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Page FOUR EDITORIALS THE INEVITABLE It had to happen. Though North Uaro- Lvia’-' educational record h; deaß* * witli Nt'trroes has been better in recent year;-: than that of most southern states, every body knew that North Carolina could not remain immune to measures for further equalization of educational advantages. ! In. only way such an eventuality coula have been avoided v> eld have been tin voluntary elimination by th. State gov- I'ibiment of the si*R exisiing inequalities m higher education. Thp application for two Negroes to tlie law school of the University of North Carolina has brought one of these : tie qualities to the fore, where it •< be inred by North Carod dans, many of V'h- in have probably hypnotize. l them •selves into believing, if they knew or ti.ought aboil*- it ••* „!i t ha f the law ■ ' bool of North Carolina College was up t'> 'tandard. I he coin facts and figures ha'.e keen made public, showing that on •seyeral counts it couiu r. ■<- possible be i he young men who made apoiicalions to the only .standard law sc!, m! maintained by tile State of North Carolina have done a valuable service in bringing to the i runt pages of the stare’s newspapers the real facts about law education for Ne gro citizens. The medical school situation was prob ably better known. Here the question ol any kind of existing Negro institution in the state does not arise. The legal ques tion is whether or not the payment of tuition in an out-of-state institution pro vides the equal educational opportunity principle established b\ the Supreme Court Hi the Caines decision; It would appear that such is tv.i 'he case. The nub iu lie. a hole situation of course lies in the fact that equal facilities for graduate and professional education for persons of both ra■ ns < art be fim ~.>n.cd by the individual states only by opening existing institution? to Negro students. It is the only econortical, sensible and logi cal solution b- the problem It is the just solution, the legal solution, the common sense solution. There are many wise white people m North Carolina who know this but they haven't the stamina or the tent only, whichever it is, to lak* a stand irt favor oi -oniething which they regard as so revolutionary. We believe, as a matter of fact, that in Nor h Carolina, the opme ing of graduate am! professional sch to Negroes would cause little flurry, if it-couid ever lie got pa.- (he politician am.! others to wl " 5 thi ‘'southern way of life” has an altoget-hei mysterious sig nificance. . But something will be done; something must he done. It is a problem which will not disappear on command. It is destined to grow until the only proper • .1 Hon is accepted. Ninth Caroliim is more nearly ready for that pivr-r solution - fan it officially will admit; possiolv more near it than it rt*. "res. A .MOTHER WHITEWASH; It seems that it is getting to be a habit m North Carolina. Already the defense is being built up, and it looks as though another wh he washing is scheduled, this time in Bertie County, sheriff Harry 1- Smith has n. - 1 been convicted; he has not yet even been indicted; so the CARO LINIAN can go no further than the “probable cause" found in the prelim inary hearing. But the trend of the de fense so far outlined, with prominent THE CAROLINIAN Pubtisned by The Carolinlar Publishing To Entered as second-class matter. April fl. 1940. at the Post Office »1, Raleigh. Iv C... under the Aft of March 3, 1879. F. r-’ TRRVA?. Publisher C. D HALLIBURTON. Editorial* •Subserroticm Rates One Year, $2.50: Six Months, $1.75 Address all communications and main? <iii checks payable to The Carolinian rather than to Individuals. The Carolinian expressly repudiates responsibility for return of unsolicited pictures manuscript, etc., unless stamps are sent, k. 118 Eaai Ha igeo Sv Kaielgh, N. C. .citizens in large number* v* Hying mound to post bail, and with h'- uuony attempt ing to impugn the char < •of the pro secuting witness, gives dear indications ui what may be exp ••{ Also, just as in the Angler case, it would seem that Negro witnesses will be Cmmli to testify on '..