PAGE FOUR
EDITORIALS
PLANN ‘ u G
We und ■’rstand that the RaK*igh School
Board, with trie aid of a -oup oi rep
resentative citizen* from, various civic
bodies has drawn up plans for the >m
mediate future of Raleigh's school sys
tem. It is well known that the Raleigh
School Board is all white. It seems
that the group of 50 or more citizens
which ha had discussions with the
Board, leading to the plans as fo.j. dated,
was also all white.
How the Raleigh School Board could
proceed with plans affecting all the peo
ple of the city, more liar 20 per cent of
whom are colored, without any consul
tation with any nmresc'niutives of the
Negro segment of citizenry, would
be quite a mystery except for certain
things which have gone on before in re
gard to the m-.inagement of Raleigh’s
Negro schools. What explanation the
Board may have for railing *d include Ne
groes in the discussions at the planning
stage is a mystery. Your guess t - food
as ours,
But we think the whole thing L relat
ed to a philosophy t.h<u goer something
like this; There »r#» Raleigh schools,
end then there are schools for Raleigh
Negroes. The ovtra* adn "’.stration is
the same, but the white schools are the
system and the Negro schools are an ad
junct. White schools are a community
i j- f ; Negro schools ar things which
me given Negroes Since they are given
Negroes the latter need have no voice
’ in the planning even for Negro schools,
much less for the whole system, of which
they are only an appendage. Lfter ev
* yihing is decided a few Negroes may
h - called in and told what HAS BEEN
.’ me, for the sake of appearances, and
because after all Nctocs do vote in Ral
eigh, and parts of the program will call
f >- an election to determine whether the
u;k rate shall be increased.
The Peabody report i-self. insofar as
was made -jeerhed to take the
rre slant. Ml the basic recommend*-
c. r.r to taka iu granted thN the
-:tV s«.'tool ... oU*o w:r- for whit--, and
that there was a branch 01 the syster 1
also, operated for the uon-wn:«.es.
But there win •- ’• time when tne Ne
gro citizens will each count one. There
will be an election.
Maybe the day will come when Ne
groes will be regarded as citizens of the
cororrmnu, and not a c p< at grou whu n
has things conferred upon it if ■ 1 when
the power? that be decided that such
and-such is proper and ca i be done
without too much expenses, or tro üble, or
interference with the wclfmc of folks
fliai really count. Aiaybe the day will
even come when the separate-but-equal
myth will be junk.
NEGRO 7 STOPY WEEK
Dr John Hope Frajiklin . addresses at
St. Augustine’s and Shaw were particu
larly appropriate to Negro History
Week. The emphasis must be, as he ays.
on honest history, true history ohiective
history. Historians have lent then.- -’*’es
far too much in the past to t* « ends of
propaganda, to the m istering of myths
and prej- ’ '«t and errors grown respect
able with age. There is hardly a branch
of learning whi _h iia. been m prostituted.
The modern Negro scholar, of whom
Dr. Franklin himself is an excellent ex
tern pfd, is doing much to gti Hie record
v- debt. This modem ...gro scholar is
j c pted in his field, not merely as a Ne
g o, and thr refo-e by implication a coun
t... propogandisw but as a real and hon
est scholar, interested in the truth, the
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other direction but by digging up the facts
passed over and discounted by others. In
this work he is of course aided by many
capable and honest vvhit-t scholars, some
,ot J., ..r in the South or of uthern origin.
Dr. Carter G. Woedr.c specially, and
his pioneer associates > ors, really
started something when they started the
movement, for the study of Negro history,
.of which movement Nog >A History Week
is only one manifestation, -or growing
number of capable and co" ms men
and women every week h Neg. > History
Week.
INEPT
It is extremely unfortunate that the
students in our colleges hit upon such
me) ' mid insane ways i f registering their
protests against conditions. Even when
their complaint? are w-. u-iounded they
often damage their ease by the proce
dures used in airing them.
During the Founders Day ecßbrations
at .Hampton it seems that the students de
cided to stay away on masse from certain
public i • .grams. It apparently did not
occur to flu that it. would be discour
teous. to express their dissatisfaction at
the expense of invited guest speakers,
most of whom had nothing to do with
then* grievances.
