TBE CARChL.IMA TIMES
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1941
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The Platform of .
THE CARO UNA TIMES
indudes:
Equal salaries fiv Nesro Teachers.
N^ro iieliceBieii.
Ne^ro jaryMen. ' . ^
Eqnal •educati«HiaI opportnnlties.
Hirher wa^es for donestic serrants.
Full participation of Negroes in all branches of the
National defense.
Abolishment of the double-standard wagre scale
in industry.
Greater participation of Negroes in political affairs.
Better hMuing for Negroes.
Negro representation in city, county, state and na
tion go?eninient8.
PECT FOR OUR DEAD
Either tl^ city of Durham should close for good the Old
City cemetery, located in the northern part of the city, or it,
ahould make ^arrangements to keep the grounds in better shape
than they ai^being kept now. Not only is the manner in which
■ the grounds'Skce kept a reflection on the city, but the colored
population, Jor whom the place Wjas originally set apart, as
B»elL
The law is dafinite and sure with regards to burial grounds.
ilH&d it is not going to be as easy to abandon the Old Qity ceme-
many hope it will. There is the mat^^^gE^^tinKnl^
to be reckottadrtwith, . and the ri«:hteousnes8 StiS^ion ^at
•rises in the moat dtstant relatives when there is 'tiwlE^ut lis-
tarbing their dead. The law recosmizes this deep feeling that
exists among survivors of those w^o have passed into the great
b^ond, and is slow to do anything^ that would arouse it.
We think,however, that until it is definitely decided and
arnmgements "Inade-to abandon the place that the same care
given other public burial places should be gjiven the Old City
cemetery.
At present many of the tombstones and grave markers havei
been demolished or pushed over. Others have suffered the
ravages of time and need repairing:. The grounds have been
j allowed to go without attention until the place resembles a wil-
rdemess rather than a place where civilized i^eople bury their
Because surviving Negro relatives have not enough respect
»r their d^ad to keep the place cleared or sec to it that it is
ept, those living in the immediate vicinity, supported by
usual race prejudice, have no respect for it also, and con-
ite what they can to destroy the place and make it unsight*
We th^k the time has come to take some definite action
thisviKtticular cemetery. Either it should be abandoned
th respe^ ^d time and place provided for those desirous of
loving Uie' remains of their beloved ones, or it should be
litely miderstood that it is not going to be abandoned. If
latter ^ewrse is decided on, then funds from public taxes
mid be Sfipropriated for its upkeep.
FRIENDS IN NEED
A Europe controlled by Communistic Russia is no more de
by the United States and Great Britain than a Europe con-
by Nazi Germany. When democratic forms of gov-
get in bed with a communistic form of government
world may rest assured that both have become bedfellows
‘use of oecxi and not bccauae of love for one another.
Brest Britain is the main source from which most of the
hatod in the world originated. Gormany and other coun-
4i^ere it is now found are novices at the game, and con-
iy have not learned the art of practicing it without at-
attention. Russia where all races, inclufing the Amer-
and other Negro ijeople, are given equal opiwrtun-
be allowed, without a fight to a finish, to get
[ ^l^ucDpe.
HSGHT 41ND iSGHT
^ Henry C^y D»ri«
In spite of man's acicntific expostulations concerning the
origin, function, and cocentricitics of this Earth upon which
we dwell there cannot abiA; in the human mind any doubt that
it was created by a Being whose omni|)0ten0e is far greater than
the combined degrees of actual or assumed erudition ever ac
quired by the human race collectively.
There is ho discoverable difference in the Divine construc
tion and sul»equont usefulness of Earth’s many seas, or it^
multitude of mountains, or its various rivers, or its countless
other manifestations of God’s creative genius, and consequent
ly we may safely believe that His Divine scheme included no
provision for a difference in the construction and usefulness;
of human beings whatever may be the color of their skins.
The intangible and incomprehensible forces which govern
the function of Divine creations are inviolate to man and havd
therefore remained constant and impartial down through the
ages and when man realized that he could not control, alter, or
affect What he calls natural laws he should also have realized
that any unjust man-made law designed tp favor some humans
and punish others would eventually become retroversive to
govern the lawmaker in the same measure as was meted out
by him, the law of retribution being also inviolate.
