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MQt POUK>r Editorials Corofiia €imp6 OwCat^aCtmra PUBUSHEO WEEKLY BY THE CAKOUNA TlMEl PUBLISHING CO. MAIN OFFICE ^ 117 £. PEABODY ST. DURHAM, N. C. PHONES N.7iai. J-yi71 L. E. AUSTIN, PUBLiSHSK WILUAM A. TUCK. BUSINESS MANAGES ✓ CHARLOTTE OFFICE 420 1-2 EAST SECOND STREET WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Maiia«iiis Eiiitor SUBSCRIPTION RATES |2.W—i«»r, ^1.26—6 month*, ^ 7»—4 Montiii. £nt«]r*d u s«cond-claM matter tt the pOit oftUa at i^rtiam, N. C., andar th« Act of Marci «rd CALVIN’S DIGEST By L. Baynard Whitney SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IStli 1939 , lies in high PLACES Tfte Xiffht now i)eing waged in tlse United States District Court Jn ijaiijuure, Maryilnu to equalize salaries paid whit« and Negro iu«> Of lujiy nwt rtsuii m tne veroict desired by the Wa- ■ tioriMi A.:«uciiiUon.lor tne Aavancemenit%f Coiored Peuple and Ai^roes tnToiigaoat AmerKa, but one thing certain it has resulted in sa«win£ up moral weakness of some of our white folks. The county board of education is arguing that the reason they du not tfainlc Negro teachers &hould be ipaid as much as whit* teach«rs is because Iscsrro children^ do not have the capacity to Uarn as rapid ly as wbite cniidren. ' We are not going to arg'ue to the contrary m these columns. We think tne contentiun of tne board of education in that parlicular county of Maryland is too-simple to merit a reply.We do not doiieve suca an aivumet will get tar in A federal court, and are willing to await tne decision of the presiding judge. The contention raises one serious question, however, that ought to be careiully consiaered by members of the race in other sections the United i>tates where Negroes are denied fair allotment of pUiOiic funda, and that is tne comtpetencey of such men to chart the destiny Negro teachers and tlie children they instruct. We think the members tf the county board in Maryland w.thout the capacity o| learning thenis^lves, oi they ar* dettberate liar-, who have oeen caught rednanded in their hellish ways an4 are graspin{ at a straw in me nope oi saving themeely-efi from being exposed, We f hands of'^e Negr^o WBUPARE IN HARLEM A raca, riot in Harlem dome yaans ago put th^ fair of some thing or othar in the hearts and heads of New York officials incloding sundry welfare agen- ciaa. Also, it vividly demo»»tr«t- ad that much often springs from much evil. Since that time Har lem hat tiaan first in getting •a this further prove enHghtaning a modus oPe*'*nl* given l*ats. An American origin is claim ed for the idea of civil t?isoba- dience (passive re»isteiice}; it was the brain child of the Amer- can essayist Henry, David Thoreau. The essay went uhnotic ed for years until it waa read Vnany of New York City’s civic i by a, college student in London, improvement*. It is to be first '.That student yas Mohandas again by having erected a mod- /Ghandi, the Saint of India who - ( is al City Welfare Cfenter envbrac- ing Homa Relief, Blind Relief, Old Aire Pensions, etc. Welfare Commissioner Hodson aaid it would ba not only the I'irst of fifteen such centers all «/er the city, but the first of its kind in the United States. The economic and focial conditions of Harlem are almost too discouraging for comment. Yet, with very rare exceptions, the peopta’s general conduct over the years has been ex- explary before the world. How- ar, it is well to remember that real estate and civic iropiove- ment are not abne for Negroes living in HarlemV today, but for the whites who shall take over the community years later. .# HAMPTON COPIES GHANDi Hampton Institute Students recfintly won a “battle” against the kchool authorities by the In telligent use of passive rcsist- enca. They succeeded in .having reinstated a student whom they believed unfairly suspended. This reported " incident ^ caused ma to speculate upon the possi bilities of this formidable wea- still shaking the foupdationa of the British Empire. ',War Without Violence” is tha new book which dea^ibea Ghandi’s method. Krishnalal Shridhardani is the author; riarcourt, Brace the publishera. In this remakaible volume the reader’s mind is disabused ■ t the idea that passive remtence is not kinetic. It is -reveal id as something very l^ctive, .