PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS ftrtN'T l>C 4 Cnri'CD •w * » & w*.** i*+M.%k*n\ Mr Truman’s explanation for the meat, shortsjrp which b°£iin ’hr Hay OPA controls wore restored, and miraculous ly began to end the day after they wet*; removed for the second time, seems to bo the correct one. He attributed it to sel fish and greedy business men, a n d to those members of Congress who cooper ated with them in an all out campaign to wreck price control One element in the strategy of those two cooperating forces was certainly to get people so dis gusted with the shortage, or better, ab sence of meat, that they would t u r » against the party m powc on Novem ber 2. Likewise, there is little doubt that the decision of the Administration to re move controls as the only way of mak ing meat available in any appreciable quantity befort election time wav parti'. a. political counter-move. The speed with which meat (at very high prices) became available, gives the lie to any explanation of the previous acute dearth except the obvious one that those who controlled the supply were do trmiiicd not to sell, regardlc: 5S of the in convenience or actual suffering caused the consumer, until controls vert remo\ ed. The time may come w h e n prices of meat and meat products may automat ically fail to reasonable levels reason able at least in comparison with the prices of other commodities but until such time the consumers’ refusal to pay exorbitant prices is the only protection they have from being gouged; not ne cessarily by their retail dealer, but by the higher-ups in the organized meat in dustry. To say, ’ Don't pay higher than ceiling prices,’’ no longer has any mean nig. The slogan now should he, “Don’t „v„,Ky.jnt ni ic.-v Dn wi'hnip first. ’ PC-.V .......... NAVY AND MARINE CORPS HAVE PLANS The announcement by the Navy De partment that Negro seamen and mar ines will be permitted to qualify for A commissions under a system of selection and training to go into effect early next year is welcome news. At present the Navy has only 30 Negro officers, a n d the Marine Corps has qualified only two, both of whom are of inactive status. The Navy has always been more back ward than the none too forward Array in giving its Negro personnel something approaching an adequate opportunity to advance on the basis of individual merit, and the Marine Corps has been worst of all, excluding Negroes entirely from its sendee until World War 11. Any pro gi'kSo in the direction ot opportunity ' o ; - the Negro in the Navy and the Marine Corps is noteworthy and encouraging. JUSTICE NOT YET COLOR BUND Another step toward even-handed jus tice in the courts was taken in North Carolina recently when two white men charged with arson and murders in the burning of a dwelling and the death of its Negro owner were sentenced to lift imprisonment. Two other white men im plicated received prison sentences of eight to ten years. Equality of the races before the law has not yet been attained, 'however. Or. trail for murder and arson, both capital offenses, the first* pair entered pleas of guilty to accesory before the fact, and the others to „ accessory alter the fact, and their pleas were accepted. No Ne gro would have had much chance of en tering such a plea in such a case, and no white man is yet in much danger of paying for his life for any crime com mitted against a Negro. THE CAROLINIAN Published by The Carolinian Publishing Co Entered as second-class matter, April 6. 