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THE RIGHT SOLUTION
Heeett, editsrtel attempts at intimidation, and disiortinK
the truth with the hope of whitewashing the
tlw aerions blunder made by a thoughtless officer of the law,
will get MWlMre im the effort to »et at the underlying cause of
BETWEEN
LINES
By Dean Gorckm B. Handcock
tl* deplMbto catamity wiian^rarCKOiiefro'M^ ortiiis
■Bfartvnate ci^ last Saturday eveainr. The effort to misguide
tlM pabiic into believing that the soldier who was attacked in
alow on FayottwUte tftr draiq a kaife 'on the
officer ,)r|io made tiie attack is entirely Mit of line with the
Pracadiurt^'tli^ should foUow an incident of this kind. It is
distaatefal tc*^fi^iecMldc citizeas of both races in this city who
. ai« deairoos that and happiness iHwvail between persons
df ^ races here.
1a
CAJitOI^A TIHES hs» never put its endorseraent on
aanh vjefeace in any form or aily croup. The record of this
• 1
newspaper has always been me of utmost contempt for those
«di|» permit their passions to bea>me so inflami;d that they
•rernw the law, which act usually jeopardizes the lives and
priieity of innocent citizens. We wish to emphas|ze here and
again our condemnation of all forms mob violence and dis-
raapeet.fiar law aad onfau- by N^roe» with the same zeal that
we oaMciu *■ these •€ other groups.
Mab vieiencfe is a crime and cannot be confined to any
■pedal race or grou^ as was evidenced a few, nights ago when
it was neceiSi(ai7 te Mocfc off a section of Parrish street while
efforts were being made to gnell a ri^ that started in a dance
MB heti^n white citiseng and white soldiers. The subtle
to bestir the li« and inflame the thoughtless segment
ef Dnriwm’s citiietiahip because of last Saturday’s upheavel,
mn«ly becauac tim Negro participants in it acted in the same
.Hpaaer aa tftM* of the Parrish street brawtl, cannot be looked
'■mmm as fhe ef influence that is conducive to peace. We
tdemh Iketh ef these incidents, becausc we are interested in
I csfei^bf the live* and property of not only Durham’s Negro
bat its white citizens as well. We are for sane, sensi-
^nd a just airfution of the pitrfilems which arise here, we
l0e to offer emi the semblance of a suggestion to the co'h-
It la the duty of an officer of the law to endeavor toifirevent
from getting into trouble rather than to see how much
labla tlwy can get them into. Any officer of the Ian/ who on
leapt provocation wields his fist, black-jack or -pulls his guii
to nt to be encouragfSg disturbances rather than pre-
ating thein. E3iminatlng this type of officer from our
enforcing bodiea aeeqiB to us the bounden duty of those
Iwve to do with their employment.
\m uncentroiaUe temper seems to be the main requisite for
eo Dnrtam's ABC squad. As a result the record
smallest af Durhan's lamC enforcement agencies will
it Ins 4mm more lulling, black-jacking and fint maul-
all the others put together.
nlute and Negro citizens n^ to face these issues
fad IranUy with an honest desire for the truth, Durham
pther city can continoe, without serious conse^juences,
pemoM »m any of its p^ce forces, whose record
tbnt tlMjr have beoi rank violators of
We need te a«U’ch the records of some of hot
efficM* before we draw a conclusion as toUH .atcual
^lM|tod numy of the undesirable occurrences in this city.
ttWk Uie effoHs to qtiell the rioting last Saturday on
'40 civiliaa ptriice, and the military police, both white
Mc worthy «f eemnii«idatk>n,. as well as those of the
^ilcetv, who should be given the lion’s
cwdtt for briaging the nasty sitiiatiM under con-
affalr warrants the serious consideration of
fMT fijfre aectioiu of Durina. The plan i» being
9at in other cities of North Carolina and
mo reiwiim it cannot be a succ^«r
: ef Ite
IV ilM ef the Uvea wd pcv^eity of
as well as prevent a recurrence of such
Recently I met three Neg
boys, messengers for Westeni
Union. Theywere finely uniform
ed and seemed on the alert aoi}
their appearance was eommend-
able. As I meditated on their
new opportunity, I saw in them
a symbol of th eNegro race lur
ing these war times when tnan
power for war or work is at
premium. Under ordinary cir-
cuijistanees the very idea of Nc
gro messenger boys for some te
gions of this country would
have been spurned contemptU'
ously. But these are not ordin
ary times^and so the Negro now
as during World War 1 is mov
ing into newer realms of op
portunity. His prayer for larger
opportunity is being answered al
long last.
