PAGE FOUR EDITORIALS EFFICIENCY • ' verity-five years ago a man went to v for the Cit\ of Raleigh. He was 51 yc ; old when he started his employ in' with the oily. A few days ago he \-' ‘retired, having reached the age <>; "> under a pension system for super a !iff employes of the city of Raleigh, vr. :<*d out by oiu efficiency-minded city ?i iger and council. That our city gov i: ■ a-)i L higUly COli r;i;USOI t) i iICC'-kl a:' of c>. icicoit management has been V( established for some time. v'ell this old man, who evidently at Uu go of 76, and after 25 years f ser yi . is not what he used to be, lire been informed that his working days y.M'c ,-iiy are over. But do not think, g; role reader, that he was just turned loose to fend for himself the rest of his 'da; a best, lie can. Nu. He was retired, v i th« magnificent pension of ¥7.10 per ;*:omh, almost ten cents a month for < .■ ery year of his present age, or about 20 eerie a month for every year he has v<n I'd for t)o rbty of Raleigh, or nearly wi a year for evciys year he has worked fee the city of Raleigh. And he wit! get it his as long as he lives, too. When this old. gentleman, ungrateful Y<’ his retirement: on this princely allot jii' at, appeared before the city council •to make a plea for continuation of his v loyment on the ground that he was. porting an invalid sister and trying ,1 inish paying for his home, he was y according to the newspaper repons, rh t he could probably find work else v' ?ve. According to the new.-pa.pers this 1 .iy advice was given him by tin city 7: yager, whose salary is 813,500 a year. T city manager had to tell the .old man t) t there was nothing the city could do ‘ ut his predicament, but also acknowl »c .ed that the city's retirement system ■ A now stands works a hardship on >■ ve people. This conclusion of Mr. Bra il , is hardly debatable, and we are sure yh t the municipal government will find Mo ie way to correct the situation, “ONE WORLD” ■.e following is an editorial, written >a a news item, by some unknown cor -r pendent for Time magazine. It ap n tree! in the February 7 number of Time. I * C r only comment is that it forcibly re- T.i ids us that ike United States does not M;, .-id aionc among the great nations of ,i, .a.,-id in • a■"iai policy, and that others ,o; > western nations also give the Coni i, .-is propaganda points that may be r.. v effective than they ought to be. T a item, printed in full below, is eri ng ed. with biting sarcasm, “One \\ orld, and shows that not only race, but rank t,nd class, play entirely too big a role ~n democratic countries. Unde Joe Stalin .must have beer, very happy if he ran Vicro-'s it: > “The London weekly Tribune reported chat at Kantara, a wartime troop transit : ase on the Suez Canal, the station plat ijun was lined with ten lavatories, mark ed respectively: ; Officers, European Officers, Asiatic ; Officers, Colored Warrant Officers and Sergeants, Euro pean Warrant Officers and Sergeants, Asiatic. Warrant Officers and Sergeants, Col ored Other Ranks, European Other Ranks. Asiatic Other Ranks, Colored A. T. S. [British WACs]" Ml j® THE CAROUNIAN • •bl coned by The Carolinian Publishing Co, •a, P-vt Office at Raleigh, N C.. under the Act *K>- •ch 3. 