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0 Comments Cue Cawte tl7 E. I^Akodj 9t Durh*.iti, North Caroliiu Publlthtd at Darham, North CamlimM Kw0iy Sutnrday by rHE CAROLINA TIMES PUBU^HING 00.(at K*t«r«| •• a^ondxflaMt »t tb« Darbao Po*t(3«f£ice, undfr «et of M* eh Srd. PHONESi N-7I2I J-7871 The Digest By -Floyd J. Calvin L E AUSTIN, PUBLISHER £. PHILIP ELLIS, managing EDITOR WILLIAM A. TUCK, BUSINESS MANAGER For laforaialioB |»«irt«ii>ia^ to Nat’l Advartitini Writ* t* To^ and Todd, Adv. Reprosantativa* 143 W. USth Straat, Room 16 NEW YORK. CITY, NEW YORK SATURDAY, MARCH lit/., T&Srr" THE POWER OF THE WEAK (jahuui, uiuwa a>.i>a. iuia ui llig itioii Vtltt H >^ U, l»iiS 411 lUlit* UiHt lO »W»i l a I.UlJgBl airine. Ji.i aji'aiifi" iiuiiiuivni? mis is no >u» ' biKiitn to r.avf tu aemi an arniy to irjuia to uui'U.JiUiMt ma/ i’esult ji UNiidni (lies. ijiiia Liuwu»r»ain seenw to iiavt? uu"tner yro- blejU,_on fiis iiauti, anti jt wjil be jntei'f.-i.iinj to watcn tne presaure tn^t will De Uri'utfhl to b»ar oh tne native iuiei» ol Xnaia vv;io do iiMt Mailt tu iiH'ft lue u(.-a«tiiuB iii ^'Uuuiii. iittouid tht i-eopie k£ India utgoise ajotJsed to the point Vi^here tii«y would strihe a oiow f**r their treedom Irom t^e bonus oJ lungland, th-ir acti"ns may be followed by the Africian po.-sess- ions of Uie inuthei’ cuntry. llius jt appears that the half btarved ^>id lialf naked little weak man of ludia tiasi becotut:'tlic strong man. T«te Britifh are wise—too wis« to not see tiie daa^ei whicn lurks in the iVlu.iatma’g fight to free* the of his na tive land. ^ written Tnvsday eTSBtng at nine~rad we'are not afraid to wager that beiore next Tue?day at this time tli® liritish will Imve iie«n just that the demands of Gandhi are met. It is possible to fight lire witi» fire, bull«ts with buiiets, but you cannot fight fincerity and intelligence with eithei'. The latter are intangible and b-yond the reach «£ the weapons of mortal man. Gandhi seems t» have discovere^j .a new and effective, but formi- diable weapon, that is accessible to mopt all underpaivileged groups ^^ — it lias been trufchfulJy said that “no man bijaier than the ideaL«,for which he will die.” The Mahatma, whqae, weight :s less than a. hundred p^nds, has no army navy, nor aviation corps, out his willingness to -die for the ideals of liberty and freedom make _ Gaadlu oa« the-'bigg«rt iB«rf'i»r"the -wor^ today. Negroes in America who have suffered under a yoke nearly as hard as that of the people of India should take cognizance of the activities of the mahatma, and follow the leaders of the race who are willing to forget .'elfiah anilbitions long enough - to truthfully l^ad their people. Mahatma Gandhi is a powerful force—too, pow- THE CITY ELECTION iJiis euitorjal la wijnen ao d means ox lorewainiiig t.'.e coiored population 01 Uun.ani Luai. *i. wui be utcersaiy lor laem t-' pi'“- pare now io eiit-cuvi-i^' lu tne city primary to be neiu /vpril anu me cit^' election to tie held M.ay 2. -^Alreau-y tnere aie a-veral candidates in tiie field. »iid in a few oajji peiuiui p'fiitiCK.ns and political crooKs wUi oejjia nTCli. usual laiu ou tno.-e steiting seats on the city council. li uui wu neceissaiy fur fxegioes of Uuihaiu to have a w»»ll '^I'gamztiu poiiu- cal group it lUL-y uit uot lv> be sold out for the higuest doliai. 'I'liere are ii,aiiy lo oc cuiisnleieU in tne coming election and *Ntgio voteis, especmuy, suou»d oe uistructed by tuuse who have no personal axe to grind, in the pa.*'t peanut politicians liave made tnemseives a nuisdance by houuding office seekevi with tne promise tnat they can deliver the Negro vote if tney are paid enough money, i^vejy self respecting Negro in Durham should start organizing now to prevent political crooks from getting the up>erhand in the city primary and election. iJetter police protection, better streets, lights and schoolj are some of tue things badly needy by Negroes in Durliam. Neithftr of these inlerest.