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Saturday, D^ember 25, 1943 Chf Carwla Clmgg BETWEEN THE LINES CAROLINA pME8 PUBr.ISHING COMI’ANY 117 K. Peabody Street Durham, N. C. ' Batcrcd m Meond clau matter at the Pont Office at Durfaaat, N. C, under the Act of M»rch 3rd^ 1879. L. E. AUSTI5 Publisher WILLIAM A. TUCK."....' ManajyinR Editor W. G. RHODES Business Manajrer SUIISCRIPTION RATES 1 Year $2.50 6 Mon, hi .fl.50 CHRISTMAS IN NAME ONLY Today i« Christmas in name only. Th*e spirit of the occ*^n has been blasted from the fa of the earth by meQ^runk with might and po\yer, by n: i who afler near ly tWo thousand years of hearing the k -ctrine of “Peace On Earth and Goodwill*’ preached, are f 11 trying to defy Him who was its author. Thus instead t.' the true Christ mas spirit tnen are bleeding and dying, r.omen and chil dren are being murdered and the tramp of marching ar- mj^s are heard throughout the world. Here in America hundreds of thousands of churches have been erected on practically every hillside and in ev ery valley, with their spires pointing upward while man kind continues to look downward where hatred, revenge, deceit, envy, malice and what-not abound. For nearly ^two thousand years the songs of Zion have been sung, the prayers of the saints have been uttered and the gospel has been preached to men with no avail. Here In our own country factories, mines, railroads and all known devices are being used to manufacture mor engines of destruction with the hope that puny men may be able to establish a permanent peace with the sword. The futility of it all, when closely studied, stamps man lower than the most ravenous beast, in this conquest of bfood. ' ' V So we shall sing our Christmas carols, our church bells will ritig and music will be played in an attempt to drown the blasts of war guns and make ourselves believe that We actually are disciples of the doctrine of - ‘4*eace on ,£arth and Goodwill toward men.” ‘We refuse to whistle in the. dark, we refuse to indulge in the hypocrisy of our time and on this Christmas day dedicate these columns anew to fighting hatred, revenge, deceit, malice and the rest of the hellish traits of men, that the Babe of Bethlehem may be born again in the hearts of those who refuse to accept His doctrine which taught “As ye would that^en,d$ to you, do ye even so to them.” I ABUSE OF POWER The attempt of the principal of Hillside High School to coerce the members of his faculty into voting their approv al which, he the principal, wi’ote endorsing the superin tendent of the Durham City Schools, does not have the sanction of the thinking Negro citizens of this city. ■ Tlie move itself was uncalled for and carries with it the abuse of executive power, the final reaction of which will abound with damage to the cause of the principal as well as th: Buperintendent. The unfortunate predicament in which the superin tendent of ttie city schools and the Board of Education find themselves today was brought about solely by the aainine methods of them both, and not by any action on the part of Negro teachers, citizens or pupils attending the cityschools. We Bee no reason why either of th^m should be dragged into a conglomerated mess that con cerns neither of them. The whole affair is by act and deed one of the opposite group and should be allowed to remain within the confines of that group. Durham is no place for Negro stool-pigeons and any man who practices that pernicious art within the borders •f thif fcity or county is certain to rfeap the grave conse quences. The principal of Hillside High School has mov ed • once too often in the wrong direction, and so far as intelligent Negroes of this city are concerned, his useful ness in these parts Las reach its bitter end. We think the principal o^ Hillside High School should resign. There was a time when a Negro holding such a posi tion had only his white constituency to satisfy to hold his jo|), regardless of his attitude toward the community or F malfeasance in office. Times have changed and with lave come about changes in the attitude of Negro pa trons of schools and citizens ip general. A person hold ing a position that carries with it the responsibility of shaping the destiny of Negro youths should of