension meas ure finally paseed by C'^ngress will iiot be completely satisfactory- to those who oppose peacetime conscription, but it i» a great deal better than what the military ftijnds asked for. At least IH-year-old boys will not be forced into the army in peace time, and fathers will not be arhitrarib separated from their families. The bill places the armed sei vices much more in the position of relying on volun tary enlistments to keep up their strength, and the increased pay will appeal to many young men who like tlie army or the navy, who want to see the world, and who ha\e completed their foiTnal education, li is to be hoped that the militarj' authorities will revise downward tJieir estimates of the number of men needed and that en listments will be sufficient to supply those needs, » that youths of ly and over wlio have other things to do will not be forced to give them up to do a eoinpul,sor>* hitch in the army in peacetime. WHITEWASHING The Federal grand jurj' which decided pn Jiine 14 that no Federal laws were broken by the wjiites who staged the shameful “riot” in Colun»bia. Tennessee, some months ago, has done a great ser vice to the cause of white supremacy, but it ceftainly kicked justice and right In the WHITEWASHING The Federal grand jurj* which decided m 14 that no Federal laws were trok^n by the wjiites who staged the hameful “riol” in Columbia. Tennessee, ome months ago, has done a great se^ ice to the cause of white supremacy, but t ceftainly kicked justice and right In the Mints. This probably means that no white larticipant in the tragedy will ever be trough to justice, though literally scores if Negroes are now on trial for “attempt- id murder” and oth.n* at'.nied charges, [rowing largely out of the attempts of ; few of them to defend themselves, their Ives and their families, and their proper- y from organized and officially proteet- d terrorism and vandalism. Positively revolting was the attempt of he grand jury to brand as Communist iropaganda the reports of the Columbia .ffair gathered and sent out by responsi ve native white southerner- “The conclusion is inescapable,” the uiy said, “that numerous accounts of the lolumbia disturbance had been publish- d with malicious intent and desii*e to in- ite racial discord and intolerance and to ause further strife." Such, a conclusion was inescapable on he part of those w’ho set out with a de- efmination to reach that conclusion and one other. Anyone who insists on justice and fair lay for the Negro, or who publicizes tagtant and indefensible violations of tese principles in any inter-racial situa- OD, is prima-face a Communist in the yes of a certain type of Southern (or Forthern) white How the idea of fair- ess, justice and equal protection of the iw for Negroes ever got mixed up with communism is one of the mysteries of psy chopathology HIGH COURT IN THE NEWS AGAIN The inlormation brought out by .lustico Jackson’s revelations and charge.s j-egard ing internal dissensions within the Su preme Coui”t is not pleasing, but at tlu- same time need not be alarming. 'I' li n whole thing revolves around poiaonality claslies, and certain technically |uestioii- able practices of Justice Black. That tiu- charges Justice Jackson n>akes .-igain.'il Justice Black do not in\ol\o any palpably dangerous conduct is indicated by t h «• fact that several of tlie other judge.s sid** with the latter. For some years now the Supreme Court has met the te.st which is mo.st imporiatit to Negroes. It has consistenly uphold the principles of equality of citizenship and of justice without, regard to color. For this paKicular reason Negroes consider it very tiiifortunate for any real shadow to be ra.st oti lh' mtegrity and dignity of tin High Court. \Ve know that tluue ar«; many who welcome an opportunity to dis credit it .so .soon after the recetit anti-di.'- crimination deci.son in the .Morgan ca.se W’hile on the subject it of ititerest to note how little .sectional oiigin .seems to count in .swaying the votes of the iudge.'j on racial maters. Justice Black, fur in stance, has been a consi.stent and otitspok- en chantpion of the Constitutional rights of the ndividual as against biased law- and practices and the dogma of slates' rights, though Ju.stice Black is from Ala bama and an avowed onetime member of the Klan. The decision in the -Morgan case was written by Justice Keed. a Ken tuckian. On the other hatid the .