“ political crooks, however much they may pra- lind they do, and they aJiould not be depended upon . ^obtain The only t;iing they are interested m obtaining is the big- iimount of money they can from the pocket?, of the i I’fice wi>« ik fooi enough la listen to their lies, ii.e Committee on. Ni-gro AJfairs caii- do a great service by oigarui^Uig at ouce honest Negro ciuzens into a zealous group Oi. wvijieis iw participate in the city primary and election. The menioeis of the group .“hould be given some kind of badge so ti.fy may be indentified by candidates «nd workers a» being iionest in their endeavors to pecure a bigger and better Negro v.-^*.ASx$eeiiiWeilBli6g^ THE WAR ON SYPHILIS The war which is .now being waged on syphilis ought to be en dorsed by all well thinking citizen.° of America, The disease is on^ of the mo«t destructive known to the science of medicine and tiM played havoe ^lmonlr■ N»grn«£ .^f ifr-^-nnrn nni) Ihrir MORTAR WOUND The rmmpairtp oi race prejudic* are so securely built in this c'un- try that few persons tKere are wthv would daxe open assault. But it remained 7ar a women tu »tep out and inflict a moital wound oh Ihe mqiater within Mrs. Franklin D. Roosev.clt took the dare. ’* In discreetly resigning from the Daugiht^'rs of the American Revolution because it ro flagrant ly insulted '•11 decent-minded people in '.its brutal refusal to allow Marian .Anderson to sing in Constitution Hall, Washington many of those \v4io have been mujfly complacent in the r pre- I'udiced views will stop and con sider, now, befor^ risking public cenfure err public rebuke for their attitude. Even the hide bound members of the DAR mu.st be—if they have any self respect left—a little sifk of their position, now that the spotlig^it of world publicity ha? been fo cused on them. , To Mrs. Roosevelt, who ba.«! on more than one occa^?ion «hown that she is truly a great, woman, wdrds of act oo magnanimcfUs she can hnrdly distinctly symbolical of the 'pirit that w'D" so devoutly wish to b,o that of America, praise is futile. Eitlher a person i« gre.it, or she is not great. Not for app’-obation could one take such a stnnd. Only because one wants to do it. pnj because one beliovo? it tho rieht thing to do, could sic!h an action be taken. Apart from this , being a mor tal wound to the monster f!^at is^ mce prejudice, it is an ex. mp1» of tolerance anj good will live in the memory of this g'e'ncf&tion, "aufing it to pause «^hen‘ into’ - ance and bigotry are rising to pirominence in our national tihinking. If for no other reason than that she took this stand, tihe First I-a1y of the land is [truly the First Lady of the land now. She is first by tradition because she is the President’s wife; but Fhe is also first be cause out of the welter of possi- b.e bitterness that might follow the cruel and unreasonable bahn ing Mis.= Anderson in the Na tional Capital, Mrs. Roosevelt we offer our weak *''anks and prar»e. 'For an NEW LAWS .... A splendid precedent is J>4ing set by the State of New York in financetng an official inquiry into th* condition of the Colored tiopulation tor the past two years', at the cost |65,d00. Now the 4>f the investigation have been j>resented to the Legis lature, anj^^ fourteen reform laws are a^ked. Among the reform.*' tequested REFLECTIONS By S. Wyclifft Garlington GOOD THINGS MUST BEGINS It is often .•aid; “Good things must come to an end.” Yet, ft is equally frue that "All good thing* must begin." Tlterefore last week—^February 27 through March' S—ttie nation celebrated its fir«t NATIONAX. NEGRO BIGGER AND BETTER NEWS PAPER W'I®K. National Negro ©igger and Better NtTrspaper Week ts spon sored by Delta Phi Delta, Inter collegiate Journalistic * Society, }'and is directed by Mo«s Hyles , I KendHx, one of the three More- are: laws to deny benfe.t. of College student Who found State Labor Relations Act to ' lab^r organisations which deny persons memberyhip or equal treatment by reason of race, creed or color; strengthen exist ing provipion of tiie taw regard ing employment by public utili ties and provide for maintenace hy all public utilities of a merit system of employment wit*i pro vision for public announcement of vacflT^ie.