1879 P. H. JBSRV AV. Publisher I'j HALLIBURTON. Editorials Subscription Hates ■C Vear. $3.50; Six Months §2.00 mm ad communications and make all ichf-cks payable to The Carolinian rather thsn to ‘v, .i duals The Carolinian expressly repudiates g oonslbility for return of unsolicited purtures, ft&.' ' uscript* etc., urueics stamps are searst LONG FORWARD STEP The election of F. I, Cxrnnge to the L. ioigh beno vi Boo.’d reprcMords a long aw a ted and b.ghlj significant step for ward for the community of Raleigh. Not at nil unexpected in view of the senti ments in favor of such move voiced by the City Superintendent of Schools, va rious member:-- of: he school board itself, and several city officials, it i.« nevertheless a cause for gratification on the pact of .Negro dUzcm., and pr.de on (he part, of the city at large. Rniemh thus becomes fi*u: -’ocoud city m North s ci)ii);t. and one of the very few in the South to have re presentation on the policy-making body 1 t its public schools.. The CAROLINIAN, along, with a larg< number of serious-minded ciiiz< ns of both, .races, has maintained for . long time that the Negro citizenry Mionkl be directly and specifically i’epresented in the plan ning and policy inaii ing whe rev er thei o are to be .separate public institution and service for the two raws. Tbis is a coo ideration over and above that, of partici pation of qualified citizens in their govern ment regardb -s oi tare, and tie- i-ulding ~f office on the basis oi ivierii. with euioi •uied out of ='< i.s;.!*r:.tio!i. Negroes of North; Carolina \wr<- glad' to learn that Kon Scott, our present, governor, Fair ■ tin* same opinion, and intends to appoint \cgroe-! to state boards and commissions | ■which deal with affairs especially affect- , ing Negroes. | T ■ hni- <• ei M!. Carnage U geni-raiiy satisfactory ail around. Mo is well known ami respected. Ills activity in civic affairs. his high standing in the legal profession, his training and experience, ail qit. i.\ him for the important position. The strong bid he made for election to the City Coun cil was ah excellent endorsement, by the citizens as a whole as well as oy those of Iris own race, of ids worthiness to iak rt in the counsels of the municipal gov ernment. Raleigh him placed itself in the van guard of a movement which will inevitab ly grow in the South, and Raleigh it.seit will continue to grow. May she keep her price up front, m the parade of progress. MUST MEET THE WEST The American Medical Association ha.- finaliy come forward with an alternative to the Murray-Dingeil Bill. It is the As s' Nation's effort, or one pail of it, t > >• n what they call the trend toward “so la alized meo icin> ■ Tiie American Medical Association s j.;an deserves: careful and serious consid eration. No progi'am concerning the na tion's health which is endorsed by the largest profession;:! organization of the nation’s physicians can or should be ig nored. Whether the AM A s proposals are su perior to those embodied in the Murray- Dingeil Bill, which has the general en dorsement of President Truman, is a tech nical question. The physicians as a pre lesMo/iai group haw their righ ts, and they know a lot ahous the professional side, of medical care. But the real paramount issue is. what is the best way to guaran tee to the American people adequate •medical care, and lmw is this care to be financed so that everybody will get tie amount and kind he needs, regardless oi Ms indiv uial ability to pay medical fees" Xo matter how the voluntary plan of the AMA for medical care sounds, it must answer that question to establish ffs mer it in contrast to a government-supported and government-supervised pre-payment plan. RED CROSS I _. l , GIVE THE CAROLINIAN n<a-.... m ' pf- te#€T'' ; b i\s4c. ». : u,•* , & h&sk' ' ( ’* • . * - *v-.-A feNc , ' )' '\/| - - m {? •*'.•' - * '• •' ■ - x ' hlf 'd . v MuV- !.