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THE CAROLINA TIMES
btjy IWI* ftOMOtt. .SATORMY, MAY 15tH, 1943
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ILOO a Year tl.25 for Six Muntha
Looking Around Harlem
THE SINS OF OUR BRETHEREN
Sanford Negroes Held
Rk 1MI Of RHIik
Sanford, May •.f-(%)ecial)—In
j ; i Lm County Court tbi» we«k four
■ young white boy* were arrmlgned
T before Judge S. Ray ^yerly charged
. with the theft of two riflas and two
T"' watches from the home of Mr. and
' •.. Mr*. T. D. Davenport in Sanford,
-• ‘ Easter Sunday morning while the
u family was at church services. ^
'•’f- Three of the youth*, all of whom
t ^ %infed around 15 years of age,
. waived preliminary hearing. They
are Robert Goins, James Master-
lon, and'.Hillman Allen who were
Hrdered held under j^SOO bond for
f their appearance at the next term
oC Siiparior Court. Goins and Al*
len are out cm bond, but Master*
' tm ig atlll In Jail in,d^utt of bond.
’ Mak^^lm Seymore, the fourth
> member of the group was turned
ever id the JaCkson Training SAoor,"*'
officers as he was on parole from
that institution.
Also facing Judge Byerly were
thi'ee young girls, Alice Kelly,
Dorothy and Ruby Richardson, who >
were caught with the youth| at the
- time. Hiey were char^ ¥»tli wd- ,
ing and abetting in larceny. They • ,
were bound over to the Juvenile
court for a hearing.
It •*« w«t often thsit we take up our pen to criticise the edi
torial policy of a joumalLstir contemporary, because wt ate ac-
q«ialnted to some extent with the intricate* problems o! both
these duties and are fully aware that the most careful
aevg|iaper man from the publisber on down to the printer’s
devil occasionally misses the bus in the often hurried perform
ance of hu duty.
The above clipping, taken from one of our lOcal daily news
papers, under ordinary circumstances, might be inte:pretted
as as «rro« of the hand and not of the heart, t^icre it not for
the fact that it is typical of the facists propaganda methods
ahrajra used to stigmatize the Negro as low and immnal. It'
b the age-^ method of associating the Negro with theft,
tape and ^her crimes of a baser nature. The deed is so foul
tkat even the basest Negro hater must becomc sickeucd at
its putrid odor. It does not border on yellow journalism, it is
tMe very thing itself.
Tlie CAJtOUNA TIMES has never condoned crimes committed
by Negroes, or any other group, and our record will show
tfafit we have always condemned with all our power ^ts of a
Tile nature committed by members of the race, as well as those
CMnaiitted by others. It was only last year that this news-
pi^r spent considerable time, energy and money in waging
a war against crime among Negroes in this city.
Kncs that dark and miserable day on the hill of Golgotha
whea a group of bloodthirsty mobbists seized a Negro and
forced him to carry the cross of the lowiy Nazarine, the Nordic
of the world have shouldered the darker races with their
NEW YORK >- Harlem has
for years beea trying to
up with Ciiicago on one seorc -
the cUction o| a Nagro to tftt
U. 8. Congress, Chicago
Oscar DePriest, its Arthur
W. Mitt'hell, and now its Williaoi
L. Dawson have ooostitutsd ar
example o^ irritation to the Ne
gro Capital of the World which
so far has been unable to ifot
to first base in sending a rci>>«-
sentative from Harlem to Wash
ington.
Harlem tried it once with
Hubert T. Delaney, now a judge;
it tried it again with the Rev.
Lorenzo King. It proposes now4
to see what cai) be don e from
a field of choice ihelnding Dr.
Channing H. Tobias, the Ka-
tiqnal YMCA bigwig; A. Philip
Randolph, organized of tli«
March on Washinffton Move
ment and president of the Bjo-
tkerhood of Sleeping Car Por
ters, and the Rev. Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr., pastor of ./^bys8i(iia>i
Baptist Church.
The Rev. Powell, Jr., has
many caUings and activities Ar
side from his church affilia
tions. He is the only Megro
member of the City Council of
New York City, he is also the
editor of l;he People’s Voice,
coqiparatively newcomer to the
fold of Negro Pressdom.
iDr. Tobias hasn't cammitte'l
hin^self as yet on the congi-e.ss-
ional question. Randolph fans
repeatedly said he was not in
terested in running, althodgh be
hasQ,’t been known to opposif
those who are seeking to start a
"draft Randolph” movement.
