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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

between good and evil-becauSe they
teach us to obey the law-that WON.
en- are the guardians of democracy.
say it earnestly to you: The fate
of democracy is in your hands.
Within our own lifetime-within
the past 20 years-the whole world
has been swept by a wave of cynic-
ism and doubt.
Europe today is dominated by the
He is man who does not hesitate
to accomplish his ends by breaking
his solemn promises, by numbering
his associates, by converting the
youth of Germany to highly trained
gangsters, and by laying waste to
peaceful lands that lie across his
path.
1t was this cynicism, I truly be-
lieve, that weakened the European
democracies. The people lost faith
in themselves and in their repre-
sentatives. And the men who had
the responsibilities of government
lost faith in the people.
Cynicism of Youth
Grave Danger to Democracy.
Under such circumstances the COL
lapse of those democracies was in
evitable. When the test came they
were weakened and unprepared.
They could not even produce the
guns, the tanks and the airplanes
that they needed.
And let us face the fact squarely:
We, too. in America have become
infected with cynicism. I have OBJ
served tendency to sheer at the
homely virtues that made our
American life so abundant and
forceful.
I have observed a tendency, espe-
cially among our young people, to dis
miss the moral and spiritual stand
ards of our American tradition. Our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
ext Of Wilkes Detroit Speech Urging Moment Guard Democracy
nCT POJT Ocf 1-Hcre is the

DETROIT, Oct. f.-Here is the
teri OF Wendell L. Wilkes ad-
dress here last night:
II welcome the opportunity to ad-
dress-under your ausplces-the
women of America. I welcome the
opportunity because have job for
the women of America to do. 1t is
a specific job and vitality important
job. want to take this time tonight
to explain it to you.
As I have said many times, this
campaign of mine is a crusade. 1t
is a crusade to preserve American
democracy.
But it is crusade that cannot be
fought and won without the help of
every woman in America.
mean all of you-wives. mothers,
teachers-workers in business and
industry, nurses and social workers,
women in the professions and the
arts, homemakers and homekeepers.
Every one of you is vital to the
cause I am fighting for. Every one
of you has the same stake in the
survival of our democracy. And if
you fail to do the job I am going to
ask you to do. democracy may perish
from the earth.
Women Feel the Oppressive
Yoke of German Dictator.
First, let us look elsewhere to find
out what happens to a country, and
particularly the women of a country,
when democracy fails. Let us look
at Germany.
Today there are 100000 women
In greater Germany-that is, Ger
many and the conquered countries
that Hitler has actually annexed.
These women are not free to 60
about as they please or to do what
seems good to them. There is a
woman dictator-a single woman in
charge of all German women, who
has absolute authority over them.
Under this woman, there is a
vast organization of women wardens
and women spies. These wardens
can enter house any time with
out warning to examine everything
on the stove, or even in the garbage
can.
German women have lost the
right to determine the most intimate
things of their private lives. They
do not choose their own work.
They do what the State orders.
They have been relegated to the
kitchen and they are regarded as
breeders of soldiers, not for defense,
but for aggression. Decency and
self-respect have been taken from
their lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

say - "coin some smart phrases.
some pungent words like economic
(See WILLKIE TEXT, Page B-8)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Children Taken From Them
To Become Cogs in Machine.

