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1* f - ‘ r ¥jkOB two' THE CAROLINA TIMES SATimDAT, DEO. 6, 1911 Cbf Ca Cim^0 PUBLESmp WEEKLY BY ICE CABOUNA TQIES PUBUE^G COMPANY U7 & Pcubody Sti«et Darliam, N. C. Phonw N-7121 or J-7871 Entered u second class matter at the Post Office at Durham, N. C. under the Act of l^larch 3rd, 1879. -f- L. E. AUSTIN. h Publisher WILUAM A. TUCK, Managing Editor C. A. IRVAN, Business Manager CHARLOTTE OFnCE 420M East Second Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 a Year ^25 for Six Months THE .PLATFORM OP . . . • THE CAROLINA TIMES INCLUDES; Ek]ual salaries for Nejrro Teachers. Nesnro policemen where Negroes are involved. Equal educational opportunities. Negro jurymen. Hig^r wages for domestic servants. Full participation of Negroes in all branches of the National Defense. Abolishment of the double-standard wage scale in industry. , Greater ])articipation of Negroes in political af fairs. national governments. Negro representation in city, county, state and Better housing for Negroes. Fi&ally there is nothing that can he done at thii late hour to aright this terrible wrong. And it's good that it ever would be thus; for the pretence of the new appointee in the office of Juvenile Judge of the city of Durham and Durham County will be a constant reminder that when the next city and county elections roll around the voters of this community have a solemn duty to perform. NO RACE BIAS An announcement was made a few days ago that the United States Post Office, Charlotte, N. C., would gtVe employment to Three Hundred Seventy Five additional employees during the Christmas holidays. In issuing the call the Postmaster said ‘This office will need additional employees for temporary work during the Christmas holidays, but we are instructed by the Department to give first consideration to applicants who are unemployed and have dependents, w^io are entirely dependent upon them for support. If you can meet these qualifications and desire Christmas work, answer the following questions and mail or bring to the Post Office.” In keeping with the President's excutive order of June |25th which set-up the committee on Pair Employment Practice re-affirming the policy of the United States “that there shall be no discrimination in the emplojmient of workers in Defense Industries or government, because of race, creed, color or na tional origin,” the application form does not ask any question in violation of the Chief Executive's order. The Carolina Times is sure that the honorable Kecly Grice, acting United States postmaster, Charlotte,, a gentleman of high esteen will use the influence of his office to see that these three hundred seventy five employment opportunities will be apport ioned without any racial prejudice to any one. i'Ri Her h r 11 AUULATID FOR THI WftK ■■■■■■■■ Of 09 rCMfM I..,7.02 - Atilt 2...7.03 atetmmt t...r.oe DtCMtfH A...7.07 OCCCMBCR 7...708 s H.35 :B i... 06CCMBC8 «... DeCEiMBrR*. ..4.35 DECEMBER 7...4.35 tjiMI CIVIN IS STANDARD BULOVA WATCH TIME ... as i •ffC.S-OflfRUN COtlEGE/IKSTCOllKf IM THE UUITBD STATES TO K FULLY CO- lOUCArioi/AL.OKHEDXIOBtHLm,0. f«Xi MC.« •• U.S. NAVAL 08SfRV4T0KY M WA$HINCTOM,O.C.,ESrX6llSWfO"fMO ^'MUNMC COM^il mourn. m British Embassy Assures U. S. Negroes Of Interest In Jim Crow Comi^aints Npw York.—The American pub lic may soon know -whether Eng* I land intends to act against racial ' disprimination in British agencies chell’s statement on th« mine strike, carry the eongressman'ki name. Tickets to the meeting iitic New York oouneilman-elect lAUaiu operating in this country, accord-]Clayton Powell In his placej Other ing to a letter from the British I gppakers include George S. Qouar.e, Embassy at Washington, D. C., re- President, American Federation ot eeived by the NAACP, November i Teachers; Prank RosenbluHa, vice- 21. Ipresident of the G. I. 0.W. VV. The lotto ».«• «Till™ for Lord Ih. Mw .e»ret.r, of the KI©IUISIII!3©aS> CilOKl'ir THtHOKOSCOPe RCySALS THAT WtWO IS BOftN UNDER THE StGM OFSACmAIOUS WILL BC ENDOWED tVITN SflF-(yri.MMCE AMO Wttl NEVER RCAOmCCt ‘ ‘ BefOHE STARTIIW 4Wy OIRTY WORK SUCH AS PAmtHC OHSmiBBIHC THt |rovc,rrc.,WNy’Nor dig yourmaus umsoAP.wuenmenmeKis emisHio JUST CLtAH OUT nt SOAP AMt) YOU WIU MVS CLIMN FMQBIt HAILi---- mwM aoilo »"H£y. Koscoe. if ants A»e SUCH BUSY KfOgKOK. HOW CM THtY rmvMiioooroAumnaiicsr' mfOOM tSrHSUSr,BeSTHOPeOfeAIUHr~ABRAHAM LINCOLU THE DURHAM GESTAPO This, tragedy which has occurred at the cityi hall in the fir ing of Judge Mamie Dowd Walker bf the Juvenile Court is both discouragring and -devastating. \ye tlijfek of the affair without becoming sick on the st(%ii^.^t is the most revoltii||r act of a-group of ptirblic officials we Have* ever witnessed, ftnd We predict that when the proper time comes definite and certain dissatisfaction of the voters of Durham will be forthcoming. BETWEEN THE LINES (By Dean Gordon B. 'Hancock for ANP) . ■. 