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Evening star., 1940-03-06
Retaliation Later

The Italians reported persuade British
export blockade in their
csions at later date asking with
diplomacy possible what will months
Gen Weygand begins the
Mediterranean under as control? Would that bring
what unpleasant situation the allies? After ALL
be ruined economically by stopping of
italy the Italian need
needs food might interpret Btains action
Germany Italian diplomats popular
feeling might aroused against the allies
iaton might be order Italian public
OF the British and the French taking
this public opinion stuff which being brought frequently
Italian foreign oce But they between the lines
opinion just veled threat from Duce who wants Britain
that ayS beligerent
might change the time italian
In Germany control the
whole of the Rhine
mission will amount than what officially
investigation information
that the allies will win the the Fuehrer that victory will
the Reich.
-Four Possibilities
In the Weles undead mission explore
Tor peace failure the French see four possibilities for this spring
Cd The German general staff might obtain
from the nutra by exercising them This would enable
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SeorchIieht
On F. B. |.
Beneficial
General Intelligence
Division Chief
Torqet Of Critics
BY CHARLES G. ROSS.

By CHAkLES G. ROSS.
There's a fine row brewing over
the activities of J. Edgar Hoover,
the much-publicized director Of the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation,
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Mixing Motive

Renewing these obviously the motive of
Wees mission The President hoped the Of Weles in
there
a report thinking
Berlin Dispatches the
contradictory and with those from Rome and Berlin
based the fsthand evidence Wees able obtain
Wes talks with all the unpleasant OF
those talks sufficiently justified his expedition
Among all the different motives for sending Wees others have
been compelling
discretion and further than
deal favorable Wees
in effect IF people in Europe will get together
political differences the United States will join the parallel
settlement disarmament which essential world
o
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THIS YEAR The Mutual Life Insurance Com.
L pany of New York celebrates its 9th Anniver-
say. The first policy in this long established Company
issued February l, 1s43.
Admitted assets on December 81, 1899 were
$1,444 increase of $45 O4O 12o over 1893.
New insurance for the year was $2O1,732,621 and
the total insurance in force at the end of 1899 was
$3,74o73f,4o7. Payments in 1889 to Policyholders
and their Benefcares under their contracts amounted
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necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
stars e0ort to gtve all sides questions
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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The Capital Parade
Roosevets Message to II Duce Only an Introduction,
But Its Disclosure Held Sign WeIIes Got Brush or

By JOSEPH ALSOP ROBERT
but suggestive European
the delivered
the In secret but its existence
disclosed by the Italian foreign office This incident like Musson
refusal to his excellent English talking We
the Presidents emisary got the brush of in Rome.
Being intended only
entirely nnocuos passing
made by the President But this reference
Evening star., 1940-03-06
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Washington was host this week
to Carey McWilliams, commissioner
OF housing and immigration for CAL
ifornia. A mild-mannered, soft
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last April, were exceedingly impor-
tant.
II PROPOSE" wrote the President
at that time, that If assurance
against aggression) is given, two es-
sential problems shall promptly be
discussed In those discussions the
Government Of the United States
will gladly take part.
''The discussions I have in mind
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great Southwest Frederic william VILE.
ern Dust Bowl-The Joads," i'm
mortalized in John Steinbeck's '"The
Grapes of Wrath" There are some
$4,000 Of them in California now.
They've been arriving since 1884 at
the rate of about $4,000 a year.
With the imminence of spring in
California, the annual exodus of
the "Oakies" and "Arkies" II mi
grants from Oklahoma and Arkan-
sas-is now on. McWilliams' hercu-
lean task is to take care of the
mounting flow of these out-of- luck
newcomers. who seek but will not
find a land of milk and honey in
the Golden State. Faced by its ag-
gravated problem. California is ap-
pealing to the Federal Government
for help. Conviction is universal
that the State cannot handle the
job alone.
x** *k
Root Of the Evil.
Speaking here for the Washington
Committee to Aid Agricultural
Workers, Mr.. McWilliams dealt
realistically with the situation. Late
reports indicate that the Okies and
Arkies. now piling into the San
Joaquin Valley in archaic jalopies,
are headed for cruel disillusionment.
Dreams of work and plenty are
destined to be blasted. McWilliams
calls the root cause of CALIFORNIA; S
almost unique agricultural condi-
tions the in6ustrialization of farm
ing. Soll-tilling out there, he says,
Is a business" as distinguished
from "a mode of living in the East
He is himself author of a book,
Factories in the Field" which sets
forth that some 5000 farms of vast
acreage constitute the California
"industrialized" agricultural area.
These lands long since passed out
of the possession of individual farm
ers and are today for the most part
owned and operated by absentee
bankers and other economic royal
lists who practically dominate the
rural economy of the State. 1t is
these gold-plated farmers" who
are banded into the all-powerful
organization called the Associated
Farmers" which the La Toilette
Committee has recently investi-
gated.
Next Big Political Issue.
The housing and immigration
1YvniccinYaAr cfofnC 1l1,
that the migrant problem is a major
political issue In California, evidently
having superseded the crackpot
ham n eggs" plan, and that the
next gubernatorial election will be
fought on it. Cahfornia's official
efforts to meet the emergency have
been series of tragic ineffectualities.
The legislature recently refused to
pass bills providing for State Hous-
ing Authority, including 5000 private
labor camps in regions where unem-
ployment, is greatest, for Labor
Standards Board to hold strike-pre-
vention hearings. and for the deputi-
zation and liability of sheriffs to en-
force law and order. Eastern OBJ
servers now in the San Joaquin
Valley find that one of the battling
aspects of the migratory labor mess
Is that nobody seems to know exactly
how many "Joads" there are. The
1910 census is expected to clear that
up. That the total is steadily ap-
preaching half a million is un-
doubted. Living conditions in many
migrant communities are fully as
sQualid as depicted in Steinbeck's
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through which the the obtain relief
crushing
the United States would looking
nation be enabled to sell equal terms the world
well
of peaceful economic life"
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-Four Possibilities