1040. at the Post Office at Raleigh, N. C-. under the Art cf March 3, 1879. P, R. JERVASL Publisher C n HALLIBURTON. Editorials Subscription Rates ’> One Year, $2.50; Six Months, $.1.75 Address all communications and make all cheeks payable to The Carolinian rather than to Individuals. The Carolinian expressly repudiates responsibility for return of unsolicited pictures, manuscript etc., unless stamps are sent. SOME LAWS NEEDED Two sinrttor items of news have enum* ated recently from the Slate Motor Ve hicle Division, and there is some relation between them. One reported that arrests for drunken driving in North Carolina reached an all-time high in September of this year, with (SX:-5 persons convicted during the month. Since the first of this year, the record continues, there have been 4.233 convictions. T. Bortdie Ward, director of the Di vision, had some pertinent words to say on the subject: "New .Jersey has more people, more automobiles, and more liquor than North Carolina, yet they have much less drunk en dm ing than we do. The answs i lies in New Jersey's strong law on drunken driving. Their minimum fine for a first offense is S2OO, and the man’s driving lice i use lf> lUn jieiitleu foi IWO ; '.'in n. I'm second offenders the punishment is 00 days in poison and life time suspension of the driving license." By contrast, in North Carolina there is no minimum fine for second offenders, nor is a prison term mandatory. A se cond offender stands to lose his license for another year, not for life. Mr. Ward cited on.- North Carolina driver who has had his license suspended fifteen times. Turning to another side of the statis tics, we h'arn that 88 deaths occurred in this .stale a result of automobih accidents in August of this year an increase of 12 per cent over August. 1945. This truly shocking toil i- auribu ed by Mr. Ward to the same old causes: speeding, careless and reckless driving, and mechanical defects in motor vebi cles. ft Driving while under the influence of intoxicants does not account for nil careless and reckless drib ing, but it cer tain! v figures in many cases W<> need more sn ere treatment by the law of all careless and nek less drivers, and espe cially drunken drivers. A car with a care less driver behind the wheel is a threat to public safety: a car with a drunken driver at the wheel is a double menace. The next session of the General Assem bly should pass some laws with teeth in them for the protection of i h •• public against these irresponsible persons who make highways and streets hazardous to everybody who uses them. As to the third major cause of acci dents and Dualities, faulty mechanism. Governor Cherry has endorsed a propos al to have enacted a law requiring com pulsory semi-annual inspection of motor vehicles. Motor accidents and fatalities cannot be eliminated by laws; but good, real is tic legislation can make a definite con tribution to the improvement of condi -1.10 Ho» COMMUNITY CHEST CALLS YOU 11 should not be necessary to make am lengthy or special appeal to the Negro citizens of Raleigh and Wake County for support of the Communitt Chest. It is our responsibility as citizens to -hare >n the .financial support of the work that g oe s on in our community under the sponsorship of the Chest. However, as Negro citizens we have additional points to consider One if that, thinking strict !y in emu of our o\\ n group, we gel much more than we give. It is a striking fact that the Bioodworih Street Y, M. C. A., newest Negro agency in the Chest, is scheduled to receive more money from the Chest next year than the entire quo ta of the Negro Division in the present campaign. Another consideration is that the tore • is coni ing when there will be no “Negro Division'’ as such. We can help that da\ to arrive as we prove, by meeting the small quota assigned to the Negro Di vision, that we Negro citizens are alive to our community responsibilities. The quota of the Negro division has ‘ been raised year after year, and rightly so. We have met every new assignment. Let’s do it again. We owe it to Mr. Light iiwi GviiU Jxii. JDux&vjdo, 11l Gilri'DlUJiGiS, and their aides, to stand behind them *. j we owe it ourselves as a group: and wc » owe it to the community of which we ir.- I sist we are an integral part. Give, and give liberally. THE CAROTIN LAG « I''"-''' . 4k TO! i ' l Is SI fCCOIItI IllOlltfllt;* g fit C. L>. HALUBURTOr t||j * Mv olds; Mr. H S »’*ug :cv, Li SUaiUm-rhvrg, u teriti> Ctitne- through wrth a letter- to XilU IsuWp -JJ". vodvi Vx T WiViL'G gives food for thought. 