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Evening star., 1940-08-11

or any other emergency. with precision and
efficiency. Beyond that, the FBI has reserve
force in the graduates of its Academy that
would be Immediately available to be mus
tered into the service of the FBI Through
them, their trained brother officers would be-
come an integral part of the nations internal
defense
The midnight ride of Paul Revere, sum-
moning to action the early crusaders for inde-
pendence, saved the day for the American
Revolution. Science has supplied modern
Paul Revere. The FBI offices in every section
of the country are linked by teletype ma
Chimes Within matter of minutes, messages
can be flashed from the Washington head
quarters to each of its outposts. And from
fifty FBI field divisions the summons to
action can be relayed by teletype and tele-
phone to every law enforcement agency in the
nation. Within less than an hour, Americas
machinery of internal protection could move
into action. presenting a solid front against
any foe who seeks to attack from within.
What Citizens Can Do
HE value of this force becomes apparent
when it is realized that there are more than
10000 law-enforcing agencies which could
muster nearly 100000 men. To make this
force impregnable requires equipment and
superior man power. Americans can help by
seeing that these two prime requisites are
provided in each community
M-Day must inevitably bring Tightening
of the measures already in force to protect
the industries that supply the materials of
national defense. Industries working on gov
ernment contracts have been extremely CO.
operative in putting into effect suggestions
which would help to check espionage and
sabotage. If war comes. foreign foes will be-
come desperately bold, and to meet them,
additional internal defense measures will be
required This, too will be the task of the
FBf But it can furnish only the leadership
and training thousands of special officers will
have to be modified and assigned to plant
protection duty. Americas lines of COM
munications also must be kept free and
unobstructed. Bridges must be guarded right
of ways policed. Similar protection must be
extended even to our airways, for strange
things can happen high above the clouds.
M-Day for the FBI will be M-Day for the
nation 1t will witness not only the widespread
expansion that already has been planned in
every detail. but marshaling of patriotic
spirit directed toward the single goal of re-
pelling every force inimical to the welfare of
the land. This requires love of country, rising
above personal consideration We can prepare
best for MDay - may it never come! by
giving our best in terms of patriotic citizen
ship to our land, which is ever ready to take
up arms against foe that would seek to
invade it for the destruction of its liberties.
Next Week: OvtIow the VigiLonte!
- 6gsNQ1
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NPEED, accuracy and performance are the
real testsof the effectiveness of Americas
~ machinery for defeating the Fifth COL
unn within our gates. Emergencies arise over
night - they must be met without delay.
Tomorrow or next week will not suffice: that
would spell runation.
Should foreign agents plot an internal up
heaval, its ultimate success would be deter
mined by the plans of its leaders and the pre-
cision with which those plans were executed.
The defeat of an internal upheaval, in turn.
would depend upon the efficacy of the plans
made to mobilize Americans to fight for
Americanism.
President Roosevelt has commissioned the
FBI to lead the fight against foreign espio-
mage and sabotage. Quietly. these foreign
destructive forces have sought to sow seeds
that will sprout violence should war come.
We must be prepared to meet and defeat
their challenge. The tribulations of other
years must not be again experienced.
We think of M-Day in terms of the future.
This is erroneous. We should think of it in
terms of the present The best mobilization
plans we can have is to nip the plans of our
enemies in the bud now.
In one way, M-Day for the FBI began
years ago. Ever since the First World War.
as matter of fact. we have been thinking of
emergencies and how best to meet them.
Quietly, over a period of years, plans have
been made, tested and redrafted. and these
plans have been the subject of constant dis
cussion among the officials of the Bureau and
experts from other walks Of life.
Bit by bit, the machinery of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation has been geared up.
Today it is ready to meet any contingency
within its jurisdiction.
Beyond that, law enforcement throughout
America, for the first time in our history, is
highly oo-ordinated This is as important for
preserving our internal security as we'll
armed navy and highly trained mechanized
army are for national defense Should war
come, the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
will have to direct their attention to the
enemies from without. Our law-enforcing
agencies must meet the enemy from within.
The spy is master of intrigue. Shrewd,
cunning and unprincipled, he is trained to
avoid pursuit and detection. To cope success
fully with him calls for at least equal cunning
and training
Thnives on Lowlessness
Meeting the spy problem is similar to
fighting the crime problem. The spy and the
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m.DAY FOR THE Fb|
Acme

