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PACE TWO CAKOLIHA TUIES SATURDAY. NOV. 26th, 1949 The "Separate But Equal" Philosophy Kobert t. K^in, writing in the LouisTillt Courier-Jounud, prodoc«i what we think ii an inteili^iit nnd thonffht prtivokiof •rticlt' on the disturhinp issue of segregation in the Ignited Stales Mr Ifiggn thinks the “Department of .histioc is = ni;iMfed in a vigorous effort to end scprt'jratiou of Negroes in public places by re- nioviiif? ii^ It'iral support in court decisions.” Mr.'KiKjrs >•■1.' '' further that the plan of the deparMm ni liii?} s-nragcd Southern nu*nil>**rs of Corpr-ss ti! the fxt«-nt that tliev rlaini it is a ••flank nttack by the Government upon the s.-^irf'catinn question.” Ill ll^^ aiiiilysis of the mtich ”iussed” and dis»‘usM‘(l “v'parate but equal” philosophy of -iiine Sc(Uln‘rners Ripgs makes'an all out. at tack up^n if li> quoting the masterful brief on H»-pr«‘piiiiiin writtPH by Tharles H Weston of the Anti Trust IMvision. 8ays Mr, Weston fh his ‘‘two-front legal at tack upt>n the Interstate ('omnierce Commission’s ruling which jh niiits railroad diners to require XeprtM-s in tlic Smith to cat at s**gregated tables: ‘i “If this court should conclude that the issue cannot be considered without reference to the ‘separate-but-equal’ doctrine, the GoTemment respectfully urges that, in the half-cen ury which has ^lapsed since it was first promulgated, the legal and factual as sumptions upon which that doctrine rests have been undermined and refuted. The ‘separate-but-equal’ doctrine should now be overruled and discarded.” "In the nonlegal aspects of his brief, Weston ridicules the popular belief that to do away with segregation would bring a- bout 'an enforced commingling” of whites and Negroes. It is, he sa3?s, everyone’s legal privilege to have just as many and as strong prejudices as he wishes to have. But it is not his privilege, Weston argues, to inflict those prejudices upon other people. “ ‘A passenger who perfers to for^o or postpone a meal rather than take it while a persons of another color is being served in the same car would be free to do so,’ his brief says. ‘A passenger_who objects to din ing at the same table with a person of an other color would be free to decline a seat proffered at a table where such a person is being served. ‘The decisive point here, however, is that it is one thing to permit an individual to act on his personal prejudices; it is.something en’irely different for the law to force such prejudices upon everyone else.’ “Present regulations, Weston argues, not only inflict discrimination upon Ne groes, but they also compel every white per son to abide by the prejudices of other ■ whites.” “ ‘A white passenger,’ ” his brief sa3rs, “ ‘who has no prejudice against Negroes, or indeed, one who affirmatively desires the company of a colored person or persons, is forbidden by the regulations to have company of his own choice. The regulations compel such a pa.ssenger to yield to the prejudices of others. “ ‘Under the regulations here involved, persons traveling together, if they are of . different color, cannot eat together, regard less of their personal desires. Even if he so wishes, a white T>assenger is forbidden to sit at a colored table. In other words, the regulations do not merely carry out the prejudices of some members ot the com munity; they compel everybody else to abide by such prejudices. “ ‘We do not argue that individuals do not, or should not, have a legal privilege to exercise a personal prejudice against eating at the same table or in the same section of a dining car with Jfegroes. If the regulations' are declared unlawful, that individual privilege would remain* unimpared It must be remembered, of course, that one who goes to a public place or rides a public conveyance necessarily surrenders some freedom of choice as to those with whom he will mingle.’ ” ,“To support this contention, previous court decision which held: ‘The man who goes either by himself or with his family to a public place must expect to meet and mingle with all classes of people. He cannot ask, to satisfy his caprice or prejudice or social views, that this or that man shall be excluded because he does not wish to asso ciate with him. He may draw his social line' as closely as h« chooses at home, or in other private places, but he cannot in a public place carry the privacy of his home with him, or ask that people not as good or great as be is shall step aside when he appears ” “Weston also attacks the contention that legislation will not help destroy racial prejudice. To the contrary, he argues, where prejudices are not supported by law, they tend to disappear. Conversely, he says, where racial antagonisms are supported by Jim Crow measures, the law helps keep alive those prejudices.” Here is a new and startlinp angle to this mat ter of segregation and its ‘‘separate hut eiiiial” philsosphy. It i.s one t hat no sensible Xepro would oppose. For we are quite sure no nioinber of the race would be so undemocratic as to deny the most rabid Southerner the right to niak(> a jackass of himself by refusing to eat, ride, walk or run with a Negro. He would however, deiiy this Southerner the right to So thi.s matter of segregatio^ ^ from individuals their legal rip*s, but it invades the inner sanctum of one’s soul, where he may desire to accept every man, regardless of race, or colo^ as a majestic being, mack*, shaped and colored bv Divine architecture. Posslng Of The Housing Bill Should Help Remove These Vicious Practices. m WH'TfS WHirr* Spiritual Insight . Misinforming The Goyernor Wh. n a slick Negro educator of the Harold L. Trigg stripe gets in the bed with a 75.year-old white State official of the N. C. Newbold type and both of them pull the cover over their heads, nobody on earth is able to tell what'goes on un der that cover. Last week North Carolina’s much admired and respected, but ill-advised, Governor W. Kerr Scott, called to his office Dr. Trigg, the sole y.’egro represenifltive on the State Board of Education and Dr/^^fewbold, Director of the Division of Negro Education, to ascertain 1: e exMct status of the State's effort to equalize wl ite and Negro educational facilities. The two men, or Xewbold and his man Friday “postive- ]\ aiisured” the Governor that the State is do in'.' its share, but they added, craftily, some of the cities, notably Durham, are not doing their share. In answer to a reporter’s question ^bout the .“^Tate Board of ^Iducation’s expenditure of the iiO million dollal' bond issue, Dr. Trigg is quoted as saying, ‘‘as far as I can see” the expenditures are b'ing made on an.“equitable basis.” Well now, just how far Dr. Trigg can see, has ever seen, or wants to see is the one big question that has never been satisfactorily an swered. Dr. Trigg’s long and xrasavory record of appeasement, his technique oi evasion on an issue, jeopardizing his standing with his bed mate Dr. Newbold, his whitewashing of the black and miserable picture that existed in Ne gro high schools during his entire term as In spector of Negro high schools in Nortli Carolln:!. is well-known to every intelligent Negru in the State. The reply he gave Governor Scot^ was no surprise to any of them. Had he given the gov ernor an honest picture of the Negro’s feeling in the matter, it would have been a startling sur prise. But the technique implicit in Trigg’s stati' ment is far too subtle to have originated with Trigg himself. Southerners often use this means to dupe gullible Negroes into keeping silent on issues regarding their race. That Trigg had ttie gaul and the guts to try it out on (iov('rnor Scott is amazing, too amazing to liavc orginated in his befuddled mind. Dr. Trigg is in a position to kno\r\li(; facts in North Carolina education. He needs no sur vey to inform him of the State’s inadequcies in (Please turn to Page Six) By REV. HAROLD ROLAND 0 Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church "INTO THE DEEP" ♦ “Trust not a little form the land Launch out inlo the deep - — Luke 5:3-4. Life in its dramatic moments is, a great adventure. A life sui render and committed to Christ is the highest adventure in all the world. .Many inward and outward forces keep us from high and exalted adventure for God and man. In Christ we are called and dedicated to the highest. Jesus saw idle men and idle sliii)s one day in a stale of fear and indecision, the shallows and III action. They’ are called to leave the shore, the shallows and adventnre into the deep. his democratic rights. Jesus left the edges and took his stand at he center and they Crucified hirtr. The adventure of the deeps •nay ieiid ^o‘& Cross ^ Jesus c*omnianded the apostles of old—you and me too—to cut loo.se from the shore and wade into the deep. This ringing challenge comes to every one . 