1 cal! M: Bagiev an old ft lend, be tini'-e sorn * vf*a;s ago when 1 • V ■ Uj I hr* Nt '.VS BTi'l ObM-: - • ihe r abji..t ->•' C i;0; ,y '’, it r- i■ v N<*gj-0 WOTT:- ~n, j-* ■ »ii*(. ■• P*u£*cy felt cait.'d in wri.-. i r,"p!y V Air v it: the Is- 1 - soujlv .- 3 marr.i-r social '-quarhv. wnai is wrong, with te'-sc* uppity NejSvCS. etc. W< I). M. B'tgicy )-••.. b ' reading c' the i.-jiris-r:-• •) CiW. lie r* rt--ve himself <>i ihi ioiowing that suhjcctr “ . . . in rorm-•■■tioii with ;• 1J lh,> h'.u j a 0,0 f**..; mx*u* ■•■..*: u ju.-!-u,!*i|H>us< s. r-U - .. U wnuld be righi miwh inter*-sting’ ’’ U;'! v/hal nropo!Vico -t cxr* : - ffv? ?SV ,J I '•'* , | jVj * T>;t u * 3i l v * n ph ;!oste?/hy of Ire-.’ publii Lit joi! j« ]»<•.. j rtOv . in tin* \ - hhi Mr. Ban I. . 'f m %L I i.est We I srael. §M. If- W. I„ GREI'.NK 'mSb i Forc* ; ; * ,>■ ~'TI in Nonh C ' I *1.1; I,i H! I : * V <* M'liSiJ'l <:i stl-nuhn* '-r, *•• *. • r,:'. It this wi re ... *1 *i'ion y* .: '.vc might tspi'd .v’lmu'w Ml Ili 'T:: h* •• lory in th..: ftvtn *f ;• great in cr-ciisv in u'.c number of valert ••ctaaliy p«r!irt?>at-,n« in ihf p * ■ cess <*f irioki: ; di*rr.ocra<->' work T’nfui fu’.jtoiy tiiis is an -if-year i 'j.Py v.v'f! - ' Mi’.' 1 con • tests her'••.-«•<•>i the itatut-- i;t»o pol itic! ::•> unc i.hv rs ogvo-., ::*,v.’ • i:\ Tte;-; t.r-f-i'C wa'j observabii a; ilu ■ <>! Tim pci* m. ■:> last Spring t.-U. .• it cuw h: i';T« who »v. edvd o h- oppowd 'vt-.-c uii-'isposcd and ,j * ■> ont'-par ■y .st.itc this is far staiic a situation in' good democratic herdth Hi v*i". ,*i*. 'he ; •*.*. lor prociT-vs ,;r.' oir '.hr' march VVcr umi unity .< r*< u.g .-hot to pjocoi !* iije extent that ‘>.e -'.-sefion* ;,ru ■; arc u vr-rlr thier Earn;, progressive organizations or? SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rrv. M. W. Williams Subject Pr-.rii ' 'harcpien:- free dom and Brotherheod Arts 15:2?- ’ 2.0 Oaf 2 10-2:; 3-13-18 Key Verse: ‘We Believe Tha*. Through The Grave of the Loro ‘ .Tesus Christ W> Shall Be Saved Acts 15:11. —Eernns-nioa] Council— Paul and Baraabu? rmeP hsvc lell distressed when thrj returned r from theh first missionary Journey t.o find that the seeds of disc.intent • had been sown among the new Converts who had been fold thst there r-"uld be no real salvation 1 except, they conform to certain ceremonial rile < Orevmeisior.l • 'Acts 15 I The Mission arise invited , the dissenters to no up to Jeru salem, .the mother church. There - the question was dehat,ed. High Churchmen —Peter, Paul. Bamabus and James leading the discussion against certain of the sect of The Pharisees. How long this council i \ V *'.,-, . c df", ;n !. V,- ,'i I) sail is SJortti Caiijimo bj nerenns wh'* wIJ not be as nub • . . i . . .. i ' rr* ■ : •». j - m u>. ii •>;< iic „s. i *u it: • < gu.-’d • * 8 Vo .j-'-hev !.• •: j . it is shared by many county co-nmißsiuruTs, • ounty suporin ts-nd«'itt--, and oihe*; officials. - * il.. 1 . 4y, »j * . > . : W <4 4 J; , u*.a,*vv 4 14, t. .it .*. v-e Thcil's what vVC ,-H.* Up agiunsi. 'ie .**. Ill* *: tie.: f.lgiv oar U citizen is :-.*t DUE '-qurtUy He : ht>«Ui sail:.-: thanki'u) for vh*.l‘*c« publtt. facilit irs -.nd ci ■ k e*. he gets. one. he is pot ■ .and -'n't. earn his <*wn it .cel* whs about the prior wjutt! they dun i sav so. T« * \ jivse nic'i th<- Nrt*grn as vtj-eu. He is some: kind of ar, 1 .)-•• U, the body peliiie v . ; V( h Tn’j.sf, l >o ,- d ,•} u r ,'-y stOtn & baclv* I■ l - rrvj.:-i nay vvt&s for iho support ~v rojhbu eda••:!!)on. A man and v-.i!♦ without children con 4 . v i*••• mu under oar n thrf?ugh taxes, to the support. *,f public couch* ><.n, and do sr* ar. a ate' lei of (ouis* Bui when lh«* lax sis*.'. > •i1 ,s -for • , - i-fj *a h of cicinni i rf . v iu ir ;r, oor State The iv.’i, • = 1 rH>w t ad*i:* !!.< i.jrw ri jnavyh re Xl) CuinmiUcc T'.'i Norte Car" >• Ur-, it,det SCWW and !"