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. Remember the children's
The little red hen, as we
avter who slaved, planting c<
and fowl laughed at her for
"When famine came along
j'You did not plant the corn,
ft ".all not eat the corn."
It is during times like the
planting corn by preparing
elections. Why wait until an
S'V Interested in voting?
' hear a lot of talk abo
(guralocal, state and national
radioing the talking are t.h
,/ fj*?rhe on election day enabl
his office hardly withoi
ajrf there are enough wise
gBjuates conscientiously wor
?.ve a good, croj) of govern
! birds who shrug of
j- buldn't (.'Xpert to eat the c
t'.'.e kind ol' government of
Politics and planting are
fa.nee. if dark Americans j
:\t j lay their part in the
can expect lo eat ?vn
i- t 11 very pleasant dish, to
Now; is the time for relig
i-eonle to the significance 01
Now is the time for civic
faring their members for c
?We believe the chureh-c
cur people vote-conscious.
how far should minister?
litically. Some clergymen in
the civic conscience of their
vies outside the realm of thi
We'd like to point out tha
nterest in politics and civi<
! ield long debates and discu
] We think ministers and c
|r>w Christ's example ? nol
followers into allegiance to
Educating them abooat the p<
tance of being wise birds a
- ip&ke America a more perfe
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LITTLE RED HEN j ~
tale about the little red hen?
recall, was an industrious char-1
un while the less' hipped animal
being such a square, 1 t
r. the hen had the last ''laugh. ; I i she'told
her laze friends. "You th"
i\g.
per
ise that Negro leaders should be 1 yeil
members of the race for future grc
election year to get the citizen- 'e(i
! foil
nit the "no good" men running 1011
governments. Most of the peo- ^
ig same persons who. will sit at.
ing the "no good" politician to Inci
it a struggle. 'fro1
i suci
birds who carefully select can- t.he
k and vote for them, we will exc,
mient ahead. _____ j;cn
f get-out-the-vote campaigns yea
orn ? to enjoy the privileges'of 11
which we approve. ? 1
j wor
not entirely the same. For in- pCM|
are not wise birds ? if they mo!
political scheme of the nation, qm*
ot corn. but crow ? Jim Crow. WOi
he sure. ;thc
ions leaders to awaken o u r ,1ho
[' the ballot. .
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and social groups to begin pre_ , 'j
oming elections. _ dt :
an play a vital role in making
M
tes; there are differiing opinions fV*"
? go in' educating their flock po- v it
i hoir tn utinmluto ...I I
followers. Others consider polL ar*r
2 church. , lar*
;??? 1 con1
,t Christ Himself took an active jeV(
: affairs. Even as a youth, He ver
ssions with the publicans. prnj
>ther Negro leaders should fol- my
t attempting to browbeat their C
any special party or person, but for*
owex* of the vote and the impor- indi
nd using their initiative to help es.
ct democracy. tha
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IN THIS OUR E
BY DR. C. A. CHICK. :
More About Taxes
f the Congress accepts the budget r
s\...i. .!.* FToral Oo\ci'iiment will
> next fiscal year. State and local gov
api.jroximat.ely ,S:>3.8 billion. Thus. t<
iditures are expected to exceed SI03
ir?or almost twenty,five cents out <
ss national product that must soonei
taxes from somebody. This mean
rth of one country's total output is
s levels of our governments,
loreover. government hudgot.!
