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Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1940-09-01
European War And America
(By JOHN P. Johnson

On this historic day of September H. 1910, the con-
Eessiona representatives of the people of democratic
nnerca after weeks of heated debate have placed final
pproval upon military CONSUMPTION bill, which will
&1ft some 100000 young to be subject to 90 to
X On Monday, September 16 the President of the Unit
States signed the unprecedented bill thereby making
mpulsory until May 1915, all between the ages
and 35 who are physically fit and who have no de-
dents must stop whatever they doing and march
to one of Uncle Sans camps and prepare for war
erment is made, he ever for those who are opposed
war religious reasons and those who are engaged
occupations that are necessary for the health safety
interests of the nation.
The bill drew stormy sessions of debate in both cham
of Congress. Packed galleries heard congressman
such epithets liar" Stacker" and draft dodg-
at another they witnessed a deluge of speech
King on at least occasion they saw fists fly be-
Zen heated lawmakers they endured long night SEES
ms which were designed to speed passage of the bill
shngton saw divers capers performed by proponents
opponents OF the bill For instance lady travel-
via horseback in Paul Revere garb from Chicago to
capital and presented to Senator Holt of West Vir-
lia draft opponent, petition of opposition to the
Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1940-09-01
IN OUR HOSPITAL
By
ELIZABETH HUDDLESTON

Idella Parker, Snflower; Susie Buryn. Pickens
Beatrice Holmes, Shaw; Doris Holmes Shaw; Sadie
Ward Tupelo Lille B. Green, soa; Ella Wintrey
Whitney; Hatye Smith, Greenve: Marie Smith, Green
Vile; Beatrice Samond, SunfloWer Henerine Wiburn
Yazoo City; Dora Lee People, Schlaer; Irene Moore,
Anguilla; O. G. Curry Anguilla; Fannie Riley, Leland
lIermore William, Indianola: Fannie Denton. Grenada
Adde c.. Stribling, Philadelphia; Pauline Thompson,
Cnlumbus Willie Mae Edward, Greenwood; Claudia p.
Edward, Monticello; Georgia Lee Stubs Jackson; Nose
Barence Webb; Johnnie Mae Hill, Jackson Willie NJ.
Bracey, Jackson; Necie BaWlinn, Jackson; Myrtle Gle
mon, Philadelphia; Ellen brakes, Philadelphia; Alberta
Henderson, Hollandae; Maggie B. Chandler BelZOn
Eta Homsworh Phillips Matte Johnson Phillip; Fred
Kidd, Greenve; Eugene Wallace, Bolton; n. c. Had
Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1940-09-01

ridge, Cleveland; James Matthew; Willie Mae John
son, Anding Rebecca Purvis, Yazoo City, Annie B.
Wright, Yazoo City; Doretha Voolfolk. Craig; Eddie
Ford, Helena, Ark. Frank James, Anguilla: Alton
Clay, Yazoo City; Willieva Carson Lexington
Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1940-09-01

Prof l. E. Edwards, Supreme Vice-President, Afro
American Sons & Daughters, whose 18th anniversary
with the organization Will be celebrated in Div day and
night affair Sunday. October 20 in the spacious school
auditorium Mound Bayou, Miss. Lodges throughout the
delta and statr large will flock the all coored
town for the big raterna day. Programs and full de-
tails will be mailed to lodges Remember the slogan, ION
to Mound Bayou Sunday, October 20
Evening star., 1940-05-30

of the debt limit to drastic econ
omies or the modification of the laws
which now cause labor costs to rise
unduly. After the election is over,
however, the administration, if con-
tinued in power, will be faced with
realities not now envisaged as of
consequence compared to the i'm
portance of winning an election.
Costs May Cypress Labor.
Should the inf1ationary costs be
intensified after election, it would
mean greater hardships for the
working classes. But with war
emergency background, the admins
tration would hope to meet popular
criticism. With the election out of
way, also it is not considered prob
able that the labor groups could do
much about it.
Business volume thus will be
larger and profits higher as a result
of the biggest spending program the
New Deal has yet put on. The un-
certainty in the whole outlook is
what may happen in Europe. The
stock markets have been rejecting
the fear of a nearly surrender by
the Allies and hence a sudden cam
collation. of war orders here. The
effects of this have been exaggerated
because the American Government
will take what the Allies may have
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Pendergast, Free Today,
Faces Bribery CHARGE
By the Associated Pres,

