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il seems to me-" She was explor-
ing the cabin delightedly.
When we get moved over well
find what's in that locked cup
board. Steve.
Wouldn't II be nderful,
wouldn't it be just like fairy tale
come true II that cupboard has
food in it. oh, Steve. do you mag
Inc ii possibly cam"
TT may have" Steve declared.
Look" He had opened chest
that stood under the lower bunk.
IF this isn't luck I don't know
what is luck. blankets. good thick
army blankets, at least a dozen of
them.
Whoever owns this cabin GER
tainly knows his stuff. He's all
prepared with the necessities Of
life, isn't he ?"
Blankets. Aren't they heaven
ly?" Doris folded one about her
shoulders. Steve, think of the
sleep we'll have tonight. Think Of
it, Steve. bed and soft warm
blankets"
No pillows or no mattresses"
Steve reminded.
But a shelf, a bunk to lie on,
instead of the cold sand. Oh,
that's luxury, simply luxury"
The sheet iron stove was SPLEEN
Gid one to heat. At almost the
first touch of Steve's cigaret
lighter the dry wood he had found
in the wood box ignited.
I'VE can keep this place warm
and comfortable with a tenth Of
the wood We used on that outside
fire" he told Doris. "Why, we've
got all the comforts Of home. II
We do find food in that closet then
We can withstand an indefinite
siege.
These fellows who fished had
all sort of conveniences, didn't
they? I've never speared fish
through the ice but unless I'm
badly mistaken here's all we need
to do that very thing. Yes, Doris,
we can live here indefinitely. I'm
til spring comes, If we have to-"
But what about Mark ?" Doris
asked suddenly, remembering the
gravity of his plight.
ITO Be Continued)
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Radio ime Table

Fred Waring, with his popular orches-
ira, comes to K0MO Wednesday at p m.
to bring fifteen minutes of old and new
tunes.
Astrid Alwyn. who appeared with
Charles Boyer in the motion picture Love
Affair" again will play opposite the French
dramatic star when she appears as his guest
in the Hollywood Playhouse presentation of
''Cyrano de Bergerac." KOMO at $50 to-
night.
Senator Robert A. Taft will be heard on
Public Affairs program over XVI at 7:l5
p. m Wednesday.
Times radio programs prepared from statio
schedules This newspaper cannot assume responsabl
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Wednesday
z A. M.