There are two things the Ne-
grralusrt6"lm^twrtffSt IS'to
save some money I put it blunt
ly on purpose. Nobody can tell
what will come forth at the can-
ehision of current hostilities. If
„he same determination to keep
the Negro out of the picture i3
directed at, throwing him for
loss when the war ends, we are
in 'for a bitter struggle to hoUl
our gains. In any event the Je-
gro is going to need some of the
easy money that is passing
around. It is true we eannot
save it all; but it is equally true
that it would be unwise to spend
it all. We have seen many iu
stances of men "‘who received
faabuously high wages during
the last war wind up in the aim
shouse- One such person told me
that he had earned as much as
$10.00 the day.
Then too, if we are to put iu-
to practice more thoroughly the
doctrine of the Double Du^y
Dollar we must first of all have
the dollar to do duty at all. It
is incumbent upon the whole
Negro leadership to stress thu
importance of saving during
these years of fatness. The
lean years are just around the
corner the near corner and not
the far corner aroimd which Mr.
Hoover’s prosperity was linger
ing. There can be no economie
advance without saving and the
time to talk about saving is when
we have something to save.
Now is the time when the aver
age'man has something to save
Let’s spend some but for good
ness sake* let’s save some.
Then t(W there is the matte-
of impending displacement thnt
must be faced* The women wh-
are entering the various puv-
suits are going to bid for a place
of permanence in the scheme of
things. With a slMkening de
mand for workers and with an
abuiadant supply of white labor,
the pressure is going to be put
on the Negro as always. The
Negro therefore who makes good
is going to be cast off into ou'^-
er economic darkness.
The Negro who 8urviv» as
many did at the conclusion of
the last war will not be the Ne
gro who “makes good" but the
Negro who "MAKES BETTER”
That the Negro must make
better than others to. hold his
given place is a deplorable fact,
a disheartening* fact at times
but withal a persistent fact. We
must face it. The Urban league's
campaign to orient th eNegro's
attention on these matters is
most commendable. The Negro
who survives the eai-throat caiu-
^eTItloh'Wpaeer^nift' joBa'H
the conclusion of the war is the
Negro who not only makes gtwd
but who makes better-makes best
We .wish it wera atheExlae but
wishing even ^en heavily imple
mented is' not always effective
in critical situations.
A SIOI^NlKa STFTOlf
Churchill’s speech of recent
date was not assuring. There
arc signs that the democratic
nations are working at cross
purposes. We are beginning t*>
wonder what the united nations
art “united” on. England’s at-
Utsde toward India as seen in
its handling the Gandhi episode
and more recently in Churchill’s
speech is disquieting to say th?
leant.
When Charchill tells the
WQfld -thtt n^ nation or.eombin-^
ation of nations must interfere
with Britain’s 'handling of Eng
land’s colonial policies he com
plicates a complicated problem
Ware it not for China and the
United States, England would
have no colonies, but she, her
self would at present be a vassel
of Germany, But Churchill knows'
that the kettle cannot call the
pot black.
The most unhappy aspect of
the whole situation is that these
democracies are not in a moral
position to correct one another.
The United States is not in
position to put on Ihe pressure
for the reason the policy to
wards its Negro citizens muff
les any voice of protest it mi«(ht
raise in behalf of India. On the
other hand England can make no
suggestion for race"^ relation in
this co;intry. It is a sickening
symptom. The hope in the situa
tion is winning the war not for
feiting it.
TO «0W ^
RY 6AMIMS.*
‘VOU CAN MAKE THIS KIND Of AMMUNITION M
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Walter WMtey
(Continued From Page One)
has not yet been utilized becau.9P
of racial prejudicf. He cited the
bill’s failure to compel employ
ers to accept . all workers who
volunteer or are drafted regard
less of workers, race or as
on? of its most glaring faultb.
White added that the .bill con
tains no adequate safeguards to
protect workers from arbitrary
action by employers or lo-?al
draft boards.
Charles H. Houston, attorney,
spoke for the National Non-
Partisan Council of Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorority and sup
plemented the testimony of Mr
Wjiite.
The bill provides that tho
President through the Chairman
of Wax Manpower Commission,
may issue a call for volunteers
specifying the number of pe>
sons required with their qualif*-
cations and the place Wliare
their work would be performed.
“But” said White, “it creates
no obligation on the employer
to accept, such volunteers.
“The underlying aasumption
of. S.6U6,” continued Whit«3,
“is that workers arie not volun
teering for service in war in
drafted. > This assumption if
belied by the fa«ts. There is al-
•e»dy a vast reservoir of Negro
■nan and womanpower today
begging for employment at their
proper skills and levels, Fuf to
whom the doors are tightly
cloBi^jl and bolted.
“In a recent War Manpowov
Commission estimate there are
still 600,000 Negroes who are
outyight unemployed. There ar?
2,000,000 farmhands working on
cotton crops when we have a
two years supply on hand. Ac
cording to John Beecher, form
er regional representative of the,
FBPC there are 2,000,000 season
al farm workers whose service®
could be entirely utiliz^ to meet
manpower needs.