Dr. Powell, however, has l^it
the world know that he ba3 nia
eyes fixed on a seat sopieT^-her.'
near Rep. John Rankin of
Mississippi and the other raae
baiters on Capital Hill in Wai^h-
ington. He announced his can
didacy last year at the Marc.b^
BT DON DeLEIOHBUB
|0n Washington raly Randolph
and Company, staged at Madison
Square CFarden. Ai that tiniL',
tb^ councilman apparently was
not aware of the fact that his
membership in the City Cpuncil
eliminated him automatically
frpm entering the lists for ano
ther political office so long us
he held the, council spot. NotV
ing came to the Powell pro^rnjm
for congress.
Harlen) hasn’t said what it
plans to do about any of the
three persons whose names have
been bandied about as havLiig
congressional aspirations. Powell
has been laying his own ground
work for over a year with n re-
gi^ar mass meeting on Sunday
ni|fhts at the Qolden Gate Ball
room where his oratory has at
tracted huge crowdi. These
meetings have been held, as
one of the boys pointed oni
“on any excuse and at the drop
of a hat, Adam dropping the
hatj, himself, incidentally.
Police brutality, the high cost
of living, daily press smearing
of Harlem, freedom of India,
etc.« have all be«n the legitimate
excuses for a mass meeting iiy
Dr. Powell. He has just recent
ly returned from a long tiip
and some believe he was sound
ing out the attitude of the na-
ti(m as to hi9 possibility of b«-
ing in congress before actually
enteritg the lists at home.
While Harlem has five Najjro
ju%es, and many other signifi
cant positions held by meuibevs
of the arce, it has never al
tained the unity of political dp-
tion'nor availed itself of the
str«tegi|cal maneuvers its popula
tion al&vs it to press hoftrf^
emphatically the fact that H
wilj not tolerate a situation in
which it is not allowed to pick
its own representative for con-
grMS.
While it is true that Havlum
al other district in eongreasion-
al district from which it would
send a Negro to eongrass, the
fact remains that the rig*tt
kind of political pressure, plus
intellient use of the ballot bv
the eletorate upon instruetious
from qualified leadership would
turn the trick.
Some politiial seers believe
that if Harlem once elected its
own congressman, another would
soon eome from the heavily |
populated- N^o district in
V^ginia, one would be elected
from Detroit’s Harlem, and an-'
other might possibly be chosro
from St. Louis which would thus '
enable the Negro to establi.sh
his own congressional bloo fn j
Washington and one based on
race as well as political affil
iations.
Detroit has tried for yeprs
to name a Negro to congress,
many thought that behind th>4
decision of Arthur W. Mitchcell
of Chicago not to run for ;t~
election was the fact that Ho
^ai^ted to become the first Ne
gro since reconstruction to b«
elected from Virginia where he
has bought extensive property
hnd where he plans the life of a
(iountry squire in his old days.
One thing, the political pot
is brewing up a nice mess of
something in Harlem today. II;
might brew up Harlem’s first
eongressin|n.
I
I
•EQUAL PBOTECTION fOU AIL
RUTH TAYLOR SAYS
Who knows T
ir
BETWEEN THE LINES
By pean Gordon B. Handcoick
Nsrdic rapist, thieves, murderers and other crimrni-Is have
Imm known to blacken their faces in an attempt to thrust up-
sfaoulders of black men their flendish acts. Negro
MTtUts and underprivileged elements of Negroes have often
tiMl hommted in^ssaatly by their white employers into
MMprittiiV ■lirder and other revolting crimes, wi|h the hope
thr wlille iasticator, miKht esc^ the responsibility of
~yife~ietr~Hhould toK overtake, him—remembirr the
-> Ye tWak Nefroes have eaough of their own crimes and
Crit|inli i» aceouBt for, and any attempt to hold them re-
fpr the crimes of others is unfair and unchristian.
UGHTII TOUGi^ ; /.
the larfcst supply of ollvae known
fe Mar the surface, from which enough
^ ^fmM |fe|pnHl;iced to suf^ly l,00ft«0^,000
ftr M rears. Bow^ocb-^re is neeited?
A few weeks ago this column
in an article entitle “Lean
Tomorrows” dared warn "ttav
prosperous Negroes that Ihis
good time has not come to stay;
that they had better dig, whilw
dig^ring is good: In a 1at>T
article we warned that the Ne-'
gro who simply i:pake8 good is
going to be ca&t aside ' onee
the war is over; and only the
Negro who “makes better” is
going to staiyl the storms of
competition that will sweep the
labor decl^s of this country..
Of course these warnings
were prompted by common senst;
to people of commonNsense, in
an effort to stave off financial
disaster that is stalking even
now in the shadows of a nation
al emergency. Negroes are
splurging now in a big way. Of
course it is to be expected that
those who have been iraprover-
ished so long will enjoy the
elusive delights of an evanesc
ent prosperity; but it is not
beside the point to warn thein
that lean years are ahead.