II war tomorrow America - for the first time in
history could call trained organization to fight
the enemYagent For the FB1 started planning
for Mobilization Day right after the last World War
by ]. EDGAR HOOVER
Directors tie Fsdnol lBvrsovo Investigation
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Thrives on LowIessness

Meeting the spy problem is similar to
fighting the crime problem The spy and the
criminal are both motivated by a spirit of
revolt and prompted by avarice. The spy
recruits his troops from the army of lawless-
ness. Thus M-Day started with increased
action against the underworld.
To catch the spy we employ the same meth
DDS that were used to smash kidnapping and
bank robberies - but the approach is diff
ferent. And to teach this new approach spe-
Evening star., 1940-06-16

p WANT to say at the outset that am not a
candidate ior anything. The Marx-for
d Vice President boom never had my sup
port, nor did it ever get very far. 1t was
launched by an obscure Californian vino was
politically inexperienced and, incidentally.
very drunk.
The whole thing was nothing if not spon-
taneous | was at an obnoxious little dinner
party the other evening talking about world
affairs. when this fellow said suddenly. Let's
run Groucho Marx for Nice-President.
Naturally was touched, but only for five
dollars. and that came later. At the moment,
| asked why should be singled out for this
honor: why should my friends want me to be
Vice President:
Because" snarled my sponsor, the Vice
President generally keeps his mouth shut. 1t
might be an interesting experience for you.
So you can see that the boom didn't get
good start. which is just as we'll because
as say. I'm not a candidate for any office.
But don't get me wrong. This isn't any
false modesty If somebody wants to start
another boom. the Vice Presidency is right up
my alley, although III admit it might take
little time before | could manage to listen to
the Senate every day.
remember that about twenty years ago
Vice President made himself famous merely
by announcing that what the country really
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Povl Hesse

PdUi reese
That's the sort of thing the country is up
against.
Another of our direst needs is a coat for
carrying tobacco without making it necessary
to carry bulky, bulging pouch. 1t has been
suggested that tailors make suits out of
tobacco so that, if you wanted to fill your
favorite pipe, you would merely have to tear
off piece of the material and plug it into
the bowl.
This is unsound on the face of it. because
a suit, with its lapels smoked off, would be
highly impractical. Where would you wear
your campaign button or elk's tooth?
My suggestion is that only the rest be made
of tobacco, because the vest is an otherwise
useless garment. 1t isn't ornamental and it
doesn't give much warmth. believe that
nice mild Burley-cut vest, trimmed with
Turkish, would add great deal to the COM
forts of the American man.
In designing this outfit, some enterprising
tailor could also supply another need: A pair
of pants that would automatically hide at
night so that your wife couldn't possibly know
where you were caching your bank roll.
Making your pants vanish may sound a
tritle visionary, but have been making quite
a bit of progress With the idea. I've already
succeeded in making my shirt disappear,
merely by sitting down at the bridge table
with my wife. | know a fellow who bid two
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A Political Break

