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ipp PUWJtHSO WUKLY BY THI OAROUNA TIMES PUBUSHINC CO. It? E. PEABODY St. DUKHAM, N. PHONES N-7121 «r J*7t71 Eatcred m aeeoad clMa mater at the Foat Ofice at Durham, N. nnder the Act of March 3rd, 1679. L. E. AUSTIN. PUBLISHEK ^ WILLIAM A. TUCK, Maaafing Editor HERBEKT It TILLERY, Bmibm* Maa»««r C. c. 420 CHARLOTTE WFICE 1-a EAST SECOND STREET SUBSCRIPTKW RATESi $X.OO-.Y«u', |1.»—« Month*, THE NEGRO AND NATIONAL DEFENSE It it rery hard for Negroea in America to und*nrt»lid the reaaora which pronpt this refusal of the United State* government to in clude metabers of their race in all tranches of the national de fense. The oidy eonclusim left is that in the minds of those in authoritx there ig «^ear that if Neg;zx>es in the United States are atrmed aa soldiers they will ultimcitely prove traitors and turn asrainst the grovenunent. Certainly the past history tf the Negro aoldier, even during the days of the Revolutionii-y war, discloses no instance where he has proved « traitor or shcpra disloyalty toward his country. In later later wars the Negro has upheld with honor the duty of defend- vag these shores, and we see but «ne reaao-n why the prf^.tice of Dot accepting him in all branches of the service is continued, and that is that his race has been made the victim of so nutny injustice^ there is fear that in his desire to receive full citizenship rights he may take drastic steps- Such a thought could only be birthed in the mind of a/guilty conscience, and one who has helped to make the lot of the Negro a hard one. The anxiety which many Negroes have shown for joining the ^-my and other branches of the national defense is prompted a great extent by their deske to i^in some kind of honest em ployment, even if it is that of fighting. They would rather belong to the a^y of the United States than the army of the unemployed. Others, like many r.f their white toretheren, are lured to the army ji)ad oth^r branches of tne nwtionai defense by a hope of adven ture, patnotiam and « desire to wear « uniform. We think the barring of Negroes from certain branches of the national defensefoolish ided—one that nvay in years to coma prove diaastrous because tibe Negr) will be unprepared if not unfit for military doty. Misphced IMsdam • • • • BY HENRY Cl^AY DAVII • • • • MOST OP US AOMHE that the asvfaronmant in which w* speod our adoleacane* wields the strongest influence in our lives after maturity afid, became that environment is thg only one ac- ceMible to moat «f us, we learn among other things to ballavt th:^ world^conditioons ara similar to those wa ara aeeuatomed to. In the absence of any set rule or any regimentation the children in cac)| separata fomily are rear ed and ta|ight differen'tty accord ing to parental fancy and conse quently their comprehensions ire compelled to differ. It often happens that we possess a little knowledge on a subject that someone else does not have a^d, instead of brand ing that pergo-n as being dumb and ignorant a§ we wont to do, we would better decide whether or not any one can Justly •faamp us with the same brand and whe ther wlu4 we call ignorance and dumbness in some one else is educational or environmental. Let the so-called braintruster approach the average person and aik “What dre the barometric indications of present atmospher ic conditions?, ^nd ihat person will think he is dumb, ignorant, and crazy; but let the brain truster speak in ithe languaee they both understand and asic that game question by simply saying, “How is ihe weather to- dav?” and«>he will receive an in telligent reply from the dumbest Sanyiiritan cmm wW* the iftevnded tVKvtlar ^ fa«ts, and fiai avt what {)« BMded. ‘'Second, lit ««a ai«vtd with ypRptLttioiu Aid iMt come merely ito g«t th* datft in the case, so thit he mifht make a statistical report to the auKhorir iies. He put hear into the latk,' and* he did not atop to ask aboat tbe.