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PAOB TWO
THB CAROLIHA TIMES SATURDAY. DEC. 9th. 1950
JUDGE HAYES DECISION AWAITED
Ni irro l iti/i'iis of Durham and North C'arolina
HW4ut uiih iiuich approhciision the dpoiHton of
•lutiKs' .liihiiwni .i. Hay«*M in tho etiiial whool
suit whioh thoy broupht reci>ntly against the
t 'ity anl Stat»' boaniK of education. Accuatomeil
«s all \o>rr.>i's are to disa))pointinenta and re-
V(T»'s, >\heri’ the riphts of their people are con-
.i'nitil, they an fully aware that ou Judge
Hay.»’ dt'i ision resrts the question of whether
t!'i ir I'hildren art' proinp to have equal educa
tional ailvnntajjfS all over the State as well aa
111 Durham without rt'sort to higher federal
court*.
J^nrinir tJu- lu-arinp whioli was held here last
Juno. XcL'roes in Durham were greatly im-
prt swed with the apparent fair manner in which
•ludp' Hay. jj conducted it. They felt that with
the preponderance of evidence, showing unequal
facilities of the white and Xegro schoola here,
and the judge's apparent interest in such dis-
crinunations that a decision in their favor was
sure and certain.
Since the other equal school suit hearing
against the law school at the University of
North Carolina, in which Judge Hayes ruled
tJiat the law school at North Carolina College
was equal and in many instances superior to
that at th.‘ T'niversity, NeprocB have begun to
feel that Judge Hayes will render a deci.sion
sustaining the “separate but equal” State law
of Norlli Carolina, rather than the no dis
crimination federal law, even though he is judge
of a r. S. District Court.
A majority of thinking Negroes have, there
fore. about reached the conclusion that Judge
Hayes is a strict adherent to the separate but
cHial doctrine of the South. They do not now
feel that he can rise above its influence and
render a decision that would oppose it regard
less of the evidence that might be presented to
the contrary.
Ninety-nine per cent of North Caroliiui white
ioiks, an well aa the entire iSuuth are ardent
mlvocates of the separate part of the separate
but equal iloctrine but fail woefully when it
eoiuea to tlie equal part of it. The truth of this
fact iii substantiated by statistics of all the\
southern States which plainly show that not in
a single inatauce is tlie per capita coat for Ne
gro education equal to that of whites.
Itecently the CAROLINA TIMES has reach
ed the conuJusion that more sympathy is needed
for our white folks here in the fcJouth than con
demnation. Steeped in the xuiGodly philosophy
of white supremacy a majority of them, even
in the arena of world statesmanship, cling Jto
their beliefs with one hand and dangle 4he
atomic bomb in the faces of the darker races of
tiie world with the other to enforce upon them
their belief.
With apologies to a statement made by Lillian
Smith in her recent appearance here, we would
like to whisper gently into ttie ears of Judge
Hayes and other men of power in our country
that they have an opportunity to explode a
bomb among all the peoples of mankind that
will be more devastating to communism and
other anti-democratic beliefs than all the atomic
bombs now in existence and that is the abolish
ment of the doctrine of white supremacy and
segregation wherever they find it.
It will take courage to do this, but in it is
wrapped up the hope of mankind. Without it
we may as well pull down the curtain on what
we now call civilization and prepare for the dark
est hour in the history of the world. The moment
of decision has arrived and into the hands of
the ./\-nglo-Saxon peoples rests this most moment
ous question. Shall it be the sii^remacy of the
white race or the supremacy of the human race f
A WELL DESERVED HONOR
The decision of the Housing Authority of
Durham to name the low rent housing project|
the McDougald Terrace in honor of the late
Richard L. McDougaJd, noted builder and busi-
ne.ss man of this city, will meet the unanimous
approval of all thinking Negroes. It is an honor
w ell de.served by one of the great Negro busi-
ne.ss men of Durham and of the nation.
