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pay roll for their group Hundreds Of
strong, able-bodied, willing workers are
still out of work. Some Of them are Ieav-
ing for other towns, III the hope Of finding
emnloyment Others wait for the break
that seems never to come. In many em-
ployment centers Negro workers afe beng
dismissed in order TO place white workers.
This makes the picture the more dis
couraging. 1t emphasizes the reason why
Negro workers have little reason to rejoice
over the July increase in pay roll.
The spirit that shuts the Negro cut Of
the benefits Of this large pay roll increase
is the force that has catapulted the world
into it's present conflict Wherever racial
animosities crop up their vicious heads the
dove Of peace flies away. All the talk we
hear of destroying fifth column activities
will mean nothing unit a man can honest
" earn bread for himself and family in
spite of race, or creed. That is why we
ask, what about us?
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-09
The War Comes Home

The news has been announced OF the
early departure Of one OF our local MIA
Secretaries for military service. Ihls
Young man, graduate Of Wllberforce
University, and trained and experienced
social worker must join the forces OF ma
tional defense During his school days he
studied the science Of war. Now he IS
called upon, by the government that pro-
yided this service, for it's defense.
his is not miscarriage OF destiny. Lie
is like that One plans for a life IN para
disc and spends it in hovel; one dreams
of riches and glory and reaps poverty ana
pain. The really great thing in LIE IS TO
be philosophically strong enough to take
the head winds and still sail to goal OF
destiny. UnseaWorthy craft succumb TO
head winds Likewise weak men go down
before the winds of fate. Our young giant
the prosecution of a modern war. Will
His career and newly found married bliss
may all seem now to be on the rocks. buo
not so, the strongest and most valuable
trees in the forest reached their towering
strength through weathering terrible ana
turbulent winds.
So we send former pupil, and worthy
Young man upon his journey with mars
with the benedictions Of the just. II he is
in the future as true to the principles OF
goodness as he has been in the past ne
shall emerge stronger and happier man.
1t IS the rewardness of the worthy. thus,
DAYTON does not say good bye to Secre-
tary Thomas n. Wright. it says bon
'vayAGs," a.a.-l -. --'a
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-09
WHEREFORE
TENNIS CLUB
ORGANIZED
IN 1912

WILBERFgRGE, phio-Although
catalogues Of Wilberforee University
listed tennis courts as a part of the
Athletic facilities as early as 1908,
it was not until 1912 that tennis
Cub was organized on the campus.
Two Of the charter members of
the club are still active In school
affairs and are looking forward with
bit of expectancy to the oath An
nual Championship Of the American
Tennis Association, August 1924.
Supt. c. G. jenkins, president Of the
Wilberforce Tennis Club and DR..
r. A. McGinnis have more than a
quarter of century of tennis be-
hind them. They have seen tennis
grow from pastime Of a few fac
Nty members and students to var
sity sport with fui intercollegiate
program, coaches and stadium. Two
veterans consider the entertainment
Of this years Nationals the crown
ing event of the Wilberforce Tennis
Club.
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What About Us?

The local white press is boasting about
the large increase of the 1910 city pay
roll over that Of July, 1889. It seems that
the increase is something like $603,598.
This is a genuine sign Of an industrial in
crease. But to what end is this increase?
Where is it centered? Does it apply
largely to white collared and skilled occc-
pations, which are closed to Negro work
ers? So far as these workers are concern
ed there has been no increase. Instead
there ID q noticeable decrease In tAe tetAl
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-09
Nail. Tennis Tournament

air conditioned Beacon Gymnasium,
where many a swanky affair has
been given. For this affair music
will be furnished by Percy Lowery's
Orchestra of Columbus, O.
On Thursday evening at Kil-Kare
Park, a delightful grove located on
the banks of the lazy Miami River,
six miles from Wilberforce, there
will be given a picnic and dance.
This place, with its huge shade trees,
grassy slopes and unexcd led dance
pavilion, offers every facility to re-
lar and play In utopian surround
ings. Music for this affair will be
furnished by the wei known macs
tro, Earl Hood of Columbus and his
Hot Collegiate Band.
After a week replete with many
private parties and the above men,
toned affairs, the "Piece De Rests
tance" Of the social program viii be
the Annual ATA Ball. This Ball
wiz be held Friday night, August
28rd, at the Beacon Gymnasium.
The Gym, for this affair, will be
transformed into veritable fairy
land where the melodic strains Of
Percy Lowery's Syncopators Will
drive all cares away,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-09