necessity look to his Negro constituency, as well, for assistance and advice on how to deal with certain problems that ax*e sure to arise within his school from time to time. The coercion used on the Negro pupils of Hillside High School by the school ^ board and the principal in forcing them to sijTU the pledge cards that did not concern them, was a wound that might have healed with the passing of time. This last and foolish act of the principal, perpe trated against his faculty and which he insisted that they not divulge, had no stamp of approval of that faculty, as w^ evidenced by the ^adiness with which they promis- euoQSIy told it to those they thought might bring an end to the Hitleristic method^.under which they have been reed to work at the school. We think come when Negro parents and |is of DunRm ought to take'a hand into the affairs '^s^e Hfgh School, We think Jihe Parent-Teachers ition of the school now has a fine Opportunity to jt •eryiqe to pupils of the school and the commun- hs con»tructive. This ought to be done now ' tsilldMons ar« not exactly to the point where the of the sdiool^will have to b^ damaged THE HIGH COST OF RACISJM Little by little t'pusors are I lettitng puSs adverse items of I nnws) frciiu the far fluiiii: battl ' ^ fronts. At first our losSt's and diffici’lties were iiiiniiiiized more and more vithin rtc^t wp i.s the tone of the war dis- 1 ..Ulhes has been serious. The slow advance in Italy and the murderous opposition iu ho Pacific are beginning to foreo upon us the grim realizution that we are face with a war unto death. Our ranking war officials are warning against over-optisism. JThe soldiers who are returning wounded from the battle fronts say it is a sordid and bloody business — this business of subduing Ger mans and Japanese. In re.cnt. news accounts it was said that not only were the Japaneao dojgedly defending their po.si- tiona in the Pacific but tha*^ they were in many instances doing it “Brilliantly.” This 'S a good sign. Wlien our people realize that in th'* Japanese they hav’e ; n eniemy worthy of their steel, then they will be prr-pared '■)r ulti mate victory, but not ( e min ute befoi'e. Already too, ;erious attempts have been ili ide t > belittle the Japs insteti i of fighting them with resp 11 for their military prowess. •V'upeT- ior fellings” are strictly limit ed when Japanese are o ur foemen. Without easualty-^ista rapidly mounting and with the stream of returning Wounded rising in our hospitals and with our -whole economy buc dened with war activitioM, we could well sit down and count the cost of this whole terrigle things w’e are doing. With the most'Powerful nations, all bent under the load of war :ind with the flower of our youth training for mortal combat, w3 had better sit down and count the cost. With groat advantage could we ponder on the Avayl^' it all. ^ ' There may be some monor I reasons for the bell of war that has broken upon niankijul, but there is one major rcoson that is the racism of Hitler. We may call it by another nam:;, but in the last analysis ow war is the first world w«r of racism. World War I was a war of imperialism; World War II is the first world war of rasism. The i^otion oL' race superiority is the fundamental notion of Hitler and far too many others. The notion of race suj^erior- ity was not born with Hitler. It has been flying; around and lying around t|)ese many years since the times of Gohinea'i and Chamberlain or even from the times of ewish ascendanry in Palestine. The very notion has been a dreadful affliction to mankind. Under the Jews the notion prevailed in its most inoceuous forms; while under Hitler it reached its most pemi cious ond iniquitous form an 1 manifestation. Under Hitler racism because npt a philoso phy but a racketJ Hitler will, go dow'n in history as the greatest racketeer of racism 'i'* world has ever knowTi. Xiut there are little Hitlers in every land and while they are not as powerful they are jual; a? iniquitous and just as danger ous to the good of niamctr.d. What about this World War of racism? It is very extensiv we are fighting an all-out w.ir and o^e of the great dilficultic.> is gefling the i)(‘Oi>ii> tu roajjv;.’ that it is an all-out war. We are fighting with all dl us and with everythin^'; and anything le.ss than this is giv ing comfort to th,’ enemy. From the breast-barxeil siddiera tlyinj; at the front to theh under-1 nourished child in bis cradle | wo all are engaged in the fight. It is intensive. But most serious of all is thds war is expensive. Hweat, tears, blood! Billions ot trea sure and death and .sufl'eriiij; untold and heartaches a n d crushed hopes - the.'e are thi‘ price of race Avar nu..iber one of Hitler’s making. It is m 'II for us to know that the racism at our doors is just bad a.^ that which set Europe on fir.‘ which has spread to thc« utter- ]nost parts of the earth! TliK HKJH OOST OF ILVISM. PLAIN TALK... BY ELMEE A, CART3R In the m(»st powerful state ment ever issued by that body, the Federal Council oi’ ( huvch- es of Christ jn America, called upon the millions compdsin,.,' its membership to liridj>:e th:' chasms of racial isolatimi and segregation. Such a stalcment is a fitting prelude to the observance o£^ Brotherhood Month which is the month ol February. As one looks at the hi.story of the Negro in America, he is strusk by the tragic failure of the Ni'gro to follow ;ip -lu^^ gains. In a thou.sand instances one can see that it was the Negro himself who (juit the fight, compromised tlie issue, abainloned his principles, just MS he was on the v^rge of winning. —partimtaily those of iH^g atoms and N'esri* phyhicisls delving into the dark inysttr- iea .of electroniea. In the ijrr.-.-st Sperry (iyroscope (‘((rporation, ^Jegro engineers arc* doinK r’- Bcareh where a few mom ha a ; t a Negro couldn't wash the win-' dflws.' And'colored twirls by the' hundreds, fasliion and ildicate •instruments of bombi'i’S and dealy sky lightens. . In the meantime, colleges hi therto closed to Xegi'oe.s are opening their doors. Swartmore is an exariii)le and the in ignifi- ■cent 'atholie College for men, at New IJochelle, New York. A hundred youth ort'ani- zations in schools anti colleges are accepting the X.'gro and planning and working for his complete integration in to American life. We ftre winning the light. The road is long and hard Ijut we aug^ witming. In New Vork (lualifieil color ed teachers arc on the i'acul- ties of great r.niversities, City College and New York I'niver- sity and Hunter, Colored men are motormen and guards an! di:-ipatcher.s on the Hul)ways as weir as Change-iuHkers. It is not uncommon either to see them on the street cars as motormen and on the bust*s as chauffeurs, t ANNUAI. SHAREHOLDER’S ME TIN(i . . The annual shareholders* meeting of the Mutual Huikl- ing and I.,oan Association will be held Tue.sday, January 11. 11>44, at 7:30 p. m. in the auditorium of the North I Carolina Mutual I.ife Innur- j ance Company, 112 W. Parrish Street, Durham, North Caro tin. ..All Hharehokler.s are urged to lie present. . U. L. McDouglad, Secretary. who"live in the North, should guard ourselves and onivyoni- munities against surrenner to forces of Jim Crow at this time. There will be efforts, as there have always h:M'n, to put over Jim Crow schools, Jim Crow hospitals, the Jim Crow institutions of various kinds undermisleading names -and titles. But if the Negro citizen is so stupid as to accept them, where he doesn’t have to accept them by law, then he is un worthy of the full stature ol“ citizenship. ' Just now w'c are marching to victfery. A,Ve have in our corner the best minds, the best peo ple and some of the mo.st pow erful groups in Amertm. We have Phillip Murray ol' the CIO. We have -Pearl ‘ S. Buck and Lillian Smith. and Clare Luce and Eleanor Uooa;- velt, and a hopt of others wh ) respect the Negro and who are anxious that he secure his rights under the Constitution. Never before in the history of the Negro in America iias he rc>ceived such favora'ble publi city. In a full-page a ’vertise- ment in all of the great Ameri can dailies, a fine portrait of the late George Carver was re produced as an example of ui outstanding American, Bevere Brass and Cooper likewise, in a full page ad in the most in fluential magazines,* told the story of a colored employee.