Wednesday
z A. M.
KMO - Morning Devo-
lions.
KvI-The Singing Cow
hand, 7:15. Morning
Melodies
KOMO-Top o. the Morn
ing: 7:i5. Memoranda.
KJR-Church OF tie Air.
KIRO-Klock kup: TAO,
Farm Forum
1880 A. M.
KIM O. News. 7:45. Po-
litical Talk.
KVl-News: 7:46. Studio,
KOMO - Musical Clock;
7:45, Sam Hayes.
KJR-News. 7:45. Novel;
ettet.
KIRO - Newsreel: 7.45,
Tonic Tunes.
s A. NJ.
KMO - Breakfast Club:
BIS Bread Of Life,
KVI-Top of Morning;
8:l5, Rhythm.
KOMO-Capt. Dobbsie.
JR- Ensemble: 6:l5
Young DR.. Malone.
KIRO Rhythm: $40.
Weather Report.
$3.50 A. M.
KMo-Keep Fit TO Music;
8:45, Talk.
XVI - News: 6:45. My
Children.
K MO - Against the
Storm: 8:45. Guiding
Light
KJR-Reveries; s:45. Ed
die Zollman
KIRO-Encores.
8 A. M.
KIM o. News: e:l6, Ma
Perkins.
KvI-Kate s m l { ms
Chats, 9:15. When 9
Girl Marries.
KOMO-Julia Blake: s:lo'
Health Club
KJR-News: e:l5. Ann
Sterling Wonders.
KIRO-Kate Smith.
$3.50 A. M.
KMO-Ma Perkins: e:45,
Carriers of Elm st.
KVI-Helen Trent, e:45.
Our Gal Sunday
K o MO Truth T h a I
Makes Men Free: 9:4o.
Adopted Daughter.
KJR-National Farm and
Home.
KIRO-Serial
10 A. M.
MO - Trade: lo:15,
Singing Poet.
XVI = Gold bergs: 1915,
Life Can Be Beautiful.
KOMO - Concert; 10:l5.
Ellen Randolf.
KJR-Nationai Farm and
Home.
KIRO-Serials.
1890 A. M.
KMO-School OF the Air:
lO:45, KEEL. 'ers.
KVI-Right to Happiness
KOMO-Piano: 10:45. DR..
Kate.
KJR-Cecil Solly: 1o:46'
Navy Talk.
KIRO-Serial.
IL A. Nj.
KMO-Hollywood; lib,
Hawaiians
KVI-Big Sister; HID
Aunt Jenny.
KOMO-Betty and BOD:
11:15, A GIRL N N
Daughter.
KJR - w as h ington al
Work.
RIRO-Serials.
1880 A. M.
KMO Scrapbook: II :4o
Orchestra.
KVI-Life Begins; ll:4o
Ny Son and !.
KOMO - Valiant Lady;
il:45. Betty Croker.
KJR-Cowboy Joe.
KIRO-Serial.
IL MUM
KMO-Friendly Fifteen
l2:i5. News.
KVI-Society Girl.
X MO - Mary Marlin
1915. Ma Perkins;
KJR - Orphans OF d.
yorce: 1918. Amanda.
KIRO-Serial,
1890 p. M.
KMO-Royal Hawaiians
VIM VS.: j - D
woman's Page.
KOMO-Pepper Young
1915. Vic and Sade.
KJR-News; i2:45. BOOK
KiRo-News: l2:45. Sing
ing Sam.
l p. NJ.
KMO-School OF Air.
KVI-Kitty Kelly; i:le
Myrt and Marge.
KOMO-That Girl; l:loi
stella Dallas
KJR-Club Matinee
KIRO-Serisl
1870 P. M.
KMO-Streamline Swing;
i:45. Book a Week.
XVI Hilltop House;
i.:45, stepmother.
KOMO-Mr. Dlnwiddie.
las, Special.
KJR-Matinee.
KIRO-Serial
2 p. M.
KMo-News: AIS. John
sons.
KvI-By Kathleen Nor
ris. AIS Mystic Melo'
dies.
ROMO-Girl Alone: 2:15
Midstream.
KJR-Fight Preview.
KIRO-Serials.
2:30 p. M.
KMO-Salon Time; 24o,
Muse and Music.
Kyr-Happened IN Holly
wood: 2:45. Baines
K MO - Health: 2:zo'
The O'Neills.
gJR Frank WatsnAoe'
2:45. Anthony.
KIRO-Serial
3 p. M.
KAO-Piano.
KVI-Lanny Ross; SID.
Hedda Hopper.
KOMO - Rush Hugnes'
3:l5. without q Name
KJR-Eddie Zollman
KiRO-Feminine Forum
$3.50 p. NJ.
KMO - Orchestra; S:45,
Smiling Through.
KVHGirl Inferno; J @o,
War News.
KONO-womsns Maya
zine OF the Air.
KJR-Song Busters; ) 80.
LII Aoner.
KIRO-Commentator.
4 p. NJ.
KMO-Pulton Lewis ~
AIS. Haven Of Rest
KyI-School Of Air.
KOMO-Easy Aces. Alb
Mr Keen
KJR-Aloha Land.
KIRO-Job Fnder. Ais
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Three Pledged By
Kniqhts OF LO0