Whatever the merits of a cause it is
never in older to disregard the matter of
proeedur-s and tactics. A good cause can
Ik damaged by foolish tactics, and a bad
one made to k worse.
WHAT 'HE WALLACE
MOVEMENT MEANS
l ire Wai 1 aee-for-President movement in
North Carol,', h can do no harm. Truman
will get X tb Carolina’s electoral votes
in N, . and the value oi a protest
move against both the old-F i parties
may justify the Wallace campaign in this
stale. In other states, where the ba!bit
ing may be close, and where the Wa. ace
votes may result in throwing the state
to We Republicans, the situation is more
serious.
At times one finds that one does not
have i choice between good and bad, but
oniv een the lesser . f two " ils. La
bor, Negroes an d othe „i. mrities, in
cluding the liberals, se, feel that the
Democratic Party u; ' present na
tional leadership is a lesser evil than the
Republican party, dominated as it is by
economic and social con rvatives. Many
persons, probably a at » only, in
these groups, decry Vs a v< ndidaev
though they have a nigh admiration for
many of his personal c i; .its and agree
wi.'ii his stand op certain issues. They ob
ject to his candidacy for the obvious rea
son that they do not want to see votes
for Wallace place in too presidency a
react umar"
What the Republic?’ will have to
offer depends, of course, on who is nom
inated ~t the Convention; but barring
unforeseen developmets the nominee is
almost certain to be a conservative. Th-'
performance of the present Republican
dominated Congress is a good indication
of what a vLiory for that party in No
vember v.ouid mean for the next four
years.
There are enough real Democrats to
maintain some kind of check on the Han
kinses, C-oxc. Georges, O’Danielses and
so forth • nd with a Democratic president
thing- might not be so bad. But how
would a Republican president like Taft,
with . Republican Congress, be kept from
arrying the '*y back to the pre-F. D.
Roosevelt era as fast as possible?
WILMINGTON MAYOR APPROVES
Prominent Negro citizens of Wilming
to have pres a ted to the city administra
tion « str ;g case for the employment of
color-' ’ r e officers, Wilmington is the
only major can in the state wThout Ne
gro policemen. It is hoped and expected
that the comtcilmen of Wilmington will
join Mayor E. L. V, hite, who has already
expressed himself as in favor of the po
licy advocated and so ably set forth by
the del gabion which met the city fathers.
THE CAROLINIAN
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Bgv-d-inb " '■ a -•.-«* .••••• e.-pyMAlh
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j .-1» ■'-** -eX vtevkS.
"THE SOUTHERN MINE FIELDS!"
Bfeccnd I hcufihts
®y C D. ATOIk
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Nothing has been said m tni?
corner about the new develop
ments in the graduate and pu»-
onal school situation in the
southern states. This was be
cause we were waiting tc -
what was the real story be
hind the ostensible opening • ‘
L.-,;von- tv oi Arkansas to
N- yio graduate students W>
fcii laat s..Hi.-’, le.or*: Lgnt was
certronlv chu- on this apparer.i •
ly VI lot Wi I.i-lonking m»v<
jjv one of the most Lackwe. h
stales of the entire South.
Finally the hgni dawned.
Examine*ion of the Negro press
revealed that Negro students
may enter the University of Ar
kansa-. law srhi ,i, but only b;>
the back dooi. vs it * t) e. They
ns ,.. , il l ,. ..*me buildings
as other students, and use some
ri th : i ■ dries but the'
are r*t to be instructed in the
ro'i. . ’asses with t;:«- < • *>■ • :
-U! ants- They will have the
s:u’-e . l.rhers, as there appar
ently r-. ill be no special facu!
j.v f ( Negroes, but there wd!
be Ncgrci classes, prc-sumaiiy
even though such classes may
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev. M.W. Williams
Subject: The Fellowship oi
Chr-i: tiun Believer:;. Act- 2:37-47.
F.p'r. 4-1-6
Kt” - Vrrsc*: “Thci't* jf ihu*
oru i i-pirii. ever-, a: 3' c
v* (.-tiled in oinopD of yov
c ..j;n A C:.e Lord one taiih, or.'*
baptism ■« God -md Fmoci ■
all. who is over all. and through
all. and in all." id-6.
