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THE PLATFQKJi OP . . .
Tm THE GAROUNiV TIMES
^CUTDES:
Equal salaries for Negro Teachers.
Nevro policemen where Neirroes are involved.
Equal educational opportunities.
Nefifro jurymen.
Hiffher washes for domestic servants.
t.
Full participation of Negroes in all branches of
, t, '
the National Defense.
Abolishment of the double-standard wage scale in
industry.
Greater participation of Negroes in political ni-
fairs.
national governments.
Negro representation in city, county, state and
Better housing for Negroes.
REiir^aoss war fund
CAMPAK^
By The Pr^sideot Of The United
States Of America
A PfWKJLAMATION
lain R. K. Tucker, of the 30th In
fantry Division.
WHEEEA8, our country his
been viciously attaeked and forced
into a war of vast proportions,
which'will inevitably bring grief
and distress tO Kspy and self-sac-
rifice to aUi and
WHEREAQ for more than sixty
yeSra the Aneriean National Red
Cross Has played a vital role in
binding; up the woundH of the in-
jnredi in shelteriag^ feeding, and
clothing; tije homeless, in !>upcorinu[
the distressed, in rebuilding brok
en lives, and inrehabilitating the
victims of catastrophes of nature
and of war; and
WHERKAS in preparation for
just such an emergency as we are
now facing, the American National
Red Croas has been spending fiiii N
at the rate of more than one Bul
lion dollars a month, which is but
a small fraction of the amount that
the organization now requires in
order to carry out effectivefy its
functions as an essential auxiliary
of our armed forces, particularly
etH a friendly liaison in welfars
problems between the man in ser
vice and his family at home, and
itf» a ke^ a^iwy i« the eivil-defense
plans;
NOW, THERE DOR E, I,
F R A M K l»i » B008EVEI.T, quested to collect information on
President of ttie United States own street network, exelud
SH and PWC Seeks
Momntion About
Maintenance Of
State H^hways
Raleigh, Dec. 25. — As accurate
foreca.se as possible on construc
tion, maintenance and equipment
requirements for the thousands of
miles of highways, county roads
and city streets in North Carolina
during the 1942 calendar year is
being sought between now and De
cember 31st by the State Highway
and Public Works Commission.
Working under the general sup
ervision of W. Vance Raise, Chief
State Highway Engineer, five de
partmental heads of the State
Hi(|^way and Public Works Com
mission are compiling data on the
highway system, the county roads
and streets within city boundaries
that are maintained with highway
funds. City officials have been re-
i^et^veen The Lines
Japan has attasked my country!
When ^pan attacks my country,
Japan attacks me! I am for myself
ri^ -'T wrong. I am for my coun-
-ht or wrong. If my country
1' i htj.I am for it because it ii
ri^ht nd to keep it right; if my
ciurtr is wrong, I am with it lo
got rip-ht.
Ja^n has attaeked my countp’!
country is the only one I
know anything about. It ig the one
that has given hk and my prwple
tiie opportunity through Which we
are bidding for our place in th?
aim and not without some gratify
ing results. It is the country Ne-
fproee have died in many wars to
wrve and it is the country which
aiBst give ns full-fledged citizen
ship if indeed we get it at all.
Japan has attacked my country!
I! know we have not had all that
iw wanted or even deserved. I
kaow w« have grievances because
of wrong nnredressed. Here in this
iiwli ji we have quarreled with the
^.foes and are quarreling now. But
J7a^n has attacked my country!
*I know the United States needs
feiettering politically and otherwist,
feat the futnre of my race ig o'*
brighter than the future of the
i^ffited States, and I am with the
Caite4 states right or wrong, and
7apan -has attaeked my country!
I kapw that Japan Is a colorcd
a«d as soch may evoke a cer-
kind of syn^athy in times of
hnt Japan ha« attacked ny
try and its eolor i« nothing to
me. I know that although Japan
Im a dark complexion the Jape-
nne do not love Negroes, Nobo«iy
Kegroes except God AlraigW-
ty. I know that the “Ijebensraum
of the Japs is quite the
at ilut of. the Germane and
there i« ^me point in their
p ■'■ stemeg to lengthen their botders
lake roHn for a popnlation
Urn varM needs, hut which the
r - Innrf advaaeed nations have de-
Jilted te provide. Bot Japan ha» at-
:^1{bM^nd my coaabr!
t as
I am against Hitler and against
any person or nation that plays hi^t
game including Wheeler and Lind
bergh and the whole Anieric First
ensemble.