We NEED two oxen in every garage. There!
I've said it. Not that | don't realize it will
mean a political break with the automobile
industry Il need any kind of break can get,
but because | wouldn't be worthy of Vice
Presidential boom if didn't have the courage
of my convictions, both of which were for
parking forty minutes in half-hour zones
That's the problem: parking! With OK
carts, our great-grandfathers had nothing to
worry about Although it took them an hour
to drive six miles to the downtown shopping
district, they could immediately pull up in
front of any store they chose. And. while
we can drive the same distance in ten minutes,
it takes an hour to find place to park That
gives the OK a clear ten-mlnute advantage
over the automobile.
or course l realize that no OK is as good
looking as one of the 1910 sport models
(the yellow, snappy job; also that it might
be little inconvenient trying to buy hay at
filling station. But we cannot overlook the
fact that ten minutes saved every day
amounts to $3.50 minutes year, or sixty
hours and fifty minutes. And that time,
properly uSeQ - say Oll lIlc Idulo Oy NlldiliC
Mccarthy - is worth approximately
S25O,OOO And while S25O.OO0 amt hay, it
would feed a lot of oxen.
Another national need is laundries that will
send you sheet of pins with every shirt, in
stead of making you pick the pins one at
time, out of the collar; or (if you don't see
them in time) your neck. My own laundry
man and have an understanding. Every time
he sticks me with pin, stick him with bad
check His cries of anguish can be heard from
Culver City to my bank in Beverly Hills.
We need too, vacuum cleaner that won't
scare the daylights out of you by whining like
Boeing bomber whenever you try to snatch
brief four hour nap in the afternoon. At con-
siderable expense and bother I've managed to
solve the problem in my own home but as you
will readily see it is far from the ideal solution.
I've placed land mines around my bedroom
CONTINUED on pose 22)
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hearts with only three quick tricks in his
hand and his wite disappeared.
That. of course solved his problem. He
could then hang his pants out in the open at
night But this solution is not to be recon-
mended generally, because l believe that
wives have definite place in the home
They're invaluable as mothers. and also for
keeping you informed when the lady next
door gets new car, or fur coat, or is taken
out dancing Wives are people who feel that
they don't dance enough. Give them their way
and you won't have to hide your pants at
night, because therell be nothing in them to
conceal
The country also needs the old-fashioned
corset which was laced up in the back. It's
simply ridiculous to say that the present-d
girdle serves the same purpose because it
doesn't. Why, thirty-fve years ago. the
wasp waist meant something to man. 1t
gave him his daily exercise, Tightening up his
wife's laces. But now the girde is here and
we're becoming nation of softies.
my wife has just informed me that the
old-fashioned, laced the-back corset is here.
so disregard the whole paragraph On second
thought, feel that the American man exer-
cises too much. He doesn't get enough peace
and repose.)
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An Experiment
Dur the nation does need, for one thing a
good ham sandwich. refer to the simple, old
fashioned (now obsolete) single decker ham
sandwich which was national institution un-
til the druggist, with his passion for mixing
things ruined it for u.s.
As an experiment. went into drugstore
yesterday and ordered ham sandwich.
Ham with WHAT" the clerk asked.
Coffee" l told him.
Il mean" he said, do you want the ham,
and-tuna combination. the ham, sardine-and-
tomato, or ham-bacon- and broccoli: And will
you have coleslaw or potato salad:'
Just ham, pleaded "A plain ham sand
wich, without even tomato or lettuce.
The young man looked bewildered, then
went over to the drug counter to consult with
the pharmacist who glowered at me sus-
piciously until fled.
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needed was good tive-cent cigar. Now that's
more in my line. As a matter of fact, I've been
making few notes about what the country
needs and, regardless of politics, here they are:
Frankly. don't believe we need $50
every Thursday plan, because Thursday is
such bad day. In the first place, the maid
is out: Junior has the car and - but there's
no point to rehash measure that's already in
the ash can.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
Women's Council For
Community Service
Gives Sunday T e a

The Women's Community service
council OF ST. Johns Presbyterian
church. organized for a better COM
munity. gave tea last Sunday az
ternoon at the home OF Mrs. Isaac
Murphy. 1915 Dubois street. Mrs.
Murphy spared no pains in making
everything look beautiful. and In
spite OF the rain many friends OF
the club enjoyed a very pleasant
afternoon.
Mrs. Harold Bledsoe was the
guest speaker. Among those seen
chatting and drinking tea were:
Rev. and Mrs. II. w. Porter, C. G..
Woods, Annie Hicks, Mamie Castle
berry, Glendora Doles. John Tague,
Clara Fitzgerald. Lena Hawkins,
Bette Hortlind. Ethel Fuqua,
Rowena Wood Sally Hill, White
Bembert, Lillian Parker, Naomi
Steward, Sarah Hamilton. Lila
Mallory, Ora Lee Britton, Conchita
Porter. Tommy Mckay. Alice C..
Stewart, Mrs. Mittie Boyd. Attorney
Harold Bledsoe. Mrs. Nora MUIR
ply, ]. II. Murphy, Frank RENDER
and Rufus lillian.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
Macedonia Baptist

Emphasizing on the subject.
Fear" text Cor. 9:27. But l
keep under my body. and bring It
unto subsection. lest by any means
when I have preached TO others. I
myself should be castaway." the
Rev. II. II. Coleman brought a
great message at the morning serv-
Ice. Sunday. April Z. Three OF the
points brought out were. Sensible.
Sensitive and Sensible Sensitive"
Spiritual services were h d
throughout the day.
At 1880 pm. baptismal service
and the Lords supper were observ-
ed. twelve candidates being bap-
tized. Twenty-six were added to
the church during the day.
The Missionary society will have
Its annual woman's day program.
Sunday. April 81. All women are
invited to he present. The City
Choir union will meet at Macedonia
Sunday. April 2S. Joe Armstrong
Is president OF the union.
Mrs. Lula Smith is church re-
porter.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
Christian Science