The mighty British Empire seems to have been founded and
built on the principle and practice of subjugating and despoiling
weaker peoples whose hereditary proi)erties containing untold
riches in natural resources were seized and exploited, whose
customs and traditions were suppressed or changed to serve and
convenience of a ruthless and merciless iif^der, and whose
slightest infraction of the selfish and unjust laws imposed up
on them was sometimes penalized in a most barbarous manner.
And now the mighty- and supercilious Britons, the masters
of suberfuge, intrigue, and viciousness, are finding themselves
faced with the proof either that might is not always right or
that if might is right, it is not solely the privilege and propr
erty of the British people. If they have been right in their
centuries old practice of employing might in their program of
conquest, acquisition, and expansion, they have nothing to
fear from the inexorable law of retribution, but if they have*
not been right all "their invocations for Divine mercy and assist
ance and all the secular material aid able to, reach them will
be as chaff before the wind.
This world will never be free of devastating wars and their
terrible consequences until it is first free of avarice, deceit, and
prejudice, and until every human being is willing to accoi^ ev«
ery other human being the same rjights and privileges he re-*
serves for himself. The greatest menace to the security and
welfare of any nation is that nAion's own citizens who sub
scribe to policies of despoiling, exploiting, and maltreating peo
pie less privileged than themselves. Such citizens invariably
incur enemies with whom the nation will eventually have to
come to an accounting and not always successfully.
Histerical records of the gains and subsequent losses of
mighty nations and powerful individuals are ample proof that
might IS far less conducive to peace, prosperity, and under
standmg among men than are the elements of justice and fair
play, 1
iTHE LINES
mtP HTM'TB'AT WiYT
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William Pickens, Spokesman for Cause
BY H. BOABDMAli
For the Associated Negro Press
By Dean Gtordoo B. Hancock
THE THEEATLESS WAY
hen thg march on Washing
ton was called off, there were
tho»e who sighed with relief, li;
is extremely unfortunate that
Furthermore, there ik a ques
tion in many, wo»e face
was aaved when the Inai'eh on
Washington was called off, the
administration’s or the uitu'ch
there are those who are implying ; sponsors f There have been raised
that the march is an ujp the sleeve
card to be used at some iubst-
quent date, if the objective in
defense are not attaijid, so tar as
a larger integration of the Ne
gro is concerned.
and America have sordidly maneuvered Russia
l^ing their chestnuts out of the Are, until
ifd can get teiijtf to do so with hands proteet-
‘ It-'a a n&stf' game, and they who play it
" Read the “Rape of Africa"'by Lamar
get a close up of European integrity
t*o-«mng at the 4ime, iwt ag
t^ age of puberty it too began to rape
distance.
Ijlyalf the dfaty>gaek« whare .all wen are
going to see Ei^rope cfnt^rollad by a
uaent «^h^r-all mm .of «1I races
aoon ^ co|iypkte9 the role
fee '^itwuTOr^ or fought out.^
‘SB^&BTope. Should she defeat Germany
herarif at vmr ai^in«t the same people
IgtoiW- Aa aoon as the need of Ru£sia
When President Kooscvelt made
his statement there was no far
ther place for the nijutn on Wa?li
ington. The dramatization of the
Negro’s dissatisfactioa and plight
with his (lefense opportunities is
about all that a march could ac
complish. The President’s deUvc’’
ance on the matter was far more
efl'ective than any march could
have beenj and so the cause
advanced. But Negroes should le
ward of intimating that Roo^evtlt
was “smoked out” as some er
roneously imply. Roosevelt ueeds;
no “smoking out” on the race
question. His stand has been no
manly and heroic that “smoking
out” tactics are utterly out of
plaoe. Moreover, the Roosevelts
are the type that will not be
“smoked out.”
The Roosevelts are fearless and
what conviction will not do to a
Roosevelt intimidation can not
do. For more than eight years.