WILBERFORCE, Ohio With
1899 tennis champions being de-
throned and new stars crowned at
each sectional tournament, the ten
mis- progmosticators are experiencing
some tough going. Any prediction
as to the outcome of the matches In
the coming Gath Annual Champion
ships Of the American Tennis AS
sociation to be held at Wilberforce
University, August 1924, inclusive,
Is pure guess work,
While the result of the pre-
tournament play viii be a matter of
conjecture, the social plans leave
nothing to be desired. The week
preceding the Nationals will see
the Imperial. Council of the Ancient
Egyptian Order of Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, coming to Columbus,
/, Ohio, just fifty miles from Wilber-
force, as the guest of Ala Baba
Temple, which vii offer an excel
lent opportunity for shriners to at
tend both the tournament and I'm
perial Council,
During the week Of the tourna-
ment, real treat is in store for all
visitors at the "Nationals' from a
social standpoint. The Wilberforce
summer colony marshalled by Greene
County's social arbitor, Mrs. Geo. Fl.
Valentine, has arranged program
of entertainment for the week that
has left nothing oveh ooked.
On Monday evening, the officials,
players and visitors will be guests at
reception at Mitchell Hal senior
girls dormitory, situated on a ter
raced knoll overlooking the famous
sunken gardens which lends a de-
finite country dubian atmosphere.
On Tuesday evening a sports
dance will be held at the spacious,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-09

The Wadsworth-Burke Bill to
eonscript all men between eighteen
and sixty-fve for military, or "be-
hind the lines" training and work,
for period Of at least one year, has
been having tough shedding In Con-
gress during the past ten days, The
Senate Military Affairs Committee
has already reduced the group at
fected to men between twenty-one
and thlrty-one years of age. Amend
mends have also been written into
the bill by the Committee TO protect
those objecting to military service
on religious grounds. In spite Of the
limitation Of some Of the more
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-09
Flight

The flight Of Democrats to the Republi-
can party, during the past few weeks sets
many conleetures III motion. Among them
IS the opinion that America still has ma
tlonal conscience that transcends the bar
rIefs Of political parties. 1t is a whole
some sign Tor the preservation of the ma
ton to behold the expression Of deep
love tor the country, above the petty diff
ferences Of party platforms.
As long as America can boast Of a ma
tional spirit that places the nation above
all greed, selfishness. and political chi
canery there is little to fear from foreign
Toe, or fifth columnist Neither will it be
necessary to worry about designing poll
TEXANS, who seek their own glorification.
That the American people are largely
united In the desire to preserve the nation
- seen IN the recent turn Of larg number
of prominent Democrats to the support of
the Republican standard bearer, Wendell
Wiilkie.
Patriotic Democrats like their fellow
Republican patriots respect the laws and
traditions Of the country and resent any
attempt to establish the custom of a presi-
dental third term for the President of the
nation. This, alone to them is sufficient
to disqualify any third termer Conse-
qnently, we see a grand flight Of worthy
men TO the Republican party, not because
they love the Democratic party less. but
because they love America more. It must
shake their emotional selves to leave the
party Of their father. But patriotism de-
mands sacrifice, and those III the flight
have thereby proven themselves to be
American patriots, worthy of the heritage
Of those early patriots, upon whose blood
the nation was established. They too, had
to flee from wrong, in order to preserve
the right
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-09
Japan Wants The
Dutch East Indes

While England is busy protecting her
chin from German bombers the japanese
approach the cash window and request
Germany to pay off for the trouble she
has given England in the east. She asks
for the rich islands in the Dutch East IN
des. Such a possession would give her ann
pie tin and other deposits so essentlon TO
has but recently wed lovely young lady
Germany, who sadly needs these riches
herself, assign them to Japan2 There are
reasons to think that she may. In the first
place, Germany is too busy to take them
lust now. She needs all Of her units for
the continuance of the European conflict
She also needs japanese assistance IN
harassing England in her Eastern provln-
ces. On the other hand if she IS fnally
victorious in conquering Europe she can
either retake them from Japan or force
the market hungry Japanese to come 20
terms favorable to German industries.
Japan not only wants these islands, she
is dickering for the PHILIPPINES. Il the
United States of America relinquishes hold
on the PHILIPPINES in 1916, according TO
the Congressional act on this question. It
will not be long before Japan claims them
Sensible patriots are belatedly awakening
to this danger. Recently a commission
from the islands came to this country to
petition Congress to hold on to the island
country, thereby repudiatlng the ma
tional act to set them free
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drastic provisions
Of the bill, Con-
gressional opposi-
tion to the measure
q p p g ars to b 9
mounting. Those
opposing the mea-
sure claim it con-
fers too much pow
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-09
With a Buckeye
In Congress.