“tfe are^also opposed to this
legislation,” White ideelare*!,
“because it contains no safc^
guards to protect the wdrker n
gainst arbitrary action on the
part of employers or local draft
boards. This bill is entirely sil-^
^at on the obligation of an em
ployer not to discriminate On ae-
eount of race, creed, or color, to
nroperly assign and upgrade eni
>lpyees, to use safety applianc-
‘s, and to establish ’ reasonaWf
vage, hour and heilth regula
tions.
“The bill requires co»npal-
 duitrlM and isoit therefore be^ soiy service but does oot guar-i
antee employment. For example
S.666, lOjOOO white workers
eooW be drafted and transferr
ed to a southern community
even though there were already
prMent there 10,000 Negroes
capable of filling the job. A
prejudiced draft board at the
behest of a prejudiced employer
who refused to hire available
Negro labor could then order
10,000 Negro w^ers to jaek
cotton though they pos3es86'l
the skills to work in industry’
‘ The bill gives an empToyei*
the right to reject a batch of
drafted labor J without assign
ing any reason for doing so and
then permits him to call on
the United States Government
to provide more batches frocl
which he can choose those he
wishes to employ. The worker
«x)uld not have even the prote-
tion provided by the Civil Ser
vice where the emjrfoyer has to
choose from the top three on
the list. In short omnipotent
controls are placed in his hands
io compel servitude ^without th’
correlative obligation to pro
tect the servitor.” '
Asked at this point by Sena
tor Austin, Republican of Ver
mont, if the insertion into tht
bill of a requirement tltet work
ers would have to be sele^tc';
vithout regard io race or colo;
for assign-uient to war industri
ea, would meet Mr. White ob
'ections. White said that such ar.
inchision would strengthen the
bill.
^ hite, citing the deplorablr.
treatment of Negro soldiers ii,
the South, argued, ^‘even with
imple laws on the statute hooks
the federal government ha'
failed to protect the Negro from
intimidation, coercion and abuse
while he is theoretically unfe.-
tered and free.
“What can be the prospec'
for cowered domestic, agricul
tural, industrial, and defeoi
workers living in the South an'
faiced with compulsory serv>cf
legislation which in most in
stances will be nothing le.'s*
"ihan government approved peor
ager’ White asked. “What
•ihance would a qualified Negrc
machinist living in Mississipp
have if he appeaied the dee(sioii
of his draft l>oard denying hi*
application to go to Detroit to
work in an airplane factory when
inch board bad previously classi
fied him to work aa a common
field handf I believe the an
swer is ohvious.
“The Association feels,’’
White concluded,, “that cpmpul-
sioii will^jiot elim^at^ the con
fusion in the nftiJpd#er prt>
blem for it is but a part of r
bigger problem which constitucr
ed authority is unwilling io
tackle. Compulsory servicc legis
lation as represented by the
Austin - Wa|fesworth hill, woul^
lestroy the 'foundation of free
dom in An^rica and open the
loor to unrestrained intimida
tion, coercion and abject sub
jugation of minority groups in
America. We are irrevocably
opposed to this legislation.’*
Abbe’Wallace- ■
€
(Continued From Page Three'
to make a change. Tou will
have little difficulty finding ' •
job with your education and
talents. Why not rent yonr
home out and take your little
boy and go to live in CaHf. for
the Summer. If you like it an I
do well, stay. If not, you will
always have your home and your
job to come back to. Now is th--
time to make a change and it’?
swell opportunity to be near
your hnsiband.
JMS — I never feel comfort
able, contented and satisfied. T
don’t go out an3 ^o around verj
much. The neighbors say I’n’
missing something. I’m not bat’
looking. Work is my hobby bul
my pay isn’t much. Will I eve*
find happiness? May I write
privately?
Ans: The neighbors are righi
— you are missing something
You can’t feel good when yov
work hard all day and com
home and work until hed time
A girl your age should have
SMne friends, and you won't
find happiness until you get oul
and among the young folks. Yor
may write privately. Send 2.5c
for an Astrology Reading.
AK I have been married fo’-
six months. So far my husban-1
seems very nice to me and have
been giving me all of his money'
what he makes. But I am 9 littlr
older than him, do that matter f
ant one little girl. I got 1
ittte boy'That is not his,’but lit
is very nice, he said all we need
a little girl. It looks like it
is a hard problem for ' us to
have a dime on hand for any
thing. I hope you will give me
some good words.
Ans: Yon have chosen a good
kind man for a husband and 1
want you to be proud of him.
FOTget about the year or two
difference in your age wh&t
matters now is .that you make
him the sweetest wife and mo
ther in the world. he wants
is for you to love and baby anc’
make over him dc this and your
little home will always be blest
with happiness. To' be an extra
good wife, keep 4 little boqk
Showing him juat how y^
evfcry penny he gi^es you. Hetp
him to stretch his pay envelope
and save that my good woman
is yo«r biggwt job.