In the relatively short time that he lived
here, Jlr. McDougald contributed more than
twice as much to the growth and development
of Negro Durham as could several ordinary
men. He fairly wore himself out for his race>
with his ceaseless and tireless efforts in its be
half.
Because of his honest and sometimes abrupt
frankness, Mr. McDougald was often misunder
stood by those who did not know him well. His
friends, however, knew his heart was right and
respected him for it.
It would be a fine gesture if at some ap
propriate place on the McDougald Terrace a
bronze tablet could be erected and in befitting
words inscribed for posterity the contribution
which its namesake made to the city of Dur
ham.
Such a .tablet would in all probability be an
inspiration to the thousands of children as well
as grownups who will be domiciled in the pro
ject in the years that are to come.
A TEACHERS' UNION NEEDED
The need of a Teachers’ Union in North Caro
lina wa.s never more in evidence than it is today.
No one who has observed the lack of freedom of
speech and in many instances, freedom of whole
some social and civic action of the average Negro
teacher in North Carolina, if not the white teach
er, can deny that there is a sad need of some kind
of protection for those who have been entrusted
with the responsibility of training our young
sters.
In many southern communities if it is known
that a teacher belongs to the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Colored People,
he loses his job. In some communities if a teach
er attempts to register and vote the school board
finds some way to relieve him of employment
in the school system.
We have on record in this office a case where
H very competent school principal was fired
for no other reason than he had taken an active
part in advising Negroes of his community how
to organize a credit union through which they
were buying homes and escaping the toils of
loan sharks.
It is no rare in,stance for Negro public school
teachers to live in fear and trembling of the
school board or Board of Trustees of the in
stitution in which they work. Instead of having
real men and women as instructors in our edu
cational institutions, we find a nervous jumpy
type of animal that is neither man nor beast,
fish nor fowl, and who the longer he lives and
works under such conditions the more and more
he becomes a candidate for the asylum.
Some men and w'omen are so constructed
temperamentally that you cannot force them to
stultify their conscience, live a life of deceit or
make believe w’ithout warping their souls until
tJiey become things rather than humans.
We would like to see organized here in North
Carolina a teachers’ union, as has been organ
ized in New York and some other states, where
by our teachers could be free to think, act and
move about as decent respectable citizens with
out having to live in constant fear that some
member of the school board or some tyrannical
school superintendent was going to take their
jobs.
Such a union would necessarily have to have
the protection if the American Federation of
Labor or the Committee for Industrial Organ
ization. ,
Here is work for the Negro Teachers’ Associa
tion that would be far more advantageous than
the time thrown away at its annual meetings
listening to the hjrpocritical tirades of men
like Dr. N. C. Newbold or State Superintendent
of Schools, Dr. Clyde A. Erwin.
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Spiritual Insight
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
PASTOR, MOUNT GILEAD BAPTIST CHURCH
"The Battle For The Children"
K
ENDRIX
OMMENTS
By MOSS H. KENDRIX
Heart-To-Heart
“The midwives feared God, and did not as the King
comnumded . . . but saved the men children alive . .
Exodus 1:17.
Under God Isreal fought man battles for freedom Egyptian
bondage. But the most momentous and strategic was the battle for
the children. Evil men will spare nothing, not even innocent and
helpless children, to carry out their plans to maintain unjust
privileges. The ruthless leaders of Egypt resolve to blot out the
people of God. Their evil designs are born in fear and nourished
in hatred. They defy decency; they ignore human dignity; and
the fly in the face of the Almighty God to maintain their just
and inhuman privileges. It did not happen in Egypt three thous-
sand years ago; but it has happened among tlie so-called elite of
our civilization in our own life-1 ~
time. How thin is the veneer of
refinement in man. In a dark
hour and in an act of high cour
age, God-fearing women defied
the ruthless schemes of evil men.
They fought the death wntence
of the Pharaoh against their
children. How could they stand
in bold defiance against death
itself f Here is the answer:
“The midwives feared God
f y
....Under the leadership of God,
the midwives won the battle
for the preservation of the
children. We too are engaged
in a battle for our children.