strength of the Navy and the rest
was for planes, and for mechanic
ing and equiping an enlarged Regu-
lar Army and National Guard. Moth
ing was said about conscripted
Army. Congress was first tod that
an Army Of five hundred thousand
men, nus the National Guard, w1uld
be sufficient dor defense purposes
Then the figures were rapidly raised
to seven hundred and fifty thousand
to one million; to twelve hundred
thousand; To one million and half
and now the talk is about an army of
two million men. Congress is be-
ginning to hope that Army officials
Will soon come to some definite con-
clusion as to the actual need Of the
Unieed States for defense purposes.
Last week Congress passed, oyer
considerable opposition, a bil auth
orizing the construction Of another
IVA dam, the total cost of which
will run more than sixty-tiye million
dollars, The Administrators con-
tended that the dam was needed as
an emergency defense measure to
furnish power to manufacture alum
mum, from which to build war
planes. The dam cannot be con-
structed and ready to furnish pow
er in less than two years. Admins
tration forces defeated an amend
ment providing for the erection Of a
steam power plant to furnish twice
as much power at less cost and to
be completed within a year; as well
as an amendment to limit the ex-
pendlture of the funds appropriated
and the use of the dam and power
created, for defense purposes only.
The bill was passed despite the fact
the congressman from the North
west called attention to the great
volume Of unused power and the
vast deposits Of aluminium ore
availaHe IN their territory for tho
manufacture Of aluminium at APP
proximately half the cost for which
the metal can be produced in the
Tennessee valley.
just as a matter of information
the july 30th statement of the
United States Treasury shows that
on that date the Treasury owned
$2o,46o,471,a96.32 worth Of geld,
most of which is buried in the
ground at TT. Knox, Kentucky. On
the same date the Treasury owned
58,124,7a9.33 worth Of silver.
which is in vaults at West Point,
New York. The gross public debt
Of the United States on July Both
was SAs.749.s59.6Ta.s5. A year
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er upon the President and that aon-
scription is not needed at this time.
They point out that volunteer en-
listment quotas are being more than
filled at the present even though no
| real attempt or drive to obtain vol
unteer army enlistments has been
made. 1t is also contended that the
bill provides for the conscripting of
a huge army before proper facilities
or equipment can be furnished for
| the use thereof. Leaders Of the OPP
position are insisting that Ii there
| is any great unknbwn and immediate
| danger to the safety of the United
States the President should immedi-
. ately give complete information re-
garding the same to the Congress
and to the peone.
Speaking Of conscription - the
United States Navy has never had
any difficulty in obtaining all the
volunteer enlistments needed to OBJ
tain full complement of men. Dur
ing the WoTid War a few draftees
were inducted into the Navy, not be-
cause they were necessary but be-
cause volunteer enlistments had been
curtailed. While appropriations have
been made and work begun on a two
ocean Navy, which means almost
doubling the size Of the present
Navy, no plans have been announc-
ed for conseripting men for service
in the Navy.
When the various authorizations
and appropriations for the building
Of national defense were presented
to Congress, nearly half OF the
azHcaat was for doabliag ths
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Rise Of a Sharecropper
Family Told in Novel
By William Faulkner
Reviewer Finds Short.Story
Plots bv Same Author Are
Woven Into the Book
By Mary.Carf Roberts,
The Hamlet
By Mary.Ca arfer Roberts.

