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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-22
NcNutt Passes Buck to States
In Social Security DiScrimi-
nation practices in Sct-Up

New York, December ID
That Social Secuirty Adminstra-
tor Paul V. McNutt will leave
the matter of stoppinG diScriml-
natory practices governing the
employment of NEGROES in the
personnel administration of So
cial security benefits in the states
entirely UP to the state officials,
was indicated in IN exchange of
correspondence between McNutt
and the NAACP.
In q letter addressed to the Ad-
ministrator November p. the
Association sought TO have the
Social Security Board revise its
standards for q merit system
of personnel administration, by
insertion of a clause prohibiting
discrimination against any pers-
on on account of race o. color.
The Association contendcd
that rules adopted by The Board
November |, 1889, offer no pro
lection against the discrimina-
ton against employing Negroes
in the various state apencicS
set up to carry out the opera
tons of the Socia! Security act,
because the only grounds on
which discrimination is prohibit
ed are religious and political.
Passing tie buck to the states
McNut said in a reply sent to
the Association December 9th:
"Thc state are now H. the
process of formulating their
rules and REGULATIONS and you
may therefor wish to have
your local representatives. make
contacts wi b the appropriate
state official 49,.
Blasting away the ground
! from under NeNutCs statement,
the NAACP ID: .,
at is utcrr futile in most
instances for Negroes to make
any appeal to uublic officials and
state ciVi! .ice commission.
! in those states Of the deer
Cuth where majority Of Ne
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-22
eve Want Liberty and Free
dom" Says Georgian Who
Signed Anti-Lynching Petitn

New York, Dec. 1--we want
you all to look into everything
and get liberty and freedom for
us. All of us colored people are
praying to God that the anti
lynching bill will pass"
These were the poignant but
stirring words that came out Of
an obsucre Georgiar' town in a
letter received today by the
National Association for the Adj
vancemert of Colored People.
The letter contained and anti
lynching petition filled out COM
pletely with twenty-five sigma
lures. All of the signatures
showed a labored writing that
bespoke grimy toll, high courage
and real hope.
For obvious reasons the Asso-
citation did not make public the
author Of the letter or the name
of the town from which it was
received. The letter and the petit
ton came to the NAACP in re-
sporse to an appeal sent out last
week for the returning of all
anti-lynching petitions to the
Associations headquarters at
60 Fifth averue, New York be-
fore January !, the deadline set
for filing a complete list of the
returns. ......
Explaining why the petition
was not sent in sooner, the auth
or of the letter said:
"You all must excuse ne for
not writing before now. was
sick then, so | got down and
could rot go. But | give the petit
ton to some of my friends anc
they told me they sent them il
to you. SO now by the Lord,
help | am up and gott his blanl
+ ard send t to you"
The d g e p understanding 0
what is going on in the worI,
today is shown by this un'etfc"
ed NAACP worker in Georgia
! when he tells Of some of the pc
lens affecting colored people j
the South, and how they loo
out on the world scene today
The letter contiEues:
Listen, National Associatio
Of Colored People; the "Dlorc
people have rot got no libcrt
and no freedom down here List
e, the colored people have bee
to two wars and come back hocl,
and the white people kill an
treat us bad thar any nation j
| the world. 80. .
1--WE ought to have liberty q
well as any other nation in tn
world. We want colored gran
jury down here, colored officer
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-22
KEYSTONE News
Club Meets

The Builders club met Mon
day evening. December 18th. in
the home of Mrs. Norinc iIick-
man, with the president (Mrs.
llickmam presiding. Meeting
was opened by the singing of
wv h a u Friend We Have in
Jesus" led by Mrs Mary John
son. The scripture lesson was the
LIST Psalm, read by tn, presi-
dent. Prayer followed by the
Rev. l.. A. Watkins. Sorg: My
Faith Looks Up to Thee" lcd by
the president. The sick commit
tee reported the folloWur to be
i'll in the community: Mr.. Mat
tie Moss, Miss Lena Page in the
Stevens clinic, Mrs. Mary Jones
in the h o M Z of Mrs. Harriet
Johnson Mr.. George Reid at his
home. The president gave the
report from the musical The
amount raised was $3.50.
We had as cur ruc#, Mrs.
Helen Sca'cs of Winstol Salem,
N. {. Remarks by r.. l.. A.
Watkins after the business scs-
sion, Mrs, Hickman, a sisted by
Mrs. Mary JohnsoE served the
member of the club with refresh
mcntS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Perry, of
Landgraif, were visiting their
friends here Wednesday.
Mrs. Julia Coburn, of Peerless,
visited Mrs. Estella Warren
here Wednesday. :. ..
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-22
news BRIEFS
FROM WORTH