Reich to get considerable stocks OF
raw materials and continue the
policy of war attrition against the
allies-fully confident that the latter
cannot break through the Siegfried
line.
(2) In the event the neutrals
offer a stubborn resistance to in
creasing German pressure, some of
these smaller states would become
the victims of the Reich. This would
jeopardiZe the chances of the Reich
The guardian., 1940-11-16
WINGS OVER
JORDAN

Wings Over Jordan, the greatest
and most popular radio attraction in
America, is scheduled for presentation
here hg1 on Thursday evening, Dec. 12, at
Mechanics Building, Iii Huntington
Ave, Boston. In their first appearance
here last year they packed Symphony
Hall before 5000 people who paid the
regular Symphony Hall concert prices
admission.
For their return engagement on
Dec. II the officers of Union Baptist
Church, Boston, are announcing
more popular admission price. Tickets
will be $1.00 with limited number of
fifty cent tickets. There will also be
a few special platform seats for
patrons at S1.50.
Since the Boston concert of "Wings
Over Jordan, they have distinguished
themselves in the west as we'll as the
south by giving two concerts in one
evening in the same hall, in the same
The guardian., 1940-11-16

Hello folks two major avents
nave occurred this month in staid old
Boston toWne which take on all the
aspects OF an omen for better things
10 come first the amazing Massa-
chusetts election returns which returned
rankin D. Roosevelt for the presi-
dency and greatly pleased the Demo
Gratis while the triumph of Leverett A.
SaltonstalPs reelection to the guber-
Material throne which gave reason for
the Republicans to sing in the streets
topping all this however, has been
John Robert Sawyer's blitzkrieg of
Boston during the past fortnight which
has ecllpsed all records of welcome TO
a faVol1te son returning home . if
was IN the roaring twenties" during
that period marked by prohibition and
Popularly known as "the jazz age" that
Bobby Sawyer blazed his escutcheon on
the gold coast from the bastions of
Beacon Hill to the purlieus of Provi-
dence . armed with academic and
musical prize honors from Boston
Public Latin School, our hero assailed
the heights Of Howard University and
graduated magma cum laude down
the years he won his spurs the hard
way bringing to the public the finest
IN entertainment from both New York
and Boston until the name of "Bobbv
Sawyer and his Orchestra" was a magic
word to the turkey trot and tango
artists of that era e.. during this for
native period his brilliant aggregation
of top flight jazz musicians was COM
prlsed of colored instrumentalists who
have since become famous as leading
exponents Of "swing" and "Dixieland"
=. then he stepped up into the promo
tional niche of the profession booking
the outstanding orchestras and vaude-
vile attractions for bathrooms, theatres
and benefits throughout the East in
cluding the famous bands of Fletcher
Henderson, Fess Williams, Kaiser
Marshall, Jackie Jackson, George
Tynes, McKinney's Cotton Pickers,
James Reese Europe, Louis Armstrong,
Don Redman, Ted Lewis, Duke ElIing-
ton, Cab Galloway, the Cliff Club,
Chick Webb and Noble Sissle . it was
here in Boston that he met and married
the beautiful musical comedy star,
Elizabeth Boyer, whose talented sing
ing and dancing were the features of
such celebrated productions as "Shuffle
Along" Running Wild" "Hot Choco-
lates," "BIackbirds," and many others
her beauty adorned the covers of
The guardian., 1940-11-16

