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PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS I HE TAX REDUCTION VETO President Truman was probably riybi iti vetoing the tax reduction bill. Asido lTuiii iti. aryua.iMits that the government Mtouici not at this time promote a substan tial reduction in its revenues and than tax reduction right now might be infla tionary in its ebeets, the thing that really appeals to the masses is his recognition that the vetoed bill definitely favored the rich rathe) at. the expense of low and modartae income receivers who should be the chief beneiidaries of any tax cuts ,Vh. Truman implied that when the time arrives for tax reduction his wish is that the little man get some relief which in tali reel. With this in mind the average c ilia on may well have preferred to go along with the I'resident rather than ac cept the bait of tax reduction, which is always tempting, as offered in the vetoed bill. Observers not themselves rich and not dominated in hig business interests had been pointing out that the bill passed In. Congress, hut. not re-passed over his veto, would havt added from s.‘so,ooo to $50,00.1 to. the net annual "tabe home pa\' of men drawing Pig salaries, but only S3O or less forth • n,,. r whose salary :s around S2OO a month. On the basis of the percentage cuts set up by the defeat ed bill it appeared at first glance that pel's;ms of lew income were getting a tail' break, with the figures ranging tVm 30 per cent lor'.lie lowest bracket down to 1.0 1-2 for those with the biggest incomes; but a moment’s examination of hov- mudi would be added to the pay envelopes oj the different groupc- once revealed tin joker. Mr. Truman advocates a complete re vision of the tax schedule when tax cuts are in order rev i'ion giving substan tial relief to those who ... ed it most and can benefit most by . estoration of their purchasing power. Os c-.qrr.se the question is whether or not the next year’s Con gress. or that of the year after, will br ine lined to draft and pass the kind <-t bib the .President and the masses of the people war*, t,'nless either the composi tion of the present Congress is radically changed, or the present members some how arrive at a new regard for and ap preciation oi real equity in taxation, the prospect is no re too good. SEEK HOW IT FEELS Any Negro who thinks about it deeply can appreciate. tome phase-- oi the reac tion of tin white people in the area in South Carolina which was the scene of a lynching and of the subsequent abso lution of the lynchers. In exactly l h e same wav he can understand t h e atti tudes, at least some of them, of the peo ple of Rich Square and Northampton brought to their community by the Bush incident. It is only human to resent, public criti cism. and just as human to try to avoid trying to shift it elsewhere, or by offer ing some kind of alibi or other. Often the blame by disclaiming- responsibility, or protest of pers,... alien is loudest when the feeling of guilty responsibility is strongest, and thT" "•-gr for mankind in general., So whatever the actual foundation in fact for some of the statements-a bout the THE CAROLINIAN Published by The Carolinian Publishing Co. Entered as second-class matter, April 6, 1940,. at th* Post Office at Raleigh. N, C., under Tie Act of March 3. 5879. P. R. JPTVAy, Publisher C. D. HALLIBURTON, Editorials Subscription fetes One Year, $2.50, Sis Months, $1.75 Address all comma ideations and make all checks -oayabls to The Ganelin An rather than to Individuals. The Cfroliniaa pxpreasiy repudiates H r iliifrti'giiH'K i?fTi| H?tar fffl* «*■<•? nr>c*/x.l•!ox bxxAt, M. >» ■«'*.'» *. »»• VlM*.*. V« Mu) *.«!• *.* C,. OW ‘•.'th* vi*>- manuscript, etc., unless stamps are sent. „ US East Hargett SL. ftaiel&N U-C, situation in Northampton which have come from there, including one by the chief of police and another by his wife, that these statements should try to ex plain the lynching attempt by making it appear that they are the natural out growths of righteous indignation over a long series of .