The Negrp must gird himself in
this national crisis. The Negro
must offer himself without stint
in this unparalleled emergency that
many of us afar off and whic’i
the isolationists had eyes to .se
but would hot see. It does not mat
ter how carefully driver number
pne going north drives, if driver
number two going gonth is reckles«
there is going to be trouble.
When Japan dtops bombs on
American soldiers even though
they be white I cannot be indiffer-
?nt; for very soon Japan will bi
Jroping bombs on Negro soldiers.
.Tapan has attacked my country
and whosever attacks my country
attacks me. It attacks the amend
ments to the constitution which
made citizens of former slaves. I*
attacks the bill of rights and tni-
far flung implications thereof. It
attocka the democratic ideology
that gives hope'hnd bouyancy to a
naUpn’n Snd race’s aspirations. 1';
attffckf: the advantages tha^i^w*
have wo nthrou^h sweat and tears
and bloJd. It attacks the slain
youth who laid them down in Llan-
ders field to help lay the corner
stone of a better social and eco
nomic order.
To be sure, this order did not
spring forth perfect, like Minerva
from the head og hut it is
in the nvaking and in the making
thereof the minority groups hope
with prayer and sacrifices. I am
against Japan because .Tapan has
attaeked my country and in this
attack she has struck at the heard
of my hope.
I am not going to be confused
because .Tapan is a colored race.
Japan does not love Negroes any
more than the Germans. A Japa
nese victory as unthinkable as i{
would not help one iota the
Amefiea, and Plwsident of the
AmWican Nationiril Bed Cross, do
hereby jwroelaim Ifte beginni^, a 
of this date, of • Wti Cross War
Fuad >Canp«f» Im the raising of
a minimum sob* of fifty million
dollafs; and I aiqwal to the Amer
ican people to nrabe thie cawpaisrii
ad overwhelaiinf sneeess. nesltx-
ing j:h* desire of every American
to participate in the national war
effort, I eonfidisatly anticipate an
iinmediai® aad ^ntaneous re
sponse to'.thia appeai.
IN wrrsEss wberiof, i
hereunto set ^ my hand and oansed
of the seal of the United Srtates
of America to be affixed.
(SEAL)
DOITE at the Gity of Washing
ton this twelfth day of l>eeember
in the year of on» Lord nineteen
hundred and forty-one, and of ihv?
Independence of the UTnited 8ta1»^
of America the one hundred and
sixtv sixth.
‘ MtANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Bv the President:
cb«M!LL HULL.
Sfid^bt Ynletide
Service For Men At
Fort Jackson To Be
Broadcast Wei
tgainst Japan on general
prineiplM, She ie in
wRh HUIct and Hitler has
for ITsgroes to do. B5tler*s
Ipweew is this world meani doom
4^ t&e Strfcer peeplea, Jajpaa i«-
if Bo&in^ mtfB than
oMattiNr ont ehestnsts for Oe^-
^ B does not matter wkat is
% «ol9r; if she is ead^ her
the aide «f as anti-
«0fa)^ie 1 am agatMt her.
OfCIMisy wi^ this w, JafMn
boMme an islant satrapy of
•ad tk» wo^ will be-
hres of #rn)aiia Jay Md
! as Kcvram. I as s^lnsi
jhieswe ahe has attaeked
PV Is
a K^|io !f tlw aUies
koiia for me if the Axis
iipMi is
JS,
^anse of the Negro. Negroes the^e
fore must not overfly or convertly
say or do anything to give com
fort to the Japanese and Germangj
and Italians. Thes& who help to
win this fight are the only ones
who are going to enjoy the fruits
of victory. When color and country
are in conflict, I stsnd by country.
Japan has attacked my country!!