‘e * •*« i ’ \ ■ , “All ST “TAN I) FOR Cl VII. RIGHTS'* .... : :.iyr?i'r • . -r-ritrr - | ;!S|l l hcufihts i;r ' ; "m r-'-.N «► >f i OM) nioi f.Hi s Son'.tor Eiloncter of 1./ottisiun<s TUN’C 0 1) t y 11. V *5 ;iT’V .NtJUCt l. CiC <'f VMM. Shi-ato: Hi •;ip'iiA >• Ot Mi: nr-oiu fii'u.i ProfosNOt' Wf.vti* of the Un verspy of Chicago, in Vi L.Or writ \\u- civil rig’ r- i.au. 1 C.Tst of 'p't bi uary 9. *.;•{•) \V. Mt viOi'iliL r thO OFt’A I(i t; *"} - JTIC . 1 l-c-Mf'S 1-l (;•' JIS UCSt '.l o*l *. y . M fit Vi ihet to VU.'MOU- iVtfi( ! ' dcfctLNOf:, inciiHuMg thu .-outiifirn y, ] •. ’• c> . v ,i. Ceiffh r-v npr'UaT? ** ] /ci' i yn-ridr4 ,n decline with Wi.y of lift as interpreted L y profc->- iorj a’ schithciticrs. Constitution's r.esorv;ng ol > EOundv r )1 is ccfy to chnijt-fipu Fcm-tucnth a: id F.itccffih Amend - re nt: • • ju ;u: oiuch ,» rot 'i; •* * Fe;,i ... :hi ’ « :• jd upn.n tb .• nates tl:e <-b]ip:dion <■: giving to .til the oqudl ' oi trie iuw •nd f t - j tht ;i \ J-, dfcrn c oxiv per ro-i r.f lac. I inert v- ur j■- r.c.'-v Mr. p; net * <1 F r It also giver. Cone res* “the powe:* V) '-iff'.by lir,preprint C k a luU-ili,'' .he pp.vhs'i Tt - nf Uhv An endnAOut. IN THIS OUR DAY HV < A < !Ht K SR. v i vrm to i.iv t by v.iur dt-i .. not hurdles lh:ii he must get over Once an individual :; ets’ over one. he im :.,s hii.ii 6- it seemed when he was approach ng it. Life is that way. There art; three major ways to deal with difficult circum stances which we meet. One way i. 1 let them get you down. Tin is no doubt the worst way to deal with them feecause of ror; ter.nl p losses or a !o s • f health ar.d slrt.ngth, thieve site people who sire fail ct self-pity, full of cok phiints, mid aiways wailing i.bout their conditions Very soon the world gets tired of their doleful lamentations by which they a e actualy making themselves worse than they might have been. Such people make themselves miser able On ih.. other hand, a second f way In deni with difficulties is I.* take what comes and endure it in silence. This is certainly much better than letting diffi cult eroum stances get you down, but it is not good enough. !:> die fl rd plac ■. the fellow who dees not complain, docs not merely endure, but finds in the. diffien'i J.v n challenge to new achievements and the new mns lery for similar circttttwtances. is the person who is building a faith to live by. We have been told that in the time of national strife, the best defence is sroag offense. This Then I:-, y'.nu coiu'ti’utional a- .ua.fi :v>( ..a -iy ae!acl< . tp Hi ;'.■} i'm) u '.L.iu o’hu' of the civil ngnts bgblMM n vr- r.i<p</;ed A[ <!'• ; ! • \) ;| t< cicatl > R’id 111 \: t ; a ii;i a Fern pled ly’u .u. ; • ! na. c' cn NmUi Cr olina and 1.1 iF* |,<‘i vt l; ; ’>: lie • ' '.J i■ ' * dacriruMn der io the d.sndvaiit;:;<.e* i.) i\(' ,) <■> o ' ot'ioi’ c..iEens. as WiAiCil in i .Tt"M'. » t.V» • iYI <y CO either d'sc Mm in at iy or u«.n-.ii.'- ciiininatoiv, represents a \inla tion of Ihc* spadt often iae r i Ft Fourlcc:T7l hA me id* ment. And O ' grit under xbe p vv or U) ! Oil v. 1<: ; ■.; on oi ;.1:I X Tlie Fame is true of the Fif the states to deny or abridge the A the C *;;; re ns jy idvcn iho I '.J'il to (Tie C this Til.- (' -.if the Constitution b> appirop/ute le.y - . OCT 5Ti3 O! ,‘ie iMI OI \ i)C ilel e. of ;<f»y •M:dc R. foiihA.oh'i ns N :. , >F'» ; n a statu of :•;( ;b •clxizc nl l d;. hir. ira.'MS !'i the • I,v'Ml <i have e neeHtiMted un \la? Coo :-UU ti ;,i and routed him on his krai ihOit-n lino ol ch.fon.-c. T: is !'U'( <; > ■ V.': •_ iV.'. t'l'.", V.'liy s<--:..tor a bund i cd his fii t and took up v.n inus sniping pasi ii'jns Irom which nc co;ild cii ch.