Are Sin, Disease, and Death
Real?' will be the subject OF the
lesson-sermon in all Christian Sci
ence churches throughout the
world on Sunday. April II.
The golden text Osalah 3s:22,
Is: THE Lord is our Judge, the
Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord ia
our king; he will save u.s."
Among the Bible citations IL this
passage psalm 6S:19, 20): Bless
ed be the Lord. who daily loadeth
us with benefits. even the God Of
our salvation. lie that is our God
Is the God OF salvation; and unto
God the Lord belong the issues
from death"
Correlatlve passages TO be read
rom the Christian Science text
book. Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy. include the following
%. $3.50; Everything good or
worthy, God made. Whatever Is
vaiueless or baneful. He did not
make. - hence its unreality."
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
The Satisfied Menace Progress Asserts Rev. Pettgrew
Numerous Guest Speakers Address
Womens Council AT District Meeting

The women's Council OF the
Metropolitan district met at Second
Baptist church recently. OF which
the Rev. r. L. Brady is pastor. At
the banner count. the same number
OF ladies' were present from Peo-
pies Baptist and st. James church.
The opening song was led oy
Mrs. Virgins. other participants
included Mrs. Hill. prayer; conse-
Grafton dime collection. with st.
James receiving the token: Mrs.
Bubler. minutes OF the previous
meeting: Mrs. Kennedy. report on
activities OF the young people: Mrs.
Jackson. talk on Day OF Prayer.
Mrs. Seldom Is Eloise chairman;
Mrs. Dodd. central group OF church
es: Mrs. Mcdonald. public service
chairman.
Mrs. Powell talked on the Chris
tian center nursery. Talks were
also made by Mrs. Ida Pope and
Mrs. Phillips.
After the program, a delicious
lunch was served by the ladies OF
Second Baptist church.
Guest speakers at the lunch In
cluded the Rev. s. d. Ross. the Rev.
A. c. williams, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. W.
E.. Ramsey and Mrs. Ross. also
Mrs. Matte G.. Anderson and the
Rev. Thomas Timberlake.
The council will meet In April
at Tabernacle Baptist church.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13

The famed Southernaires. who
will appear at Second Baptist
church, AL Monroe avenue April
10 at Sis pm. under the auspices
OF the Pilgrim Mutual Aid society.
The Rev. r. Ia Brady Is pastor.
Tickets for fifty cents are on sale at
the church and the insurance Office
at sos 4. Hancock.
Homer Smith, first tenor, was
born t. Florence, Ala, Dec. 2,
1905. one OF a family OF eight chill
dren. His parents hoped he might
become minister and after grad
uating from high school. Homer
entered Wilberforce college. At
college. however. he became much
interested in the glee club work
so that when he graduated, instead
OF being ordained he turned to
vaudeville as a member OF quar-
tet. For the next few years he re-
NAMED in vaudeville. Then in 1929
he and the other three organized
their present quartet. Since then
he has devoted himself solely to
singing with the Southernaires.
James Russell Peters. second
tenor, was born IN Cleveland.
Tenn. March s. 1903. He had II
brothers and sisters. His earliest
ambition was to be a lawyer and
after attending high school, board
Ing school and Knoxville college.
he gave up all ideas OF law in IA
vor OF music. Like Homer, singing
with the college glee club and with
church cholrs caused him TO aim
toward a singing career. After
graduating from college he came
TO New York and Joined the famous
Hall Johnson choir and sang with
this group until the Southernaires
came into being.
Jay Toney. the baritone member,
also was born south OF the Mason
Dixon Line. In Columbia, Tenn.
on Sept. Fl, OF year he declined
TO reveal despite kidding by the
others. (Truth IA he's only a few
years older). As a boy he spent
much OF his vacation time here in
Jersey City with his grandmother,
who still lives on Halliday street.
interior decorating. window dress
Ing and show card writing were al
ways his ambitions and he worked
at these things from the fIma ha
left high school until he became n
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
New Salem Baptist