# —
, As 1941 comes to an end, we
night a» well admit that we are
in better ahape than we «Kpect>
ad to fca «4ien it bgan.
One ffif tte thinjpi that
iMppen la an indivi^int ia
to be always on the look*out or
tho worae tiungi —Mfht.
Fort Jackson, S. C'., Dec, 21. —
A Midnight Holy Communion ser
vice for the soldiers of Fort Jack-
son will be held Christmas Eve in
the Post Chapel by the Episcopal-
■ian chaplains of the post, featured
a special Christmas greeting to
the men and their families fro.-n
Colonel Royden E. Beebe, pfli^t
commander here at the nation’s
sixth largest Army Camp.
The Yuletide service will , be
broadcast over a network of south
ern radio stations so that the fam-
jilies of soldiers who are unable tc
be home for Christmas may still
share the religious observance of
the sacred day with their loved
ones. Special music for the
gram has been arranged by Dr.
Hugh T, Williamson, professor of
music at the University of Soutia
Carolina. Another feature will be
solos by Sgt. Clayborn Mangiftn,
widely-known North Carolina con
cert singer. i
Singing of the traditional Christ
mas eairais Will open the service at
,11:30 P. K. The Hoty Communion
service is one of the most impres
sive ritea of the Bptseopal Chmch
and it is a fitting religions bscfc-
groand for Fort Jjiekson’s obwrv-
anee of the m»r»d Ifoliday.
Chaplain flugent Nixon, of th^
8th Division Artillery grdnp. wiU>
be the celebrant at, the midnisnlit
serfiee. Be tilV 1)e assisted bv
Chaplain Oran Zaebkt, of the 102ud
Cavalry Regiment, and Chaplain
Austin Eeker, of the, 56th Cfisneral
BCaspitaL The Christmas message
fwill be delivered by Chaplain
Zaebst,
Mieve it or not, then are jn>
dividoaU who are. bapvF to be
mwo to BIS' aa
ing those thorou^fares being cov
ered in the highway survey.
The purpose of this inventors i'
outlined in » letter addressed
mayors of North Carolina cities
and towns. “This is information,”
it is stated, “immediately needed
by the U. S. Office of Production
Management in order that they
may establish material and equip
ment priorities for highway and
'street eonstmction and mainten-
anee needs.
“Estimates, in so far as con-
stmetion and maintenance are eon-
eemedi are to he based on normal
needs for the, year, assuming that
no pbnservation were practiced.
Eiqnipment lists,»however, are to
hfe .limited to essential equipment
for 1942.”
: 'Cnelosed with the letter is a
copy instructions for the gnid-
anee of city officials in compiling
the desired data and a copy of p
lifter from Fateick H*aly, Jr..
Executive Secretary of the North
Camlina League of Sfunieipalities.
“We consider it extremely impor;-
ant,” Mr. Healy states in his let
ter, “that you give prompt atten
tion to the enclosed letter and ma
terial from the State Highway
Commission. The availability to
cities and towns of needed mater
ials, supplies and equipment for
street maintenance, repair and on-
struction during this war will de
pend to a large extent on the in-
formation obtained through this
survey. ’ ’
The heads of city governments
have been requested to compile tno
information needed and forward ii
to the State Highway and Public
Works Commission as promptly as
possible and “by December 31 sc
af the latest." Tliis data wiH be
combined with similar statistics ' u
the highway network, county roads
and city streets maiptained wit’l
state funds into a complete report
for the state as a whole. This wi'l
be summarized and prepared fir
study by 0PM officials in Wash
ington.
Information gathered on theoo
matters from all the states is ex
pected to form a basis fot determ
ining the availability next year of
critical materials needed in high
way, road and street construction
and maintenance, or the substitu
tion of non - critical materials
whereever possible. Steel and othi*”
metals required by highway and
street departments take top-Aiost
place among items listed in ithe
critical material” category.