The Knights Of the Log, College
of Puget Sound sophomore mems
honorary organization announces
the pledging of William Tregon-
ing, William Stewart, and Charles
Swanson.
Tregoning is active in athletics
at the college having been a MEM
Der of the football team for the
past two seasons. Stewart Is
active in dramatics and Journal
ism, while Swanson is a returning
ski letterman.
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q " M ~ - tdlldut A1dQys
HAS, Hymns.
KJR-School Broadcast.
YIRO-Serial.
II NOON
< N o - Vitality: l2:l5,
KVI-Society Girl; i2:l5,
Quartet.
< . M L Mary Marlin:
1915. Ma Perkins
K j r - Orphans OF d.
vorce.
KIRO-Serial.
1890 P. M.
KMO-Orchestra. 12:45.
Roundtowner.
KvI-News; l2:<6. Wom-
ans Page.
K o NJ O-Pepper Young:
12:45. Vic a. SADIE.
KJR-News.
KIRO-News: l2;4o. Sing
ing Sam
1P. M.
KMO-School Of the Air.
KVI-Kitty Kelly; lis.
Myrt and Marge.
KOMO-That Girl; lis.
Stella Dallas.
KJR-Concert.
KIRO-Serials.
1:30 p. M.
K M O-Maids and Men;
1:45. Book a Week.
KvI-Hilltop House; ! AS.
Stepmother.
kOMO-Mr. Dinwoodie:
l:45. Blue Plate Special.
K J r - Medicine In the
News.
KIRO-Serials.
2 z. M.
KMO-News; 2:16, John
son Family.
kVI-By Kathleen Norris;
2:l5, Mystic Melodies.
KOMO-Girl Alone: 2:l5.
Midstream.
K j R-Club Orch: AIS,
Irene Wicker.
2:30 p. M.
KMO-Jungle Jim; 2:45,
News
K v lit Happened IN
Hollywood; 2:45, Baines.
KOMO-Patty Jean: 2:46.
The O'Neills.
X J R-Frank Watanabe;
2:45 Affairs of An
thony.
3 P. M.
K M o - Bridge; Sis,
Preschool.
KVI-Lanny Ross; 3:l5,
Ensemble.
KOMO-Rush HugheA
KJR-Eddie Zellman
KIRO-Lanny Ross.
$3.50 p. M.
K M O-Music and Man
ners.
KVI-Girl Inferno: 3:45.
Europe.
KOMO-Womans Maya
zine OF the Air.
KJR-Wash. State Dept.
OF Health: 3:45. LII
Abner.
4 p. M.
kMO-Fulton Lewis. Jr.:
AIS, Haven of Rest.
|SV1-School OF Air.
KOMO-Easy Aces: <:l5.
Mr.. Keen.
KJR-Mr. Nobody; AIS.
Music Clubs.
KIRO-Job Finder: AIS.
Lost and Found.
4:30 p. Nj.
KMO-Haven OF Rest:
4:45, Robinson Family.
|KVl-Accent on Music.
|kOMO-Meet Miss Julia:
4:45, Govt Reports.
KJR-Orchestra.
RIRO-Hit Tunes.
5 p. M.
X M o - Concert; SIS,
Crazy Cowboy.
KVI-Pianist and Speak
er; 5:l6. Dealer in
Dreams.
KOMO-Geo. Jessel.
kJR-Bud Barton; Sis,
Tom Mix.
K1RO-Accordion.
$3.50 p. Nj.
K NJ O-Jack Armstrong:
5.45, Orphan Annie.
RVI-Ferris and Powers;
5:45. Bob Gerred. 5:65,
Elmer Davis.
ROMO-Army Band.
X J r - How Do You
Know.
KIRO - Costigan: sA5.
Headlines.
6 p. Nj.
RVI-Malor Bowes.
KOMO-Good News Of
1910
$40,
News.
KIRO-Amateur Hour.
$3.50 p. nj.
KMO-John B. Hughes:
Gas. Paging the Past.
RVI-Major Bowes.
kOMO-Good News OF
1910.
KJR-Town Meeting.
KIRO-Amsteur Hour.
Z Z. Nj.
KMO-News: 7:i5, Singer.
6vI-Glen Miller, 7:l5.
Studio.
KOMO Music Hall
Hour.
KJR-Town Meeting.
KIRO-Miller.
1880 p. Nj.
KMO-0reen Hornet.
K v l. Pres. Roose welt,
T:45. Sports.
kOMO-Ausic Hall
2JR-Studio.
KIRO-City Desk.
s p. NJ.
SMO-Ofchestra.
& v / - Amos n Andy;
Sis. Geo. Johnson
KOAO Fred waring; 4
e:l5, / Love . Mystery. |
SJR-Youth In Review. I
KIRO-Ser.al.
$3.50 p. NJ. |
( NJ o - Orchestra; s:45, /
Trails. /
kVI-Ask-it-Basket /
( o ~ O-Stsndsrd Sym
phony.
kJR-Musicsl.
9 p. Nj. /
kMO-Sews. Sis. Pc
litlcal Talk. !
SVl Strange As IL
Seems. 8 as, Orchestra. I
Hour
zJR-Beyond Doubt. /
$3.50 p. Nj. |
kVI-Operetts.
kOMO-Those We Love. /
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INVITE CANDIDATES TO
POLISH HALL FEB. 9TH

