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The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22
By All Means

COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING is one OF the
any pans under consideration by leaders of nation
war looms up in extremely alarming proportions and 1t
will be readily considered goo blown by an ill wind
Whatever progress is being made by Germany is
due in large the program of preparedness that
has been determinedy and systematically carried on
throughout the length and breadth OF her nation over a
the years.
One of the most serious Oversights of nation is
that wherein preparation ward off the only be-
Sn as approach of dangerous invasion reaches very
doors.
The ADOPTION of laws providing for military training
of eyery young within the confines of country
would not only amply prepare for successfully resisting
irregularities of youth would be successfully halted few
wears of could be devoted to the wholesome train
ing under military discipline.
Too much good would arise from form of industrial
training for the women folk for under such pan much
of the needless and oft complained of racial discrimination
could be avoided
From the East Tennessee Knoxvile) News
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22
BY WILLIAM PICKENS
For AMP
ENATOR RILRO.

IN THE PRESS releases, June
date, of the Associated Negro
Press, of Chicago, you are quoted
in new advocacy of the return OF
the most American part of our
population (our American NegroeS)
to the home of their distant an
cestors. The poor craftsmanship
of that proposal is too evident to
need attack But we are more in
terested in your statements about
the poor school facilities in Mis-
sissippi for it's Negro children.
You acknowledge that the less
than 81 out of $1,000 paid for the
Negro child's education is not fair,
and that the much less than half
salaries paid to the Negro teachers
need improving. But you only say
that in order to make this false
apology:
"The bulk of the tax burden falls
on white shoulders. "a relatively
small percentage indeed is paid by
the Negro population"
VERY IGNORANT
You are a senator of the United
States, and I dislike very much be-
ing forced into a position where I
must seem to imply that you are
either very ignorant or very dis
honest; for since so many others
labor under the same deluSion, 1t
seems unfair to charge you with
the dishonesty; and senator OF
our country could hardly be very
ignorant. And yet the statement
that the part of the American peo-
pie. white, black or whatever color
or race, that does not get the tax
receipts, does not pay taxes, is eco
nomically speaking very absurd
statement.
The tax, the indirect tax, which
is the only necessary tax, is paid
by the people, some of whom never
and a few of whom dn places
get a tax receipt in their lifetime
like MississippD have not even
intelligence enough to know that
there is a tax paid or a tax col
lectors office; those who work for
wages, pay the tax out of their
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CAPITOL COMMENT

But Dick is the chap responsible
for telling the story of the late
King George of England meeting
Louis Satchmo Armstrong The
great Armstrong was making a
personal appearance in London and
by royal command gave special
perforance The lord chamberlain
stepped to the stage. and in his
best manner announced that Mr..
armstrong by command of the
king would play that famous num-
ber, Il Am Not Misbehaving." Louis
took his stand in front of the band,
glanced up at the king and said
slylf to his majestf, I'm swinging
this one for you, gate" And when
Armstrong had finished, the king
leaned over the rail of the royal
box and confided to Louie, "You
sure brought me down. Satchel."
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22
BETWEEN the LINES

that before this nation can lend
any worthwhile assistance the war
will have been won by Hitler and
Mussolini. 1t is too much to expect
unprepared and bankrupt France
to stand off the German armies.
Once France is defeated England's
downfall becomes imminent. When
Hitler takes over the almost limit
less resources of the French and
British empires, no power in the
world can stand before him.
Germany is prepared and the
Allies are unprepared; Germany is
united while the Allies are divided
in their counselS and these solemn
facts all but seal the doom of the
Allies. Germany has a well-equip-
ped army of fighting men and the
Allies are hoping for miracle to
save them; and herein lies the
pity.
In a world of democracy, demo-
cracies have their good points, but
in world of mixed democracy and
dictatorship, the .democracies have
not the proverbial "ghost of a
chance" I have been contending
thus for these three years and the
turn of many events are corrobor-
ating my thesis. What good is
democracy and liberty and freedom
Of speech without security? We
have WorShipped certain political
and social labels, and have imagin-
ed that we were "the people and
today we are threatened with de-
Struction however inclined some
may be to minimize this ugly facts.
TIDE OF HITLER RISING
The tide of Hitlerism is rising in
this world and whether it can be
stemmed is a secret locked in the
heart of the gods of fortune. In the
democracies the plutocrats rule
matters of state and subordinate
everything to the accumulation OF
vast fortunes. They know that de-
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on saying. Hundreds of thousands out of work
ard without hope of getting anything to do in the
near future that will last for long would also find
employment and perhaps lasting security. death..
IN war, the conclusions rang He wanted the paper
40 something about getting the United States into
the war on the side of Britain and France to stop the
Scourage of Cod and his hordes
Ihls wasn't just another drunk lolling in his
stew He was talking with logic that is suddenly
seizlng great minority of Americans, matter
how "peace-minded" they've been in the past It is
logic similar to that conceived in the minds Of
knights OF old who roamed the earth when
necessary, to put down those who defed the prnci-
pies OF right, justice, morality, chivalry and who
through power sorcery spread misery It was the
feeling that has made men leave their native lands
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22
A LETTER TO SENATOR BlLBO

