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toVftrAk^o^.. paTiirdaV.june 12th, 1943
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Dwtea. N. C. under the of March Srd, 1S73.
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rm PLATIOSil OF .
• THE CAROLINA' TIMES
WOJmES;
^ Ektjual aalaries fot Necro Teachen.
Neirro palacemeii where N^roes are inrolved.'
foual e2iuoitk>nal, oppf>Hunities.
Metro jurymeh. —
Higher wacea for dpmeatic aelrvaQta.
Pull participation of Nejrroeir' in all branchea of
the National Defense. ^ *
Abolishment of the double-standard wajce scale in
industry.
Qreater participation of Nesroes in political af*
faira.
Necto representation in city, county, state and
_ national goTemments.
Better hoiMang for Hegroea.
PLAIN TALK
BY ELMHB A. OABTEB
THE FUTILE AnEMPI QF JUSTICE
The final verdict of the Durham Recorders Court has been
|«Qdered in the sordid case tinvolvingr a 16-year-old school girl
aa an indiscreet officer of the l^w. As revoltmg: as the assaultf
arrest, finger prmting' and photosrrapfadng of the young girl
Me the(y fade into insignificance when* compared with the
Twofd of the prraent presiding officer of the Recorders Court
in all majoi' cases' n^ere a Negro has stood before him on one
yde aitf a monber of thie opposite group on the other.
Ptrfice brutality against Negroes by former rtim runners,
tlie violation of their humble homes and even the rape of a
woman have failed to arouse in the Recorders Court of
Silirham an essence of justice during these times of national
ipril. Here is an affront to all that we hold dear, all that
liiute and Negro meiK are diying for on foreign battle fields,
is an attack on the strongest pilliar'of our government—the
diprp^sation of justice.
“Would you want your sister
to marry a Hegrof That’s the
qnestion" said a young while
friend of mine the other day.
“that i> always thrown at me
whenever a group of us get to-
getllflr and I begin to tell them
they ought to oppose racial and
color discrimination.” From
news reports of Mrs. Elennor
RooseveK’s talk before the Har
lem City Wide Committee it ap
pears that the gracious first
lady expressed the opinion that
thuf far, the fear of intei-
marriage between individuah of
the two races accounts for thi>
attitude of the white South to
wards the aspiration of the
colored citizens.
In my own experience this
question in one form or another
is always asked when after a
ciric gronp ia a wealthy subur-1 Amerfca at least coniemplntes
ban cpmmunity. In one form ortfreedem of choice; and the se-
anoth^r the question is invari
ably put to colored shaker#
who address white aadiencea
My own experience the expari-
enee pf every colored person
even when he or she speaks to
audieaces composed of people
on a high cultural and inteUec
toal level.
"Well,'’ I-said to my ifrierid
who seemed at a 1«BC to answer
the qnestien as to whether or
not he wanted his siai^r to
marry a Ne^t'o* “what do yOu
sayf’ He seemed a little con
fused, hestitated and then re
plied - “Usually I say that has
nothing to do with giving Ameri
can citizens a deeeot break. But
I have the feeUng that my an
swer is iaadequate. What do yon
ap^H or address to *-whitefa^ink I should sayf” “I do nor,
audience the meeting is opened
for questipns. “Do you believo
in lioeial equality t” queried an
intalligeot and attractive youn,f
woman sitting in the first row
a few weeks ago at a meet{Ug in
Detroit. “I think that -colored
people are happier together,
don’t youf” asked a kindly-
faced matron recently at a meet
ing sponsored by a woman’s
know,” I replied. “This ques
tion seems very funny to me,
because it carries with It two
assumptions which I beheve art
unwarranted. ”
“What assumptions f” he
asked, “I don’t understand
you.” “First, I answered,
“there is the assiuapttoB that
your sister might want t* marry
a Negro, situse marriage in
cond fissumptioa ‘Is that a ^JegtQ
might want to marry your sis
ter. Are your friends actually
appreeensive,” I asked, that
it is necessary .to ostracize tnc
Negro by compelling Segrega
tion in order to keep their sis
ttfs from wanting to marry Ne-
groesl No Negro could marjv
your Bister against her wIU.
