THE ^OLINA TIMES SATOROAY SEPT. II, l»^T
WHY I HAVE BEEN SILENT ON BLACK
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C^^gOiLiNA TIMSi, Duriuua. N. C.
SATURDAY SEPT. H, |»37
■—reming mUoi^A
Two Great fist
Fights Ccming
JBf Williaai Pickets for
A. N. P.
luat ia, they will be great from
k :.taBl|>oiot of the gate receipts
iei«s$, —for th«|t Wetohmnan,
. .My Farr, who fought Joe Loais
uiteea rounds Monday night,
iuottclf into the big money
The next two big fights
»ao«U be oqe HML^these arrang^-
rnenta: First, that Farr and Sch-
wyiif #bouki have it out,—aad the
wiMer b* aaatched again wit^
Lmus; at# Secondr that Louis aod
«.!*.aejiac should settle the cbam-
- between themselves,—
. i .be winner be~reqnired to take
. tVr.—Either way, som'ebody
luve big money comity in at
. *^!SL.ei: Scbmeling and Farr can
*«■ big now, for they stand m
t (.jro chief contenders for the
• avyweight crown,—and either
an* will now draw bisger with
' Louis than previously; because
by ppowesB or hy snma happy
Iaad Tommp Qusnaged, against al!
predictions to the contrary, to stay
16 rounds, and gaVe good account
of himaelf.
Of course, if you lisUned to the
radkriraouncer who was reporting
the figiit from the rignside, aod
who-boosted and emphasized every
good quaUty and every strik*
Farr, even liose that ‘Imissed^'^
you pez4utps thought that Farr
was winning or at least fighting a
good draw with Louk. It was nice
ia America to give^ the. foreigner
exaggerated credits foir all he did
and even for the great efforts tkat
went wild when h% threw over his
powerful right,—but it was some
what mialeadii^; to the nadio fans.
Louis was raissii^ some, but Ian4^
ii^ more often, aad Farr's face
was showing the awful eflfecta.—
But the experts «id newspapers
had pven Farr auch a low fating
from his training tactics tbat he
was a happy surprise to the fi^fht
"whit*” that mad* th« twdSo man
M«m so delichted with Furr. You
can retneinber that th* three jud-
gea war* alao^.w^tt, «od they
gsvv the fight g«at>itBi«*iy
cba^ios^ Jo* Looku
But the Brown Bon^Mr waa real-
dropping his bombs oo * tough
British Battleship'Uim Uiuai >aJ
the Battieship cou^ "tak*” them.
Bes.dee, F«rr, like Louis, b«k>ngs
to a' mmoi'ity group, which has
eaiiMi from
a dominant group or race,-
such men have more determination
m a cotest: they feeW that they
MUST wm; that to lose will be
not only a personal, but a group
failure. Thep feel the extra urge
of the “cause.” Did you ever see
Liewellyn’s castle in Wales,— that
magnificent ruin where “the laet
native Prince of Walea" made his
statid against the British ia the 13
th century! Farr is k descendant
of that Spirit, So like Louia and
the other American JSpgro con
tenders for hoborfc, hi» struggle up
ward is a little more than indiv
idual, and has mor^ strength in it
athn the struggle of the egoistic
Kelly Milter
* a Writes. •
Blany of my frimds have chided
into the arena
of Senator Black or the Supreme
Court.
or confident representative of any
dominant rale. That ia on* reaaon
why the A^ridtn bliacks, with
only one tenth of the population,
and one fiftieth of the chances, are
so far ahead of their quota in ath
letic and other honors, when they
are admitted to the contest. There
fore; the jack Johnsoiw, the Joe
Ganses, the George Dixons, the
“Kid" Chocolates, the Tolans, the
Peacocks and the great black foot
ball *tsi«. There would be equally
great Negro baseball jmdL tenu.s
and polo stars if they were given
opportunity to try in those games.
But even a Mississippi white man
will admit that a fellow cannot win
in a game in which he is not allow
ed ^to play. But where they pls.p:
there is 0>wens, swiftest runner;
Johii Henry Lewia, light-heavy-
weight king; ^>e Lcniis, on the
heavy throne; and Father Divine,^
who ia "God Almighty."
and deoouncing the appghrtment-
and eonArmatian of Saoreor Hugo- which
the concert*’ protest oTUie~«oL.
ored peoi^e^Qlhroughout the coun
try defeated the appointment and
i«tidn of justices to the Sup
reme Benchn*rTS!ile»t.Iai£k it was
filock as Justice of the Supreme
of the United States. A col-
*ttMii»twEo“mgit«e*-,4o-„_di8cuss
public questions might reaK)»a£]y
be supposed to deal with issues
which are brought sharply into the
national and racial* focus. Duvibg
the test five or *ix weeks no cur
rent ^estion has more violently
egil^Md the public mind than last
six months, both in the white and
colored press, I have engaged in
the discussion of
Court
dent Roos«.v#i
«ftent wtLS merely
the Presideat’s purpose to libett-
lize the Supreme Bench with which
I am m complete sympathy. No
gMider of Tntee mlattppwheBds my-
attitude. '
In selecting his topic -the col
umnist must have in mind one of
three objects; first to contribute
useful and valuable information,
second, to present his point of view
with the thc^ight of inflfluencing
the opinions and coduct of his read
^n, and thifi, to furnish, after
the manner of the ossayist, -inter
esting and entertakiing discussions
upon sonje important current to
pic.