Living together in that intimate
bond, which unites Christian oc
iSevers is genuine fellowship. We
extend ‘the right hand of fellow
-hip" to Church menriDors, but we
'■ -,r-.ch. if either those who ex
lend it or those who receive i *
grasp the s-ignilicar.ee of the
rihi ise It is more than the hand
shake—its sharing wnat one has
jvs any thing A.:- Gelation
joint psiticipation ir joys and
sorrows richer and povert '
THE BELL TOLLS
1U LEONARD li BELL
Wilh a return to tre two-party
political system in some states m
the South, the first since the dr.".-
of reconstruction, the Negro voter
now has his chance to strike u
defeating blow to tnose of !h
South who insist thai 'The Deni
net 'tic Party is a White Man’s
Party".
These were tne word s ', of a white
South Carolinian, but it if also
the dogma of the Democratic
Puily in the South. It is the ex
press ion of the "Solid South
where -the Garners, the Talmnd r ,es,
the Fnsimans ;md of their
ilk. strain at the pillars of democ -
racy in a futile effort to re-en
siave the Negro This the politi
cal section c»f the country wheic
the spawn of Hitlerism is daily
gainirg mo m <mtum.
These die -hard colonels of pro
civil way days, who are still great
landlords, retain control of vast
estates arid fabulous wealth
wrung from the sweat and blood
consist of only one student
Now we set what Arkansas
proposes to do. in an attempt
to meet the Supreme Court
mandate after a fashion. It is
the kind of "compliance" that
Alabama has effected as to suf
frage by the Boswell Amend
ment, or in the same spirit. It
is oi a piece with the gallery
for “cullud. It will save the
State of Arkansas the money
it would otherwise have to put
into establishing a "sepai ate
but equal” law school of the
kind set up by South Carolina,
i t the same time maintaining
the essentials of the status quo.
Frankly, we • not know which
"solution" is the worse, that
of South Ca'olina or that of
Arkansas, and we are quite
doubtful that what prevails in
either is better than the actual
and prospective situation in
Oklahoma, looked at as a whole.
Tlu- case ,n Delaware- appears
to be quite different. Appar
ently what has been done m
that state is .< conscientious at
tempt to meet the Supreme
with love as the basic principle.
Christian Fellowship has no
bounds It steps over races an-.:
denominations and transcends r> <•
ti ojihties. The Fatherhood of God
r.nd th< brotherhood of man maim
us one in Christ and as such Ws
are slowly moving, forward. Th*-
World Alliance - Worlds Feder
ation of Churches. Federal Coun
i-il of Churches -and many otho.--
are examples, ir. holding on to
the above- essentials may expec
enlargement, Christian fellowship
and a permanent place in the
Kingdom of heaven
PEACE *N THE CHURCH -
ESSENTIALS
In the discussion oi a Church
program, Paul, in his letter to the
Ephesians stresses the need of
unity which will make for peace
among Christian believers. He be
of poverty-ridden masses, white
and Negro and then strenuous
attempts to keep him in hit,
“place" have dimmed their vis
ion and befuddled their mental
ity
They are not aware of the sc
Holer:’!cal and ideological changes
in the world today. They even
failed to comprehend or to fully
understand the exigencies that
prompted the creation of the New
Deal . . . They called it an "alien''
party, despite the fact that it was
an off-spring of that same old m
dividualistlcally selfish, political
revenge hunting Lily white” par
ty of Reconstruction day birth
It was. and slili is, impossible
for them to real!/- th. t youth ha
new ideas and constructive
thoughts That the old must ch,
so that the young may live, five/
would destroy, sc they must b<
destroyed.
Even in time of war these rncSi
carried on this political farce <t
lily whitistto, boldly acclaiming
Court mandate in the Sipuel
case The story from Dela
ware is lacking in some details,
but the public statement, of the
responsible officials is to the
effect that Negroes who arc
qualified will be- accepted at the
University of Delaware for any
course of study not offered at.
the Negi-c- state institution at.
Dover. 'This staatement would
appear to mean that undei
giaiuate students as well as
graduates failing in that cate
gory may attend the Univer
sity.