And it is just possible that he
may not want to marry her in
any event.
“Mfirriagc is pufeiy a pro-
blm (between two individuals,”
I continued. “My answer, if I.
were you to such a questiou,
would be - “I want my sister t«
be happy, to mirry as fine 0
youag man as she can, a mau
of ambitioa and character and
the possibilities of achieving a
pllace in the world.”
“Somehow I have the feeling
that If the color bar was low
ered there would be little dan
ger of a stampede of while
girls to marry eoTored men, no
immediate dangers at least.’ ’ 1
He was silent. “I never look
ed at it in that way,” he finally
said.
Miss Lyons
Negroes in Durham seeking a haven of refuge from inju»-
in such a court should look elsewihere l^t they lose
• 4||di in the law and hope in tlveir country’s destiny. They
>uld, not enfcfer such a court where it appearsth^t a Negro
lot get a favorable verdict though he have Jesus Christ
hia attorney and the twelve daaciples for a jury.
This case invcrfving a 16^year-old school girl of tmimpcach^
^ijUe ^raMr Mid an indiscreet police office was a trial of
irfaam’n Recorders Court, and not the principals involved in
e hearing. Justice it seems made one last effort to exact
liiat court a verdict whose odor did not stink to high
uvea. It was hisr futile attempt to have the court rise to
e demands of the occasion and administer simple ju3tice, so
it raepect for the law might be (increased and he majesty of
» la# aught be upheld.
fe me not arguing here the right and wrong of the segre-
Imt pursued inj thie state. ’ We shall l^vc that for those
are so hanlened with race hatred that they are
te abolish it when the|y hear or read the "Sermon
>iint^ or the story of “The Good Samaritan.' We
in the New Southi and its ultimate revolt against
unjust leaiislations that exist here.
arguing the case on the record of Durhams Record-
^n a21 caaes involving the rights of Negroes when
^ts liaws bom molested by indiscreet persons of th^
f^up. We are arguing it frOm the standpoint of the
of evidence that the young sirl did not break
unjust lit may be. We are arguing it fjrom tb^
th»t tha officer’s conduct was unbecoming one who
MM with the authority of the law and that W
ai:^ be eacou^aged, with . ^ otben^
‘Religion Bosses
vife Of Ratioo-
N^o Mm
Wilson AS yetr-oW Na#
County Negjfo, who, wh^ i4
cently arreHii^ for draft •’vhs-
ion, disclost^ be never had rt-
mistered for any rationing iiooks
I sat in a rickcfty -old chair on his
farm near bfre this week and
told Q. L. I*arker, deputy Fed
eral probation officer, how htS
“religion” molds his life.
The Negro, Oscar Strickland,
is. out jail nader $750^ l^ond
for failing to register for draft.
“The Bible tells us not to
kill to go to war. Therefore I
■didn’t aegiater |for no draft.”
Oscar has been the father of
19 children. Only one of them is
dead. He had 11 by his first
wife and eight by his present
wife. Of the 19, only one is id
the Army.'Another, Festus, was*
arrested with him recently be
cause h’is father wouldn’t let him
register for the draft.
The one in the Army worries
Oscar.
tlHU; a Nsgro has no i
that
f JBta bt bpond to ransrt.
I feel bad about it,” he told
Ptorker this week. ‘I feel as
though 1; haven’t done my duty
as a father. I hate war. I hata
war. I hate fighting. The Bibb i
says we shotildn’t fight. Yet
I have a son in the Army dovni
in Alabama.”
Oscar is probably the only
farmer, so far is known, who
never has grown a single stnlk
of tobacco in this tobacco ijrow-
ing section in his life.
He lives on a 9- acfe favi>i,
which is his own in Nash Coun
ty-
“But I; believe that tobacco is
sinful,” Oscar said, “and I
•Youldn’t grow it for that rea
son. 1 tried to get niy chihlren to
£eel the same way and I think
I’ve done pretty well.”