-‘ingle dissenter from that opinion was .Insiic" Burton, lately a senator from Ohio, and gCMierally thought of as a lil)eral Kepub lican. With the appointment of Judge Vinson, also of Keutucky, to the office of chief justice, there is not nece.ssarily any reason to believe thal the recent liberal trend of the Court toward racial justice will be changed. At least Negroes should have laemed by now not lo jump to conclu sions based entirely on the sectional ori gin of the newly appointed judge. They should have learned that the sensible thing these days is to wait and see. justice, there is not necessarily any reason to believe that the recent liberal trend of the Court toward racial justice will be changed. At least Negroes should have laemed by now not to jump to conclu sions based entirely on the sectional ori gin of the newly appointed judge. They should have learned that the sensible thing these das's is to wait and see. PRICE CONTROL STILL INDISPENSABLE What happened to the prices of many commodities during the days whci. the nation was without any OPA was ample evidence of the fact that our economy u* not yet ready for the abandonment of gov ernment price control. The major dislo cations in production produced by the war have not been eliminated. They will be. no doubt; but it just hasn’t happened yet. Most Americans are eager for the time to come when all artificial control can be removed; but they realize now. if they did not before, that readjustment peacetime economy has not yet been THE MAN IN THE STREET A WtEKLY COLl'MN WRITTEN IV THE INTEREST OF HU- .MAS BETTERMENT BY WILLIAM D. ROBINSON -I1 like praise and desire to win ap hmg.- are accepted without lower- iiijj the -tandard of respect. But when those who deem them selves of the ctisses 'onduct them- .-elves m a manner "T speech or action in the presence of the n a«es . that is perhaps condonable by the proval f the group is',, fundamenul masses when done by the ^ses. instinct, according to students of there is loss of respwt on the part human nature. It b also fundair.en- ot the classes, In like manner ac- tuUy true th.it all instincts arc of Hon on the p.art of the masses :n value to the individual in the strug- the pre.-ven. e of the wlasses. that -1. for survival wc call life. Wc ** condonable by Ihe masses wneo nl like praise and desire to win ap- by one of them among them- proval. whether we be of the cul- selves, destroys for the masses th-? lured low or of ihi less foi-tun.atc respect of the classes. ina>‘ses all may sound like a crazy The cultivation "f nuali'ies that fhjme. bill it makes sent* Today are praiseworthy must be the task ‘t seems that h^an society has of ,he individual who w ishes to will approval, whether of the classes is tnshiined in RESPECT, CHILD- or the masse.'.-. The most modem, HOOL the most cultured interprctr.tion of RICH^ the approbation instinct is the lerm AGE H.AS RIGHTS Ti^T RESPECT All mtclliKonl beings jOT espcTiall, humans, ah uld deaire to the respect of their fellow^ EDITORIAL: "A case of deterioration!’ lecciHJ 8T C. U KALU.1BUIITOI1 No on.- .%i.ouia bv suiprbed at tlif u'liomination *>f Senato’ Bilbo M wi.^ pointed out in tlii-.s.- eoluiiin' nine a^o that, coM'Sidvi intt ihv tyoe of ap- pval tile lis!iput:il)li' Mis.sissip- pian w..uUl make to th.; electoi- ate. and llie type of electoiale would i)e app.'.iling I". had lillle lo worry about. . Nor should N.'giois b»' p.o'i- cularlv ..saddened that the de- prcui'd lilllf fellow will be bacli in Washington. The peculiarly violent and unri-as.inable and scurrilou.s type of racism he preaches in and out of sciC'on .St rvf.s niiire to expose the ab surdity of his creed than to injure those against whom hi." diatribes are dir'cUd. Bilbo please.® only those who are a! ready sti blindly prejudiced and embittered that they are virtu allv hopeless. He can’t convert anybody who has a modicum either of common sense or com mon decency to his way of thinking or lo his program. Ho onlv those el’ct him. Violent and unreasonanie ana scurrilous type of racism he preaches in and out of season .strves more to expose the ab surdity of his creed thiin to injure those against whom his diatribes are dirt'cled. Bilb'i pleases only those who are a! ready so blindly prejudiced and embittered that they are virtu ally hopeless. He can’t convert anybody who has a modicum either of common sense or com mon decenc.v to his way of thinking or to his program. Ha satisfies only those elect him. arid as Arthur Davis pointed out, bv the process of reducing racism' to an absurdity, being as vocal as he is, he indirectly helps the Negro since he dis gusts all but the most nabtd Negro-haters. In a.