together, for moral and spiritual i'm
proVement, equal to those enjoyed by
others.
"a large, commodious and we'll
appointed church, in pulpit, choir and
architecture, is attractive to the
people who assemble, and commands
respect from the outside world. The
African Methodist Episcopal Church
(the name by the way is altogether
too long and stilted for my taste) is
such a church, and therefore, l want
to see it flourish
Il notice what you say of the Bible,
but | have neither time nor inclination
to go into questions in respect of its
plenary or other inspiration; for if it
contains the will of God to man, it is
vastly more important to know what
will is, than to know precisely how
that will is, than to know precisely
how that will has been communicated
whether by man or by angels, by
voices in the air, or by the out breath
ings and higher aspirations of the
human soul. For, if the Bible contains
the will of God to man, it contains it
in that sense in which God meant it to
be understood, and in no other; for it
would be absurd and monstrous to
suppose an all-wise God to reveal His
will and His law in a sense in which He
did not mean to be understood Hence.
as practical man, l hold it to be
much more important to know what
the Bible really means, than to know
how it was composed, and what degree
of inspiration we shall accord to it.
And here we are met by confusion of
tongues, and by endless contradictions,
each man and sect drawing from it
that meaning which commends itself
to his or her judgment, and a purely
human judgment withal. Whether this
Interpretation be for peace or for war,
for love or for hate, for charity or for
bigotry, for men of all races and
cOlors at the same communion table,
or whether it excludes a part and
sends it off to little kind of kitchen
communion table by itself, like your
church-whether the Christian religion
is for one race, or for all races;
whether free salvation or predestina-
tion, is the true meaning of the Bible;
whether the Roman Catholic Church is
the true Church, or the innumerable
Protestant sects, constitute the true
Church. About these and other end
less contradictions 1 might write inter-
minably, but lay them aside in that
spirit of charity which leaves each to
stand or fall to his own master, and
justify myself in contributing my mite
to the support of your church and the
other individual churches, because,
upon the whole, think they contri-
butte to the improvement and moral
elevation of those no come within the
reach of their influence; because / hold
that the pulpit is capable of being a
powerful agent in the dissemination of
truth, and l hold that truth is the
power of God for the salvation of the
world, and / do not limit truth to
mere spiritual matters, but to man in
all his relations in the family, in the
church, in the government, in the
world.
every truly yours,
FREDERICK DOUGLASS"
The guardian., 1940-11-16