^ wiqunded man’s reUfion, hts raee, his color, or whether he be longed to finr particular orfaaita* tion. Third, he hilped the ttrteken traveler. He bouad up hi* wom^ •et him upon tkls qwn beatt, brought him t« an Inn, paid his bill, and told ithe keeper that if the sick nan needed anything else, to see tfMt he goi it, and he himself would make it all right. Here y«u hare an outline of what should ordinarily be dons in meeting the aoeial needs of oar neighbors and ail ^er unfortun ate* who . have been wounded. And thia i|s all right, so fUr as tt goee—but ther«'s one thing else that needs to be done in these modem time*—aomething that « thousand '“Good Samaritan*,*' working a* individuals, esin never do—the “Jericho Roads*’ must be cleared of tiiieves and rc4>bcn. This will do away with the neceaiity of caring for ‘*w«\mdel travelers”—whather they have been wounded by industrial, social or political roiibers. And this is a kt> that requires ii)o combined efforts of all of us. The robbers are strcmg and rath- less—a n d they’re organised. When the reat of us get together THE RALEIGH POLITICAL FRACAS The Ral«igh poli^jlcit! fracas which ha^; been going o« since the election held there sevetml days ago to detem^^^^^h/^r the city would change to a eity mantjger form of is uncover ing a nasty political situation in the state’s When white men or black men^use their Cititenship to the extent that they start tampering with the voting macSiinery we think it is tame fr^ someone with decency and moral courage to toall a halt, regia^dleae of who or bow many it involves. The moet fortunate thing about the whole nagty situatiyi is that the case will be tieard by one of North Carolina’s most Cjutatianding Inrist, Judge R. Hunt Parker. Citicens of Raleigh and othen con cerned may rest assured tha|t the case wiH ,be tried strictlf' on its merite and not on sentiment Judge PiArker is just the tight court official to nip this kind of politics in the bud before it gets too gnat a footltold in Nortii Carolina. The CAROLINA TUC&S stands solidly behind the punishment of botti wliite and Negro'participants responsible for tiiig most dast«rdly deed, which if permitted to continue will undermine oar form of government. most ignorant of us. Om- —churches and lodges, induct!^ niscience is a Divine quality fl*d lal>or, and all other* who be- which no human being poseeses lieve in wiping otlt injustice and therefore all of us are dumb and lawlessness and unfair dealing— Aside from de^ee it will be "g«iod night” to the robber bands on all “Jericho Roads’* and OTirtone prsMSt, will maamiw ikm* failure# as Mr. lanmvtH'a part. New Daalers Ba«fc*b«pM ef AalhNagiro Me*«ar«i> These men constitute Ibe back bon* W the New Deal Democr4r tic Party. They are the spearhead of opposition to^ the Anti Lynoh- iag Bill, to the Poll Tax Bill which would extend the voting franebiae to Ooloired citisens in the South, and to> a Square Deat joeing extended Colored men in the Armed fiervicea of the Oovenifnent. Aleo, they are in oppositk>n to the BiH removing photegrapbe of idehtiTicatlon from application for positions in Government De partments, fa fact, they constitute he well disciplined contingent opptcjKd to every decent recogni tion «f Colored men aind women. They help to make up that Powerful gtoup which controls nearly' evetry important Com mittee of the Congress of the United State*, in the Senate and the House ^ of Representatives, and determine the course of legiriation. 'They hf(ve grown enormous’y in power and influrtice under this Administration, and have fonght t» strangle every measure favorable to us The Viva Presi dent of the United States, who presides o^er the Senate,'^ ^d the Speaker of the House of Sapresentatives. both came frt)ra that State which, by every de vice, legal and otherwise seeks to prevent Colored man and wo men fromi participif^ting in pri maries, State and Federal, and from voting. , WUlkie Win Abolish LET HIM TAKE IT! iRnor»n>t to a certain about Some things. iU We Pass This Way BY CHARLES EARL COBB Charlotte — I can’t walk the irtreets of Chailotte at night—I am aftaid. Afraid of what? A- ftald of geMing Idlled: you arc m atranger here but I ^11 not withhold the facts from you. ^st ivaek, Elbert Torrence was ;ay- ateiioosly slain. IBveljm Sumney ahot to death as ^e turned her back upon her suitor. Jessie and isn't worth making pother, who has talcen it, pay the sup rem« penalty. You might wonder if itihe police are afraid to patrol those areas in which murder oi*- cur most frequently; I too wott' der aometimes if they j^re amd at times I am convinced th«b they are «nd then again I feel that _ . - .they ju^t don’t care what Negro- ^ around dead 00 fiie side- es do to ®»ch other (and •O'me walk with a bullet over his heart. Bsrl Battavee was stabbed to dearth by an irrate woman gnd looker Holmes was shot to death dj**to a prevkws argument. after eight, week