®, rating of applicat ions artd maintenance of oligiblg lists: strengthen exi.'tinst legis lation prohibiting racial di.scri- mination in emploment and to ?et up proceflures for inquiring i^iito and rectifying any such dicriminntion; amend the Civil Service I^aw by requiring ap- IKjinting officers who may pass over an eligible in favor of a lower eligible to make Fworm certiflt-ation of reasons tlif'refor; Pfo'^sion* for extending to all citie.» in the State formalized pi-ocedures in the selection f teachers in the public school.*, such as now are in force in the citir» bf 'New York and Euffnif'; prohibit racial discrimination ov segregation in any housing re ject oneraited by a p^jWic housing authority or owned by any limit- »d ^i^idend company ^joying ta'JE-exemption; regulate the procedure for admi.'sion to public '-lucational institwtions *.o in- ®’jre that qualified apolicapts for admis.®ion shall rfot be ex cluded by reason of race, eoTot or crof’d; supplement existing .'»tatii''s to insure all persons equal facilities and privileges in places of piiWic ■'aciritmmrfniattoftt amend the law +o denjr exemp- tion to non-sectarian coporations and associations which deny use of facilities to persons, by reason of race,, color or creed; amed the penal law tp make diserimina tion in civil service employment. took prompt and direct t pctlon ! by reason of race, creed or color, that at once uplheld the princi ples of Americanism, rebuked bigotry, and showed that t h a Wlhite House is still representa tive of the best that America affords. punishable by fine ,or imprison ment. W e trust other states ■vwll copy New York’s attmept to bring equal justice to all . its citizens. Why They Fear The Voice Ot Marian Anderson , MARTIN McCALL . ness of' identifying, 3x;josing (Crusader News Agency) ^ and isolating these little Hitlers. RiAiOE and color prejudice,' The universal responae against inability to pay for medical treatment. Several phamplets which have just reached our desk tell of the largo number of deaths cau.°ed by the disease each year, and call uipon every person in America to make a fight toi rid America of it. According to one phamlets more than, 100,00ft persona die each year from syphilis and moie than 40,000 die ^cb year from «y- philitic !>e4rt. More than 25,000 babies die each year from th* djwaMi and more lhaa 10,OW,000 parsons in America have had or now have FyjihiHs. * Negroes especially should be interested in the fight cn the disease and phould acquaint themselves with methods now being used to become cured. T4»ej^-i»-ho nee^^^^p remain a victim of •ypbilis because of not having money to pay for treatment ne the state *nd most counties will jprovide trgatraent free o£ churgc. Kagro churches, cchoals and other ,-pui>lic institutions should start aducational programs ^mong children so that- they will l«arn early bow to Avoid the disease. . — 'The fal^e «uodeaty of the pst. has already been discarded and tb« flashlight of intelligence has been directed at thet disease in an attempt to upr6ot it from the American people’. The effec- tiveaeas of^ the campaign against syphilis depends bpon the co- «p«ration eaeh individual is willing to give the health agencies of «nr coantrj . Tk» CAROLINA TIMES calls upon its read«w to lend their ef* Urwwrd ridding the race and nation disease by «eeing #Mtor M)td requesting of hjm a blood t«t5_Jf^ou I^ve fyphilis, * |HB iwiil^nl] owe It to yourself and your posterity to^lace your- ^ Mif the care of a doctor at once. If you do not have the Mirr'tr t'O iTHTt private trMtnient, jiour state or county board of Uy |TW hnr Jfli«"May aecare treatment free'of charge. ■> ■ . -v.^- witih it* ess^tially political and economic motivation, has never been absent from the sphere of the arts. Its tendency for more tihan a generation has bsen to ward "gentility”; its. viruleftt as pects have been concealed some times .