Republicans have tried to force'
him to make a statement for the
anti lynch bill; and he has re
fused to be coerced. He knew
that a statement from ,his 'would
mean nothing hut conflict with
the Southern constittfency of
Congress upon whom he nius^^ de
pend for the promulgation of
Policies the triumph of which will
be more lienefici^l lor the Negro
cause than any deliverance on the
anti lynch pronouncement. Roose
velt would be less than a great
statesman to alienate to large
part of his support to Placate
flie Negro race who are practic
ally voteless in South.
But Roosevelt has a better way
than merely . ‘‘t»lkiug” his in
terest in the Negro race.'He tries
to formulate poU^;ies that will not
work •ivithout them and which
will be a general blessing in which
the Negro must shfife. r
beware of the , ■ ioft||icationb of
those Negro leaders ^ho'' always
hold the N^ro up aa a threat.
If^^roea are not in a position in
this country to do much “threat-
ing.” The psychology of threats
serious qustions, as to the num
ber that would have marched.
The fundamental question raised
as to letting the march drift into
the leadership of subversive ele
ments prejudiced many conscien
tious Negroes against the march
tatties. Our communist comrades
have a way of “running away
with the show” and so caution
was in order. Our leadeiShip
should be wary about using the
Negro as a threat. As a threat
the Negro and his best ett'or; are
strictly limited. ^t;^|^t^tiou ij the
word and offers the more effective
threatless way.
Vansitart says graatest U. S.
aid will be in new A. E. F*
President asks more daylight
time to save,power for defense.
William Green supports forced
saving for defense workers.
Railroads show revenues rise
of 30.2 per cent for June.
Evidences
,«ven Hitler
u against the Negro's interests. Jhis htnds.
Will somebody tell the world
why Hitler is not in Moscow or
Leningrad or Kiev?
What we want to know is why
Germany continues to captnre the
same cities and annihilate the
same armies w.hen Bussia has so
many other cities and aimiea
that might be captured to Ger
man advantage.
When Germans captored the
son of Stalin they captured thi
wronf Stalin. The one that is giv
ing the trouble is still at large.
The Germans «re not going to
get far captnriog the wtongman.
FoQt troublos will cease when
P097 hranans pay less attention
to number and more attention to
fit.
A hitch in time may also save
nia'e. _ • i .
A shortage on informaition of
ten result^' in a “longage" of
argument.
are Qiultiplying that
has plenty war on
The first and most lasting im
pression one receives u\)on tnling
with Mr. Pickens is that the de
fense savings plans is to hini a
genuine cause. He lives with it,
dream it, and is COljiVINClCiD
with wholehearted couvyetioii that
it ijs a heaven sent opportunity
for a Negro American to help
their country and themselves. He
glows with ferver as he suys, ‘‘For
our group it is NECESSARY that
Hitler should be defeated. We
know that a Hitler victory means
servitude for all the minority
groups and the weaker peoi>les.
This defense savings plans has
been devised so that E\'i£KY
American may participate in the
defense against Hitlerism to what
ever extent he is able; uad that
his particii>ation may be to his
own permanent and substantial
advantage.” \
Aw, propaganda! mutters the
oppostionj but he does not say it
aloud in Dean Pickens’ hearing.
What the dean is saying is no
empty lip service due to the job
he has undertaken. “It is true,”
he says, “that the tree of de
mocracy has n5l reached its jua-
turity in America. It is a slender
plant, or slow growth, and the
day is still ahead when its wide,
.strong brandhes will shelter al
mankind. The d*^ is still to ,’oiue
bat it will come, if we nourisli
and train and *eare for that youug
growth. The fool says, because it
is weak, because it does not yet
protect us, let us cut down! the
ool, who lets himself be used by
those who want mankind to have
no Protection save that of their
own mailed fists!”
In less figurative language Mr.
