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TWO CAitdL^NA XI MBS SAfURDAY, N0f¥l^MB&R 1. 1941 die Ca |@5^ PUBLISH^ WEEKLY BY ICE CABOUNA TIMES PUBLSSm^G COMPANY IIT & IMbody Stnrt DoritaBi. If. N-7ia or J-78n C. Befclr^ the Lines ti (By Dmii Gordon B. for the ANS*) Hanroek Entered Darhi h«^ N. C. E.PAUSTIN. •econd dan matter at the PMt Offlee at under the Act of March Sr^ 1879. L. WILUAM .Publisher A. TUCK, Managing Editor CHARLOTTE OFflCE 420H East Second Street $2.00 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: la Year $L25 for Six Montlu LABOR AND DEFENSE This newspaper for a number Uf years has stood solidly be hind the ifforts of organized labor to secure better wages and better worlking conditions for laborers of all* classes and creeds. In our stajM we have supported a majority of the strikes and movements to lift the American working man from a plane of aervility to'^one of respect, because we felt that there was justi fiable cau^^for most of the protests that have come from eveli individua|»,As well as labor organization. ^ For 9cWie reason or another, we can’t quite believe that ^ ^ • A 1 * this latest strike called by the C. I. O., in the coal mines of this country i^^tftiove reproach. We think that John L. Lewis, erst while president of the organization, and leader of the C. I. 0>, is doing to hurt the cause of labor, by his dogmatic atli' tude to^rd the appeals of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to keep the nation’s coal mines in operation during this national crisis, dhan any gains that might be made by calling the strike. FVai cly we do not propose to know all the inside ramifica-i tions of the dispute now going on between the employers and the emiiDyers In the coal mines in question. We do know however, that most of the miners are working for far better avages tl^ the soldiers who have been drafted from their jobs and homes into the service of the national defense—many at irreat sacrifices. ' The fact that the miners are not striking for higher wages —but a closed shop, implies that they are fairly well satisfied with existing wage scale, and are merely looking around for •ome re^Mon to raise hell aboiut. We do noWthii^^hat Aow is the time to raise hell afxydtt'a^cli^ed shop 6r pn (ff^^hop. On the contrary, we think it is time for every true American to bend evt^ effort toward furnishing those! soldiers in our' train* ing camps with every piece of equipment they need for their training feet we have no mines in which to work. The right to strike, the right of free speech and a free press »re rights that only exist under a democratic form of govern- tnent. When appeals to reason coming from the chi*ef execu tive of the nation are scoffed at and even ignored by autocratic labor Iffluiers, we think it is time £o call B halt,] lest the very light to strike and other rights we enjoy be forever taken from US.' Hie exercise of the rights of a democracy are never safe when they are in the keeping of those who do not belie-ro in and practide democracy. John L. Lewis may have a personal hatred of President Kooseitelt, but he should not be permitted ot allow) that hatred ■to intfifere with the defense efforts of the national govern- ixient.v; !#Prthy of commendation Fbr. several years Herman H. Riddick, has taught biology »t the Hillside Park High school and coached the football team of that institution. As we understand it students who come un der him and pass his work are among the best in the subject he teaches when they go to college. Every one who has ever seen a Riddkk-coached football team will witness to the fact that they are well trained and play the game better than many col lege teams.1 We think that Herman Riddick is due a word of praisei ^iJCor the fine record he has made in the class room, and in several great football teams at Hillside high school, record ought to cause those who have the job of coaching U at the white high school to wonder how h& docs it. As understand it the coach at the white high school has no to teach, but can devote his entire time to athletics, tberehy shc^d be more successful in producing champion- thaa Riddick, who must teach classes, and get no ir Ipr eoKhlog.i the white high school has turned out good teams MWipioiishtp deven's, it has not monopolized the jnship of the state as Riddick has done since of the local Negro high school eleven. ; tell you about the lack of equipment to ti Tfin«Wi the absence of a gymnasium and other : fiire not to be found at the white high school.) Pnrluun owes ta Herman Riddick ^ debt of