«itiongly willed, effectively appfied. CAN THE LOSER WIN?' Two Negro candidates of ex tremely opposite political viewa ran for office in the City Coun cil in Manhattan’s eleetioi last week. Altho it will take nearly two weeks to count the }aper ballots it is safe tg say that both men lost. Frank Cross- waith, American Labor Party candidate was removed from the ballot before liie election j IVIafor Lyneh Passes BURIAL AT ARLINGTON CHICAGO, (A N P>—Major John R. Lynch,' ^bo calvbratad hia 92nd birthday Sept. 10 and was noted as tha last of the Reconstruction era congressman died gt his home Iflirly Thur»> day morning. Funaral services wera held Saturday morning at St. Thomas* Episcopal church with ,burial this week in Arling- t04i National cemetary, Wash ington. orn a slave oil a plantation near Ferriday, La., in 1847, the son of a white master, he taught himself to read and took an interest in books. He escaped before the Civil war started and during that time served a> ■ cook for an Illinois regiment of the Union ar!6y. After the war he movrd to Natchez, Miss., and studied law. Entering politics, he was elect ed Justice of the peace and the Ifext year, 1869, wai elected to the state house of representa tives. His second term saw him speaker of the house. In IS*^ he was elected to congress where he served six years and became well acquainted with President Grant and Sen. James- G. Blain. Retiring in 1879, he remained out of pui)lic lifa until the Spanish-American war whew he wa» named ky Preai NMA Claims Insane Asylums Overcrowded Nauroloj;^ COBtmUslOM Sanil* RacommaBtiationt to National Body (began, his petitions havinif Jent McKinley paymaster of a been successFully challenged assigned to Texas. He cannot ?on 'ceive that men entrusted with the responsibility of eaucat -ing white 6r DlacK cniidren could reply ao stupidly and waak on the teacher salary ditterential. If the children of such parenta have tha Opacity for learning tJbey iiave been accused oj, they muat Icnow by thi» time that their elaexs ar« a sorry lot to resort to Uea in *n effort to defend themselves against their unfair methods nik dealing with others. The biaekest hour in any child’s life is when nV awakens to to the itkct that his own parents are liars, cheatars and rascals. Tis a page in his life's history so blacikened that loravar and anon it casteiu a snadow acruss his pathway. 'Here are some more lies in high places. Here may he /ou«d the seed oi’ bigotry, hatred and destruction of our democratic form of govemmeni. tlere are thosa things upon which Nazism, Commun ism, Fascisaa and otaer destructive forces feed. Wa cannot, wa must not permit this kind of villainy to andura. The National Association for tha Advancement of Colorad Foa- ple is not only rendering a servica to Negroes, but.^thfty ara preaerv. mg thing* which-American hold dear by turni&g the searlight °n some of the dastardly and benighted customa now maintained in many of our socalied ijalwarka of American democracy. NEGRO representation ' f- ^eed^d • I- The appointment of Dr. M. O. Bousfiled, prominent physiaian, to the Board of Education of Chicago ahould receive aipplause, as v*ell as approval, from ..Negroes all oyer America. On more than one occasion we have written editorials calling attention to tha fact ^i.ai the race should have representation °n all boards and com- Tnutees that ^p.ve to 4> with the expenditure of puiblic funds. Tha appointment of Dr. Bouafield, while not in our neck of tha woods, is sweet music to our ears, and we trust that it will give enc»ua*a- ment U) memoeTa ol the race in other cities to oontand for s.nAiar appointmenta. There are several iingle* to th§ education of Negroea th»kt da not have to be taken into consideration when the education of white children is being discussed. No white mentf)er of a board of eaucatjon is going to ,be seriously interested in the teaching of Negro history m Negro scht^ols. Only a few white people under stand the economic prclblem whisch Qonfronta the low income parents of many Negro children. To get at the ibottom of auch a probleir^a- quires an unusual amount of technique, aa well as patience, even on the part of N^roes thamselvea. ^ deal