~ tuc ASSuCidtcu SIeSS.
KANSAS CITY. May 3o.-The
United States frees Tom Penderrast.
erstwhile Kansas City Democratic
machine boss, this Memorial Day,
but the State expects to arrest him
quickly on bribery charge.
Pendergast completes a year and
day behind bars this morning. He
was sentenced to IS months in
Leavenworth Prison on his plea of
guilty to evading income taxes on
A43,500, but got. time of for good
behavior.
He will be brought here for a re-
cital OF Federal Judge Merrill E.
Otis conditions for the five-year
probation under which he gains
freedom:
Pendergast is barred from "any
participation, direct or indirect" in
political activities of any kind or
character" and prohibited from en-.
tering 1908 Main street. 1t was from
his office there that he helped elect
United States Senators, Governors.
State Supreme Court judges and
other officials ranging to constable
and justice of the peace.
Pendergast must try to raise, be-
fore April Is, 1941, the remaining
$l25,0O0 the Government says he
still owes in taxes and penalties.
The original figure was $7O7, 900. but
was compromised at $350,000. Part
OF that and a $4,000 fine were
paid during his Imprisonment.
Pendergast is charged by the State
with paying $62,500 bribe to R.
Emmett O'Malley, then State in
surance superintendent, to COM
promise a $9,500,000 fire insurance
rate case.
Evening star., 1940-05-30
he Drama at Dunkerdue
Escape Of Trapped Army Possible
As Long as Allies Hold French Port

embarkation, but in reaching Dun
kerque. Just what the situation is
in this respect is not known. The
port is still in Allied hands, and
there are no indications that the
Germans have reached any point
between 1t and the bulk Of the Al
lied troops, although 1t seems that
some of the French Ninth Army
have been cut of In the Lille
Valenciennes area.
The greatest casualties will fall
on the rear guards, probably. Some
troops must stay behind to cover the
retirement Of the rest; and there
is little chance either that a vigorous
counterattack will so discourage
the Germans as to permit un-
molested withdrawal and embarka-
ton Gas with Sir John Moore's
army at Coruna in 1909 or of ef-
fecting withdrawal without loss as
tactical surprise, as was done so
successfully by Sir william Bird
wood at the Dardanelles in the last
weeks Of 1915.
Others in Narrow Pocket.
What prospect there may have
been of that part of the Allied forces
around Arras and Cambria cutting
their way out to the south, aided by
pressure from the Sonme, seems to
have been lessened with the collapse
of French resistance in the Valen-
ciennes region, permitting the Wild
ening of the north shoulder of the
German salient, and the pouring in
of additional troops. The remain
ing Allied troops now appear to be
in a very narrow pocket, a great
part of which must be. under Ger
man artillery fire and all of which
is subject to air bombing.
Their greatest hope is that the
nearer they get to the coast the more
effective will become the support of
the British-based fighters and of
British and French naval vessels.
The User River and the User Canal
form together an admirable delaying
position covering Dunkerque both
from the east and south, the river
sweeping around in a curve behind
the city. And most of the surround
ing country is gridironed with a net
work of canals and small water
courses, impeding the advance of
mechanical troops and affording a
succession Of rear-guard positions
which, if stoutly defended, the
Germans ought not to be able to
force in hurry. On the west Dun
kerque is protected by the strongly
fortified town of Gravelines, also a
port, though of small facilities.
Time Big Factor.
Thus, If Dunkerque can be held
and if the air protection is all that
1t seems likely to be, the actual re-
moval of the armies of Flanders
through Dunkerque may we'll be sue
cessfully carried out.
1t is necessary to emphasize again
that the relief of that pressure by
strong French pressure on the
Somme, forcing the Germans to hold
that river with powerful forces, is
one of the most hopeful means of
aiding the escape of the beleaguered
troops. Were 1t not for this. few of
them, indeed, would be likely to
escape.
Copyright. 1910. New York Tribune 1nc)
Evening star., 1940-05-30
The Political Mill
Defense Commissions Effectiveness Depends
On Roosevet's Grant Of Authority