71 The sage who said “murder will out” had somethmg, and so have I when I say hunger will oqt. We are not a little distressed to know that crime has broken out in Harlem in such a way that has become the round-table discussion with in recent Weeks. A^receni New York Times ctirr|fd ,»evgf accounts of Negroes al most wholly on page 50. Nearly 4 ^^ole page devoted to the con- We are not concerned about the measly salary paid Mrs. ditions which are approacheing ihe alarming stage. Harlem has been looked upon as ‘‘Negro Heaven” and it is not so encourag-* ing to see hell breaking out in the erstwhile “Heaven”. We have been told in times past that going to New York and Harlem was “Every Negio is aware of the serious situation concerning th'J welfare of our country today,’* Mr, White said in explaining the purpose of the meeting. “Although , j j. j j., . conditions grow more acute each Walker for her services as judge of Juvenile Court. We refuse ’ like escapmg into Canada during the day$ of slavery via | there is still considerabla “Negroes Versus Hitlerism” Subject Of FFt Conference Plans for a nation-wide confer ence of Negroes to combat the menace of Hitlerism were an- nouncd today by Edward White, executive secretary of the Harlem Division of the Fight For Freedom Committee. The conference will be held in Washington on January 8 and 9. to argue the guestion from that angle because the loss of the Underground railroad, remuneration will, neither make or break the loser. So, as we see it the financial loss is out of place and too small to be argured here because Mrs. Walker has too many friends within both races of Durham to ever suffer. Hence we prefer to argue Uie question minus the sentimental angle of Judge Walk er being a widow or any angle of a kindred nature. This question is deeper than ihat of sentjment, race, creed Some Negroes have said that they would rather be a lamp post in Harlem than a mayor in a southern city. This was an overdrawn statement on the opportunities that Harlem afforded Within recent years these roseate account of Htarlem are causing alarm. So today the problem of keeping order in Harlem has pro voked the “big-wig Negroes” and the laW; and order authorities; and so they are setting about the discussion table trying to find what we say jor do, we are not unconsciously becoming over whelmed by the rising tide of Nazism, and beginning to think and act Nazi while proclaiming ourselves democratic. This rash act ought to summon to the forefront every be-* liever ia democracy, so that this t3T>e of governing may be nipped in the bud before it becomes a full grown plant with its roots ipread into every phase of American life. It ought to be destroyed NOW. The secretiveness, the suddenness with which ,the city coun-^ or sex. It strikes at the very foundation of the democratic anxi, means" of ending the orgy of Crime among Harlem form of gov^nment, and makes us wonder if, in spite of Negroes. These interested persons will not have far to go or look to find the reason for this outbreak of Harlem's underprivileged Negroes. It is rooted in the same condition which have vexed here in the South for all these many years. It is all a matter of social hunger. The Negroes’s ambitions have been stimulated out of propor tion to his economic opportunities and he is maladjusted to an ^Unfriendly enrironnlent. Not alone Negroes but the underprivil eged everywhere have the same trouble. Wherever a group does not have the proper amount spent on its economic oppor- eil strikes here of late, and its audacity in over-riding the wishes must usually be an abnormal amount spent on speculation as to the attitude of the American Negro; that is, we just don’t seem to have any'atti-1 obtaining and filling out these and other war and navy depart ments are now acceptii^ defense training graduates, regardless of race, creed or color, for helpers’ jobs in practically all of the skilled crafts. Those jobs pay from $4.72 to $6.08 a day with time and a he If for overtime and double time for Sundays. Civil service application blanks are now available at all first and second class post offices in the United States and defense trainee graduates, regardless of race, creed or color, for helpers ’ jobs in prac tically all- of the skilled C'T.fta. These Jobs pay from .$4.72 to $6.0d a day with time and a half for overtime and double time for Sundays. Civil Rervioe application blanks are now available at all first and second class postoffices in the United States and defense trainee graduates can have their names placed in the eligible register by Hnlifnx, Englandr.mbassador to America, at the request of I^ime Minister Winston Churchill. Stating that the NAACP’a let ter to Mr. Churchill sent Septem ber 2fi, “is still roeeiving careful attention,” the Embassy acknowl edged for the Prime Minister the receipt of the NAACP cablegtam asking for the courtesy of a rejfl^'. Interest in the cl^arges of dis crimination against the British agencies is high and the NAACP told the British Embassy that spe- cific information about the results of the Prime njintster’s “caroful consideration” will b® appreciat ed. of the people, so