wages, before it is labeled as wage;
and they who buy what they, con-
sumo, pay all coasts on what they
buy and consume, tax and al loth-
er costs. The man who buys and
wears out a pair of shoes, has paid
all processing, all taxes, and all
risks on that. pair of shoes; the
cow-raiSer's tax and fees and pro-
fits; the railroad S tax, and costs
and asks, on hauling the cow from
Mississippi to a Chicago packing
house; tht packinghouse'S tax and
costs on THAT pair of shoe; the
tannery tax and costs, and all
manufacturing ana processing
taxes and all other costs.
MORE HAVE RECEIPTS
That is the only reason why a
piece of cowhide, worth less than
ten cents when it was on the COW
in Mississippi, becomes more than
$1,000 when it is on the feet OF
the colored principal of one OF
Mississippi's poorly supported Ne
gro schools.
What you mean is that more
white persons are at the nd OF the
economic line where the money, Is
advanced to the government ana
the receipts handed out. White
people get the receipts, OF course.
The population, white and black,
PAYS for all the receipts. A white
man who rents 100 houses to Ne
groes, hands the money to the tax
office gets the receipt for taxes,
and sticks out his chest as a big
tax payer" but in fact the 100
Negro families pay all the taxes
and all other costs on all these
houses, plus profits for the eco
nomic owner
Henry Ford does not pay the tax
es on the million cars he manu-
features in a year; he advances the
money to the government treasury,
and the people, white and other
colors, who buy and use-up these
cars, pay the taxes, as truly as
they also pay for the leather, the
wood, the rubber, the advertising,
the wages and the PROFITS, which
Henry Ford makes on the deal
But Ford gets the receipt. The re-
ceipt goes out by the economic
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law; the burden is fixed by large
SCcietal laws.
CHALLENGES TO DEBATE

law; the burden Is liked py larger
SCcietal laws.
CHALLENGES TO DEBATE
Would you like to debate this
question about the incidence and
the burden of taxes, say, in Madl-
son Square garden. New York City?
So many people are SO ignorant
about this matter of the real bur-
den of the public taxes, that it
would be a greet contribution to
correct public thinking.
If you wish to do so, l should
be happy to be your foil for the
evening. We could take As minutes
for leading speeches and then fol-:
low each other in two separate
rebuttal periods OF 10 or Is minu-
tes for each speaker, in each rebut-
tai period
Very sincerely yours,
William PickenS.
P. S. The debate could consider
the whole field of Negro-white re-
lations in America, if you prefer
red
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22
BY WALTER r. CHIVERS
Professor of Sociology,
MOrehOuSe College