with it in the Mma manner as one would deal with white paopla ia uitfair to tha Nag^^ child as well as its parents. * In Durham, Charlotte, Greanaboro, Winaton Salem; R*laigh and all other cities ’and t^wns in~North X^arolina, Negroes are f oread, to ibe satisfied with whatever program of education is handed to tham by white educator*. Th^ appointment of various Nefirro aup*rvi»or», who are of necessity seriously concerned albout kaaping on the -gooa side of thosa..who hold their Jobs in the palm of thair hands, ia not suffn;iant and fall^ar abort of 4:he kiind of rajtreeent*/- tion that is needed in tha field of Negro aducation. - ' The education of Ne^oea naeda more thinking out Idiid by Na^p^o- e*, more self determinationijGeorge Waahington Carver, Bookar T. Washington, Frederick Dougiasiapd many other outstanding Nagroes, may mean nothing to white children, ‘but they would be a far greater inapiration to Nagro children than is axplaiaabla to tha avarag* whita adueator. On tha other hahd thara is the matter of a fair aquitiible di*- tributioTi of'public funds that the Neip'o is not getting, but to which he ia entitled. We believe he wil^ come more nearly g^ttin^ hia, ahare if he has representation on the 4)oard*'^that diatribute*i the funds than he will ever get by standing on the outilde untij they are diatributed. We trust Dr. Botlsfield’s appointment ia 'the^bl»ginning of simi- *|*r frtfes in many more cities throughout the nation,’ and especialljr ia the a«u^ where no pretense is made of giving the Negro what «iu»t 1ia it aatitjad to- throughout "'the country ( .wring the months and year* to come. It aeems to me that passive passive resiatence hera could dissolve a^y injustices and g«1n for the race many rights and privileges which arri nbw drined. To ha truly effective this tech nique demands astute and lour- ageous leadership of the highest order, and on the part of the followen the most'layal, (lyna- mic «^ediance. Altho it in a form of negative rebellion to obtain positives, reaults, it might his Democratic opponents. A “wr»te in” victory would bte more than a vain hope. Percy Foster, the T>emoeratic candid ate is foredoomed 'to defeat be cause he is practically unknown to the voters. His o-pponeifts call Foster a Taift^any et up. So, how do these 1« ser^ win? They gSiin prestige whila they apd theitf political parties test their vote gelling strengtn. 'They and their co workers grow in political wisfom anff expoiience. "iJheir effbrts, negardle's of party, continually add u» the sum '^total of th« Negro'i politi cal. strength, And poltical pres tige often lands the Negro ca.n- didate in a non political (?) jo'b. That is how Ithe loser wins Ghicagfo CME Conference A Record Breaker BISHOF* J, A. BRAY AIDED BY FOUR OTHER BlSllOPS AT SESSIONS BY C. E. CHAPMAN j CHICAGO, (Am*)—The 53 session of the Southeast Mi«sourl and Illinois, annual CME confer ence “was' i ' record breaker,**’ according to del^ate's last'>?eek to session held in St. Paul GME church, Dr. W. Langdon Liddle, pastor, with Bishop j. A. Bra^, Chicago, presiding bishop ^f the Sixth district the chief execu- tiva. * One of the outstanding fea ture of the session wa^i. the presence of four other bishops who visited and helped Bishop Bray at somretime during the conference. They" were Bishops Charles H. Philos, Cluveland, Randall A. Cwter, Chicago, John H. Moore, Holly SipHngs, Miss, and Charles L. Russell, ^fca^ngton. Bishopsr Carter and Russell spent several days at the confere«ce. General officers. who^ atten ded the conference were; Doc tors Luther Stewart, editor of The Christian Index, JackJon, Tenn.; J. R. Starks, editor ofi, The Western Index, Dallas; B.' Julian Smith, general secretary of religious education, Chicago; Bartraju W. Ooyle, general se cretary of adocation, C. Ei Ckap- man, general secretary of public relations. . Reports m Tkiances, iacr^ses in iqembershlp and baptisms maj^e fcy the fiastors and presid ing ’elders show the confergnce than 70 year history of the CME church to report in ad vanced such a large percentage of its general funds for the ni>- keep and maintenance of the general church. l^e ibig Chicago district, presided over by, Dr. M. A. Crowder, *et a p'recednnt by raising, reporting and' paying to the general financial |||Mretary, the full quota for tlie confer ence year several months in ad vance of the setting of the con ference’- here. Dr. Crowder was duiblbed “The Champion Presid ing Elder of Colored Metho dism.” 