RATUURAT, JWO. S7{h, mi
gasoline lax reeeipts aa is the gain
in motor vehicle registrations,
Pario4 af Baad)a«tmeB.t Ahaad
Warning that the present high
level of automobile tiMs will not
eontinue indefinitely was sounded
by Mr. Sparger. “A few years
hence when the post-war readjust
ment eomes, there may be a sharp
drop in highway user taxes," he
satd. "For example, In the years
1930 to 1933, when incomes of mil
lions of families in the~ United
States declined, one out of every
10 cars ia this eWiatry was forced
off the read becauss owners couM
not afford to operated thei& ears.
In some states automobile; regih-
trations drc^ped a thM. Qeeause
car owhership among ihe ^ in
come fwnilies is far more exten
sive than it was in 19M, it sharp
deelhie in cM^lbyttiettf d^ilf the
post-war readjustment p^9d may
bring a reduction in automobile
registrations of 35 percent or atorv'.
This shouH be ktjrt in nrjnd by
state highway officials ia planning
road improvements pfet .a.periad
of years.
Aitooiotive Taxes Exceed Annual
Revonie of State Less Than 20 Years Ago
Jwniag ta> the fiely GeouBueioe
he the tAree oth-'
er Episcopalian chaplains, Chap
lain W. B. Jackson, of the 120tj
lo^lfitxy, Chaplain Carter S.
DEFENSE BONI^
Q. What is the Treasury’s un
derlying thought in avoiding a
pressure campaign to sell Defens!i
Savings Bonds and Stamps?
A. The belief that the American
public is pnxious to aid to the limit
in defense of the Hation, apdj^lso
'wants I to stfve mol^‘ for fufUre
needs,' especially since such sav-
||I0| wiH hei]^ to keep down the
cost of living.
Q. Should I buy Defense Sav-
iUgs Si^pe at retail itor^ rather
thafi at post oJiKces and
Thotisands Of Low-
Iflcome Families Be^
come Uaeci Car Motor-
Mis
North Carolina motorists, farm
ers, truckers and other motor ve
hicle owners paid in 1941 a record-
breaking total of .$40,385,000 in au
tomotive taxes to the state, S. Gil
mer Sparger, Secretary, North Car
olina Petroleum Industries Coin
mittee, Raleigh, North Carolina,
said yesterday in reviewing the re
markable expansfon of automobiU
ownership and use in this state. Of
the total automotive tax revenue,
an estimated $31,266,000 was de
rived from gasoline taxes, and an
estimated $9,119,000 from regis
tration and other lees.
“It almost is unbelievable, but
the state of North Carolina in 194t
received in revenue from automo
tive taxes an amount exceeding its
total annual tax revenue from all
sources less than two decades ago.
In other words, car owners art?
now paying to the state more mon
ey than everybody used to pay in
taxes to the state just a few years
ago. In 1923 the state’s total rev
enue was $16,187,S59, as compared
to the estimated $40,385,000 tax
bill of the motorists for 1941.”
Automobile Registrattons at New
High
Registrations of automobilea and
trucks in the state increased by 11
per cent in 1941, according to.cs>;
timates from preliminai'y figures,
and at the close of 1941 an aU-
time high number of motor vehicles
were operating on the highways oi
this state. More than half of all
the families in the state now ov/n
automobiles,
A substantial part of Wie in
creased registrations of motor ve
hicles took place among families
with incomes in the neighborhood
of $30 a week or less, continued
Mr. Sparger, adding that now ap
proximately liaK of all the cars on
the highways of this state are
owned by families in the lower in
come brackets.
“Expansion of automobile own
ership during recent years has been
cliiefly downward through the low-
Income families,” said Mr. Spar-
gar. “During the past decade the
life expectancy of an automobile
has increased from eight to twelve
years. That means that average car
E] □
A. Buy stamps wherever it i^
most convenient. The important
thing is to purchase Stamps as of
ten as you can, and e:(cban|^o the
CQB^deted Stamp album for a De
fense iSavings Bond.
NOTE.—To buy Defense B^n^'j
ajtd Stamps, go to the nearest pp%^
office, bank, or savings and loan
association; or write to the Tren-
urer of the United States, Wa.-iu
ingtaii, D. C. Also Stamps are n)w
sale at retail stores.
made today has years of added
usefulness that are available to
families who can afford to buy on
ly second, third or fourth hand
cars. This has brought modern
magic carpets, battered and dented
somewhat but still serv.'sable, to
the masses. The result is that :n
the United States there are more
low-income* families owning cats
than there are car-owning families,
rich and poor, in all the rest of the
world.