THERE is MUCH complaint
abroad to the effect that educated
young Negroes tend toward the ac-
ceptance of a radical philosophy of
life. Their education, it is believ-
ed, starts them off just a little
cleft of center. AS far as the writ
er has been able to determine
the definition of radical as it re-
lates to these young people does
not reveal even a speaking ac-
quaintance with the PHILOSOPHERS
of the leading radical doctrine of
today, commonly called commun-
ism and socialism.
The fact is that socialism ard
communism are merely words used
to condemn these youth for fail
ing to accept in its entirety the
Philosophy of life preached to
them by their elders. They re-
fuse to believe that what was good
enough for their forefathers is
SOOu CIlOuSn lol IliCah.
DESIRES CREATED
Their education has created in
them desires for higher standards
of living than those to which they
had been accustomed. In fact they
have been told that the discover
les of science in relation to the
proper minimum standards OF
housing. health, clothing, fuel,
food, recreation and as these re
late to proper living are basically
essential. II they are to have the
energy and the inspiration to sur
vive in the world in which they
are living they must have the
benefits of this good life as pic
tIred for them by science,
If they are to have the energy
to survive the increasing COM
plexities Of modern life they must
be in position to abide by the Gic-
tation of science. This means that
it is mandatory for them to deny
much of what is told them at
homey forsake their pre-school
ways of life and disregard their
native conmunity1s philosophy OF
life.
When educated Negro youth de-
eide to turn away from the old
ways and TO follow the new light
which they have seen, they come
in conflict with parents, friends,
and leaders of their youth. 1t is
then that they find out what it
rJeans to have the "folk back
home" say that they have devel-
oped a superiority complex in ref
erence to accepted values in the
land of their birth. In other words,
these youth are accused of having
deserted the bridge that carried
them over"
When this type of accusation is
attached to the youth, they are
Immediately dubbed as radicals.
For this reason many of them Thc
do return home with great en-
thusiasrn for making a contribu-
tion to their community become
discouraged and leave. Others
who would return home have got
their dose during vacation periods
and do not care to face it perma-
nently. They are, therefore, like
ly to become discouraged.
The next step from discourage
ment is cynicisln and then con-
fusing sense of futility Youth,
trained youth. wants opportunities
for leadership. expression Of IT'S
energy, scenes for action where
they can be individuals They
want to enjoy the privilege of ''No
coming of age". The natural
place that thev should desire to
"show-off" their wares and do
something for society is in the set
ting from which they come. When
this is denied or ridiculed, they
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RadicaIism Displays It's
Best Side To Negro Youth1

suffer all the difficulties involved
Whenever desires are blocked
Their state of mind is represented
by the scene of blocked traffic at
a busy intersection.
The writer does not mean to
convey the idea that what he has
said of youths reaction to the
Red epithet applies to all edu-
Gated youth, far too many are sub
mlsSive and live to let the cum-
munity beat them back into the
''old pattern" They, i'll numerous
instances become equivalent to AN
education thrown away" Others,
through patience, do aid in keep
ing Negro community life from
becoming static.
The reference mere is to that
group of educated youth who have
the physical, mental emotional
stability for aggressive leadership
They will not submit They are
like quality race-horses, straining
at the barrier before the gong re-
leases them to 60
These youth form fertile soil for
radical movements. Such move
ments are not slow to display their
best side to these youth. They Of
fer in very attractive packages
Social equality, leadership.
freedom of expression, escape
from conventions" applause"
The Communists ''go TO bat" for
freedom for the Scottsboro boys.
incidentally out of their fight, Ne
groes gain the right to sit on jul
ries. The Reds" fight for tie
sharecropper whose plight should
capture the imagination of anyone
with ideals Youth and ideals are
almost synonymous terms. The
'Bolsbeviks" stand UP in pubic
and demand the full rights of po-
htical participation for Negroes.
They give prominent places to Me-
groes as lawyers, corner soap box
orators, ct cetera. This display
has an soueal for Youthful emo
tions sufficiently strong to blind
them to the necessity for search
ing deeper into the case Of Com
muism Those who search deeper
become oisillusioned and are likely
to be lost for keeps"
The CIO has philosophy which
appeals to the writer. But its rep
utation among many Negro lead
ers is such as to brand it as a
Red" organization. Nothing Gould
be further from the fact. How
ever, identity with it will certain
ly condemn youthful leaders cs-
pecially since it has been brand.
ed by the Dies Committee.
The CIO has what AMOUNTS to
sixth sense for being prominent
ly in the miGst of nearly every
large meeting Q. significance in
'erracially openly defending and
protecting Negro rights The.
Southern Conference fof Human
Welfare, the Southern Negro Youth
Conference, The National cero
Congress. The fiery leader Of the
CIO recently made dramatic
plea to the National Negro Con-
gress for Negro adhesion to
Third Party.
The intention of this article is
to call the attention of those Ne
groes in positions of leadership tc
the urgent necessity of recogniz-
ing the problems of Negro youth
anil getting together with them
on a program of sanity ana tal-
ance They must recognize tile
necessity of giving youth oppor-
tLnities for leadership, for ern-
ployment, for voice in planning
if youth are not to be swept too
far to the left nv hrillianr '9""h'rS.
shining with binding brilliance-
blind people can not see how 10
analyze.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22
PRESENTS PICTORIAL LIFE
OF LINCOLN u.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. o.-(ANP)
In one of the most artistic of the
school publications released an
nually by colleges and universities,
1910 ediion of the Archives"
Lincoln mivers2ty's yearbook,
portrays in vivid and interesting
fshion life at Lincoln, busy
whirl of educational and extra
curricular activities.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22
THREE HARLEMITES SEIZED