The New Salem Sunday school
Is still progressing splendidly ur-
der the leadership OF Mrs. A. Hut
chlns. a very capable woman. The
Sunday school took in six new
members last Sunday. The month
ly report was very good. The Rev.
G. II. Walker rendered a very In
spring sermon during the morn
ing services. The BYPU is also
progressing splendidly.
Officers in the Sunday school:
Bill Bailey, teacher of yourg peo-
pie: Margaret O'Neal. teacher OF
juniors: Mr.. Mayes. teacher OF
adults: Edlene williams, teacher
OF primary department; Mr.. Dor
sey, uperintendent OF Sunday
school: Tony Lucas, secretary OF
Sunday school; Robert J. Smith.
membership clerk: Mrs. A. w.
Hutchins. supervisor. and the Rev.
c. III. Walker, pastor.
Bobbie Smith is church reporter.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
Peaple's Baptist

Sunday morning. Pastor w. r.
Ramsey delivered a splendid mes
sage from Cor. TIA. subject, Just
Prayer" Three were added to the
church. The Angel choir rendered
the music. Mrs. Cromwell was lead
ing soloist.
During the evening service, the
Rev. Mr.. Ramsey preached from
ST. Mark 1884. The Lords supper
was served.
At 3 pm. April II. the Great
Ecorrian Jubilee Singers will pre-
sent musical program at Peoples
Baptist. in interest OF the Nurses
guild.
The Peoples Baptist Missionary
society regrets the loss OF dear
member, Mrs. Marva Lee.
Members are requested TO re-
member the sick at home and In
the hospitals.
Mrs. Minnie Duncan Is church
reporter
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
St. John Presbyterian

The Rev. Mr.. Coleman OF Mace
donia Baptist church will be the
guest speaker, next Sunday at S:3O|
pm. and his choir will sing. Last
Sunday morning the Rev. Mr.. Por-
ter's discourse was in the form OF
answers to certain questions asked
by the people after Easter. as 10
where Jesus Is now and what be is
doing. The answer he said was
found In Hebrews 10:12-l3, which
says that after he had offered one
sacrifice for sin. he sat down on the
right hand OF God: henceforth ex.
pecting till his enemies be made his
footstool.' His prosecutors. Judas,
plate, Herod. the high priest, Gaia.
phas. all met just rewards. either
by committing suicide. violent
deaths. prosecutions. just as teo-
pie do today who commit sins.
A chicken dinner will be served
after morning service by the Will
ing Workers club. Mrs. A. c.
Steward is president OF this club.
At 1880 pm. regular evening
services will be started to which
all In the community and the pup
lie at large are invited.
Another teacher OF the Sunday
school. Mrs. Oleen Long. received
her diploma from the Detroit
School OF Religious Education.
Tuesday night, having completed
the required three years course.
On Wednesday evening, after !
short prayer service, the annual
conversational meeting will be
held.
An enjoyable concert will b
presented by the Pro Musica Dra-
matique group on next Thursday
evening at the church. in which
the choir Is especially interested A
style show will be given by the
Alpha club on April 10.
The Non-Pariel club is boosting
the sale OF tickets for the concert
by the Y Glee club on April 90.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
Notes of City Usher
Board Union
Inv A. W. HARRIS

We, the City Ushers Board union
wish to thank all the ushers aud
friends who dired with us at our
Ushers' annual official banquet
which was held Friday evening.
March 20 at the ST. Paul AMEZ
church. A good time was had by
all who were present. The princi-
pal speakers were: Attorney Wise
and Attorney Sherard. Their talks
were enjoyed by all. We give spec
ial thanks to the committees who
worked so willingly until the end.
The chairman. ]. f. Dempsey. is
asking all the ushers who sold
tickets. to make your final report
to him or some OF the committee
not later than Sunday at the OIL
vet Ushers' anniversary which will
be held April IA at $3.50 pm. The
public is always welcome at all OF
our ushers' anniversaries.
Mr.. Dempsey is asking all presi-
dents OF local usher boards to meet
him each second Monday night.
7:45 pm. at the Russell Street
church annex.
We still pray for our sick chair
man. Mrs. M. Kivel. Mrs. George L.
Williams OF Calvary Ushers Senior
board was called home In the
South TO be at the bedside OF her
sick sister. We wish her sister a
speedy recovery.