Used Car Motorists locraase
“Recent studies of car Owner
ship in this state reveal not only
that about half of the cars are
owned“by families with modest In
comes, but also that more used cars
are sold than are new cars. After
the original owner, an automobile
often passes to the possession of
three or more families before it is
finally retired to the junk heap.
“This remarkable trend of in
creasing ownership of older cars
among the low income families it?
this state has almost escaped no
tice. Yet studies indicate that ap
proximately half of the cars oper
ating on the highways of North
Carolina are five or more years
old and t^at these cars have an
average cash value of lesg than
$150.00.
Work For
Non-Defease Labor
Is Current Pr(^m
Washington, D. C., Dec. 25. —
The matter of finding suitable- jobs
in defense industries for workors
who are unemployed because of
the elosing of certain non-defense
plants, and the necessity of ar.
ranging for transportation and for
the housing of worker^ needed in
shipbuilding and airci*aTt plants
were given serious consideration at
a meeting of the Regional Labor
Supply Committee, which was held
yesterday in the Regional Office of
the Social Security Board in
Washington, D. C. James H.
Woodall, Regional Representative
of the Bureau of EmpkjyraeHt Se
curity and also Aeting Chairman
of the Regional Labor Committee,
presided. Among those attending
the conference were representa
tives of the Employment, Service,
Wheels Move Faster in 1941
Not only did the number of au
tomobiles increase in 1941, but
owners of all cars intended to use the Civil Service Commission, tho
their vehicles more- Preliminary Qffie^ of Education, National
figures for the year, said 5tfr. Youth Administration, wwk Pro-
Sparger, indicate that motor v4> jeots Administrf^ionf thf Farp Sa-
hide owners used 19 per cent more curity Administfatibii, represanta-
gasoline in 1941 than thjy did in tives of the Na^y Yard and th'
Army and Munitions Board, and
the previous year. A substantial
the Labor Branch, the Training-
Sea404i^
A
mom
fitting
opportunity
to eacpress our
appreciation for
your consideration
could not be found
than at Qirlstmas-tlme.
* • The Holiday Season,
with its spirit of good cheer
and friendliness, bring* to
mind the splendid cwsociatlpns
that have been ours during the
past year. • We gratefully acknov^-
edge your consideration and favors..#
The confidence shown is our incentive to
even greater servic®^ during tiie- years to
come. • It leads us to keep thoughtfully In
mind your needs and desirefs so that wa may
efficiently fulfill them. • The old year holds
scores upon scores of cherished Aiemories-r-new
acquaintances made—the closer binding of bid tieii
of friendships and many hai^y reteticMiAips. • That
Is why, as' the old year draws to a close amid tiie good
follows^ip of Christmas time, We cohsider it an honor to
extend compliments of the season to our good Mentis of fcis
area. • Hie sincere wish of eva||g|nember of this organization
is that we may continue to serve to your satisfaction in ihe
years to come. • !We wish for yc#%he Merriest Christmas you have
t \ er known and a year full of happiness, health and prosperity, wi^
the fulfillment of your
every ftmbftion and
• " plan and vis- '
ion. May we
again say to
each of our
good frien^
HAPPY :
N E w
YEAR
THE CAROLINA TIMES
PKI of the g.i„ i» »o„sumptio„ n,
wa. from lb. mcre.se .n .ulomo- Emplo^n..l .nd Tr.ini„,
bile registrations, and the balance „ " , n
„ ® . , ’ „ , , Branch of the Offwe of Produetioa
01 the gam results from the wheels „ .
of all motor vehicles on the high- “»««««“««•
was generally moving more than length. These include transporta-
in 1940. During the past five years tion, and housing for workers in
automobile owners have increased defense industries of Maryland. It
their annual mileage by approxi- was declared that the housing
mately one-third. Thus, increased if
average use of automobiles is as Every worker feels certain
important in pushing up the state’s that the business would suffer
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