'The two speciaf items of fin ancial interest were the new contract on tie St Paul church here in Chicago were^ Dr. Liddell, Bishop Bray and offi cers effected a reconsideration and «the debt was reduced from n)orej tliah $100,000 to |30, 0*00, and the r& establishment of the interest and confidence of the people at th^ Scruggs Mem orial church in St. Louis under Dr. Walker’s admlwistration wich culminated in an increase of $410,00 on general claims iver the sum paid the previous year. BISHOP FLINT TO DELIVER GAMMON FOUNDER’S DAY ADDRESS V J A'PI^A'NTA, G a.—Gammon TheologicalSeminary wiil serve found^B’s'aHjr on Nov. '2®, In ^the^ chapel ojf Thirkield Hall, and t'he principal- address i^ill be delivered fey Bishop CJiarlls to have had the most successful j W. Flint of the ME churcii who year in its existence. The con-|ia president of the board Jerence hroka the record in that it was tha fiwt aifd only major annual conference in the more of trustees. Bishop Matthew W. Clair, resident biahop of the Atlanta area, will preside. rose from captain to a major’s rank during the struggle. (After the war he went to Oakland, Cal, where' he lived jmtil 1911, coming thi:n to Chicago to practice law. He was active in Republican nntional campaigns aince then. Major Lynch was the author of “Facts q{ Reconstruction, published several years ago, and an autcA)iogra.phy, “Remini scences of an Active Live,” which he left, in manuscript form. He is survived by his widow, Cora, of Chicago,'jind a daugh ter, Alice of Oakland, Calif. Thanks Negro Press WASHINGTON (A N P>— Greeting the Associated Negro Press representative at the recep tion maiidni' the second anniver sary of the U *S Housing Au- (|h«rit(y, Housing Administrator Nathan Straus expresjied hia appreciation of the support given his project by the Negro press. "The Negro press' has accord ed us one hundred peccent sup port,” said I AdministMtor Stra us, “and it Jias been ^jreatly appreciated.” NORf«jLK, Va. (ANPJ— recntly concluded an extensive survey of Negro mental patients in asylums, conducted bv the commission on neurology -f tha National Medical association re veals shameful overcrowding in this type of in.ititution, with more thn 40,000 Negroes, most ly in the South, lacking ade quate treatment and care. The commisslon’a report was released through NMA’a gen eral secretary, Dr. John T. Givens of this city. Commission members were: Doctors Alan P. Smith, Tus^egee, Ala., chairman E. P. Henry, Taft, Okla.; J E McMiltan; Nashville; R O Roett, Houston and Arthur Gai'kins, New York city. Higihlights of. the report: “Between 35 and 40 thousand mental ■ patients ara overcowded in many of the !tn^ and muni cipal institutions and tiheir hospi talization has been reduced . to mere c«stedial care—iparticular- ly is tliis true in the Soutih where 85 percent of Negroes reside. I HOSPITALS CHEAP IN LONG RUN “The maintenance of go«d mental hospitals for Ne,'>roes is ccstly; though economical iti the long run and state legislatures appropriate funds when public opinion demands it.” “A large number of the ills to which manliind is heir are much akin to the results iil dia- appointment and fru.itration which affect the mind, then they are to accidents and disease, which affect the body. Treatment by mental means of the.ie disorders and difficulties of the mental man, ss called psychoitherapy. Unfortunately not all of our mental ho.spitals are up to the desired standard as that afforded Negro T'atlents by the Veterans’ Administra tion (Tuskegee Institue). *‘To maintain high standards of work in mental instflutioni highly competent medical and nursing staffs. are 'necessary. with apacial training In thia field. There i» a dartJi oi auch paraonnel, not only in the ho»- pitali, but alio in thf clinics and the child guidance flaltf, where prevention is the keynote.” “Thus the challenge if the mAtaUy ill Is before us-—and the National Medical Anoeia- tion meets that challenge on be half of 13,000,000 Ameilcan Negroes. The rapid increase of mental disease, like other enem ies of men, must be conquered by medical science. COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS Tlie Commission respectfully recommends: 1 That the National Medical association go on tecorrf and use its influesre toward the end that inuitutiona for the treatment of mental diseases among Negroes ha directe:! by t>hysiciana wirti special, ti-aining in Neure psychiatry. 