aftur WMk, monti after montJi, gtim, tarmalxing carder stalks the of » ivlrlotte, claiming its wtwti®* wUtioot n check; ao far T*ar there has been fortv CM) ararders and all but three ^ HMte were of Negroes by Ne- have tiiese mur- no way fco stop do you Is thW« hare thne murders because fa wfaieh theae norders Hiew ia ptHetlally n® poH*« oiglit the sight of on Second Street or areas where murderg iett- f oeear Is Indeed a zarity 4ar k Is a contnon Then too. If » -Klipfct iM he is tJje Judge idx mo»i- Bs In prta>iil of us, my friend, are of the ^fne attitude.) You asked if there was a way to stop these murders: of course there is. Therg raore ithan Just one way and what makes it so bad in Charlotte is that the peo ple in Charlotte (Negro and white) with the intelligence posi tions and resources tP offset the rs'tc of murders here are ooarniz- ant of the ways in which the situation may be alleviated but they sit Idly by and thank God that they weren’t the ones thalt were killed last nighti. Murders in Charlotte could be decreased gradually and spontaneously: graduaiiiy by the establishanent of reoreation(^ eeniters, better liv ing conditions, in home, church and school. 8pmtaneouly,n by better policing or just polking, ->f murder areas, better street lighting, forceful prosecution of murder fa all degrees and sent ences in keepfag with the seri ousness the crime and until— tfiesp things are done—A8 WE ¥Am THIB WAY—I wiU surely I#y, "r cannot walk the streets *y**of ChaHotte *4ieap fraid.'* Following the recent registra tion of our boys for service Conscript army some of our volunteer registrars throughless- "^ly and diepargingly commented 6n the dumbness and ignorance of some of the boys because of the way they ^newered questions but there could have existed an en- TironnJental difference between the registrxyra and regriatrants which could have caused the latter to feel that the former Were dumb and igiiorant because of the way they asked questions Many of those boys possess a- lert and receptive minds which n«(y not liave been trained (or mifitrained) v^'tih a questionable education but which will enable them to rise high in the Army’s enlisted personnel and some of them may be called upon io defend with their life’s blood tho property, person, and liberty of thg same people who called them dumb and ignorant Any person ansong us -who has not had the dhance some of us have dumped into our laps would be glad' to learn what he doesn’t know if he possesses even the semblance of am>bition, and those of us whoi lay claim to consum- mfilte erudition could render a nobler service to the winning the respect, oqnfidenoe, and friendship of the les* fortu?'- ate through teaching them than than by incurring Dheir reaent- menti enmity through ridicul ing them. We cannot ever make ourselves unified, righteous people by forever dispan\inig each other, by contlnuinig our effor.t» to maintain a double social iitand- ard, nor by making the object ol our hilariouB risibility lAie very things which should receive our sincerest a^id profoundest can'tem plation. • With Two Weeks Still To Go BY EMMETT I a. SCOTT Wa»h|ngton In less th^iin two weeks n electorate of the United States, will nkarch to the pills to register ita choke for the Presidency of the United States. The campaign haa been a hectic one. It is and has been ono (if the strangest Presidential campaigns of our political hi> tory. On the New-D«tf-Demoeratic side, it has been mixture of all the element contedy, burles>(iuc, direction of Mr. Willkie himself. Chairman J|caeph W. Martin, Jr. ptnd John Hamilton Executive Director, there hae been a seidous discussion of fundamental issued), and an effort made to arouae the American people to a oontempla- decisions affecting their wel Modern “Smaritans” By Dr. Charts* Stalsle 'nUE STORY of the “Good Samaritan” is one of the great e«»t classics ever written. Everj’ body knows it. Everybody be- lie\-^ its teachings—rat leait theoretioajlly. Lodges and other Eternal organixaitieins have adopted it as the basis of their constitutions. But let’s see what is really involved in this great story, sind then let’s ask ourselves how near, we come ihoi following the example of the Samaritan. Here are the chief points in his actions: Fin(tt, he made a “auty^y,” Others had passed by on ^the side of ithe Jerioho Ro|tud, leaving the man who had been' tx>bbed at night—am a-jand beaten probably with not so much as a ■backward glance. The|Bllenders the tiorf^of the d^gers that confront them in New Dealism is continu ed. ' . I , We iiive referred to tfi* cam paign as beinff different from the old fashioned ones of the past 60.years, and to the atrange con* trasiB of the prasent one. The Republican Candidate has called attention to the vita} i^ues of ithe i^seirvation off our re- puiblican form of 0>Qvenunant. He has analysed the Issues, and has pointed oat t^at if we con tinue the New Deal we shall soon find onursslves nuurobing down the road !