'oniniitted to his way of life. In many areas the followers of the Christ must wade into the deep as never before—race, economic —industrial relation‘s simple justice and fuller democratic, participation for all. Too long liave we been idle, stranded ashore, paralyzed—our energies wasted in spiritual and nu)ral shallow boxing. Now we must wade in and strike a vital blow for great issues stirring the hu man family. The Christian forces must wade^in if they are Tcing tg^met the challenge of a worldViomiuerinitr materTalifcim. This godless way of life is press- it§ cause with the missionary fever and zeal of the early Church. A Bishop of the Methodist 'l\)o many of us never adven- liji'c. We spend our valuable t'liic ashore in the mud puddles oi l)lindueis arid littl«iess. Our I (%ir excuses^” our com- iiil'-. .)ur lack of enthusiasm- I aralyze us anJ l?ave us ^Tr:ni(!e(l ashore in the shallows. i'l;i :e thinsrs cut the nerve-cen- i. i; (.r coura."eous action in us Thu'; we waste our energies when hr has called us into the deep. 1 be Aiaster is ever calling us iiuui me eUgts lu lUe iieart ana ^ uter 01 liie. He calls us to leave tUc eilges and taKe oui a.anil at tlie center-of life. We piefer the safety of the edges lo ttie possible dangers of the deeps. '1 lie edges are safe. The dcej)s ai'e dangerous at times. It takes courage to cut loose iroai the edges autl move into .ne deeps, lu the past year a .uiuagcous teacher and preacli- 1- I .\pei ieiiced this out on tlie v\ i-st Coast. He entered the dan- gi-ruMs deeps by coming to grips u illi I lie vital social and political issiics 1)1' the Hour. He was kicked jit tlie faculty 'of a certain M'hooi ot Heligion for asserting told recently how he waded in on the segregation issue in a Xorlliern Hospital, He was crit- ized and fought on every hand. He held his griiund, wauled in and won a victory for Christ. We must wade in and come to grijx with the vital issue. Xow as never before we must thrust out a little from the land _ .. Ijaunch out into the deep t f Adventures into the deej) tuist 1)0 prepared for the dark clouds and the raging storms. .VII will not he calm ami sun shine in the deep. The Master calls us. He knows, we will be tossed and driven by the surg ing billows. He not only calls us but }i/‘ prepare! us for the deeps He jtrovides us with the anchors of tlie^ soul-praver, fi^tli. pati- :»nce aiid .love, tn the storm of eriticisnt and opposition there is the anchor of praver. In the storm of doubt a>u1 despair there is the anchor of faith. In the furious and blindinsr storm of haired there is the anchor of love and patience. When the Sturms are raging in the deep let down the anchors of thVsoul. They will hold until the storms of life have passed. The clear call of the master comes for us to move into the ileep. Too many for too long have been playing around on the shore and in the shallows. The Master needs us out in the ileep where life’s battles are fought anti its gre>t issues set- (led. If we are to bring in the reign l)f universal human de cency, we must obey the com mand of the master: ‘‘Into The Deep.” Let us move in for him and come to grips with the great issues of this liour. CTit CarqBU Clmeg — • ^ Published Every Saturday By The CAROLINA TIMES Publishing Co. 518 East Pettigrew Street — Durham, N. C. Phones: 5-9873 and J-7871 Member National Negro Press. Association VOLUME 27—NUMBER 47 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26th, 1949 Entered as Second Class nutter at the Post Offices at Durham, North Carolina under the act of March 3, 1879. -V National Advertising Representative Inter state United Newspapers, 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, New York. Branch Office: 5 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 111. L. E. AUSTIN . . CLATHAN ROSS . Editor and Publisher M. B. HUDSON . . Managing Editor V. L. AUSTIN M. C. BURT, JR. . . Business Manager .... tity Editor Circulation Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Other Editors Say - 5 Mmith« I Y^r . $ 2.00 $ 3.00 3 Yean 5 Yean $ 9.00 $15.00 VOTERS a >vxL A LIE Jiai'iciii voters last week gttVe me answer supreme lo the old lie tliat Negroes are falling for coiiiuuiiijst propaganda. Of course, we have known all along tiiid have .said time and again (iiat the sympathies of very few Xegj'oes in tlie United States lie with the Soviet Union. We have said and repeat now that for every i’aul Hobeson, there are III ill ions of Xegroes who are 100 per cent loyal to Uncle Sam. For esery Ben Davis, there are an il her million or two and for every Harry Winston there are still other millions wliose loyal ties and whose interests lies only ill this, the country of birth. ' 'I'he loyalty of Negroes to tlieir 