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a«aranc« forerer,—-Is«. »2:17.
WHITt: AND NEGRO WORKERS
In Btfinin^ain, Alabama. 105 Negro employe* of the Birming
ham EHectrie Company, backed by more than 600 white employes,
were winnen in a strike for higher wages and be'^ter working
fl^oditiona., , ,
Th« white employes of the company^ all members of affiliated
uniona, aJM said to have stood by their fellow Negro workers one
hundred per ecnt. This indeed is something new in the south and
foretflila the dawning of a new day when laboring whjt« and Ne-
fTo worker! #ill ao longer permit themselves to become victims
of a nefarintt ayatem that keeps both groups ijt th meercy of
heartless employers.
31»e diapatch a^ys /that the strike completely stopped all the
streets cart in the city of Birmingham for nearly 48 fcours. When
tfce com]iaAy found that thei Negro and white workers were stand-
inr toigether, its official* quickly called for a conference and
SVBiAed tha demands of ita Negro employes.
iThe Bi^vui^ain strike oaght to set a fine example for Negro
and whit# worker? elanrhejcj^, in th^ wfobb, Mfus^ to cooperate
witt fa^ oth^nto disadvaritage of both. This matter of eoonomic
freedom of Mierint clams in the south cannot be solved so
tone aa thera ii Mimoatty between white and Negro workers, in
stead of liiftetiing to the propaganda of one pace being better than
the other, while the workers In both ^oups are underpaid, they
should organize and seek a better understanding. White £ad Ne-
workers in Birmingham have pointed the way, and we ptedict
oUters will follow.
' ANCnrHER MILESTONE
The CAROLINA TIMES passes anoither milestone this week in
its d^tlopment as a Negro newspeiper. Instead of eight pages, as
heretofore we present our readers with a 16-page-newspaper which
we trust will be in position to serve Negro North Carolina in a
bigsei* and better way.
Ri«M here we wish to extend thanks to oar retiiers, advertisers
and ftdends who have stuck with us through the years. What
ever we have been able to achieve has been attributed to the
loyalty, confideace and support of those who htive kept an abiding
faith in us in spite of many disasters.
A «ewspapw owes its readers, advertisers and supporters the
beat ft has at all times. It must ever keep before its mainagement
the trttat afid confidence which its readers place in it. Its news and
editofMs met never , become tarnished with selfteh moMves or a
desire to destroy. The CAROLINA TIMES has pitched its tent up
on a higher ground tham a desire for selfish gain will permit—a
croand not understood by ordinary men. The way has been
ruyyed. iftormy and sometimes dark, but we have an abiding faith
ni our oltinate triumph. Hence we refuse to detour, back up ot
lie down- We will go forwtlrd.
THE D1E|S COMMITTEE
At last Chairman Martin Dies of the House Committee on Un-
Aaierieaji astiTitiei has found it ponible ito indulge in tbe good
did southern custom of pouncing on the Negro for what ^s this
OBuatry. Mr. Dies oomes from the state of Texas where kicking a
Negro around is relished by a majority of white people who have
nrifc yet awaken to the p^nciples of democracy.
It nmat hare been enibarrasMng to Mr. Dies to learn that a
branch of tlte c^eat Ku Klux Kkn, organized several years ago to
aave America from foreigners Catholics, Jews and Negroes, was
tied up with ttie German-American Bund. The Jersey Klansmen
and the Bund held a meeting together last week. Mr. Dies sees
in such, the possibility of the aril white members of his owti investi-
^tion committee becoming involved in Un-American activities.
0o he would drag fthe Negro who represents the only race in
Asaerica, from which ithere has never come a traitor, into the
miserable picture of Un-Americans.
The CAROLINA TIMES does not wish to convey the idea that
it believes there are no Negro Communists in America. The Negro
resets no differenlfly from other human beings when he is pro
mised relief from the injustices whioh he suffers in America,
I^oratkt Negroes in states like Texas, Mississippi and Georgip*
wIm hare been denied the right* of education, police protection,
tiie ballot, Jobs, equal salariM and other opportunities offered
foreicners, we aldmit, should be fertile fields for Communimn or
rthff inia that promises them relief. The remarkable thing is that
•rsanixerf of tVy various Un-American activities have been un-
aMe te e«lt*»ate the Necro more than they have
Wfc Mr. Dies attack on the Negro, Much ado about Noth-
Sig dracswg the old bugaboo out of the closet about “social
•au#lity" ia nattung but tommy-rot, and is intended to arouse the
pf if^norant whites in the south, and detract the minds of
atlirr whJta people away from the traitorious activities of their
ira people. \
If Mr. Die* thinks that the Communiets are the originators of
f/’ he ehould look around him and behold ail the
in. his oi«n. and oth#r .^jutbprn stf»^s.^ He^ migM
«!•» te aoeestori,.f|ft|||^^ equality-
bafbre the Dies committee 'discovered that CommuniEitB w^e
Calvin’s
Digest
BY BEUtNICB CALVIN
\rMtiCAN WHY THE DELAY?