The young peoples choir
presented it's Christmas cantata
Sunday afternoon to very APP
preciative audience. Visitors
fro out of town were Mrs.
Fannie Atkins MIR. and Mrs. n.
b. Gardner of Elkhorn. Miss
indianapolis Fullcn, Miss Peatic
Brown and Prof. J. Carlos just
Gle, principal Of Northfork high
school.
Mr.. Harrison Toliver, an old
resident of Arlington, and a
World War veteran, died at the
home of Doc Williams at Crump
Ter Monday.
The building f u n d rally was
very successful Sunday at Cali
lee Baptist church. A report on
! the rally will be given the first
Sunday in January. !
Mrs. Beatrice Temple, pianist
for the choir, will leave Thurs
day to spend the Christmas holi-
days with her husband, Mr.. Ed
ward Temple.
The Sunday School will pres
ent the Christmas program and
tree Christmas night at the
church. go. 80.
Rev. Mckinley Raymore will!
deliver h e Christmas sermon
Sunday morning at IL o'clock.
All are invited.
Someone broke into the school
house Saturday night and took
the radio, victrola, and a Victor
record, valued at $500. A re-
ward Of ten dollars is offered to
anyone furnishing information
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-22

The fourth grade will present
an operetta at the Christmas
program of the school Thurs
day afternoon. Mr.. Gardner is
i'll charge. All parents and
friends are invited. The school
extends greetings to all of its
patrons and friends.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-22

causing the arrest and conviction
of the thief 49,.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Perry, of
LandRraT, were visiting their
friends here Wednesday.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-22

Mrs. Julia Coburn, of Peerless,
visited Mrs. Estella Warren
here Wednesday. :. -.
Evening star., 1939-11-02

War has brought q sharp revival
in Belgium's textile industry.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
TwizzIer Answer
By FRED NEHER

The delica lessen owner had seven
blueberry pies.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
A ResourcefuI Bid

n NeSOuTCeIUI DIO
Reginald c. Fincke of New York
recently made one of the finest bids
we have ever seen to cover most
extra ordinary bidding situation.
South, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
Mr.. Fincke.
AJs74
= A K J9 963
+ 1912
KQJ1o AZ
965 N v652
vs. WE = Q1O854 4
- s %Q5 43
A. A8732
vKQ1 10s
-
%A78
The bidding:
South West North East
IA "A 5A Pass
6v Pass Pass Pass
Following the opening spade bid,
West decided to make a most un-
usual bid and pre-empt suit bid by
his opponent. His bid certainly left
Mr.. Fincke on the spot. OF course,
he could double four spades an set
it, but on the other hand it looked
as If his side could make slam in
the right suit: How to get to this
suit was the problem, ano hence the
brilliant bid of five spades. If South
had bid six clubs, Mr.. Fincke, Of
course, intended to bid six diamonds.
But the six-heart response was just
what he wanted.
Seven was made as follows: The
king of spades was opened. Declarer
won with the ace, discarding a low
club from dummy, played the deuce
of diamonds and won with Cummy's
ace. He trumped diamond with
the queen of hearts, led the king OF
hearts. overtaking with dummy s
ace, trumped another diamond,
played the ace and another club,
trumping with the four-spot;
trumped third diamond, got back
to dummy by ruff1ng another club
and then the rest of the cards in
dummy were good.
X X X 4
Yesterday you were David Bruce
Burnstones partner. Neither side
was vulnerable and you held:
A974
VA 652
<873
ASA
The bidding:
Burnstone Jacoby You Maier
- Pass CD
Answer: Your correct bid is to
pass. The one trick you have, plus
your partners opening bid, should
prove sufficient defense against op-
ponents' possible game contract and
anyway if they have game a bid
will not stop them. II you do bid
you are likely to get into trouble.
Score 100 per cent for a pass, 20
per cent for one heart or one no.
trump.
Question No. $50.
You are Oswald Jacoby's partner.
Both sides are vulnerable and you
hold:
4 80
vA32
<A54
&87
The bidding:
Schenken You Maier Jacoby
Pass ca
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The Four Aces will be pleased to
answer letters from readers if . stamped
Evening star., 1939-11-02
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Most countries in Europe have
short, simple names. We may give
as examples: France. Spain. Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark and Hol-
land.
Among the longer names Is one
which belongs to a country on the
Adriatic Sea. 1t faces toward italy
and is known as YugoslaWa. The
name means Land Of the South
Slavs."
Yugoslavia has about twice as
many people as the State of Ohio.
1t Is 21s times as large as Ohio.
II you visited a village in Yueo-
slavia you might see farmer who
had come to town on foot, carrying
q live sheep on his shoulders. He
would be on his way to market, per-
haps having walked miles with his
burden.
The nation has few large cities.
Belgrade, the capital, has a popula-
ton of 250,000. It contains wide
Utreets and well-built homes. There
art automobiles and trolley cars on
the streets and many Of the homes
have electric lights.
In general. however, Yugoslavis
IL behind the times" Life goes
along slowly outside the large cities.
There are two-wheeled oxcarts
Evening star., 1939-11-02