“ubtly, oftentimes not and it has ueveloped a technique of apparent disinterestedness. Since the symboloc burning- of tile books, in Nazi Germany, and the subsequent in tensifica- tion of the world crisis, our ideologists of discrimination, in the arts have begun to keep pace witJi their spiritual kin in the Senate. The vanguard of raction, at least, has scrapped the old technique in favor of direct ac tion. ■ the Washington iniquities is promising. The new conditions underlie the recent events in Waaiiing- ton, D. 'C. were the wor'd-fam- oug. singer, Marian Anderson, was denied the use of a concert auditorium or her' scfeedul .:u re cital. The use of .Constitution Hall, wihich had originallv been let out for the recital, was with- ej the society in 1937. The primary object of t h,^, project is to familiarize America with the accomplishment and poRpibilities of the Negro Press- its hiHtory and status. It is J^r- ther hopes that thi? project will stimulate a greater interest in Journalism among Negro youth of America. If America’s “Jenth Man” needs anything, it is what thi? project aims to promote—an ap preciation of the purpose and efforts of the Negro New^ipaper, and a greater interest in it- pos sibilities, When' this wid have done by a larger portion of the Negro population,' N^gro new.v papers will begin to receive the o4 66 N«gro newspapers (eig'ht regular issue# of saven repre- pentative papers) totalling 1,104 pa^ei) totaling 1,104 pages and 112,196 column inclwa of read ing matter. These papers (ware) read by about on* and a half million p^ple weekly—” "The readir.g matter Rtudies WUI. arranged under ten heads; 1 PMitical, administrative and civic news;. H Economic news; Cultural news; 4 >Senaatlonal news (Crime, murder, sex, i>trt88 ing of morbid details); 5 Sport news; 6 Personal News; 7 Opin Jon; *8 Human interwl “"Horles; Magazine (feature material); JO Miscellaneous matter. - “The investigator found that ‘the papers, taken together, run less than 10 per cent of tensa- tioual news and approximately 40 per cent of news is categories definitely of •ocializing value. This conclusion differs-, from some other surveys, but in nio»t criticisms of the NeffPo Pre*«, those speaking conpider the printed pages only.” One commentator recently said that newspapers are seldom more than their readers make them. Thus, when we realize that to a large extent it is the man without socalled "social pdaltion” that supports Negro support (financial) that they .are newspaper?( one must expect now in need of—if they are to better perve their readers and the Negro race in general, AiS it is, we have too many Negroes w’ho pride themselves on the fact that they “never read Negro papers.” Why^o not these Negroe? read race p.npers? In ■ almost any oup of Negroes, whenever the press is di?cussed, one w'ill hetr one or move unfavorable criticisms to every favoa*ble comment. DRAWBACKS OF THE NEGRO PRESS? If one would list the unfavor able comments of tBe Negrro newspaper they woulj be some what a.® follow; (1)' Too sensa tional (an over sfress cn sex, crime, murder and morbid de tails); (2) Lack of proportion of news (too mucb of one sonne sensationalism w^ich ap peals to the ba^ic elements of human nature. _ ' Maybe thist should not be. If not, then it is bigh time that the so called “upper clas?” or ‘edu cated persons come to the aid of t^e press (in a much great-^ or degree) and make their in fluence felt on t(he press. This must be done by financially supporting the papers an I their advertisers (telling them it was because of a certain published something' you like wfeerP fbey prlflft something you do not like After all is said and done, any newspaper will cater to the mas.aes which support it. W^at about the other so- called “drawbacjcs” of the Ne gro Newspapers^—such- a« "bad kind); (,S) Headlines misleading ^ittegible type and faint —too many “screaming" head- Pictures? Lack of proof readers line.r—usually extra or too large ^ho make corrections)? Stale and colored; (4) Technical set hew.®, and advertising for up is terrible^‘md type,” ill. | "Quacks?” All of these features £gible type, faint pictures, and ■ improved or disearded^as indication.