PAQB two
CAHQUHA TIMSS SATURDAY,
SEPT. lOth, 1949
THE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION:
A WORTHY TROJECT
"THEY MADE THE AMERICAN AIR FORCE
DESPITE EVERY OBSTACLE'
Tljt* Slieparti Memorial Fnuulation\ ilrive
for fniids. now uiulorway, is probably oiif «»f
thp most plii«iHible j‘ndea%ors undertaken by luiy
group in the State within thv last decade. The
purpose of the driv itwlf, to raise funds for the
effcptiug of wtnie la^tini; ineHiorial to the late
pr^ident-fountler of North ('Hrolitiu ('olle|re,
Dr. Jame« Edward Shepard, is snfticieMtly
grand to lend aii air of enuneutje to the en
deavor.
It would be futile fo |i«ri«if a li.sl if the iir
coniplishnientsi of Dr. SliepanI in tlie fields it
education and raee-relations here. His wtirks
stand on their own merit and no amount of
beatifiection on our part here can not add to or
detract from the works of Dr. Shepard. His
record of servii*e ti^the raee, tiie state and tlie
nation stAiids lor all to see aiul to emulate.
The Memorial Foundation, havinir received the
ble-sin(j'. of the state and nation for the project,
is now in the process of collecting funds for this
intrinsically vnUiable endeavor. The Foundation
eoiild probably solicit enough large contribu
tion fn»m a fi'W peojile to reach the desired
ffoal. It realizes however, that such a manner
of solicitation would tend to exclude the contri
butor'? of small amount It is with that in mind
that a sincere effort is )»eiiip made to carry the
plea for fmnds to all eorners of the state and na
lion so that the people may have an opportunity
to ^'ive. To tio such would Ik* in aeeorTl with Dr.
Shepard’.s j»hilosopliy and one of his ideals to
give the people something of value.
■The CAROl/IN’A TIMKS atlds its blessings
to the Foundation uiid its purpose.
TEN REASONS WHY WE OPPOSE THE
REGIONAL PLAN
U'ontin\ied from Page’One i
Such is not the ca.«' tolay There is the entirely
favorable experience referred to above in the
state.universities. In addition there is a willing-
nesfi and rcatliness to accei>t \’egrM‘s now in
existing institutions.
6. Limits rather than expands existing
facilitiw.
With the exception of the University of
Arkansas medical school which accepted its first
Negro student last year, Jleharry is the only
institution, public or private, in the 13 southern
states where Negroes may receive medical train
ing. In 1947 there were 800 candidates for the
65 open places in the first year class at Meharry.
If the allotments of the regional plan are
accepted, Mehany will receive $300,000 annually
in tution fees for the next two years This is the
extent of the aid to Meharry, a drop in the buc
ket compared to the A’ast sums which the South
ern states will spend thig year for its medical
schools for white citizens.
In spite of this lack of training for Negro
doctors, in the 17 states and the District of
Columbia where separate schools are maintained
by law, there are five times more whi^|jloctors
in proportion to the white po]nilation as Negro
doctors in proportion to the Negro j)opulation,
(1 to every 843, compared to 1 to every ■i,4()‘l)
^ Makes legal redress tnore difficult.
It must Ik- a».lmittedS\ ith shame that sneh
progress as has lH*en made iii equalizing edu-
eati«nal opportunities in the SiTuth has been
done, for the most J)art, under legal duress, not
voluntarily. Tnder the regional'plnn, it is ob
vious (hat court action will be hampered.
8. Not an honest answer to an educationaL
problem.
The regioiuil jilan as now I’ormulated is not
an honest answer by professional educators to
an educational problem but a .device st'ized upon
by politicians to eircniiivent Su])reme Court
ileeisions.
The regional plan for eihw-ation was not
inventel hiy the (’onfereiiee of Southern Cfoy-
ernor.-i. Previous to the meeting of Southern Uov-
ernors in Asheville, ()ctolx*r. 1!)47, the idea had
been di.scussed by (‘duealors and others for many
years. Hut it was the .Southern Governors that
gave substance and reality to the plan beeaus>
they saw in it a metliod of |)erpe1uatiiig segre
gation.