, Anacostia, D. c., July 81, 1886.
'Rev. T., G.. Steward,
Dear Sir: In response to vour re-
spected letter of yesterday, l have to
say, without circumlocution or con-
cealment, that l care less for names.
hard or soft than for things; less for
forms than for substance; less for pro-
fessions than for practice; less for
sectarian creeds than for manly char
acter: | have frequently heard myself
called, in anything but an amiable
spirit, lntidel, atheist, and disorgani-
ger, by ignorant men, inside and out
side the pulpit, who really did not
know the significance of the epithets
they applied to me, and vet | have
never heard. such men quote one SEN
tence or syllable from any writings in
proof of the justice of charges so
noisily made.
Il do not wonder, therefore, in view
of the frequency of such utterances,
you should be surprised to find me a
regular reader of your church organ.
a supporter of your church over which
you preside. Ny line of conduct in
this matter is not determined by nv
approval of the theological dogmas
often promulgated from the pulpit
In respect to many of those dogmas I
should, perhaps, differ very widely
from yourself and others, while I vet
find ground entirely satisfactory to
my judgment and conscience for con-
tributing my mite to the treasury of
your church, and that of others.
You, yourself, in asking for contri-
buttons last Sunday stated in theo-
logical form the philosophical ground
upon which, in this respect, l justify
my conduct. You called upon us to
give for the glory of God and for the
good of man: and in giving, did both.
AS to my infdelity, so-called, it has
never denied any attribute of the
Deity. To me, God is good! God is
light! God is truth! God is love! and
to glorify God is to lead a life in har
mony with these attributes. In this
respect man is related to his Creator
as the watch to it's maker. A watch
glorifies its maker when it answers the
end OF its manufacture, which is to
keep good time-always to be true,
and never false in its measurement of
time. AS God is true, would have
man true! AS God is holy, l would
have man holy! AS God is pure. I
would have man pure. An unclean man
in body or mind does not glorify his
Maker. He may sing praises to the
Lord and call himself Christian, but
he brings no glory to the Lord, no
good to his fellow man. Christianity
is nothing to me, except as it stands
as the representative of the sigh of
the soul for noble life; for herein is
the true glory Of God.
"Now looking at the church, apart
from what is purely theological and
abstract, l see in it a means of pro-
noting honorable character and con-
duct; and, as I have said, for this
reason, l contribute my mite towards
its support.
"I have still another reason for this
action, though not one of equal weight
with that already given. 1t is because
l would have colored people enjoy ad-
vantages for assembling themselves
The guardian., 1940-11-16
THE SOUTHERNAIRES

terpreters of other kinds of vocal
music, presenting classics and ballads
as effectively as they do songs Of their
own race.
First winning widespread popular
ity through their broadcasts over the
networks Of the National Broadcast
ing Company, the Southernaires fin
ally responded to urgent demands that
they make personal appearances on
the concert stage Here their success
has matched that which they won on
the radio.
Their personnel includes William
Edmonson, basso, Homer Smith, tenor,
Jay Stone Toney, baritone, Lowell
Peters, tenor and Spencer Odom, ac-
companist and arranger.
The Southernaires come to Boston
under the auspices of Western Avenue
Baptist Church Cambridge, Rev. j. R.
Posey, pastor. The committee working
for the success of the presentation in
cludes: Fl. Smith, T. Poindexter, Mes
danes J. Brewington, B. Pearson, A.
Gilbert, A. j. McPhail, +. Woodley, B.
Nunley and others.
The guardian., 1940-11-16
MASSACRE DAY BILL
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
In the Year One Thousand Hundred and Thirty
Act relative Observance of the Anniversary of the Boston
Deaths Cspus Aucks Samuel Maverick
James Caldwell Samuel Gray and Patrick Carr
Be it enacted by the Representatives General
Court assembled authority of the foLows
Capter six hereby amended by inserting after
on twelve c. inserted by chapter ftytree of the
of the current year, the following sectlon:-
Section governor shall annually proclamation calling for
the the Boston Massacre
wherein Cspus Atucks of African descent and Samuel
CALDWELL Samuel Gray and Patrick Carr met heroic deaths
as the martyrs the of American independence
The guardian., 1940-11-16
SOUTHERNAIRES
In HUB CONCERT

When the Southernaires come to this
city on Thursday evening, Nov. 81 at
Symphony Hall, local concert-goers
will be privileged to hear a group that
is ranked among the greatest vocal en-
sembles heard today over the radio or
on the concert stage.
As their name implies these colored
singers are true sons of the South,
singing the melodies of their native
soil with an artistry that has seldom
been equalled.
With nearly two thousand songs in
their repertoire their programs are full
of variety. Their repertoire covers
three centuries of Race music-includ-
ing African chants, spirituals, slave
songs, popular Race songs of contem-
porary time. They are also able in
The guardian., 1940-11-16
LET'S GOSSIP
WITH
SCOOP" JONES
WITH