If things are as they seem
to be in Delaware, and if no
.straddle as to separate classes
a id other such reservations are
ci.nt--minuted as in the case of
Arkansas, then the little state,
which after all is at least as
much northern as ;t is south
ern, is really in the vanguard,
oi better, is THE vanguard a
shaping an educational policy
not only in harmony with the
letter and spirit of the Supreme
Court’.- decision, but -also con
sistent with common sente.
seeches th< rr to "walk worthily
oi tbi calling where with ye were
called." i F.ph. 4:1). The seven
fold unity: One Lora, one faith,
one baptism, one God and Fatfc
er. one body one Spirit and one
hope oi our calling. The Church oi
th living God is governed by one
H !y Spirit God the Father.
God the Son and God the Holy
Ghost and -„ve are baptized, ai
cording to our faith in our Lord
and Savioui Jesus Const by the
Holy Spirit into tne body of Christ
1 1 Cor 12:1*3) How one believer
m the Church can encourage bad
feeling, hatred and even lie upon
another has always baffled me
Then there ir this matter of race
and church discriminations --
Jesus against Genules. Can w
ignore the Fundamental Unitic,
of Christian FcHowrh-p and have
peace?
'hemselves the enemies of Ne
ernes. Negroes are citizens and
it can easily be said that the
enemies of American citizens in
time of war be those citizens
white or black, are enemies of
America. For this reason the pro
paganda of our enemies must be
suppressed and diverted. THEY
MUST BF BEATEN AND DE
FEATED IN NOVEMBER.
These men whose “hog-callins”
voices make them excellent pro
pagandists for a "Selfish few
and who readily break their Con
gressional oath by seeking to un
broil the country in racial strife,
have outlived their usefulness to
the country . . along with their
‘•LU> while" party.
Ever now they are struggling
in the tentacles of a fast changing
world a world whose peoples arc.
throwing off the yoke of white
superiority in an effort to gair
equality, justice and security or
a true interprets*tion of democ
racy.
WEEK ENDING, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY £l,
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es!vy} A •»«>«».»w
ay DEAN B. HANCOCK EQ# ANP
IS IT TIME FOR CHANGE?
This writer, an incurable Roosevelt enthusiast and devotee,
remembers very distinctly how, during the last presidential cam
paign Dewey was speaking over the radio, insisting that it was
time for a change.” Dewey was really driving home his point in
such fashion that I was glad when he went off the aair; because I
felt that his speech was doing irreparable damage to Roosevelt’s
and my cause
Had that campaign gone on a few weeks longer there can be
little doubt that Dewey would have convinced the nation that
it was in very truth ''time for a change,” If Dewey is renominated,
it i.s going to take somebody with a lot of political ingenuity to
prove that it is not time for a change! Just as a one-partv system
is bad for politics and the people, it. is not gdod for one party to
remain too long in power If Roosevelt is gone and with him went
my enthusiasm for the Democratic party.
I voted lor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Great, four tunes
and would have voted for his indefinite occupancy of the White
House, not alone because he was a great democrat, but because he
was a great President whose sagacity- was equal to every national
emergency Any man who could save a country from the mest
the Republicans under Hoover had produced, had my undying
gratitude and my vote besides. Any man who could buy off a re
volution with a few billions that perhaps would have destroyed
our civilization, I regarded as a wizard and agreed with him that
the bargain was worth the price.
My wonder today is. do we hove a man quite as capable for
repeating such astounding feats of servic .for the cause of national
safety and the larger cause of human betterment and righteous
ness? Bui Roossevelts do not come in pairs, nor do they crowd
upon each other in a century, and s» today, wc- are left as it were
sheep without a political shepherd-
When I look over the crop of present day aspirants, my heart
sinfe within me. Henry Wallace is the only one of the lot that
really knows what it is all about. The opposition that is being
flaunted in his way is one oi his highest compliments. Wallace
has millions of ‘up-the-sleeves” admirers but without moral cour
age to take a stand loi him and cam a vole- These admirers are
somewhat of the same kind as the average politician who is able,
at the same time, to sit on the fence and keep his ear to the ground.
When we put politics above principle, we are playing the age
long dangerous game with the same abandon as those before us,
who have put our nation in the middle of a “bad fix”.
fi ju; t as well for the prospective voters of this country
to face the stubborn fact that there is little or no difference be
tween the Republican and Democratic parties. They are the same
at boast with only in name Laying aside the party
label:--, they amount to the same thing and especially for minority
groups.