* !;>' last week’s Life, a doui)le THE BEST PRE5ENT FOR THE BEST FUTUliE!!! It is safe to say that hereafter' spread two-page ad carried th even as at present, all wars will be world wars. There is no nation safe from the -hazards and handicaps and discomforts of war. Even the little islands of the no less than the mighty nations must break their backs, while'*their hearts also break, beneath the heavy burdens war is laying upon the hapless sons of men. Egen if we longed as did the scared writer for “wings of a dove to fly away and be at re.st, ” wh 're Avould we fly to escape the rigors and wrecks of war? This war is Hitler’s war of racism and the united nations are defending thtinisellves again st Hinerism. The defense ‘.n the nature of. thing.*? has to be extensive. Thi.'i.war is extreme-' ly inten.sive. Jiwt as all i'nlur> wars are goina to be world ware so all futlire wars are May this New Year bear pliotofTaphtc likene.ss to the one of your heart’s desire, and may It)44 be an album of 3C6 very happy days. This, friends and pa trons, is our New Year’s wish for you. Browning Farrell Furniture Co, Church iJells Ilin.i*- ing . . .Cri.sp Crunch oT^^iow . , .Leaden Skies , . .Eager Faces. It’s NEW YEAR’S . . .And May New Year of 1041 Open A Chapter Of Happi ness For You, Fogel’s Military Store -i WM1 CHHlS'i’MAH! & ' te JOYOUS HDLiOAY The future? Your guess is as ^ good ours — but, if our wishes count for anything, there is a lot of health and happiness in store for you in 1944. FIRST FED. LOAN ASS’N Above the clangor of Iho midnight ^ells one mifeiit hear the ringing of another Bell ,whose chimes mean “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” j In your pursuit of haj?pi- |nes.s- during 1!)44 we wish ; for you the fullest measure of attainment. . .. ,, .. ,. Eckerd’s Drug Company lovely features of Lena Ilorne and the happy smile of Fats Waller. Magazines that form:>r- ly carried only stories of th” Negro in an inferior role as a clow'n or faithful clod, a r e telling the story of the heroism of the Negro behind the guni of ships at sea tr in th-.' swamps of the Southwest i^aei- fic. We have a long way tn ito. But there ni’e moro ctdoreil men and Women woiking side by side with the while men and women at semi-skilled and high ly skilled oc^-uiiJlion. thnn 1 1 t 1 • ^nAA, 4- . ■ t'^od luck in 1944! ever before wi nuHtory an.lj^ i *- they arc gettim; aloiig-juiuin ■ unions together, playiii'r t ige- ther. There^ are Xeiiro graduate engineers in deep r;' ;=,rch, as Jeff D.-ivis with the 15ill Aii-rraft in Buffalo. Then* are Negro cheiijists gazing int(» th “ | .V , WE WISH ALL OF OUR FRIENDS A VERY HAPPY PROSPEHOLs NEW YEAR MARILYN’S 1944 GREETING . .An old adage assui-es us that ‘^silence is golden,” but, on the Eve of New Year’s, wc can hardly agree. Wo believe this is the time to The top of the woi'ld to speak up and tel, you ^ow jyoii, folks'! Aai now li.sten! much we luive appi’eciated 1 Wo^’re going to 5.nvo you your patronage during the still betti;r hervice in 1941. I past year, and to wish to Service Tailoring. Company I'hink wcs can? We’ve got a record to beat, but ju.st vvatch si u6. This’ is oar New Year’s ipiedge to ,,oid customers, to new and Botential. Smith’s Fish Markfit To (^i^^Jur New Year JWessage Extra Force We're Back ing It Up With A Soldier, Sailor And Marine, es, Here’s Wishing You A Great Wonderful New Year. ASIA CAFE Nicknames So closely identified are the following individuals with great movements in North Carolina that the nick names given these men are of real significance. Fatht!!’ of the Common Schools—Archibald D. Mur- phey, so-ci|tled because of the plan he presented to the Legislature in 1817 for the esta?)lishment of the state- supported schools. —Governor Robert B. Glenn, who ill-4905-1903 led the -cam^ paign for state-wide prohilji- tion. The Pride of Cape Fear— Cornelius Harnett, leading pa triot during the struggle for independence of the patriotic Cane Fear region. May this Christ^ mas Be One Happiness and, Globe Jewelry Co. A JOYOUS I In the true friendly spirit that dominates the entire ■ world at this glad time, we extend our wishes for a delightiul Yuletide Season and a successful New Year. We sincerely hope that the pleasure we have had in serving you in the past hgs tieen mutual, and we wish to take this occasion to thank you for all past ' favors. Palace Barber
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