Candidates for commissioners of
public utilities and public works
have been invited to address a
meeting in Polish hall, Ea. 30th
and r SITS. Wednesday evening at
$50 o'clock. The meeting is
sponsored by the Democratic pre-
cinct committeeman of the 25th
district.
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KNO-HsFsn OF Rest
s4s, People, just PEG
pie.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01

equal opportunities in all the branches of the
military defense program. The air corps
should be the first to break down the old ira
dition that so long has held Negroes from
equality in the military branch Of the gov
eminent Major Smith dumped the little
problem on the laps of the Civil Aeronautics
Authority when he suggested that Williams
communicate with that authority. We won
der what would have happened if the Ma
jor had accepted the application and per-
mitted Williams to train at Rantoul, Illinois,
with the other pilots?
We fail to understand how a democratic
government like ours that has given US the
18th, 18th and 18th amendments guaranteeing
us equal rights and justice would refuse to
permit our Negro boys to manifest their 10y
atty to their country the same as boys of other
races.
In Illinois we have Civil Rights Law
outlawing discrimination in public places.
In Illinois we have law preventing dis
elimination against persons on account of
race or color in government positions. That
law, however does not apply to the federal
government, only to the state, but at least it
IS indicative of the sound public policy that
this state has attempted to enforce through
its state legislature. When the federal gov
eminent refused to permit citizens of I'LL
nos an equal opportunity it seemed to be
acting in manner morally contrary to the
spirit of that law.
We trust that the War Department, the
Civil Aeronautics Authority and Major L. S
Smith will get together and reverse the pre-
judicial denial of the application of Williams
as flying cadet.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
OBSERVATIONS
BY Fred c. Williams

litical changes. In some coun-
tries, especially Hungary, where
they fought, bled and DIED for
that country's independence, they
are now being DENIED THE
RIGHTS for which they fought
and once enjoyed. So if Con-
gresham Mitchell is correct in
his diagnosis Of world events in
which he stated that Liberia and
Haiti, two black republics would
be lost to the Negroes in sixty
days in the event that Hitler
succeeded in capturing Great Bri-
tain.
Thus we find ourselves facing
a serious situation that we should
not hesitate to support when our
youth hesitate to accept the adj
ministration's CONSUMPTION propos-
al.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
Fascisrn and the Negro

DR. ALAN LOCKE, well known Professor
- of Philosophy at Howard university,
stated in Chicago last week that in the not
so distant future this country will 60 through
short period of Fascism as a result of world
conditions He indicated that the Negroes
would suffer with other minority groups. He
said, however, that the Negroes were accus-
toned to suffering as they have borne it
over three hundred years, and SO far as that
was concerned the Negro would fare pretty
well. Of greater interest, however, was the
that DR.. Locke made with reference
to the new social order that would evolve
subsequent to this Fascist period. He pre-
dicted that this new social order would bring
out a change in values that are placed upon
human rights and liberties. He said that for
the minority groups such change will be
beneficial and indicated that such groups
would obtain rights and treatment which
have been unknown to them. We
do not know whether Dr. Locke's statements
are true. We hope the first part is not, how
ever. The world condition makes it impos-
sible to predict what the future will bring
and the best one can do is to make a guess.
DR.. Locke made his.
A good bit Of the suffering of Negroes can
be alleviated by mass action through the
technique of organization. It ! is, therefore,
advisable that the leaders Of our race pool
their knowledge and experience for the pur-
pose of meeting the grave problems that the
masses Of Negroes will inevitably face wheth-
er Fascism as we know it in Europe arrives
or not. ,~'s,' -:-> 49, i';:.@ T. ~
We are now facing minor period of Fascism
and SO far as that is concerned Fascism is
only a new word to the Negro who has faced
actual Fascist treatment since his. advent in
to this country We admit that it can be much
harder but some of its effect can be alleviated
by the steadied mass action of the thirteen
million Negroes. ''> = - ,.. -. III:
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
MORIBUND