leadersh^ of jroonf mesr as Wdl as his Fteicbcf.1 We think he hia proved htfb&d are forced because of circumstances to their path are often listed among Ba aalttt* Hcnjuc Riddick.' POLITICAL PIDDLIird: DIC- TATORSHIP NESDID | HERE TO FIOHT DICTA TORS Thereis being eqacfed before pur eyw one of the most bril liant examples of national and international piddling history has ever known. We talk about fiddling that Nero did wliile Rome was burning; but the way the democracies piddle while the dream-city of democracy bums is not only alarming bti( it is positively tragic. Many months ago this column contended that ’.low-moving democracies could not measure ^ffl«iences with swift-moving and regimented dictatorships; fhai democracy worked well in tities of peace, but very poorly in times of efi- sis; that wherever ^emocracj has met and iuceeasftilly com bated dictatorship, certain demo- 3rati! notions had t6 be sublim ated for the moment. Freedom of speech is a fine thing in times of peace, but it becomes exceedingly dangerous in times of war. At a time wl^en we should be concentratihg everything on |ettfcg this na tion 's mind made up to fight a war that is inevitable, we are still crying "fr^doin of speMh" with the result thal: pur coun cils are divided and the people are confused tfild fhe nation is just piddling abound. Whethei^ we have a dictatorship or not, we certainly need one, and that very badly; «[tid we fiiust have one if the entire nation is not to become a vassal of Germany i^d a heiiN?h-natioil ^ike Vichy, France. The iwe of the demfyracies are making of the ideology rai ses the quMidn whether or h6t the United States and Great Bri tain really deserve demwracy* Nations who play so carelerely with' the vital matters involved raise (jt^ve queistions ffieirij proceedur^. . t^tir isolationist group is so ??i|^e of itself that they are positiv.'Jyj^ defiant and proceed, to emb4rafe? |h« freisi- dcnt intvery conceiva^f^fi way. There can be no greater pdiiti- cal tragedy than that our great President is handcuffed by a bunch of political piddlers A^ho' are gambling the lives of ons of the nation’s youth for the next election. It appalls us tp think of what might have happened had not Hitler made the fatal mistake of invading Russia instead of En gland. England’s war-whoop has become » mere whimper. Onlj' God Knows what would have become of this once mighty na tion had not Russia come indi- r^tly, to the rescue. It is everi more appaling to surmise what we would do if England sihI Kowia were suddenly removed from the combat as there are reasons to f^ar they will. ft is hard to tell just who is rnnning this country, Rocse- velt or Wheeler. Besides a lot of squabbling and “political pid dling” we are not doing mnch in this country. The die-haM Re publicans are trjnng to utilize the critical hour for thjeir ad vantage; the nation .fe siilT try ing to place prejudice above the welfare of the people. The ne farious attempt to circumscribe the Negro is too often taking precedence of national security. The Negro is still trying to break into the war we are almost per tain to fight. The Negro is Rtill this nation’s super-patriot for ftone but a super-patriot would try to force his way into the frqnt lines of the battle for a deAiocracy that has not func tioned too satisfactorily. It is hard to avoid the con- clunion that Russia is being left t6 destruction of the German ar mies because the democracies fear what may happen if comvin- ifltic Russia surviveH. We are asking questions abc^ Russia and her religlohs as if it were our lousiness. Russia could with fc(nal ^roprieth ask us questions about cur democracy and how it has not functioned in regard to the Negro. Or with equal pro priety Ru^ia could question our retigion; for God knows that it has failed lamentably in msn^ a color situation. To attempt to high-hat Russia because of her attitude towards religion is just aboflt as silly as is would be for tp lugh-hat Uncle Sam because Of the' way that demo- racy has been misused and a- (tied in this country, tv When we begin investigating |[ris^ia’s religion, she could be- ih asking questions .^iot only iibout our religion but our vaun ted demo^ftcy.