There are many well intcn-
tioned people who will take the
warning and flee the economic
wrath to come. Others will be
loeit and consigned to outer econ
omic darkness where there is
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Oi|r press and our pulpIT and
schools could render no great
er service than that of Eeeping
the Negro race warned of tb;
impending financial trouT!ies 0-
h^ad. Many of us rememV.-r
what happened at the close of
World War 1, and we rightly
fear what may take place at th?
c9nclusioa of World War II.
‘ ^|Roger Babson, eminent staUfc-
tician and economist of. Rabson
Park, has sounded a warning to
the nation that dire days are
ahead Onee the war is over. He
vraras that there will be a “job
panic" when the 20,000,000
war workers must change joba;
and when 10,000,000 soldiers re
turn we shall tlave something
like 30,060,000 persons looking
for jobs. It is not going to huvl
Negroes to remember now that
the “Negro last to be hired and
first to be fired” attitude is
not going to be totally outmodeJ
during the current emergency,
however much we might wish
it so.
Babson speaks in common
sense terms and not after some
ecoitomic theorizings. A fool
though wayfarii^g man ought to
be able to see his point namely,
that 30,000,000 ])ersons will be*
seeking jobs in the post wii?'
period and woe untjo that Negro
who drinks and sports away the
last penny and still greater woes
to those who carr/ to their pre
sent good jobs should remember
that not only must he get busy
but he must see to it that the
way is kept open; for there is
behind him a long line of Negro
es who also must get by.
We have different kinds of
days and weeks which we obser
ve in church and school such as
Negro History week, NAAOP
week, Negro Press week and
Negro Insurance week, etc.; we
need through here a “Negro
Clinch Your Job Week.” Of
course I have been to school
some and have read some books;
but this warning is promptei by
common sense and not learning.
Sometime I think that learning
gets in the way of the state
ment of the case; so I am ap
pealing in the name of common
sense that Negroes be warn*v;l
of the difficult day^ ah^ad.
The story goe? that there
very learned men betook them
selves on a fishing spree to
find surcease from their com
plicated cogitations with tlie
coQcolaitast’s vexations of
juind. They took a boat and put
out .for a day of untroubled
fishing bliss. They sailed down
II winding river into the bry
where they as usual caught to
between the lines galley two
no fight but reveled in the joys
of noble contemplation born
of intellectual communion. The
boat spring a leak and water
was spurting through in f.'ir
too copious quantities. A bucket
was near at hand and with it
the water could easily have been
hailed ^oiutr * ’
Instead of using the bucket
they decided to hold a “consul
tation"^’ on what was best to do
in the promise, for such learn
ed men could never think of M>e
simple expedient of bailing wat
er out of a leaking boat. After
much “deliberation,” it wbs
decided that the situation coulJ
be relieved by boring a hole in
the bottom of the boat so the
water could run out. They
bored the bole and more wat*;'*
gushed in, to their great $;ur-
prise. With the boat fast sink
ing they held another cons.illa-
tion and finally decided to bor.?
two more holes beside the fi”st
so that the water coud run out
faster than it would run in.
They bored two additional
holes. Some ditch diggers near
by Ijad to rescue them.
l^t’s use common sense I Lot’s
save- some of this easy war time
luonty!
“feave your money. Buy
bonds. Buy your home; pay for
it. Put money in the bank. Edu
cate your children. Read bookt>;
go to church. Live on higii
doi
THINK
Ref ore anythi^ esnJJbe d^he,
it must be thoujrht. There--is
nothing that^'is happ^ing ini the
world tdd^y that-did-not have
Its'birth in the min^ of sdme
in«p. •
]^erein lies the l)ope of tiie
world. What mnn has made, man
ca|^master. ^Wbat has
C.inSB'Can undo. War, hatred
(H>pre9«ion are man mad»
nndj they can be destroyed by
ma^!
Only the good is divine and
eternal. Now -when we are in the
midst of a kmg and devasting
war, we must, more than ever,
think !right. Ojnly those ' who
haye disciplined their o w n
mifids otfn achieve the freedom
thi)t lies in loving recognition
of the good in their fallow
men and in a hatred of all
evil action or cruelty to any
one - no matter of what ace,
creed, class or color.
We are most ljucid in our dark
est moments. Let us deary face
the fact that what has 1: uue
upon us was of our creating.
weakened longfMl
for,e the i^iotators began their
deadly attaeks upon the sanctity
of human kind. It M'as our own
selfish thought that sapped the
strength of our democratic way
of life. We n)ua.t wipe a selfish
concept ^of personal, national
and int^national problems from
oiir minds if we ate to retain
the freedom which is so vital
to all of us. We must acknow
ledge as the right of others the
same freedoms we claim for our
BY »yTH TAYLOB
•setvea.