(3-cenO seli-addressed envelope is in
closed with each communication ad-
Evening Star
y. II you desire the pocket outline of
the Four Aces system of contract brideg
Aces. care Of The Evenins Star oI
stamped t3-cent). self-ad addressed large
size envelope and you will received an
outline without any charge.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Contract
STAYING IN BED
BY THE FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstone. Merwin,
D. Maier, Oswald Jscoby, Howard
four inventors OF the system that has
beaten every other system in existence.)
Evening star., 1939-11-02
-YuqosIuvs on Farms

also are valleys with good soil for
farming.
About four out Of five people in
Yugoslavia live on farms. They
raise crops Of wheat, rye, potatoes
and flax. Sheep, goats and cattle
Craze on the rich pasture lands.
Yugoslavia is made up Of several
little countries which were put to-
gether after the World War. It is
= kingdom and the present ruler is
16-year-old boy, King Peter. He
was proclaimed king when only II
years of age.
Serbia is one Of the small coun.
tries which Joined to make Yugo-
slavia. The world knows Serbia Is
the first country to be invaded In
the World War which broke out in
1914.
Cor history or travel section Of your
II you want free copy Of the
illustrated leanet, "Y0ur Body at
Work" send me Scent samped
return envelope, In care Of The Eve
ming Star.
1~eA Rad
Tomorrotp-Modern Greece,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-16
thoughts for ths DsY
MEMBER
DEVOTlNG ATTENTION
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

Perhaps it was out of humanitarian mo-
tives that senator's, congressman and IN
fluential citizens intervened with Gov.
Culbert L. Olson this week to prevent
extraditon to Arkansas of two convict
ed murderers wanted for violation OF
their parole. We know nothing of the cir
cumstances surrounding the case, eX-
cept that the pair declared they killed
while under the influence of liquor and
engaged in robbery, and were really not
murderers, but only accessories.
The interesting fact is that bevy of
influential citizens from both Arkansas
and California used their Influence with
Gov Olson to prevent eXtradition of the
two to the state in which their original
crime was committed. Conduct of the
pair may have justified such interven-
ton. Only those acquainted with them
can know.
1t would be interesting to know how
many of these influential citizens use
their influence, however, to help other
young men who have not committed muir
der, or some other crime. An observer
can feel justified in wondering how
many of them help prevent crime by
discouraging those who might commit it.
1t is a lamentable human trait that
many of us never notice how hungry
stray dog is until he gets shot raiding
someone's chicken pen-and then were
sorry for him because he got shot, not
because he was hungry. Unfortunately
we carry the same trait into our dealings
with our fellow men. We're sorry for a
lot of criminals after they're caught
in crime-but we pay no attention to
their well being before the crime
1t seems logical that influential peo-
pie could obtain greater comparable
return on their expenditure of effort by
seeking a means to prevent crime, rath-
er than by obtaining extreme leniency
for the criminal after his lawless act
has been committed.
Crime is not like sickness. Once it is
an established fact, it cannot be cured.
But it can be prevented, and effort in
that direction is of much more worth to
the world than any amount of sobbing
over the plight of person who has
brought retribution on himself
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-16
Willis Thornton's Editorial Or.
MiIitarization of CCC Bobs Up Again