A threat to the children is a
danger signal for the race or.
nation. Our children mtist be
protected at all cost. No price
is too high to pay for tiiem.
We must protect them against
the designs of evil men. We
must stand courageously on
guard against everything that,
would do violence to the per
sonalities of our children. We
cannot rest amid the unfair
disadvantages. they suffer.
We must stand alertly ou
guard in the home, the school
and the community. Let us
never forget that we have a
battle to fight for disad
vantaged children. As the
midwives of old let us resolve
unconditional dedication to
the battle for our children.
Nothing was too precious for
the midwives to give to this
cause. Bishop McConnell of
the Methodist Church recent
ly pledged himself and others
to the battle for the disadvan
taged children in our nation.
The midwives fought and won
their battle under God; we
must fight and win the battle
for our children.
Our children are denied a
chance and then called inferior.
Our children go to bat with
two strikes against them. This
is an old trick of man in his
fight to keep unjust privileges.
Indja is kept in ignorance and
disunity for one hundred fifty
years; then, the rulers say, see,
they are not ready for freedom
and independence. They call
you sub-human to justify their
rank injustices. They even
search the scriptures for Divine
Sanction of injustice. The pam
phlet distributed in St. Louis
recentlj' said segregation was
God *8 plan. What brazen ar
rogance ! O God what insulting
crimes are committed in thy
name! The pharaoh in every age
and among all peoples fight a
losing battle against God and
justice.
God guarantees the success
of the midwives as they work
with him to usher in a new
birth of freedom and human
dignity. Men cannot stay the
onrushing tide of freedom and
decency. In this great truth
from God’s word, human ex
perience and history, let us
take courage and march on
until the battle for our chil
dren is won.
What Other Editors Say
(ht Elmes
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YOU ARE THE LOSER IF
NAACP GOES UNDER
We do not believe that the
NAACP will be allpwed tO( go
out of existence unftil the time
actually comes (and it will)
when there is no further need
for it, but if the non-support by
Negro people should bring the
association to an untimely end,
Negroes themselves will be the
losers.
The few jobs involved are of
little consequence. The devast-
atmg effect which abolishing
I the NAACP would have upon
the future of Negroes as first-
class citizens is the important
thing. Those who say that the
NAACP staff members are
fighting to keep their jobs are
not acquainted with the facts.
The officials in New York could
get along famously on an indi
vidual basis without the extra
burden of looking after the
rights and intrests of 14 million
people. Each of the private em
ployment and make many times
the money he earns working for
the NAACP. And he would be
required to work far less long
and hard as he does slavinff
for his brothers in color.
Take Thurgood Marshall and
his legal defense staff. All of
them top-notch lawyers who
would be welcomed in any first-
class law ofiBce. They live in a
section of the country where
race and color mean less and
less and ability means every
thing. In private practice, they
would be "sitting pretty’ and
could go home evenings instead
of working long hours in the
NAACP office thinking up new
angles to hit at segregation and
discrimination.
It is a well known fact that
Walter White has turned down
many well-paying jobs to keep
plodding along w'ith the NAA
CP. The same is true of Roy
Wilkins, Madison Jones and
other administrative officials
who are even sacrificing their
health to fight for the rights of
their fellow man. With the em
ployment picture what it is in
New York, even the girls in the
office would have no trouble
finding employment — at high
er pay and shorter hours.
So, when Negroes fail to give
the NAACP the financial sup
port it needs to carry on its good
work, they are hurting nobody
but themselves. They can for get
about the office force and think
about what the NAACP means
to them.
If the NAACP had done
nothing more during its 40
years of existence than win 28
out of 31 cases taken before the
U. S. Supreme Court, it would
deserbe the unstinted support
of Negroes everywhere. And by
“support” we do not mean a
$2.00-a-year membership. Of
course, if everj^ adult Negro in
the country where a member of
the NAACP, the association’s
income would be adequate. But
every Negro, believe it or not,
is not an NAACP member even
though the membership fe« is
only $2.00 a year — less than
the price of a pint of liquor or
an evening out. In Kansas City,
for instance, the NAACP branch
has less than 3,000 members
while the adult Negro popula
tion is about 40,000. The size
0 fthe NAACP membership in
almost every city is a disgrace.