At a meeting of the Conference of Southern
Governors in New Orleans in 1945 there was a
report on regional education. According to the
New’ Orleans Times-Picayune this report;
... restilted primarily from a Supreme
Court decision requiring equal and non-dis-
criminatory opportunities for all applicants
for higher education in publicly laaintain-
ed schoola.**
The Governors hoped that the regional com
pact, with Congressional approval, would per
mit them to do legally in concert what the Sup
reme Court in the Gaines ease had said they
could not do individually. At the Asheville meet
ing, according to the Nashville BANNER,
Governor Jim McCord of Tennessee declared
that the Southern States faced a dilemma, “of
either abandoning the fiiOds of higher education
and closing their present institutions, or per
mitting Negro students to attend such institu
tions on an e|ual banis with white students.”
Faced with this situation, Governor McCord
suggested a regional plan as the solution, with
.Meharry as the* first regional center. He urged
Ihe appointment of a committee “to study the
situation, particularly as it relates to the ques
tion of higher education for Negroes.”
An impoi'tant factor in stimulating the
(Jovernors’ action was the fear of what would
happen if Mpharry closed, as a result of its
$350,000 annual deficit. Mr. Cecil Simms, legal
advisor to Governor McCord, speaking at a meet
ing of Southern Governors in Washington.
February, 1948, said:
“If Meharry closes, Negro students half
way through would be going back to their states
and demanding open doors.”
9. Formulated in an undemocratic manner.
The regional plan was primarily concerned
with the problem of professional higher educa
tion for Negroes, but it began as a plan FOR
and not BY Negroes. It was only after Negroes
by th,‘ir vigorous opposition had succeeded in de
feating the compact in the Senate, and in other
ways made their opposition felt, that a modest
gesture was made in their direction. The num
ber of state representatives on the Hoard of Con
trol was increa.seil from two to three to provide
for a ))ossihle .Negro a!)pointment by each Gov
ernor. Governor Talmadge, however, refused to
a|)poiiit a Negro.
10. A roadblock to all regional progress.
It is generally agreed that most of the ills of
, the South proceed from its \mfavorable economic
position witlrreference to the rest of the Nation.
A prosperous, highly industrialized region
has at least two prerequisites as far as the hu
man factoi- is concerned, first, a high degree of
teelinieal skill, .second high purchasing power in
order to balance production with consumption.
'I'he.se two conditions obviously cannot obtain
in a region wlu're one out of every four persons
is consigned by law and pnblii! policy to the eco
nomic statiLS of a field hand, loiiiestic servant,
or common laborer.
Under a [public policy of segregation tlie
Negro population of the vSouth is a drag upon
the entire community, willing but unable to
carry its productive load. Under a policy of in
tegration, the Negro population is the South’s
greatest potential opportunity. But where is the
South to l(K)k for leadership in effecting such
a policy of integraton, if not from those Cijn-
cerned with “higher education.”
In addressing the Alabama legislature this
year. Governor Jim Folsom stated that nothing
built on prejudice can endure. We jigree. And
we predict that the Boartl of Control of South
ern Regional Education, ba.sed as it is now on
prejudice, will either voluntarily abandon segre
gation so as to bring its policies in line with
science, democracy aiul justice, or it will be
forced to do so by the Supreme Court, or ^t will
vanish into the oblivion that awaits tho.st' South
ern governors, educators, and others who stand
in the way of dmocratic progre.ss.
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Health To All.
PICTURE OF THE LUNGS
By U. 6. DAILEY, M, D.
Editor Journal National Medical
Association, Chicago, III.
A few weeks ago, another doc
tor and I were talking about the
strange ideas patients get about
niedical procedures.
Dr. Jones had some patients
who had always feared such
simple instruments as the stetho
scope until they understoixl
that it enabled the doctor to lis
ten to sounds in the body and
detect anything unsual that
might mean a serious illness.
The conversation finally nar-
roMcd dow n to some false ideas
about the used of the X-ray in
tuberculosis.
“Some people still do not un
derstand that the X-ray is not
used in tuberculosis for treat
ment but to take a picture of
tect whether or not a person has
the lungs to help the doctor de
1 uberculosis, ” said Dr. .Jones.