®sessing the significance of Bilbo's renomination it is also well to remember that all his opponents were pledged to “white supremacy.” Since one oi the lot had to get the senator ial seat, why not Bilbo, whosi- a.sinitie and vicious clowning will breed more nationwide re vulsion than the more tempti- ate behavior of some olh« r Mis .sLssippian who is ju.**! as deter- milled to “keep ilu darky in iiis plue»," but somewhat more .-eiisilile and U'.ss extreme and loudmouthed? In this eoniieclioii 1 was lu- tere.-itod lu note tnal both the Kepublitan Philadelphia Inquir er and lh.‘ New Deal Philadel phia Record published editoriaU deploring the results of th .* liietbii. The Record recom mended that the Senate refuse to seal the dear brother on tne ground that he obtained the liomlnrflion by illegal methods. The ediltyial pointed out that the Senate has rejected other men on the basis of the corrupt tactics used in their campaigns, end averred that Bilbo's intirnl dation of voters and his open iiiciiemeni of the whites to two vioience in keeping quahfied Negroes from the pulls w «; r i I; is no more than they deserve. "But it is not so simple as that. In his capacity as Sena tor he not only represents — or misrepresents — his own Slate. He votes on issues that ciitically conci rn the whole ciaintry. not just the back- woods pail of it. MLssisippinns place him in office; the rest of us have to endure his antics.” Thi two n ally sad aspects of •the Man’s” renomination are ll) that approximately half of the citiz.ns of the State, none .if whom by the remotest pos- sibiliy would have chosen him for their representative, (and whom he makes not the slight est pretense of representlng^. took not part In th balloting; (2) that those MLssissippiavs who did vote are .®o ignorant .ts to think they want that kind of man as their representative in the United States Senate. Neither of these two condi tions is permanent, however. Negroes have begun to vote, wen in the Democratic primar ies of Mississippi. And. as the ..■helhi.rhlshcr,rl.w.r.Thccb..sc, EVEN CONSIDEPEI>. Ths loa ol should desire the respect of the a sense of human virtue and bu- masses .is well as the classes, and right? that make np respec. the mas-ses should desire the respect will result in the uestruction of af the masses as well as the clas.ses himian happiness with the « ;n In fnd.-.v's laneoii-'o WC lie the hutran value. FOR IT IS HuMA., term RESPECT when 'we think of VAl.UF. THAT BALANCES THE the approbation instinct. WHEEL OF LIFE and keeps it tum- EVERY INTELLINGENT HU- MAN BFING WANTS TO BE RE- Sn. Ul the GENTLEMAN .AL- SPECTED Birr FEW NOW-A- WAYS .\CT LIGF, A GENTLENIAN IX-\Y SEEMS TO REMEMBER mile.®® he i5 Hire he is alone with a THAT RESPECT GROWS FRO.M f^w bkc himself that they cannu. RESPFX:T. Self-respect iru.®t be th^ pollute foundation upon which rc®pect by vnir others Is bum. The in.iividuul must \ OU RE IN ROME BEFORE VW .its. developc for himself the high- ACT I.IKE THE RO. VNS .W e-t o.t..em. then he iict-d not .«! The classes should he .n example to. the respeet o. other, tor it .fill br the TtW"; « be drawn to him by the power o( the masses, and Ihe best of he his own self-respeel. It is the sweel maxses should ha exax.ples tor the ness and beauty of the flower thal ['VanV^tu"'Mpvyh TO makes it admired, esteemed, and be CAREFUL NEVER TO DL Ircasiired. So it Is the finer 5S of IT.A\ THE CORRhlsTlONS Q human character shln.ng Ihrmigh AnlJI.THOOD m sj^eh or aetmn livina personalilv thal wins respect before the eyes and ear. nf chR. of others ‘^fdh. lest we damn the next aen- It is toe that st.andards of self- erallon to the fruits of »“f '“''e. re-pecl dilfer with various groups And no iheli whclher w.lhin the class or in the elders migl.t have he™ m 'I''” mass. Th.'te are small groups ol days, let ns of the present Sen ro the classes, whose language and Hon set action cd.is would he deemed lai Impe Ih n the WORl^ IS GETTING hrtnw ri’sjcci bv the better ele- BETTER AND BETTER, merts of the masses., yet within the LET particuLar group, such expression Is CLA.SS OR MASS, and THEN WE Sted without condemnitlou. ('AN EXPECT RESPECT from ot^ Likewise with the ma.