signed the industrialist members OF
the board. Mr.. Hillman Is to handle
labor relations, Mr.. Davis deals With
agriculture, Mr.. Henderson will have
control Of prices and Miss Elliott
will look after the interests Of the
consumers. II they all have to pass
on recommendations, as a commits
sion, there may be tumble.
May Come to One Man.
The duties of Mr.. Hillman tie in
very closely with the matter Of mass
production, and presumably so do
the duties assigned Mr.. Henderson,
the control of prices. It looks as
though sooner or later, If there is to
be real efficiency in the program of
national defense, some one man will
have to take charge and see that air.
planes, tanks, guns, ETC., are pro-
duced quickly, and Of the kind
needed. That was the scheme that
finally worked in the United States
in the World War-after other ad-
vlsory plans had been tried out.
Bernard M. Baruch was the man
who finally had the say, with the
backing of President Woodrow
Wilson. 1t might be wise to go right
to the heart of the problem now and
put man in charge, with others to
assist him.
Until the President speaks-and
he may today or tOmorroW-thea au-
thority which is to be vested in the
members of the Advisory Commits
sion will not be known. The most
encouraging news that has been
published in many a day was a
statement from Henry Ford that his
plant could turn out 1000 airplanes
day If he was given the authority
to do so and told what to produce.
That would sound fantastic if it were
not for the fact that his plant has
been able to turn out 10000 auto
mobiles in a day. But If there is to
be lot of wrangling, lot of red
tape to break through, neither Mr..
Ford, Mr.. Knudsen or any other
industrialist, master of mass pro-
duction, will get very far fast. And
speed is the essence!
Politics May Change Picture.
Planes are needed in Europe right
now to aid the Allies-and they are
needed right here for the upbuilding
of our own national defense. Un-
less the facilities, which exist in
| such plants as the Ford plant, are
used there will be considerable de-
lay. If orders for production Of
planes, of tanks and all the other
that go into the program of pre-
paredness. are to be parceled out
because of political favoritism to a
lot of small or isolated plants. To-
Gated in politically strategic places,
the picture will be very different.
1t may be that Mr. Henderson and
Mr.. Hillman will be able to see eye
to eye in the fight for mass pro-
duction with Mr. Stettinius and
Mr.. Knudsen. If the administration
is intent, however, upon upholding
Henderson and Hillman in any con-
troversy with Stettinius and Knud-
sen, the front which has been given
by the Presidents action in appoint
ing the commission will have been
merely window dressing.
The members of the commission
may work we'll together. They
should, since the preparedness pro-
gram is a matter of vital i'm
portance to the Nation.
In the meantime, the political
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meaning in this battle now drawing
to an end.
The Allied generals have un-
doubtedly made mistakes, but the
fighting of the troops showed an
unprecedented spirit of heroism.
officers and men have known since
the surrender of the Belgians that
their chances of escaping the steel
trap of the German mechanical
forces were slim. The French and
British knew there was only one
avenue of escape-the port of Dun
kerque.
The outer harbor of that port has
an area of lis acres and is accessi-
BILE to the largest vessels The inner
harbor has five drydocks and quays
some five miles in length. But ves-
sells exceeding 10000 tons cannot
enter the inner harbor.
Tremendous Difficulties.
Under normal circumstances
with the enemy far away-an army
of 500 900 men could be embarked
from that port in about 10 days.
But the Germans are bombing
Dunkerque relentlessly, and even
though the Allies are willing to
abandon all their ammunition, ar
tillery and tanks, it is inconceIvable
| that they could save more than 10
per cent OF their armies by way OF
sea.
The harder the French and Brit
ish troops are pressed, the less their
Willingness to give up the fight.
There are units here and there
which have given up under enemy
pressure, but the bulk of the army
appears determined to fight to the
'bitter end and prefers annihilation
to surrender.
BlOodiest in History.
This is why corpses are piling up
on both sides. 1t is said in Allied
quarters that if the army is COM
PEELED to surrender by a lack of
ammunition-food already is report
ed short-the number of prisoners
will be comparatively small.
The battle of Flanders will 20
down as the bloodiest in history.
The Allied Forces are fighting I'd
the last man, not only because of
their pride, but because they believe
their sacrifice will not be useless.
It will give Generalissimo Weygand
a good chance to rush all available
reinforcements to bar the German
march on Paris and will compel the
Germans to pause for a while in
order to fill the terrific gaps made
In their own ranks by the epic re-
sistance of the French and British.
Evening star., 1940-05-30
BY MAJ. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

