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EDITORIALS
ON JUSTICE IN THE COURTS
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The North Carolina Su.-romo Court has
ordered *\ new trial l‘or Raleigh Speller,
fonvict.ed oi‘ rape m Bet l ie. County,’ on
the ground ILat Negroes «ire system atie
ai!y excluded from jury service in the
jurisdiction in which lie was convicted.
•At the trials of the defendant two Super
''••■if Court judges denied motions to quash
the indictment when the i.-dense contend
ed that such practice regarding grand
juries invalidated the indictnu-nl.
The .state high tribunal in ordering a
new trial simply followed the clearly es
tablished principle set for.h on many oc
casions by the lb fume me Court, an !
thereby eve.am- t ! • nee ssity of talking
the Speiier '.use before that body. F h e
State Supreme Court is to be commended
for acting positively and without
rion in this case, and its action should be
fa-’-reaching in its eh’ect on jury practices
throughout North Carolina. The time has
come when our ora com Is must accept
the doctrine that the\ me not white in
'citations, but tribunals of the citizens of
the stale.
If Speller >s guilty he should be both,
convicted and punished, but he is entitled
*o a fair trial, i in. - it- rj, rotation of both
the state and national high r-ourta is ..hat
a Negro is, not guaranteed a fair trial in
a jurisdiction in wh-eh Negroes are in c*‘
feet barred from uvrv service: that such
a practice inevita.uy pre :, «dices the in
terests of the l\. •'■"■■■'•) defendant. That this
is true whenever the ae-us r is a white
person is hardly subject tn question.
But the obv-o-se of the situation is slid
to be dealt with: that is, when a crime
,as been committed against v Negro by
a white person,
A few weeks ago . wm lent was mad
ia these columns or ’be Boeing - .» cor
oner’s jury in Gaston Countv of a white
.store see pc i .♦ Ito soot aiui killed a Negro
nation in an argument over the price of
gasoline. The jury found •« - . Bet of jus
tifiable homicide on the evidence given
hv two other white men to the effect thti
the .-Torek v-oper ’.hr: " a bottle at his cus
?oraeij who then reached for a head of
cabbage, presur tbly to t h r > w at the
storekeeper. Before he could throw it he
was shot ri ad.
Some time after the <• /roner’s jury had
perpetrated this travesty e« justice a
brother of the slain man swo.rj ou t a
warrant charging with murder the man
vho answered the cabbage challenge
with a bullet. The grand jury on April
20 found ‘“no true bill."
There- is no appeal to the State Su
preme Court against such an exoneration:
vet it is a patent miscu/. ...<ge of juGiee.
North Carotin;, will not be the heaven
>f is often : .re- nted to be as long as
>|; V coait-. are used, as th< t so oft'C., are,
to reinforce the doetiinc and pattern of
white supremac} Under the jury sy-t m
the practices of the courts can rise little
above the level of tier pv judices, of the
community. The judges, and especially
nose of the higher courts, have a tre
mendous obligation to art whenever thev
can in the direction of of Netting the in
justices which regulait.v occur in connec
tion with vicious and pre.idiced . ary prae
t! es and action. We do not know the tech
nicalities of Nor;.' Carolina jurisprudence,
but if the rules permit it a few directed
verdicts and a few mrtances of setting
aside verdicts by superior court judges,
along with some indictment qashlngs.
would be admiral.-.-uppletncnts to ■bo
decisions of th- North Carolina Supreme
Court.
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Following a riot involving a number
of person.: - onfined in the criminally in
sane ward at the Goldsboro institution,
another case turned up which gave m <»•<-*
unfavorable publicity to ’he Hospital i'o>
(\ ’ n-"d insane. 11 was a case in which
'.here was so: ' question as to whether
the death of a alien! was from natural
causes, as certified by officials of the in
stil ution.
It will bo hard to get at the actual facts
Mid eircum.-. \nees surrounding these two
cases, inn ..os of ho.pita's for the men
tally ii.. . are seldom in a position to
give evidence that will cai ry much
weight. But it is evident that thei'e i.-
something wrong with tru Goldsboro in
stitution. In the absence oi an y .her
concrete information, the figure cited
editorailly by the New- and Observe) 1
shows at least (l) that the per capita
exp ndituro for the - are of the Goldsboro
patients is pitifully low. (2) t hat it is
con 'Jerabiy lower than the per capita
expendture in the other u-r mental hos
p it a Is.