- ex crimes perpetrated by Negroes in the community is not surpris ing. Nor is it strange that the people re sent the bad publicity of which they are naturally ashamed. That the chief’s wife went so far as to call the attempted lynch ers heroes, however, is both surprising and not a little disturbing. The white people of Northampton. Greenville, and elsewhere, can learn a lesson from all this, however, if they will. There i- a distinct, analogy between the position in which they have been placed by these incidents and the attendant pub licity and the position the Negro finds himself in practically always that of finding the whole group judged by toe actions of the worst individuals in it though the latter may be in the minor ity, and a very small one at that. These white people are ashamed of and resent the publicity that has come to their com munities as a whole. They resent, iutter ly the fact that the outside world, does not apparently differentiate between the whole community and the small group of men within the community who mack up the mobs and the jury which threw justice out the window. Negroes stay in the same boat into which Rich Square and Greenville people nave just been shoved. Negroes are lazy. Negroes will steal, Negroes smell bad. Negroes are loud and rowdy. Negroes use razors, bu’ not for shaving, on Satur day nights especially. Negroes won’t come to work Monday mornings. Negroes are carefree, licentious, discourteous, dumb, bumptious, and so on ad infinitum. Now the shoe i- on the other foot. North ampton County lynches or tries: Green ville lynches and frees confessed lynch ers. There is just enough truth in su c h statements to make the innocent mem bers of any group receiving such blanket characterization to make them ashamed and so much injustice in the indiscrimin ate lumping together of all 1 h e group without discrimination as to make them hopping mad. Furthermore they are mad because they have to be ashamed, • Human nature is much the same even - where. If we could all conduct ourselves in accordance with the Golden Rule, in word and deed and thought, there would bs -o much less to l.v ashamed of, and mad about and apologetic for. COMMISSION LOOKS AT NATIONAL. GUARD 1\ is with gratification that we note the recommendation bv President Truman’s Advisory Commission on Universal Mili tary Training that something very defin ite and specific be done about the Ne gro and the National Guard in the south ern states. Not. so long ago on this page it was noted that the complete absence of Negroes from the militia in the South was not only an anomalous but a danger ous situation, considering the extremely important part, the National Guard plays in our total military defense organization, and considering the fact that Negroes are expected to form about 10 per cent of .our fighting forces whenever fighting is in order, l't was also remarked on in these columns that these facts had seemed to have escaped public attention almost entirely. The Commission has made a very clear statement of the issue, it “considers harmful the policies of the states that exclude Negroes from their national guard units/' and adds: “The civilian components should be expanded to include all segments of our popt.;iati-on without, sag< cgu I.ion or oi,-.-• •crimination. Total defense requires the participation of all citizens in our defense J*m Mu. I ''W HJIX What could be more sensible? P'^ sjyj&BSfa r— \ EDITORIAL: ‘‘Equality . . . The Americay Way!" lf||| Jeccncl Thoughts \ f| fcy C. D, HALLLBUHTQH j tt The mc- Kicked up over Wal laces Washington speech and the rn Conference lor Human Welfare sponsoring: hv appear a nee in tin .-.atior'- capital was nothing short of ridiculous. Cer l; inly Mr Wallace as a promin ent Aircva jri eiilx.cn and former high olficici .>f tie Government it. due hi? say on what he think:- .. wroni; wit!) ihc management •at the- ration’s affable Just as cer tainly thf charHC Oi<>t either he o. the Southern CniHerence for Human Welfare is nniiod with Communism or under Commun ist influence* i: pure foolinshnoss .such as would be indulged in onlv by > uefc pci 5..-n> and agen cies as the ex-Dies Committee, the Hears! Press and others with curious and perverse ideas as to vahai is "I.’n-An'ier". an " Os course corn* volet ans' organizations join ed in the movement to cay Mr Wallace, "r ;u least sont; member.' of uch organizations But there an aha avs among veterans a rath er fanatical group who seem tv believe that because rht y fought ii. war in defense of the eoun irv th,-. ihereby became the seic | i est We Tcrset. Bv W. ).. GKKENK 1 ; m> Ni-v.:; 11.,.- ju:-l come o! the final :.i Hi,-- 'i .nt -Hurtlev li’n"" biii by li.t. SciiMie evtl I 'resui<. p 1 luiiu. i s .(.•:■• Tr.c iicws w.lt be eiai iiiiug 10 rv.iiny Amt means who iig'U'w.t (hat rciiCiton uc- not to bt i.j.keii e, ion. i,. and ihai oui li.iti; •■; comp!. ausiie, fundamen .l 1 . nets id 11 •!no:. racy was not very dangerous. Th;. logic .if re action i. now ueimi.-rstratea tor till i : see . r.d ti ; -orr.r to regr et the results «>t. ■ho biii was no* oil bad but it,, bad features so overshwtiov.ed tin good that or ganized Itiboj " ;s all out in op position to lilt hill us a whole. NVw .e mu-; live with the new regime 11 1 ianor relfiilons. new be cause th, few g no features of the Taft-Hartley bill promise to do away with .