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Between The Lines.. BTATE RIGHTERB WIN • The adjournment of Congress without the passage of the civil rights bill was a great victory for the state righters. The working agreement between the represent atives of the Old South and the conservatives North is an effec tive obstruction to civil rights legislation.” The defeat of civil rights legislation is a defeat for the cause of righteousness; it is a defeat of the demo cratic forces of the world. It is an invitation to communism and he is tpoorly informed who does not see how the communists will take full advantage of the situation. It becomes more and more a puzzle how this great country can play such dangerous politics; how the Old South is sitting so pretty in Washington. We hear from the past how Nero fiddled while Rome was burning. We wonder sometimes if our great democracy is not on Are while the Old South fiddles and Congress vacillates in times of great danger. Is it really later than they think The whole nation in general, and Congress in particu lar, seem to be afraid to irk the Old South and the amazing thing is, that the Old South is not worse than it is. It is no wonder that the Old South holds the Supreme Court in contempt instead of the other way around. One of the brightest aspects of the whole ugly situation is the way the state righters are trying to be decent in their appeal for public approbation. They do not appeal in the name of white su premacy but in the name of “state rights:” this appeal lends an air of respectability to a dan gerous and diabolical abjective. The fight the .Old South has chos en to make for the perpetuation of white supremacy is not made in the name of white supremacy, but in the name of state rights, which in its last analysis means the right of the Old South to hold the Negro down and to hold him down perpetually. In other words, state rights are none other than the rights to eternalize the sub jugation of the Negroes of this country. When we see our fond hopes of civil rights legislation blasted in the Congress of the nation, it is no time for cry-babyism. It is no time for weeping and gnashing the teeth. It is time for the Negro to gird his armour on and pre pare to renew his determination to fight unto, the bitter end for the rights and opportunities vouchsafed unto him by the Con stitution of the United States. The Negro is not going to be car ried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas. The road to freedom is rough and rugged and thus it has been from ancient days. When the white man came to America he faced the Indians with their tomahawks and if the Negro can not face the Negrophobes and outlast them there is some ques tion as to our worthiness for the citizenship we seek. It has been said that “you cannot whip a man who comes back for one more round.” The Negro must ikeep coming back until every foe is vanquished. All of the responsibility for our advancement does not rest u;on the Congress of the United States, with its effective coali tion between representatives of the Old South and the reaction ary North. A great responsibility rests upon Negroes themselves. There is an answer to the Dixie crsts and demagogues; there i* an answer to the Talmadges an** the Byrds and all the rest who are committed to missive resis tance to the edict of the Supreme advance are all elected at the bal- Practical Nursing Registration at Northwestern Practical nursing applicants may register in person any Fri day afternoon* between the hours of one and three o’clock at the Northwestern Senior high school in rr<m 249, second floor, build ing No. 3. AV pnlicants for practical nursing should have: Birth cer tificates. give n:mes and address es of schools attended, where co !e« c * transcripts mav be ob tained. Applicants should be able to pass health examinations. Dean Gordon B. Hancock lot that has been placed in his hsnd. The ballot is power! It has put the Negrophobes in their place of tpower and it will take them down. There is still an answer for the very discouraging situation made by the side-tracking of the civil rights bill, which died on the steps of the Senate —killed by the adjournment of Congress. The Negroes’ indifferent employment of the ballot is one of the great est mysteries of the current situ ation. Throughout the nation there are millions and millions of potential Negro voters who could turn the tide of Negrophobism which is now running at full swell. State righters win temporarily! FOUR DIE IN AFRICAN BUS BOYCOTT RIOT > JOHANNESBURG. South Afri ca (ANP) Four persons were killed and six injured when dif ferences over a bus boycott cam paign led to violence last week at Eva ton, South of Johannes burg. Fighting erupted when a band of blanket-clad Africans who object to another faction’s boy cott of the Johanne9burg-®vaton bus service attacked a town. Seven houses were burned dur ing the violence. A fare increase last June, since rescinded, is reported to have set off quareling between the two factions over patronage of the line. Abandoned Baby Found Under Rubbish Pile NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ANP) Two workmen who had been unloading trash in the rear of a business concern found a day-old baby struggling for life last week after it was virtually buried be neath a pile of rubbish on Pearl street here. The towel shrouded girl was taken from beneath cement sacks, paper, plywood, a railroad cross tie, and a oovering of rocks. She was discovered by the men who saw a dog sniffing and barking nesr the rubbish. Hubbard hospital officials said the child probably will survive. Police accredited the quick ac tion of Ernest Green and William Farley, both employees of the Harold E. Moore Co., where the child was found, with saving the nfcnt’s life. Patrolman J. T. Booker gave •his account: The two men had been unload ing rubbish at 6:15 am. in the TOPS IN LISTENING WORLD FAMOUS WM BM • The Butterball • Ca*tlerock • Elliott J. Pieze • Curti* Walker e Gospel Blind Boy • Barney Bembry • Man on the Street • The People Speak • Your Neighborhood Police 800 ON YOUR RADIO NAB TWO MUSICIANS IN SI,OOO ROBBERY WASHINGTON (ANP) The arrest of two musicians here last week put a finishing touch on the puzzling SI,OOO robbery of the Hortz Truck Rental Station. Taken into custody were Earl J. Cargins, 25, and Lawrence E. Hinton, 24, both residents here. Cargins was identified as a saxa phone player and Hinton as a drummer. Both men, according to police, had hypodermic needles and cap sules of narcotics in their pos session at the time of their arrest. The holdup occurred at 2 a.m. last Sunday at the Hertz Truck Rental Station. Earl D. Cum mings told police a man thrust a pistol at him and seized the cash, explaining that his mother had died and he needed money. Hinton had $414 of the money when he was arrested. He admit ted it was part of the loot. Cargins also admitted holding up the place, but claimed he used a toy pistol. He said he hid his part of the money under a hedge at a playground, but when he went back to pick it up, it was gone. L Detectives said Hinton told them he had a ”$6 to $7 a-da habit.” Cargins said his habit cost “20” a day. FATHER FACES CHARGES OF INCEST LUMBERTON, N. C.—(ANP)— A 45-year-old father of three tee n-aged daughters faced charges of incest last week after he was arrested by officers here for “criminally assaulting his daughters a week or two ago.” The man, Jesse Ellerbe, a ten ant farmer, was beng held in jail pending a hearing in Maxton Re corder’s Court after his three daughters told Police Chief Rob ert Fisher of Maxton that their father had “criminally assaulted them”. According to Fisher, Ellerbe’s wife had left home several months ago and has been living in New York. Eltenbe and his daughters reside on a farm northeast of Maxton. He denied all charges. rear of the Moore company, when a stray dog walked over to the pile of trash and began barking. “The two heard the soft whin ing of the child and ran over and removed it from the debris. They then called the police.” WILLIAMS’ TAILORS 4842 N.W. 27th Are. SUITS AND PANTS Quality Custom Hand Tailoring CALL NE 4-9251 JOIN THE NAACP! 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