The first fact is n v n on a state
which boasts of its big ti < -usury surplus,
raid a rebuke to the coiiecuvo conscienc*
of the people of the state. Os all the ward
of the .state the insaru > - ti.. vost help
jess and defenseless. T' >v more at
the nicrcv of their keeper a that? even the
state's prisoners, since the> "e not mi \ -
0 a t-q-ni limited by tin- specifications of
a sentence, -inc- they a rv in no position
vo protest, and since their protest would
not In to',, d on the Mound that them
-1 rit ti)<o>!..°. are wholly un -; liable.
T’-.e second fact is pit one more ex
posure m tne cynical separate-but-eipiM
.anaru, on which .senator.-, governors and
various uthoi’ h ig h placed persons h
North Carolina base thou assertion that
Nvrth Carolina Negroes have achieved
-übst.intiaih equal rights with other’s arm
enjoy a peculiar state ot blessedness.
Modern standards den’and for the in
sane that, being the mo.-t heipcss of ail
hose .n custodial care, they should b<»
accorded the most carefully humane
handling j sible That s the state’s first
obligation to thorn. The second is that
every facility and nreasre Known to fflooi
cal sc,.nee for the alleviation and cure
l their affliction be mad- 1 conscientious
ly availatm . ’■ day is post when a hos
,. ,ai for the ir one is to be regarded a
:■ pen for the c,,n! inement o; a sub-human
.species.
ITesumably «hi men who won trans
ferred fro . the Goldsboro institution to
Central , ..son had been judged insane.
If to. ~ e. til ere is no reason to sup
pose that they are any the less so now.
On what ground., then, arc they now in
carcerated in a prison, a place in which
Du pretense of providing treatment for
their condition is made? If they are insam
* / still belong man institution for the
insane.
"“rie real question arising out of these
recent events is. does anybody care about
. o.laity diseased 9
THE
It is hardly credible that only a few
years ago Raleigh ither a Negro
'YWCA or YM'CA, yet it. is true. The ra
pid progress made by hot’ these organiz
ations was once moie .rought io
mind by the recent dedication of the ex
cellent home of the S .journer Truth
branch of the Young Women's Christian
Association.
The YWCA is a product of the fine
lenderehin of a group of Raleigh worn
eti, and this group includes white wom
en as well as colored. This leadership
has con:-: 1 ,-gently beer. . i led by alert and
public-spirited citizens of noth races, men
as well ... women
Coming so soon after the annual meet*
of the YMOA, at which a report re
vealing the greet progress made by that
organization in its existence of Nss than
than three years was a cause of gratifi
cation it so many people, the dedication
of the YWCA plant reemphasized in a
very emphatic way these two outstand
ing accomplishments of Raleigh in im
proved oirimunity life. The entire city
may well be proud of the- Negro ‘V s.’
“ TUB WORLD IS WATUHINC, AND WAITING !’’
Jecomi llictigiits jj
'■ |j| »t c. p. jt-iAvMiijumro** | ;
*■
Mw\ .rays of prayerful
constuerrt. m I have decided n>
f,ti'/.di'ci ,■ -. rc-m.w ks or. t«p
■! b. ,ih<>r Wrii x> minute" Don't
, ;;aow away 'he prpr- w-t At
tttousß w'c had some prettj co.o
51 p .-,s in Apr' 1 ! it is reaxonamy
certain ur. Uwiv will be no
it nicic snow net ween now and
i n.-x' Nov.-mb: ' at the t-ariiesi.
'* ,ovi tI,MK-:.,:0.v 1 have given
o jr-v solemn promise never ag«rn
to’ i ,'isi :nv et ill compUunt
ag. t t: : > :n; 1
, commodiß
g'li.-.t t havi o' v
11 about reeen’ 1 -. an.-nt the wea
ther is that U f-eenrs to i>c s"
° much more irv'orrs’slent and mi
it U.-cd e •■• ■
This opinion > doubtless a sign
U. of tart' are o.s-se.ee se-iii'C foi
, when a man bogtns to bi ct r
'l tain that thf we at): r cf eun-cro
, times is -‘not like H was wnen
I was a bny they say he 3S net
Vs ’onlv wrong but is getting P r, 'tl>
old Thev S„v that the reason
he thinks thing- aix dtherein
i. now is that he i ; far • . r
in time fn'.in his - I '' as- ■ 1 - : 11
is. his 'IV-;.,, ; v of ’hat pe’iod !.-
ju. ■ too dim be- reliable.
C. B. N. — M' husband left m •
in Florida in Decern'jer withe ,t
a word of exp-an.ition. When nv
job was over, f came on home 1
He is here with his folks. He te Is
me that lie doesn't vvoM a wu,
anymore, h, wever. he con.es
around all of ’h- and trie.-
to sweetheart with me. What
shall I do?
