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M'- ~ -rr TT?TP?P?P two THE CAAOLINA TIMES SAfUB^T, lUT 9. IMS Comments Opnions Cb^ Ca Cime0 PUBLISmi> WEEKLY BY THE CASOUNA 'TIMES PimUB^ING COMPANY IIT E. Peabody &iwt Durluun, K, G. Phoaw N-7121 «r J-7871 Entered as second class matter at the Post Ofi^ce at Durham, N. C. under the Act of March 3rd. 1879.- AUSTBf, WlLLlABf A. TUCK, ■C. A. IRVIN, Business Manairer -.1 UillWIWf .Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 a Year $L25 for Six Months THE PIATFORM OP . . . • THE CAROLINA’ TIMES Da;UI>ES; Ekiual salaries foi Negro Teachers. . r Negijp policemen where Negroes are involved. Equal educational opportunities. Negro jvtrjnnen. 1 Higher wages for domestic servants. Full participation of Negroes in all branches o:^ the National Defense. Abolishment of the doul>k-itsni'..!nI ua-* stale in ‘ radustry. Greater participation of Negroes in political af fairs. ^ national governments. Negro repre8en.tata[te'ij«ljBitjr, county, state and ' •; B2» ho.?8inirl2^%g«>«: ’ ■ A -j , f WHAT IS IT WORTH? The announcement this week that Corf^tfi^or had fallen to the Japanese ought to focus the attention of American Citizens oa tJlA £»gt.iAiAfc ar»t gfill fh^ J/winff nf thp lyar, Tt. ought to arouse enough^atriotism in the breasTof every citizen of the United States to the realization that it is going- to take something more than a lot of lip service to win this war. It oug^t to knock enough sense into certain Wockheads in this countiy that defending white supremacy is not worth a tinkers damn, when we ar§ not defending the rights of American citi- sens of all races, creeds and colors, to fight anywhere and in any manner they choose, to protect this country against Hitler ism. In spite of the gains being made by Japanese troops, fight ing against our soldiers, there are still in th^ United States, in North Carolina, in Durham a group of idiots who are so dumb that they cannot see that they are throttlinjr this r^ation’s effort to save our shores, to protect our wtomen and children, to speak, act and live as free men, when we persist in certain un-American practices. ThB Board of Education of the city of Durham, m spite of consistent pleas made to it by honest, law-abiding and patri otic Negroes of this community, are so hell-hcnt on keeping Negro boys, girls and from learning trades, that v/ill fit* them' for work in defense industries, they cannot^ see one inch from their noses. Nobody but a bunch of contemptible jackasses has tim6 to give a whoop about wiv) oiierates a welding or brazing vrachine or any other instrument in this country, so long as we nre get ting planes, amunition, food and other necessities to our sol diers now) sweating, bleeding and dying to preserve everything fir* hold dear in America. IThe Carolina Times has been patient, and soft-pedaled this HMBS long enough. It has also winked at the blockade placed Negroes being emplofred in certain defense plants now oper- atieg in North Catalina and Durham.' It has listened to certain ^Dyeeiied Negro leaders make excuses for members of their not being trained or employed here and not getting jobs and we have tried to string along with them. But when iMfainst the common enemies of democracy are being lost hand as a result of **too little and too late” with sup- «te thieik it is time to speak out.i Wb^t the hell is white supremacy wprth or anythir.t; with drunk, Jap or German poking a bayonet in your back, %»»»»§' you up against « well to be shot because you forgot Hitler’s picture? What is it worth with concentration •ad a sestapo that dares one to take a deep breatk? n* face in this war is no weakliiTg.or fool. FrM'- «n vnry hmd he has outwitted, out-fought and out- , mr fighting forces. Negroes and whites ought to lay ■UStv of ntee discrimination in defense industries L dwJong enoi:^ to realise that those white and tmd d»Tng t j preserve our way of life are bjlllow AmtricSjBi^ that any act, hpvKiver Hni c4Mince -to £ght THE MILLS OF THE GODS By Cfay lDav|s '——4— WHY NEGROES SHOULD FIGHT ' The -expressed Conviction of »||ny Negroes that wo hav^ nothing tp fight for is a delusion which stands immeiliately in need of our most serious contemplation and our most criiical analysis, and those of us who think at all will almost certainly agree tl^at i^r race hasjnnr£ to ^ight for now thaft^ver t.