NEW YORK-(A N P)-Three
Harlemites, seized by police as
they attempted to seal nearly
100000 in jewelry from a Key
stone Jewelry company, in the
heart of the 125 street shopping
district, Monday night at closing
time, pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED
robbery and are being held with
cut hail for the grand jury.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22

VIZ y IIIs'IIN. 1Ie eISU SdIU ne IIdU
collected around three thousand
signatures of those who shared his
enthusiasm and conviction that if
Hitler is not stopped, even though
Paris is in the enemy's hands,
there cannot be a free America,
at least the enjoyment of that type
of freedom arising from capitals
tic-democratic form of government
and financing. The yellow and sill
yer metals that form the basis for
the United States currency woulc
be naught in a Hitler-dominate
world and there is no telling what
might be forced on minority group:
the world over. this visitor went
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22
Flush Kidneys Of
Acid and Poisons
Gain In Health And Stop
Getting Up Nights

When Kidneys are continually over
burdened they often become weak
the bladder is irritated-often passage
is scanty and smarts and burns-sleep
is restless and nightly visits to the
bathroom are frequent.
A safe, harmless and inexpensive way
10 relieve this trouble and help restore
more healthy action to kidneys and.
bladder is to get from any druggist
a S5 cent box of GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil Capsules and take as directed
Don't be an EASY MARK and accept
a substitute-Get Gold Medal Haarlem
Oil Capsules-the original and gem
uine. Look for the Gold Medal on the
bOx-35 cents.
Remember-other symptoms of kid
ney and bladder trouble may be back
ache puffy eyes. nervousness and leg
cramps,
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22

connected with political party OF
rulings regul
mparaly from hatred
this should be office tues
not In the
plainly written only one side
used We the rh~
safety convenience unless the
paid for.
money payable to the INDEX 214 East monroe
signed by contributors Or tnS
will not be published
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On "Stopping Hitler"

He was just ordinary looking fellow. His
breath smelled on the liquor mellow side But, he
came to the office the other night saying he was
ready to go over to fight with the Allies against
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22
BY Al. WHITE FOR AMP

WASHINGTON. (ANP)-Champ
Joe Louis Barrow gave the local
yokels a thrill when he planed
down from training quarters in
New York to see his sister grad
uated from Howard. taking a
plane back that evening. Said Joe,
who gave sister Vunies a sports
roadster and batch of money for
a trip to California if she wanted
to 90, "She's got something in ed
ucation ycu can't buy. neither can
you take it from her" And they
say Joe amt smart. Euh.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22

Beetle browed John l.. Lewis OF
the CIO is getting rather chummy
with the colored brethren these
days-what with his scheduled ap-
pearance as speaker on the pro-
gram of the NAACP at their Phil
adelphia gathering next week.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22

In tile lunch bar of the Harlem
Y Saturday afternoon, Caterina
Jarboro, the operate star; Augus-
tus Granville Dill, literary expert
and musician par excellence and
Mons. Herring, curator of the art
gallery at Howard university, with
plenty of discussion about music
The gang Of New Workers visit
ing d. C.. over the weekend to
see Stretch SydnOr. famous Nor
gan College athlete of decade
(?) ago. get his degree as a saw
bones.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22

Ed Lewis crack lensman whose
pictures, "Colored Sports on Re-
view" brought jobs to many spec
tators, will have to get new con-
tract with the company he is now
tied up with ON June Is. and Ed
is undecided whether to carry on
or not.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-22