In the absence of full mem
bership in the NAACP, those
who are most interested in get
ting and keeping their rights
are being asked to make large
contributions to tide the asso
ciation over an emergency. A
sizable deficit must be wiped
out if the association is to con
tinue.
Having won admittance for
Negroes to a dozen state uni
versities, the NAACP is now
launching a drive to break down
segregation in elementary and
high schools. This will be a more
basic and far-reaching attack on
.segregation than were the uni
versity cases. Like a champion
football team, the NAACP has
brought the Negro victorious al
most to the end of the game.
The half is over, the three-quar
ter time is drawing near. The
goal line is just ahead.
It’s up to you, folks! You
can stand where you are for an
other generation oj* two, or you
can get behind the NAACP for
the final big push for freedom.
If you withhold your aid from
this organization now, don’t
w'hine and complain later when
your rights don’t come fast
enough.
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Falls On Subway
Tracks; Rolls Over
And Saves Life
New York City (CNS) —
When Williani Jackson, 44-
year-old Brooklyn laborer,
enroute to work at 4:15 a. m.,
fell from the platform of an
Independent Line station he
used his brains. Quickly, he
rolled into the center of the
tracks. Two cars of a south
bound local train passed over
him but he escaped with a
scalp cut and minor head in
juries. Police nished him to
Columbtu HospltaL
St. IjOiiis. Mo. — This discussion is intended to be heart-to-
heart. But i know now that it is going to be hard-too-hard for
some. Here goes, nevertheless — enforced basement citizenship
is on the “outs.” ..t, .
So you and I may add this to our slogans: “Beready or
Beware.” I think that we are ready — more than that, I
know that we are. Even in the Society of the Balconies, we -
we have Bunches, Dawsons, Hasties, Spauldings.
Today the Negro is ready and prepared to fill any role in
American life from Iwotblack to banker. An unfortunate cir
cumstance, however, is the fact that in such a society as we live
double standards may easily set in.
Even worse is the basement complex, which may cause a
fear of competition. Being ready, therefore, entails a new
kind of emancipation for the Negro — emancipation from
fear. Where such is necessary, the Negro must be the source.
The truth is — we are now entering the “majors,” and in
the “majors” one has to excell. In most casc's, wee’ll have to be
better than the best. Then wo have to be something called “ac
cepted.” The latter is most difficult in a sidedoor society.
In the whole process, education has a most significant role
in the development of a climate that will produce an under
standing necessary for acceptance. It happens that educa
tion is to an extent leading the way in this regard.
Today we describe education as the first line of freedom and
consider it a tried and proved defense of democracy. Thus it must
be mad eto work in what I heard one person term the “Second
Reconstruction of the South.”
Despite declarations by some that “hell would freeze before
Negro youth entered the universities of the South, some two
hundred Negro students are now enrolled in universities of
the South. Arkansas led the way, while Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi and Carolinas lag.
At least twenty-one southern institutions now have Negro
students. There have been few or no reports to the effect that
the Negro students on these cajnpuses have not been accepted by
their class-mates and faculties. Actually, they have been received
with cordiality. *
During the past several months, I have had the opportunity
of talking with Negro students now enrolled in “white” uni
versities in Oklahoma, Kentucky and Virginia. They con
sider themselves just students and conduct themselves and
pursue their studies accordingly.
The end seems to be that Negro students if given the op
portunity, as was the Negro girl who went to the medical school
in Arkansas, will excell themselves. On the other hand, white
student, it appears, have not lost any sleep over the coming of
Negroes to “their” campuses.