„Thi5f ,'vvould be e- quivaleult to a quarrel between the ifttle and the pot over the kitchen c6|©r iqaeetion. We w^int RuMa’s aid whether we admit it or not but if we do not want it'iye most certainly i|:ed it. tJussia iS our benefactor whether ^’e acknowledge it or not for we yefily need the time we are get ting through her valiant de fense. While the Germans are fight ing the democracies are just piddling around. Our congress ional piddlers and their pid dling makes a real patdiot sick at heart. ’V^^hoever heard tell of a man whose house was on fire raise the question as to the poli tical or religious affiliations of the firemen f RfiAliJS’fja THIJJKING * By Rut^Taylor (The present decaJe may be an age of realism, and the time may call for realistic thin^iing, as some men say. But too often realism has meant stooping to the mire, /-efleeting only ^the uglj'. rather than reaching up wards ^ward the beauty of the stars. Realisin has its value - but the great things of life have been done by the dreamers - by those who looked ahead and then made their dreams come true. 'Thoreau once ^'id: “If you hav^ . built castles in the air, your work need not be lost: that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” This is the task confronting the practical dreamers of today. They do not deny the evil and ugliifess abroad in the world. They dt,Jipwever, Iwlc through and beyfljrff ai^id build, even if only ih iSsioltfj^^the world as It should be - a jflafce where all groups and iWivitlusIs can and Fill recognize each ptAer's rights as they recognize th^ir own ob ligations, whfeiPe all peopled,n re gardless of race or creed or color caii[, work together in a spWt of coopei\tion, and live to^Jgther in mutual trust, friendship and brotherhood. ' The dream world Sueh as this muit lie Firm foundations must be m'Ut for it "iiiitnit, yim -id n How To Win Friends-^ And Wliience . . . YourseliF Don’t Let This Happen By C. C. Spaulding, President North Carolina Mutual Life In surance Com](>any. if the world is to emerge from tlTe chaos which npw envelopes it. We must begin to dream now and to build now, for found ations are not built all at once, but stone by stone, slowly and laboriously. There must be no defective materials used, nothing that M’ill not stand the strain and stress of the winter’s gales, The foundation must be absolute justice toward all - not justice aiccording to man’s deserts, but justice which affords to every living soul the opportunity to build his life without fear, and with freedom from want, to worship in his own way, and to liold bis head up as a free man. Such a task will require the selfless devotion on tlie part of all those who honestly desire a permanent peace based on in ternational understanding. In our common reliance on one a- nother in a time of crisis, we are lii^ked together as never be fore. Not only is there a national unity developing steadily, but there is a unity of thought and purpose among those interests include the uture as well as the jjfesent. Now is the time for all dreamers to get together and work tp put a firm foundation under th^ir dreams for a better \^’orld for all mankind. During the inflation period that accompained the first world war, some farmers, misled by what t seemed to be an era of prosperity, mortaged the farms they already; owned in order to secure additional land, When the depression set in, many of them lost' nfot only the additional land, but the farms they already ed to sound, conservative meth ods, were those who weathered former depressions and surviv ed. The whole economic situation has always moved'in cycles. We are going to continue to have walls followed by depl^sions, and only those who are sane in lO-UU, wuu i-aLiua ain.av.tv i , . , . . , owned. The lesson to be learned '^‘Vttonking and actions wea- 'ther the storm. While the eco is: Never mortage land you al ready own in order to purchase additional land, during periods of inflation. , At present the nation is pass ing-through a period of almost profitless prosperity. Hoav long it will last is open to question. It is therefore advisable, now noAv while money is plentiful, to pay up debts and place one’s personal affairs on a sound, con sistent basis. 'H “If I had done'^oflg item the works v^hich none other man did, they had not had sio:"^ but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My jPVither. -John Ch. W V. 34. ^ Those'’of us who saw the world war and witnes.sed its aftermath, are in position to anticipate to some extent what may be ex pected after the present war is over. Then, the flow of money that scmed inexhaustible, dried up seemingly over night. The nation experienced one of the ^yorse depressions. Bread linos appeared. Thousands were out of employment, aifd those who were fortunate enough to hold jpbs, were called upon to sup port those without employment and in need. Such was the pict ure immediately following the first world