>efor^ Equal to any duty which circumstances have imiwsed U)>on us is the urgent necessity of our waging battle to rid ourselves of that part of our leadership which is self-appointed, conceited, incoini)etent, untrustworthy, and which tells the ruling class on the one hand that Negroes are willing and- anxious to die for the country and tells Negro youth on the other hand that it has nothing t6 fight for. Such people are our greatest men ace and Quisling could have had some valuable instruction from them before he made his nauselting debut as a traitor to his race. Nobody can o^r will dehy that the preachments of the Ameri can ruling class are the direct antitheses of their practices where we are conceined and that is an excellent reason why we should fight to the utmost of our capacity in our effort to harmonize the two. Time and experience should have taught us long ago that the deep-rooted American traditions are not“of suicidal tem perament and will not die or give up without tha most sanguin ary of savage struggles. ■ ' ~ In our hard and discouraging battle to exist at all in this one-sided, so-called Democracjfr we^have, by the grace of God, been agreeably prolific in prppogation, passably successful in business and“ the professions, and commendably persistent in the acquisition of property and if our'families, businesses, and property are to be protected in this grave crisis who, other than ourselves, can we expect to famish that protection? There is pr6bably no race of people In' the world whose young men need discipline, physic^ culture, escperience in col laboration^ instruction in the^art ttodern v^rfare, and con'-' fidence in each dther as badly as ours do and if. the armed forces is the place for them to acquire such priceless things then let. them go intCL ihe. armed forces with our unrestrainwd-ganc* tion and blessings. Our superstitious fear of death gives the lie to onr pro fessed religion arid is therefore one of the most iffiplacablo im pediments lying athwartrour path of progress thus challenging our willingness to do battle. Another enemy to be vanquished. None of us will ever leave this earth until the Master calls and that could be on the street corner or in the home as easily as on the battlefield. If these things do not call to arms every self-respecting Ne gro in America then by all means let us refuse to f|ght and take the consequences, but if they do inspire in us the spirit of Fred erick Douglas and his kind, we will all rally to our banners without selfishness, without fear, and without hesitation. HXN DC U FF WEtoD rwer HANOCUFFS CHII.DRCK IF AIR RAIDS COME? C3 Nejnjo, the victim of a propaganda of the most hellish sort, restijvting to propaganda eiually hellish. He wai following the same proeeedure that has wrought damnation.-to Ne- 'ffloes a thottSaad times^ H&-called himself “fighting fire with fire” By RTJTfi tAtlOE In our coastal cities whenever tWo or threie poople srs gatkared together, there k one subject that is always under discussion. Will the spring bring air-raids f Peeling rides high'os this subject as those who say “Impossible" and those who say ‘‘Certainly” thrash out their respective strategies. Bnt-,' whiie .xre ^cpare hsttoiially and locally ffor air-raids, let us rea.son it out. If an air-raid comes, what will the enemy hope to at tain T We all admit that the des- troction would be comparatively small considering the size of the country—though that thdught is of small comfort t othose who are bombe^ Th^enemy, .however, has one bigger object in view-rto create panic. There are those among us who say that would be the case. I do not think so. I have 'infinite faith in the - ability of our people to face a crisis or a crushing trag- .^edy with calm fortitude. We have always risen io the need of the oc- easion and we will not fail. But the enemy fells that we will become jittery, that our morale will be shaken, our nerves upset. That is what they want to accom plish. Are you going to give in f How can we face the crisis when and if it comes t We know the rales. We can obey the physical ones—that is merely a matter''J)f ; intelligent cbop^ration.-But how can we conquer our instinctive re actions! How can we reimain coolt ; How can we beat theA^is nations at their own garnet Oue way we can do this is by self-control. No air-raid can last and House offtee buildings, the 'you, that those who are far vision^ forew. We can’t ran toway' from Siipreuie Court and other govern- ed enough to see the importance of obey brders aiid ment agencies. A cordial invitation a Washington bureau and contrib* then bang on for jost a little long-' is extended to all friends of the ute such sujns as they can afford It may call for all our staying NAACP to visit us whenever n towards its maintenance. Cheque qualities, bat we can do it—if ive MiiflhiDgtQa-... . , and_^m95M "ders^^^s^uld be »?ade |4ge the inescapable facts that— The