2 That influence be brought to bear on the various atate l^islatures and munipalities ahd other agencies to the end that qualified Negro physicians and nlirses e assigned to in stitutions where l^groes are treated for mental disease. That tenure of service in these institutions he determined by the efficient performance of duty rather than .by political favoritism, which hoyond ques tion ia inimicable to the best Interest of the patient and is obviously hestile to medical pro gress. 4 That the National Mcdical association, in view of thf f^ct that tha percentage of Negro physician.s specialiiing in Neuro psychiatry is far out of propor tion to those enterting tha other specialties, despite the fact that more than 50 per cent of all Ne groes occuping beds are suffer ing from Some mental or nprvoM disease, encourage medical stu dents of background and pro mise to specialize Jn £his branch of medicine. 5 That the establiahmerit of child guidance clinics be en- couaged in conjunction with public school set ups a> far practicable. Bennett Extends Welcome FOUNDERS’ dinner DAY, c Brown Tel Is Of Civil Service Discrimination IPL Plaos ^ 6reai llfeel WASHINGTON, (A N P)— riliantly outlining , the case of the Negro worker's plight under the civil servke set up, Edgar G. Brown, appearing hefore the “President's Committee on Im- provemerit.of the Civil Set'Tice” in the Supreme Court building here Thursday laid befoie a committee composed of A«.^olci- be unsueccessful li&tauM >.f his color. ,. “It should also be re::crded that there are not many more than a dozen Negroes in the pepartmJnt » f Agriculture among its total ©J. 78,000 em ployes who receive more than $180, the entrance salary,” said Mr. Brown, “in spite the num- Dean Pritchett A. Klugh wc- tanded the welcome to Vititin,; friends at the Fuunderi Day dinner in Wilbur Steele Hall, which followed tha exerciiei in Carrie Barge chapel. Prflsidant Jones, toastmaster, read a letter Just received from Prof. Char les A‘. Moore, formerly of Greenfiioro, now of New York City, the first Negro graduate of Amlbhest College: “I was present at the i dedication Bennett Hall Si year* ago, when Lxman Bennett, who had given $10,000 for the erection of the building, sat on the platform. Tudge Albion W. Tourgee, a na tive of O., delivered-the dedicatory address.” The letter also spoke of the writing of "A Fool’s Er- raiiid 4)y Judge Tourgee in the parlor of Bennett , Hall. Pj-esident J. nes acknowledge ed the following guesta uf >tha day: Mr*. S. A. Peeler, wife of • ^ former president; Mrs. Edith Wallace Johnson of New Yo.k City, daughter of a former president; Prof. J. A. Tarplay, supervisor of the Greensboro Puhlic School, formerly « mem- beB of "^ifthe Bennett ' Ccllega faculty; President *and Mrs. J. H. Trent of Livingstone Collage, Sali^ury; President F. ? Bl«- ford ^f A and T College; Dr. • W._C. Jackson, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Gteerhboro; Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, President of Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia; Mrs. Ann"k Bullock Stewact; and tnembera'" of the Pounders’ Day Com mittee. of wnlch Mrs. filanehd R. Raiford was chairmftn. >' ate Justice Stanley Reed, presid- ber of years service, elocation and training. It is o«r infrrma- tion that thia i.i substtnllally true in all other departments and agencies of the federal di.itrict service.” Tng, Associate Justice f'elix Frankfurter, Attorney Ce.ieral Frank Murphy, General Wood of the S«|ar Rgebuck company, Professor Leonard White of the University * of Chicago and Mr. Dunn, ff-vell known local busi- , . . ness man, a prepared statement and offered to’ sumbit wr'tten proofs of his contentions. ^ Saiif* Mr. yrown: “It i* our fervent hope that the labors of your distinguished committee are f will hfe