• o abuses which or ganized lathii has pcToret.t'aU'd in th, lus.or.. .1 the U.r.H.i move- SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev. M. W. Wiili&ms Subject- Enduring ComributioiH c i lire Nation. —• 2 Ch-rorr. s-ti; Ps. llSiMti. 105-112. Isa. 2:1-5; Mwah C. Printed text; 2 Choi 5:1; 6:12- 21 psalms nS-105- Isa. :»•'.»-4; Mieah Key Vers-e; "hie <God> will leach us of His ways, and we will walk in Hi? potli." Isaiah 2:3. U.-umL’y we have what is called !* review. but the International Council ul Tvciudous Education is trying to impress- itixin u- ’hat in our review we h find that the Rise and Pal) oi a Nation left contributions which will endu’-c CVi.li 1,0 Tjj( ~ I'iO '.n (..he vrorju. Israel, (he Hebrew Nation, God’s chosen people with ail of their ups and downs, has given or left , a liviug Ivvntjgc us the Old Testa ment Scripture which as 3 chal lenge to any individual, race or nation to oupurdt tfaeinselvas Ur THE CAROLTMTAN interpreters and protector's of the nation's welfare in every con ceivable respect. The Hearst newspapers are fea turing charges that bo!h Wallace and tne S>nrthcrn Conference lot rfuman Welfare are Communist tools, knowingly or unwittingly. H e charges were aired by the House Ur r-American Activities Committee which is {.gain f’ud itig a Red under every bed. One of the proofs that the Southern Conference is un-Art!er rcan and following the Commun ist party line is that its members take a "foreign" attitude toward H e matter of civil right.-, ('.special ly fui the Negro. Any.-no born or Irving in the South who publii ly air, views implying that the Ne should be first-class citizen of America is at once suspect in the eyes t■> lot of Americans: because such view a according to He ir nit* rpret.iticm. are prinia i.'H'it evi"'.;ncc of foreign mtlu* t.rico. No American sh< ttld he so dumb or* at. .sr/rfiii. they think. That's what is th*. mailer with the Southern Conferenev. And since Wallace is hanging out with them IVm-ii Hr. tit-r: s (,~i ig parly be - earn.' TOO I.tMURAL tor the re octiona• ie. of the Old South and Wall St 1 et. liioiiy vu , :s ttli" hi lieved * ■ 11 gll l s <•: i.ituu as’ c-ciiiit-d hi llk- W .*gii»■; cI vraruect tr, reuu n to the old puUer n of cx ploitation gainst the weaker ia i tit irfOUjjS such Us lie. cm led la borer.- -it the South They v .led lor a R'.ui.ibhctiH cctigtes- in the hope of getting >he Niw Oeai stopped and. counting' on their e- 1 league;- ;n organized labor for .: genera) stand against aou-labor legislation, lorgot tiit.i freedom akoi' from part of th, people is ■ ex; tost to all the people Now ...th much of tabor's wer-Mnc gams wiped out by restrictive Ifgislation (!u unions face ;; new and harder struggle t. restore basic rights of ordinary citizen,, chip to themselves in tar a* method.- o prc.rruilmg 'heir cause is concerned. the high moral .md religious standards as set forth m the Old Sacred Scriptures Oil HERITAGE From t'iv- time that man was marie in ihf image of God. throughou' :lit' ttiirly-nute books which eointirLse the Old Tesla* mem. there is a persistant and cover>ed effort to bring man into right relationship with God and his brother through (tic- revealed Word of God by sir.noois and fig ures pointing to Jesus Chris! His Son. Even now the Jews 'point with pride to the benevolent pur pose ol God a fii'U H>” calk’d Adia !;am and said: "T will bless thee and thou sfea.lt be a bless, sing and in thee shall sill the families of the earth be blessed" < Gen 12.2-3). Moses and the Ten Commandments the Hebrew legislation foundation, summed ihiil'.- just one more count against hint. The best that can be said for ;uch people as Wallace arid South ern Conference rnunueis, accord ing to certain members of the Un- American Commit'and many othersi is that they are misguid ed. visionary and being led by -tick Communists who are pulling the wool over their eyes. At worst i hev are conscious fellow-trav elers u: diiwnn-.ht secr et Reds, no matte how much they may deny •*. according to others. Jennings Perry, the Nashville. Tennessee. publicist who now elite-, foi PM, sums up the real rase for the Southern Conference for Human Welfare in the follow ing paragraph: "I've had my eyes on the Southern Conference for Human Welfare ever since it was born. . . I get it.- publications and have aitended a good many of its meet ings I’ve never known the organ ization to from for anything but tin cardinals of the American Constitution —a radical and dan gerous practice, to be sure but hardly un-American. It Will piofit hiiie in the future n ihc r anks of labor urv no; clos ed iU'ound ALL worker.