-•'half of the defen... . In the past two or three ,v«,-.u‘s North Carolina has had more ‘ .an its share of scandals involving law enforcement of ficers. One of the latest ended in a year's sentence for a highway patrolman charged w’th molesting a girl of his own race, it looks as if the ‘‘majesty" of the law is in a very bad way in the Old North Mate, and in men ■ respects than one. ON TWO FRONTS Not many Negroes will agree with tin wisdom ol the statements made by Ran dolph and Reynolds regarding Negroes and compulsory military training and the draft., but most Negroes have experienced, probably many times, the sentiments ex pressed b- ,'■«-> two gentlemen. No matt r how pattriotie they mav be, and the vast majority of Negroes have their fair share of love of country, nearly every .mo of us has felt at times that the struggle to be rev.i Americans-was not worthwhile. Any white man who can place himself in the Negro’s position ought to be aide to understand. Within tl lifetime of many hundreds of thousands . us we have done all that was .: km* "us in two world wars. We have offered ourseb es, only to be re buried W: have been commanded to serve,'but told in no uncertain terms that only Negro service* would he expectv •, or even tolerated. We have had our country insulted throug. ?as we wore its uni form insulti’d in ways both subtle and brutal. There have been ‘no.-e who were always ready to remind us that whatever et- might be the case, nigger is -till a nigger, and the Army of the United Stales and the Cover; ■ ol he United States have open Is or Uv supported such a stand when taken bv its non-white private citizens. \\ ~ oen given in ferior training, ami vve have been * rained, moved, stationed, utilized under condi tions guaranteed to b..... . th* norale oi any men and then told vve .. . not fit to fight. We have been -*• own in hun dreds of ways that to millions, of Ameri cans being white is far more important than being American, and t h a t fellow Americans are after, all their greatest enemic.-.. if those fellow Americans art. in the wrong coolr. What Mi. Randolph and Mr. Reynolds meant was that if is time to stop coming back for more of the same, and that the only wav to stop is to stop; But vve will go back foi mui e. W-“ will because we know that the way to become full Americans is to keep struggling to become full Americans. W< will because we know that this is our country, that our destiny is inevitably tied to its destiny. vVe will because we know that we must fight two b Hies when our country needs i.r, one against the outside danger and one against the domestic one of jim-crow; ■one for the dignity of man and another r the dignity of black men. one for America a..., another to be Americans. We know that vve cannot in time of dan ger give up the no for th* other. So, grimly, -sometimes with bitterness, often with heavy hearts, we will serve against as aiwiys. The service will be ac cepted, fr b' willingly though half scorn fully, hecai.se it will be needed There wib r.gain ho those who will take pains to let us know that we are n-ot to presume that service and sacrifice deserve any re wards or change any status; and to many that gospel will be paramount over the safety of the country. But we will go on, fighting the two battles, weakened by t h e necessity of participating in two simultaneous strug gi« but hoping that v, • may be helping to win in both the figfc .-d wo wib know that when the o over, the other will still be with us. i, —.————.—, ...... . “GETTING 'i'HJNGS DONE!” Hlecoilll IKIOUSKIt* | W, ... l>. ' * •‘Totalitai ianism is an oM tiling to us ui.'vvn home. \vi know what U tee is like ! unquestioned authority ol White Supremacy, tiv;- tight political set-up of one party nourish*, u on poverty ami ignorance, solid - ifji’U t' i Snuta :n;o a totalitar ian regime undid which vve w< ;<• living w • *.*n eimrnuniMii v.a- still Rus,-.an cellar talk >*.:•! Hiilcj was nw even born.' The wore above are from ta c pen Lillian Smith a Georgia - born whit*, woman v\;. ; : ’ . : evalont of .1 sntai! Gcargio >vv n. Miss Smita best, ki i, tr. tiic American publi. - for hci popular novel. "Strang- F:; , and the play adapt* o from it, challenges the s-vuth era liberals 10 end their sil-.