Pickens went on to say that, what
ever the faults of our government
lay be, it is one of the few re
maining on earth which giants
the right to protest, the right to
demand changes, the right to
maintain rights. (^uite recently
this was illustrated when the ex
clusion of Negroes form defense
dustries brought a gigantic wave
of protest from Negroes in all
Parts of our country. \Vithout
constraint of any kind they voic
ed their protest. Without fear
they organized to give their
swelling indignation form and
substance by a mass march upon
our seat of government.
the President of the United Stat
es recognized the justice of their
demand and, “ by i virtue of the
autjiority in him /,vc64^vby the
constitution, ’ ’ issued ’ an ’cAler
with *rrangemeat8 ■ for ■ its strict!
enforcement, to bring to an end'
all discrimination in defenso in
dustries.
What would 'Hitler ^ say—to
that?
What we Americans say is,
cheers for democracy! And while
we are cheering, let us give one
for this appointment of Dean
William Pickens in the treasury
department, another manifesta
tion oi that same democracy.
His ^uU .tjtlo, lot ^ be irecord-
ed here oi>ce alid -for all, is
“Principal Defense Securities
Promotion Specialist on the De
fense Savings Staff of the Utlice
of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Hereinafter he will be known as
staff assistant a designation
chosen by himself and in keeping
with his character. His wokr may
be described with equal simpli
city. He goes about the country
wherever called for, so far as
that is humanly possible, si)cak-
at meetings held to put the de
fense program before the peoi)le;
His own part is to explain iii his
own graphic, humorous and cry
stal—clear language al of the
defense savings plan, from 10
cents stamp to $10,000 bond; the
pur}H)se i^nd the use of these in
vestments, to the national and
to the individual.
Aside from his ow^ tmjjiuajas-
tic belief in the"8e#?fise savings
plan, there are other reasons why
the appointment of Dean Pickens
i« peculiarly appropriate. One
of these is the fact that he is a
popular speaker with white aa
well as Negro audience. Ah’cady
requests are coming in from
white communities whei'e he has
has spoken before asking for
Dean Pickens for their leading
speaker at mass meetings held to
acquaint the jmblic with the de
fense program. And when colored
groups feature him at their own
local assemblies, a large section
ot' the audient-e is aj>t to be
white.
In other words, this appoint
ment is a happy example of tiie
right nian for the place. Dean
Pickens knows his peojde. He
understands their lives and their
needs and he can give to tl\^m
and to their Avhite neighbors, in
his own persausive way, the
philosophical and practical rea
sons for supporting the defenfe
savings plans.
Van Metis, state draft director. i
]^K*al boards re{x>rted that they
have had a few instjuices in \hieh
men got married after they Avere
order to rept>rt for- examination
and then asked to be placed in
class 3.
Under the new reguktion no
consideration would be given de
ferment of such cases unless the
registrant had indicated on his
i]Ut>«tionnaire or by supplement
ary informati(m that he was en
gaged and gave the date of the
approaching wedding.
There might be^other conl;tions^
the bulldtin, said, which would ob
viously temi>er the modification
of jK)iicy, such as pr>of that the
wife was pregnant, or conclusive
evidence of absolute dependence
wherein the wifp would suffer
undue hardshii> if compelled to
live on the registrant’s income'
as a soldier. ,
Marriage Offers
No Escape Under
Present Draft Law
Registrants with the selective
service boards V\yho * get jnarried
3n the eve of thjgfr-induction or
after being order*ed" to re]>oi-l for
[ihysicaT examination will do so
at their own risk, according to a
bull^ti^irepeived by Alamajice’s
two • boards • today from General J.
Angier Ex-Slave
D{es In Raleigfh
Burial rites for “Aunt” Ade
line McAllister, former slave
belonging to the John Green
family of near Angier, Harnett
county, were held at Garner
Wednesday* where some of her
kinsmen, now all dead, resided
a number of years ago.
The aged woman, who was
confident she was over 110
years of age, died at her home
in Chavis Park, Raleigh. Mrs,
W. E. Stinson of Raleigh, re-
late^to her former o>wners,
vvM^H^ guardian in her last
For years, “Aunt” Ade^
line ^as a “fixture” at the an
nual reunion of the Green and
McLean families in Harnett.
