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Decoded Intelligram •*Wd 98H 2unqo—9 'jjjoa M8N—s p?a—fr -uopaoi—e -UBIPBUBO—2 'UUBSbO—I Other Editors wral Viewpoint A Timely Reminder A professor at one of the Negro colleges in Raleigh bristled with irritation the other day when we made mention of a recent school board election jn Boston in which a lady named Louise Hicks swept the field on what amounted to an anti-NAACP platform. The NAACP and other Negro organizations are seeking to break down Boston’s school district lines, and thus do away with the existing neighborhood school concept. The idea is to force the integration of all schools by the process, if neces sary, of shuttling both Negro and white children all across town to attend classes. This was what got Mrs. Hicks into politics. To emphasize her ob jections to such proposals, Mrs. Hicks became a candidate for the Boston school board and was promptly made a political target by the NAACP and other Negro groups. But when the votes were counted, Mrs. Hicks was so far out in front of all of the other candidates running for various of fices that even Boston's popular Mayor, who was the second-best vote-getter, had to squint to, catch a glimpse of Mrs. Hicks’ coattail. Wle thought the matter worthy of mention for two reasons, first be cause the press had studiously ig nored it, and secondly because we felt the incident was sufficiently instructive to merit consideration by Negro leaders who, it often oc curs to us, sometimes display a lack of awareness that the so-called “Negro movement” is doing them more harm than good. The Negro professor who wrote to us—twice, by the way—found nothing of interest in the report. And certainly he saw no lesson in the incident. Instead, he wrote off our mention of it as “anti-Negro FARMS WANTED CONTACT W. 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The De troit City Council suddenly went into political reverse and defeated the ordinance by a 7-2 vote. Now the “Homeowners Council” is press ing for statewide legislation to pre serve the property rights which the homeowners fear may otherwise be lost. The point of all of this is neither pro-white nor anti-Negro. It is simply pro-everybody’s rights. In the heat of battle, some Negroes have been persuaded that the best way to achieve their rights is to trample underfoot the rights of others. If property rights are de stroyed, they will be destroyed for whites and Negroes alike regard less of any pious pretenses to the contrary. This is why, In spite of the com plaint of the Negro professor who wrote to us, we have contended that the Negro’s quest for recogni tion must be based on firmer stuff than the mere use of political force. Politics, like politicians, is fickle, and the use of its force is like sitting beneath the sword of Damocles. Those who live by the sword all too often die by it. It is, then, not an “anti-Negro” sentiment to suggest that the real and only hope of Negro advance ment lies in the direction of hard work, self-reliance and moral be havior. Demonstrations in the streets will not do the job. Indeed, such activities only serve to widen a breach that needs to be closed by sympathetic understanding. In short, the Negro movement ■has made its point. The Negro race now needs to get to work to prove the equality that its leaders have for so long proclaimed. This is the only real key to the freedom for all that everyone wants—or should want. Those who tell Negroes otherwise are simply misleading them. REAL HOME MADE CAKES. PIES AND PASTRIES Donuts. Glazed. Chocolate. Jelly and Cream — Good Variety of Breakfast Buns — Fresh Daily Special Orders for Wedding, Birthday and Party Cakes. Aunt Jennie’s Bake Shop 813 N. Queen St. Kinston, N. C. 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