-cgo his guns, loaded m t vviih log:,, tin with m<>th-t.-iitcn tii.rli tion. cnsci; ntific :.f race, ■ A <w n •lfi.m'tl hi'. ii just aw true m hfe as it is in military i.-ffanr. To make a RU-nnu attack ii! a difficult, situation ra ther than merely resisoig it. is the attitude thai must be as sumed by ail people who would whip life rather than be whipped by it. The offensive strategy is al ways poss bio. This .simply means that instead <*l reyveflinp. and be wailing ihe things in life one cannot do, mu,' builds his tile around ihin'.s •uc can do. and by so doing away and inspira tion are found to make a contri bution to the wo rid. We ought always to remem ber that we are not victims of circumstances bin they are what w> make them. If we iet them grasp us between their clutches, yes. .they hurl, and the strongest human beings will feel them. But Wf car, master them. This is far more easy than we often ima gine. Sonic one has said that one amazing thing about life is that however rocky or barren the soil may be there are always veins of gold in it and if we search for them, vvv can find them. A verse from the poem '‘Keep a-Going” by Stanton is fitting with which to close ’ thoughts for lies week: When it. kinks like all k up, Keep a-going! Drain the sweenies? from the cup. Keep a-going? Sec tbs wild birds on the wing, Herr the bells, that .sweetly rmy. When you feel like Singio’, sing— Keep a-going! HERE AND THERE iiy vnim Jt .net'a W. U'h Brawn, execu tive ‘i-fu-larv ..f th< XCNW (Nu ;,'! ! ( l • ‘ - \( a I’M VV V '': 1 !M:- jus. completed ! aval arrangements v :i!i ihc* veterans udnrdnistnu.oii )•••;• .* prop ram of s*"r vmm : . j:alKon- in VA nospitois. "■I;-. *■::• . i- an out . -At!- 1 am ■ xpcmrtent between ; am C'‘;ir.'C:: of NCNV,’ i! v: -. lam ;m. Eth?l Ramns ■ ’ the VA A piaaa am hospital ufiifials VA \ i:-•»» program will be ■A el ; A filUM' b’-AA-MS ft A -''Mei ' lA 1 . V. Air '.her <■ !'■ ■ the Urban it'A.iiuc. I'Mvo Howard. a.’ grac • uiu/a a *. iectrical engineoi ing h:;ve lief!: lured by General Elec irii , bi'cMiUsAA UL has never g.ven \i ia l a aa ' i aa ]/.. ec met’t oi Na tei irnic mi ; AMpiM'i a, < By-i ne w ,y, have you joined the Urban Leagur vet '/> Q;u •'OP !: ; the wet Why did >!:( NAACP ..iP'dAii I!:- VI N . ! ib jjariiiii".a? \V;n a. ing: Better take care of lhat job. You tar. be? all tlu v din aiOi;ds in Souii) Africa that yea \\aaA; i yiile 1.1 get another VCIV easily. And it is going to get v. i it', thum, b< foie it gets better. The Booker T. Washington Me morial .-. , ioi i, in has opened am liter drive to secure a jtnt e; i.w i ; a Virginia, and tin r« alut ion has. ah eciy been intro* dimed a. it a house of represent* Ija-m .HR 2t»o>. N are t!ka‘. a .a...: v uui'pted over this ei tan to perpetual-- segregation by hi'A in fectv.. ii agencies. If there is any doubt in any* »■: dy'a mind over Congressman Daw.siiis ability to operate at top level in congress, let it bo pone The astun fl) a a, legislator has won the universal praise of his colleagues and dc.servers by the .•c.