®.ses. eertain ers. .IP deploring the results of Ih; thetion. The Record recom- mended thal the Senate refuse to seat the dear bixither on tne ground that he obtained the nomJnjflion by illegal methods. The iKlitctf ial pointed out that the Senate has rejected other men on the basis of the corrupt tactics used in their campaigns, end averred that Bilbo’s intirni dation of voters and his open li.citement of the whites to u«e violence in keeping qualified Negroes from the polls w e r i- worse offenses against fair elections than anything that Vare or Smith (who were n;- jeeted) ever did. The Inquirer editorial aDo shows how the decent people of the whole country react to Bil bo’s victory. It reads in part: “It Is easy enough to say that it the people of Missisippi want Senator Bilbo for another term . . . weJ. let them have him. sibiliy would have chosen him for their representative, (a^id whom he makes not the slight est pretense of representing’', took not part in the balloting; (2) that those Mississtppiaioa W’ho did vote are so ignorant as to think they want that kind of mr.n as their representative in the United States Senate. Neither of these two condi tions is permanent, however. Negroes have begun to vote, even in the Democratic primar ies of Mississippi. And. as the Inquirer editorial says, “Now that it has been .shown that the Negroes could vote, without causing any of the things Bil bo predicted . perhaps the next t'mc out he will fall for lack of a vote-inducing issue.” And even white men in Mississippi can learn, sooner or later, no* be led around by their noses by a loud-mouthed and obscene fraud. NEVER TO WALK ALONE (A Fallen Hero Sinqi lo His War-bridel What boots it Death to go out Friendship way, Where dwell the Ins. parablcs; the gods at heart— With whom no friendships end. nor comrades part. Though one by one they abandon mortal clay’’ •Aware of this. I shunned old sloth Delay. Intent upon the Holy Master’s art Of love, that such somehow’, I might impart To you my Own. .again.®t what parting dayl For us. it means no parting of the ways: This seeming flight, which rather has to do. With partial change; the not forever flown Like a memory that sw’eetens bitter days. My spirit through the year.® shall comfort you— Even though to men. you seem to walk alone —LANCE ALLEN LYNCH THE FIRST LAW Intent upon tne noty naaier s an Of love, that such somehow. 1 might impar* To you my Own. against what parting dayl For us, it means no parting of the ways: This seeming flight, which rather has to do. With partial change: the not forever flown. Like a memory that sweeteas bitter days. My spirit through the years shall comfort you— Even though to men. you seem to walk alone —LANCE ALLEN LYNCH SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON to achieved. By the time this is read ConKres.x tvill no doubt liave restored the OPA hy IcRis- lation which repairs the woiat of the dc tects in the bili wliich President Truman found necessary to veto, and the unmts- takabie trend toward i-unaway prices and ruinous inflation seen during t h e first week of July will have been checked. All of us, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailei-s. producers, consumers - sitottid realise tliat inflation helps no .tne m th, long run, and that there is hardly any price ton high to pay for avoiding it THE CAAOLlNlAfV PubltSR«d by The Carolinian Publishing Co. Xntared as second-c' iss matter, April 6,1940. at „ the Post Office at Raleigh. N. C., under the Art deplored, ef March 3. 1879. P. B. JERVAY. Publisher C. D. HALLIBURTON. Editorials Subacrlption Hates One Year. $2.00; Six Months. 