Their children are taken from
them when they are infants Of six
and seven-poured into the State
machine and turned out as regi-
mented fanatics-born and raised
to be cogs in a war machine.
Now, I would not talk about that
situation if it had no bearing on the
cause that brings us together here.
I do not use it as an isolated ex-
ample of something distant.
I describe it because it is now
tonight-the life that almost all the
women on the continent of Europe
are leading. Whereas here tonight
you are still in possession of some
thing far different from that.
Just compare your lives with those
I have described.
Democracy has given you the full
lest-the freest-lives of any women
In history. 1t has given you the
vote. 1t has given you opportunities
without limit-for education, for
emancipation. 1t has made you the
chief promoters and patrons of cul-
lure III our ClflllIdllOll.
1t has given you the highest ma
terial standard of life the world has
ever known.
Democracy has given and given
and given. And now the time has
come for you to give to democracy.
The women of Britain are giving
the utmost and dearest of everything
they have-as free women have al
ways done when their nations were
in danger.
Needs Women But Not
The Lives of MenfOlk.
You. and your mothers, and your
erandmothers, have given in this
way-when our country needed you.
1t needs you today.
Thank God, it does not need to
ask for the lives of your sons, your
husbands or your brothers, in war.
But it does need every other eff
fort that you can make. 1t does need
you to do this specific job that 1
am going to ask of you.
But first, in order to do this job,
you must be absolutely sure that
you know what democracy is. You
must know what you mean by the
word
Most Americans-and all OF us
are pretty much alike-are care
less about that word. We don't stop
to think what it means.
Most of us have the notion that
democracy is a kind of government
nachinery-a congress, an executive,
a supreme court, commissions, au-
thorities, and the like. Well, Of
course, those are all part of demo-
cratic government, They are the
machinery by which the people gov
ern themselves.
But that machinery is not really
democratic. You can understand
that when you think about the Ger
man Reichstag. The Reichstag is
the congress of Germany and it
used to perform essentially the same
function as our Congress. Hitler
still convenes it once in while. But
when it comes together it does not
vote the way people want, but the
way Hitler wants. It's life Is just
a series of must" votes. 1t has no
will of its own.
The Reichstag is an example of
democratic machinery that has lost
democracy. 1t is travesty on DEM
ocratic government.
Now there are two ways of gov
erning mankind One is by force
and the other is by law.
Hitler is governing all of Europe
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-04-19
CHICAGO PRINTERS
WIN HIGHER WAGE

Chicago (ILNS(. = Typographical
Union No. 16, International Typo
graphical Union, has signed new
contract with the Franklin Associa-
tion of Chicago, a representative en-
ployers' group.
Under the contract, the rate of pay,
per 5-day, 40-hour week, will be $50
for day work, $50 for night work.
This is So a week higher than the
old scale; and provision is made for
an additional increase of 81 week,
which will take effect March A, 1941,
and will make the rate of pay the
highest in the unions history.
The new wage schedule will be in
corporated in agreements with shops
which are not affiliated with the as
sociation and will affect some $500,
or all of the unions members who are
employed in Chicago's commercial
shops.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-04-19
COMMUNISTS ROUTED
lin GARMENT UNION

New York, N. Y.-Declaring that
Communists and "the disgruntled
groups that trailed behind them" had
been stripped of all influence in the
affairs of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union, David Du-
binsky, president of the union, re-
ported that only eight of the 1,147
posts filed through the votes of 100,-
900 I. L. G. w. U. members in this
city had gone to Communists or their
scamp followers"
The "total eclipse of the Moscow
inspired group" in the union was
ascribed by Mr.. Dubinsky to the Sta
lin Hitler pact and the subsequent
hostility Of the Communist party to
President Roosevelt. He said the re-
suits of the local elections in New
York City had been duplicated in Chi
cago, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland
and other garment centers.
Mr.. Dubinsky characterized the de-
feat of the left wing forces as "a
most impressive job of spring house
cleaning"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-04-19

Sell their collective soul for dreams
of glory
While hitherto friendly world
sees them
Carving Europe's map to suit a
Teuton purpose
Ignoring all obligations; laughing
at promises set as traps
Accepting alliances with Commu-
nists they cursed
Thrilling to roars of mechanical
mass murder
Feasting on futile frenzies of fa-
naticism-
Sacrificing all honor and reason
Pitching headlong down preci-
pices-
Leading to national insanity
British prime ministers
Saw nothing in this to battle with
We're willing to appease the mon
ster appetite
With all the Austrians and Czechs
it could consume
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-04-19
500 JOBLESS AS MILL CLOSES