“If everyone undersood this in.-
portant role of the X-raj’ in
diagnosing tuberculosis, and the
fact that the X-ray can help de
tect the disease in an early stage,
more people would get regular
ehcst-.\-rays. It would then be
easier to bring the disease un-
iler control,”
My fiiend and I both knew
people who had feared the X-
ray simply because it was some-
(hing mysterious ami they did
not understand its function, but
who became enthusiastic about
chest X-rays when they later
realized what benefits eould re
sult from them.
“One of my patients believed
that his first chest X-ray, which
showed he did not have tuber
culosis, meant he was safe from
the disease for life,” I told Dr.
Jones. “I explained to him that
it meant he did itot have tuber-
1‘ulosis at the time, but that the
X-ray was not a protection a-
gainst his getting it, and that
he should have periodic chest
X-rays, siiK-e tuberculosis can
strike at any time. ”
We agreed that the people who
uiiderstood the benefits of the
X-ray in tubi*rcuIosis were more
likely to take advantage of it I
and thereby play an important
part in the nationwide fight a-
aiust the disease.
For example, if every adult
had periodic chest X-rays, most
cases of the disease would be
found in an early stage, at a
time when it is easiest to cure.
For tuberculosis has no obvious
symptoms in an early stage, but
the chest X-ray can detect dam
age to the lungs before the per
son begins to look and feel sick.
Measures can then he taken to
treat the individual while the
disease is still in an early .stage.
So the person who gets reg
ular physical examinations, in
cluding chest X-rays, knows
that, if tuberculosis should strike
him, it will be tietected in an
early .stage. More pi'ople will do
this as they learn that the chest
X-ray is a sini|)le, painless “pic
ture” of their lungs that takes
little time and frinihle but help^
the doctor immeasurably in de
tecting tuberculosiH before it
gets the upj)er hand and endan
gers lives.
EDITOR'S NOTE: — This
article is co-sponsored by the
National Tuberculosis Associa
tion in the interest of better
health of the people.
Other Editors Say
CLEAN OUT HATE
MONGERS
Arthur J. Aronson, the new
commander of the Jewish War
\'eterans of the state of New
York, has started out on a cam
paign that could well be emu
latcd in every state in the un
ion, California included.
Commander Aronson has
massed all the forces of his own
and of all allied organizations to
clean out “all hate-mongers and
bigots selling either hate .sheets
or hate ideas.
The 36-year old Brooklyn at
torney declares that “Organized
hate-mongering is no less a com
mercial enterprise than pros
titution or the sale of narcotics.
They are all immoral and must
be eliminated.”
Cinie0
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According to Aronso’i the hate
groups are as powerful as they
ever were, and the fight against
them has only just begun. He
plans to plug for tighter laws
and .stiffer penalities against,
discrimination in education and
employment. He al.so plans ade
quate housing, without dis
crimination, for all veterans.
And for all who need homes.
This is a program all vet
erans shovtld copy. It is a pro
gram needed not only in New
York, but equally as well in
California, It is needed every
where. And as the, i)ioneer in the
field, we hail Arthur Aronson,
the new commander of the Jew
ish War Veterans of New York.
—CALIFORNIA' EAGLE.
WELFARE STATE
The term “welfare state” is
being usetl tolay by economic
an/1 political reactionairies as a
term of opj)robium. There is
often a sneer accompanying it;
«nd the plain inference is that
me welfare of the masses of the
people is something which should
not concern the Government.
Yet the preamble of the Consti
tution of the United States sets
forth as one of the reasons for
the establishment of the federal
government, “to promote the
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Letter To The Editor
Mr. L. E. Austin, Editor
Carolina Times
Fayetteville Street
Durham, North Carolina:
Dear Mr. Austin:
I have read in several oc-
cassion with regret your drastic
unwarranted criticism hurled at
at the atheletic department of
the North Carolina College,
especially Coach Hermau liid-
dictin TesppcrtcTwhat you think
about the Coaching Staff atul its
assistants through the columns
of j”our paper, the Carolina
Times. It is too bad that you
hurl your criticisms through
your paper and the answer can
not be returned to the public
through the same paper. You
have tried repeatedly through
the paper to persuade the public
to think as you do about the col
lege programs, atheletic, educa
tional and otherwi.se. Your ver
sion is untruthful and therefore
unfair and misleading. You say
no one can tell you how to run
your pa[)er and yet rc'peatedly
you try to tell the North Caro
lina College pei*sonnel how the
North Ciiroliiia ('ollege should
be run, as in your last issue.