I As the Naxls ci'4pp^ with the
remn-"' • of dtmocracy on ttta
European continent, Aiiliricans
seemingly not yet profiting from
mistalkes of already, (German
prey are squabUling over swdi a
vital bill as the Burke-Wads-
worth Conscription’s supporter.
Some of ua would have our
thread bare 300,000 to,
ma^ vall^n^ly I^Ast^lthe six
year disciplined and experienced
go^stepping invaders when the
2^e latter strikes its deathly
blow. And when it does these
patriotic persons ho,pa thall
while the standing force is on
the go, the millions of men ne
cessary will be as dull as happen
ed in the first World War.
They do not seem to under
stand that a good soldier is «(
least a year in the making and
thalt with an attack launched we
wll hive no friendly Britain to
he«d the seae clear for our
passage and no allied army, des
perate thoughti it was to stop
g«p the enrush' on land until we
get refjfty. Even beginning this
very moment we still would not
have « respectable enough army
of over 3,000,000 souls befoiie
October next year.
And too itho (quicker the
American Negro lumps on the
bandwagon of the selective draft
supporters the better. For Adolf
Hitler states in his Mein Kamp,
Nazis bible, “The Negro has the
Jbrain of an ape.” Thus in an
America heiling Hitler the black
men will be reduced to mere
slavery e^gain.
Meanwhile the German menace
gfTOWS cK)ser and closer as the
monster swallows the laab bits
cf Sbrope, WHAT ARE GOING
TO DO ABOUT IT?
MILITARY TRAINING
SCOTT, AN
ENGINEER
OF MEN .
BY W. BAYNARD WHITNEY
For Calvln’a HMrs JSenrice
"DRUMS OF DESTINY"
Humanity’s greatest asset is
Experience. The experienced',
melK>wsd resilient leaders of the
Negr^ race conrtitute its pre
sent and future salvaltiion. Thoae
who dare and do for us, daunt
less and unafraid, long suffer
ing alid tireless, “they are the
salt of the earth;” a race which
has none or few of these is in
a bad way, like a forest which
has no roots, which must soon
wither and be no forest.”
People’s insKinct for self pre-
servaJtion is today terribly keen.
Every blessing of civilization is
deeply enhanced, and nothing
more is ever to be taken for
granted. We must guard zealous
ly our every asset.
Alfthough we have lost from
the family of Ne^o leadership
suoh ii^dispensable men as R, R.
Moton, James Weldon Johnson
and Kelly MUkr, our weallth is
not diminished. One of our lea?
ers in particular aitands fortE
as an asset consonant with the
times, nctmely, Emmet J. Bcott,
who heard the drams of destiny
in World War. 1.
“OUT OF THE CRUCIBLES*’
Mr. Scott was an assistant to
President Wilson’s Secretary of
War, Newton D. Baker, and was
intimately acquainted with the
circumstances surrounding Un
cle Sam’s unfair treatment of
the Negro soToier. Years before,
Mr. Seott had been secretary to
Booker T. Washington, whose
philosophy ,f practical education
and living he imbibed. Also Mr.
Scott served for many years as
secretary, treasurer of Howard
University. He is now a diredtor
of publicity for the National
Republican Committee.
Here, indeed, is al personality
who lias lived deeply in the hot
crucibles oi life and has seen
much droes burned out of the
Negro character. His number is
legion, a sterling tribe bent uP'
on jthe conquest of opportunity.
Thoir lives and accomplishments
span several generations; thsy
are mirrors that reflect our pro
gress. ■)%«•.
T^dy^,ju«J(c.e^and the wotM’k
purging holom'uai must not
allowed to* ^li||ht S nir miti|n,
i^perienced ^ leadexfhip.' sai^ins
onr f^^at; out of the Cmd-
ulsll emeiige lasting Toler-
ant*e !n4 fair. Play.
mr HSNftY CLAY DAVIS
In moet modem homas the
children *re brooght tip fti ac-
eordaliea with the fiftiiea of
doting and ambitious parenta
who do all they think poasible
to make their off ^prinf; happy
bttt ■#hd, neTertheJesi, thmu^
their own kek of information
an4 orerslirht, oit«n caude their
childi^en tnim Instmction in
the practioe o# discipline, health
cffre, and kiifSred fundamentals
wlicfc every cftild has tfie rfeht
to know something abont.