war, and it is entire ly within, the realm of things possible, that a similar condition may follow in the wake of the conflict that is now being waged. What is the lesson to be learn ed, and what is the safe course to follow now that we may be confronted with a similar situ ation? Then, a life insurance policy was about the only securi ty on which money, in the form of loans, was obtainable. Then, a life insuranee policy represent ed one of the very few invest ments that did not decrease in value, but paid a hundred cents on the dollar in every instance. Life insurance has stood the test and should be of first cqji- sideration 'in safeguarding the emergency that may soon con front us. For a long time iiivest- men^, after sufficient life in surance has been secured, invest in Defense Bonds. They are not only as sound as the Government itself, but will make possible the means whereV the democTRtic form of igovexment We love and jfnjoy may be perpetuated. Time h^' pfoved that the institutions aS'weir as the individuals’!Who laid a foundation of prepared ness during perlodsj of p^p'prl- ty, practice economy, and adher-' nomie and social conditions for Negroes are not what we should like for them to be, we who have j lived for the past forty or fifty years realize a gradual improve ment in interracial toleranve, co operation, and goodwill. Judg ing the depths from Miiicli we have come, and, realizing the traditional prejudice that exists between the different racial ffi-onps, we, who constitute a minority group, should continue to make friends and not enemies !of the liberal-minded people who reside in our communities. Ra cial differences cannot be solved in a wholesale fashion or by vil ifying those of the dominant g:roup. As stated by the late Booker T. Washington: “We shall succeed, not by abstract discussion, not by depending up on making empty demands, not by abuse of some other individ ual or race, but we will succeed by actually demonstrating to the world that we can perform the service which the world needs, as well or better than anyone else. Our future will depend on our own initiative, character and ability to meet American standards and requirements. It should not be forgotten that the pioneering Negroes wrought well.. It was they who founded the schools, churches, and suc cessful business institutions tliat are today owned and operated by Negroes. If succeeding gen erations hope to succeed, it is expedient that they employ to n large extent'the procedure em- ployd by our forefathers. In order to compete with o- ther groups, the race must cul tivate more (self-respeet and practice the spirit of coopera tion. I-rt?t us ask ourselves frank ly: How' iu«ii.v snccessful busi ness Institutions have been or ganized during the past decade? What is the cause of failures among ^ir group? You will pro bably find the answer to be, lack of Judgement, lack of abi lity to fit into dit'ficiilt situa tions, and too often'lack of in- tei^rity. It is suggested that the youth of the .lajiid seek to take advantage of the opportunities made possible by our pioneei's, rather than center their atten scriptions and discriminations to which we are, as a minority group, subjected. / It is regtetable but true, that while Negroes comprise epprox- tmately 28 percent of North Carolina’s population, over do percent ,of the prison population is Negro; that of app'foxiinatfep 393 persons put to death in the state during the past 30 over 300 of them were Ne^es. These are the conditions, and the causes call for serious thought on the part of us. all. It is not conceded 'that the Negro m\ist of neceseiey consti tute an inferior race soley on ac count of color, but unquestion ably he will continue to be dis criminated against in propor tion as we learn to glorify and dignify labor and put brains and skill into the common occupa tion of life”. The country’s need for skilled mechanics caught the Negro aimoat wholly unprepar ed. Our economic status has de veloped to the point wh^re^the common occupations of life 6an be (dispensed with. It is still necessary that we work with our hands. This being true, we should stress the necessity ^ for vocational training, and develop the youth of the race to the point, that regardless of the e- mergency, we will find our selves prepared. The future is still bright/for the race or individual who is prepared, for “if history . tea ches any one lesson more^'thoro- ughly than another, it/is that successful effort ’ in,/ construc tive, productive i work is what counts in getting a ^ race upon its feet.” Wars