BY WAiam Faulkner Neu York: Random House.
This new novel by Mr. Faulkner has in much old material
a nj III % noss
trading ve N @ xs
ao Of t aid the
more Be that as the novel authentic
Of its fabric is the history Of the rise the
which The Barn Burner short story
Years thefssftsr At the
sns that a Time sa ns Sns s has %
munity have been explored pretty thoroughly.
his rustic nd
me s :
@ ] ssntef s e % s
has made They truly appalling lot Those who not
ssasle,iss Of pa'oops5
face
De profit But than that it tale spiritual darkness
% s ss Ssass which h. in m Mississippi n % @ se
dathe darkness Of Of warped minds % ana blind
degradation dsaS sss1so 50 terribly portrayed. ~
s:ss,s c:s's'n r.: fs:'s ss;;:::;: s::s,
ordid tale not designed to set forth sordidns alone
realization the beauie. in It's stunted human
ina Ssn sn y its
another There episodes
ponies themselves enda1ns to Marx
m
9a the 5 the @ s for s s
t 9on then ARE the I
in and
stretched the tension
maintain this mood nicely balanced between absudy and horror
completely genuine certainly
instead magnificent Of artistry
consistency
with which ignored all prevailing literary fashions in the de-
writing life subscribed school thought
still less has he adopted approved manne His chosen field
noves
attention during the recent era Of fiction that is the
downtroddn Negroes andovning aris
these have been familiar in many which had for their
Faulkne much the mateabut treated
his vision terrible tones
according the
of it, and not in political
think unpeasanness
and uncorrupted in his integrity.
present unpleasanness
admit
admit that treated with artistic
admit that it mentionabe will
anything provided
propety will allow Faukners episode
idiot that alterations
under circumstances will prose-
cuted would surprise the reviewer this either
The Power and Glory
By Phyllis Bentley NeD York: Macmillan Co.
neoft
Evening star., 1940-04-07
AXE and His World
By Bertil Malmberg. Ne,D
York. Flrrar & Rinehnrt.

York: Farrar & Rinehart.
Bertil Malmberg, described as the
greatest lyric poet Sweden has pro-
duced in a century, writes a series
of little stories touching on the life
of what may be considered q typical
Swedish boy named AXE (pro-
nounced "O-kehD. Stephen Vincent
Benet, contributing the books intro
duction, offers a few mild raves over
the mastery" way Mr.. Malmberg
shows his insight into the work.
ings Of q small boys mind and con-
veys it to print with such clarity.
In frequent spots, this is true Of the
author As for the rest, Poet Malm-
berg doesn't even bother to give
Axe the lead role, but expands af-
fectionately on sturdy Swedish
townsfolk.
To classify the book Is dif1cult.
simrte, direct, unwordy in style
and dealing with the everyday
things dear to q child,s heart, it
makes excellent reading for chill
dren. For AXE is the universal
small boy. On the other hand, there
are sections In which the adult mind
views and interprets the child mind
and, as mentioned, considerable
space deals primarily with persons
and circumstances, all Of which
holds interest to adult readers only.
On these occadons, incidentally,
Mr.. Nambers reveals much Of the
,dne quality of, tho ewedish people.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Library Finds Interest in
Latin>American Books

Present-day conditions in Europe
have aroused the desire in this
country to know more of our South
ern neighbors, the Spanish-Ameri-
can countries. How better can 9TH
ers be understood and appreciated
than by reading interpretations Of
life presented by native authors?
In these Pan American countries
new and interesting literature is
being written, a literature which,
although nodded and Influenced by
European and American writer's, Is
both original and characteristic.
For those who read Spanish, the
Central Public Library, Eighth and
K streets NV, has many of the
classics Of this new literature. Among
the novels may be found the beau
tiful and sad romance Of Maria"
by Jorge Isaacs (the South Ameri-
can Paul ct Virginie') with its
dominating setting of nature in the
Colombian jungle. "Amalia," a
novel by Jose Marmol, is an ex-
citing, fast-moving story set against
background of revolution in the
Argentine.
La Voragine" by Jose Eustacio
Rivera, is a realistic modern story.
It is the Odyssey of an unbalanced
man who pursues his unloved wife
and her lover through the jungles
Of Colombia. It becomes at times
relentlessly realistic and gruesome.
The prose in which it is written Is
rich and almost poetic.
Eel Ingles de los Guesos" by Be-
nito Lynch, tells of the love of q
South American girl fof a cold and
reserved English archaeologist. who
loves her but must choose between
his sentimental weakness and his
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Look Back on Happiness
By Knut Hamsun. Translated from the Nor,
Viking. NeD York: oUard-McCann.