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before the^ship was entirely un
der water. Watson, according to
Mr. Hawson, was soon pulling
men from the wreckage, plac
ing them on debi'is and freight
from the sinking vessel. He
says that when the ship finally
weaf ^bwn, Watson was seen tr
go down with it.
Among the survivors of th«
ill-fated ship were other Negro
soldiers. Eye witnesses claiin
that of the casualties result
ing from the bombing, two wore
colored, Watson and one Pv:.
Ike Tolliver. The latter w a f
drowned when caught in a de
luge of freight from the sink
ing vessel.
It was learned from Mr. Haw
son iBat all the passenger?
conducted themselves very order
ly and were well under controi
He stated that they had been
alerted the previous night.
Pvt. Warren H. Phillips, Little
Rock, Ark, in an interview, giv
es a vivid account of his experi-
en«e in the sinking of the ship'
“A bunch of us were down in
the hole playing cards whjlf
others were on dock. When the
bomb struck we didn’t know
what was wi'ong. We got out
life jackets and came up top
After we got up there we couif"
see plaiies flying away.. «
started letting life rafts and
boats down, but the raptain* toKl
us to let them stay up. We hi’d
taken tarpaulins off the hatcn
hole to cover the rafts. These
were orders we had receive ear
lier in case the ship was sunk
After the ship started sinking 1
believe everybody got off but
the captain and Watson. _
“Some of us were floating 00
rafts, freigW boxes, that hal
been aboard the ship. Others
were swimming.
When asked whether
afraid, Pvt. Phillips replied
was more excite! than frighten*
jd.”
■ Fifteen Japanese bombers,
escorted by fighter planes, were
believed-to have made the at
tack. American and allied plan
es arrived on the scene shortly
after the bombing.
TALK
BT ELMES A. OAKTEK
a“ $lue peiht roa viotoey
The United Nations can win
the war, andwe can lose. And
we will Surely lose unless here
and now we are capable of plann
ing and executing an intelligent
and comprehensive program to
meet the conditions we wiU
have to face when the war is
over. There will be no great
change in our situation after
the war. The outlines of our pic
ture are* being sketched in now
and the structure of the post-'*
war world is already being built
while the conflict grows in in
tensity and moves towards its
bloody climax.
Those of us who have eves to ^
see are becoming alarmed by
certain tendencies which if per
mitted to continue gpe.i
disaster and set us^back for a
hundred years. And we are not
-Pooled by those who whisper let
us wait until after the war to
contend for rights and privileij-
es which should be ours.
This is an indefensible att'-
tude which our history in
America does not support. Only
as a war measure after the
pleading of Douglas and the in
timidation by the ab^Iitionlstil
in Congress plus the humiliat-
f»% defeats of the UpioO Arm
ies did Abraham Lincoln issue
the Emancipation Proclamation.
And if we had awaited until af
ter the Civil'War for freedom
we would have beea the victims
of .some tform of  slavery ‘
organized capital does not sur
render its rights to profit dur
ing a war, but fights not only
to preserve these rights but to
extend them. American indus
trialists demanded every form
of legal safeguard of their pro
fits before they would consent to
convert tHelr plants from peace
tWe-industry to the manufac
ture of tanks and planes and
guns, even though the enemy
was at our gates Organized,
labor does not abandon its right
to contend for higher wages
and shorter hours and decent
working conditions when the
country goes to war. It wages a
stubborn and sotoietimes a bitter
battle to protect labor standards
and to insure a wage that keeps
pace with the rising- cost oi’
living. John L. Lewis, represent
ing the United Mine Workers
of America, may be more specta
cular than other labor leaders in
his methods. But his goal is no
different than that of the other^*,
labor lea^rs who press tjieir di-
mands upon employes with great
er intensity during war than at
any other time.
The reason for this is " not
hard to find. A nation at war
is apt to subordinate group ir;-
terests to so called national in
terest* with tbe result that hard
won social gains are obliterated
and the rights of the less pow
erful crushed by the jtiggernaiit
of necessity and e.xpediency. Tha
little people’ then must be on
guard lest they lose even
at which they have.
The blue Print for Victory
the American Negro must be
plan by which all of us every
where can aid in strengthening
the race from within so that it
may be able to wage an increas
ingly effective fight for every
right tha^ is ours as eiti2fBB»>of
this Republic, not when peace
comes, lut now.
A great fighting army
be strong from every angle,
fighting race "like a fighting
army can only only be success
ful when it has power w'ithin,
power and will to plug ;ip the
gaps in the ranks and^ streng
then every individual member of
tlfi^ ra?e, Racial power .- like
military power can only bt* de
veloped by training. A powerful
army must be a highly trained
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