will follow war. Depressions will again he with us. Now is the time fpr the Ne gro to take stock~to visualize future possibililies. "We must not only be reliable, progressive, skillful, and intelligent, but we must keep the idea constantly before our youths that all fonan of labor, whether with the band or head, are honorabls,■ ^nd if we are to attain , au'r rightful place in the American form.of life, Ave jnust be prepared to take advantage of the - opportunities that are available to the indivi dual or race that is prepared. When the unsettled / times through which we are now pass ing have returned to normal, many who are now- profitably employed will again find them selves without work. Save while the opportunity is yours. Should misfortune overtake you and you find younself numbered with the unemployed, your difficulties will be multiplied, many times if during this'period-of prps- thing for the lean years that may follow. Should another de pression follow in the wake of the present war. it will in all probability be far worse than the one through which \ve have just passed. Want and suffering will strike at many homes now carefree and happy. _ ^— , Prepare for the worst now. tlo5 on the disadvantages, pro-'perity you fail to lay aside some--Don’t let it happen to you. Do you hftve aa many friends a» you desire? Of course, we have a friend or two whom we have known since we firat started to school; but What about yoil whoM friends have moved away or gone to another school? You know how it feels “on the outside looking in.” If this is your Sase, instead of waiting for those you wish to have as friends to come to tou, why don’t you do something to win their friendship. When passinif someone lii th4 halls, rather than mumbling “hi" In a dazed sdtt of way . . .' why not speek and try for one whole day say tomorri^w — greeting ever]^ dne yon meei with smile. Beitore this.j^ohth is out, do soit^ething nice for someone . . fr^ib whom you know positively th'at you may expect no return. Be kind to everyone with whom you come in contact for one whole day regardless of their treatment of you. For the next two weeks find something kii^i^' or appreciative to say toj'each member of your^famijy every day , . . for it i's just'as import ant tp h^e those of your imme- d^te family for your friends as ^ to have the friendship of that nice looking boy across tbe street. • If, you crave^^pular^i idOnT: criticize. Cnticism w like pour ing boiling oil. oVetiitt plih't. Ev- erytime you t^afich youfself oh the ver^*'of;’indulging in sar casm or criticism, check , your-j self. If you can’t think of some thing pleasaiit to substitute, silent, ^veh' if ii means biting off the end of your ton gue. Now that ybu have these points in mind there Is juKt one other thing to remember, to sta^ you on the road to popu larity and it is. that old saying: If you would have ffiends jovl must fi^st be One, loojs^ at a perdon sayi “He doesn't like ttie’'-4c^ it him and^say,^ '«! liki ipgffl ” WSNilf WODBD IT Corp. lljarp iDS^nielSjOf (^, G.« 34th a i>rOmising young theatrical director in Kew York, prior to being inducted into the Arn». He apparently neglected to l^ve his showman ship behind, and his most recent flight of imagination nearly won a battle in the Carolina ma neuvers. Corporal Daniels was ordered by his commanding ofl^cer, Lt, S. J. CarHlle, to lead a squad on a reconnaissance of tbfe “enemy" lines. Approachinlf the danifer Eone, Corporal Daniels made the acquaintapce qf a larg^ snap ping turtle which he picked up and put in his knapsack. A few minutes later the squad was at tacked by the advancing ^nemy. The foray ended in a stalemate, and an Umpire was called in ot decite which side could advance. . The unipire questioned the leader of each contingent, be ing particularly concerned with an accounting of strength. Cor poral Daniels totaled the str ength of his unit as "9 riflemen, 1 automatic rifleman, and 1 ar mored unit." The iimpire was puzzled, and after conferring for several minutes with other umpires, demanded concrete ev idence of the, “armPred unit." Corporal Daniels sheepishly opened his knapsack and intro duced the guile-less turtle with his armor plate. Army will start training first airborne infantry battalion. * Ickes says it would be "stupid” to ease gasoline rules. * Wickard promises farmers high prices for production rise. * Lewis D. Douglas sees Hitler as menace to insurance. * U. S. to subsidize cotton tot counter Brazillian exporters. * I ItfMi ! MMfl * • * I
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