NAACP should have been payable to Mary White Oyingto^, ^j.g jjj ^ war: It is a war which himself oblivious of the financially able to make thi« step Treasurer, and sent to the NAACP jjg fought antil it BETWEEN THE LINES By Dean Gordon B. Hancock for ANP | , Interracial Hypertension is a i'axtcy name, for high blood pressure ju.rt as delinquency is a fanpy name for old fashioned ilevilnient, or pre varication is a fancy name for old fashioned lying. Rvientiists have a way of giving new names to ail ments aii.d disorders they cannot correct; and the ordinary laVmen in his confusion of nanies> is dis posed to forgret his afflictions, mo mentarily at least. When we cull our old fashioncnl “consumption” tuberculosis, we are not getting anywhere especially, except in- e-reasing our vocabulary. Hjper- tension if not properly treated will result sooner or later in a stroke ami (ill that follows. Thtre can Iw* no donbt that thei’e is a hyjjertettsion in raet relations today, which unless t>‘*ated with glH»atest care, is bound , to result fatally. After all of our smooth talk about (Christianity and educa tion a? thff\’ bear on the pi'oblenrof race relations, the fact remains we ai‘ entering a danjrerous lAase of the interracial conflict. The out break of riots here and there about the country is* symptomatic o# an undercurrent of racial bitterness that demands the moat carefnl' thinking and planning on the part of the best elements of both whites and Negroes. It is not enouijh for Negroeg alone to take great care in this matter, neither iS it enoueh for whites, alQne to guard carefully against certain aggravations of the color question. If we are to avoid 'serious trou- WejJjoth whiter and Negroes must ^ tiiaCr^ rehii- and rupture; and that our best is demanded if certain important pre vious gflifii? are be presefved. Riots and rioting are not going to settle the race problem in this country we are trying to siave. Just as no great moral issue has ever been !»ettled on the battlefield; so no victory in race relations can be won ty outbreaks of rioting throujrhont the nation. However resentful the Negro may feel to- wavd-ii the injustices and indigni ties to winch he has been subject- od, it is just as well that he knwo that these are not to be corrected by riots. This ai’ticle i;-' inspired by a si)eech I heard by a prominent Ne gro made within recent weeks. Be fore an audience of nearly a thous and this prominent man stood for nearly an hour and deliWred one of the ablest speeches we have ever heard. But from beginning to end the speech was one continuous iiphoarsal of the wrongs that the Negro had suffered in this country. By innendoB and direct charges he built up one of the mightiest cases against the white man that I have ever heard. Subtly he was easting himself in the role of hero, Ity merely enumerating his race’s wrongs. The audii?nce of course re- spondefl with an enthusiasm that was contagious. When the speech was over, there fell over that Vast audience oniinotis spel] of resent ment and bitterness-that Is bound to do damage sptn^where, tjot^kow and sometime. This prominent speaker did not seem to knbw that when only one mde o^ a question is the * * 1?g0Pagan^^^^ appearing fact that in the fight of fire with f that there can be no victory but defeat. Not a word was said about the resurgence of justice fo** fair play in the heart of the new south that is forcing itself upon the at tention of the nation. Not a refer- encie was made to the Abolitionists and northern philanthropy that laid the foundations of the schools that shelter 40,000 young aspiring Negroes. \ No mention was made of the fast revising policies of the south ern press whereby the voice of jus tice for Negroes is becoming louder and more insistent. Our prominent speaker seemed to overlook the fact that everybody knows what the south and nation have done against the Negro; but many do not know what they have done for him. Even the south is not totally loss when it comes to race rela- fions; for if it had been all-'bad the Ncgi’o could never have made the strides of which we boast from time to time. >Strangely enough the Negro’s greatest advancement is in the south. Durham, the Negro’s business capital and Atla'nta the Negro’s educational capitol, are in much maligned south, The south is fast becoming a haven for north ern educated Negroes’. Just as the white man is no tgetting anywhere bv cultivating hatred for Negroes, Negroe? are not getting anywhere by cultivating hatred for whites and thereby increasing interracial hypertension. Negro leadeiship had better look well the problem being created by a few of