81.25 Addrea all communications and make all ihedu liable to The Carolinian rather than to individuals. TTte CazpUnian expressly repudiates n^onsibUity for renim of unsolicited pictures, ftaaafetipl etc., unless stamps are senu UllM Bargett St^ Raklgh, N. C not necessarily bad The virtual closing down ot kegee Army Air Field, where the Negro pdoU were tSS who acquitted themselves so well during the war, is not necessarily a ihing to b deplored. If it means that no more will be admitted to pilot Irammg for ‘he por- manenl U. S. Army, of course the closing of the base is a tragedy. It should not. however, and must not mean that. Qualified Negro candi dates for the Air Forces should find the service open to them. The “experiment” at Tuskegee has amply demonstrated to all who had any honest doubts that colored men can fly for the Army. Henceforth Negro cadets should be accepted when they meet the same requirements as others, and should be traind along with oth- r cadets. No separate training lacilitieip are ne cessary or jiisti/iable. TRIBLTES •in the midst of life we arc- in death." From time to time the force ot that bit of wisdom ii-um l h e Bible strike.s homc- wilh an awful impact. Sucli wn? the case when the news reached the offices of the CAROLIN IAN that Mrs- Greene, the wife of Mr. W. L. Greene, whose thoughts have for some yeaii .iccupied this space, was dead. Only a few days before, Mrs Greene xvas in the office, the picture of health. As a mattoi of fact, .she was not ill. She en tered the hospital in Durham for a relatively minor operation, with every expectation of be ing up and about in a short time. But such is the uncertainty ..f life. It hangs by .such a slend- t‘i ihn-ad. Man plans and pr«- jtets, thinking little of the grim specter which may strike out of the blue, as It were, at a n y time. It is better so, of course. If wc spent our time brooding ov er the transitory nature of life on this planet; if we lived each day in apprehension of the end prnoa s.pijoa\ .iqi -ojk ;o never be accomplished I was talking to Mr. Greene the day before ho lost his closest and dcare.sl companion of many years. I had not seen him lor u month, and we talked of many things; but never a word of the coming operation. This indicated that the outcome which resulted hardly crossed I,is mind as a remote probabil Uy. ... The shock, as great as It was Ut the many friends and ac quaintances of Mrs. Greene, was infinitely harder for him — staggering is the word. The mi-mbers of the CAROLINIAN staff, stunned by the intelli gence, immediately thought of him, their hearts and minds groping for comprehension of this thing that had happened to him. It is needless lo say, and im- possible to say adequately, how the sympathy of his collogue.: gees out to bfr. Greene at this time. On such occasions, as ev eryone past childhood realizes, language is a poor vassel for thi emotions. Mrs. Greene was a rare char acter, loved by all who know hc-r. For 27 years she influenced the live.s of the childern under her care as a teacher. But she was an ideal wife and helpmeot and a devoted mother nonethe less. She was one of those wom en whose maternal impukes were broad enough for her im mediate family and many oth ers as well. She had a high sense of responsibility toward her neighbor .in the true Chri stian conception of neighbor. Gentle and refiped. well trained but plain and sincere, she was what people call ”a fine wom an,” and mean it. Mr. Greene will carry on. His courage and his faith have nev er had a greater test; but just as he has met other lesser cris es ,he will meet this one. He will have the hard part of it alone; tut the CAROLINIAN staff wants him to know that we are with him as far as wc can go. Ry C. n. HAl.LIBltRTON The sudden passing of Mrs. Geu gia Royster Greene, wife of Mr. L. Greene, at the Lincoln Hospital, Durham, removes unexpectedly from ami>iig us a wnman nf unu sual qualities- Hcr early education was recciveu in the public schools and Mary Pot ter High School of her hon.e tow n, Oxford. N. C. Later, she received her degree from Shaw Univcrslt>. After a decade of successful teach ing in Vance County during which time she married Mr. W. L. Greene, she taught fourteen years with he" husband-principal at the Nash County Training Schi oi, Nashville, N. C.. and finally she came back to her native and beloved Oxford where .®hc taught her list three and best years. But whether as a classroom teach er in which she gave twenty-seven vigorous, inspiring years; whether as the kyal and beloved wife to her husband for near a score of years; whether as the counseling and companionable mother to her three promising sons, John Wesley. 17. George Royster 15 and Roland Winston. 