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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.
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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
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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 '•'* <H G :1 It
out of N’J£lo pr< Y’
. _' • - - ■
\ »v; t }*..;• v r V >, | 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 good will
0 >-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 <onvinced that Negroes
are human beings and citizens
despite the rotor of their skin.
th,!o ihen things are .not going
to b< as bright as we sometimes
think they are.
it!'”' Ikp piedmont had b - nr h -
■ today there ;<rt county-wide
branches in man.v easterp e< nin
th- along- w'i'n a growing ntimbei
of i !<> 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<l!y
There's something ludicrous in
watching a man bang into some
thin;; in the dark, because- his first
impulse is to “fly off the handle"
—“That table!" he howls, rubbing
his outraged shin, 'it's always in
the wav. Some day Jin going to
get, me an axe and break it into
a thousand pieces."
That's Example No. J of our
great human weakness passing-the
buck; there's really nothing wrong
with the table, as the man himself
will admit after his pain has sub
sided. He's seer, i! hundreds of time's
before The weakness lies in him
self. He must learn to walk more
cautiously, to be more careful in
the dark, to go slowly and feci
bis way. It certainly isn’t logical
in him to blame his brashness on
a perfectly innocent and otherwise
useful piece of furniture
If we transfer that example into
the field of human ethics, we be
gin to sec why the Catholic Church
is sc stubborn in holding on to hei
moral principles. Take our - mar
riage-law, for instance, How many
thousands of times hasn't she heard
the agonized cry, "Why can’t I get
a divorce?”
But with the wisdom born of
twenty centuries expner.ee. she
knows that the fault is not in her
principles, but in the weakness of
those among her children too salt,
too intert, perhaps to learn the
art of walking within the confines
of a lifetime contract. It’s nothing
wrong with me. It's the system.
I can't change myself—that's too
much effort. I'll try to change the
system,”
Our Church has experienced it
time and again during her history.
There was the law against dueling
■murder, when you come right
down to it' It. sounds unbeliev
able now, but our Church' had to
keep her foot down firmly a gains*
a terrific howl. But she had no
choice. She knew God couldn’t die
wrong, and His commandment was
at stake It must be the howlers
who were wrong.
And we set- the same -art of
buck-passing so often in our own
day: “We can’t use alcohol intelli
gently Lets try prohibition"
"We’ve made a mese of free enter
prise Let’s try communism." —'Tt’f*
not. my fault that X lose my tem
per. That's the* way I'm built.”
The Catholic Church teaches that
persona! reformation must corn
before social reformation In nth?"
words, we mustn't be afraid to ack
nowledge our own weakness.
For Information on anything Cath
olic—write to Box 2732, Charlotte.
N. C.