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EqaM salaries for Negro Teachers.
Negtv policeaien.
Negro jsryiaen.
Eqitti ^aeational opportunities.
HiglMr wages for domestic servants.
Full particiimtkHi of N^^roes in all branches of the
National defense.
AboUshment of the doable-standard wage scale
in indps^.
Greater participation of N^roes in political affairs.
Better housing for Negroes.
Negro representation in city, county, state and iia-
tioaal goremmente.
EDITORIAC
BIBLE THOUGHT.*
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"He that is of God heareth God's words:
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therefore hear them not,
God,”-JoiiB Vni; 47.
because ye are not of
OUR CONGRATULATIONS
The Coimnittee on Negro Affairs is to be congratulated for
the fine work it did in the city election. According to many
obeervers the Committee succeeded in blocking every effort on
the part of crooked jK)liticians to Influence the Negro vote.
Future candidates for public office in Durham Ck>unty
sluiuld profit from the experience of many of those in the city
election, who threw money away with crooked Negro politi
cians who were unable to deliver the goods after making golden
promises.
The success of the Committee On Negro Affairs in corral
ling the Negro volte almost solidly for their candidates is the
result of organization. It is our hope that when the next regis
tration rolls around the Committee will use the same method to
Increase the Negro vote to 6,000 instead of about half that num
ber which is now eligible to vote.
LINDBERGH’S RIGHTS
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, once the idol of America, has
become in many parts of these United States persona non gra
tis. Colonel Lindbergh apparently has fallen victim of a dis
ease know^p as 'the “sw^. head”, and instead of limiting his
utterance^ to^the fieM of flywg. is attempting to demonstrate
iiis knowledge of international affairs.
If Linlbergh’s predictions that Great Britain will lose the
WftLT come tnie, again be catapult^ to the pinnacle of
fame as a natioa^^ro who became a martyr because he tried
to warn his country against making the serious blunder of
figtbiag a lost cause.
Negroes in Amwica who have no love for the Colonel be
cause of his unfair attitude toward their race will watch with
bated breath, the outcome of the European conflict. Lindbergh's
act of refusing to give the reward to the Ne^ro w4io discovered
the body of his kidnapp^ son, and his successful attempt in
having the theat^^l contracts of the Negro cancelled, left
a bad taste in the tnouths of most of black America, that still
finpvra on.
While ^ wtmid not deny-the once^^erican idol the right
te gWa'W iiimself as any oth# citizeti~lmng under a demo-
Csafcic of government, we thuik he would do well to as-
(^ude of lo)«lty t0 whatever cause America bss
MUCUELL CASE
^a^onew&i determine whetliW the decision, of the Unit-
) MMi4r fo Ifitchell case is an empt^ victory or a real
Unit^ Staten.
highest tribunal b^ks its decision with
ther Thirteenth and fourteenth
has been enforced ih sputbem
t jttw^rded in northern states.
! tirink Congressman Mtchell desert
^B^H^^ntericans who believe in right. Mr.
IsHeetion to Congress, at least, by fo-
tioa on a rank injustice,
'we congratulate ARTHUR W.
MITCHELL, CONGRESSMAN ON STAND
eATllWDAiV#AY JOti, litt
.-—-I ..■w..-i>mnia." II . .. H,»
BT WILLIAM FI0KEN8
lie has cerUinJy represented
his raee weU ia tfte courts: be
his struck this railway segrega
tion case, OK rather this DIS
CRIMINATION «ase, for three
years, and now he ha« won it in
the Supreme Court of the United
States. Hi® vietory for all of us,
even for the white AmeritanH.
He makes eiviliration better for
black and white. There was really
no way for the Supreme Court
to decide otherwise, if the ease
were properly presented to them
Mitehell saw tkat it waj proi>er
ly presented. So many Negroes
have been faint hearted in simi
lar cases, and have not even dar
ed to try, to try to the last
ditch. I
The court, consistent wiWi its
precedents, has decided that all
Americans are entitle^ to Equal
A«?ommodations, in public .sier-
vices that are subject to federal
•laws. Interstate commerce (in
cattle) and interstate travel, of
humans^ is snbject to national
law. If a Negro bays a Pullman
ticket in C%i««go, for New Or
leans, there is only one way in
which he can be excluded from
the Pullman in which whites also
ride, and that is the famishing
of a separate * pnllmao car for
him. The excose cannot be made
tliat he is only one passenger:
American citizens do not have to
come in multiiiies to have their
rights. Each citizen has his own
rights, as) perfectly as if he were
20 or 20,000. That is democratic
civilization, and that is why Hit
ler thinks We are crazy.