oor pow- er-maniacs and honor-hungry ora tors; for Negroes themselves, will pav the greater price of their fol- lyi ^ V . C3 —i-A ■—n I THE MAIL BOX I □ ^ -□ some years ago. Washington today at is the center of activity not only of the United States biit, in a large measure, the place where de cision affecting the future of the entire world are being made. Long range work and the folding of mass meetings and o'lher demons trations for steady pressure on Washington are absolutely es- D- Fifth Avenue, New York. Every sincerely, WALTER WHITE, Secretary. V BOND DRIVE There must be no retreat on the home front. There is one abiding thin? that will help us hold firm. We can fbl- low the command of Him who^said ~T~1 “Let not your heart be troubled, I neither let it be afraid.” For in the words of the Psalmist: “He that dwelleth in. the secret place of LJ the most High, shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say sential. But the time, money and energy put into activities outside Citizens of this county are being of the Lord, He is my refuge and of Washington will not have their counted upon to more than do my fortress. My God, in Him will maximum effect unless there js at their part in the War Bond Week I trust.” the national capital intelligent, campaign that opened on Monday, .. persistent, day to day follow up May 4, throughout the State. work by an agency which through It is the most far reaching been given an opportunity,,fo sign the years has earned the respect campaign ever made in North a pledge card before the drive of those in authority. The NAACP has only a very small part of the minimum cost of $12,000 a year to pay for the maintenance of this bureau. Since THE REGAL THEATRE Editor Carolina Times: Dear Sir: " An extension of the service by the NAACP to the’jTegro has just been put into effei't the establish ment in the national capital of a bureau to battle seven days a Week and as! many j^ours a day as ineccKsary tojp^taeil Che righlt «f Negroes during this most crucial period of the world’s history. These headquarters are located at loo Massachu^tts. Avenup, two bTOs from..^]g»ii8£^oa. «ad Carolina to enlist savings in this ends Saturday night, country’s war effort.^ Reffsoli^r the special campaign Volunteer workers in every com- i*ow is that; the federal govern- niunity have begun an intensive uient must know how much income drive to pledge all income earners it may expect from these war sav- this agency can conceivably do to purchase regularly, by the week i**K8 securities with which to buy much towards wiping out seglfega- or by the month, as many war 8Tuns, tanks, ship and planes, tion and discrimination in the arm- bonds and stamps as they can af- The money for the nation’s ed forces, and can put into the ford. fighting forces must comfe from poekets of Negroes millions of dol- Plans for the campaign have some course, and the more dollars lars in wages in defense industries, been carefully worked out during.' Volntarily pledged for bonds, the and can project the citizenship right the last several weeks by county he the nation’s tax load, of 13 million Negroes, we ask and town chairmen and local com- Governor J. Melville Broughton, through the medium of your col-, mittees. and, if they achieve their "'^o is Honoarary Chairman of limns, generously contributed, by goal, every wage earner will have the.campaign, in a proclamation issued recently, designated May 4-9 as War Bond Week and called upon the full and prompt coopera tion of all citizens.” Every pledge is conditional upon the signer’s remaining financially able to make the stated purchase. This codition is expressly stipula ted in the pledge. It will ^-left to the signers, to decide whether or not they are able to continue their purchases. The money invested in these safest investment in the world will b*e taken out of competion for con sumer goods, thereby preventing Asflation and building up a cush ion of savings for the individual when the war ends. Following up Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau’s recent an nouncement that North Carolina’s cfUota of war bonds and stamps for May had been set at $5,888,- 500, State Administrator Charles It. Rbbertson and State Chairman t^lian Price of Greens'boro said in a joint statement that “we are confident North Carolinians can be oonitffl to - exceed thp cfHola'set for our Slate.” The type of campaign varies for different communities, it being left up to the local ohaimien to I detnnnine the type to raach ^ saJiLastiBiifcifiywiiiiiisBi EXTENDS GREETINlGS TO EVERY Mother EVERYWHERE
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