• N* ,;h far linn .".omnusyon for Suier raeixt OiopriaU'i, unrfet the SJfC. Othri' jct-sri Viui no tes> prog **cs ssvo organize I urns arc bidding lor ship:* and fmsticial sup pftri Irom -i. Murphy !» Memo*. MuM a; the activity, nuwever. is io bt it, ;.:id in u.c piedmunt amotoj ail the m- org'Miizalmns Orly th*: <-if;*» •- -ypo aryiior .ationr a<• succeeding on » large sc tilt- m the ..•on.vcrv.ifivr* Has! and the west i rn hinterland* that, .jrt'' without a Jpopulaurm :>f cf'lorod rUi- Zi'ns The NA, ACP is doing an en couraging amount o f "xpiirisio;;. Where a few years tig- only the lristaS js immaterial, but the results set r •‘New Da;-' f'r the Chri -tiati Church. The sect war. compleu'iy re psjdiated; letters 'were sent to the Antioch Church along with Judas and Stta.'i, stating in substance that noth Jew and Gentile are saved through the grace of the Lord Je svrt Chris'. Trie Council in .1 ppwk onr met and seitied ttm question of bondage and freedom. —frieoon.— Pmta took the view that, the Gos pel "f .Jesus made men free, yet he advised that they use not that free dom to others' •icii'inieni. • GaiaLan.- 5:15-18) He preached the doctrine ni The spirit rather than the law •Gal. :i:.!.H-2tii Freedom in all 'he realms of life is cherished by all human beings. This is natural be cause all men are made in the image of God. The fundaments: Purpose of God is to set men free. Thai is the -ole work of His Son, O'iitii v race lines, mrti r.sit Mr. Bagiev regard our ;-.vs!; it. i.s oir-ouitabie. regateci services, compel us to accept it, and then complain They giv- us a system of sc-g --that it costs too much The./ s 'Escribe outwardly U* a theory *)1 tree and equal public edu cation for ail. and then justify ”s-. riminotir.n in expenditures undei iif iompulaoj'iiy segie f need system on the ground that we don’; pay enough taxes. In pa.vor:}* it should certainly be noted that this argument, undemocratic and faulty as it in is based on'the direct prop erty taxes paid. Negroes pay . a.. J : taxes; 'bev pay mom : aks tax in proportion to ability than do the whites taken as a whole, and they pay plenty of direct taxes indirectly, Mr Bagiev and those who re their vicxs rmist some bow he branches throughout ihe state History reflect* the en o-u raging trend that the inter r.n:i:.] organizations usrraih- do wr-li when they follow where ’hr SA ACP has broken ground and raised the real issues of democ racy in ’he communities. The thine we most not forge* is that Utile opportunity tor tleru onstralmg the worth of the lib :.i! program.- of these orgn 'a tinvis will be afforded by the political show this year The real need is foi cooperation and di vision of labor among the pro t:r essivt organizations of the •State A North Carolina confer ence of progressive loaders ilk? the plan of the CPC would no* be amiss. £ Christ, the Redeemer. Now. any thing oi law which is read- for the purpose of “Wounding th*- Spirit of Man is against God. therefore against men. The question we raise hen is How Can Christian Men, in a Christian Church, in a Christian Nation make and enforce law- on a weaker rare or nation without knowing that they are wounding the Spirit of tba: race? Are churches or sects or cults practicing brotherhood when they undermine the faith of weak ones and take members of other church es in their congregations? What about brotherhood when men are denied the privilege of exercising citizenship? Are Christian minis ters educators and church work ers Championing Freedom anu Brotherhood in the Spirit of Christ as Paul and Barnab»«? Only in the Spirit of Love may we solve our problems >J;NDIITC fokTTJKPAfry . ■ i BOMEEwiz' IlmSSt b-ibzzrxrafesrrzzTz: HV OMAN ft HANCOCK FOR A,VP A GREAT CAUSE JEOPARDIZED The controversy now raging within the ranks of the AME chin rh is a matter of profound concern, far beyond the constitu ency <>f that great church The cause of AME-ism is too closely bound up with the advancement of the Negro race to suite- - loss. That illustrious council of bishops must find some way to compose the differences that now threaten disaster to the out standing example of Negro leadciship. If Uic-se bishops wili just emulate the Christ they have