'iovcriiment is common l.iiinvleilgi' (o most Negroes and Id \1ios«‘ whites who know the r e c I) r d of Xegroes in war-time and in peace through- i.ut the history of this country. It is ail accepted fact that Ne- ■rroes are among the most loyal peoi)le in the S. but for the sake of such doubting Thomases as the.House Un-American Acti vities Committee and the Post Of rice Loyalty Board, we are glad tlr.it Nes'ro voters in New York nroved beyond any reasonable doubt that Communism still has MO lure for the Negro If “ac tions speak louder than words,” tlien.the ballots of the Harlem- irive strensrth to the spoken words of Jackie Robinson and to the printed words oi the Negro press, the NAACF and other re cognized spokesmen of the Ne- gro. In defeating Communist Ben Davis, Harlem voters made it clear that thej’ have no confi dence ^whatever in Communism as a cure-all for their troubles. In defeating Communism, to re peat an oft expres.s*‘d .tbought, the Negro voters did not Imply that everything is perfect in this country. What they say is that the wrongs committed against the Negro will be set aright in the good old American way — by continuing to fight for our rights within the framework of the American government with larger and larger numbers of white allies in democracy com ing to our side, , Beji Davis and Harry Win ston represented only a minor ity, and a very small minority at that, of Negro people in the United States. The few Com- muni.sts among XVgroes are con centrated in New York and on the West Coast. With New York repudiating Communist leader ship, it is evident that the “Beds” have made no gains a- monp Negroes and, if anything, have lost ground. - Earl Brow’u is not well-known among the general Netrro niib- lic. A^ew may recall an article he wrote in a national magazine a few years ago which was not favorably received bv the Negro press. But that is all water over the dam. Brown at' least is a regular Anierican, He must be to have been emlors‘d by both the Democratic and Hepublican parties. He has no -foreign al liances. He re|)reseiits a major ity of Negro sentiment in Har lem rathe.r than a minority view. Walter W’inchell has suggested that stTvice in the city council may prepare Brown to run for (’ongress in a few years against Marcantonio. I5ut whether or not Brown goes beyond the New York city government, he already has made a contribution to his city and his race by defeating the 'oiiiiiiunist candidate. He and especially voters of Harlem de serve a vote of thanks from the rest of the couutv. - KANSAS CITV (’ALfv, INDEPENDENT THINKING FEARED We believe Dr. E. Franklin Frasier, in discussing the back ground to the unreason and fui'v pitted today against Paul Tiube- son, struck the bull’s-eye recent ly when he .said; “Let me remind you that in American culture the Ne^ro male has never been permitted to play a masculine role This is partly why white A- merica has become inrensed at Paul Robeson. Mr. Robeson represents the Nepro man in the masculine role as a fear less and independent think- (Please turn to Page Six) Browsing Brllwer BY FRANK BROWER THIS OLD FLAME WILL NEVER DIE And sometimes a flame. Clear shining thru the nite, So bright we do not see the lamp, But only see the light, So may I shine—Your light, the flame— . That men may glorify your name.—Uno Words. MULE TRAIN Von are the mule and the fifty percent hil-:‘ ill social security to go into effect in five Vi\*rii- i'. the train tacked on by your friends in \V:i‘Tiiii'iton. Hei-iuise of tlieir Iciid-lease and oilier traiislwisiims from onr economic turnip, six and a half million 'more a year iiiiist be raised. Von will pa\' about .$90 for the 13-year-old survivors benefit system rather than th* present maximum, you are iK.w paying for Social Securitv. .Meaning you w ill pay a cent and a half instead of one cent j)er dollar earned. THE LAYMEN FUNYON XMAS FUND ... Yes, Wal ter has his Damon Runyon Cancer Fund and we have our Layman Funyon (you know what layman means and the yon is tacked on to fun for Xmas euphany) Christmas Fund is just a new angle to interest you in contributing early thi* year to our efforts to give joy to the poor (I should b« a donee, yuk, yuk) thru the Christmas Cheer Club which move ment was conceived a few Xmases go when we peddled “Jo« Louis Souvenirs” at ten cents to aid over a hundred and twenty-five families. I. R. Holmes, prexy of the Christmai Club and this department are urging you to help us supple ment Empty Slocking Fund and the efforts of the Welfara