Mahy of our youngsters are
round shouldered, hollow chested,
and fit tubjeots of tubercular in
fection only because ■they haw
never been trained either at
home or eit school to sit up
fftraiglht^ expand the chest as
frequentiy as they can think to
strotvuotta pbyiMcal exercises
which tend to develop strong
ntaaclc* and attonifer lungs.
They are fed three times a day
on healtih protecting, bone build
ing victuals. They are taught
obedience, discipline, and res-
peet for wabiaaed authority
which the yovnpiters «f today
know little and cave less aboat.
They are taught how to use
firaMid in emergencies and they
are given some famiharity with
topograi^y and the nomencla
ture of fire arms which they may
find useful in subsequent gainful
ocenpations. Then they learn the
art of self defence in combxt.
In addition to all of this the
Army frowns upon egotism and
snobbery which e^ mmny of us
resort to once we get a little
money or a job a little above
do so. and walk erectly In order I the average. The Army’s only
to preclude as far possible any 'Social distinttioti. is between the
iiMursion by predatory pulmon
ary maladies.
As the conscription meafure
nears enactment many pare^
are foolishly permitting them
selves to believe that they had
rather see their sons anywliere
else in the world except in the
Army they might have to ge to
wEfr and be killed. Such parents
wouM be undoubtedly benefitted
if they would take the time to
learn a little more about the
Army. They would spare them
selves mu^ unnecessary worry
if they would allow themselves
to realize that Ihere ha* not yet
l|>een''any war in which every
foldier in it) wiH killed. And
•they could do n© harm in accept
inB the great truth that death,
Whether on, the battle field ot
^n the stree^cornw^te a matter
jof pr9de#|$pi(i|^n^e nranner
ia^ method of Im coming being
entirely inconsequential.
Young men in the Army lea^n
above ^ther things, the value
and u*e of co-operatiofl, oo-
ordinatjoni, ®nd hafmiony all of
which we Negroes need to learn
a whpla lot-about. They learn
to ca*e pfopirly ' for the body
feet wliich
officer personnel atnd the soldier
or enlisted personnel and this
differeitce is essentjal to the
preservation of rcspact for and
the proper use of authority, the
maintenance of organisation and
ideals, and the atssurance of un
interrupted co-ordination. In
the grade of private the illiter
ate is the absolute equal of the
college graduate so long as they
both are privates and any as
sumed air of superiority is like
chaff before the wind.
, In view of these facta iti would
seem that young men would be
anxious to acquire the real and
practical education available in
the Army. Instead of worrying
about our sons and kinsmen be-
inif drafted into the military
eervice, we Negroes shouM be
ntore concerned about whether
they will be real soldiers or la
borers i» unifonft once they are
in the Army. ' Discipline is
character builder and co-opera
tion is the chief asset of any
group of people having a com
mon goal to reach. Both of these
things are found in the Army
THtSE ARE MY JEWELS
PLANE TALK
BY JAMES L. H. PECK
(For ANP)
^ ^ , I AMERICANS of all hue and
alon| with ^otb*r ^huema are \^a\^ely concerned
^1 y»iir about the country*fl defense pro-
ti6n'‘‘and therefore our youth
should be encouraged to do it®
TO*1nanToTu8 hive trTuWe w^^^ duty to itself, its race;
Hiey* are given regular and and its country.
HOW MANY WILL BE
IN FIRST DRAFT
WAlSHINtGTOiN, — (ANP)—
What jxgtcenlae of Negroes wiH
be included in the first draft,
ttow that cnngress hai passed the
conscaription bill by Which sotme
900,000 ftien will be fcent to mil-
(taty cimps for a year’s trainiilg'?
Always a problem, it is expect
ed that a definite percentage
will le arrived at so th^ there
will not be a Breponderance of
Negroes twined in the ffest
baitch of trainees.
That tehre will be some Ne
groes included in this group is
a foregone oonchjsion, the num
ber to be determined by the war
department and the general
staff. What position they Will
occupy a**d how they will be
trained is also in the hands of
the war department and the
staff. *
However, the following are the
salient provisions of the bill
which goes to the house a,nd theii
to the president for his signa
ture. ''
With few excepi^ons,^ all men
men who have passed their 21st
birthday and have not reached
their 31st birthday must regi
ster, This applies to all citizens
of the United States. An unoffi
cial estimate sayS that some 12,-
000,000 men will be registered.