* of lack of proof read ^egrff Presp gets two or ors: (5) news usuallv stale, and steps beyond the Jioverty (6) advertise too many “Quaek is, the circuTatiOn. of products” (such a." “G o..o 5 ^egro newspaper.* is entire Lud{ Charms,’ and the Ijke Ismall, therefore, they do which is not: pr^ressive from,"®* priced advertise- the standpoint of the race). .ments, and because of such they Taking the (approximately) . make much (if any) or Kelly Miller V/rites - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WITHOUT THE NEGRO The Republican Party I which for the past six yeaisi has tarted the stigma of defeat is no\jt.^rantically staging a tome- back by appealing to th* memory J-of -Abrbam Linealn. *TW itf&th anniversary of the birth of the martyred President was dramatiz ®d by Republican Clubs all over the nation, in the hope to revive the fortunes of the Grand Old Party. The keynote sounded by ex-Pre»ident Herbert Hoover seemed to be strangely out of harmony with the spirit and genius of the backwoods states man. Not once wa.« the Emancipation Proclamation meWfioned, nor the cause which lead ud to or the consequences whfch grew out of it. The voic« of no member of the benefited race was bead on the air in connection with this celebration. The rejuvenated leadership oT the Gran(] Old Party, like the later pharaoic dynasty of Egypt, know not The Freedom of th« Nerro and manhood rTght? constituted the impelling motive of Abraham Lincoln’s caeer as well as the foundation principle of the Re publican Party. Its cnwning achifyemgpt is regist??ed in the three human rights Amendments to the Constitution. The Grand Old Party cannot hope tt re build its fortune upon anv jpther j with aH lUf the eneiiry f his soul, and would, if Ifving ;>o re- bell today. It is futile to attempt whicR jto graft Republicanism *^of Taft, enough profit to buy necessary mechanical equipment or to em ploy enough fulll time (trained) men. And in case you lid not know—it no newspaper can run successfully on circulation alone—And, since the circulation socalled Ttrawii by ils uwn«HrthB Baugh- ters of t^e American RevOiUtion. Local school board officials we«‘e then approached for the use of tfie ttfentral High Auditorium, and they refused. The new crop of book burning inspired activities has . arregantly created the present issue. Form- , erly tiie discriminators had a Becau?e the singer possesses' public smile for a Paul Robeson an artistry that come perhaps |or, a Roland Hayes, and were them in lao Negro new.»papers as a whole, one will have to admit that most of these comments are more or less true. But, let us look at the reason for such be fore we “pan” the papers. P. B, y^UNG Sr„ nationally renowned newspaperman, gives us suffici- j is to small to get ent authoratative information to to destroy the first tfliree points mention as possible “ (Ira backs” of the Negro press. Hi.» partial views follows: fOCIALIZlNG VALUE .“Quite often persons glance at a Negro paper interpret n bold headline as meaning 'sensationalism, of typi cal of .scandal, crime goasip. It is not true that the Negro papers play up merely the ultra- sen.sational.A survey undertaken ^ as the basis of a graduate thesis support of the Negro involved the reading, classifica-1 will inturn become tion, measurement and analysta» (Please^urn to page five Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover upon that of Lincoln. The graft simple will not thrive. The chief relianne of the re formed (K)P rests in the bope that the New Deal may . lip up in order that it msy slip in It s entirely possible that somu new political oganlzation devoted tc«^ economic and industrial refo#m may come to may SbThe to pow er by profiteering upon mistake* and mishaps of tRe Inew Deal; bui it must stem from the same root and thrive on the same pub- stance as the New Deal which it would supplant. Its keynote must be the welfare' of tliu for gotten man rather than that of rugged individuals el«! jl would be a travesty to aupropri- ate the name of Abraham Lin coln only to prostitute It. A Political party such as that proclai nej 5>y the Lincoln