The atheletic committee has
been given the green light in
respect to the atheletic depart
ment and they are fr\ing with
all their hearts to give a coii-
.strnctive program to the public,
of which you know yery little or
nothing about, yet you are try
ing to impress the people who
read your jMiblication fhat a
remedy is f)ossible and you have
it. You and your hciu-luneu just
as well call your h(ninds in foi,'
their harking is falling on deaf
ears.
No one expects ./much from
you, because your acid test was
applied to the former- presi
dent’s administration and is
likewise still being applied to
the present with no appreciable
results. It seems to us that it is
I time that you were exanjing
yoursell
W’^e are persuaded to advise
_ you, if you do less destructive
criticising and terrifying those
who do not do as you have them,
your paper would be more a
sueces.sful mouth piece. If you
I’.ad been a success you would
not have to hurl the faults of
others to. ,,tlii',..M;arld in order to
sell your paper. In the launguage
of the immortal Booker T. AVash-
ington, “j’ou cannot keep a man
down in the ditch unless you
stay down there with him. You
cannot gain the respects and
rights of others unless you first
respect your self.”
Take heed less yon fall.
I{es])ectfully vours,
DH. J. N. MILLS
Dr. J. N. Mills
203^ Chapel Hill St.
Durham, N. C.
Dear Dr. Mills:
Thank you for your letter of
September 4 in which you cri-
tized, severely, the Carolina
Times for exercising its right of
“freedom of the press," one of
the cardinal principles of de
mocracy. »
Because of the Labor Day
holiday, your letter did not
reach us in time for publication
this week in space alloted for
such on tlJe editorial page. Same
will be published in our issue of
September 17. This is in keepiner
with our policy for the past 25
years or more of allowing, our
readers full rights and ample
space to express themselves pro
or con concerning anv article or
editorial appearins: in the col
umns of the Carolina Times.
If, at any time in the future,
you are desirous of expressing
vourself in the columns of the
Carolina Times, we want you toj'ph. D, In writing at Iowa).
Browsing ^ Brower
IF EVERYTHING WAS BACKWARDS
If everything wai backward!
Your son would be your pa
Your brother would be your bro-in-law
And your daughter would be your ma.
Orandpa would wear the diapers,
' And baby would have to shave
If everything was backwards,
This desk would be my slave.
TOO MANY PRETTY WOMEN As we told you in a rtorj-
ill this newspaper last week, we had the
pleasure of going to the homci'oming of 33
families in Hladen and Columbus Counties,
and ther were .sA many pretty ladies we were
frustrated, young lUies, iiiiihlle aged, and old,
they were all goodluokiiig, and one has difli-
eulty in snch an instance, in finding a special
interest HOMECOMING SPEAKERS —
.After terminatioii of the Sunday School eon-
diH'ted by Mr. Dallie Spaulding. Worship
Services were held with the pastor of tin
IJehobefh introducing Hev. J. II. Moore, oH
Wilmington, chairman o£ this event who gave the Homecoming
Sermon “News From Home.” He gave a history of the thriving
i-omnn!iiity and impressed, on the overflowing congregation the
importance of the church in our everyday btisiness life, and point
ed out the number of North Carolina governors who “stick to the
church.” N. T. Mitchell was toastmaster for the gigantic picnic
that followed w ith rows of tables loaded with fool.
DR. C. C. SPAULDING HOLDS COMMUNITY PROGRAM
Dr. C.,C. Spaulding, who was Master of Ceremonies at the
Community Program held in the auditorium of the Farmers
Union School, told the hundreds of native sons and daughters
in the audience that they must strive to further improve
ment, request and build a new brick school, and impress on
the County Commissioners what their needs are. He further
cited future improvement of this section as a result of the
governor’s road building program.