13; whether as a fruitful religious worker in the Timothy Darling Presbyterian Church, Ox ford, or whether as a civic minded worker in the various welfare or- ganizati- ns of the communit.v, Mrs. Greene will always be remembered us a dynamic, smiling personality who could do things or get things done vigorouslv. consummately and impressively but yet — cooperative ly and agreeable. A missioimry once saw an Afri can mother with two little children By REV. M. W. WILLIAMS Subject: Jesus And Supreme Loyalty To God. Ex. 20:3-6; Joshua 24:16. 22: Lk. 14:16-37. Key Verse: No man can ser4’e two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the othe**: or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Matthew 6:34. Our readers will recall thal Joshua lock over the leadership of the Israelites, alter the death of Moses. Joshua's task was not an easy one — especially when it came to keeping the nation from practicing polytheism. Asso ciation begets assimufetion is stllll true. The law of Miles expressly forbade the worship « other gods, but the Israelites’ contact with the Canaanites and their general dis position to follow the system of heathen worship (Ex. 32:1-6) gave rise to Joshua's stern wanting: "Put aw’ay the strange gods whicb arc among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel' (Joshua 24:23) THE FIRST LAW “Thou Shalt have no other fods before me." How far have we trans gressed? Before we condemn the Israelites for not serving the God who had brought them out of bon dage and given them a land for which they did not labor, it might keep us. if we will consider wha' God has d ne for us and ponder seriously our transgressions in put ting other things ahead ol Christ and His Church. .HAHl.NU THE BIUHT tHlOICE Each day we are railed upon to choose — to make decisions in the home — our business — social and political affairs. In many Instances the choice is difficult to make, but you must decide after making the necessary investigation — even then, you find that you hav** made the wrong choice, but in making a decision to follow Chris* one cannot go wroig. Love f'r Christ determines not only year choice, but you reaction. There is a grave danger in not being definite about your choice — you cannot serve two masters. The crux rJ our lesson this week is to show that Christ was loyal to God and He demonstrated this supremely loyalty by his altitude towards the law which was given by the Falh- ncar a crocodile-filled river. One child was beautiful, healthy, happy. The "thcr was deformed, diseas^ and irritable. After kneeling and praying with her hand on the beautiful child's head, the mother arose and after a bit of hesitancy she lock the beau tiful child and flung it into the river. There was a brief struggle, a ehurn- ing of the water by the crocodiles and the beautiful c’alld., was no move. The missionary then rushed for ward and asked the mother why did she throw the beautiful child into the river .and not the deformed, sick ly one. Her answer was: “The Great Spirit wants our best.” If the shack from the unexpected passing of Mrs. Grtene should cause us to wonder why it Is that one -.vilh such oualiMer and such ripened experience should be call ed away Just at a time when she was able to render 'aer best and greatest service, tne answer as suredly must be — God al.®o wants our b^t. BY EEV. S. F. DALY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUPREME LOYALTY “If any man come to me, and hale not his father, and mother and wife, and children and breth ren. and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he can not be my dis ciple.” (Luke 14:25). The Christian religion is selfdcnial. sacrifice and Lvossbearing as well as Joy and inspiration'. The preacher, teach er. parents and friends who op pose unrighteousness are true friends to those they oppose and in the long run the opposed will thank them because their opposi tion started him or her on the right road to truth. How often have our minds reverted to the times whCi. our opinions collided with our parents who were so firm, loving and gentle, but In the end we were saved. The hat ing of those in the above quotattop is In no sense a depreciation of e-«rthly ties, but the emphasis should be God first. Preachers and teachers possessing great patience sometimes make leaders of shiftless and indolent dreamer*. Give To CoUege Fund!!
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