Birth day Orators would certainly not be the party for which Abraham Lincoln lived and died. As, a matter of practical poli tics, it is difficult,-^ see how the GOP can hope to gain power in 1940 by ignoring it'i erst while black ally. Tftirough neglect and indiffer ence the overwheming majority of the -Negro vote in the No.sJh and West has shifted allegiance /owndation than that whieh ha# and joined the fortunes of the Jbeen lafd. President Hn.»ver in Deal under the .sponsuiship keynofe address spoke of, “the °f the Democratic party. This liberties of man,” but there was n«w alliance has been confirmed a far t:ry between his inteirpre- by practical recognition tation of the liberties of man and .advantage of > Abraham Lincoln’s" nfflninrf of human rights. The first Rep iblU can President hearcT much in hfs day of the Liberty of the rugged individuals to exploit theiv less fortunate fellowmen for their own enrichment. Against ^his brand of liberty Lmcoln rebelled and incalculable value for which the new Bepubliean party offers no off set. A? matters nOw tren^ t h o Negro vote in 1940 will support Roosevelt and the New Deal as overwhelmingly and as enthusias tically fs it did in 1&32 and ’36. By Gordon-B. Hancock “di gnified advertisements,” mo?t | Negro papers will have to ad-, verti'se anything they can get—^ new day has dawned^in which \Vhether Quack or what not bo-. k - SEX-lPlED MOVIES. At the risk ol being called a prude, this writer wishes to j-e- gi.'ter his objeotkw—4» the pic- “The Birth of a Baby” receiitly presented in Richmond. As an experienced teacher. I feel that sex e^cation has its place in the study of every youth, but the time and place and circumstance are matter!>. of the greatest mo ment. it is true that hitherto much of sex education has given in the streets and imbibed in t h e streets by the youth of the lAd. This has been unfortunate “for the youth and the community. ran.se they must liv*. It seems to me that the only^ I pfoTbTem tKat confront the Negro may j press is none support on the- part of the people it so succefsfully serves. Thus, if we are to have I0IG;ER.AND BE.TTER NEGRO NEWiSPAPBRS we will have to religiously support them. As the N^gro population increase its press it BiGGEfR sejc has its' place *in the educa tional scheme; and sex is no longer to be regarded a? some thing indecent or degrading but but it is fast coming to be re garded as the high and holy thing it is. Herein lies the dang er. To make too much of sex is trying to beautify it and idealize it is to destroy its beauty and sanctity. Man is so constituted psychologically that he cannot wors'hip that which is common and it may be fqr this same rca- An Open Letter To The Editor once' in a genetation, she tonsisr. tently pe,rforms.J6 sold out house and _Mar|a^.,rAnderson has great audiences, “There are fire.-; of thj same hue, and tho^e tliat -^^eonsume boofe have the same lurid glare as .those that burn human flesh. sometimes seen ■ with public places. I hav^ Negro friends, was the tactics. i. j TIhe new tactic more directly politi cal is provocation. Marian Anderson’s riae io pre eminence as a singer occurred under very ocdin8^gif.,cortdit ons, The ‘patriots’ who feed the fires, and it was very difficult. The do not bum a hundred books or one man. These burning.s are insi(]jouBly Intended to represent the whole people, thir culture and their aspirations. The Nazis, who “reach for a revolvei*” when they hear the wdffl -’^culture,” are developing disciples among ui; the people should nevw ceaae to be al«rt In their buri- former Philadelphia ohoir singer made her debut as a concert singer and caused a minor flur ry, but she was one of the bftt contraltos of 'our time. Her fame grew during her long stay in Europe, and her singing was duly evaluate^ princially in the Soviet Union and in pre-NaSi Vienna. Her perpetttaftSon pfeced My dear Mr. Au.