resemble the gestapo of Germany that we are wondering if our way of life isn't becoming changed without the the north and south- to spend more to cultivate the reclarpation and reformation. It would be far more economical knowMge of those whom it most concerns—the common pfeople of both .races. The City Council cannot and does not even try to hide be Negro and less to rehabilitate him. Cultivation or rehabilitation are alternatives that this nation must face. It all goes to show that the so-palled Negro problem is very hind a “more efficiency” excuse. It’s members are so sure of economic problem and 'it matters not whether the them«e!v«e that they do not even have to find causes or excuses north or the south. for nnking important changes in the city government. Had it I - When he gets hungry he makes trouble. Hunger will out. been a question of “more efficiency" the council certainly should fastened in the biological foundations of animals— li*ve Kplaced Judge Walker ^^th a trained worker in the field i which man is one-^that when he gets hungry he becomes dan- ofj5i»MHle delinquency, infli|^ji./(fan untrained one. If it had'!®^®*'®"®* While this is bad in the short run it is terribly effec- . wanted more efficiency, it,^ould long ago have increased thei^*'^® long run. The man who is too quiet while hungry MBOiint paid Judge Walker fof her services, so ihey could at soon pass out and be succeeded by the noi^er man who cre- ciHld the nerve to copiplain to |;ier about l>er inefficiency, if disturbances when^ he gets hungry as a means of calling •“ch exuted. j attention to himself. The best way to be saved from a hungry If Ifrt. Walk6r is inefficient then there is a proper andi*”®" and the dangers’ he carries with him is to feed him. And of replacing her with some one more capable. ThereHarlem the Negro is hungry and must be fed. M way that, in the least, will not be objectionable to sensibleil difference between the white north and thephite tb , To^iituaiUftte, to inflict these murderoiu reprisals for im- 'H»i to stab in the back this fine Christian woman, em^i(y upon a cross of public ridicule a womaniof their owta ■ it a vi|« set that we Negroes, who hare heai^d the doc- ^ iMpeet for won^nhood preact^d by w^ite men All our w(ji(|pnf liid. wwpoeed to bo on oar ci^ council h»ve HD Taim m^t tor south as they face the hungry Negro in rebellion is the white south is inore liable to account for the Negro’s behaviour by his color and racittl ailteee^dents; While in the north they go more directly to the heart of the taatter when they say he needs rec reational opportunities ar^d economic foundations. But even in the south today they are more and more emphasizing th^co- nomic needs in ,te face of these ugly situations and hur^a we hope for success. The Negro leAdeni Harlem as elsewhere itoed to^driref hdiie t0’tH*i#lJB51)le the; of tSking tieir work I If Minucb of edu tude on the question of Hitlerism. '“The intelligent Negro hates fascism, because he has experienc ed 80 much of it. This is so trac that we have treated it as some- tffing that goes without saying and have concentrated all our effort on what We consider > the move pressing problem—that of knock ing out Hitlerism at home. “Bnt the defeat of Prance should teach us something. Whil.’ we must continue the fight for our domestic rights, we must recognize that with Hitler victorious there is no father for the Negro hera or anywhere else. We cannot afford the luxury of indifference. Hitler h'qtes us more than the Russian? or the British or the Jews. We have no place in his so-called New Order. Negroes are determined that Hitler and all other brands of fas- ci'sm must be destroyed. The pur pose of this confernece is to give substance to this convJction and to put our words into action.” blanks and sending them into the specific navy yard along with a certificate from their defense chell had said, “I call up6n the Negro miners in the captive mines and in othgr coal mines throughout the United States to stand loyally ^ this country and the. govern ment in this great crisis. Negroes pould make i»o greater mistnkc than toallow John L. Jjewis to in fluence and persuade them to fol low him in his wild tirade aefcinfit. the interest of the United States Government.” . . . “My appeal to every Negro miner in the United American Newspaper Guild 5 John F. Finerty, counsel for *hajrecr>p- I>er Odell Waller. Tho Workers Defen8e|jiieague wire to Congressman Mitchell fol lows: r, \ tit “We are compelled tQ capcel our invitation to you Jo sp^a^ at our symposium on “Is , the ^^ill of Bights in Danger!” Thur,»d!iy evening, Dec. 4th in New-Xork, in view of your statemei^ reported in the Chicago TriJ)Utof, WeT| 20th> re strike of UMWA against cap tive mines.’’’ ’,1 ^ ' “The Workers Defa^^e''^eague ^ is dedicated to the prea«wition of labor’s democratic rights^ and we feel that you have betrayed labor’g cause in calling upon Negro mine workers to act as »trikje-brgakev8. We deplore also your advice co Negro miners, whish i# followsd, would set race against race result ing in further discirimination a- gainst Negro workers^ We agree thoroughly with criticism of your advice on UMWA strike issued by President Willard Townsend of United Transport Service Employ ees.” ! Charge Of “Lalior Betrayal” Issued Against Mitchell In a wire charging him of “be traying labor’s cause, the Workers Deifense League today withdrew its invitation to Congressmatn Ar thur W. Mitchell, First Congres sional District of Illinois, who had agreed to participate in a sympos ium on “It the Bill of Eights in Danger,*** Thursday, Dec. 4th, at Labor Stage in New York City. The action came as a result 0? a statement made by Mitchell, re ported in the Chicago Tribune, No- vembipr 20, which called upqp Ne gro miners to act as strike brew ers in the recent' UMWA strffiJL—^ j. against'the captive mines. M{f-‘wilT'l)e able'to accept ti^,(iMad»j Wants Negro Ready For Defense ’ i AshevHle, —yowfeiv must pi^are for def^*saiwork so thkt'wh^ jobs, art Cites Need For More yi^orkers ln National Defense Plants Washington, —(ANP)— Young men who have finished an accred ited national defense training course and want a job in the craft specialized in have an opportunity for employment if they take im mediate stefjs and file applica tions irl the nearest first or second class post office in their home town. * Because of the'increasing short- age of skilled mechanics in a score of categories, the U. S. Navy yards training school or teacher. Thotis-1 States is to show his loyalty now ands of jobs are now available. | by standing firmly by the goverh- This information was obtained I nient and refusing to strike.” from the office of ‘Dr. Robert L. | Announcements of the meeting, Weaver, chief of the Negro em-| printed before Congressman Mit- ployment and training branch of 0PM, which has been expediting the employment of Negro trainees in these parts. Typical of this new practice it Tvas pointed out, is the action of the Norfolk Navy yard, at Ports mouth, Va., in accepting defense training graduates — Negro and white—as helpers in the following crafts: blacksmith, boilermak ir, electrician, machinist, molderi pipefitter, rigger, sheet metal and woodworker. More than 4,000 va cancies will be filled in thes cate gories at the Norfolk yard within the next 12 months, and deter*:e trainee graduates who file training certificates with their application blanks will be given credit for six months experience in their e’’afts and hired at daily wages raiigii’g from -H72 to .^'5.12. More than 6,000 Negroes are employed in skilled, semi-skilled and classified labor jobs in the Norfolk Yard and it is estimated that more than 250 will be hired monthly for the next 12 months. Thousands of helpers’ jobs simi lar to those now being filled at tne Norfolk Navy yard are also o]:>en in other navy yards throughout the country. These openings have been posted on bulletin boards of first and second class postoffices in all cities and towns-and applica tions blanks can be obtained .*it these offices. Defense trainee graduates, ind organisations interestrti in finding employment for such graduates. premise. Efficiency will not guarantee all Negroes jobs or the reten tion of their jobs, but it would help not a few. We raise a lot of noise about the jobs the Negro does not. have and canno^get; but we do not raise enough noise about the evaluation of the jobs which he already has? Both of these points need stressing. For lo these many motnhs Harlem has been noted for its high inci dence of relief; but this recent outbreak shows unmistajkably that the “relief foundation" will not support a racial advaq^ mentj?rogram„' W9 cannot live on relief and protest. We need son Jones, 'Jr'.f' M A A C1& yoiit.^^'. council advisor, told;« mass meet ing at the Phyllis We«H«yfY. W. C. A. Tuesday night,' » •««>>*«.« . He pointed out that in other cities where there*»#rc defence training camps N6gT9 .youth'are be ing trained and urged parents anl leaders,of,Asheville to see that lo cal 'boy's *and' gals are given the opportunity to take this training. 'A hug» ’^rowd attended the meeting THihioh climaxed the iriem- bership campaign of the NAACP in Asheville which now has a mem bership of 483. Jones also spoke Wednesday night at Wilson Chapel for the fihould obtain these application West Asheville branch of the as- blanks, fill them out, attach a cer- sociation. .r' , tificate form from the defense , graining school and forward them Only one rape ease was 4nvesti- immediately to the labor boafd at gated by the North Carolina Bu- fhe navy yard in which the anpli- reau Investigation during the year cant desires employment. These ending July 1, 1940. trainees will then be called to work" when their names are reached on A. VERSE FOR TODAY the civil service register. —^ Speed is essential for these jobs My mouth shall speak of wis- and the quicker' applications are dom; and the mediation of my filed, the quicker the jobs will De heart shall be of understanding.— open. 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