Ans: Give him a cold shoulder.
If ii" doesn't warn you as his wife
—you should •• t allow Jvm t ■
privileges du ct husband. Talc:
a Rrm stuno and he will decide
in a hurry vha; ho intends to do.
E. P 1 am writmc i.o ask :
>u "’d give rny husband sort.o
aclvuc ... i hov. ti> get his birth
ccrl ificato. He 's on th; job train
ing :,d he c ' get any uliow
anec for his n othei' until he gets
TAN TOPIC* Bv CHARLES ALLEN
r~ —j
! _ I ,A fL I
- t\ i\ y)
•H 6 * i/i'
" All*: 1
coNnutiorat. j p i
“JUNIOR SAID HIS FIRST WORD ROD AY!”
THE CAHOTINTANT
Be that as it may, it certain
]y at-t-ms to uio that winter used
to be more: e onaistemiy win to
when 1 was a boy. spring more
consistently ipring. an.! -urnm;
n:; re- dv .jondabiv summer. I i
other words it was cold in win
ter. warm in spring and hot in
su;r.n;e:. Not .-o in 1945. TaKo
April i'o: instance, and the lat
ti r part of it. especially There
was no: a we: h in that month.
;,n uiv ’li sot full month
oi spring, in which then were
not days wnen fire a r as needed
in your dv.-.-Hing One- day warm
and. s asonau:. 1 , and the ncu
taken out I ije-ceinlu-i of F."
ruary. F: any old fin.c.
• up to May. Yet mere hav •
tc-e-n ' warn: -.lavs. On Ap i
25 the temperature passed 90 in
Raieigh. But 1 'arc', or four nights
later it was dawn in the 4** s.
You don’t know what O do
After several days of weather
that would do credit io June- 1
pulled out my spring suit
breathed .; word of thanksgi- -
■ng that tru m- ths had passed
up somciv vv. and sent it out
to be p c.-st ' Immediately it
ADVISORY COLUMN
it. Please advise us?
Ails- Write the Bureau of Vital
Suitistics, State Capitol, Taliahas
•■■v. Florida yhc state in whi; h
you live) for information as to
how to proceed to obtain a bir li
certificate when there is no ret
ard of a on file. His mot her cun
Sign a statement and have it not
orized as to when he was born —
■! hi- has Bible recoid of hi
sirth, it can l.< used as evidence
- -also an insurance policy or u;s
cn ih»! record. Follow the- in
struciions ... nt you and he can
get tin certifU • te.
W L. G.—l a.n vety much m
love with a boy and I know he
iovos me. His »nother doesn’t like
me. He tells me he doesn’t can
now his mothers feels, lit wants
to marry me and she can't strip
,it
got co 14 again and instead of
aonning the suit 1 had to put
oil my Vvori* clothes snd
trying to scrape together a little
of the coai fiat was left— some
of that wmc . John Lewis hau
per nutted the boys to dig some
lime bach a »y 47.
Maybe I am wrong. Possibly
it is only a senile delusion, but
it seems to trie that when 1 war
a boy in Kentucky just a few
years ago things were different
It seems to no we used to take
down tne m ttiaf stoves about
mid-April, with the assurance
that no more artificial heat
would b-, me deb for the season.
If steivss to sue that about the
same time .o; very soon after
ward a e kids retired our shoes
to the closed not to be worn
again before Late October. It
seems Weil, lot it go. It's
lime 1 went and took a b-nk at
the five, anyway: and the chanc
es arc that by the time this is
printed it w 11 lx so warm that
my embarrassment will equ il
that of a few months ago after I
was complaining in this space.
I'm,* n if ain't snow any more.
him. We are « oth of age. He is
25 and I a.n 2( Advise me -a-hat
An>. It's 1 1'u- she can’t prevent
jrou ft am fir..? married, but
you would fee : touch betid! it
you had or bl assing and apprev*
al. Hei apparent dislike for vtu
i, n't so great that you can t
change net mind Treat her win
sincere respec 4 and kindness and
vou will gradually win her favor.
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Guide & Forecast.
W. N.—l want to know what t<
do about this ’woman I have been
with five years Every time I get
after her about her wrong do
mgs, she ups «nd leaves. Should
I let. her go for good? 1 love her,
but I want her to be straight with
me. She wants to stay in the
streets all of the time and i don"
approve of it She is gone again.
Tell me it her iove is true or false
Ans: False— she .just isn’t suf
licently intereged to stay content
with you aloft*?. She wants out
side excitement and amusement
and when you object—she leaves.
If i,he loved you, .she would want
to please you. It’s all over b .*-
tween you and this girl.