By Knut Hansun. Translated from Nor,0eqian by Paula
Viking. Neu York: Co1uard- -McCann
make been published
because Mr. it.
than that It is minor tng thing its sole theme
lying in Mr. Hamsns conviction that the education
his minds and
morals Any not familiar with the
naturally unable the judgment may Indeed
the truth
accept his opinion and believe that But
It is thin theme somehow, for a work Of fiction.
But there is Mr. Hams simply tells of the
ngebod a
position teacher State school and finds that her
the conventional literary off the
men OF wealth and prominence She has time of it.
unwse strayd There
takes to making cheese And there leave young
grayng hair falling teeth growing family
she did not find this wholesome life 10 earlier
Whether Mr. Hamsun meant to confne his
education his own land or whether he wishes imply
kind would be better living
ing the reviewer could for the life of discern MIC
Evening star., 1940-04-07

career. The local color in this
novel Is strong and interesting and
We begin to see something of the
life OF the pampas. It is in this
life of the pampas, the life of the
Gaucho, that South American Htera-
ture seems to reach its greatest
heights. @
Don Segundo sombra" by Ri
cardo Guiraldes, is one of the best
works of Gaucho literature. It
shows us something of the soul
and stole philosophy Of the Gaucho
as he roams the pampas going from
one odd job to another. He Is
mysterious figure, solitary, reserved,
yet amiable; active and alternately
cruel and gentle, and hard for us
to understand because he has no
parallel in literature nor in ac-
tuality. Don Segundo Sombra is
seen through the admiring eyes of
younger man.
Martin Fierro" by Jose Herman
dez, is an epic poem and is an
equally great classic of Gaucho life.
In spite of the fact that it Is told
by the Gaucho himself, the char
acter remains as unfathomable as
ever.
Hugo Vast is the Zane Grey of
the pampas. Although he writes
in a lighter vein than Guiraldes and
Hernandez, the Gaucho still moves
through his works as a wise and
mysterious character.
Among the poets, the library has
Ruben Dario, one Of the great poets,
not only Of Spanish America, but
of all Spanish-speaking countries.
His works are romantic and in ad-
dition many deal with political prob
lens.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
The Twesty-f;fth Hour
By Herbert Best. Ne,o York.
Random House.

What can be expected If the war
lords of the world keep going at
their present rate is portrayed by
Mr.. Best in a highly imaginative
story of the destruction of civiliza-
ton and the resulting reversion to
savagery.
Mr.. Best's hero is Hugh Fitzhard-
ing, once an officer in the now dis
organized British Army, and his ex-
periences in shattered Europe get
lower and lower on the reverse scale
Of evolution, until we find him back
in the savage state, with cannibal-
ism the accepted way to life.
Meanwhile, an American girl and
her brother have survived world
shaking events in the Western Hem
isphere, including q plague intro
duced by a dictator, which almost
instantly wipes out the entire popu-
lations in the Americas, but con-
veniently leaves them unharmed.
After several calm, but work-fllled
years, they set out to find other
people.
In their sailboat, they finally
make the Mediterranean Sea. They
meet Hugh, who promptly kills the
brother. The remainder OF the
book is the life of Hugh and the
girl, Ann, and their attempts to
find place where they can start
the nucleous of a civilized world
again. They find it in Northern
Africa.
Mr.. Best's book gives what seems
to be an authentic picture of prim-
tive life as it might be If civili-
zation we're destroyed, and it is
to his credit that he makes canni-
balism seem the perfectly logical,
if slightly discouraging procedure.
The book reads smoothly, and the
readers interest doesn't lag.
GENPGE TYAnnN<vV
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Brief Reviews

Mysteries.
THE CRIMINAL G. O. D. BY
Phoebe Atwood Taylor. New
York: w. w. Norton Co.
The witty, wise-cracking Yankee
sleuth, Asey Mayo, solves this one
. murder committed in q sail loft on
New England town wharf. If you
like Asey-.
FOOTSTEPS IN THE AIR. BY
Sisan Wells. New York: Simon
& Schuster.
Ghastly doings in a millionaire's
rancho. Not bad.
THE AFFAIRS OF OMALLEY. BY
William McHarg. New York:
The Dial Press.
An omnibus volume of O,Malley
stories. Pretty good.
GREEK TRAGEDY. BY G. D. H.
and Margaret Cole. New York:
The Macmillan Co.
Murder In the sacred grove at
Delphi. Background Is a tour cruise
crowd. Pretty good.
ENTER THREE WITCHES. BY
Paul Mcclure. New York: Will
liam Morrow & Co.
Wickedness in a famous lady's
villa outside Rome. My, how these
murders do get around!
THE FRENCH KEY. BY Frank
Gruber. New York: Farrar g.
Rinehart.
Young man comes home to hotel
and finds corpse in his room. Av-
erage good thriller.
THE SECRET OF DIR. KILDARE.
BY Max Brand. New York:
Dodd, Mead & Co.
Beautiful gal bafningly i'll, hand
some doctor smelling q mouse. Not
bad, either.