There is eric big accomplishment that must be put down to
the credit of the Ropubliean-eomplexioned congress and that is,
it refused 1 , sent Bilbo! This is easily one of the great political
accomplishments- of the century The Democrats would never
have contested his scat, but the Republicans stubbornly refused
to seal the "highly questionable” representative- of Mississippi po
lite.-. and senator from the delta Negroes in rewarding-those who
haw rendered favor cannot in reason forget this major accom
plisnment of the Republicans that resulted in Bilbo’s dying in
semi disgrace, a punitive hate he so surely deserved.
But this wzitor lias long since- soon the futility in slavishly
supporting parly politics, for as between the parties, it is like
swopping he devil for the witch. This writer':- great admiration
and devotion t< Rooswehism was a personality matter rather
than politif..l. Habitues of th< race-track will tell us that when
you do not know the horse, place your money on the jockey. And
that .-> ex.- etlj what this writer has been doing since Roosevelt
appeared ft; the presidential scene. My unswerving sppport went
to the man and hi; polieiC: rather than his party. Is it time for
a change?
MAHATMA GANDHI
By WILLIAM HENRY HUFF Ft* ANP
They have killed Mahatma Gandhi
And laid his body low.
They have sent his soul to heaven
Where all such spirits go.
But. they’ve failed t<. quench the longing
Which in his bosom burned;
Ah, that tower which he construe:ed
Cannot be overturned.
JOB REAL PROBLEM
PORTLAND. Ore <ANP.> —L. D.
Tipncr. father ol 10-month-oM
quadruplets. is having a hard tin.
finding work to care it i the quin
tet and six other members of lus
household. Since last October, he
has been searching sot permanent
employment which would enable
him to provide for his family.
Soon after the quad; were born,
neighborhood grocei .-••ok to kid
ding Tigner about the
shopping bags n look to lug farm
ly groceries home. Recently he no
ticed that the number of bags bad
dropped to one. A check-up reveal
ed that the Tien or family is bare
ly able to keep body and soul to
gether.
Besides the quads, there are
ihree other children Manda Ley
15; Mary Lee, 9; and Robert Let,
pmlfii pie >** ?**l
! BOTtHA SkAVE MO»ETHAN /.Au ..
IIX YEARS A&ft 3-OMN T SMlife,,..
TEttNtFfflt ESCAPED FROM
MD-TO MASS-THERE HS
WORKED POPS HIS EDUCATlON
etfcavitwr Hi» freacwnc- - v \
UCEH3E !N ItotZ' m->. \ 'WS^
SHORTLY .AFTERWARD A \ Wttfk
TRIP TO CALIFORNIA *»»««« ■li *£• jgl
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wwveiwrrfS m«TTH«ou»- fa#* JJ* :*
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IN HIS CAREER REV.TKIW* tfr ; - ifi. |
Effß TRAVELED OVBW &*C, R#/M--
OSO MILES THRU CANADA. Jii<> * jamm BHp-
TW US - A*. AND CENTRAL
AMERICA. HE -
; OVETI 6CCD EffRMONS, AND PSjgnffiSr
! TOOK IN MORE THAW A SftfKPT*
| Or A MILLION DOLLAR*/ F* -r
A . %gS«* I
; T t u amor*
! OFMAKViMtD *
Cowwwrt*! |
j L rr-
nr* a ru 3. There are Tigner and hi*>
wife, r'd a nurse who lives with
then . Home payments come cut of
tht- oauds' trust fund. There is also
an allotment of about ?*0 a month
for their fare —a sum which is
overshadowed by the S? 5 a week
paid the nurse.
The rest of the family exists on
whatever odd job Tigner can get
But there' is nothing left Sg buy
necessities for any of The
uauds need shoes, eovfrlls, but
tour sets of everything are net
cheap. There are fuel oil, light and
food bills to be met.
Recently. Tigner has worked ir.
restaurants and as a laborer and
janitor but what he wants is
“something that 1 can count on,
week after week, month after
month. Being a Negro has made
the buntir: g*a little harder."