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Editorial Comment
The approach of hallowe’en
brings another yearly problem for
fathers, mothers, and civic offici
als.
Many parents who read this
will remember that a few years
ago it was quite the practice for
teen-agers to celebrate hallowe’en
by going on prowls, tearing down
fences, soaping windows and gen
erally causing much property
damage.
As a result of better coopera
tion between parents and others
in interesting youth along con
structive lines there is less of this
sort of thing today.
Destruction of property is al
ways unwise not only from the
property owner’s standpoint, but
even more unwise from the
youth’s standpoint. No good ever
comes from habits that are des
tructive.
The education of a child should
always be constructive beginning
at an early age. The psychology
behind this is excellent—the child
is given something to keep it
busy yet is taught to be con
structive at the same time. By
doing this you make the child
think. Patience and perseverence
are also needed. There is a peace
that comes with creative living
that cannot be reached through
aimless or destructive action.
Unless your child learns thru
constructive living to have a posi
tive and helpful attitude toward
life he will be greatly handi
capped as an adult.
Parents don’t let your child be
handicapped in this way.
Guest Column
Racial Equality
By Lynwood Parker
The Negro should seek immedi
ately racial equality, because his
only chance of obtaining it at all,
is now.
He is entitled to it for the sim
ple reason that there never was
and never will be any spiritual,
intellectual, or physical inequal
ity due to factor of race.
Any inequality, intellectually
in comparison to whites in any
given area is due to lack of edu
cational opportunity.
Thus, in seeking immediate ra
cial equality the Negro merely
seeks that to which he is entitled
as a child of God and a citizen of
the United States.
Racial equality is this nations
greatest social need. It must be
sought now, not gradually. If we
force 2d class citizenship on any
group of people, depriving them
of equal education and general
social, business and job oppor
tunity, we force downward the
basic income, thus forcing down
all income.
This call to life is for the union
of mankind. It is for a society in
which man shall wish for every
other man the same chance at the
good tilings of life , which he
would like his brother to have.
Gradualism is an absurdity. The
The opposition of those who don’t
want the Negro to be recognized
as a social equal, assures, unfor
tunately, that the recognition will
come gradually. Gradualism is a
device of those who either be
lieve in segregation or actually
thrive on it through their econo
mic explortations. In 1446 it was
time for the world to know that
the earth was round; in 1946 it is
time for the world to know that
mankind is free. The time to seek
a permanent FEPC law, is now;
the time to seek the abolition of
restrictive covenants, is now; the
time to love God and one another,
is now.
Court To Consider
Porter-Brakeman Suit
ST. LOUIS—(ANP)—The suit
to enjoin the Frisco railroad from
discharging more than 100 Negro
employes and replacing them
with white union workers was
taken under advisement here
last Tuesday by Judge Richard
M. Duncan of the U. S. district
court.
The action followed the com
pletion of a hearing which dis
closed that dismissal notices had
been sent to Negro employees,
who served as brakeman and
passenger car cleaners, after the
railroad had entered into an
agreement with the white Broth
erhood of Railway trainman to
provide all white crews on its
trains. A temporary restraining
order was secured by the porter
brakeman to block the dismissals.
Testimony by J. A. Rash of
Cleveland, deputy president of
the trainmen’s brotherhood, re
vealed the union has a provision
barring Negroes from member
ship. This provision is said to be
in force in all states where such
a rule is not prohibited by statute.
Cross-examination of Rash
brought the admission that he
did not know a single Negro
member in the brotherhood.
The porter-brakemen contend
that they are actually “second
class brakemen,’’ although classi
fied as porters. They are doing
the same work as white brake
men, but have in addition, the
duty of cleaning -cars.
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