Lockhart, Ala. (ILNS)-.The Jack
son Lumber Company, manufacturers
Of shingles, has closed its plant,
throwing 500 men out of employment
who will be obliged to leave the town
of 1900 which has no other industries.
The mill has been in continuous oper-
alton for % years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-04-19

Into court for breaking laws and
customs
Combining to take advantage of the
smaller men
Cheating in weights and measures
Fighting against law for truth
in fabrics
Use of lying labels and false SELL
ing talk
These things are natural ingredi-
ents-
Of a system which cannot live
without profits
Business calls it "human nature
Hitler calls it "Nordic Gleichshal-
tung"-
Is this the reason
American business men see moth
ing
In the war between Nazis and
British business?
Nothing of principle to interest
Americans
Nothing but just some competition
between two thieving merchants
Plain it is to be seen
America needs no Mephistoph-
eles-
Whose time would be wasted here
in idle gestures
The soul of America has been sold
for less than dreams of glory
Promises these Americans dream
Of profits
Then they will sell you souls of
four million youth
Throw in the decency Of ten million
homes
Add ignorance and degradation of
thousand city slums-
Your American Faust is cheap
guyl
And as a business man, he's sap!
The problem that daily torments
every man is where's the money
coming from?"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-04-19

Wait a minute
You say that Hitler is unfair
Would you say he is dishonest, and
a cheat?
Taking advantage of the weak,
laughing at consciences-
What is there so unusual about
that kind of practice?
You will find it every week
In doings Of Federal Trade Com
mission
Citing business houses, big and
little
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-04-19

Although they had promises these
little nations
Benefit of "full protection" from
attack
Then they added Poland to the sac
rifce-
With little heroic Finland to
sweeten the mouthful-
Promising all of these, the while
Full protection of British might
More lately, they have added that
same curse of promise
To burdens born by Scandinavian
lands
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-04-19

The problem that daily torments
every man is where's the money
coming from Z"
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-02
B 0 Y S


Altman, w alter
Austin, Tommy
Beavers. Leroy
Beckett, Louis
Berry, ElWood
Bishop, David
Bones, Shiny
Bostick, Bill
Brame, Tommy
Brown, "Cottie'
Brown, Dog
Brown, "Cat-Eye
Bryson, Lefty
Buckner, Pete
Bush, Thomas
Galloway, Cal
Galloway, Ernest
Cannon, Coley
CLANCY, Lon
Chairman, Gene
Clark, Bus
Clay, Did
Copper, Jimmie
Daniels, Smoke
Davidson, William
Davis, Jimmie
Davis, Prince
Delaney, Ike
Dickerson, Lloyd
Farley, Charles
Farley, Stanley
Ellis, Piggy
Ellison, Herbert
Evans, Buddy
Evans, Melvin
Evans, Pickle
Ewing, Fate
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-02

Finley, Chet
Fish, Lester
Fisher, Tunney
Gable, Clark
Garland, Boyd
Gellispie, Rip Tail,
Glover, Paul
Green, Col.
Grigsby, Clyde
Grubbs, G. b.
Grubbs, Tot
Hampton, Earl
Hampton, Chester q
Harding, "Uncle Tom
Harris, Booker
Harris, Cecil
Harrison, John
Hayden, Jordan
Hill, Fat"
Holland, Chet
lies, ElWood
Jackson, Bud
Jackson, Foote
Jackson, George
Jackson, James
Jackson, Smash
Jarman, Buck
Jarman, julius
Jenkins, Rub
Johnson, Totey
Johnson, Windy
Jones, Chuck
Jones, Dick
Jones, Jimmie
Leigh, Oliver
Lewis, Lloyd |
Lewis, w alter
Loritts, Hazey
Loritts, Howard
Mason, "Pops''
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-02
GI K l. S