preach ed with such power and effectiveness, the situation can easily be saved. Rut if this more excellent way is not accepted and followed, dire things may conceivably result from the current rontrovm vy Tht «v;pat mte If-ni’t that hac,- gnnp into ihp AMI church must not be made of no effect by the pursuance of sel fish ends by those in high places. The cause of AME-ism ts great er than any bishop or combination of bishops. Titl* is said in interest of tee future of this great church, m the most objective way, for it would he injudifous and uiiwu* us this writer to take sides in such matte* My chief concern is the safety <>» this great church. Anything that happen? to this of Zion s great concern to me. 3 understand and appre ctate most keenly the great men who have made this church great, and the greatness of the church itself. But I know that i,o cause - so gi,.-at that it can withstand too many mistakes and i.io much selfishness of the leadens, info whose hands its future in committed. Although I am a Baptist, I doubt that there is any where in tin.- nation or world anyone who appreciates more than 1 the achievements of the Methodist church of which flit AME branch stands out so conspiciously. Divisionism among Negroes is a dangerous system. The charge has often been made that Negro leadership is capable only with in .small limits and beyond these, secret ambitions emerge and .U c-ders kill off leaders and leave the work or cause to famish and d;<. My own denomination is cursed with division ism. This u s' "r, more clearly in the multiplication of ‘he store-front churches in our large cities. brie- I ivas trov' urm through :» certain city and war impress ed it}, -me of the gieai Baptist churches there. 11 was large and prosperous and pastured by a magnificent man of great influ < nc<’ and training. He was soon called to other parts. Within a couple of -/cars I chanced to pass again that way and found that this groat church bad split a tew years later I passed and. the splits had split, and from the last account the splits of the splits were about to split.. Already the cause of Negro met hod ism has suffered several splits. There i» the ME, the CME, the AME and the AMEZ. Does the church want still others? In the USA we have two "national’ Bapt;.ste conventions In states like Virginia wc have two state conventions. The white brotherhood is making desperate efforts to get together; because the sheer cost of financing makes pro hibitive the cost of financing splits and divisions. In the economic realms combinations arc going oil apace and mergers are com mon news. If big business needs to concentrate its energies, if bw.i- monumental corporations art unable to finance divisions, trim how rnu-h more fitting it is for poor Negroes and their causes to find ways ol sticking together. in times like these and conditions such as lace the Negroes of this country, further division m our major denominations is suicidal. The time is at hand when Negro leadership must prove itself by keeping our major organizations intact against the ram pant divisiomsm that h threatening every major cause among Negroes. The man most to foe feared among Negro leaders is the man who wants to ‘‘puli out” and start something new This •pulling out.” propensity not on the ‘puller out" but the "puller in.” If the great men of the great AME church must fight, let them fight, let them fight it out without thought of anv further divirbrnr among themselves I.c: there be no irreparable schism. But above all. let Methodism be advised that wfaosover ever, hints or suggests further division in their ranks, is their greatest ene my. I speak in the most general terms without even intimating that I am sufficiently informed to speak on the merits of the case. Even if 1 knew these merits it would be impolitic and in trusive of a brother churchman to interpose a biased opinion. The leadership of the great AME church is being weighed in the balance. A great cause is jeopardized: Catholic Information Shins that Bark ioo L«tt