Klan initiation took in t^l KELLY MILLER-
White lloaae. Wt may be ^raJU ax-
}»aci and discount blatant Rapob-
lican denunciatiooa of the appoint-
jn«at on purly gtsva^.
This'is ajt altowiriil* pmrt of par
tisan lactic*. .
It ia folly to astMrt that th*
Sooth witti one fourth if the pop
ulation is not entltlad to its fairi
representation on th* Suiweme
Court Bench. Th* mere fact that
its justiea ii. a fouthemer is no
certain guaiantaa that hi* judiciti
decisions will be inimical to the
rights and interest* of the colored
announcW, had decided to appoI3l+««e^Juatice White of Louis-
a distinguished Jurist to the l»na, a rank’Wa«h«snex» delivered
Bench. A delegation of color^ opinion of tha court outlaw-
citizens heaidjd by the Honorable'»»« "grandfather*» clauses m revie-
Willism H. Lewi* confronted the.ed southern constitutions. Justice
ft»«ide«t with hia candidate’s op-1 Harlan of Kentucky waa t4»e moat
inion hostile to the right of the | liberal justice, so far aa Negroes
Negro, while on the circuit bench. ‘ are concerned that ever Mt mi the
^me iCoutt Bench.
tor Black, during hi* career
^ ^ IVL States Sen-
U|e a^in>me«t. On a«other|^ In any
wm w*hen i^roducing f 5
Taft to, aiAui- - -
Caa^iaoad Frass Page Oaa
against the unfair- practice of unequal aalariaa for which the MTith
is noted. There are thousands of whita persons within and without
the clasa foom in the south who will lend a sympathetic ear to
wch a move.
Teachers arouaad. to action €*n become a formidable force for
right. Unlike moat other professional groups all of their protesting
energy has not been used up before they are i^adp for the ^nal
push. Negro teachers of the south, are for the ma*t part a ah^lena
and apineiess group who are kept so by white teacher bosM who
dare them to ahow any sagns of concerted action. They ou^ht to
become inspired by the Miadiaoo, Wisconsin affair but they woot.
__^_udience I stated the
fact that the colored people want
ed to thaijk hif for an appointment
which he did not make, ypon this
sally the good natured Chief Ex
ecutive cracked hi» sidaa with lau
ghter.
It is (if rec«it mtmory that the
N. A. A. C. P. contributed to the
defeat of Judge J. J. Parker of
jNortVj4Carolina because of his pre-
vj^us^^declared attitude upon the
political sta.lUs rtS^^ colored race.
So far as I Icnow, nothing can
found of the record of Senator
The white and colored press has ' Bl*ck which can be properly bro-
been r«plete with discussion of thef^ght ag|jnst him as appaintee for
Black appointment ever since his | the Supfeme Bench. Certainly the
name was flrsrsent to the Senate., N^ro P«?s has brought forth no
I therefore had no Information to . evidence. M anp citizen, white or
offer that was not already avail-1 colored, had any damaging infor-
able Advice from me would have mation it was hw duty to present
TO tirade. He hM darotad
his energies chiefly to industrial
thrown the weight of his dysamic
k^uMice on the aide of the New
Deal in which the chief hopes of
the Negro are involVfed.
The issue before the Supreme
Court during the n«rt half genera
tion vdll be concerned with indust
rial and economic issuea and not
primarily with human rights from
a purely political point of view.
Senator Black’s lack of judicial
learning and experience constitu
tes a juat bsais of criticism, but
he ha* a capable athletic mind
and an unusual grasp of public
issue. The great queation in the
ifmediate future will not hinge on
legalistic technicalities, but upon
social juhtice. Many go so fw as
iBboker MaVona, age 68, died
Thursday August 3rd at
Lincoln Hospital of coR4>licationa
Mr. Malon* was bom in Durham
and resided at 10 04 Dawkin*
Street. He was member of WMte
Bock Baptist Chtirch. Puweral
was held at Me£«iirin Funeral
Home Parlor, Rev; Miles 3!;
been wholly impotent and no cal
culated to change a single vote
or to miodily '^b!^ semflm«nt.
Calm judgment and reflection up
on such an appointment can
be indulged in the light of retr#
to advocate Laymen to the Sup-
it to the Senate while the Senator’s ^
confirfation was^ under considera- I technical legal learning,
tion. Otherwise, he should forever citizenship requires that all
aftferwards hold his peace. There
(weje suspicions^ that years ago he
sympathetic with the Ku Klu.x
pect rather than in the midst of | Kl«n. but no positive proof was
the perflrvid controversy. I-d«^t||fortheoming. If w^ wouW^ p^ace
whether tie volame of abuse ' —
coniemnation broadcast by the
Negro press haa had M>e iota of
influence upon events. It has serv
ed merely to argument the anger
and tetred of the denouncers with-
under the ban every public man
suspected of Ku Klux Klan affilia
tion or leaning many^o^ our distin
guished westejn Republican states
men would bfe' caughL in the net.
It was, at one time, ^ated in the
4A> A V
public officials will well fullfil their
function. I prefer join with th#
(N. *A. A. C. P. and President
Patteraon of Tuskegee Institute in
hoping and prepheaying tJ»at Sen
ator Black will make a brilliant
jurist whose chief concern will be
social justice, safeguarding the
rights and interest# of, all, even
the humbleat » —
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anywise
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