-.n* and take a stand lor truth, ju: Tice and right Miss Smith's slatcm* nt. from which ■<' quote, vvii- 'alien from a letter to the New York Times, published in ’ • issue of Apr:) •1 She said, ! (tit.not b< he:<r. in Georg is ever, in the lotto columns.’’ Speaking of the wa . of silence in Disk. '-vh.cn . w likens to 'h - Snviv* “iron cur Iron' i KaStcrr. funpi*. M: ■ S: .ith makes tnis observaiinn. “As a Sou: :,- n wuitoii, 1 SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Bv Rev. M. W. Williams i Subject: The Return from Fxii Ezra l-i : Haggar. i rmted H st, Ezra 1:1-8; 4:23. 24: Tigpni L-La 11. 14 Key. v.-rs, X.i caving pv his hand to 'he plov and 10r .... k . i« fit lor the Kini*d< re ■ l Coo ” hi. y t-J j When ’u. speak th* hiHor.v ■•i Hebrew people, the Ui„l • indents think at them according’ to p.nods and th.) outsland.ng leader- First period Abralr.tn. • Mos-i. 2000-544t> B C : Seen;id. period- Wrurrkring -n the W.udei rress foriy yiars. 144 C.-1400 B > j'hir'ti period - Th*- Conciuc.-r Ue.-iiuai !:. the fal; • ! .Jei-usaioii 1406-58 C 13. C, Fourth period that ot Ihe ,-xiie. HOti B. C . irmri the 1 j rot capture oi' Jerusalem :>.Vi B C. and the fifth period. :i --c.ini iroiii Exile :>3f> B C Go, lesson today falls in the fifth per iod with Cyrus the C ''"hi, Kt.ig ZeiubbaL'ol the i 'ga l heir e-f J« • hoiachim and the prophet Hu>;g.ii at ’tie prs i lei pat ch* actors Ol rnurse the geograpt-ic iocatnn a;*- tlii Persian and Judean capi tals, REBUILDING THE TEMPLE In Ezra 1:1-4. Cjtus the Kvig of Persia, made a moron that the temple' in Jerusalem was to be rebuilt and granted permission to ~U who wanted to return and urged all who remained to help with goods, silver and fit*will ~i_ ! 1. Continued From Page 1 t SI Riil ON GK.NKKAI. The bill would rnr'-e available in 1952 $1,125,000,000 ,c,r trie con struction of hospii.il>. health ecu tv rs; and other heailh facilities »> care lu: tl. .S. *:i*- 17 c,js. ICwin, also present a: the- cert monies, said ‘hat he expect; d continue to push the bill. Karin , he hue made .*n open statemerd in v „ii‘ ho declared that he hoptu th. sit.ki.'.ci' 000 nov, being spent sot essential hi it! services were or inj used without ,il3i. irribijKiOß as to f'ac', creed or coio l Thi: sfaiernant also irn.luijt u hop;; that the hospital survey and cun. s (.ruction program authorized by THE CABOLINTAN deeply shock*-a that our libera s are putting up no real fight i s. human rights m the South It is, of course, the same battle we are losm .- a;! -eve; the world reach day more ground is lost .. Caution, vacillation, no real program, no strong affirmations *>! human !: i-u-'iom - Uit*sc are poor weapons to use against * Althougli t'ie South rs behiud ;<n ’iron curiam,” !. h < distir, guisru i author sa.v s. there »s one tug an-i mipsutant ditfev en-ti i>!-;ween that curtain ant! t!u one vv!i: M.-pai at*. - Russi i and her rateil'tes from Trie icd ol tilt wor id and that is the Constitution of frit- United States. The Conr'.itution ‘gu;-i on.i tha! n -Souliu-i nei's can not be cut Tl comph'tcly.” she says. 'Here at ’ids half-open do.:>: the Dir u politicians hav. gatin red fi.r eighty five yea t;yirg ii> sruii ft. tixini, ne v - i '■• let d open widei Bv veto, they hav, k nt it half hut: h.v oratory. th*-v have persuaded ns that stepping across -!- : threshold is tab-.>.-:>. Even the lib erals half believe that there - - me!hin.i; m tlir- t;.lk. f,*r “ r.ri ■ been a stiff indoctrination given ii'. mg This proclamation is ,3 ii :. ct result ol the Lord r, stir’vug u;j the .spirit of Cyrus that Hi purpose tr.i.vht be ’ f ,-filled iJu. :;!!■ iO-14: i-a. 44 .'Hi the rcs-oi - Mur .J T-rae! Can these boner : ; " |- /k . . In vt 5, s au'ivt.ition as accepted by the father .;'uduh anu i erjamir, re'.her with the pnesis and 1.., - ; . M-- ii must have , ten a gnat right .o sec lieu! ly 000 pj,.