ATTY. SPAULDING OF PHILLY GIVES ADDRESS*
Atty, Theodore Spaulding, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer
was introduced to make the address, and he impressed on the
Bladen and Columbus county residents the importance of the vote
and the pdwer thereof. He pointed out the fine new school in
Lumberton.
Asa Spaulding was called on, along with other notables
present, and he insisted that “some of us must stay here in
the community and work for its improvement,” and others
will have to go out and write the best poem,' compose the best
song or build the best business, none of which has yet beea
done by anybody, “but you can do it.” W, J. Kennedy ad*
vised that they must produce more successful men who will
remain in this section, and John Spaulding told of his work
in Roxboro. E, M, Butler of Wilmington complimented the
three families, Merrick, Moore, and Spauldings for their con*
tributions to the race and employment, before the closing by
Prof. T. M. Reynolds and his Chadbourn High School Qttar-
tet.,. We shall have to attend this re-unlon again.
FAMOUS FEET
Standing side by side arc interracial feet.
feel free to command us.
Sincerely vours,
L. E. AUSTIN, Editor
Whose bunions and eonis >uet ou Pari'ish Street.
Whose are they ?
MYSTERY FEET TEASER — To the first reader writ*
ing in the names of the owners of these three pairs of lost feit,
excluding families of any connected with this paper, will g#t ^
a gratis three year subscription — Hury, Hurry, Ho-ray,
CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS — Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis
and daughter Vera of Baltimore, were recent visitors of their son
aud daughter-in-law, John Junior at home ou Bloodworth Street
where the one month old stork deposit reigns. Mr. Frank* Watson
had Mr. and Mrs. AVilliams of Big Town as recent guests , . . Mr,
and Mrs. Ralph Campbell, she’s the daughter of Mrs. Willie Otey
Kaye, have just returii'Hl from an extensive trip to points North
. . . Dr. L. T. Delanej', prominent surgeon of Raleigh is recover
ing from a heart attack last week . . . J. S. Stewart of the Mutual
Buildipg and Ijoan As.«ociatioi; is the New Prexy of the National
American Savings atid Ijoau Ivcague which insists that Negroes
with an income of over 10 billion la.st year and expected 12 blllioii
this year .should put their money in places where it will benefit
them most, and especially, where they can get loans. Stew'art made
this point when the addres.sed the National Builders and National
Real Estate meets. There are only 29 of the 6,000 Savings and
Loans Associations managed by Negroes.
HORACE HEIDT TO COME — Thi» talent groups will
be here soon under the sponsorship of the North Carolina
College Alumni Association for a broadcast according to M.
S. Johnson . $2.00 tickets for fifty cents less are now on
' sale now at headquarters for the North Carolina College-Vir-
ginia State game and homecoming h^re, and sale will be limit*
ed to the 5,000 capacity of the stadium. Top ranking High
. School students throughout the state will be guests .. . Young
ladies recently taken out of circulation by marriage are: Helen
Lyons, Marie Dick, Ernestine Gaddy, Bernice Thomas, and
Verena Thompson. Because of financial reasons, this de
partment may close up shop here soon. Amiable Dr. and Mrs,
H. P. Weeden (she’s known as dear Polly in social circles)
turned out to be the perfect host and hostess for numerous
visitors and vDurhaniites .attending the Round Robin tennis
tourney in Lynchburg recently . . . Personable Bill Tuck, the
journalist-fotog is still in bed seriously ill from an Army ill
ness. We hope you get up soon. Bill .... Clay Ross says:
“(Achoo!) Dis bust be de season for (Achoo) golds. Ebr’
body at ze Zeivice Brinting Company has one (Achoo!), bar*
don blease.”
THE 20TH CENTURY BUSINESS CLUB "barn dance with
Frank Wright’s Orchestra last Thursday was an en.ioyable eve
for many visitors inchiding Lutrellc Palmer of Newport News
who. was sorry he left his spurs at home (he’s working on his
Geo. WTiite and family still eating
on the fat rooster he won at the dance, and so is Virirfn Stewart
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