*tiiK I have always been an admirer of your editorials; I don’t know of any words at prAent which would _ adequately expre*^ my feeling of admiration towards your ideas concerning the pro blems of higher education among Negroes. It appears to me thai you the only, outstanding |Iegio Iti Durham who is . not willing to sacrifice the fut^ire of fte Negro for a “mes.« of pottage.” Por the sake of me I cannot see one ounce of merit in the proposi tion suggested by so i:alled lead ers of both races. If the money ed her returi) to America thres years age. , that North Carolina has i>pent in education ha» riot educatedi enough Hberf^ minded p^^e of both races to settle this proble?R like growjp peaple then I think a bomb shell {ihould be thrown "in to aH our schools. For they d© not Justify their existance. I hope you continue to editor alize on this matter. Plea&e let the world kiidw thai the inter- asij; of Dyiiham Negrroes in the race extends beyond the Durham citj^, . *•' You have evfery good, wish of mine in your attempt to continue to let the public know that to you there is no compromise on human values. Re«peetfu!ty yonrs, CARL DeVANE son “that his Creator screened from view the eternal verities of the hereafter. To make things of sex too common is to de grade tjjem eventually. “The Birth ol a Baby” as a cross section of movie educatio7» l*inay not appear illicit or unde sirable, but as a trend it is hor rible! ' The unsophisticated and guillible public* does not Ihiow in tKe’long run what is best for it self. The public must be saved from itself by those who under-, stand the ioibles of human na ture. Nobody denies that pregn ant mothers neej the attention of their physicians; that iiiforrSa tion relative to the pre-natal development of the child should •be miiSfe clear; that certain ex- minations are .pertinent to hef condition and that labor pains are a part-of the ordeal through whiclv every moth*4 mugff go to bring into the- world a child. Everybody knows in a way the part the physician plays In. the delivery of a child. But for the producers to screen every de-1 •tall of this solemn proeeedure I before mixed audiences in t%e | name of educating the p«blic is deplorable to say the least. It would be a fine picture of xor expectant mothers and pros pective fatheers but for the general public it is simply ano ther play up of sex for the com mercialization of one of human ity’s most sacred pa.«sions. Pic ture producers are not neces sarily interested in improving the morals o a nation and the world. They are primarily inter ested in selling ^a screen produc tion and although they in many ways do much good, ti e said good is a by product. One man who asked his objec tion to restaurant food and he replied, “restaurant food isL-Jjat cooked to eat but to sell,” While this is not true of all restaurants'^ it con be applied to tflie i roduc- ers of pcreen pictures. For so long matters of sex were taboo that we are coming to the other extreme and make them too common. Herein lies the ^osslbi- lies of moral deg»alation! It has come about that every picture has its loye scene with its em bracing and its inevitable ‘mushy ki.esing.’ All kinds of suggestive thini^ »pnken and—acted hefoja tbo graze of immature p^^-sons. From one degree of sex-ines« to another the movie is going. If this generation accepts the “Birth n*f a ®!aVy”^ the next will be shone “The Begetting of A Baby, etc.” Somebody oug'ht to call a halt to thi® deb^emenl; of the only pagsion that makes life worth living. Something of its privacy and beauty should be safeguard ed. There is no, particular point to be served by showing a baby coming into this world head foremost assisted by a physician and nurse. There, is nothing that a iuovie audience can gain from hearing a mother groan in labo-r. T'b e movie producers (Please turn to page five) ....' A BIBLE THOUGHT .... FO« TODAY WE CANNOT FIND IT BY t>URSELViES: Thou wilt >• show me the path of hf«: in thy presence is fulness of Joy; at tJiy ~ right-hand there are pPBSlirfti f«r e^er- mere,—Psalma 11:11.
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Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 11, 1939, edition 1
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