-ipeccable maimer in which he has chairmaned his powerful com mittee m the house < Federal *> ;• iniis *. < When- are the •••ccrnfu) now, O ye of little faith!l $• ■ * Let us cp.i-it carrying vvat* l ron i. th of our shoulders about this integration business in the armed forces. All these people who are "concerned" about keeping Ne gro unit:; intact, are completely out of stop v- pi progress. And ns inr is- this column is concerned, they are a menace to the efforts of that band of courageous lead ers v.’h > are endeavoring to create on', miiiu'y establishment for .PL Any (him-, loss than that is a com promise with -c-eoitd 'class citizen* A :f- & Tha'r* right, junior, the fire has cooled under the civil rights pot. r>n;A< worry ii much about it. though; there is plenty cl' fuel coming up And some of the dou blet nlking ‘•leaders" of the ci\ i! rights crusade are going to catch unmitigated hell, believe us. ft i}e t}t Nomination, for the role of God’s own blessed handiwork in wom anhood: Mary Church Terrell, she of the great heart and limit less dignity Civilian per capita consumption of food in the United States this year i.,- expected to continue at about the 1348 level, w hich was 12 per cent above the pre-war nvot - age. Retail toad p zees are likely to a vertigo some, -hat lower in 194!) than in the part year, when they set a nev. igh However, no sharp decline is anticipated. Approximately 20 new Grade A dairy bams have been constructe l . in Granville County during the E • MS.. XSSfc-- . *.„ ami Aim Wi'FK ENDING EATER DAY. FERRE ARY 2fi, 1.049' • *r- WStM GOING THROUGH A SWEAT Tbrri ;i. ale w tiling.', if any, more intellectually nauseating or morally debilitating. than, finding here- ami there a pretended Negro sin b and snoot. Snt/bbi&hnvas is bad -enough among the ‘..hit'. -of recent learning and financial competence but it is worse among Neg r < ' who less; than a c ut-ury ago werq bought arid 1: " tin block: and bat d.-,r the grace of God the - would Mill be erring for deliverance in the Egypt Land of slavery. Jim h a.v on - Negro can bring himself to attempting to 'high hat ,a, tlu-i a 1 i.o.t trouble.- an■ like in; own in hard to under-dand. V t ever and, a nor, »ve bump into a n. cetitly privileged Negro trio : un:I.KYI • ;fully to 1 - xnebbish and sne-oty and .snariioh, Oriinatiiy it i- no; 1r 1 < Neg;o who m.a Lcn a« ust Mic .-i to a decent !’.;. ' ti, a ;'.a• malic I fi.A.j and drc.-. and education,’ ." ;,! • !>•!low w,.■ lack*- 1 m lie- ,ally day. - ere m I food and *• inthiing. In ptisei word-, i! \v<: look, ijc-n-.-ath tn-t? pi ("tensions of the ,|>rofo- N•. gro snob vv, wit! tin.l a lean dimly clad fellow strug ;i:ipt ~n tin : ;0... *- I edg'. o! btue existence Leaving the pre toud* N >. ; •. a- ■ aside w- end entirely 100 nuu-h bitterness and , iv;L ! .u,d je;,i*,n.;ie and tnvyin..:-; and honurmania among \vyr. «»c, no e ~ur apposed i M'.ier and. who- are expected to : 1 a *■ * ft* ~ toi 1 .'"i.v m uid. >,v - ■ 11 ad arubitimt • Neyrot": quit»* ; i .. t Le in th. •i. other • • u,J.ghng Negro, •; like them •eiv* and w irutki-s a tcagedy more tragic Pileiv . suiih- little Negv o«4 who would be big and the only w<a- to tins :!e-i;od bigness to jisp.irage and malign irne of their s-trugcfin g Negro fellow men, Negroes must have done with -this ah u; n<and tin id hncss .vhich 1 largly a hold ovev from slavery i ie tj; 1■ a • mm a I'uino 'Adi am- Netuo to ,-(|Ui[> hiniseLt' like a num A" to sde !e j); - Tieilf. and popularity over 111* ; te.ii, :i am otlie;- si, iii;,;i.i/ie Negro, What makes t 1 s cAiriusie vd bielp.'ting a;e for' the most a 1 0 t ... a. .'.-At .vent to i.l > I .Hi; m !.. p ;»v e ru:>t,' Negro*?,-; ; he t!c 1 ru,; ake'tii i>j" becji-usv it is u form of going threup.li .1■: \Y! -A; ] (. .. , ’ad •a ta plantations of South. Carolina we Vvou; 1 a.v. - i .a. p-. tat. e " .if*. flu* fit -t big killing frost. And v. at,Me . : ;i\ r : nr; potatoes n the usher. Stoves vv..-.' i-'.v a- ■ Lit mm m ihM-A cuiy.- ;.r,ci s- ■ ther*' was little baking But v•• the pstate*. .v. ; harvested, vh-vy were piled unci ' bar-a ..nd ui?i»■■■■ th...