enough to count in the federal
budget can come only from ellml-
nation and curtailment of certain
types of activities, a step whlch
involves large issues of public poll
cy," it insists. =,
Does the Department of Agri-
culture cost too much? Ihen saw
ings must come, not from making
each employe use old report sheets
for scratch-paper, but from eilmn-
ating entirely whole departments
and services as either unnecessary
or overlapping other services.
Does the Interior Department
cost too much? Then savings must
be made by discontinuing whole
divisions, say the division of Tor
ests, or the office of education, or
the petroleum conservation COM
mission, letting their whole func-
tions go by the boards.
Even the most careful elimina-
ton of duplicated effort can not
do much to reduce expenses. 1t
should be done, but it will not
solve the problem.
The central problem, as the in
stitution makes clear, involves
large issues Of public policies" Only
those who are prepared to face
reduced service from the federal
government can with a clear con-
sistency advocate the pleasant
theme of economy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-16

WASHINGTON. - Back of this
new movement for getting surplus
farm commodities onto the dinner
tables of relief families there is a
rather surprising swing to thearight
on the part of the Department of
Agriculture.
The new plan - which would
channel surplus commodity expen-
ditures to the farmer by way of
the corner grocery store, and would
drop both direct purchase and
price fixing schemeS-is what is
left of the famous "two-price syS-
TEN" which Secretary Henry Wal
lace brought up for discussion last
fall.
No final plans have been settled
upon yet, but within week or so
it is expected that program will
be agreed upon. The idea that is
receiving the most thought now,
and that is being discussed with
key business groups, would work
as follows:
Tickets or certificates of one
kind or another-good, probably,
for about half what relief family
spends for food during an ordi-
nary month.-would be issued. Such
tickets could be spent" at any
grocery store, at face value. for
such foodstuffs as the department
of agriculture designates as sur
plus commodities.
These commodities would vary
from month to month, possibly
even from week to week. The list
would include such things as fruits,
vegetables, dairy productS-poSSi-
bly, poultry products and certain
kinds of meats. The grocer could
turn the tickets in at some gov
ernment office - possibly at the
postoffice-and get cash for them.
Tickets would supplement the
allowances ordinarily received by
relief families. A family getting
$50 a month in relief money, for
instance, would still get the $50 a
month. Assuming that it had been
spending SIC a month for food, it
would simply get an extra So worth
of these tickets.
And the idea behind all of this
is the idea that was in Secretary
Wallace's mind last fall when he
started talking about his two
price system. The idea: that the
lowest income groups in America
are unable to buy the foods that
would give them balanced diet,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-16
THIRTY DAYS
PAYS FOR A LIFE
lMafYVIIle AUueaEnemaeTafl

MARY sNlIle Apuea#-Iae IaeuIaEfail
the Horton machine 'asf Nea Years eve.
saving is naf suffIsIeuf r. curb ne rc-
mark that sauce laF fhr aaHdfr Il some
times something elsa again lar che anose
This was aftested II an Amador county
superior courtroom lasf week when
Judge Anthony Camnytf sentenced %
year-old Ruby Horton to - days II the
county jail
This extraordinary penalty followed
the young womaus plea # guilty to
charges of negligent homicide. involving
drunken driving and a hif-ruu ease. ln
the background loomed ,he grave af ID.
Perez. a pedestrian who Was killed by
the Horton machine last New Years eve
After fatally injuring Perez. Miss Hor-
ton drove on. only 10 crash into another
car and. finally. TO be stopped and found
to be intoxicated Thirty days IN the
county Jail is the penalty.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-16