As a matter of fact, I was told in Texas that students at the
University of Texas were all-out in their acceptance of Her
man Sweat. And when Roy Wilson enrolled at Louisiana
State University, students attitudes were reported as “dead
calm,” —
School administrators and students are coming to realize that
the matter of restrictions on Negro students is outside of the
atmosphere of democratic practice. Testimony to this is seen in
the decision of William and Mary in Virginia to admit Negro
students to its law school.
It was at William and Mary some years ago that a girl
journalist somewhat startled the nation when she attacked
separate higher education for the races. Jlecently 'another
school editor spoke out in Mississippi, some students ex
pressed their resentment, but Ole Miss students kept their
editor. —
The passing to the majors is seen in other areas. Here in
Missouri all teachers are together in one state organization. A Ne
gro is second vice-president and Negroes hold office in all at tha
districts of the state body.
Negroes and white nurses operate together in national and
state organizations. In St. Louis, a Negro attorney became
the first of his race to be admitted to the American Bar
Association in Missouri. In Connecticut, a Negro became the
pastor of a white church. All recently.
Now I close where I started— BEREADY OR BEWARE.
"Who’s Who” Sues "Who’s Who
In Colored America” In Fight Over
Use Of Similar Name ' ^
A
Washington, D. C. — “liOgal
action” has been threatened
against “Who’s Who in Colored
America,” to prevent the bio
graphical director of noted
Americans of African descent
from using the words “Who’s
Who” in its title.
That this action is imminent
quite by accident, soon after
copies of the new edition of
“Who’s Who in Colored Amer
ica” reached this city last week.
Soon after, contact was made
with the publishers of “Who’s
Who in Colored America” in
Yonkers, New York G. James
Fleming, director of publica
tions of Christian E. Burkel and
Associates admitted that his or
ganization had received a letter
from lawyers representing
“Who’s Who in America,” and
along the lines of the informa
tion learned in Washington.
Fleming said he had sent a re
ply to the lawyers.
According to the Washington
information, the law firm of
Davies, Richberg, Beebe, Landa
and Richardson of this city,
through James T. Welch, one of
its attorneys, has pointed out
certain decisions of the Federal
Trade Commission, the U. S.
District Court of New York,
an dthe U. S. Patent to Who’s
Who in Colored America.
In addition, the firm has call
ed on Who’s Who in Colored
America to eliminate the words
Who’s Who” or face “ap
propriate” legal action.
Fleming stated that, in his
reply, he called attention to the
fact that Who’s Who in Colored
America has been published
since 1927 (seven editions) un
der its present title; that each
edition had been copywrighted,
and that no attempt whatever
had ever been made to associate
Who’s Who in Colored Amer
ica” with Who’s Who in Amer
ica, or to make “Who’s Who in
Colored America to look like
Who’s Who in America.
It has been found that the
present edition of Who’s Who y
in Colored America has a bright
green color, with gold imprint,
svhile Who’s Who in America,
has a traditional red cover. The
twQ books are different in si/e
and format and, most import
ant, Who’s Who in Colored
America has always carried
photographs (640 in the present
i^sue), w’hile the other publica
tion is without illustration.
Who’s Who in Americft haa_
been published since 1S99, but
the publication patented its title
(its entire title) only in 1940.
Since then the Patent Office has
refused other patents to titles
containing the words “Who’s
Who.”
In favor of Who’s Who. in
America was patented; in addi
tion, unlike some other publica
tions, using Fleming’s Words,
“it does not attempt to mis
represent itself in anyway.”
One of the questions to be
answered is why Who’s Who in
America waited until now to try
and stop Who’s Who in Colored
America.
Who’s Who in America is
published in Chicago biennially
by the A. N. Marquis company
which organization also publish
es reeional directories like
Who’ Who in New Ensrland. It
also publishes Who Was Wlio,
a directory of notable deceased
persons.
Who’s Who in Colored Amer
ica was published from 1929-49
bv Thomas H. Yenser of Brook
lyn, N. Y. When he died the
publication was bought by
Christian E. Burckel and Asso-
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