ires do not tell the whole story 1 bx'jroing b
easing amounts of spending ! hilled Ky <*i
11 sooial sccnrit.v ;in<l hihpi- thinking; tli
h trust funds are now outside^1? *ax ''l
Imdjret. These are expected u>.^e''ovo t'i:i
eed $14 billion for the Federal''11^ tl,e
eminent alone this fisiiy]j.von^'m''' li
r. ?! jly and visi
x addition to the forejjoinjr. an !1~nU' taxes
ximately, T.L'dTnoo c i v i lia n V *a'es
kersr are on t^o payrolls of to
leral, state, and loial irdvoi n-' .to
its in the United States, or )n/"''den
in every nine in t.he nations lm'1*
k force. Ad 1 to the foreyoir.jr w.'K>n V"10-v
number of state puards and: vu'es>e
in the national firmed ser- For exa
s t^en the foregoing figures .think t.'iev
?nie v-r:ouiu.ing. [the tax hil
nr.? many who fee! that I 10 husines:
exnenuitures of our. \ rious ! mains t.hal
<-ttruants atrr?th o~~rnsu i; { tax-j ??ly peoph
t ' high ;r tV they ou:d he. dollar we >
eovor, t'n are j_any who1 senviees ah
\h it i / ; r ylrrr than Is ' j?'" is for
l for coam.y's present For a la
future, People with such be- ing of hov
ue~"that as long as such a what govet
jo share of the national in-; to go alon
ie is being spent?by?various of?goven
ds of Government it will he | would otlr
y difficult for either the gov- least flue.st
rnent or our competitive eeono- Again tl
to control inflation. ? T' lour Many,
>ne wonders in the light of the i spend soni
jgoing wy.h are many of us so , to assist t
fferent to the problem of tax-> menibershi]
This writer is of the opinion; problem of
t part of the answer to the j and. goveri
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(AY letter to the editor
SR. , The proposed rider to the civil
rights hill which would -permit the
several jurisdictions to enact right*
ecommemleil hv the to-work laws and thereby destroy
spend S<l-.8 billion the provisions of union shop legisernments
are spend- lation is an apt illustration of the
)tal government ox- f.u.t tj1ul t^e enemies of labor are
billion n the coming: essentially the enemies of colored
Ol each (lollai oi Americans,
r or later bceollects
that almost one* 11 should cause< tht?refore ht:le
befng speili_bv var- eye;?tl'aln for the reading put.he.
to gather that the political bloc]
which is pressing the investigat*
i that many people are 'ons the Senate Select ton'*
arren't tax methods into "httee on Improper Activities in.
A . i . tV?o M., ?* r:.i I
iU iney escape nrucn O! w,w .uuiiagemeiii r ic.u,
irden. Sueh individuals is not simply trying to destroy t'r.a
it their part in defray- unionization of labor but openly
tsts of government^ is seeks to kill any and all libel a*.
) what they pay direct- a,ui progressive legislation,
bly their personal in- This powerful bloc is supportel
, property taxes, and a by a group ef syndicated .writer*
taxes. What these poo- which expresses a stereo-type 1
realize is t.te vast ex-|Sympathy for big business and
hich governments rely nothing but an aggrevuted conindirect
taxes tWat ar-t tempt for the common man. It*
tout their . knowledge vicious attacks upon organized,
buy goods and sor- labor and corresponding attempts
to have congress deny democratic
mole, many individual* 'opportunities to colored American*
escape large shares of Ule Part a,ui parcel of Un organized
1 by shifting these on- pattern to keep America half slava
< But te hard fact re- an<1 half f,ee- ^ ,
in the final analysis, The right-to-work rider theta
iihv taxes. Pitf pvnint " .u ..i i ? ? -?-?-??? >
. . - - ? iuic Miouia put under a strong
tpend for goods a n <1 ligVit what is actually happening
out a third of .the dot-, to uolh white and colored Amenhidden
taxes. 'Cans. ck
of clear understand-j The gtory - ahould be extremely
v t io> .ire puj ing 01 portarit. to the colored American,
nmeats do, people tend plight has been chafed beb
wit un si an sizes |cauge of this hidden correlation of
iment?spending thev i ^r-??
economic and social progress,
erwise . oppose or at.
ion. John W. Nicholas
lis writer urges that Secretary-Treasurer,
-mny Organizations! The Washington Division e
time in' "endeavoring! - International
he masses of their! Brotherhood of Sleeping
[> in understanding tho| ^'ar P?l't?r3
taxes, who pays them 180Q Clifton Avenue *
mients expenditures. + ] Baltimore, Maryland i