Arnold, Florida
Arnold, M elba
Biggs, Jean
Booker, Helen
Booker, Louise
Bostick, Helen
Brent, Alice
Brown, Efie
Butler, Janet
Carter, Alice
Carter, Macy
Carter, Mildred
Childs, Sarah
Christian, Ollie
Clay, Nellie
Cole, Norma
Combs, Mae
Cox, Artie
Crops, Claudia
Daniels, Dicey
Davis, w arena
Epps, Kathleen
Evans, Marylyn
Ewing, Rebecca
FAINT, Virginia
Ferguson, Betty
Ferguson, Gerlene
Fish, Sarah Ann
Fisher, Georgia
Fisher, Jessie
Fuller, Theresa
Garland, Lorraine
Garland, Margaret
Goings, Constance
Graham, Lulu
Grubbs, Norrella
Harris, Helen
HARDWOOD, Nita
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-02
The PARAMOUNT AMUSEMENT CLUBS
P0PUL LARITY CONTEST and DANCE
TO BE HELD AT THE
COT TON CLUB DAYTON
SAT. MITE, Mar, 2
Select Your Fvore Boy and Favoe Girl From this List Vote For
Them The Dance Remember You For One Bow and One Girl

Hathcock, Francis
Heard, frankie
Heard, Anna Bell
Hester, Sis
Hill. Betty
Hill, GWendolyn
Hill, Villa
Hoffman, Lillian
Holcomb, Golden
Howard, Bessie
Hughes, Helen
Hugely, Elizabeth
Isles, Lucille
] Jackson, Alma Lee
j jackson. Marietta
Johnson, Dorothy
Johnson, Margaret
Jonnigan, Bernice
Keller, Lucille
Keller Marie
Lewis, Jessie
Lindsay, Florence
M addock. Edna
McCauley, Anna
NJ cClaren, Elmira
Miller, Bee
Miller, Rocella
Mitchell. Ruth
Morris, Mindora
Odun1, Essie
Offord, Winona
arks, Jean
Peavey, Helen
Porter, Thelma
Prear, Exine
Rice, Audrey
Rice Lillian
Roberts, Evelyn
Robinson, Katherin
Robinson, Margaret
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-02

Mccullough, Mack
McKeefe, James
Mckinney, Ace
McIin, q. j.
Minor, Ben
Moore, Richard
Moraigne, Preach
Morris, Dave
Peasant, Julian, II
Phillips, jolly
Phillips, Maurice
Prear, Fuzzy
Preaf, Parker
Prear, Red
Pickett, Wayman
Pullens, Jesse
Radford, Evan
Ramey, Price
Ray, Dock
RanfrO. Art.
Reynolds, Preach
Rice, .3Snag''
Robinson, Gene
Robinson, Warnie
Robson, Willie
Russell, Leonard
Sandusky, Billy
Saunders, Harrison
Shaw, Joe
Shorts, Ernest
Smith, Clarence
Shufford, Buddy
Smith, JAS, Catfish
Smith, Macon
Spaulding, Ben
Stokes, lille
Stone, Tot
Stoudemere, Buddy
Tate, Bill
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-02

Robinson, Nancy
Rogers, Winifred
Rowe, Cecil
Scott, Babe
Snowden, Gertrude
Sorrell, Campie
Sorrell, Genelle
Sorrell, Ethel
Sorreli, Massie
SorrelI, Middle
Sorrell, Sue
Stokes Roma
Stone, Margaret
Stroud, Ruth
Taylor, Odema
Tedford, Geraldine
Thomas, Jerry
Toliver, Tommy
Turner, Janet
Turner, Stella
Walton, Hattie
Weir, Vernice
West Clyde
West, Dorothy
West. Grace
Wilkerson, Cordella
Wilkerson, Lennell
Williamson, Miley
Young, Dolores
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-11
DO MOTHERS WANT WAR?