&o national bank ruptcy, with resultant financial ’haos and confusion. The Third Termi Candid^G^ vefuses to debate these issues aa Mr. Willkie has done. By hla actions, be gives the impression he ia not iimitereirted in the domes tic issues which have brouht our country to the brink of deaftruc- tion, and dontinuss the pose a§ being “the india^nsable*’ he is in 193^, declared does not ex ist. Mr. Roosevelt app^tmntly is not interested in 4^e domestic issues his Administration haa created, the failures of which are generally cone«dad by tihli>ngfet ful men everywhere, or he dare noot seek to defend them. Colored citizena of the United Staites, those men and woman of tjie Northern, Eastern ffnd Westo em States whofce votes are coun ted; whose ballot cam* to them from the Republican Party in spite of the fieflins, the Jeff Davises, and the THfanans and Y,4rdainan8 of the and the Oonallys, the Claude Pap?)er*, the Bilbos, ti>e lister Hills, the Jimmy Bryneses, tragedy. On the other hand, the RepuMican jManagera, ' ^nder hia Administrati^in, “thete discrimination in direct relief, and all of the flai- grant discriminations of the New )eal, in !\ana fiseurity, |COC, WPA, Old Age pensions, and Social Security, we are faced with ft choice of maintaining these Democratic enemies of progress and the aspirations and bc|>ea of the Colored people, and support of a Candidate, “who will continue Relief for these who cannot secure gji^nful em- pkyiMtit.'’ who wiU “aboliah disniminations in the administr- tk>n of Relief ' and strive to find creative work for the Negro as well'as for every other man,” who will provide an opportunity for Nagro citisens “t» be crea tive 1^ to partioi3>ate in the grsat ewteQwiaep of American life;” denounces Mob violenc-j, and who insists that “legi§latijn be enacted to curb this evil;” who haa promised that if elected. i^all be no diserimina.tion bet- yieen people be^avae race, creed, or color in appointments to Feii- «ial positions;” who will give “Colored citisens a chance to be heiird before Gorammient takes are an dthe rights denied them uttdei: the New Deal;” who has stated that h* '‘does not believe in discrimination in and Navy” a^ that no reason exists “why colored bqys should not be allowed to be trained as aviators the same a$ other boya.” These peldges of the Republi can C,aiididate are quoted directly from his own expressilMis. By fiieir side, tiiere is no't to be found a single word by Mr. Roosevelt during nearly 8 years to indicate th^t he believes in f ny of these things. RoOMvelt Silent On Editorial Opinion of The Negro Press HDITQR’S NOTB: The Smear. Willkie Negroes Do Not Re present ,the Race, is the sub ject of 4n editorial which re cently appeared in The Pitts burgh Cofurier of which Rob ert Lt Vann is Editor lind Pablisker: Words,^)ti scarcely the found of sufficient force to condemi the foul action f those black and white members of the Democrat^ pUrty campaign conun>ittee re- sponsiible for the publication of a speakers’ guide in which the racial o-rigin of Wendell Willkie and Mrs. Willkie are attacked. The action will turn the stomp#fli of everynoe of twelve million Aimerican-^Negroeisi except the insane, the criminal and the feeble-oninded. The responsibility ia clear. The Negro American is ncft party tc this scurrilous outrage. Neither is the white race, considered as (* federates used them sewer line for their own muck. Howe'rT, the faet tJ»at these The Pittsburgh Courier knc>wg t^t Negroes as ^ whole have not g7>ott|n. 