- as or ::i/.ed union grdups set'k re el ess at :he polls. Justice has a >c.i.v ~.f catching up with people historif ally, f 1 :• closed shop Iras be; it a boon to orgaiuzed labor and bucanie :■ necessity for sin.- : c-ssßi) barginiung a.i .unst those employers who would seek scabs and strikebreaker's to force wage scales: downward. Bui the closed shop abused its rights in the ex clusion of qualified workers for other than economic reasons. The new low will he difficult to live end© and will reduce democracy for those who want orderly change through political action but labor can learn a valuable k's,- -on from its betrayal. When or ganized labor works for the right'- of all workers, a better law w;lj result up when Christ crime into two love for God and love for out neighbor, are still the basis on which our modern legislation 1. frmeted. Ths ts bn Friar! a und ilv? Temple in which the Ark and the Shekineh indicated the presence of God; so we have our rhurehe;- with the Holy Spirit reviving and strengthening the Christian fam ily in their worship today. A large (•■onion of the preachers message today has iff background in rich Old Testament literature. We have come info possession of the Bible oi the Aiicitm Hel-rew from which r> iakeri ire ily 'isuiirrs as part of our study. It contains twenty-two stanzas, each of eight, verses in length, designated by toe twenty-two !«*•• <?-••« oft he He brew alphabet and nas been called ‘■Re alphabet of divine love" of the praise, love, power and use WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1947 * ~ ZIBEiagEEHZir [’ ay a. HANCOCK FON ANN MEET THE NEGRO LAWYER For lo these many years we have played up our Negio phy sicians, clergymen, athletes and scholar’s; but precious little or nothing has been said about the Negro lawyer. Notice is hereby given that the Negro lawyer has arrived. Fortune decreed that this writer could be in Columbia at the time of the two epoch making trials pertaining to the democratic primaries and the admittance of Negroes to the University of .South Carolina. Thurgogd Marsha’ 1 !, supported by Attys. Caller and Bouiware, staged one of the most spectacular displays of legal ability that this country has ever seen. It will be a long re membered occasion when three top-flight Negro lawyers stood oil nine top-flight lawyers of South Carolina. it must not be assumed that shyster lawyers were in charge to oppose Mai shall. Carter and Bouiware and this makes all the more noteworthy the performance of these remarkable young Negro lawyers acting for the NAACP. Whatever Judge Waring’* decision, the masterful work of these three young Negroes will stand out in bold relief. II they win, as we hope they will, they will have won from nine or more of the best lawyers that ever walked behind a South Carolina bar. If they lose they will have iost to the* best that the Palmetto stale had to offer. it is never a disgrace to lose to a top notehei and that is just what South Carolina hurled into this legal battle in her studied attempt to side-step the decision os' the United States Supreme court which ruled that Negroes were •.•nulled to vote in the Democratic primaries. 1 thought as t heat'd these capable lawyers defending theii state and the sou'h, in their attempt to disfran ehise Negroes rn direct opposition to the constitution of the Unit* -i State.-: that if half the energies were spent in try mg to uphold the constitution, how gieat a purpose would thereby be rerved. South Carolina, my native ,-tate, is tragic in its studied a* 'tempts to destroy the constitution unde; which we have become the nation of the earth. The studied fairness in the various rulings of Judge Waring left little to be desired. The defense which South Carolina made her.ship to social choice—which invariably < >eludes Negroes of in salvaging the primary for a club system which limits its meni al! persuasions—was masterfully handled and as masterfully rtfi died by f&arshall and Company, One of the outstanding things about the trial was the cordi ality that pervaded the court roon The courtesies manifested by opposing attorney-:- would have w. rmed the heart, but tor the tact even the casual observers knew that court-room amenities were secondary to the great issue of the Negro's constitutional rigid.