THERE MAS a TINE whom the mothers Of the world
l their daughters and een-aged sons we're granted M
rnr from he tragedy OF except for the grief ana
hearts,, hc Suffered hen their men folk were Slaugn-
tere ana property deSfuyeG bv: that WAS some years
ago Yes ,hs Immunity 10 women and children was prac-
teea 81, 4, te tn,e 81 the las World War but since that
tin,c cis 7afer htS so advanced and implements for
oca g asath and destruction time Of war have become
s., ra nar, cl,ef,p tha, the lives Of and chill
crcn are ua afeor shielded from the carnage Of war
Omen al uietcr,d towns arc no longer exempted from
ire a-tal s. s. er n planes drirg conflict Helpless
,snier a,l tNlfel and other nonhelgerentS are
bonnie ass n ehtg4rNei IN he streets, in some IN
s,.4 she, are irpNid hospitals Red Cross units
svd hlsi3ia 'rains modern war.
lae,Vet wslr fhl hcrs " no safer most The
pn,tal ufer NE mothers OF the world
w rt ard demand hat CIVILIZED MAJ
t,r ~ a, ns, SNnGav May IL pay hons
acc ga nei- taess ari egeeas of a nations
II fnre f}'r hat IN, aayS and wears
IA en0t rire fort HaNliNcS, and peace 10 ne ma
TORS mre SrY and protection 20
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-11

Uncle Sans perfectly good ia
come Is less reprehensible than
throwing ava, hundreds OF thous-
ands WHY then do not the pro-
ponents of the bin move the bill
forward so as To make the filihus-
Ter as costly as possible instead Of
sparing the opponents the odium
OF an expense filihusler by placing
the hill 90 far down on the calen-
dar that the talking expense" OF
The filibusicr Will be- small and
therefore less odious 10 the ma
ton?
The DELAYED dehaie on tho bill
is JUST another way 10 guarantee
us death. in that it treasures the
opponents who would filibuster. In
making tho flibus'cr inexpensive,
the proponents Of the bin are play
Ing into the hands Of the oppon-
ents. II there j. tho genuine de-
sire TO have The bill passed. why
is IL always placed 20 low on tho
calender. why give the opponent,
the advantage Of an inexpensive
filihnstcr? why pul II within thc
Withdrawing range OF the fill
busiercrss
The delay on The hill is not
blessing hu a hlnnder and one Is
Warranted in dorhiing much VI
the ayowed sincerity and earccr-
ness or some OF Tho proponents OF
tho Hill We oniy hope there is no
eenilcmanS agreement between
the opponents ANA proponents TO
tho effect that the bill VIII be per
ennially placed within the reach
and range OF Well conceived fill
buster The time has come for
on the hill 10 he meas
,red no. hv 50 much loud protes-
taiion hul by an honest effort 20
have tho bill come early hcfor" /
Congress whore filbuslcr would /
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-11

Shellic Beuberry 80. Lillian
smith, %: Leroy Griggs, %, Err
nestine McClain. 10 Carries b. Cor
ries. Al. liida McGee %; Mary
land Mccullough So. Pearl Will
son. -. James Houston. 40. Dorothy
owens. 20; William Epps. 80. Iso-
hell W. Drew. 30: Sylvia J.. Richard
%. Ida Mazyek %; Byron !. Moore.
%. Evelyn A. Joseph, %. Nathaniel
Leach. %. Justine White. p. Her
bert Oden. -. Mary VanAllen. 81:
Hudson r. Wilson. IS, Emma NJ.
Thomas. - Harold Black. %.
Thelma Robinson. rs: August
Trawick. -. Rosana Carruthers. 81
Charles Wilson II. Susie Johnson
10; Morris Mahdo 81. Thtlma
White, "a. Parker Palmer. 81. Mat
tie Teal. 57; Clarence Suber. 80;
Incz Oliphant. 2N: Alonzo G. Pierce
-. Elizabeth Jones. ~: Jessie
Ford. 90 Thclua PAXTON. 81: Iry-
ing Bailey, II Beatrice Humphrey.
II. Reuben brandon. 20. Minnie
McNeal 81: Frank Robertson, Jr.
&c. Ada Moore -.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-11