Living in a scction where the
average farmer feels that to
bacco is probably the staff of
|ife, Oscar has grown only such
things as cotton, corti, bnans,
and “things to eat on the farm
and that I Can use.”
But without tobacco, Oscar hab
managed to buy his farm, whifh
he values now at $6,000.
There is no mortgage on the
farm and Oscar owes no money
to any one. He has no automobile
no ration books, eight children
living at home and a wife. He’s
raised ,^1,19 children satisfac
torily^ ihe aVows. None of them
ha^*eer really wanted ior
;ything.
Help To C^eo
On Rations Form!!
If you are at all un^rts,in
about the proper way to fill in
the applicatipn blank for Wjir
I^ion J^oOk No. 3—of if you'd
jfet yojtt fillHd in blank
B^ust to make sure it is
in proper form—visit one of tliR
24 “aid centprs” which are now
open in Raleigh and Wake C Jrn-
ty.
The '^aid centers” are .spon
sored by the Haleigh-Waka
County Ministerial Association
in keeping with a request made
by the Wake County War Price
and Rationing Board after re
ports from Charlotte indicat ad
that “check tests” showed thal
of the blanks mailed in prema
turely “from 33 to 50 per -^ent
Avere incorrectly made out to
such an extent that War Ration
Book No. 3 could not be issued
for them.”
The blanks are not complica
ted and OPA officials arrange 1
them with hope of maximum
simplicity. Those blanks already
received at Charlotte were from
persons who began by violating
one of the simple rules—printed
in heavy type in a prominent
place—a rule setting forth iha*.
the application “must be mailed
between June 1 and June 10,
1943.” The Charlotte mailing of
fice overlooked the early rc-
n of the blanks and ehecke»1
father was.
Although he reads only ’he
Bible and doesn’t bother with
newspapers or the radio, Oicar
has never gone to or hasn’t ever
been a member of a church.
Few’ of his childrcu have, either.
■‘I don’t see no reason to .joir
a church,” he says. ^‘The Bibij
doesn’t say anything about do
ing this.”
Osear only went to school a
short time—so short a time h*;
dosn’t remember how long.
attended Taylor’s School in
Nash County.
His home has five rooms. It
has no lights, no water, no
radio and no telephone. He has
no automobile to use gas on.
“But we get along all right,”
he says. “I read my Bible.”
The aid centcrs which will b«‘
opened throughout the county
on Tuesday will retHain open
through June 10, Sunday expert-
ed. Daily hours will be frojn
noon until 8 p. m.
only for errors of such import-
ance as to make iniposaible is-i
saanc^ of ■ ration, books-
TEN P01!NTS
1. You cannot bring about
prosperity by discourag
ing thrift
2. You cannot strengthen the
weak by weakening the
strong.
—3. Ytou cannot help small
men by tearing down big
men,
4. You cannot help the pojor
by destroying the rich.
5. You cannot lift the wage-
earner by pulling down the
wfger-payer.
6. You cannot keep out of
trouble by spending more
than your income.
7. You cannot further the
brotherhood of man by in
citing class hatred.
8. You cannot establish
sojind security on borrow-,
ed, money.
9. You cannot build charact
er and courage by taking
av«^y man’s initiative and
independence.
10. You cannot help men per-
mahently by d^ifig for
them what they could and
should do for themselves.
(From ithe J-and O’Lakes News)
Continued fron Tlige One
dered the young girl to th« I'ear
iaf tk# bat and when she reCnf-
ed he proceeded to anat^
her ffrom the seat in a Toufh-
maanfr. In an attempt to defend
herseV the yonng girl droppel
her bpoks which were kicked
down: the aisle of the bus by
Ovtes.'
liia young prl was finally
1i3itee(j nnder arrest and taken to
tie police station where she was
fiager printed and photograp'i-
«d with a Dumber around her
sheet and placed in jail.
Immediately after the verdict
aittonjeys Oates and Thompson
filed notiee of an .appeal to
•nperior eoart
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