Mrs* Stinson saw to it that she
got to each meeting, for she
could recall incidents and per
sons connected with the family
better than anyone else. She
was owned by the late John
and Katherine McLean Green.
When asked why, upon gaining
her freedom, she took the name
“McAlister” instead- of that of
her owners, she answered that
“McAllister sounds bigger." The
McAllisters were related by
marriage to the Green and Me
Lean families.
The former slave, in trying
to calculate her age, declared
she was "a grown woman when
the Yankees came” during the
Civil War.
With the realignment of |k>w-
ers in Europe there has arisen
among many of our people a
sense of confusion, fostered and
augmented whenever possible by
those who are trying to divide
the nation, and who wish to veil
the real issue involved. If we
listened to them, we would be
lieve that we were forced to take
either the road to the left or the
road to the riglit.
This is not the case. It is not
a choice between the l)«gun besti
ality of the Nazi-Fascist regimes
and the godless bestiality of the
Communi«t overlords. The blood
guilt lies on both, and the
foulness of their deeds offends
the nostrils of Americans in
usual degree.
As a people we learned our
It'sson in the era of ji^ng wars.
We know that we cannot sit
idly by and let two mobs kill each
other off, while we go on rocking
serenely and saying, “God ridd
ance to bad rubbish.” We have
got to get up and clear out both
gangs, and common sense (ells us
1 Jiat we have to begin with the
begin with the one whose gun is
pointing our way. , ' '
The policies of oUr government
^have pot changed overnight. "We
still as a nation are against all of
the totalitarian ideologies which
enslave human beings and make
a mockery of all the principles
we reverse. But we are a practi
cal people, and we have to tackle
johs in the order «f’theif' W^di
aey. We know th^^t 'our j^i-esent
task is to rearm S'^edilyanl well
to rush aid to Br^taijt^ in this her
God given hourt di bpportunity
before Arm^pddon, and to pre
pare for);ithp‘‘worst while we ear
nestly > pray for the best.
While We use this providential
minute of respite before tho
storm to strengthen the bulwarks
of our defense, we must not jump
to false conclusions or be led a-
stray in false judgments. Thru
the trying hours ahead, while tho
rain of epithets—“Nazi” —-‘Red’
—“Nazi” — “Red”—fall upon
our ears, we must stand firuii
looking .fceyond the scaremonger to
the shadowy ^gure prompting
him. If we keep in mind that
these miscreants now so bitterly
assailing each other were broth
ers in blood such a short time
ago, united in their task of scutt
ling the ship of democracy, we
can sec them in the proper per-
spectiveaiid go on as indivi
duals, as a people, and as a na
tion, doing the task we know we
have to do. This is still America.
This is still our democracy. Tho
principles uix>n which our nation
was governed h^ve not been
changed by the new line up in
Europe,
“Go to your work and be strong,
halting not in your ways,
Baulking the end half won fot
an instant dole of praise.
Stand to your work and be wise
—certain of sword and Pen.
Who are neither children nor
Gods, but men in a world of
menl”
YOU SAID IT
’Defense Bond OuizI
—rrrB
What is the reason for buy
ing a Dfefense Bondf
A. To keep America free. To
show your faith and pride in
your country. To warn foreign
dictators that the United Slates
is. the strongest country in the
world.
IT’S ALL IN THE STATE
MIND
If you think you aer beaten,—^
you arc.
If you think you dare not, you
don’t;
If you like to win, but you
think you can’t
It’s almost a cinch you won’t,i
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve
lost,
For out in the world you’ll find
Success begins with a fellow's
will;
It’s all in the state of mind.;
Pull many a race is lost
Ere ever a step was run;
And many a coward fails
Ere' ever his work’s begun.
Think big and your deeds will,
grow.
Think small and you'll fall be*
hind.
Think that you can and you
will;
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you’re outclassed
you are;
You’ve got to think high to risej
You've got to be sure of your-!
self? before
You ever can win a rize.
Life’s battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,.
But sooner dr later the man
who wins
Is The Fellow Who Thinks Hq
«Can