We wiH have to think eo^tr-
Hge, to he brave; fidelity ^to
■lerve loyally; sympathy, to be
kind; patience,' to persevere a*
against odds. We will have to
give up some of our rights and
take 01 more dutifs to achieve
Uie desired end ip Victory ov
the forces of darkness. We*^
attain- peace and prosperity
based upon a sound econoii-ic
basis, only if we think things
through.
To do this we must' think
Victory WITH HONOR AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. “Your
mind is a sacred enelo&urt‘
which, nothing; enter e.\'ee(»tr
ty your permission.” Arnold
Bennett wrote. Think right -
uul thb *nd will be rijrht!
PLAIN TALK
BT ELMEB A. CABTEB
levels. Eschew gambling, liquor
and vice: Think Ameriean. Act' these are'life, liberty, and ,
^i)i«rican. This is .vour*country. pursuit ofhappiness.; ’
No less a person than Henry
Wallace, Vice President of the
United States has asserted that
thie United Nations must unde---
take the re-education of Cter-
mfny after the war so that
nejver again will that eountry
dikturb the peace of the world-
Tl^ls Is a "highly intercBtl/ig
proposal to say the least. It
presupposes that ^the United
States of America aftd the
British Empire will perhaps,
supply teachers or establish the
curricula for the schools and
colleges of Germany and Japan.
There will be difficulties of
language of course but they can
be overcome. But there are
other difficulties which might
prov^ embarrassing say for in
stance when the American or
English professor opens his
seminar we will say in TJerlia or
Tokyo and Cegins to inculcate
the great principles of democr
acy into the minds of the mis
guided young Aryans of Ger
many or the stubborn little
Mongolians of Japan. , .
We‘can imagine tftie,'following
scene in a elassroom:
American Professor:
“The idea of a superior iMce
is wrong. Jefferson, the author
of the American Declaration of
Independence pronounced the
only-.true principle of human
relationship, “All men are
created equal and endowed ?>y
their' creator with certain in
alienable" rights, and amon.;
ti,j
being on the face of the earth
Student:
Is this the policy that the
great democracies follow?
I’rofessor:
Err, Yes. This is the princi
ple whyil)^^uides them and
'which must guide you in the fu
ture.
Student:
I once read a book by an
American called “The Rising
Tide of Color” altd if'I rf.’cnll
correctly the author ad*vocateJ
the snpression of the aspiration
of tliie colored peoples in India
anjd Afrioa,"even' in Japan, a.s
defense for the preservation of
white civilization.
whil
Love it. Honor it. Serve it.
Aspire to all that is best in
America and teavh your children
that this is their country; they
have no other."
Student:
l)bc8 this' include . the■ Hindus
and,the NeSroes toof '
Professor: ■
This ^ incites every human
■Uitf
'Professor:
Student: . i
Thank-you sir. '
Student:
Do the Nrgi’oes in 'CnTiiierico
have these rights of life, liberty
an[d the pursuit of happiness?
!Professor:
In the main-er-a-yec. Of
cqurse there are some mnlnd-
justmenta-which still exist but
er-a
Student: J j J ]
(continuing)
»I*rofessor:
There |pe some people of the
less advanced groups of human
ity who are not yet ready for
cojmplete equality. But then thev
wjll receive it.
iStudent:
^ How will thep^ know when thej
jirfcrejidy
Professor:
‘We will tell them.
Student:
What does the word “lynch
ing ” mean ■ Professor f
■ '■ V- ' 'V . ... 4.
Professor:
Lynching - er - ahem - means
taking a person’s life without due
process of law by the action of
a mob.
Student:
Do they still have lync.hings
in America f
Professor:
iKat is not the subject of
today’s discussion. We arc deal
ing with principles.
Student:
ts th«\ Negro really equal to
the white mant
Professor:
In a way - er - a - physically
I would say there is little difi-
erenee -but intellectually I be
lieve mental tests and history
will show that the Negro is an
inferior race.
Student:
(cautiously)
Then you believe in ra ’;il
superiority -
Student:
Has the Negro really con
tributed anything to eivi liba
tion t
Professor:
. In America quite a few Ne-
crroes have distinguished them
selves. in various fields of "n-
deavor, because of our dcmoc»'c.;-
tic way of life.
Student:
Are they not mulattos for the
most part - mixed bloods?
»Professor:
I would say on the whole, "T
believe they arc. ,
Student:
Would you, advise 1 then fur
ther mixture o.f the races
Professor:
The class is dismissed.
Tomorrow's discussion will be
frKedoni of - the' Praes. ’ ’