F, C.—Should I return to sum
mer school this summer? I am s >
disgusted at tne poor grades .1
made last year that 1 baretty
J now what to do.
Ans: Go back and resume your
studies. Your life’s ambition ha;
been to get y.,ur degree and you
must not give up now. Last sum
mer’s work was discouraging --
but you can nrr'ke it this year.
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WHAT ABOUT THE BEST WAY?
David Lawrence recently so-id that the proposed European
Recovery plan will ultimately cost this country' §100,000,(100,000.
litis is a staggering sunt that we must pay Europeans to keep
them from going communis. Anri the thing Dial vexes tin* most
serious students of the question ns, even though we do succeed
in buying off communism temporarily, will it stay bought off?
Will m i the European nations ply the same game that Germany
played at the conclusion of World Wat 1?
Cowman., thm atoned to go communist. We proposed to pay
her so many millions to keep her fmm going communist. When
c\t i Germany wanted a lew millions she always threatened and
wc always coughed up the cash. In the end. G - many went fascist
whicn was v orsc than communism or at least as bad. What we got
lor the money v\ c spent in ‘ buying off" communism in Germany,
lias neve- been publish*.'-! lot the fact the said publication would
make disheartening information.
Ate ■■ e not hcaaed in that -ami: general direction? $100,000.-
000.01)0 is net too high a price to pay for the preservation of what
wo cal! democracy but it is too huge a sum" to be thrown figur
• lively into a sewer. It democracy in Europe is going to cost us
ti hundr-vi billion wi deserve some guarantees that we are going
to gel our money's worth.
We must nev-.-t 'orget that there are two rnools of thought
in the mutter of spending Huso prodigious sums tor the preserva
tion u democracy There is a s hoc,; if thought among the higher
ups who are consciously attempting to save democracy: there is
mother school interested only in preserving white supremacy. So
long as the white supremacy ideal is the greater* invitation to com
munism in this country, it stands to reason that unless same way
is found to throw overboard tin: time-worn and anachronistic no
tion of Inman relations, the 100 billions wo ;ld prove insufficient to
save democracy.
Practical democracy " uld do fat mote lo stave off com
munism than the hundreds of billions we are proposing to invest
in Eui op* ..n democracy. The reasons Europeans must be bought
up on the Marshall e-tan to -ave them ft un communism is that
here itt America, the Bilbos and Rankin- and Tatmadges and
all the rest are so many millstones about the nation's neck to sink
it on the sea of international diplomacy
Bough: ft tends are new 1 paid foil'll is fervently to be hoped,
that the records will be ki pt clear and that .no 100 billion will
go for democracy rather few the preservation ol white supremacy,
that b it the m uds, and oi so nn.nv who today cry
to; “democraev." Jus; as everybody talking about heaven is not
going there so all this talk about democracy does net mean in
terest in real democracy. Ineoiat as we go in for real democracy
there is hope that our billions may avail; but vvnerein we are just
out to finance white supremacy our efforts are doomed from the
beginning.
GENERAL EISENHOWER A CANDIDATE
Regardless if the •‘statements" issued purporting to deny his
Candida*-v. Gen. Fisei-how«-i is a candid .do t.r the- presidency.
The stunncri den mis of this purpose are mere build-ups that will
make him more “teiTific" when he is finally “drafted ’
When G\-n. Ike evaulatnd the civil rights program of Presi
dent as an a:temp’ to legislate good will between the races, he
thereby rove aid in most certain terms that he was a candidate
and that lie was bidding for tne disaffected southern votes. Gen.
Eisenhowe: ought t > know that legislation was never intended
to make citizen love citizen; it was never intent K-d to make friends
of enemies, it was designed to give truth and iustiev a chance.
It was designed as a third party in the dispute between two.
Its role :s that of rcteree and umpire and arbiter and, if need be
policeman When therefore Gen. Ike pretend*d that he was so
upsophistuated to know this, ho disqualified him:-elf for President,
for he was attempting to ' play baii ' with t e Negro bai ors of
the south. At heart Eisenhower is a candidate.
j MY GOLDEN RULE
By WILLIAM HENRY HUFF For ANP
If 1 can always do to others
As 1 v,. nt them to do to me
And look upon all men as broth*. s.
1 shall be satisfied.
If I can meet all of the people,
The halt and lame and rich and poor,
Those underground and in the st eple.
My inrun hopes will higher soar—
That’s ail 1 have desired.
"Next Door” ®y ted shea#er
? -
“But Mabel, 1 Spent A Year Making It - How Was I
To Know it Would Be A Girl, . . ,!F