Our own smiling Miss Caroline
Davis is in Ohio attending
alumni meeting at Wllberforce.
This column hopes for her pleas
ant stay
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Lansing News

Mrs. Jack Richardson has open
ed remnant shop at Lansing in
the building formerly occupied
by Mr.. Jim Campbell.
Mr.. Cal Segraves has been sick
with flu.
Schools in this section are again
open and report good attendance
this week.
The ladies of the Lansing
Presbyterian church are now
raising funds to purchase a cook
stove.
Mr.. Walter Weaver, who has
been living in Eta, KY. has re-
turned to Lansing and opened a
grocery store which will be
known as Viewers Cash Store
Mr.. Weaver ran cafe here for
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Fleetwood High
School n ew S

Fleetwood high school has been
closed fer few days because Of
bad weather and roads.
Mr.. Paul Miller spent the week
in Bristol with Mrs Miller.
Mrs. Myrtle Swan spent last
week with relatives in Southport,
N. c.
Misses Margaret Weaver and
Hazel Vannoy have been spend
ing several days at their respec-
tive homes.
Mrs. Gertrude Vaught has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. w. Allen near Taylorsville.
Quite number of students are
sick with influenza and colds.
Announce Honor Roll
The honor roll for the fourth
month is as follows: first grade
Gary Phillips, Betsy Hughes,
Wanda Lynn Brown and Ola
Bell Lemly; second-Betty Joe
Greene, Anna Lou Greene, Iva
Jean Baldwin, Kathleen Greer
and Glenna Howell; third-Ar-
leigh Grogan; fifth-Elsie Wilcox,
Billy Kimberline, Robert Hart
cog; sixth-Mary Hogan, Gene
Goodman; seventh-Edith Wink
Ter, Violet Mae Greene, Della
Goodman, Flora Goodman, Char
lotte Hartzog, Quentin Day, Leo
nard Vannoy; eighth-Clara
nellie Bledsoe, Ann Cowles, Ella
Goodman, Margaret Hughes, 9th
clio King, Edith Yates, Mona
Church, Louise Fletcher; ninth
Mildred Owens; tenth Ada
Jones, Edith Greer; eleventh
Ava Goodman.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
National Foundation Declares
War On Infantile Paralysis
S463. S72 Advanced. Grants
Made from Funds Raised
On Pres. BIRTHDAYS.

The National Foundation for
infantile Paralysis, which admin
listers the funds raised annually
by the Committee for the Cele-
bration of the Presidents birth
day, made forty-four grants to-
falling $463,972 to universities,
hospitals and other institutions in
tWenty-one months from it's or
ganlzatlon on Jan. 3, 1898, to the
END OF its fiscal year on Sept. 80,
1899, according to the annual re-
port by its president Basil O'Con-
nor made public yesterday. It
has principal of more than 81,
OOO,OOO. and is prepared to make
other grants as approved.
More than 100000 OF the
grants went for research to trap
the virus responsible for infantile
paralysis, to find some agency
that will kill the virus, to find
an agency that will immunize
persons so they will not contract
the disease or will not be harmed
by it if they do catch it, and to
break up the virus into its diff
ferent types as in the case OF
pneumonia.
There have also been grants for
experiments in the use of certain
drugs in the treatment of the di-
sease, including the sulfanilamide
group, which have had such re-
markable effects in the treatment
of pneumonia and other diseases;
metroazol and strychnine.
Other experiments carry on the
study of the nasal passages in
their relation to catching infan-
tile paralysis, particularly in the
case of persons who have recent
ly had tonsil and adenoid opera
tons. Part of this survey will be
devoted to the search for nasal
spray to establish chemical
blockade" of the nasal mucus
membrane against the entrance
of the virus by that route.
Still other grants were for re-
search into the prevention and
treatment of after-effects, of i'm
provement in surgical methods,
and of education and public
health especially with respect to
epidemics.
The report emphasizes that the
foundation attempts to cover the
entire field of the disease. in
Guiding cause, prevention and
amelioration. When it was found
ed it's intention was to confine its
activities primarily to assisting in
study and research on the medl-
cal problem of infantile paraly-
sis as whole, and not in rem
dering direct individual care to
those afflicted.