6AAO4s
Today the eyes Of the world are
centered on the port Of Dunkerque
-Dunkerque the heroic, home of
the great Corsair Jean Bart, recip-
tent during the World War of more
German bombs than any other
Allied city. Now again it plays q
great role in history, for while this
port remains In Allied hands 1t
offers about the last hope of safe
withdrawal from the continent of
the British Expeditionary Force and
such Of their French comrades Of
the armies Of the north as are not
already cut OIL. II Dunkerque falls,
these troops seem lost; their case is
hard enough now, pressed hard by
far superior German Armies. harried
from above by the merciless swoop
Of German dive-bombers.
Even without the German Air
Force, such a withdrawal through
single port in the face of a VIC
torious enemy would be a desperate
business, and yet there are certain
compensating factors which make it
quite possible that the losses may
not be as heavy as one would think
at first sight, always provided
Dunkerque can be held to the last.
Within Range of British Planes.
First, protection against air attack
may be concentrated here in the
form of anti-aircraft artillery and
machine guns, and Dunkerque is
well within the radius of action of
British fighter planes operating
from the English shore, so that the
famous Stukas are unlikely to have
things all their own way.
Second, the support of naval
vessels operating off shore can not
only give the conveys considerable
protection, but can also seriously in
terfere with German troop move
ments within their range.
Third, from all reports. the British
and French troops are Withdrawing
in perfect order, fighting stoutly,
with no hint of panic. Troops be-
having thus rarely suffer the awful
casualties which are inflicted on
routed and panic-stricken armies,
especially (as in the last war in
Palestine and Macedonia) by pursu-
ing aircraft.
Port Of Great Capacity.
Fourth. the great capacity of the
port permits the loading of numbers
of vessels at the same time.
Boulogne and Calais are ports of
comparatively small capacities: but
Dunkerque is the third seaport of
France. with more than five miles
of quayage, and provided with an
inner harbor containing seven large
basins with a total area of lis
acres. Of course, much damage has
been done by bombs. The hydro
graphic conditions offshore inter-
fere with German submarines mov-
ing in from the east and north.
where there are many shoals and
banks, although German speedboats
doubtless can operate to some ex-
tent.
The great danger to the with
drawing troops lies not in the actual
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transportation experts, whose serv-
ices the country has been demand
ing when confronted with the prob
lem of mass production to provide
adequate national defense.
So far, so good. The selections
made by the President are ad-
mirable. The country is asking now,
however, how great will be the powers
of these gentlemen. Will they give
orders or will they merely give ad-
vice? And if their function is con-
fined to advice, to whom will it be
given? The New Deal adminis-
tration has not been so good at
taking advice, particularly from in
dustrialistS. The President may
give Mr.. Stettinius cart blanche
in the matter of providing materials
needed, and Mr.. Knudsen equal free
dom when it comes to production OF
the neutrality-suspicious., tanks, guns
etc, which will be needed. If he
does, that is one thing. If he gives
them merely the authority to give
advice and leaves the actual de-
cision in the hands of others, with
power to issue orders, it may not
be so good.
May Make Use of Report.
The President apparently has
gone a considerable way already
from his original idea that reliance
would be placed entirely on the
political appointees of the admin
istration to handle the defense pro-
gram. He called back to Washing
ton Mr.. Stettinius, who headed the
War Resources Board, which he
set up last year and then retired
after an uproar from one of the
| more radical New Dealers. The
| StettiniuS board worked hard and
produced a report which still is
held fast in the White House safe
Perhaps the report will be taken
out. busted off and made use of
1t is understood that the report OF
the board recommended that the
matter of production for war pur-
poses, which is the same thing as
production for national defense. be
turned over to the industrialists
who know how. rather than left in
the hands of Government officials
who have no training whatever IL,
the production of airplanes or any,
thing else.
There are other members of the
new Advisory Sidney
Hillman, president of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers; Leon
Henderson, member of the Securities
and Exchange Commission: Chester
Davis, member of the Federal Re-
serve Board, and Miss Harriet FL
lott, dean of women at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina. They are all
ardent New Dealers. They consti-
tute majority of the Advisory
Commission. They have been as
! signed tasks other than those as