There's a droWsy hum in the air
From the honey bee fitting here and there;
There's shimmering haze over the HILL
Where the sun beams down and burns until
The trees droOp, their leaves and flowers wilt,
And all life seems to gasp for breath,
AS it Writhes and struggles in its tilt,
It's desperate, bitter tilt with death.
The river is sluggish and low in its bed,
The corn fields are parched, frail blossoms
are dead,
And still the sun beams and seems to de-
light
To see the whole world in such plight
Never a drop Of rain to cool
The parched ground. The sluggish pool
Is shrunk in its bed; and there's never a note
Of cheer from the song birds golden throat
Only the droWsy hum in the air
Of the honeybees fitting here and there
And the mysterious wavering haze
From the midday's scorching rays
Mary Brown.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
BETWEEN THE LINES
Rv DEAN GORnnN uANCOCn

English, however inclined we may
be to conclude otherwise. If the
careful planning Of the Germans
and their careful calculations are
contrasted with the planlessness
and laundering of English, the
world in the long run may be
better off in control Of far
sighted nation. British apathy
and lethargy and egotism are no
matches for the sagacity and long
range calculations Of the Germans.
Hitlerism may prove to be
blessing in disguise; for with Ger
many in complete control in Eu-
rope, we are safe in concluding
that the prospects Of a lasting
peace were never more rOseate.
With just a German army to po-
lice Europe, the other nations
can turn from their programs Of
burdensome ornaments to the
pursuits of peace and the culture
that can only develop in peace.
At present every little nation is
staggering beneath its load of
military ornaments; with Ger
many in complete charge these
nations can seek things cultural
and spiritual. Who knows but that
Hitlerism, the present blight of
small nations, may give the long
needed opportunity for spiritual
development? The godlessness
that now manifests itself in the
totalitaran states is just a passing
phase and will pass perhaps soon
er than we expect.
The tide Of righteousness cannot
long be stemmed and there is no
need to doubt the final triumph of
the Kingdom Of God. Great minds
predicted years ago that hopes Of
a lasting peace resided in the pos
sibility that some master nation
could rise in the world and take
over the matter Of keeping order
throughout the world and thus
release the energies of the nations
for constructive work Of war. Hit
lerism may prove the radical meas
ure essential to the rebirth Of a
more godly idealism than this
world has ever known. Beyond
Hitler lies the long long future
in the which will dawn a better
day.
Hitler is not the only ruthless
conqueror in the world; he is just
another. Strangely enough, when
the world is crying for conquer
ors it prefers the "corporals".
Corporal Napoleon and Corporal
Hitler. Let us be fair in our
minds and see that Hitler did not
make himself; Britain and France
and the United States helped to
make him the worlds conquer
ing corporal. Hitler has 'out-
Britished" the Britons.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
Orientation Towards Craftsmanship
By LESTER E. BROWN