aecl.uflon in The English language
This i how 10 came TO be written,
william Ernest Henley had lost a
icg and then. q few months later,
a. DO matters were not bad enough,
he got a most dangerous infection
Iu his other foot.
The doctors examined him. shook
their heads. The foot must come
off Tie WIS taken TO the Old In
armary IN Edinburgh.
Henley sent a friend to see the
great English surgeon. Joseph Lis
ter lin whose honor LiSterine was
namedl Lister examined the in
famed foot and asked Henley If
he had the courage to stand an
other treatment. and to chance
death. And the little group around
the bee knew how desperate that
chance was
Henley told them to 90 ahead
While waiting for the treatment
not knowing whether ne would live
or die. he wrote "Invictus,' Latin
word for "unconquered."
He was in the hospital for twen-
ty months And he was captain> of
his soul for he not only lived. but
his leg was saved.
Here Is the entire poem. in case
YOU may not conveniently find it:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to
pole.
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
have not WINGED nor cried
aloud
Under the bludgeoningS of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and
tears
Looms but the Horror of the
shade.
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments
the scroll,
A an tAAt AAAooNNA vi my lobCs
I am the captain of my soul.
When I was very young, 1
thought that if I trained myself to
do right, I'd be all set when | grew
up; l believed I'd have nothing to
fight later. But I know now that
We all have TO watch ourselves con-
tinuouSly
Charles NJ. Schwab told me that
one night during the war he was
having conference with Lord Kit
chener. Kitchener was called on
the telephone by one of the gen.
erals IN France. Something had
gone wrong Kitchener became agi-
tated and lost his temper. After the
conversation. Kitchener turned to
Schwab and said. II am ashamed
of myself That general was over
on the firing line. I could hear
the guns as I talked with him, yet
ht kept calm and collected while
/ lost my temper I'll do better next
time"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-16
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

and that actual or potential sur
pluses of those foods nevertheless
exist on the American market.
In some cases, these foods ripeh
simply to rot. Prices in many IN
stances drop so low that the far
mer finds it isn't worth his while
to pick and ship his produce. In
other cases, he refrainS from grow
ing foodStuffs which millions Oh
Americans need, but can't buy.
Secretary Wallace suggested that,
if the buying power of the rellef
group could be built up, two birds
would be killed with one stone,
The needy would get the sort OF
food they ought to have, and the
farmers market would be vastly
expanded.
The important thing about this
plan is that the handling of sur
pluses would be taken care of by
the country's regular commercial
distributive system, from the
wholesaler down TO the corner
grocery store. The government
would not do any buying, it would
not license any dealers, it would
not fix any prices. 1t would sim
ply funnel buying power into local
communities.
A start will be made on a purely
experimental basis. probably in
half a dozen carefully chosen cities
Unless and until the program
proves a success, no change will
be made in the present activities
of the Surplus Commodities Cor
poration.
But the potentialities of the idea
are vast. Already, for instance,
some department experts are try
ing to figure if the idea could not
some day be expanded to include
such commodities as cotton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-16
DIES STAFF UNDER
ABLE LEADER
(San Francisco Examiner)

(San Francisco Examiner
First indication of the new scope of
the Dies committees investigation of un-
American activities is an announcement
of its plans for assembling evidence.
Under Rhea Whitley. former top-rank-
ing agent of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation. at least nine secret investi-
gators will gather evidence in all parts
of the nation and prepare for its presen-
tation at public hearings.
The selection of Mr.. Whitley assures
in advance the thoroughness which is
essential to a complete unmasking of
SubverSion.
One of the best of the G-men, and a
lawyer himself, Mr.. Whitley is i'm a posi-
ton to command the same public con-
fidence and respect for the Dies COM
mittees investigative staff which the
Federal Bureau of Investigation has long
enjoyed.
The severest handicap of the Dies COM
mittee previously was its inability with
in its appropriation to maintain suffi-
cent staff of competent investigators.
Lacking such a staff of its own, it was
further obstructed by the refusal of 9TH
er government departments to lend in
vestigators, as the congress had specifi-
cally requested them to do.
1t was this very reluctance to help,
thus actual and active opposition to the
Dies committee within the government,
which caused the country at large to
demand that the committee be made an
effective investigating body, indepen-
dent of those influential individuals and
organization able and anxious to OBJ
struct it.
Previously the. Dies committee was
only able to scratch the surface of sub
versive activities, and those whose OK
was gored were able to divert attention
by alleging many other oxen were still
ungored.
Now, however, the Dies committee
will be able to get under the surface of
subversive activities, and there will be
no comfort for the gored OK of one sub
versive group in the same plight of all
other subversive groups.