*ifj 1*• returning to then homeland a10..: verity yean- in captivity 10 re l"iiid C> house Plcaso not, the .pull of prarw and th.'ink.xgjv ifig oh the* part of Lie p, oplo as ri\i-ii in iEzra 3:1-C>, and thoir willingness to give ot what ;hcy ii-.a for tin. pan -so of the tem ple. • Ezra 3:8, 7* Ul TSIDE OPPOSITION As soon nt: the work or, th - ernpit had been star ,od. opp u,*o from the outside was p, yoked by th* leader; oi Judah Bf rij.mi ~ * ~mt'ortuna’ci. Thr.-c S.irnaii’aii.s used Ihr old fans: :a tecmdiiue ot digging op the- pi./. | Ezra 4:4-71 W• ih a little rnon lolerance on the part of the lean erand little less jealously on the ; art of the adversaries the Tem ple building might i.<-t have been 'relayed for about five years •Ezra 4:23. 241 INSIDE OPPOSITION Os all the things which try the -on is of ministers in their efforts to LuiJd modern church buildn.gs >•<•> • ‘:«.s-- in to giv. federal aid to stater and communities needl-u. i uch facilities, were u nrig handled in die same nrarmci Os the W. 12 grant. Ewing pointed out that on tht basis ot one f>:!er ,il ooHat- lor every two state ■>- local dollars. money will be pro video to build hospita.' for Jew Catholics, and Protestants. and also foi siati. institutions and commun ity health centers !•; m :vc both Mi cro and white ett i/.cris Vo I'd-. Dr Pcheelc -eplied lha hi v.-as not familiar cm,ugh with the text of the hospital construction law “to express an opinion as to '.tv. segregation pel icy to be prat tiecci by the prospective hospitals. us since babyhood.” l';ie iinly nope of breaking the back ol thus deinugoguei', whose pillars are race tear. Yankee hate and the belief m While Supivmai \. is lor the veal liberals oi ;he South, ol which there are many, boldly to throw overboard there old handicaps, says Miss Smith. “In parts d our South, she says, 'out peu pie have n.-\ . r heard talk ci human rights and the dignity of man: they do not even dream that there an ieliow-Souihcrn er* win.- wo:ou question segre gation. But they hear, m every county, alnv : \ very day, <>n ra dio ami in m wspaper, the doc trines of y.-.nkee-baiting ard Wh.de Sup:i macy: an-.! they liear th< 'wisest liberals repeat ing the old lesson ‘Whatever is done has to be done by us alone and has to be done under tm. segregation : yslem.' This is the ‘education’ ou: people are re ceiving.’" Miss Smith has issued a chal lenge ealcule i-fed to make red si uthc-rn white liberals uncom for table: bu» she is sure that un less t hey can be shaken trot, their a oat hy and their cautious ness. tiiev c annot accompli:-. * anylhing worthwhile. end the effori? or: the port - f ' chuich workcis lo have a betlo community in which to hve, f to have Christian people on the ‘ !■ nie saying. "I urn with you but • ::,i- is n(0 the time Take c;vie and educational organizations '■ 1 m. i. who should be the leaders u ' helping to improve renditions an ‘ ■ . nifortabl.v situated .eying: "This 1 1 not the time ' An insidu u ‘ •nside propaganda i' far moi ‘ ' .- ietis than outside hostility Such was the siiußtirn with those * indolent and careless Christians ‘ '-.'ho haci lost heart in the build- ‘ irt of th« Temple. THE TEMPLE i G *IPLETEI» ’* The prophets. Haggai and La ' chanah aroused the slumbering ' energies ol the people, exposed their indolence, made the Jews set ‘ that God had not deserted them ' unci assured Zerubbupe! that as- hi hue- tiie foundation of the house, * *“ would also f uisn it • Zarh -i ? ‘ S’ The people iro/n then on "K-.d ! a wind to work, but not without ? opposition At la..i the Temple is ' 1 finished end the house dedicated ‘Ezra 6:14) 1 LESSON HINTS 1 You cannot thwar: the pur ' " pose of God Jus 2ft: JO 2. God waits patiently for recognition before hv comes ou: refuge. tJer. 28:14) J •' We* must be willing to bring * s our tithe— to God'* house, MaJ >. d: 10 1 'Not being sure whether flierr I v a a non-segregation clause in m.d in the bill, 1 • ould be of ]- ibi- opinion that the question <•' e h, w thest hospitals were operatc«i *" in regard to sepaiaiing the tacos | would be lift entirely up to ihe states.’ n Ewing had attacked in a recoin 0 address before the B-voklyn Jew- n a isii Women's organization the 1 in- y adequacy of hospital facilities and k medical centers for Negroes and pointed oil! th.-t rigid burs in rn.()- 0 it ol schools against would-be Negi - ] ( doctors and rheijr failure to train Negro medical personnel. WW ENDING, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1948 \ ,<gf ? —“— ——— -,. JL .JKSILfIMIJfcridEML, ...... ■mHI z==zz=xmEari==z±: BV orAN B HA(JCOC * ro # ’ TRAITOmZING TRUMAN: EISENHOWER DEFLATED Benedict Arnold has hitherto been the arch t.aitor in American history but within recent months, there are forces at work con spiring to oust the Revolutionary general from his niche of ill fame, and insert therein Harry Truman, President of the United States. Led by the enraged and bellicose southern Negro phobes, the Hood gates of invective and disparagement have been lifted and President Truman is being t xposed to the merciless barege t.-j si-ni] abuse and realignment. And what for? Just, because he dared to advocate full civil rights tor the Negro citizens of this country: just because he looked over the shoulders of lesser men and saw the dawn of a new day and accepted its challenge. If, as has been alleged, Truman said that he did not “give a damn what southerners said 1 ’ so long as he was upholding the Constitution of the United States, he lift.? himself t: heights of moral dignity that lesser breeds cannot com* prehcnd Whether this nation knows it 01 not, it needs a Truman lot such a time as this! Truman may boa scape-goat and a fool aiul . knave all in one today: but tomorrow he will stand forth m majestic greatness. It there are those in this country who cannot tei-l the 1 ation.-- embarrassment in its international relations be cause ol the vagaries and inconsistencies of the color question, they should be proud that we have a President who can; and the sooner i; is realized that such President i- a moral asset to the nation and not a liability, the better it is going to be for the nation and the world Lore live Marry IVuman. fearless advocate of human rights •md human democracy and intrepid supporter of. the religion of . urist' There is one thing of which we may be certain if • :J - ( were bete in pei on Truman could count on his vote, conn N,,y*-nibei election. 1 loman > courageous stand has posted a grave question for •w- :N< gr. of this country and that is, How far should they hesi ' - 1 down with a man who dares go down for them? The iu-!y north likt the jittery smith as doing its utmost to embarrass 1 runian, and make of him a traitor for no other reason that he dared to b. courageous in the face of o titanic challenge. How unlike Truman is Gen Eisenhower. This writer ha.-, hitlit-rto admired “Gen. Ik. and regarded him as one of the n.)Li<- muled characters of the times The victoiious military halo has 1 - in >’ imagination arid 1 saw in him a kind of sub saviour. When he was called to the presidency oi great Columbia University to succeed that moral and intellectual Titan, the late Nicholas Murray Butler, I had hoped that he would prove himself worthy ol the great trust and responsibility. , , But if kis ,atost pub,ic Pronouncement is indicative of his lings. V.e hav. no hesitancy in saving that Columbia University has piacid a lesser man in the p!:uv of a greater. When Eisen <'amc ’ be legislated. That is not the object in enacting laws to ptv,ple hke nm ’ an °ther we are going to have trouble.’' he ' pox * s n< ;.’ as “ « r ‘- at statesman and educator hut as a ward poii lKi;m Th ‘* ■ ;m P l ‘ >st of simpletons knows that likes and dislikes 1 ‘- 1 h-g!'....ted, That, is no? the object in enaetting laws to s-.-i uinit.- the i ight.- of the minority. The Emancipation Procla mation did not make whites and Negroes like one another, it was never so designed: but it started the Negro on his his journey to wards citizenship in this country. The fair employment practices legislation ?s not designed to m,,k,- whites and Negroes like one another: u j S designed in elimi nau discrimination m employment on account of color. The elimination of segregation was never construed as a mean* of mak -w white.