democracy. Can't you see that
the vulnerable point is in the
treatment of the Negro, because
he is constrained to the lowest
levels Of existence? Can ma
ton, propagandized without, a.
bout their inhumane treatment
to a loyal segment Of its people
create united America? From
the capture of the Sudatenland
to the present the Nazis have
disintegrated the internal morale
Of their foes by focusing their
propaganda on the inhumane
treatment of Germans and other
minorities. In minor rebuffs, they
have chided the United States
about her "barbarous lynchings"
of Negroes. 1t is urgent that Hit
Ter will have no further grounds
in propagandizing this country.
We are in need Of winning a
victory for the Anti-lynching
Bill. Can we criticize, in retro
oRCOI, Od1 LII OlOIllCI0 LII IllClL
apathy and soft pedaling on ma
jor issues if we fail the genera
ton of tomorrow? Can we re-
spect ourselves if we assume
cause and abandon it because the
way proved hard? If we can,
then let us forget racial integrity,
puncture our claims to equal
manhood. On the other hand, if
we do respect ourselves let us
show it by getting together and
concentrating on this major vic
tory. Votes, demands, pressure
by letters and press are our wea-
pons Of power. We must use
them fully. The way will be
easier for breaking down the
whole system Of national discrimi-
nation if we can win this fight.
Negro political leaders can help
this cause UNNECESSARILY if they
have the inclination, resourceful-
ness and courage to do SO. On
every occasion they can intelli-
gently voice our demands until
America will have no peace Of
conscience, until she has favor
ably disposed of this bill.
Citizens everywhere must be
enlisted in this fight until it be-
comes a crusade. Other causes
have been dramatized into vic
torious crusades. Was the liquor
menace any worse than the real
ity Of men living in Christian
democracy who can innocently
or illegally be lynched? 1t is
empty mockery to blow fanfare
Of trumpets if we still retreat
from the fundamentals that will
not only save, but construct a
really great America.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
The Housing Project

a I long last the Ida B. Wells project is
~ completed The erection of the project
gave occasion for much criticism caused by
the aborted attempt Of southside real estate
interests to sabotage it. Court wrangles, IN
necessary delays and the transfer of the pro-
ject from the National Government to the
local Housing Authority marked the early be-
ginning Of the project. AT some points in the
beginning many thought, and not without
justification, that the project would never be-
come reality
Throughout the fight to establish a southside
project the colored people stood shoulder to
shoulder and fought all attempts to scuttle
it. It was noble fight
The project stands as monument to the
wholehearted and oneness of spirit mani
tested by the Negro newspapers, churches,
civic and social groups and Negro leaders
That same group that fought so hard for it
should feel encouraged to 60 further and fight
for the eradication Of the kitchenette evil,
high rents and overcrowded housing condi-
tons.
The Ida B. Wells project will help to rene
dy some Of the evils but it will not do a great
deal. When all its rooms are filled with ten
ants there still will be high rents to be paid
by poor tenants and restrictive covenants
that intensity the overcrowded housing prob
lem through the means of preventing Ne
groes from living in certain areas. The
groups that steered the project to its sue
cessful conclusion should feel that their work
toward alternating bad housing has just be-
gun and they should therefore, proceed on
the next phase Of their program.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
No Negro Pilots

THE most recent attitude expressed by the
Il United States Army Air Corps concern
ing the admission of Negroes in the air corps
has made news in last weeks newspaper
when letter to Roderick Charles Williams
from Major L, s. Smith, Acting Adjutant
General, was made public.
Williams made application for appointment
as a flying cadet in the United States Army
Air Corps. He is twenty-six years old. The
maximum limit for a flying cadet is twenty
seven. The minimum college requirement
to be flying cadet is two years. Williams
had four years college training in one of the
best universities of the country-University
Of Illinois. He made all the requirements
ostensibly necessary to enter as flying cadet
and besides he is an employee Of the United
States Government. But there is one re-
qurement that the laws as intended by Con-
gress do not specify. That requirement is
that the applicant must be white. In his let
ter to Williams Major Smith said, "The Con-
gress has created several units Of the army
exclusively for colored troops, but no colored
tactical units of the air corps have been au-
thOrized up to this time. Consequently no
provision has been made by the War De-
partnent for units to which members of the
colored race could be assigned in the event Of
their completing the prescribed course OF
training to become military pilots" This
statement seemed to put the burden either
on congress, or on the War Department. So
far as we know the congress has never made
any law barring Negroes from the army air
corps, so the burden cannot be placed there.
If there is any law dealing with the question
Of color in the air force Of the nation it is
an unwritten one based on prejudice sup
ported by custom and perpetrated by prac-
tce.
We fail to understand why a Negro cannot
train in the air corps along with whites. We
fail to understand why there must be sep
arate army air corps for Negroes for all cad
cts are training for one purpose-to defend
their country in the event of war
The time is ripe when Negroes should have