Physical fitness plays an im
portant part in the exeemptions;
college students are expected to
be exempted; divinity students
.specially; most likely the men
be drafted will be those hi
jnijnportant Jobs of those with
no jobs at all. (A large number
to these two categories.)
Evasion of the draft will be
punishable by a fine of |10,000
or five year’s imprisonment or
both. Such cases are to be heard
in federal coucM rather than in
the military jo«rts.
Length of service is to be foi'
one year with the conscripts, be
coming members of ^e reserve
sifter completing their year oi
active duty. Most of the con
scripts will be taken into the
army, with the navy taking a
few later.
Pay is to be the rate of $21
per month for the first four
months, later being raised to $30
for the next eight, unless con
scripts won promotion to higher
grades at a higher rate of pay.
Conscirfa on the government
payroll are guaranteed their
Jobs on completion of their tour
of duty alhd private employers
are requested to reengage their
employes if possibe on their re
turn. ,,
Taxes And insuriance charges
against draftees are liable to a
omrafjorium during he training
period. ^ >
yet wit|k ail of the provisions
made for drafting these men,
volunteer enlistments are sltiU
open to men between the ages of
18 and 36 years.
Moving immediately to the
housd, (the committee on military
affairs hi that branch of the
the government on Thursday
afternoon Idmmented faorably
on the bil and voted to increase
the age limit from ?1 to 31 to
1*0 JVMO X-- “ m ^
of Negroes will naturally foil m- 45, years of age.
NAAOP PROTESTS BEATING
OF NEGRO WHO SOUGHT IN-
ofeMATIOir •
ENLISTMENT
NIW YORK — In a note
sent to SecreStary of War Henry
L. Stimson this week, the Na-
ii,Opal Afsociatipn , for the Ad-
l4a^4)^f vigp»«|!vp;^Wf
the'cVio^n*if tr^tm^t afoofded
a N#r«, «e^ er 'by officials in
a Ch^fitlott^,*'N. C., anhy recruit
iny: office, when he sought to
ofetaia about the
enlistment of Negroes in the army
According to the NAACP,
a teacher at a local Nesro high
school in Charlotte, sought to
find out why severtll of his
pupils had been denied ^ op
portunity to enlist in the army
at the locpl fecmiting station,
in the Charlotte, N. C„ post
office. His refuq^ ^to accept the
grpW^ >-beina . 'Wcepted,
witlwul further explanation,
brot^t him a severe beating
at the hands of the local recruit
in® jafin^
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graim. 'It strikes close to home
bccausc of the probability of
csmpulsory military training and
the additional taxes involved.
Dfirectly or indirectly, It is going
to cost us something. We are not
a{!:ainst conscription in its broad
er sense, but we are wholeheart
edly opposed to it--as stated in
no uncertain terms last week-
in its “narrow” sense; by which
we mean regimentation of Negro
mrjnhood and the concomitant
bigotry of the American militai*y-
Let us not permit ourselves to
be kidded about this defense
business. The powers that be
have chortled at their success in
keeping the race in the dElrk-j:
they are still trying to make us
believe only what they want us
to believe, with rapidly diminis
hing success, thank goodness.
Just what is this “defense” wc
are paying for? Is is based upon
the promise that America will
fight only if the country—or the
western hemisphere is invaded?
If this be the ease, we Eire pur
suing very poor military and dip
lomatic strategy! It is tanta
mount to granting the Axis-our
potential enemy—assurance that
American soil, not Nazi or Japa
nese homeland,,will be the battle
field. A pre-war admission that
our cities and citizenry will suf-,
fer the worst air raids, the most
casualties. It relegates to the
Axis the great advantage of sur
prise and initiative. It further
supplies the enemy with certain
advantages in the conducting of
all-important porpalganda and in
filtration campaigns, the “war of
nerves.” It will be American sol
diers who must 'keep constant
vigil; American civilians who will
become tense and haggard from
fear and waiting, not German
people, Italians, or Japanese, In
short, we shall sav, “Come on
over here, if you ci.\n. You’ll
catch the devil when you arrive
(but not before)! You let U. S.
alone.” But decisive victory - in
which one force exercises its in
itiative and imposes its will upon
arother force to bring about de
feat and make the laitter force
sue for peace—is gained only by
offensive action. One cannot im
pose one’s will upon an enemy by
sitfting out the attack, wailing
for him to strike, thus leaving the
initiative—time, peace, and me
thod of attack-up to him. A
purely defensive psycholrfgicaj^
attitude is not  one conducive to
victory either.