-- without which he will utterly perish from the nation. So those capable Negro lawyers have the satisfaction o* i now mg that their case was heard before a fearless judge and in tlu- last analysis this constitute* a majui advantage. When three Negro lawyers can stand off nine of the best white lawyers nerv ing i state noted foi its great lawyers, we nave a picture that should convince the most skeptical that the Negro lawyes has arrived. There is no finer spectacle today than, that presented by the NAACP sending into the legal fray trained Negro lawye $ who know what ought to he done and know how to do it. Shv . 'e! lawyers could n-*t fill the requirements of such case as that held in Columbia. .1 became sick, at heart when j remembered that each year the NAACP has to run a "financial revival" in urdex to get money to curry forward its program, 1 wonder alter all how far have Negroes progressed when they must be begged and. cajoled into supporting the NAACP. There are a million Negroes in this coun try who ought to send without solicitation their annual dues This campaigning fox funds for the NAACP is a great shame and tra gedy. By its works the Negroes by now should know it How long will tile NAACP have to beg its way? New Book Evaluates Truman As “Little Man” iThe Missouri Compromise, By Trk ('offin, Published li> Little, Brown and Company, Boston. S'M«. ‘US Papes. $3 Bj Albert Anderson for ANF The Missouri i • .iir.p/oreise of 1830 Mid the Missouri compromise oi 15*44 were both made to appease tile south The author of this work. 7.J- Coffin, di.voted his analysis to • in- events of the Truman admmis toulion and he refer* to his; story , ; j he* compromise of 1946. The hook deals with the government under Mr Truman will) his special* ;y appointed friends i"oir, Missouri. For ii time as ou* outhe: writes, iur. Truman made it appear that hi. would be guided in the main toy the philosophy of his predeces r who was so popular at his death that the inexperienced and sc:all ‘own politician that Mr Truman v.did not dare to launch out on an entirely new national policy, rut in ;■ taw months he let. one af ter another of the Roosevelt key cabinet men go into private life. I ekes, Wallace and Bowler left the posts they held unde'. President Roosevelt. Truman K-y:m to lean toward the right After ho had held t* e pt esidoncy a year, the President from Missouri and his Missouri oi the Wor do i God. A VALUABLE ANf> I'BIXTOCS HE BIT AGE Then- :;i f things we inherit pre cious only to us, but not valuable. Not >. • with the word of God. "Thy word have J hid in ray heart that 1 might not sin against thee." Th> word is a lamp unto my feet. : nd o. Ugh t unto my path." How bad).; we need Its hi" farad Ps t ’P: 13ii. The enerni --s of secret doubts; salsa teachers; false friutds: the pitfalls tad dangers. The v. i.ju of God it. a lantern which will keep tt- from losing our way in a darkened world and lead us into the pre-s:.'nee of God. MieSft iis a valuable sum motion: “He hath shown thee, O man. what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to friends he id power m Washington ■.itid they were using it mostly to , please the National Association of Manufacturers tin:- steel interests and big money interests who for a 1, ug tiro;- had been smarting under ;iie Riiosevei- ndmiinMnition which v/as essentially one in the interest •>i the masses and the common man. Mr. Coffin makes a good job ».t ntrasting Mi Truman and Mr. Roosevelt Naturally, the contrast in the main is to Mr. Roosevelt’s advantage. The President is repre sented as a sincere and well mean ing executive who kicks the lead ership ability and political know ledge which made Mr Roosevelt ;><: outstanding chief executive. Mr. Roosevelt and. Mr. Truman, we find from the author’s book, were poles apart iri their philoso phy of government if it can be . aid that Mr Truman has any such philosophy. Like the impossible Herbert Hoover, Mr. Truman seems inclined to set things work them selves out, Mr Roosevelt was the exact opposite. He believed in working them out and believed the government owed that to the com mon man who always suffers when tin- do nothing policy to- followed. justly and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God? Herein is the standard by which the individual soul is to be meas ured This is valuable to the man who would sett God’s face in peace. Isaiah, the Prince of Old Testament prophets bequethed to us a vision of a social world ord er s, ben men shall make the church pre-eminent, saturated, with the Holy Spirit and follow ing divine instruct km. when he said: "And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and theu .-pears into prunning hooks: Ma lions shall not Hjsht up their words against nation, neilhfer . shalj. they icara war any more.” He (God i will tc-ach us of his way®, and we Will walk in his path, isa 2:3-
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