-.- ...in;-, -m potatoe.', went through a went 1- a i jut i1 '- v Ait but once they took their . .'. ,1: ihv % v, c)a.i keep almost p" L.-ctly, The jealousies and snob ,a- : a.. ... ~a.i to). , and -n\ am today's Negroes are " t--. mm.- , ‘ -:m. • . -.. art ' -M,: -a iuph .; sweat" after whim will c. nu an era of bevutifui intra-racial cooperation. a, Mtn : ,!,;%■ a jmi; i:a ugh its sweat: This w t; 1 11: 1 (■ l- j.! AA , . A :i t I'M i A Vtl 'A A V .... A M,d i V 7’lt'l I ligg. ■> VC ill. COU-"t ,a, : ,1- : n-. ,■; ku ,-;lux.,-m ,oi! the Dixeerats and m 1 .-,•■( ■ iie-1 c na,.a -- j an;, i f.'.b.wi.: over Truman’s civil ri^rts w. mimv. Tjt.- Jtiat a .vc need inm take too seriously tne aa - > .. y, isuui es a Negrot.s , tv, go tvuough tiieir sc cat so we musi nut lake sei'i M.isiy !- . se-etiung soUtih. file souLt ... .a- th; igh the >'. a.t th.,, was ijound to come; and ..in-, the "Vv- at, we an- 1. ing to cun’- upon one of the-itinest eras pi intcrrarail cooperation the* nation has ever known. The attempt to permanently subjugate the Negroes of the .-. .is: ■ .a-: ~a -ther "lost cause’’. A ■:< rtam element ott the white south . ; ranijc becaus,.- it secs the ta’.)*; *in the moral' complexion of the 201 h C* situ; y. Tlie midirti.. .- -outl'. is on the defensive or ), ... .msa an we ac* 'Utit for tin organisation, oi, the southern 1, a; ri M, .j; h vj;. at;i. m <it sign;! t., ..a l- ■ ’ SA'Utb i '' an* light be t; ;-e the eyes of the world. When the .south begins to care about what the world thinks of it, Pa position is becoming precarious indeed. The pi-'’posed filibuster is one of the highest compliments ever paid t* a. congress of these U. >. Wnen it takes a Jthbtt-'te; Xu save the face of Dtxieocracy, we havi anothc-i ’■'> st cause” for •certain, s;t.c. a.. r. *.*, tan south ,o he g; cus uy ..o.t. I’m '.'Uth !. yima tlu-ough a. gl l SENTENCE SERMON Real Id ing w gvvny, God gave you everything—why the with hotk^mg? When a man doesn't give, he takes from -himself and usually the* best things are left to ;ot on some shelf. All thing? w- rt intended for man’s highest good—-he should build with mow lasting materials than stubble and wood. Men who search for God find the secret of success and come to know th is makes om richer than anything else one might possess- Our entire world Js vlowly learning today that ill gotten riches and '.var-' just do not pay. Brotherly! love many now see is the only way for men to be happy and free. Because love melt* away hate and obliterates strife —it wins a lasting -peace without- a gun or knife. Books and training play well their part, -but each indi idusl must guard can fully hjs own heart. Prejudice and hate however small, when put together, . more bitter than gall. The world God intended for us to penfeet will only be built when our evil motives .we arc* willing to reject. We can’t reserve to ourslves the right to do wrong and expect the world to peacefully go on. Just sc much of this world depends upon you, and to hap* pint-;s alone, depemis NOT on what >■ u SAY. but on what you DO. WE ARE RISING (BY WILLIAM HENRY HUFF FOR ANP) •V,* ary risu-g. true enough. But as *ve rise Jet's keep a level head. Be not bumptious, be not rough. But be gentle, kind, and. prove wo are well bred. We air rising now each da.V, We’re putting footprints on the modern sand. A1 last we’ve teamed the way; T • , Xherciore, we shall fg> ,foi wurd hand m. hand* ZZmJWEENZZ TOE z:rzzz-DoiaE^:::;z'::i::i BY DIAN B HANCOCK CON AMP

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