our American' democracy would" but the later were much, in the
be in a sorry way indeed. In J minority. Upon visits to certain
more accurate, bat less definite; btpes and factories we are shown
wording, American dfefenee is ba- more, pourlbesy than if we were
sed upon the premise that we actually in the service, paradox-
shall fight the moment “our Mcally. But if we were selected
nati&nal Interests" are jcopar- to go in training, thd way the
dized,- or appear tg be Jeoardis- defense setup is today, know
ed. When the country proves we would be sent to an infantry
cap.^ble of defending itself and
the western hemisphere, it will
automatically gain allies. When
its military, naval, and air
strength become captWe of long.
distan:e offensive operations,
should the Veed for such strate
gy arise, the Axis will “lose in
terest in U. S. interests.” They
will have to fear from us same
the air raids with which they
might threaten us. We have
wfitched weak nations, or those
strong nations which were de
fensively armed, become puppet
states o^n after the other. It will
hardly happen here now. But
thisi is all purely objective; we
are speaking as an American ci
tizen, not ptl| ticularly a Negro'
citizen—and there is a difference!
Our good friend, George S.
Schuyler, commented upon this
difference in a moat interesting
manner in a recent column. He
rhetorizes, “I can understand
the patriotism of those who are
profiting from the system in vo
gue...! can under?tand their fear
of the regime being overtrown
Bin dtheir consecuent desire to
dg everything, including dragging
the country irato war, in order
to preserve their meal ticket.
They arc living on the fat of the
land in leisure while others toil
for a mere pittance ... To them
the American Way is soft-soap.
But the pittriotism of a $6-2-
week housekeeper toiling 12 hrs
a day.... or a farm laborer for
ced to toll from sun to sun for
a $1 a day, and bulldozed in the
bargain-that “pptriotism” is
puzzling. And if he he a Negro
confined to the ghetto and pena
lized because of color, then truly
his patriotism is amazing. I be
lieve that most white people here
are a® puzzled by the Negro’s
patriotism as I am.”
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Department of Educatinn.
To Mr. Schuyler’s clear rea
soning and faithfvil examples, we
respectfully add a few relevant
thougWts on the military situa
tion. We have been in this avi
ation busines for 10 years, off
and on. In this time we’ve met
many service oficers and enlist
ed men who were, apparently,
regiment along wi?h Piial Will
iams, Juflto Sully, and Alkerto
Aybar, all of whom were awaard-
ed commissions and saw combat
service and ha.ve several enemy
planes to our credits! We would
be sent to the infantry because
“no provision has^ as yet been
made for Negro aviation cadets|
or commissioned officers;” or in:
the words of another official, be-j
cduse “there is no colored avia
tion.” So would lot of pharmal
oislts, chemists ^linleas employed
in civilian agencies)’ teachers,
writers, and other professional-
ists and technicians, simply be-|
cause there is “no provision.”
if not the true pijj^ure.
The Democratic National Com
mittee would do well, in takin
a leutf from the copybook of th
pepublican National Committee
employing a competent N'*
to feefve in a eim^ar, cayatji^
The Negro preiw must be co^
gratulated for readily seeing th
educa|tional value of these re
AO^fkeep colored men out of the air l«aaei, and for publishii^ them
were of the safne mind as the
beaureocrattic southern bloc which
No, lAiies and gentlemen, this jg maneuvering constantly to
SIDELIGHTS
ON SCOTT
BY U. S. POBTON
For Calvin’a News Serviea
The Republican National Com
mittee is fortunate in having in
its employ Dr. Emmett J. Scott,
who serving in the ca?>acity
of EducHtional Director, Negro
Division, Dr. Scott has brought
to his work a ripe personality,
rich in the experience of race
relations. His long tenue of
service as Secretary, Treasurer
to late Booker T. Washington;
Secretary of “Howard University
and special assistant to the
Secretary of War, under the
late Newfon D. Baker, well
qualify him to serve in the cap
acity in whiCTi he is now func
tioning.
Those who have observed the
sv«ekly reletV^es coming from
his office and appearing in th
Negro press, can readily attes
lo the fitness of his work. It i
evident fron{ "these releases
Dr. Scott has been painstaki
in his ex'ttenslve research
the economic, social and religiou
problems as they affect
group. The unique way in whi
he presents his findings has
4eed had a telling effect on th
minds of the Nogro voters o:^ th
nation.