this apartment located next to the ad-
ministration building was furnished bv
the Robert Gould Shaw House with old
furniture re-modeled in their effort to
show what could be done at very little
cost to have a real smart looking and
comfortable home Mrs. Morris
Taylor, a genius in home FURNISHING
arts was on hand to explain to tbe
public just how one could remodel old
furniture and so arrange to meet the
approving eye of any good housekeeper
for some of the furniture tbe
charming Mrs Taylor remodeled Won
perhaps would have called in a iunk
dealer and called yourself lucky if bn
gave you a few cents for it but with
a little smart thinking, a hammer. q
saw, few nails and a needle and
thread what beautiful job one could
do with most any old fashioned piece
OF furniture, as proven by Mrs. TAYLOR
the apartment really amazed the
visitors whose eyes gazed from room
to room admiring everything that was
set-up IN perfect color harmony as well
as position e.. David Lane, the mana
ger, and Victor Bynoe, his able assist
ant, and Morris Taylor also were on
hand explaining every housing detail
a.. it was very timely and thoughtful
for the gentlemen to take such an infer
est In our moves for better living con-
dltlons especially Mrs. Taylor who has
more than proven herself the Shaw
House First Lady working side bv side
with her popular husband visit this
furnished three-room apartment which
will without a doubt offer Won MANY
household suggestions.
MARGUERITE TOY BAILEY
receives big bouquet from all who
attended a reception in honor of EDGAR
r Benjamin the donor of Resthayen
held at the house Monday Mrs
BAILEY has been appreciated in the past
few years as one who sponsored events
OF the humanitarian nature more
events should be brought forth honor
ing those of our race who have given
their life's work in promotion of kind
nesSes to make this a happier and more
progressive Boston CongratuIa-
tions, Mrs. Bailey.
THINGS AROUND Harvey
Yates, special officer in Beantown, GER
talnly takes good care of the old mi
form form whenever Harvey has to put
1t on it doesn't bother him, and believe
1t or not his suit is just like new
although he has had it for a few wears
Harvey admits that moth balls plav
the most important part after
twenty-five years of active service in
the department Harvey is considering
Pensloning off e. but can you imagine
SPECIAL officer Harvey Yates who has
a chest expansion that any athlete
would be proud of relaxed in an easv
chair, with pipe in one hand and a
book IN the other? No, you can't and
neither can he, Harvey Yates will be
chasing crime until they throw him off
the force because of old age Harvey
is good copper. See you around
as ever. S. j.
The guardian., 1940-11-16

BELATED THANKS TO BOS-
TON POLICE-During the Presiden-
tial election we were so wound up in
politics that we forgot to thank Police
Commissioner Joseph F. Timilty for
one of the best Hallowe'ens the children
and adults have enjoyed . every dis
trict and every neighborhood had some
Halloween Party for the children
where the police took over the jobs as
hosts . the enjoyment for the adults
came in because Of the fact they were
not disturbed the children were
too occupied with a real party to get
themselves into any outside mischievous
set-ups such as ringing doorbells, etc
49,. Of course, even the police are not
miracle men; some children did do a
little damage, but in a city-wide survey
it was hardly noticeable . thanks
again to the Commissioner and his men
for the thousands of gallons of ice
cream, bottles of tonic, uncounted thou
sands Of lollipOps, tons of peanuts,
doughnuts, candy and movies which
the children enjoyed to the very end:
SCOOPEROO - John H. Louden
Esquire, handsome and popular Boston
Attorney, will be appointed Asst. Cor
poration Council by Maurice J. Tobin
on or about Jan. l .. Atty Louden,
good lawyer and a regular fellow,
viii be the first colored man to be so
honored since the Hon. James NJ.
Nurley left the City Hall for the State
House. 1t is also rumored that his
Honor Maurice 7. is considering ap-
pointing colOred man on his secre-
rariaI staff . if so, history will have
been established in that move for no
colOred man as yet has been so officially
honored g.. breezing about City Hall
we wonder if the faithful hardworking
Ward 4, leader, Oswald Thomas who
worked his way to the top in politics
the hard way will be that secretary?
POLITICAL JOE SAYS - This
past election brought some very fine
points to the boys and girls aspiring to
some political Office . look how close
the GoyemOrship contest ran you
know there are quite few thousand
registered colored voters in Boston and
massachusetts, who could swing a party
IN or out at their will =. so you bows
and girls who are in office or who have
just been elected to office remember this
past contest when you start handing
ont "plums" -. don't forget that hard
working sincere colored man or woman
who went to the front for you we
have colored men and women to take
over any job you desire to pass out,
from a judgeship down to the mop and
pail =. the colored voters of Massa-
rhusetts have organized and their vote
alone can settle any state or city cleo
uon -. we are not asking you to do
any favOrs for the colored voters of
Massachusetts, just give them the same
consideration you give any other hard
worker on your band wagon they
gave you your job then why cast them
aside?
FEDERAL HOUSING for the
past week a three-room furnished
apartment on the Lenox st. site has
been on display to the public and will
continue to be until later date