crowned in the years to *the aibolitiixij. of the unclaifcified 'come and all the citizenry, re- positions unrfd*~ a true merit gardless of race, creed or color system an J career service—mak- may find as surely as here equal ing promotions possUile to all JuBtice under the merit system.” Naming Dr. George Washing ton Carver of Tuskegee as an outstanditfir example of Negro srelentist, Mr. Brown pointed out that if Dr. seek a position (S|»ecisl to tha TIMES) OHIOIAlGO, (Special)—^Echoes of the National Convent .on f lata Phi Lambda Sorority sounding throughout the coun try, as the several Sorora have inatilled the enthusiasm which th»y received^ aa delegates into tha minda and hearts of their slaters. Soror Henrietta B y' r d, Omicron Chapter, New York, who was elected to the newly eata'bllshed o ff i c e—^National Director of Education is for mulating plana which will be a ' . challenge, not tnly to the mem- at the next convention bers of her Sorority+Jhut propoaed ten year plan of to other Graek Letter organiza- Soror O; P. Wflliamao, So«th- tions gs well. | *rn Regional Directress, though The inspiring leadership of ^t released for pi^lication, ie So^pr Lola M Parker, Chicago, founder and National President “The Negro Qfvil service^ em- in the lowest custodial grade—usually u n- daaaified, absolutely and legally barrel from promotion under the present Classifiaction act of 1923. Cerfainly, this distinguish ed committee could recommend alike^'f - “In order fo ba brief, may 1 here definitely suggest an out line of improvemanta: “I. Elimination immediately of the Carver wtre to arbitrary rule of tha civil Mivice In the govern- aommission set up in 1914 re- mantal aecvlce, he possibly would guiring the filing of pictures with #ie orir*"*! application and since its organization, ia In Jt- self a challenge to all ftjrora to keep, step. All regions are ear nestly beginning their efforta for the year which will make eligihle for the rejapnal' award a good working basis for the Fall and Winter program. Be cause of the exipeeted develop ments, due to thia working plan. Iota Phi Lambda esipefits tK« subatitutiflii of fingerprints, tha modern recognized and decent method of identification. There seems to bc no good reason nee all persons finally inductod into the service are"^:^finger nrinted, this should be ""done once and for all in the beginning. 2 Appoirrtment hy the president of a colored member 1940 meeting to ba .tha civil stervice commission^ e«t In the history of -the S«roiv 8 UnJer the executiv# order naaaa turn to page fit* Hubert Pleased. With FS Confab WASHINGTON, (tA N P)— Thoroughly pleased with tha results of the recent “Study Conference” for Farm Security profesaional workers, Gilea A. Hubert, directing the work, ra- turt^d to Washington, expreia- ing the hope that the event will become an annual affair. , — Tn “afScussing the confaience, Mr. Hubert said t^e atteadanca was nearly 100 percent of tha professional workers in his set up. Twentyf threet men 80 wo'men attended the conference, with two of the men being re gional purchase assistant, aupel'- visors. , lAlmost all of the attondanta ware unanimous .in declaring the conference beneficial. It was the first time the^‘majority of the workers has any concept of the mtfg^itude of the whola project and of the aims behind iheir work. Learning the philosophy ' of the Farm Security adminiatra- tion and knowing the general program of the organization and where their Jobs fitted into tha whole, was a profitaible expart- ence for the workeri. In studying the pouil:ilitias of cooperatives and what eoald ba accomplished through, them, workers were aible to get la- forniation unavailiAle in achooi# and colleges they had previouf-^ iy attended. ‘Thia was a valuable luaar-^ vice training projgraiA’’ to ita]9k he penonnel to the job," said Mr.- Huberts Continuing^, he said: “In view of the changing conditions in the Sftuth are Mak ing differential in farm manage ment, credit, and even in tha philosophy of the South. The Negro must keep up with theia thin^ or they will faro wor«« since they" are a marginal And strange to aay, aoma gf the benefits that am>ly to Pleaaa turn to- paga fin
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