This puts the South up again
st it again; this time they did
tiieir best to beat Mitchell. They
filed brief^ against his ease from
all of the deep south jim-crow
states. But the Supereme Court
eitates. But the Supreme Court
of a state to SiEGREGATE, but
denied the state the right to I>IS.
CRIMINATE. Pec^le can be*
separated, but must he treated
with substantial equality. The
railwayts cannot simply put the
Negro OUT of a Pullman j they
might put him into another, pull*
man.
This deeision is as basic az^
far reaching as was the Gaines
Case, in the matter of educa
tional equality rights, ii» tht case
from MisaottrL
In El Paso, Tex*te> which is
less than 20 miles from the New
Mexico border, the railroads
would make a colored passenger
pay full Pullman fares to, say,
Albuquerque or Los Angeles, and
then Tcfuse him the right to take
his seat or berth until he has
traveled the few miles froni El
Ps£o and had actually entered
New Mexieo, which has no travel
jira crow laws. That meant, that
when a Negro bought his sleeper
ticket, 'and the train was not to
leave until 11:30 or 12 midnight,
the white paaaengens could
into their berths in El Paso at
9:30, when the car started in El
Paso; but the Negro passengfer
would have to sit up until 11:30
OT 12:00 midnight, when thi
train entered New Mexico.
A little l«ss than two yeara
we told the ticket agent in El
Paso that that practice was as
much against law as it is against
decen^ and commonsense. He
shot back at me: “Well, yMJ
can’t do anything about it- It’s
the law* here. See, your congress
man (speaking of Arthur Mit
chell) has not been able to do
anything about it.” I remarked
''But he will do something about
it if he carries his case to the
Supreme Court, which will sai>-
port your segregation,* but (will
not support your charging Ne
gro passengers the same fares
and giving them less for their
money.” At that time, Mitchell’s
case had been lost in the lower
courts. It was also turned down
by the Interstate Commerce
Commiaeion. But the Supreme
Court! Long may ^e wave!
Thous^ds of thanks to the oour
age an® intelligence of Arthur W.
Mitchell. WELL DONE, INpEED
British Boy Scouts play a big
role in defense orgafiization.
McNutt appeals for “more de
mocracy" to defeat Hitlerism.
Wickard says American food
may decide war against Axis.
27 per cent favor sending nav
al aid to Britain, Gallup survey
finds.
Retail leaders urge a Federal
limit on size of price advances.
Wright training plan fills
tooling-jobs by four-week course
President warns the country
we are not aware of our peril.
Contracts awarded for 184
ships, including 72 tankers.
li. S. already at war. Fight
for Freedom Committee states.
Experimental work in war
planes reported, ahead of sched
ule.
Private industry starts deliv
ery of medium tanks to Army.
Sabotage and air attacks held
principal danegrs at Panama.
Congressmen talk of an 8 per
cent basic income tax.
Rockefeller scientist says cell
component may be cancer (^use.
Pan-American Airways build
ing ten airports in Caribbean
area.
New plants planned to meet
British need of heavy bombers.
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BY WILLIAM PICSENS
Just let us forget that it iff
Liodb^Cgh. Just let us discuss t3ie
case of a subordinate army offic
er and his commander in chief.
There was a subordinate army
officer in the armed forces of the
United States. He criticized the
couxse, the wisdom, the policies
and the decisions of the com
mander in. chief all over the
country, in big meetings, in mag
azines, in news{Miper statements,
in public and ia private.
Then, finally, the eomanander
in diief turned and critieitied this
subordinate officer, telling the
junior just wfeat milUcms of
Americans think of the junior’s
course and attitudes and wisdom,
or lack of wisdom. Then, imme
diately, this subordinate officer,
who had never realized that there
IS anything imiMroper iu his
long standing and publicly stat
ed disagreements with his com
mander in chief, became offend
ed by the one publicly stated,
disagreement of his oommander iu
chief with the sutiordinate, and
“resigned.”