Department as last year when 319 families and 596 children were made happier. Call 6-0883, 5-7751 or N-9&73 for in formation or sit down now and make out a check payable to the Christmas Cheer Club and mail to W. D. Hill Center or this newspaper, please, please. We want enough over to g#t “Two Front Teeth” for Jake Davis this year. NORTH CA-ROLINA COLLEGE LINE WAS LEAKING in Haleigh and their fans were disappointed at their uhowing and defeat to the Shaw Bears ... The best entertainment in the bowl was the halt hour game with 1.") minutes halfs before and during the North Caruliifa College-Shaw half of the kids of red and blue opposing as the Iillewootl Tigers and the Chavis Heights Gangers, playing to a two safety 2-2 deadlock. The big boys can take • lessen from these kitlilies operating from the split “T” ... The I?ed Jerseyed Eagles ami all white Bearclawed thru an evenly matched first pericnl but brother that Bellamy Choo Choo G»m» in to break up the wallzing. He by the way is optioned by tb# Los Angeles Rams COURIER Correspondent’s hands got cold and he put them in Ijetween his legs, saying, “I’ve got to j)ut them in the stove.” Anil, his statistic.s tabulating spouse sit ting next door put her arms around his neck and retaliated, *‘Aw, you are trying to make somebody think you are so hqtt?” Henvy Ki%'ers, speaking of the Shaw backs in the first period, “TJiey’re just a fumbling, stumbling and gnnnbling” _ . _ North Carolina College’s .Matthews of IMieiii.x High at Hampton sliowed his colors in short kicks like HH Vi^rds per Amen. NERVOUS NATIONAL NEWSREAL ... Dr, Chaniwn^ T.obias, Chairman of Hampton Board, seems to b§ telliq^ Etta Moton the singer (left) and Pearl Buck, novelist and Nobel Prize taker about the recent Hampton inauguration extravaganza, and how great it was even tho not well 9rg«i|« ized Congrats Juniors and Seniors at North Carolina Cvl" lege for the unique ideas at the^Pre-Thanksgiving Party at Rush Hall. How in the world did you make those baloQna stick onto the wall without paste. One speaker says all you 49 is rub them on cloth and the electric static docis the rest CUTE MIDGETS OF MITCHELL in li^leigh stole tb? North Carolina College-Shaw show Saturday. The boys ape under the recreation setup, andjve understand there are five teams wpU» uiiifonncd at $1.') per via iJaleigh citizens’ contributions. The boys must be under twelve and under 110 pounds. Imagine a fat, roily polly, well bowlegged one doing the spinner handoff or hand-up to a tall, thin fleet-footed taibaek who outruns his inter ference, and someone grabs the ball and runs the Wfong way an4 scores a .safety for the other team and gives the victory smile OUCH IDS to Worlick’s reception of B-radshaw’s two-story pasa The Idlewood Tigers are red .jerseyed arid hehnete4, while tba Chavis Caugers are bh’.c .... Sister, I wish J had worn aowe “snuggies” with feet in them to that game. AN HEIR FOR THE ALEX RIVERAS finally came. They have expected for some time, eight years to be exact, and are happy to have their anxieties soothly confirmed. It came this week, a brand new automatic Rollerflex, sex under mined, but a source close to the couple say it must be male since the mail-man brot it J, L. Hunter, who recently had luncheon with Harry, Truman that is, given by the Na tional Conference of Chrisfians and Jews in honor of the Prexy at the Mayflower in observace of Brothehood Week, was a week-end visil'or of Durham a^d Hillsboro with Bus Tinnens( both well-known in D. C. and the Seaboard). They were royally entertained" by many friends including Mre. B. - A. J. Whitted, Mrs. Francis Eagleson, Dr. Helen Edmqndt, M. Scarlett, Atty. Brower, I. Funderburg, M. Rich, J, C. Hubbard, Skinks Browning, all of whom at one time or M* other during the stay of the visitors, were able to get the dop* on the sporting world from an officials point of vIbw - Period. • T-- REPORTER’S REPORT FROM RALEIGH - - - Doctor Harry Penn, Omega fxraml Basileus of Roanoke was in Raleigh Friday night on tlie first leg of his tour of chapters. The practicing dentist is a native of Lyuchluirg and is making an o.fflcial tour with Ijis grand secretary Carl Moultree who was former manager of a housing pro.iect.in Wilmington and grad of Lincoln with present headquarters in D. C. Harry Cummings of the Baltimore Probation Department made an official visit to our Capitol for a Probation Survey of North Carolina. He is the cousin of Rev. Q. (PleSse turn to Page Six)
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