- and Negroes love each other; but rather it could he a mean- t.. bunging the bette. whites and Negr, ;-s togethei so a* to mutually improw their rotations. Whereas anti-segregation laws m-.y not make whites and Ne .groes hke each other, it gives the bettei element of both races chance to he Christian and democratic. Eisenhower proved to be a moral Ca«. v at tin bat He struck -at when a home mn was needed. ~ SEPIA GI "FABLES Am, it ran..- to pass mat m a certam camp -here was a hand .-orr.i- brownskin IFC who considered himself as something ot J between Ca.-anuva, Adonis and tin FINAL ANSWER m a maiden's INTIMATE THOUGHTS. No fooling. too, this G I Sr wv dw !lud st ° n tht ' bail. As an IRRESISTIBLE oWAIN, he was just about the hotter:, thing since Francis Villon. He Luke out with a READY REPERTOIRE for every unsuspeet «4‘J wno crossed his SEDUCTIVE PATH, and they ate it up like a hungry lowa porker running arnuk in a corn bin. If he didn t melt one down, you could -bet ail the acres in Arizona that she was as devoid ot romance as dry ice. Quite naturally he was the envy of every wolf, potential and actual, m tne camp Thus, who tried too co D v his stvle fell m Hat as yesterday’s glass of beer After he anew a girl about C ° Uid coriJurt ‘ “P a smoooth fine of INTIMATE G .In V h.H^A I ION th&t would leave* her hanging on the ropes with QUIVERING EXPECTATION. Somebody else living to score with the came DARING PROCEDURE would probably go slapped so haul that he would spin like a gyroscope out of control. The successful. FAST BREAK he could employ to advance from an introductory "you ar.-t.io-beautiful-to be true" to the ain t-we-gut-fun finals completely disproved the statement that the age oi miracles has parsed. To have enunciated the EXCIT INC OCCASIONS upon which he had hit a home run over the fence on the first pitched ball some RISKY FILLY had coyly heaved his way, was a job for a calculating machine. His glances played an EFFECTIVE OBLIGATO t.- his WINNING WORDS: in fact, the guy could say mon with his eyes than a senator on tiie first day of a filibuster Inere came a day, finally, when the gods must have grown a little weary ol aii this CONTINUED SUCCESS. It happened this way He met a DELECTABLE DAMSEL who had come to work in the main PX. and who had more or less confounded the P< rsonnel with her ALLURNG CHARM Promptly moving in SIR ABLE ONE let him know that before she began making with he aroused the customary interest—with reservations. The DE the woo there would have to bt some big talk about Mendelsohn’s famous march and ALLIED RESPONSIBILITIES. Why not. quoth he to himself, I'm going to be shipped soon, anyway, so what can ! lose'with promises? So the deal was made, therefore, and another beautiful friendship was born Shortly afterward, he met another EXCITING POSSIBILITY a pmtv. H< immediately fired u salvo that left her on the boi t-in of an EMOTIONAL SEA entrancing]-,' bewildered at the pleasant disaster. He couldn’t have known, of course, without explanation (which the aforementioned gods with OLYMPIAN CUNNING saw fit to have omitted) that both of these babes-in-the-woods were find cousins on the maternal side, and who in the course of exchanging FEMININE CONFIDENCES, made the DISTURBING DISCOVERY that) they were talking about, the same CHARMING DECEIVER (the cad, etc.). Which in itself would have been not so good: but add to this naughty-naughty the fact that they were both the favorite nieces of the old sergeant-major who had dealt with Gls from tune im memorial, then you had better batten down the hatches, mates, and man the battle stations. The resulting explosion was like Hiroshima, and blew our CONNIVING CABALLERO higher than a California redwood, tree. He is now doing MP duty on a far off island about the size nf a football field, where- the women run about 250 on the hoof, look like FRIGHTENED FURIES, and wouldn’t know Casanova ironi a three toed sloth. MORAL: BE SATISFIED WITH ONE WOMAN—-AT A TIME
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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