What is queer about this, is
that the subordinate officer did
not have/sense enough to resign
BBPOEE he himself started pu
blic disagreements with his com
mander in chief. He would have
been on unassailable ground then
so loQ^ a» hia country was at
peace, and not at war. He could
have bellowed all over the place
without any impropriety. He
could have told the head of the
nation what any other American
citizen is at liberty to tell that
head. He could have disagreed
with any decision, any course.
■But as it turned out, this sub
ordinate officer could not take
what he was giving, he ran out on
hi? outfit at the fiyst show of
amiwering pppocftticw from the per
son and the forces whieh he had
himself started opposing first.
We simply do not relish that
Lindbergh performance: it shows
that his good grace is as poor as
his dipolmacy. He is pro fascist,
and he ought simply to have said
so, when he came back from Geri-
many, and left himself outside of
our armed forces. It is not a
crjaie to be pro f«£(cist. It is jilst
foolishness. But they do not hang
people for being foolish, even
wheu. tbe^ .speak th^r foolishftc^
daily (in times • of peace). If
war starts, that will all be ano
ther matter, must -, be another
matter. ^
Wh(J would want tj be l«d by
'Lindbeilgh' into a dogf^ht,'which
he has already decided that he,
that we cannot winf
His gospel is the gospel that
has already ruined 14 nations in
Europe, nations who ere lost for
jgeuin|B|f.^ns, uni^s British i^nd
America should win this war and
save themselves and :^ee those
nations and nationalities. What
is the use of telling us that we
MAY BE lost if we fight against
tyranny? We are SURE TO BE
LOST, if we do not fight again
st tyranny. What is the use in
saying to us that we are sure to
lose if we support Britaiii, when
we know that we are also sure to
lose if We do not support Bri
tain! • • . . I I ’
We should much prefer to lose
standing and fighting, than to
lose sitting or crawling. We
know we have a chance if we
fight, We know we have have no
chance if we won’t fight under
any circumstance. We, except
ing Lindbergh and a few of that
tort, do not want the fiisteists to
win this war; we do prefer Bri
tish culture and manners to that
and those of the Hitlerites and
the followers of Mussolini. There
are no angels jn this affair, but
me do not have to choose the
worst of the devils. We Ameri
cans are not angels, but most of
us that are in our right minds
prefer Washington to Berlin,
New York to Hamburg. Lindbergh
has done , the army a great ser
vice by separating himself from
it.
H. B. K&ltenbojrn, radio com
mentator: “The United States
will decide this war in 1942 or
1943, as it did in 1918, by jts en
trance into the World War."
* * « *
Stanislaus Olszanik, Polish of
ficer, joining Royal Canadian
Air Force: “It's no sacrifice. It's
a pleasure to fight the Germans,
a pleasuer to fight the Ger
mans. ”
Soft colors favored in show of
Spring and Summer fashions.
Conpent
On raitchei Cas«
Reactions Vary
New York (ANP) -- Opinions
varied as to the net effect of
Chief Justice Charles Kvan*
Hughes’ decision in the. case of
Congn^essman Arthur. W. Mitchell
vta Interstate Commerce commias
ion, handed down in the supreme
court on Monday. Following is a
sampling of views expressed in
various quarters.
Walter White, executive secre
tary, .NAACP: “The NAACP is
pleased that the United States
Supreme Court has taken the posi
tion it has in the Mitchell jim-
crow car case, however, the deci
sion goes no further than one
handed down also by Chief Jvm-
tice Hughes in the case of Mc
Cabe V* Atchison, Topeka and
Saute Fe SB (235 US 151). Both
decision ignored the fundamental
is£«e of Begregation and provided
meaiia for substantial equality.”