tion and defeat. hut race throws
its shadow across every phase Of
the Negro Youths life in the North
and envelops every aspect OF II in
the South"
From birth to death his is
not only an outer environment
OF social and economic problems
and adjustments. hut also an in
ner environment Of being Negro.
which in the United States is
interpreted 10 mean inferior. inn
poverished. and Inconvenience
Both 81 these environments. not
only determine the status OF Ne
groes. but they also create the
Negro personality personal
fly that has had 10 develop in
whatever way lit could within
the iron ring Of race prejudice.
Like the simplest plant the Ne
gro youth has developed pro-
tective devices for survival and
has hecn shaped ny the environ
ments that have nuriured him.
yet today. declares the auth
or. 'the challenging fact IS that
Negro youth seem more alive
than ever before. =" And this in
spite ~ the almost unbelievable
difficulty to take one problem
OF earning living. His chance
OF getting job has diminished
progressively with the years I'm
1890 there were Negro Jobs
which whites would not fll such
as cook baker. valet. coachman
and footman. butler and waiter.
Personal service was special pro-
vince OF the Negro. In the South
Negroes were also brick masons.
plaster. carpenters. and paint
ers. for slavery had given tho Ne
gro p heritage Of skills. Then came
change Tho industrial revolution.
with IFS machines and organized
labor. followed nv ecarity OF work
and the growing cry ~ Give Jobs
TO white men and women"
To-day the only jobs in which
Negroes have virtual monopoly
the only ones in which the Negro
Is still free from competition with
white workers are those OF Pull
man porter and dining-car waiter
writes Professor Reid: Negro
youth look at this scene with mix
ed emotions and n sense Of con-
fusion The gradual disappear
ance ~ Negro jobs has meant.
temporarily ri least being pushed
out Al the bottom OF the occupa
tional market"
The November 1887 census NJ
unemployment showed tina, n pes
cent Of all colored youth Il 10 "a
years OF age who wanted jobs were
totally without work. " the who'll
" unemployed partly unemployed
and those employed only in emcr-
gency work were added together.
80 per cent OF colored youth who
wanted work lacked regular em-
ployment The corresponding fig
nre for white youth AZ per cent.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-11
/ No Impoesible because Of It's ex

| be impossible because OF its ex-
pcnse
E,ciy delay on the bill Is add
inc 10 me comfort and courage OF
the iiibuslering opponents. for II
lessons their culpabiliiy before
the nation. every DAYS delay is a
service OF exculpation for them.
Just WHY the proponents would OK
culpafe The opponents is not clear
to one who is becoming more and
more doubtful Of the sincerity OF
MANY OF the reputed proponents
OF nc bill. In The last analysis the
passage Of the bill Is not a matter
~ me Nowh or the South. but a
mailer ~ whether or not this ma
tion is going TO further temporize
with matter that compromises
It's good name in the uttermost
parts of tho earth.
The failure Of the anti lynch bill
can be- rs truly charged 10 the
blundcrng OF the proponents as
10 the buster Of the opponents, r.
congress Is moi going 10 pass the
bin or make an honest effort so 10
do then il might pay Walter
White ID attend the next thing on
the NAACr's program The time
and mrne, and energy spent in an
effort 10 pass this bill are profit
ably invested only if the propon-
crta afo SINCERE II these are sin-
cere What point is there in play
ing irlu the hands Of the oppon-
cnls, Il has been said that II
man hgis his head constantly
against stone wall either the
wall ere me head will give way.
u there j. a ecnilcman'e agree
m'ui between opponents and pro-
pontnis ~ This bill. Mr.. White is
uniting his head into sionewall.
THE OTHER WAY?