'it krioWs that a few Ne^oes were used by these under the influence of whites 'doe* not excuse them, kicked whites can lose their They had their own fcul no- heads. This is what has tions. The fact of Mr. Willkie’s Ger man origin h^ nothing to ilo with his fitness for the Presid ency. Mrs. Willkie is not a candi date. Td bring her inito the cam paign in such a manner was churlish. ' Who Is it in the great Am*r\- c^ln nation, save the Indian, whose blood doe* not Stem from far off lands? This ia the land ctf the democratic ideal where men and ^Vtomen of all races, coWrs and creeds, have striven pdid sacrificed and spilled the.'r blood to forge new nation that naticm ;tjh«t siwuld Be of all the people. , ; . Who is it, if not the black maa, who m,ust wage eternal struggle fl^ainst the proacription of color? Whoi is it, if not the black Ameri can, who must fight a relentless whole. The reeponsibility rests!war on prejudices due to race? squarely on the rOund shoulders new day, come rain or sun, qf not more ithan a dozen poison- twelve million black men and htlipened this time. They are, as Mr. Willkie properly said, “contomptible cur#.” We want no part of them. •—The Pittsburgh Courier. women in American muat ^fisc from their beds and renew this unending ibaittle. How then, can blttiCk Amer.- minded whites and Negroes in the emiploy of the Democratij National Committee in New the Army York City. . j, i This tiny group of whites anJ cans, except they be insane bl^tltks must bear equal guilt for this felony at heart. It was a job for only tiie most contemptible and vicious persons in the or ganization td unite in doing. Iv criminal or feeble mfhded. Join the ranks of the bigcjt and the intolerant? And ©apeci,ajily against the German Have black men for- Wg the evil master piece of'so^ten Carl 'Schurz and hundreds puny minded whites and Negroes of thousands of other German- whose brains were addled by running sores and each of whom Could find 'remedy in meanneos only. Certain whites with the Demo cratic camQ>aign coiumittee have Americans who lifted a hand to them in the dead . ditVs of tho pa*^? i :' I Briefs: Very' Brief Finland aided bj* funds from U. S. in aftermath of Russian war, • • « • Italy sees stiffening of U. S. attitude in Roosevelt speech. * * « « Red Cross to expand welfare> work at army and navy stations. « « « » Recapture of Matang, a Yang tze River port, reported by Chi nese. m m m m Green opposes easing of ths blockade to send food abroad. • • * « U. S. writer finds Warsaw a shambles a year after conquest.) « * • « New army set-up is likely to abolish “kitchen police.” « « * « 17 per cent of voters sounded in Gallup survey seen as favor ing war. a • a • Dr. C. A. Dystra accepts post of draft director. « • » a Export freight up 42 per cent in Atlantic and Gulf ports. Boom! Boom! Though often “speak out,” Mr. Roosevelt has oonsisterttly refused to do so and l^aU maintained a Stygian silence. The choice then is between no.t only -Qipposing philosophies of jiovernmen't> but also between Personalities, one open and for thright, and the other silent, glim, diiregardful on every con tested issue affedting the Con- stitutkmal interest of nearly 14, D00,000 Colored ciizens of the United States. The cihio&ce is between the re- gimentiltion of our common citi- senship, which inevitably leads to dictatorship, under which the Negro as a men»ber of a minor- i^ group will' suffer most, and pCK^bjy to war with all of its d^oc^tioHa and horrors «nd that other choice which will keep us oojt of the armed confli^l^ of Ciiaiope and Asia. besought to^ sought some method ito appeal to ^ A,speech, written but not de- iiveta^ does no harm. Nearly e'r^ry biuineM will vol unteer if the profits ^re high. I racial prejudice because cf Willkie’s German ancestry. Cer tain Negroes with the Democra tic campaign coanmibtee have itched to make a public iague out of customs attribuited to the the Qttndidate’s hometown, EI- wood, Ind. I These few vultures, and these only^, got together to encoura;g:e one another to ithe foul attack on Willkae. These few Negroes would scarcely have had the courage to coimmdt the crime had t^ey noft received encourejgo- ment and approval f#om their cesaipool white associates. Cer tainly, these Negroies had no authority or power to issue such a do^^ent without the approval of iionje white perscm. But there were those iwhit'^s who wanted to spew their ow;i poison. They knew they did’nt have a chance Ithrough their Qw.n organs. They knew that the mo«t slattern white speakers woucd noit use such gutter mj^terial. Thay, therefore, fastened upon their irresponsible Negro con- _ COHS *OH ORPeR r® iHh-re MAH But Hou> X fHE S^^eLL Of POMOAHt M; (uieff «iiii
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