“It is manifestly unsound econ
omically to expect in thisj or any
other generation eqtial dual sys
tems. of transportation, education
or other aceomi^odation in tar-
Bupported instittitions or public
utilitie^ The time for real jubila
tion and for Belief that democ
racy i^g bein^ attained will come
with the eAirts unequivocally
strike down all methodsi and mod
es of segregation on account of
race, creed or color,*'
Eugene Kinckle Jones, execu
tive Secretary, National Urban
league:/*’* The decision iei a step
in the direction of voiding jinx
crow la^ I feel that we should
be happy over this evidence of a
just interpretation of our con
stitution by a liberal supreme
Nourt.’» ■ . :
Mpb. .Mabel K. Staupers, exeeu
tive secretary. National Associa
tion of Colored Graduate Nurses
(letter to Mitchell) “Those of us
who kaow the Kigmfteaaee o£.
PRAYER and
BROTHERHOOD
The “Lord’s Prayer” is i'aiui-
liar to nearly every man, woman
a^d child ia tki« eountry. It is
used on {Hiblie> oecaaioni when a
prayer suitable to oil rlaaae)^
and people of all re%iou» be-
liefe, is desired, But there pro-
bftbly isn’t one person tn a
tfa^uudand twho realizes what he
is asking for when he presents
its petitioas.
No man can pray this prayer
for himeelf alone. It ia a soeial
prayer. There isn’t a sii^le “I"
or “my” iu it. ,
Notice the way it begins: Om:
Father—not my Father.
And here are it# prinei|»l
petitions: j
“Give US this day OUfi daily
bread” ^ [aj
“Forgive US OUR trespasses*’
“Lead ut not into temptation’'
‘^Deliver US from evil"
If the spirit of thia'psayer
were accepted we wooli have 'lhe
solution of most of our' e^Mal’
problems; waits would «e«wr^
employment woiild be
_tak«L care of; homao ^attM
world diiapp^. • i
‘Suppose, fpr exampli^j that 4he
a>an who prayW for daily {jUljtad
was deeply concerned about 4jis
neighbor also getting hi« daUy
bread f Nobody would go hungry.
Suppose that the man who
asked fdr forgiveness was anx-
ons that others should a^o
forgiven! It would eliminate
h&tred. As a matter of fact, the
only eoipuvent Jeso« m^
the prayer which He taught His
discij^ wa» this: “If we for-
iirivB not men their trespasses,
hoiw can your Heavenly Father
forgive you your trespasses ff
The man who prays for ‘‘de
liverance from evil,” must take
care that he does not lead othfersi.
intji tempUtio&r tn' %
Tlj^ next time you offer * this
«P«
and '48k courself—^*A’m'1
cludiiig my neighbor in this
prtijerV* M not, *you. might'
better quit, because your voice
will reach m higher th|ji_._your
own lips.
s *
your victory and how costly this
victory Hii’st jhave been to you
feel deeply grateful. For seven
year* I have done field -work for
NACON arid very often had to
travel in dirty jim crow cars.
“Your fight wa« not a perspn-
al on«; it was. for all of us,, and,
yon have stated^ this deeision
is a atep in the deatructidn of
jim crow,»» I
Eardlie John, assisant eei^r-
ation cdunsel, eity of New YoA*^
“This decision isj not unique for
it states no new principle of law
nor does it, as a matter of fact,
out law the jijn crow car. As ia
said by Mr. Justice Hughes, the
.question whether this, wag a d^
crimination forbidden by the
Interstate Comferce act is not a
question of eegr^ation but one
of equality of treatment.” The
court specifieaily says that it is
not copeemed with segregation.
What deeieio^ does (^1
for is simifly Aibjitanlial eqnalfty
As .iwe know, ihe jim tfrow' caie
will continue.** ;V^|y
Charles A. Lindbergh, avia
tor: “I believe this war was lost
by England and France even~be-
fore it was tarted. '*
“If Eng^nd loses this war it
w^U be a great tragedy for the
United States. ”
“England is losing the war."^
"Aid to Great Britain is utter
fdly.” ‘ .
lAutomobilie industry will cut
production 20 per cent.
Army starts enlisting 500,0(H)
as air-raid> spotters.
Knudsen says war output W!ill
excel “any two in Europe."
Army and Navy short of an-
ticraft guns, survey finds.
t:
‘‘The Lord make you to increase and abound in
love one toward another, and toward all men.”—--
1. Thessalonians, iiL, 12,
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